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James Campbell (poet)
James Campbell may refer to: Academics * James Archibald Campbell (1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina * James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of America * James Campbell (historian) (1935–2016), British academic specialising in Anglo-Saxon studies * James E. Campbell (academic), American political scientist Business * James Campbell (industrialist) (1826–1900), Hawaii industrialist * James Campbell (Australian timber merchant) (1830–1904), Australian timber merchant * James Dykes Campbell (1839–1895), Scottish merchant and writer * James Anson Campbell (1854–1933), American businessman with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company * James P. Campbell (fl. 2000s), president and CEO of GE Consumer & Industrial Entertainment * James Campbell (artist) (1828–1893), English artist * James Edwin Campbell (poet) (1867–1896), African-American poet, editor, writer and educator * Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Archibald Campbell
James Archibald Campbell (January 13, 1862 – March 18, 1934) founded Campbell University (originally Buies Creek Academy) in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1887. Biography Campbell was the father of Leslie H. Campbell, Dr. Leslie Campbell, who would succeed him as president of Campbell College and Arthur Carlyle Campbell, who would become president of Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although he first attended in 1886, J.A. Campbell received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University, Wake Forest College in 1911 on the same day as did his two sons. One of his grandchildren, Catherine Campbell King, resides across from the university he founded. He is buried at the Buies Creek Cemetery in Buies Creek. Legacy The James Archibald Campbell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. References 1862 births 1934 deaths Presidents of Campbell University Wake Forest University alumni University and college founders People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh No It Isn't!
''Oh No It Isn't!'' is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a series of novels based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', made by the BBC. They had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but in the wake of the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television screens with the 1996 movie, the BBC did not renew publisher Virgin Books' licence. Virgin had for some time planned for a spin-off series based on the characters and settings created in the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures. With the licence gone, they continued the monthly release schedule of the New Adventures, but switched to stories featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), beginning with ''Oh No It Isn't!''. The author, Paul Cornell, had originally created Benny as a companion for the Doctor. She appeared regularly in the ''Doctor Who'' New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (New South Wales Politician)
James Campbell (1820 – 30 September 1879) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was the son of farmers David and Dorothy Campbell, and migrated to New South Wales in 1845. He had married Eliza Jane Nunn on the Isle of Man; they had one child. He set up a store at Morpeth. In 1858 he moved to Sydney to partner in a merchant house. In 1864 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Morpeth, serving until his retirement in 1874. Campbell died at Robertson in 1879. Elected as a Councillor in 1866 for Waverley Ward on the Waverley Municipal Council, and serving until 1870 as an Alderman, Campbell lived in Waverley in his later years and was buried in Waverley Cemetery The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, 1878) and P. Beddie (cemetery office, 1915 .... References {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (journalist)
James Campbell is the national politics editor at the ''Herald Sun'' newspaper in Melbourne and a regular commentator on Sky News Australia. He has also written for ''The Age'', ''The Times'' newspaper in London, ''The Punch'' website, ''The Spectator'' and the Institute of Public Affairs Review. He also reported for the BBC on the 2013 Australian federal election. Early life and career He attended Melbourne Grammar School. In the 1980s, he also appeared as an extra in Australian television series ''Neighbours'' and alongside Dame Joan Sutherland in an Australian production of the opera ''Lucia di Lammermoor''. Prior to becoming a journalist, Campbell worked as a Liberal staffer, advising Helen Shardey, the Victorian Shadow Minister for Health at the time. Career In 2010, Campbell won the Grant Hattam Quill Award for Investigative Journalism in any Medium from the Melbourne Press Club for a story about the conduct of the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions Jeremy Rapke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James L
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James A
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet
Lieutenant General Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet (25 May 1763 – 5 June 1819) , 3rd of Inverneill House was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Ionian Islands, Adjutant-General to the British Forces and Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland. He is buried at Westminster Abbey. Birth The eldest son of Sir James Campbell (1737–1805), of Killean, 2nd of Inverneill House, Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland and Member of Parliament for the Stirling Burghs. His father was recognized as the 9th Chief of Clan Tearlach, a branch of Campbell of Craignish, by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1791. He was a nephew of his father's brother, General Sir Archibald Campbell, the Governor of Madras who purchased the Inverneill estate in 1773. His mother, Jean (died 1805), was the daughter of John Campbell of Askomil, Argyll, of the Ballachlavan Campbells.G. Harvey Johnston, ''The Heraldry of the Campbells' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (Royal Marines Officer)
Major-General Sir James Campbell (1761 – 23 January 1840) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. Military career Campbell was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1776. He became a major and field officer at the Chatham Division in April 1802 and went on to be lieutenant colonel at the Portsmouth Division in November 1808. Promoted to major-general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ... on 27 May 1825, he became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in August 1825 before retiring in March 1831. References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, James 1761 births 1840 deaths Royal Marines generals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (land Commissioner)
Lieutenant-Colonel James Campbell (1787 – 7 July 1858) was a lieutenant-colonel of the British army who distinguished himself in the Peninsular War. He emigrated to New Zealand and was appointed as a land commissioner, and later as Registrar of Deeds, in Canterbury. British Army career Campbell was born in 1787. He descends from the Campbells of Skerrington at Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Campbell was an officer with the 45th and the 50th Regiment of Foot, serving in the 3rd Division and the 7th Division. He joined the British Army at a young age, purchasing ensign and lieutenant commissions with the 45th Regiment on 2 October 1801. He was appointed as an adjutant on 12 November 1803, captain on 29 December 1808, brevet major on 3 March 1814 and lieutenant colonel on 21 January 1819. In 1806 Campbell sailed with the 45th regiment as part of Major-general Robert Craufurd's unsuccessful campaign to South America as part of the British invasions of the River Plate. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (British Army Officer, Died 1831)
Sir James Campbell (né Callander) (8 October 1745 – 21 May 1831) was a Scottish officer of the British Army, and author of ''Memoirs of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglas, written by Himself''. Until 1810 he was known as James Callander. While not a baronet, as he claimed, he used the title "Sir". Campbell was 5th Laird of Craigforth and 15th Laird of Ardkinglas. Early life Campbell was the eldest son of John Callander of Craigforth, by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir James Livingston of Glentirran and Dalderse, he was born at Ardkinglas Castle on 21 October (O.S.) 1745. James was educated at Edinburgh High School and under a private tutor. Career In 1759 James Callander, as he then was, joined the 51st regiment as ensign, and served in the Seven Years' War. After 1763 he was in Ireland and Minorca, returning to Scotland in 1789. He ran into financial troubles, and his cousin Sir Alexander Livingston-Campbell of Ardkinglas had him imprisoned for debt, as he believed that Callan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Campbell (British Army Officer, Died 1745)
Lieutenant-General Sir James Campbell, KB ( – May 11, 1745) was a Scottish professional soldier, Member of Parliament for Ayrshire from 1727 to 1741, and Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1738 to 1745. A distinguished cavalry officer, Campbell served in the War of the Spanish Succession and supported George I of Great Britain in 1714, which allowed him to pursue a career as a Whig. Promoted Lieutenant-General in 1740, during the War of the Austrian Succession he was knighted for his service at Dettingen in 1743. He commanded the British cavalry at Fontenoy in May 1745, where he lost a leg to a French cannonball and later died of his wounds. Personal details James Campbell was born in Lawers, Perthshire. His father, James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun, was an aristocrat and son of noted Covenanter John Campbell. Campbell's mother was Lady Margaret Montgomerie, the daughter of landowner Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton. His brother, Hugh Campbell, would go on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lyon King Of Arms
The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest heraldic court in the world that is still in daily operation. The historic title of the post was the ''High Sennachie'', and he was given the title of Lord Lyon from the lion in the coat of arms of Scotland. The post was in the early nineteenth century held by an important nobleman, the Earl of Kinnoull, whose functions were in practice carried out by the Lyon-Depute. The practice of appointing Lyon-Deputes, however, ceased in 1866. Responsibilities The Lord Lyon is responsible for overseeing state ceremonial in Scotland, for the granting of new arms to persons or organisations, and for confirming proven pedigrees and claims to existing arms as well as recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
