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James Chapman (Victorian Politician)
James Chapman may refer to: *J. A. Chapman (1821–1885), three-term mayor of Portland, Oregon *James Chapman (explorer) (1831–1872), South African explorer, hunter, trader and photographer *James Chapman (Australian politician) (1855–1925), Tasmanian politician *James Chapman (bishop) (died 1879), Anglican Bishop of Colombo *James A. Chapman (1881–1966), Oklahoma oil magnate and philanthropist *James Chapman (footballer) (1932–1993), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy *Ben Chapman (politician) (James Keith Chapman, born 1940), British Labour Party Member of Parliament 1997–2010 *James Chapman (author) (born 1955), American novelist *James Chapman (media historian) (born 1968), British media historian *James Chapman (rower) (born 1979), Australian rower *James Chapman (cricketer) (born 1986), English cricketer *James Chapman (fl. 2006–2019), English musician, known professionally as Maps (musician), Maps See also *Jim Chapman (other) {{hndis, Chapman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (explorer)
James Chapman (27 December 1831, Cape Town – 4 February 1872, Kimberley), was an explorer, hunter, trader and photographer from the Cape Colony. A son of James Chapman and Elizabeth Greeff of Malmesbury and brother to Henry Samuel Chapman, he was educated in Cape Town and left for Durban when 14 years old. He was appointed as chief clerk in the Native Affairs Department in 1848. A year later he settled in Potchefstroom where he became one of the first storekeepers. Shortly after, in 1852, he ventured across the Limpopo River and into Bamangwato country. He became friendly with Khama, one of the sons of Sekgoma, the Bamangwato chief, enlisting his aid in reaching the Chobe River. Early the following year found him on the Zambesi River which he explored to within of the Victoria Falls, almost beating David Livingstone to their discovery. By 1854 he had teamed up with Samuel H. Edwards, another explorer, and launched an expedition to Lake Ngami after which he trekked through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (Australian Politician)
James Robison Chapman (25 September 1855 – 12 April 1925) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hawthorn in Melbourne. In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ... member for Hobart. He served until his death in 1925. References 1855 births 1925 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (bishop)
James Chapman (1799–1879) was the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1845 to 1861. Life He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1823, and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1826. He was made deacon in Ely in 1824 and ordained priest the next year in Chichester. He became a Fellow of King's College, one of the Masters of Eton, and Evening Lecturer at Windsor. In 1834, he was appointed to the Rectory of Dunton Wayletts, in Essex, the patronage of which was with King's College. On 7 November 1845, he was consecrated as the first Bishop of Colombo at St Peter's Church, Colombo, and received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD) from his University. In 1851, Chapman founded S. Thomas' College when it was in Mutwal before it relocated to its present site in Mount Lavinia He resigned the See of Colombo in 1861, and was elected a Fellow of Eton College, and was pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Chapman (footballer)
James Chapman (6 November 1932 – 12 November 1993) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, James 1932 births 1993 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Melbourne High School Old Boys Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Chapman (politician)
James Keith Chapman (born 8 July 1940), known as Ben Chapman, is a British Labour Party politician and former civil servant who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral South from 1997 to 2010. Early life Ben Chapman was born in Kirkby Stephen, the son of a farm labourer, he was educated at the Appleby Grammar School on ''Battlebarrow'' ( B6542) in Appleby. He joined the British Civil Service in 1958, initially in the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, moving to the Ministry of Aviation in 1962 where he remained until he joined the Board of Trade in 1970. In 1974 he became the First Secretary at the British High Commission in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and then in 1978 he was posted to Accra, Ghana. He became the Assistant Secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry in 1981, before he was posted as the Commercial Counsellor at the British Embassy in Beijing, China. He was appointed a director at the Department of Trade and Industry in 1991 before he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (author)
James Chapman (born 1955) is an American novelist and publisher. He was raised in Bakersfield, California, has lived in New York City since 1978, and is the author of ten novels to date. His work combines experimental technique with a direct emotionality, often dealing with the anguish inherent in human communication. Excerpted in many print and online magazines, his work has won a Notable Stories in ''StorySouth''s Million Writers Award, and been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize. Earlier books (to 2000) In his first novel, ''Our Plague (A Film from New York)'' (1993), the protagonist is an underground filmmaker alienated from his own body, disgusted by his own careerism, and awash in apocalyptic visions. Not a lucid book, rather a difficult one, though energetic and full of unexpected choices. The story in the brief ''The Walls Collide as You Expand, Dwarf Maple'' (1993) seems almost desiccated: a young woman grows up, meets a man on a train, and lives with him i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (media Historian)
James Chapman (born 1968) is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester. He has written several books on the history of British popular culture, including work on cinema, television and comics. Biography James Chapman was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and attended Wales High School during the 1980s. He took his BA (History) and MA (Film Studies) at the University of East Anglia and then undertook his doctoral research at Lancaster University, completing his thesis on the role of official film propaganda in Britain during the Second World War. In 1996 he joined The Open University, where he taught a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and was principal contributing author to the university's first dedicated course on Film and Television History. He joined the University of Leicester as its founding Professor of Film Studies in 2005. Chapman's research focuses on British popular culture, especially cinema and television in their historical con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (rower)
James Jonathan Chapman (born 2 November 1979) is an Australian former national, Olympic representative and Olympic medal winning rower. Education Raised in Sydney, Chapman attended Newington College where he was coached by Michael Morgan , an Olympian and fellow Old Newingtonian, and Robert Buntine, deputy headmaster. In 1997 he was a member of the Newington Head of the River winning 1st VIII that won the centenary regatta. He studied accounting at the University of Technology Sydney. Club and state rowing His senior rowing was initially with the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club. For twelve of the thirteen years from 2003 to 2015 he was seated in the New South Wales state VIII which contested the King's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships. In 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Chapman rowed in victorious New South Wales King's Cup crews. Following the 2008 Beijing Olympics Chapman joined the Sydney Rowing Club as a competing member and a senior coach. National r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (cricketer)
James Chapman (born 19 May 1986) was an English cricketer. Born in Nottingham, he was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire in 2004. Derbyshire were to offer him a two-year contract, after the selectors saw enough in the young bowler before signing professionally. He only achieved one first-class innings in his career and was released in 2005. However, he played extensively for the Second XI side between his 2003 debut, and Derbyshire's consecutive eleventh-placed seasons of 2004 and 2005, picking up a career best of 97* against Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi .... External linksJames Chapmanat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, James 1986 births English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maps (musician)
James Kenneth Chapman, known professionally as Maps, is an English record producer, songwriter and remixer. ''Start Something'' In 2006, he recorded his ''Start Something'' EP by himself on his 16-track recorder. He released it on his own record label, Last Space Recordings, and it was met with some critical acclaim. The single "We Can Create, Lost My Soul" polled at number 26 in ''NME'''s Top 50 singles of 2006. ''We Can Create'' On 19 May 2007, his debut studio album ''We Can Create'' was released on Mute Records. Since its release, the album has been seen as a critical success even though sales have been fairly modest. His first North American release, ''To the Sky'' EP, was digitally released on 22 May on the same label. Maps has toured playing the album's songs with a full live line-up. For the touring of ''We Can Create'', James was supported by four local musicians for live shows. On 17 July, it was announced that ''We Can Create'' had been nominated for the Mercury Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
