James Cumming (architect)
James Cumming may refer to: * James Cumming (chemist) (1777–1861), professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge * James Cumming (architect), architect of the Norwood Baptist Church (1869) in Adelaide, South Australia * James Cumming (New Zealand politician) (1879–1971), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * James Cumming (footballer) (1891–?), Scottish footballer * James Cumming (artist) (1922–1991), Scottish painter and lecturer * James Cumming (Canadian politician) (born 1961), MP * James Cumming (Royal Navy officer), British Royal Navy admiral See also * James Cummings (other) James Cummings may refer to: * James Cummings (Ontario politician) (1815–1894), Canadian politician * James Cummings (police officer) (1878–1976), New Zealand policeman and police commissioner * James H. Cummings (1890–1979), politician from ...

James Cumming (chemist)
James Cumming (26 September 1777 – 10 November 1861) was the ninth Professor of Chemistry in Cambridge from 1815 to 1860. Cumming is remembered for his research-led teaching and his lectures during which he would literally shock the audience with a galvanic apparatus. He was also known to electrocute a cat during a demonstration. Childhood and education Cumming was born in Piccadilly, London, on 26 September 1777, but his home moved to the Buxton Hall Hotel (now called Old Hall Hotel) in Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.
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James Cumming (architect)
James Cumming may refer to: * James Cumming (chemist) (1777–1861), professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge * James Cumming (architect), architect of the Norwood Baptist Church (1869) in Adelaide, South Australia * James Cumming (New Zealand politician) (1879–1971), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * James Cumming (footballer) (1891–?), Scottish footballer * James Cumming (artist) (1922–1991), Scottish painter and lecturer * James Cumming (Canadian politician) (born 1961), MP * James Cumming (Royal Navy officer), British Royal Navy admiral See also * James Cummings (other) James Cummings may refer to: * James Cummings (Ontario politician) (1815–1894), Canadian politician * James Cummings (police officer) (1878–1976), New Zealand policeman and police commissioner * James H. Cummings (1890–1979), politician from ...

Norwood, South Australia
Norwood is a suburb of Adelaide, about east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, whose predecessor was the oldest South Australian local government municipality. History Before British colonisation of South Australia and subsequent European settlement, Norwood was inhabited by one of the groups who later collectively became known as the Kaurna peoples. Early settler Edward Stephens, who arrived in the colony in 1839, wrote: "Norwood and Kent Town were unknown then. The site of the present Norwood was then a magnificent gum forest, with an undergrowth of kangaroo grass, too high in places for a man to see over; in fact persons lost their way in going from Adelaide to Kensington in those days, through attempting a short or near cut across the country". Norwood is named after Norwood, then a village south of London. The new village east of Adelaide was first laid out in 1847. The former City of Kensington and Norwood was the f ...
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James Cumming (New Zealand Politician)
James Cumming (21 May 1879–20 October 1971) was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician. Biography Cumming was born in 1879 at Malvern, Canterbury. Cumming was a miner on the West Coast and in the Waikato. He was the chairman of the North Island Miners' District Council. He was an expert in tunneling and worked on the Ōrongorongo Tunnel to improve Wellington's water supply system. In 1920 he came to Petone, in the Hutt Valley. He subsequently found employment as a waterfront worker and was the president of the Wellington Waterside Workers' Union for two years. Via trade unions he became active in the Labour Party and became president of the Labour Representation Committee and was also secretary of the Labour Party's Petone branch. In 1930 he was elected a member of the Petone Borough Council. He was twice Labour's candidate for the Petone mayoralty. At the 1944 local election he was defeated for the mayoralty by Harold Green and in 1947 he lost to Alexander MacFarlane. ...
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James Cumming (footballer)
James Ferguson Cumming (22 April 1886 – 8 December 1964) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Manchester City and West Ham United. He also played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen and Dumbarton. Personal life In December 1915, late in the second year of the First World War, Cumming attested in the British Army and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was mobilised in April 1916 and transferred to the Gordon Highlanders. Cumming was transferred to the Royal Engineers in December 1916 and was serving as a sapper when he suffered a gunshot wound to the left foot in June 1917. He was wounded again in June 1918 and was discharged Discharge may refer to Expel or let go * Discharge, the act of firing a gun * Discharge, or termination of employment, the end of an employee's duration with an employer * Military discharge, the release of a member of the armed forces from serv ... in February 1919. Career statistics ...
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James Cumming (artist)
James Cumming (1922–1991) was a Scottish painter and lecturer influential in The Edinburgh School in the postwar period. Biography Cumming was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1922. His father was superintendent of the local swimming baths, where James swam 100 lengths every morning before school. His mother was a factory worker, James was the first of her three children. He was educated at Dunfermline High School, where he won prizes in several subjects. At the school he was remembered as a serious student who strove for the best results in everything he did. He showed early promise in music, excelling in piano and winning distinction at every grade. His artistic talents were nurtured at school by the teacher and artist George Watson. He displayed an early determination to become an artist, winning an Andrew Grant Scholarship to attend the Edinburgh College of Art between 1939 and 1947, but his studies were interrupted by the Second World War. He tried to sign up for pilot ...
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James Cumming (Canadian Politician)
James Cumming (born March 7, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Cumming formerly served as the President and CEO of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. Cumming is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He succeeded and preceded Liberal politician Randy Boissonault as the MP for Edmonton Centre, having run in the 2015 Canadian federal election and placed second before he was elected in 2019. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, he was again defeated by Boissonnault. Member of Parliament During the 43rd Canadian Parliament Cumming introduced one private member's bill: Bill C-229, ''An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping'' which sought to repeal the previous parliament's ''Oil Tanker Moratorium Act''. It was brought to a vote on February 3, 2021, but defeated with only Conservative Party members voting in favour. On November 29, 2019, C ...
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James Cumming (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral James Cumming (16 April 1738 – 19 August 1808) was a British Royal Navy officer. He sailed with John Byron as part of a circumnavigation of the world in 1764. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and eventually rose to the rank of Admiral before his death in 1808. Early life Born in Sandwich, England to a Naval family, he was the third son to James Cumming, A Lieutenant of Greenwich Hospital, London, Greenwich Hospital. He studied at the Royal Naval Academy and was commissioned Lieutenant in 1758. Voyage around the world In 1764, Cumming served as 1st Lieutenant on HMS Dolphin (1751), HMS Dolphin, on a circumnavigation of the world. Captain John Byron was secretly tasked with surveying the Falkland Islands, Falklands Islands, searching for the non-existent Pepys's Island, and finding a northeastern passage across North America. The two-ship expedition made landfall in Patagonia, where the crew made contact with Patagon, indigenous people ...
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