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James Gorman (boxer)
James Gorman may refer to: * James Gorman (VC) (1834–1882), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * James S. Gorman (1850–1923), U.S. Representative from Michigan * James Gorman (sport shooter) (1859–1929), American sport shooter * James Gorman (politician) (1874–1950), English politician and trade unionist * James Gorman (architect) (1876-1920), Scottish architect * James Gorman (footballer, born in Dudley) (1882–?), English footballer (Stoke) * James Gorman (footballer, born in Middlesbrough) (1882–1957), English footballer (Liverpool) * James E. Gorman, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 1917–1933 * Jimmy Gorman (1910–1991), English footballer * Lou Gorman James Gerald "Lou" Gorman (February 18, 1929 – April 1, 2011) was an American baseball executive, and the former general manager of the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He spent more than three decades in baseball op ... (James Gerald Gorman, 1929†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gorman (VC)
James Gorman VC (21 August 1834 – 18 October 1882) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Gorman was 20 years old, and a seaman in the Naval Brigade of the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 5 November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, when the Right Lancaster Battery was attacked and many of the soldiers were wounded, Seaman Gorman, with two other seamen ( Thomas Reeves and Mark Scholefield) and two others who were killed during the action, mounted the defence work banquette and, under withering attack from the enemy, kept up a rapid, repulsing fire. Their muskets were re-loaded for them by the wounded soldiers under the parapet and eventually the enemy fell back and gave no more trouble. He later served in the Second Anglo-Chinese War and achieved the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James S
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 Gorman (sport Shooter)
James Edward Gorman (January 30, 1859 – November 2, 1929) was an American sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori .... In the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team pistol event and a bronze medal in the individual pistol event. References External linksJames Gorman's profile at databaseOlympics 1859 births 1929 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gorman (politician)
James Gorman (1874 – May 1950) was a British politician and trade unionist. Born in Manchester, Gorman worked in a factory from an early age. He became involved in the socialist movement when he was eighteen, and two years later joined both the Social Democratic Federation (SDF) and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE). For some time, he also held membership of the Independent Labour Party. Early in the 1900s, Gorman moved to Salford, where he was rapidly elected as assistant secretary of his branch of the ASE. He was also elected as a delegate to the union's conferences in 1907, 1912, 1915 and 1917. But he was most prominent in the union as a member of its Final Appeal Court, which considered the cases of members who had broken union rules. To prepare for the position, he studied the history of the union and its forerunners, and obtained copies of union rules of which its general office was unaware. In 1917, Gorman began working full-time for the union as its M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gorman (architect)
James Gorman FRGS LRIBA (1876 - 1920) was a Scottish architect who worked in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and Kedah, Malaysia. Early life Gorman was born in 1876 in Tayport, Fife, to Joseph Craig Gorman (1856–1945) and Elizabeth Brown Dick Beveridge (1857–1928) and lived in Methven, Perth and Kinross. Later his father was for many years headmaster of Annathill public school. He was articled to Andrew Heiton of Perth from 1893 to 1897 and then worked as assistant to Forman & McCall in Glasgow from 1897 where he worked on the design of station buildings on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, including the Kirklees Bridge in Kelvingrove in 1899. From 1899 to 1900 he also worked for James Alison (architect), James Pearson Alison of Hawick. It is likely that during his time in Hawick, he met his future business partner Clarence Rose Ross. By 1900, he had moved to Long Eaton, Derbyshire, where he set up practice with Clarence Rose Ross as Gorman and Ross. He married Miss M.G. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
