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James Hill (banker)
James Hill may refer to: Law and politics * French Hill (politician) (born 1956), born James French Hill, American politician from Arkansas * James Hill (antiquary) (died 1727), English barrister and antiquary * James L. Hill (1834–1888), American local politician (Madison, Wisconsin) * Sir James Hill, 1st Baronet (1849–1936), British politician * James Hill (Labour politician) (1899–1966), British MP for Midlothian * Sir James Hill (Conservative politician) (1926–1999), British MP for Southampton Test * James Hill (Wisconsin legislator) (1825–1897), American politician * James Hill (Mississippi politician) (1830s–1903), Reconstruction-era politician * James Clinkscales Hill (1924–2017), American federal judge * James Ferguson Hill (1871–1950), politician in Ontario, Canada * James T. Hill Jr. (active 1944–53), American military attorney * James W. Hill (1791–1864), American farmer, lawyer, and politician Military * James Hill (Medal of Honor, 1863), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Hill (politician)
James French Hill (born December 5, 1956) is an American businessman and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Early life, education and career Hill was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. He attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, where he earned a certified corporate director designation. From 1982 to 1984, Hill was an aide to Republican Senator John Tower. He was a staffer on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Hill was executive secretary to President George H. W. Bush’s National Economic Council (United States), Economic Policy Council from 1991 to 1993, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance from 1989 to 1991. Hill ... [...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] |
The Fairfield Four
The Fairfield Four is an American gospel group that has existed for over 100 years, starting as a trio in the Fairfield Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1921. They were designated as National Heritage Fellows in 1989 by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The group won the 1998 Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. As a quintet, they featured briefly in the 2000 movie ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?''. History The initial iteration of the group was under the direction of the church's assistant pastor, J. R. Carrethers, and consisted of his sons Rufus and Harold plus their neighbor John Battle. In 1925, the group became a quartet when Lattimer Green joined. During the 1930s, Green left the group and William Malone and Samuel McCrary joined, but they retained the name of Fairfield Four, although it had expanded its membership beyond a quartet. Following their initial radio broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (Canadian Musician)
James Hill (born 1980) is a Canadian classically trained musician who has focused on the ukulele, both as his primary instrument and as a method of music instruction for school children. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia. Music education As a child, Hill benefited from a ukulele instructional program created by J. Chalmers Doane as shared in Teacher's Guide to Classroom Ukulele, 1977. The British Columbia school used Doane's system to teach music, and as a result, the Langley Ukulele Ensemble came into existence. Hill participated in the ensemble for over ten years. Hill envisioned creating a program to help spread this instrument and upon meeting Doane, they collaborated to create the "Ukulele in the Classroom" program in 2008. Hill seldom makes a concert appearance without also conducting workshops. He has taught throughout Canada and the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan, Singapore and New Zealand. He regularly lectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James William Hill
James William Hill (born January 8, 1953) is a political theorist and filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin .... His most notable film work is an independent feature entitled '' The Streetsweeper,'' about a former opera singer who gave up a promising career on the stage to support his family. Many of Hill's radical and often controversial views are intertwined within the film. External linksThe Streetsweeper official website* 1953 births Living people American film directors Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (American Film Producer)
James Hill (August 1, 1916 – January 11, 2001) was an American film producer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and came to Hollywood as a writer, working on films and televisions shows for Warner Brothers Pictures and Columbia Broadcasting System. He was eventually teamed with film producer Harold Hecht and actor Burt Lancaster when the pair produced ''His Majesty O'Keefe'' for their own film production company, Norma Productions. The movie was filmed in 1952 in the Fiji Islands, but only released in 1954. In 1953, Hecht and Lancaster formed the imprint Hecht-Lancaster Productions and began producing films for United Artists, hiring Hill as producer for '' Vera Cruz'', '' The Kentuckian'' and ''Trapeze''. In early 1956, before ''Trapeze'' was released, Lancaster and Hecht announced in a press conference that Hill had been made an equal partner in their film production company; Hecht-Lancaster Productions would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (British Director)
James Hill (1 August 1919 – 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937 and 1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as '' Giuseppina'' and ''The Home-Made Car'', and as director of the internationally acclaimed '' Born Free''. Hill also directed, produced and/or wrote such diverse films as '' Black Beauty'', ''A Study in Terror'', '' Every Day's a Holiday'', ''The Lion at World's End'' (a.k.a. '' Christian the lion''), ''Captain Nemo and the Underwater City'', ''The Man from O.R.G.Y.'', and the children's television series' '' Worzel Gummidge'' and '' Worzel Gummidge Down Under''. Life and work Early career Hill was born in Eldwick, Yorkshire on 1 August 1919 and attended Belle Vue Boys' School. He entered the GPO Film Unit in 1937 as an assistant, then served in the RAF Film Unit during World War II, receiving a DFC. He is said to have been the model for Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James John Hill
James John Hill (1811 – 27 January 1882), known also by his alias J. J. Hill, was an English landscape and portrait painter, known for his many rustic paintings and portraits of Lady Burdett-Coutts. Early life and career James John Hill was born sometime in 1811 in Broad Street, Birmingham to Daniel Hill, plater, and Elizabeth Rowlinson, the daughter of a brass founder. He was educated at Hazelwood School, a school founded by the educational reformer Rowland Hill (no relation), and he attended Joseph Barber's art academy in Great Charles Street, at the time being taught by his son Vincent. His fellow pupils included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker, and Peter Hollins. Having moved to London in 1839, Hill was elected in 1842 a member of the Society of British Artists. There, he became known as a 'popular contributor' among his fellow artists, showing off his artwork in a number of their exhibitions across the next forty years. He operated primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (folk Musician)
James Hill (c.1811 – 1853) was a fiddler-composer and publican. Born in Dundee, his family moved to Newcastle upon Tyne and he lived there or Gateshead for the remainder of his short life. He is famous as the composer of many fine common-time hornpipes for fiddle, including ''The High Level Bridge'', ''The Beeswing'', ''The Hawk'' and ''The Omnibus''. He was sufficiently well known that many other tunes by others, such as ''Blaydon Flats'', were also mistakenly attributed to him. He was of much more than local importance. The Newcastle style of hornpipe, of which he was the best-known exponent, became the model for many later-19th-century examples. Many of his tunes, particularly ''The High Level Bridge'' and ''The Beeswing'' became well-known wherever hornpipes were played both of these were published in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, which was first published in Boston in 1884. A book, ''The Lads like Beer'' was compiled by Graham Dixon and first published in the 1990s by Wallace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (American Football)
James Hill (born October 25, 1974) is a former professional American football tight end. He played ten games in the 2000 NFL season with the Seattle Seahawks and six games with the Amsterdam Admirals, before suffering a broken leg. Hill is an alumnus of Abilene Christian University. He played high school football for Riverhead High School in Riverhead, New York Riverhead is a town within Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the north shore of Long Island. Since 1727, Riverhead has been the county seat of Suffolk County, though most county offices are in Hauppauge. As of the 2020 census, the po .... External linksNFL.com player page 1974 births Living people American football tight ends Abilene Christian University alumni Abilene Christian Wildcats football players Seattle Seahawks players Amsterdam Admirals players Players of American football from Dallas {{tightend-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hill (golfer)
James David Hill (May 20, 1937 – September 27, 2011) was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of Mike Hill who was also a professional golfer. Professional career Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. He was a member of the United States Ryder Cup team in 1969, 1973, and 1977. Hill was known for his quick wit and biting sarcasm, and was sometimes referred to as "the Don Rickles of the golf tour". He frequently led the tour in fines and was once suspended for two months after he deliberately broke his putter on national television. At the 1966 Thunderbird Classic, Hill signed his second round scorecard that included a score of 108 on the 18th hole. Hill played in the acrimonious 1969 Ryder Cup that ended in a 16-16 tie when Jack Nicklaus made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hill (rower)
James Roy Hill (20 November 1930 – 8 May 2020), also known as Jim Hill, was a New Zealand rower from Hamilton. A joiner by trade, he became a funeral director after his sporting career. Early life Hill was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, in 1930. After leaving school he started out as a joiner for his father Roy, before becoming a French polisher for a funeral directors, Hill would later drive the hearse. He became self employed in 1965 as James R Hill Funeral Directors. Hill married Doreen in 1950; they were to have two children. Rowing career Hill took up rowing in 1947 at the Hamilton Rowing Club; his father had been captain and president for the club. James Hill was awarded life membership to the club in 2002. Hill initial rowed in a four, but later concentrated on singles and doubles. He succeeded the five-time national singles champion Don Rowlands and from 1958 to 1963, he won the national singles titles six years back-to-back. Hill was the only New Zealand repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
