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James Walton (surgeon)
James Walton or Jim Walton may refer to: *James Walton (MP for Preston) (1479/80–1546–50), English politician *James Walton (MP for Don Valley) (1867–1924), British politician *James Walton (inventor) (1803–1883), British inventor and industrialist *James Walton (cricketer) (1857–?), English cricketer *James B. Walton (1813–1885), veteran of the New Orleans militia unit the Washington Artillery *James G. Walton, black American Pentecostal spiritual denominational leader *Bud Walton (James Lawrence Walton, 1921–1995), younger brother of Sam Walton and cofounder of Wal-Mart *Jim Walton (born 1948), youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton *Jim Walton (journalist) (born 1958), president of CNN Worldwide *Jim Walton (actor), American actor *Jim Walton (baseball) (born 1934), American Major League Baseball scout *Jim Walton (footballer) (1934–2013), former Australian footballer {{human name disambiguation, Walton, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walton (MP For Preston)
James Walton (1479/80–1546/50), of Preston, Lancashire, was an English politician. Career He was Mayor of Preston in 1526–27, ?1532–33, ?1533–34 and 1546. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Preston (UK Parliament constituency), Preston in 1529. References 1480 births 16th-century deaths Mayors of Preston, Lancashire English MPs 1529–1536 {{1529-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walton (MP For Don Valley)
James Walton (7 September 1867 – 26 January 1924) was a British miner, trade unionist and politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley in Yorkshire from 1918 to 1922. Background He was educated at Broomhill Board Schools. In 1889 he married the daughter of William Jackson. Career He started work as a miner. In 1881, he joined the recently founded Yorkshire Miners' Association (YMA) at the age of 13. He was the Secretary of Mexborough Trades council. He was a Delegate of the Yorkshire Miners’ Association. He was a supporter of the Liberal party. In 1914 he applied, along with others to contract out of paying a political levy to the Labour party in accordance with the terms of the Trade Union Act 1913. However, his efforts were frustrated by the YMA, whose executive was now controlled by active members of the Labour party. During World War One he publicly called upon the Yorkshire Miners not to take any strike action while the war was going on. This ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walton (inventor)
James Walton (15 April 1803 – 5 November 1883) was a British inventor and industrialist. He was known for the significant improvements he made to the carding process. He amassed a considerable fortune from his business ventures, and purchased two large family estates in Wales. Early life Walton was born on 15 April 1803 at Ripponden. His father Isaac Walton worked as a friezer. Halifax and Sowerby Bridge In 1822, Walton moved to a small workshop near North Bridge, Halifax to develop his ideas for new machinery for friezing. He quickly developed these ideas, and in 1824, moved to a larger factory at Sowerby Bridge. In his first year in business he developed a new method of friezing "Petersham". He also constructed the largest planing machine built in the United Kingdom. In the early 1830s, Walton developed a new form of wire-card for use in textile manufacturing. This replaced the traditional leather backing for the card with india rubber laid on cloth. This was a superi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walton (cricketer)
James Walton (25 March 1857-after 1875) was an English cricketer who played for Kent during the 1875 season. He was born in Woolwich Dockyard, then in the county of Kent.James Walton CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. Walton made just one first-class appearance, in a County match against which the team lost by a margin of an innings and 60 runs. Despite being caught for a duck in the first innings, Walton put on a respectable 13 from the tail end in the second innings, the second-highest score of any individual in the Kent second innings.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), p. 550. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James B
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, York, 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), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James G
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] |
Bud Walton
James Lawrence "Bud" Walton (December 20, 1921 – March 21, 1995) was the brother of Sam Walton and co-founder of Walmart. Biography Early life Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy "Nannie" Lee Lawrence Walton on December 20, 1921, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. His father worked as a farm appraiser and mortgage agent. The family moved often because of Thomas Walton's job. When he was 2 years old, his family moved from Oklahoma to Springfield, Missouri. The Walton family later lived in Marshall, Shelbina, and Columbia, Missouri. Growing up in the Great Depression, Bud Walton and his older brother Sam learned the value of hard work. As children, the boys worked on the family's farm. Bud Walton delivered newspapers, worked as a lifeguard, and did yard work to help the family. He attended David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri. He played varsity basketball and was elected senior class president. After graduation, he attended Wentworth Military Academy in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Walton
James Carr Walton (born June 7, 1948) is an American businessman, currently the heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. As of October 2022, Walton was the seventeenth-richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$61 billion according to ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index''. He is the youngest son of Sam Walton. Early life and family Jim Walton was born in Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas, the third child of Walmart co-founder Sam Walton (1918–1992) and Helen Walton (1919–2007), with siblings Rob Walton, Alice Walton, and John Walton (1946 – 2005). After graduating from Bentonville High School in 1965 where he was president of his junior class, played football at all-state level and also learned to fly a plane, Walton received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1971, where he was also a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. In 1972, he joined Walmart and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Walton (journalist)
Jim Walton (born 1958) is the former president of CNN Worldwide. He joined CNN in 1981, one year after the network was founded. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1981. He started his career at CNN as a VJ, an entry-level position. He has two sons, Jake and Max. He took over as the president of CNN Worldwide in 2003. On July 27, 2012, Walton announced he was quitting at CNN after working there for over 30 years. He remained with the network until the end of the year after which he was replaced by Jeff Zucker, former NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. NBCUniversal is primari ... president. References 1958 births Living people CNN executives Presidents of CNN University of Maryland, College Park alumni {{US-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Walton (actor)
Jim Walton is an American actor, most notable for his leading performance in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's '' Merrily We Roll Along'' as Franklin Shephard. Early life Walton was born in Tachikawa, Japan, and grew up in Marion, Indiana. Career He graduated with a musical theatre degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and moved to New York City in 1979, the year in which he was in ''Big Bad Burlesque'' and "Scrambled Feet". In November 1980, he made his Broadway debut in ''Perfectly Frank'', a revue of Frank Loesser's songs. In December 1980, at auditions for ''Merrily'', director Harold Prince asked him how old he was. At that time, he was 25, and he decided to tell the truth about his age. He was sure he would be cut because they were looking for people closer to 18. He was relieved when they announced to the room that this was the cast of ''Merrily'', but would have to wait nine months because Sondheim had not finished th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Walton (baseball)
James Robert Walton (born June 5, 1934, at Shattuck, Oklahoma) is an American Major League Baseball scout, who served for three seasons (1973–1975) in MLB as the first base coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League. Walton threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He played in the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators and Cincinnati Reds farm systems (1954–1955; 1959–1960), as an infielder, outfielder and pitcher. In he joined the Houston Colt .45s' organization as a minor league manager — one year before the Houston team debuted in MLB. He managed in the Georgia–Florida League in 1962–1963, filling in as an active player during the 1962 season. He then scouted for Colt .45s/Astros through 1971, when he moved to the Brewers as a scout and interim manager at the Double-A level, with the 1972 San Antonio Brewers of the Texas League. Walton was added to the staff as first base coach and third base coach of Milwaukee manager Del Crandall for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
