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James Webster (officer)
James Webster may refer to: * James Webster (Australian politician) (1925–2022), Senator in Australia * James Webster (rugby league) (born 1979), rugby league player for Widnes Vikings * James Webster (musicologist), musicologist on the faculty of Cornell University * James Webster (American football) (born 1950), head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers * James Webster, officer who served under Cornwallis in the American War of Independence in Battle of Camden * James Webster (wrestler), freestyle featherweight wrestler who participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics * James Webster (Canada West politician) (1808–1869), MLA for Canada West and co-founder of Fergus, Ontario * James G. Webster (born 1951), professor and audience researcher * J. J. Webster (James Jefferson Webster, 1898–1965), American politician, farmer, and businessman * Jeff Webster (checkers player) (James Jefferson Webster III, born 1966), American checkers player * James Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (Australian Politician)
James Joseph Webster (14 June 1925 – 3 April 2022) was an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Victoria from 1964 to 1980, representing the National Country Party (NCP). He served as Minister for Science (1975–1978) and Science and the Environment (1978–1979) in the Fraser Government. He left politics to become High Commissioner to New Zealand, serving from 1980 to 1983. Early life Webster was born on 14 June 1925 on Flinders Island, Tasmania. He was the youngest of three sons born to Eileen (née Thorne) and Leslie Webster. His father was the chairman of the Flinders Island Butter Factory and served as president of the Flinders Island Municipal Council. In 1929, Webster and his family moved to his father's home state of Victoria. His father ran a timber and hardware business in Melbourne before settling the family on a farm in Greenval in 1932. Webster was educated at state schools before completing his education at Caulfield Grammar School. During World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (rugby League)
James Webster (born 11 July 1979) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who was the head coach of the Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional player. He was previously of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Hull Kingston Rovers. Webster played as a or in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs Balmain Tigers and Parramatta Eels. He then played in the Super League for Hull Kingston Rovers, Hull F.C. and the Widnes Vikings. Webster stayed in England after retiring from playing and became a coach. Background Webster was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the older brother of former rugby league footballer and current New Zealand Warriors head coach, Andrew Webster Playing career Balmain Tigers Webster played rugby league in his home town of Sydney for Balmain. Webster played in Balmain's final ever match as a first grade side, a 42–14 loss against Canberra. Balmain then went on to merge with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (musicologist)
James Webster is a musicologist, specializing in the music of Joseph Haydn and other composers of the classical era. His professional position is as the Goldwin Smith Professor of Music at Cornell University. Research and writing He has published several books in his field, including a massive study of Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony and (with Georg Feder) the Haydn article in the current edition of the New Grove, spun off as a separate book. His website lists the following areas of specialization (links to articles in this encyclopedia are added): *History and theory of music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a particular focus on Haydn *Mozart (especially his operas), Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms *Performance practice *Editorial practice *Historiography of music *Issues of musical form (including analytical methodology) * Schenkerian analysis Webster's work is notable for his willingness to sift through and assess conflicting sources of historical evidence. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (American Football)
James Webster Jr. (born August 27, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Tennessee State University Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tenness ... from 2005 to 2009, compiling a record of 25–31.https://tsutigers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/james-webster/242 Head coaching record References 1950 births Living people American football linebackers Colorado Buffaloes football coaches Dartmouth Big Green football coaches East Carolina Pirates football coaches Florida Gators football coaches Kansas Jayhawks football coaches North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches North Carolina Tar Heels football players Northwestern Wildcats football coaches Tennessee State Tigers football coaches Wake Fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Camden
The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the numerically superior U.S. forces led by Major General Horatio Gates about four miles north of Camden, South Carolina, thus strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas following the capture of Charleston. The rout was a personally humiliating defeat for Gates, the U.S. general best known for commanding the American forces at the British defeat at Saratoga three years previously. His army had possessed a great numerical superiority over the British force, having twice the personnel, but his command of them was seen as disorganized and chaotic. Following the battle, he was regarded with disdain by his colleagues and he never held a field command again. His political connections, however, helped him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (wrestler)
James Webster may refer to: * James Webster (Australian politician) (1925–2022), Senator in Australia * James Webster (rugby league) (born 1979), rugby league player for Widnes Vikings * James Webster (musicologist), musicologist on the faculty of Cornell University * James Webster (American football) (born 1950), head college football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers * James Webster, officer who served under Cornwallis in the American War of Independence in Battle of Camden * James Webster (wrestler), freestyle featherweight wrestler who participated at the 1908 Summer Olympics * James Webster (Canada West politician) (1808–1869), MLA for Canada West and co-founder of Fergus, Ontario * James G. Webster (born 1951), professor and audience researcher * J. J. Webster (James Jefferson Webster, 1898–1965), American politician, farmer, and businessman * Jeff Webster (checkers player) (James Jefferson Webster III, born 1966), American checkers player * James Lockha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (Canada West Politician)
James Webster (May 28, 1808 – February 6, 1869) was a Scottish-born political figure in Canada West. He represented West Halton and then Waterloo in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1848 as a Conservative. He was born in Balruddery, Forfar, the son of James Webster, and came to Upper Canada in 1833. With Adam Fergusson, Webster founded the village of Fergus. He was named a commissioner for Nichol Township in 1835 and later served as a district councillor for the township; he was also a commissioner for the Court of Requests. Webster married Margaret Wilson in 1838. His reelection to the provincial assembly in 1848 was appealed by Fergusson Blair and Webster did not run for reelection. In 1852, he moved to Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, H ... [...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] |
Jeff Webster (checkers Player)
James Jefferson Webster III (born 1966), also known as Jeff Webster, is an American competitive Draughts, checkers player and musician. Webster was the National Youth Checkers Champion in 1981 and the World Youth Checkers Champion in 1982. Early life and family Jeff Webster was born in 1966 to James Jefferson Webster II and Mary Elizabeth Comer. He grew up in Stoneville, North Carolina and graduated from Stoneville High School in 1983. He is a grandson of J.J. Webster, James Jefferson Webster, who served as county commissioner of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Rockingham County. Through his paternal grandmother, Nannie Hurt Strong, he is descended from Scotland, Scottish emigrants George Irving and Jane McDonald, who came to the United States in 1834 from Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway, Closeburn, Dumfriesshire aboard the ''Hector (ship)#Second ship, Hector'', and is a descendant of the First Families of Virginia, Colonial Virginian Robertson family. Webster is the nephew o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lockhart Webster
James Lockhart Webster (December 31, 1885 – August 8, 1948) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ... from 1946 to 1948 from the electoral district of Rossland-Trail, a member of the Coalition government. He died in office in 1948 from lung cancer. References 1885 births 1948 deaths {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster (priest)
James Webster (1734 - 1804) was Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1774 until 1804. Webster was born in Rampside, educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1758. After a curacy in Grantham he was the incumbent at Much Cowarne. His grandson was Lieutenant Governor of The Gambia from 1840 to 1841; and then of Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ... until 1847. References 1734 births 18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Gloucester 1804 deaths People from Furness {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Webster-Wedderburn
Sir James Webster-Wedderburn (1788–1840), often known as James Webster or Bold Webster, was a British Army officer and dandy. He was a longtime friend of Lord Byron. Early life He was the son of David Webster (died 1801), a West India merchant in London, born David Wedderburn. His father changed his name in accordance with the will of his business partner James Webster (died 1789) with an interest in the Richmond Vale estate in Jamaica (the family relationship being that James Webster was a son by a second marriage of David Wedderburn's maternal grandmother Beatrix Proctor). His mother was Elizabeth Read the daughter of Alexander Read of Logie near Dundee. She married again, after David's death, in 1802 to Robert Douglas of Brigton (1773–1835), elder brother of William Douglas of Balgillo; they had a son, William. The family home in Shenley, Hertfordshire was sold, and Langham House in Suffolk, was rented. (Rather than being near Sproughton, as Stewart suggests, it may be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
