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Jesse (surname)
Jesse is the surname of: * Eckhard Jesse (born 1948), German political scientist * Edward Jesse (1780–1868), English writer on natural history * John Heneage Jesse (1809–1874), English historian * John John Jesse (born 1969), American painter * Richard Henry Jesse Richard Henry Jesse (May 1, 1853 – January 21, 1921) was an American educator and the eighth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was born in Lancaster County, Virginia 1853 and attended the University of Virgin ... (1853–1921), American educator, president of the University of Missouri * F. Tennyson Jesse (1888–1958), English criminologist, journalist and author See also * Jessye, given name and surname {{surname, Jesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eckhard Jesse
Eckhard Jesse (born 16 July 1948 in Wurzen, Saxony) is a German political scientist. He held the chair for "political systems and political institutions" at the Technical University of Chemnitz from 1993 to 2014. Jesse is one of the best known German political scholars in the field of extremism and terrorism studies. He has also specialized in the study of German political parties and the German political system. Together with Uwe Backes, director of the Hannah Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism, he has edited the ''Yearbook Extremism & Democracy'' since 1989; it has become a classic for terrorism scholars. He is one of the founders of the Veldensteiner group on extremism and democracy research. Jesse writes extensively about extremism and political parties in several German newspapers. " ''Munzinger Onli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Jesse
Edward Jesse (January 14, 1780 – March 28, 1868), English writer on natural history, was born at Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, where his father was vicar of the parish. He became clerk in a government office in 1798, and for a time was secretary to Lord Dartmouth, when president of the Board of Control. In 1812 he was appointed commissioner of hackney coaches, and later he became deputy surveyor-general of the royal parks and palaces. On the abolition of this office he retired on a pension, and he died at Brighton. The result of his interest in the habits and characteristics of animals was a series of pleasant and popular books on natural history, the principal of which are as follows: *''Gleanings in Natural History'' (1832–1835) *''An Angler's Rambles'' (1836) *''Anecdotes of Dogs'' (1846) *''Lectures on Natural History'' (1863) He also edited Izaak Walton's ''The Compleat Angler'', Gilbert White's ''Selborne'', and Leitch Ritchie's ''Windsor Castle'', and wrote a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Heneage Jesse
John Heneage Jesse (1809 – 7 July 1874), English historian, son of Edward Jesse, was educated at Eton and became a clerk in the secretary's department of the Admiralty. His poem on Mary, Queen of Scots was published about 1831, and was followed by a collection of poems entitled ''Tales of the Dead''. He also wrote a drama, '' Richard III'', and a fragmentary poem entitled ''London''. None of these ventures achieved any success, but his numerous historical works are written with vivacity and interest, and, in their own style, are an important contribution to the history of England. They include: *''Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts'' (1840) *''Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution of 1688 to the Death of George II'' (1843) *''George Selwyn and his Contemporaries'' (1843, new ed. 1882) *''Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents'' (1845) *''Memoirs of Richard the Third and his Contemporaries'' (1861) *''Memoirs of the Life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John John Jesse
John John Jesse (born 1969) is an illustrative painter from New York City's Lower East Side in the Juxtapoz gonzo-pop vein. He often shows with artists like Esao Andrews. Jesse has cited Gustav Klimt, Caravaggio, Béla Iványi-Grünwald, and Mark Ryden as influences He painted the girls he grew up with, citing the punk lifestyle of girls and drugs. Most of the people featured in his work are friends of his. They are generally nude or partially disrobed, in situations that are both fantastical and gritty. Jesse has, to date, two self declared series of renderings. The first consisting of black & white drawings he calls the "Baby Demonica" series and the second, full color paintings he calls the "Demonica Erotica" series.Biography His paintings have been exhibited and sold at Art @ Large, a New York City erotic art gallery. Jesse wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry Jesse
Richard Henry Jesse (May 1, 1853 – January 21, 1921) was an American educator and the eighth president of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was born in Lancaster County, Virginia 1853 and attended the University of Virginia. at shs.umsystem.edu He went on to teach at the University of Louisiana and Tulane University before assuming the presidency 1891. He retired in 1908. on the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |