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Job (given Name)
Job is a major figure in the Bible. People with the same given name include: * Patriarch Job of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 954 to 960 * Job of Esztergom, Hungarian prelate and archbishop (1185–1204) * Patriarch Job of Moscow (died 1607), first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and a saint of the Orthodox Church * Job of Pochayiv (c. 1551 – 1651), Ukrainian Orthodox monk and Eastern Orthodox saint * Job (Osacky) (1946–2009), archbishop of the Orthodox Church * Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1630–1698), Dutch painter * Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet (c. 1614–1697), barrister, member and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons of England, and judge * Job Charnock (c. 1630–1692), English East India Company administrator traditionally regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta * Job Cohen (born 1947), leader of the Dutch Labour Party * Job Durfee (1790–1847), jurist and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives * Job Haines (1744–1812) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job (biblical Figure)
Job ( ; he, אִיּוֹב – ''Īyyōḇ''; gr, Ἰώβ – ''Iṓb'') is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In rabbinical literature, Job is called one of the prophets of the Gentiles. In Islam, Job ( ar, أيوب, translit= ''Ayyūb'') is also considered a prophet. Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is suddenly beset with horrendous disasters that take away all he holds dear—a scenario intended to test Job's faith in God. Struggling mightily to understand this situation, Job reflects on his despair but consistently remains devout. In the Hebrew Book of Job The Hebrew Book of Job is part of Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. Not much is known about Job based on the Masoretic Text. The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his three friends (Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar), a man named Elihu, God, and angels (one of whom is called Satan, which means 'Adversary'). It begins with an introduction to Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Dean Jessop
Job Dean Jessop (December 4, 1926 - January 30, 2001) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey. Born in Logan, Utah, Jessop was eighteen when on August 9, 1944, as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky. In 1945 he won more races than any other jockey in the United States, finishing the year with 290 victories. His accomplishment was most impressive as a result of government wartime restrictions which had limited the racing year to approximately seven and one-half months. Of Jessop's four mounts in the Kentucky Derby, his best result was two third-place finishes. In 1946, he was third on Hampden behind eventual Triple Crown winner, Assault. Guiding the great Hall of Fame mare Gallorette, he won the Queens County Handicap against male horses in 1947. In 1950, he won the Ashland Stakes and the following year rode Ruhe to victory in the Blue Grass Stakes, then finished third with the colt in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Masculine Given Names
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayub (name)
Ayub (Arabic: ايّوب ''Ayūb'', commonly written ايوب) is the Arabic name of the Abrahamic prophet Job. Here it refers to the Islamic prophet which is mentioned in the Quran, see Job in Islam. The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, whose name in Arabic is ''Salạ̄hu d-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayūb''. Other people with this given name * Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion (''sahaba'') of Muhammad * Ayub Ali Master, early British-Bangladeshi social reformer, politician and entrepreneur * Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler * Ayub Khan (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan * Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician * Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon * Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani Sufi * Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist * Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986 * Ayub Khan Din (born 1961), British-Pakistani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyüp (name)
Eyüp is a Turkish given name for males and a variant of the name Job. People named Eyüp include: * Eyüp Sabri Akgöl (1876-1950), Ottoman revolutionary and Turkish politician * Eyüp Aşık (born 1953), Turkish former politician * Eyüp Can (boxer) (born 1964), Turkish retired boxer * Eyüp Can (journalist) (born 1973), Turkish journalist * Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ( ar, أبو أيوب الأنصاري, Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, tr, Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba ( ar, خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه, Kh ..., a companion (''sahaba'') of Muhammad, known in Turkish as Eyüp Sultan See also * Eyüboğlu (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Eyup Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Throckmorton
Job Throckmorton (Throkmorton) (1545–1601) was a puritan English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Possibly with John Penry and John Udall, he authored the Martin Marprelate anonymous anti-clerical satires; scholarly consensus now makes him the main author.Dorothy Auchter, ''Dictionary of Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Tudor and Stuart England'' (2001), p. 231. Life Throckmorton was of the Warwickshire gentry, resident at Haseley, the son of a land-owning Member of Parliament, Clement Throckmorton, and nephew of the influential diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in 1566. He served as Member of Parliament for East Retford from 1572 to 1583, and Member of Parliament for Warwick from 1586–87 (Queen Elizabeth I's 4th and 6th parliaments, respectively). In 1587 Throckmorton and Edward Dunn Lee presented to Parliament a petition of John Penry, on preaching in Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Tausinga
Job Dudley Tasinga, CSI (born July 18, 1951) is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. He lives on New Georgia Island, in the Western Province, and was first elected in 1984. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993. On 6 December 2011, he was elected unopposed to the position of deputy Speaker of Parliament, following Namson Tran's resignation from that position. (The Speaker was Allan Kemakeza.) He is the father of MP Silas Tausinga Silas Vaqara Tausinga, born 12 August 1983,"Hon. Silas Tausinga" . , ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Ben Solomon
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (17011773), also known as Job Ben Solomon, was a prominent Fulani Muslim prince from West Africa who was kidnapped to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade, having previously sold slaves himself. Born in Bundu, Senegal (West Africa), Ayuba's memoirs were published as one of the earliest slave narratives, in Thomas Bluett's ''Some Memories of the Life of Job, the Son of the Solomon High Priest of Boonda in Africa; Who was enslaved about two Years in Maryland; and afterwards being brought to England, was set free, and sent to his native Land in the Year 1734''. However, this version is not a first-person account. A first-hand account of Ayuba's capture by Mandinkas and eventual return home can be found in Francis Moore's ''Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa''. Early life Ayuba Suleiman Ibrahima Diallo was born in Bondu, in the state of Futa Tooro. His family were well-known religious leaders of the Muslim Fulbe peopleDiallo's grandfather had fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job De Roincé
Job de Roincé (Born ''Joseph Boreau de Roincé'', 18 April 1896, Segré, Maine-et-Loire - 30 December 1981), was a French journalist and writer, and also one of the founding figures of Breton nationalism. Biography Born in Segré in Maine-et-Loire in 1896, he attended school in Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Finistère). As a teenager, he participated in the birth of ''Bleun-Brug'', the movement of abbot Jean-Marie Perrot. After the First World War, he helped to create the Group of Young Bretons in 1919 with other members of Action Française like Charles Maurras. This movement was the origin of the separatist faction Breiz Atao, which he joined, but quickly left, as their radical views were incompatible with his own conservatism. However he later joined the Breton National Party, advocating for a royalist position. From a professional point of view, he started his career as a journalist with the journal ''Le Nouvelliste de Rennes''. Between 1925 and 1945, he worked for ''Courrier de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Mann
Job Mann (March 31, 1795 – October 8, 1873) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Job Mann was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816. He was register, recorder, and clerk of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, from 1818 to 1835. Mann was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He served as State treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1842 to 1848, and was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Koech Kinyor
Job Koech Kinyor (born 2 September 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. His personal best for the distance is 1:43.76 minutes. He was a bronze medallist at the 2011 and 2015 All-Africa Games, and he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4×800 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays. He is the son of former Olympic hurdler Barnabas Kinyor and has two children. Career He first began competing abroad in 2008 and set a personal best of 1:47.00 minutes to take third at the Folksam Grand Prix. He did not compete in 2009, but returned an improved athlete the following year. He won a number of low-level European meets in 2010, with the highlights being a win at the Notturna di Milano and a personal best run of 1:45.86 minutes for third at the Hanžeković Memorial. A fourth-place finish at the 2011 Kenyan Athletics Championships in a new best of 1:45.07 minutes brought him his first international selection. At the 2011 All-Africa Games h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Job Harriman
Job Harriman (January 15, 1861 – October 26, 1925) was an ordained minister who later became an agnostic and a socialist. In 1900, he ran for vice president of the United States along with Eugene Debs on the ticket of the Socialist Party of America. He later twice ran for mayor of Los Angeles, drawing considerable attention and support. He also founded a socialist utopian community called Llano del Rio in California, later relocated to Louisiana. Biography Early years Harriman was born on January 15, 1861, in Clinton County, Indiana. He lived on the family farm until he was 18. Harriman's early life was filled with religious influences by his parents. After graduating from Butler University in 1884, he went on into the ministry. He gradually came to doubt the ability of the church to fundamentally affect the lives of common people and to see organized religion as a trap. He recalled in 1902: "It is in doubt and not in faith that the salvation of the world is to be found. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
