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John Armstrong (British Writer Philosopher)
John Armstrong may refer to: Politicians *John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877–1926), Canadian politician *John Armstrong (Australian politician) (1908–1977) *John Armstrong (New Zealand politician) (1935–2018) * John Armstrong Jr. (1758–1843), soldier and U.S. Secretary of War *John Armstrong Sr. (1717–1795), American general and Continental Congressman * John Franklin Armstrong (1819–1887), schoolteacher and Texas state representative * John Armstrong (Irish politician), MP for Fore Religion * John Armstrong (archbishop of Armagh) (1915–1987), Anglican bishop * John Armstrong (bishop of Grahamstown) (1813–1856), Anglican bishop *John Armstrong (bishop of Bermuda) (1905–1992), Anglican bishop *John Armstrong (dean of Kilfenora) (1792–1856), Anglican priest in Ireland Sports * Jock Armstrong (born 1970), Scottish rally driver *John Armstrong (cricketer) (born 1981), England *John Armstrong (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1950), England *John Armstrong (foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong
John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (November 19, 1877 in King Township, Ontario, Canada – February 2, 1926) was a Canadian politician, conveyancer and real estate agent. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1911 election as a Member of the Conservative Party of Canada (historical), historical Conservative Party and re-elected in 1917 as a Unionist Party of Canada, Unionist. He ran in the elections of 1908 Canadian federal election, 1908 and 1921 Canadian federal election, 1921 as a Conservative and lost both elections. Prior to his federal political experience, he served on Municipal government of King, Ontario#Council, King Township council as Reeve (Canada), reeve of the township in 1908. External links * 1877 births 1926 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Unionist Party (Canada) MPs People from King, Ontario {{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lee Armstrong
John Lee Armstrong (December 15, 1932 – November 1, 2012) was an American football player and coach. He was a college football player at Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Homewood, Alabama Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. As of the 2010 census its population was 25,167, and in 2019 th ... from 1950 to 1953. Armstrong returned to his alma mater to serve as head football coach from 1966 to 1968, compiling a record of 20–9–2. Head coaching record College References 1932 births 2012 deaths Samford Bulldogs football coaches Samford Bulldogs football players High school football coaches in Alabama People from Etowah County, Alabama Coaches of American football from Alabama Players of American football from Alabama {{1960s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (physician)
John Armstrong (8 May 1784 – 12 December 1829) was an English physician. Life Armstrong was born, on 8 May 1784, at Ayres Quay, near Bishop Wearmouth, County Durham, where his father, George Armstrong, of humble birth, was a superintendent of glass works. He was educated privately, and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.D. in 1807 with a dissertation, ''De Causis Morborum Hydropicorum''. He practised in Sunderland, and was physician to the Sunderland Infirmary. In 1818 he moved to London, and in 1819 he was appointed physician to the London Fever Institution, a post which he resigned in 1824; and in 1820 became licentiate of the College of Physicians. Armstrong acquired a practice and also became a popular teacher of medicine. In 1821 he joined Edward Grainger, a teacher of anatomy, as lecturer on medicine at the school then being founded by the latter in Webb Street, a significant institution of the time. In 1826 he joined James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (model Railroader)
John H. Armstrong (November 18, 1920 – July 28, 2004) was a mechanical engineer, inventor, editor, prolific author, and model railroader best known for layout design and operations. He was married for 44 years to Ellen Palmer. They had four children. Early life He was born and raised in Canandaigua, New York, and began designing his Canandaigua Southern Railroad model layout when he was 14 years old. After earning a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue University, he settled in Silver Spring, Maryland in the late 1940s. He was employed at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory of the United States Navy in White Oak, Maryland and contributed to the design of weapons systems for nuclear submarines. Following his retirement from the Navy, he was a contributing editor for ''Railway Age'' magazine for ten years. Model railroad construction In evenings and on weekends he began building his Canandaigua Southern Railroad O scale layout in the basement of the modest Armstrong family h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (journalist/poet)
John Armstrong (1771–1797) was a Scottish journalist and poet from Leith. Biography Armstrong was born of humble parents, at Leith, in June 1771. After attending Leith Grammar School and the High School of Edinburgh, he entered the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with and MA. In 1789 he published ''Juvenile Poems, with remarks on Poetry, and a Dissertation on the best means of punishing and preventing Crimes''. Their publication obtained for him the honour of being invited to compose the words of the songs used in connection with the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the University of Edinburgh buildings. While tutor in a family in Edinburgh, Armstrong pursued the theological studies necessary to qualify him to become a preacher in the Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Reformation of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (frontiersman)
John Armstrong (April 20, 1755 – February 4, 1816) was an American soldier and judge. He was born in New Jersey. During the American Revolutionary War he served as an officer in the Continental Army with the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment and the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment. His service record is sometimes confused with the more famous John Armstrong, Jr., a Pennsylvania officer who became U.S. Secretary of War. Armstrong rejoined the United States Army in 1784 and served during the Northwest Indian War. In 1790, General Josiah Harmar sent him on an exploration mission in the Northwest Territory. Later that year he led a detachment of regular soldiers that accompanied Kentucky militia under Colonel John Hardin in an expedition to attack a Native American village on the Eel River. The Americans were ambushed in the battle; the militia fled and Armstrong barely escaped with his life. He resigned from the Army in March 1793. After the war, he served as treasurer of the Northwest Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (comics)
John Armstrong (died 28 August 2018) was a British comics artist, best known for his work in ''Misty'' and '' Tammy'', for which he drew the long-running strip ''Bella.''Comics Britannia Gallery page for John Armstrong BBC4 Image Gallery Other strips he has drawn include ''The Secret Gymnast'' in ''''. Biography Although one of the few acknowledged artistic pupils at his infant, junior and secondary schools, John Armstrong's first proper art lessons were whilst serving in the Army, in the Far East. "To keep us occupied, art lessons were started in a deserted palace outside Rangoon; local people in ethnic dress posed for us," he recalled in 2003. "I still hav ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (of Carrick)
John Armstrong of Carrick (1909 – 1984) was an English farmer, huntsman, stick dresser and traditional musician from near Elsdon, in central Northumberland. His nickname refers to High Carrick, his hill farm on the edge of the Otterburn Army ranges, near Elsdon; Armstrong is a common name in the Borders. He claimed descent from the Border reiver Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie. His wife was descended from Muckle Jock Milburn. He played Northumbrian pipes as a young man, and in later life the fiddle. The Armstrong family claims an unbroken tradition of Northumbrian piping going back at least four generations. The Clough family visited the Armstrong family home at Raylees for several years, just after the First World War, and John often played duets there with Tom Clough. He also later played regularly with Billy Pigg, who wrote several tunes named for him and his family, "The Carrick Hornpipe", "Raylees", "Mary Armstrong", "Jane of Biddlestone", "Anne's Wedding" and "John of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (Carolina)
John Armstrong (1735 – c. 1784) was an American soldier and land speculator from Surry County, Province of North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he led units of the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Line, advancing to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was in command of the 2nd North Carolina regiment at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in September 1781. After the war he became a land registrar for North Carolina and was active in converting war service patent rights into land grants. He originated the survey and plat layout that became the town of Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 202 .... He was the brother of Martin Armstrong, also Revolutionary War officer. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, John 1735 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (British Writer/philosopher)
John Armstrong (born 1966) is a British writer and philosopher living in Hobart, Australia. He was born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and London, later directing the philosophy program at the University of London's School of Advanced Study. Armstrong was philosopher in residence at the Melbourne Business School and senior adviser to the vice-chancellor of Melbourne University until 2014. In 2014 he became a professorial fellow at the University of Tasmania. He is the author of several books on philosophical themes. Life and work Armstrong's work has covered a range of themes including art, beauty, and civilisation. His work focuses on restoring traditional ways of thought by their modern application. Positive reviews of Armstrong's books have noted his accessible style and the importance of reviving the concepts of which he talks. Negative reviews have tended to criticise him for lacking a sense of history and irony. His recent work has focused around developing a phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (British Army Officer)
Major-General John Armstrong (31 March 1674 – 15 April 1742) was a British military engineer and soldier, who served as Chief Royal Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. He played a leading role in establishing the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as a dedicated training academy for engineers. Life John Armstrong was born on 31 March 1674 in the village of Ballyan, in what is now County Offaly in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Robert (c.1651–1716) and Lydia Armstrong (c.1649–1715), originally from the Scottish Borders and distantly related to the notorious reiver Johnnie Armstrong. He had two sisters, Lydia (1680-1715) and Elizabeth (1679-ca 1730); his brothers Samuel (1676-1710) and Michael (1678-1757) also served in the army. In 1710, he married Anna Burroughs (ca 1690-1725) and they had five daughters, Lydia (1718-1775), Anne (1719-1783), Frances (1720-1763), Mary (1721-1790) and Priscilla (1725-?). Career The 1688 Glorious Revolution sent James II int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (artist)
John Rutherford Armstrong (14 November 1893 – 19 May 1973) was a British artist and muralist who also designed for film and theatre productions. He is most notable for the Surrealist paintings he produced. Life and work Armstrong was born in Hastings in Sussex. His father was a clergyman and Armstrong was educated at St. Paul's School in London. He studied law at St. John's College, Oxford, but switched to art and became a student at St John's Wood Art School throughout 1913 and 1914. Armstrong served with some distinction in the Royal Field Artillery in Salonika during World War One before returning briefly to complete his studies at St John's Wood Art School. After a period of some economic hardship, Armstrong began to build a career as a theatre designer in London and to gain a client base for his artworks. He received a commission to decorate a room in the Portman Square home of the art collector Samuel Courtauld, and also painted a frieze for the ballroom at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
