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John Beckwith (MP)
John Beckwith may refer to: Music * John Christmas Beckwith (1750β1809), English organist and composer * John Charles Beckwith (organist) (1788β1819), English organist * John Beckwith (composer) (1927β2022), Canadian composer Politics * John Adolphus Beckwith (1800β1880), Canadian politician * John L. Beckwith (1856β1934), Canadian entrepreneur and politician * John Beckwith (MP) for Lewes Sports * John Beckwith (baseball) (1900β1956), American baseball player, infielder in the Negro leagues * John Beckwith (footballer) (born 1932), former Australian rules football player and coach Others * John Beckwith (major-general), commanded the 20th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Minden (1759) * John Charles Beckwith (British Army officer) (1789β1862), British army officer * John W. Beckwith (1831β1890), American clergyman, Second Bishop of Georgia * John Beckwith (curator) (1918β1991), museum curator and art historian * Sir John Beckwith (entrepreneur) (born 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christmas Beckwith
John Christmas Beckwith (25 December 1759 β 3 June 1809) was an English organist and composer. Life Beckwith was born in Norwich on 25 December 1759, son of Edward Beckwith (1734β1793). His father and uncle were lay clerks at Norwich Cathedral. He was for many years pupil and assistant successively of the organist and composer William Hayes, and his son Philip Hayes, at Magdalen College, Oxford. As an organist he took very high rank in his day. He had many pupils, including the organist Zechariah Buck, the composer Stephen Codman, canadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2018. the singer Thomas Vaughan and the writer on music |
Battle Of Minden
The Battle of Minden was a major engagement during the Seven Years' War, fought on 1 August 1759. An Anglo-German army under the overall command of Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated a French army commanded by Marshal of France, Marquis de Contades. Two years previously, the French had launched a successful invasion of Hanover and attempted to impose an unpopular treaty of peace upon the allied nations of Britain, Hanover and Prussia. After a Prussian victory at Rossbach, and under pressure from Frederick the Great and William Pitt, King George II disavowed the treaty. In 1758, the allies launched a counter-offensive against the French and Saxon forces and drove them back across the Rhine. After the allies failed to defeat the French before reinforcements swelled their retreating army, the French launched a fresh offensive, capturing the fortress of Minden on 10 July. Believing Ferdinand's forces to be over-extended, Contades abandoned his strong posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Beckwith
Jonathan Roger Beckwith (born December 25, 1935, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American microbiologist and geneticist. He is the American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Biography He trained with Sydney Brenner, Arthur Pardee, and François Jacob at the Institut Pasteur in France before arriving at Harvard University. Research Beckwith led the research group that in 1969 isolated the first gene from a bacterial chromosome. Some of the researchers worked in the Beckwith laboratory at the Harvard Medical School and consisted of several now well-known scientists and doctors including James A. Shapiro and Lawrence Eron, MD.; others ( Lorne MacHattie and Garret Ihler ) were located in the laboratory of Charles Thomas. The procedure used was devised by Garret Ihler and Karin Ippen. Complementary strands of the gene, carried within non-complementary strands of viral DNA, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beckwith (character)
''Wedding Crashers'' is a 2005 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin, written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken with Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper and Jane Seymour in supporting roles. The film follows two divorce mediators (Wilson and Vaughn) who crash weddings in an attempt to meet and seduce women. A sleeper hit, the film opened on July 15, 2005, through New Line Cinema to critical and commercial success, grossing $288.5 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. It was the 6th highest grossing film of 2005 in the United States and became the first R rated comedy to make $200 million at the domestic box office. The success of the film has been credited with helping to revive the popularity of adult-oriented, R-rated comedies. Plot John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey are Washington, D.C. divorce mediators who crash weddings under false identities to meet and have sex with women. At the end of a seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bruce Beckwith
John Bruce Beckwith (born September 18, 1933) is an American pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which is partly named after him. He is also known for his role as reference pathologist for the National Wilms Tumor Study Group, a position he held from 1969 until his retirement thirty years later. He is also recognized for his research on sudden infant death syndrome, which he helped to define in the 1960s. Beckwith was born in Spokane, Washington (state), Washington, and grew up in St. Ignatius, Montana, St. Ignatius, Montana. A 1954 graduate of Whitman College, he has taught at the University of Washington, the University of Colorado, and Loma Linda University, among other places. Beckwith received the Fred W. Stewart Award from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1994. In 1998, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists; the same year, he became the first recipient of the National Institutes of Health's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beckwith (entrepreneur)
Sir John Lionel Beckwith, CBE (born 19 March 1947)"Preview Family Record - Beckwith" ''Burke's Peerage''. Retrieved 17 December 2012. is a businessman. Personal life John Beckwith was born on 19 March 1947. He was educated at . He is reportedly a "sport fanatic" and, as of 2011, had run four marathons. He is a member of the MCC, Queen's Club, the Berkshire Royal Golf Club, and the Rosslyn Park Rugby Club. He is the uncle of socialite |
John Beckwith (curator)
John Gordon Beckwith, FBA, FSA (2 December 1918 β 20 February 1991) was an English museum curator and art historian. Born on 2 December 1918, Beckwith attended Ampleforth College before serving in the Second World War; he was badly injured during the Normandy landings. After the war, he studied modern history at Exeter College, Oxford."John Beckwith", ''The Times'' (London), 27 February 1991, p. 16. In 1948, Beckworth was appointed an assistant keeper in the Department of Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He became a specialist in medieval and Byzantine textiles. In 1955, he was transferred to the Department of Architecture and Sculpture and studied medieval ivory carvings. He was promoted to be the department's Deputy Keeper in 1958."Beckwith, John Gordon" '' |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Beckwith (British Army Officer)
John Charles Beckwith (1789β1862) was a British army officer who was born in Nova Scotia. He is best remembered for being injured in the Battle of Waterloo and for his charity work and philanthropy among the Waldensians of northern Italy. Career John Charles Beckwith, known as Charles Beckwith, was born in Halifax (former city), Halifax, Nova Scotia and was the eldest of ten children. He was the grandson of Major-general John Beckwith (major-general), John Beckwith and nephew of the generals, Sir George Beckwith (British Army officer), George Beckwith and Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith. He attended the Halifax Grammar School with Captain Herbert Clifford. He left Halifax to join the British army at age 14. Charles Beckwith joined the 50th Regiment of Foot in 1803, exchanging in 1804 into the 95th Rifles, with which regiment he served in the Peninsular War, Peninsular campaigns of 1808β10. He was subsequently employed on the staff of the Light Division, and he was repeatedly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beckwith (major-general)
John Beckwith may refer to: Music * John Christmas Beckwith (1750β1809), English organist and composer * John Charles Beckwith (organist) (1788β1819), English organist * John Beckwith (composer) (1927β2022), Canadian composer Politics * John Adolphus Beckwith (1800β1880), Canadian politician * John L. Beckwith (1856β1934), Canadian entrepreneur and politician * John Beckwith (MP) for Lewes Sports * John Beckwith (baseball) (1900β1956), American baseball player, infielder in the Negro leagues * John Beckwith (footballer) (born 1932), former Australian rules football player and coach Others * John Beckwith (major-general), commanded the 20th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Minden (1759) * John Charles Beckwith (British Army officer) (1789β1862), British army officer * John W. Beckwith (1831β1890), American clergyman, Second Bishop of Georgia * John Beckwith (curator) (1918β1991), museum curator and art historian * Sir John Beckwith (entrepreneur) (born 1947), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Beckwith (organist)
John Charles Beckwith (1788 β 11 October 1819) was an English Organist, born in Norwich. Family He was the son of the organist John Christmas Beckwith. He is buried in St Peter Mancroft. Career He was jointly *Organist of St Peter Mancroft 1809 - 1819 *Organist of Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites. The cathedral ... 1809 - 1819 Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckwith, John Charles Cathedral organists 1788 births 1819 deaths 19th-century classical musicians 19th-century organists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beckwith (footballer)
John Beckwith (born 16 September 1932) is a former Australian rules football player and coach, for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Beckwith's father, Wally Beckwith, was a VFL player for Fitzroy and was also a VFL umpire. Beckwith won the 1949 Federal Football League's Under 18 best and fairest award with Black Rock. Beckwith made his debut in round one against Essendon at Windy Hill. Essendon had been premiers the previous year and as such it was the unfurling of the 1950 premiership flag. The players had to line up, and General Sir Dallas Brooks, the Governor of Victoria, came past. Beckwith was only 19 years of age, and meeting the governor as well as playing his first game of VFL football was a nerve-wracking experience, although he did end up kicking a goal. Beckwith was a member of Melbourne premiership sides in 1955β1957 and 1959β1960. He won a club best and fairest award in 1957, and captained the Demons from 1957 to 1959. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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