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John Briscoe (apothecary)
Jack or John Brisco or Briscoe may refer to: * John Briscoe (water engineer) (1948–2014), South African-born environmental engineer * Jack Brisco (1941–2010), American wrestler * Jack Briscoe (born 1991), English rugby league player *John Briscoe (baseball) (born 1967), American baseball player * John Ivatt Briscoe (1791–1870), English politician *John Parran Briscoe (1853–1925), American judge *Johnny Briscoe, American exonerated by DNA evidence * Sir John Briscoe, 1st Baronet (1836–1919) **Sir John Charlton Briscoe, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960) of the Briscoe baronets **Sir John Leigh Charlton Briscoe, 4th Baronet (1911–1993) of the Briscoe baronets **Sir (John) James Briscoe, 5th Baronet (1951–1994) of the Briscoe baronets **Sir John Geoffrey James Briscoe, 6th Baronet (born 1994) of the Briscoe baronets See also *Brisco (other) *Briscoe (other) Briscoe may refer to: Placenames * Briscoe, Missouri * Briscoe, Texas, USA * Briscoe, West Virginia, USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Briscoe (water Engineer)
John Briscoe (July 30, 1948 – November 12, 2014) was a South African-born environmental engineer who was Visiting Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He was known as "Mr. Water" to environmental economists. At Harvard, Briscoe also held appointments at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) as Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, and at the Harvard Kennedy School. His career focused on efforts on the developing world to successfully manage and preserve water as a precious resource. In early 2014, he received the Stockholm Water Prize - the “Nobel Prize of Water" - for "unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water - contributions covering vast thematic, geographic, and institutional environments-that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.” He spoke English, Afrikaans, Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Brisco
Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American amateur wrestling, amateur and Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Division I national championship. He turned pro shortly after and performed for various List of NWA territories, territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Tag Team Championship, NWA Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco. Brisco is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of his era. Legendary champion Lou Thesz described him as "one of the toughest and most highly skilled wrestlers of the last 50 years". Don Leo Jonathan called him "probably the greatest champion of the 20th century." In the late 1970s, the Brisco brothers d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Briscoe
Jack Briscoe (born 25 October 1991) is an English rugby league footballer who last played for Hull F.C. in the Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh .... He was dual registered with Championship club the Featherstone Rovers for the 2012 season. References 1991 births Living people English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Hull F.C. players Rugby league players from Pontefract Rugby league wingers category:York City Knights players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Briscoe (baseball)
John Eric Briscoe (born September 22, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Briscoe played for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . Career Briscoe attended Lloyd V. Berkner High School and Texas Christian University. In 1987, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Briscoe pitched for the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) is a professional independent baseball league based in the United States. It is an official MLB Partner League based in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The Atlantic League's ... from 1998 through 2002. In 2001, he compiled a 5–1 win-loss record with 22 saves and an earned-run average of 2.70 as the Patriots won the league championship. References External links Retrosheet [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ivatt Briscoe
John Ivatt Briscoe (12 October 1791 – 16 August 1870) was an English Whig and later Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1870. Early life and education Briscoe was the only son of John Briscoe of Cross Deep, Twickenham and his wife Mary Winthrop, daughter of Stephen Winthrop. He inherited the family home, '' Cross Deep House'' in 1809. He was educated at University College, Oxford and graduated BA 2nd class in classics in 1812 and MA in 1815. He entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn, but was not called to the bar. Briscoe married Anna Maria Mawbey, daughter of Sir Joseph Mawbey, 2nd Baronet, in 1819. Judicial career He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Surrey and a J.P. for Middlesex. He wrote a pamphlet on "Prison Discipline." Parliamentary career At the 1830 general election Briscoe was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey. He held the seat until it was divided under the Reform Act, and was then elected at the 1832 gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parran Briscoe
John Parran Briscoe (August 24, 1853 – April 14, 1925) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1891 to 1924. Early life John Parran Briscoe was born on August 24, 1853, in Calvert County, Maryland to Anna Maria (née Parran) and James Thompson Briscoe. His father was the Secretary of State of Maryland. He attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in St. Mary's County and St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o .... He was admitted to the bar in 1875. Career Briscoe privately practiced law from 1875 to 1890. After 1924, he practiced law under Briscoe & Jones, Baltimore. Briscoe was elected as state's attorney of Calvert County in 1879, 1883, and 1887. He served as judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1891 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Briscoe
Johnny Briscoe is an American man falsely convicted of rape and other crimes and subsequently exonerated by DNA evidence. Crime On October 21, 1982, in the early morning, Larry Smith, an acquaintance of Briscoe, broke into a woman's apartment in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, robbed the woman of her jewelry at knifepoint, and then raped her. Smith remained with the woman, in a lit room, for an hour after the rape, while he smoked a cigarette and she smoked two. He told her that his name was Johnny Briscoe. After the rapist left the scene the victim called police. While police were still on the scene, Smith called the victim's apartment repeatedly, again identifying himself as Johnny Briscoe. These calls were traced back to a payphone near Briscoe's apartment. The woman identified Briscoe in both a photo and in a live police lineup in which Briscoe was the only person in an orange jumpsuit. Conviction A forensic chemist from the St. Louis County Crime Laboratory testified that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Briscoe, 1st Baronet
Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (6 December 1836 – 1 May 1919) was a British baronet. Briscoe was the eldest son of John Briscoe and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Leigh Burrowes. He was appointed as a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county. Briscoe was a member of the Liberal Party, and unsuccessfully contested the seat of King's Lynn at the 1886 general election. Briscoe was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for the year 1888. When Cambridgeshire County Council was created in 1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ..., Briscoe was elected to the council as an alderman at their first meeting. He was created a baronet, of Bourn Hall, in the Parish of Bourn, in the County of Cambridge on 12 July 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briscoe Baronets
The Briscoe Baronetcy, of Bourn Hall, in the Parish of Bourn, in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 July 1910 for John James Briscoe. He was a County Alderman, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire. His eldest son, the second Baronet, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded from birth in 1994, his father having died earlier that year. Briscoe baronets, of Bourn Hall (1910) * Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet (1836–1919) * Sir Alfred Leigh Briscoe, 2nd Baronet (1870–1921) * Sir John Charlton Briscoe, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960): a Lumleian Lecturer and influential physician * Sir John Leigh Charlton Briscoe, 4th Baronet (1911–1993) * Sir (John) James Briscoe, 5th Baronet (1951–1994) * Sir John Geoffrey James Briscoe, 6th Baronet (born 1994) See also *Brisco baronets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisco (other)
Brisco may refer to: * Brisco (surname) * Brisco, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada * Brisco, Cumbria, a community in Cumbria, England * Brisco, Indiana, an extinct town in Warren County, Indiana, United States * Biblical Research Institute Science Council (BRISCO), a Seventh-day Adventist group * Brisco, lead character in ''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'', a 1993 American TV show * Brisco (rapper), real name British Alexander Mitchell * Brisco baronets The Brisco Baronetcy, of Crofton Place in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 11 July 1782 for John Brisco, with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to his brother Horton and the heirs ... See also * Briscoe (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
