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John Burns (other)
John Burns (1858–1943) was an English trade unionist, socialist and politician. John or Jon Burns may also refer to: Entertainment * John Burns (audio engineer), British recording engineer and producer since the 1960s *John Burns (radio presenter) (born 1945), Australian radio presenter on 3AW, Melbourne * Jake Burns (born 1958), Irish singer and guitarist for Stiff Little Fingers *John M. Burns (born 1938), British comic artist known for his work on ''Modesty Blaise'' and ''Judge Dredd'' *John Burns (fictional character), a fictional character on the American sitcom '' Taxi'' Military *John Horne Burns (1916–1953), American military intelligence officer and novelist * John L. Burns (1794–1872), American soldier in the War of 1812 and civilian combatant in the Battle of Gettysburg *John M. Burns (sailor) (1835–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Politics * John A. Burns (1909–1975), American delegate and governor of the state of Hawaii *John Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns
John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 – 24 January 1943) was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman. When the Liberal cabinet made a decision for war on 2 August 1914, he resigned and played no further role in politics. After retiring from politics, he developed an expertise in London history and coined the phrase "The Thames is liquid history". Early life Burns was born in London in 1858, the son of Alexander Burns, a Scottish fitter, growing up with his railwayman father in a house at 80 Grant Road, Battersea on what is now the Winstanley and York Road Estates. He attended a national school in Battersea until he was ten years old. He then had a succession of jobs until he was fourteen years old and started a seven-year apprenticeship to an engineer at Millbank and continued his education at night-sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (baseball)
John E. Burns was an American professional baseball player who played first base A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ... in the Major Leagues in 1884. External links 1861 births Major League Baseball first basemen Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Baltimore Monumentals players 19th-century baseball players Jersey City Skeeters players Year of death missing Baseball players from Brooklyn {{Baseball-first-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde
John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde, (24 June 1829 – 12 February 1901) was a ship owner. Born in Glasgow he was the son of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, a founder of the shipping company G & J Burns and a partner in the Cunard Steamship Co. and his wife, Jane Cleland. After school, he attended Glasgow University and took the general arts degree before joining the family firm about 1850. He married Emily (d. 1901), daughter of George Clerk Arbuthnot, with whom he had two sons and three daughters. As a young man he had been in the Crimea at the fall of Sevastopol in 1855,; he had subsequently been an advocate of good coastal defences and was the first to suggest to the government the use of merchant vessels for war purposes. His father handed over control of the family businesses to him in 1860, the year he married, and he became a key figure, first as a partner, then as chairman, in the reconstruction and subsequent flotation of Cunard in 1878. Cunard began to replace its fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (surgeon)
John Burns FRS MIF (13 November 1775 – 18 June 1850) was a Scottish surgeon.John Burns Glasgow University Life He was the eldest son of Elizabeth Stevenson and Rev. John Burns, who was the minister of the in . Burns became a visiting surgeon at and the proprietor of the Colleg ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (minister)
Barony Hall, also known as Barony Church, is a red sandstone Victorian neo-Gothic-style building on Castle Street in the Townhead area of Glasgow, Scotland, near Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the city's oldest surviving house, Provand's Lordship. The original or Old Barony Church was built as a part of the Barony Parish in Glasgow by architect, James Adams. It opened in 1799 and served ceremonial and other congregational purposes. The replacement for the old building was designed by J. J. Burnet & J. A. Campbell and raised in 1889, and incorporated architectural artifacts from the old church and a number of other relics. The New Barony Church was acquired by the University of Strathclyde in 1986. It was restored in 1989 and is now a ceremonial hall and events venue known as the Barony Hall. It is one of the few buildings in the area that survived the slum clearances of the 1950s and 1960s as part of the Townhead 'Comprehensive Development Area' (CDA). Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (judge)
John Dominic Burns is a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a former Chief Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory. Career Burns was admitted to practice in 1981. He first worked at Legal Aid NSW. In 1983, Burns moved to Canberra and worked for the Deputy Crown Solicitors Office as a prosecutor. The following year he joined the Australian Government Solicitor. Burns then joined the firm Gallens Barristers and Solicitors in 1985 and shortly became a partner. He was called to the bar in 1989 and joined Blackburn Chambers. In 1990, Burns was appointed a Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory and a Magistrate of the Norfolk Island Territory. After the retirement of Ron Cahill, Burns was appointed Chief Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory on 15 December 2009. In July 2011, it was announced that Burns would be appointed to the Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (farmer)
John Burns (1769–1785) was the youngest brother of the poet Robert Burns and the last son born to William Burness and Agnes Broun. John was born at Mount Oliphant Farm on the Doonholm Estate near Alloway on the 12 July 1769. He was christened circa 21 July 1769 by Rev. Rev William Dalrymple. Life and background His siblings were Robert Burns (b. 25 January 1759); Gilbert (b. 28 September 1760); Agnes (b. 30 September 1762); William Burnes (b. 30 July 1760); Annabella (b. 14 November 1764); Isabella (b. 27 July 1771). The family moved from Mount Oliphant to Lochlea Farm near Alloway in 1777 and then moved to Mossgiel Farm near Mauchline in 1784 after John's father William Burness had died. At Mossgiel Farm John would have worked as a labourer like his brothers and here he shared a tiny room in the loft with his older brother William. John was an apprentice weaver however he had a history of illness.Westwood (2008), p.12 Death John was only sixteen when he died at Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (entomologist)
John Burns is an entomologist, curator of Lepidoptera and professor at Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution. Academic background Burns has completed his BS at Johns Hopkins University & MS, PhD at University of California, Berkeley. Fields of study Burns is an expert in Lepidoptera (skipper butterflies), evolutionary biology and poetry. He has discovered a new species of skipper butterflies and named it as Pseudodrephalys sohni found at Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Publications Some of his notable publications are as follows: * DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera 2006 * Pan-neotropical genus Venada (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) is not monotypic: Four new species occur on one volcano in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (businessman)
John David Burns (born May 1944) is a British chartered surveyor and property developer, founder and CEO of the FTSE 250-listed Derwent London. Early life John David Burns was born in May 1944. According to Burns, he entered estate agency on the advice of his mother, "My mother said it was a very gentlemanly business, which it was at the time and still is today, to a degree." He trained as a chartered surveyor. Career In 1961, Burns joined Hillier Parker as a property negotiator. In 1965, he became a partner in the estate agency Barnet Baker. In 1974, he became a senior partner in the estate agency Pilcher Hershman. In 1984, Burns was looking for a shell company to manage his property interests and chose the Derwent Valley Light Railway Company, which was then the owner of a few disused railway stations and valued at £1.5m. This became Derwent London, with Burns as its CEO. Personal life Burns is married with two grown-up children. In 1997, his daughter Claire married the billi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Burns (rugby Union)
John Francis "Jake" Burns (born 17 February 1941) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Burns represented Canterbury at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ..., on their 1970 tour of South Africa, playing in nine matches but no internationals. References 1941 births Living people Rugby union players from Christchurch People educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Canterbury rugby union players Rugby union locks {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Campbell Burns
John Campbell Burns (28 January 1880 – 11 June 1941) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Wellington in 1914/15. See also * List of Wellington representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented the New Zealand-based Wellington cricket team in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. Wellington's inaugural first-class match commenced on 28 November 1873, against Auckland cricket ... References External links * 1880 births 1941 deaths New Zealand cricketers Wellington cricketers People from Lawrence, New Zealand Cricketers from Otago Petone Borough Councillors {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burns (weightlifter)
John Burns (born 21 December 1948) is a British weightlifter. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1948 births Living people British male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Weightlifters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century British sportsmen 21st-century British sportspeople Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{UK-weightlifting-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
