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John Cary (other)
John Cary (c. 1754–1835) was an English cartographer John Cary may also refer to: * John Cary (died 1395), Chief Baron of the Exchequer & MP for Devon * John Cary (valet), George Washington's valet *John W. Cary, American politician * John Cary (MP), in 1397, MP for Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen of the Conservative Party. History From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary ... * John Cary (businessman), prominent Bristol merchant and writer on matters regarding trade during the eighteenth century, mercantilist * John Robert Cary, Physicist See also * John B. Cary Elementary School * John Carey (other) * John Kerry, politician {{hndis, Cary, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cary
John Cary (c. 1754 – 1835) was an English cartographer. Life Cary served his apprenticeship as an engraver in London, before setting up his own business in the Strand in 1783. He soon gained a reputation for his maps and globes, his atlas, ''The New and Correct English Atlas'' published in 1787, becoming a standard reference work in England. In 1794 Cary was commissioned by the Postmaster General to survey England's roads. This resulted in ''Cary's New Itinerary'' (1798), a map of all the major roads in England and Wales. He also produced Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ... maps prior to 1805. In his later life he collaborated on geological maps with the geologist William Smith. His business was eventually taken over by G. F. Cruchley (1822 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cary (died 1395)
Sir John Cary (died 28 May 1395), of Devon, was a judge who rose to the position of Chief Baron of the Exchequer (1386–88) and served twice as Member of Parliament for Devon, on both occasions together with his brother, Sir William Cary, in 1363/64 and 1368/69. Origins He was a son of Sir John Cary and his second wife Jane Bryan, a daughter of Sir Guy Bryan (died 1349), who held Walwyn's Castle in Pembrokeshire and Torbryan in Devon, and sister of Guy Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan, KG (died 1390). Career He served twice as Member of Parliament for Devon, on both occasions together with his brother Sir William Cary, in 1363/4 and 1368/9, and in November 1386 he was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. He was a strong adherent to King Richard II (1377–1399) and was attainted in 1388 by the Merciless Parliament, at which many members of Richard II's court were convicted of treason. He was initially sentenced to death for his part in the "Nottingham judgements", but this was comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cary (valet)
John Cary (August 1729 (unattested date) - 2 June 1843) was the African-American enslaved body servant of American Revolutionary War General George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th .... Cary said that he was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in August 1729; he died in Washington, D.C., 2 June 1843. He was with Washington in the old French war at Braddock's defeat, and accompanied him through the revolutionary struggle. In 1843, he petitioned for a Revolutionary Pension. References 1843 deaths People from Westmoreland County, Virginia African-American people 19th-century American people Longevity claims 18th-century American people {{AfricanAmerican-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Cary (MP)
John Cary was the member of the Parliament of England for Salisbury for the parliament of September 1397.CARY, John, of Salisbury, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 20 December 2018. References Members of Parliament for Salisbury English MPs September 1397 14th-century English politicians[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen of the Conservative Party. History From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary borough of Salisbury, returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England Elections were held using the bloc vote system. This afforded the ability for wealthy male townsfolk who owned property rated at more than £2 a year liability in Land Tax to vote in the county and borough (if they met the requirements of both systems). The franchise (right to vote) in the town was generally restricted to male tradespersons and professionals within the central town wards, however in medieval elections would have been the aldermen. The borough constituency co-existed with a neighbouring minuscule-electorate seat described towards its Great Reform Act abolition as a rotten borough: Old Sarum that covered the mostly abandoned Roman citadel to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cary (businessman)
John Cary (1649–1722?) was a prominent Bristol merchant and writer on matters regarding trade during the eighteenth century. Cary has been heralded as a pioneer in establishing economics as a separate field of "scientific" inquiry, a proponent of a "favorable balance of trade", and an objector to the idea that low wages were desirable. Life and background Early life John Cary was born in Bristol, England. He was estimated to be born in March 1649 and is believed to have died sometime between 1717 and 1722, with the exact dates of his birth and death unknown. Cary was the eldest son of Mary Cary and Shershaw Cary. He descended from a family of merchants, and his father was a sugar trader in the Iberian Peninsula and West Indies. Cary also had a sixteenth-century namesake who was a merchant who traded contraband spices. While not much information is known about his formative years, he spent some of his late youth working as an apprentice to a linen draper. Merchant Cary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robert Cary
John Robert Cary is a professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and CEO of Tech-X Corporation, which he co-founded in 1994. Biography and education In 1973 Cary earned a BA ''cum laude'' in physics and a BA ''cum laude'' in mathematics at the University of California, Irvine. He earned his MS in 1975 and Ph.D. in physics in 1979 at the University of California, Berkeley. Cary worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (1978-1980) and then the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas, Austin (1980-1984), prior to joining the faculty at the University of Colorado in 1984. At Colorado, he has served as department chair (1992-1995), center director, and faculty mentor. Research Cary personally has worked in a wide variety of areas related to plasma and beam physics, such as nonlinear dynamics, 3D magnetohydrodynamic equilibria, magnetic reconnection, laser plasma acceleration, fusion plasma physics, but also in other fields, such as photon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carey (other)
John Carey may refer to: *John Carey (animator), staff member of Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s *John Carey (botanist), (1797–1880), British botanist * John Carey (Celticist), American scholar *John Carey (congressman) (1792–1875), United States Representative from Ohio; member of the Ohio House of Representatives * John Carey (courtier) (c. 1491–1552), courtier to King Henry VIII * John Carey (critic) (born 1934), British literary critic * John Carey (Australian politician), Western Australian politician *John Carey (Ohio state legislator) (born 1959), Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives; former Ohio state senator *John Carey (Oregon politician), member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, 1852 *John Carey (Wisconsin politician) (1839–1888) * John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover (1608–1677), English peer * John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617), English peer and politician *John L. Carey (died 1852), editor of the ''Baltimore American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
