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John Curran (author)
John Curran may refer to: * John Curran (Agatha Christie expert), Irish literary scholar and archivist * John Curran (baseball) (1852–1896), baseball player, often misidentified as ''Peter Curren'' * John Curran (businessman) (born 1964), American businessman and CEO of ARIN * John Curran (director) (born 1960), American film director and writer * John Curran (financial journalist) (1953–2013), American financial journalist * John Curran (footballer) (1864–?), footballer who played for Liverpool F.C. * John Curran (Irish politician) (born 1960), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and TD for Dublin Mid West * John Curran (Illinois politician), member of the Illinois Senate * John Curran (news correspondent) (1957–2011), American journalist * John Curran (musician), musician with A Global Threat * John Elliott Curran (1848–1890), American author * John Joseph Curran John Joseph Curran, (February 22, 1842 – October 1, 1909) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (Agatha Christie Expert)
John Curran is an Irish literary scholar and archivist, best known as an expert on the work of Dame Agatha Christie, English author of detective fiction and the world's bestselling novelist. He was born in Dublin and for years edited the Agatha Christie newsletter, subscriptions to which are handled through the author's official website. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Christie at Trinity College. He served as a National Trust consultant during the restoration of Christie's Devon residence, the Greenway Estate. With the assistance of Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, he has researched the author's personal archives and notebooks. He has written two books on the subject, the first containing two previously unpublished Poirot short stories: the short story on which Christie's novel ''Dumb'' ''Witness'' was based; and the original version of Christie's short story " The Capture of Cerberus". The second features the previously unpublished original version of the Miss Marple short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (baseball)
John Henry Curran was an Irish professional baseball player who appeared in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics in . He was long listed as "Peter Curren" but SABR The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball primarily through the use of statistics. Established in Cooperstown, New ... researchers discovered his true identity in 2009. External links 1850s births 1896 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Philadelphia Athletics (NL) players 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball players from Ireland Irish baseball players Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) Brooklyn Chelsea players Springfield (minor league baseball) players Manchester (minor league baseball) players San Francisco Athletics players San Francisco (minor league baseball) players Irish emigrants to the United States {{Baseball-catc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (businessman)
John Curran (born May 7, 1964) is an early Internet executive, and since 2009, the current president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). He was a founder of ARIN and served as its chairman from inception through 2009. Curran ran several early Internet companies including BBN Planet, XO Communications, and Servervault. Career Curran held positions as Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technical Officer of ServerVault (a federally oriented secure hosting company acquired bCarpathia Hosting, Chief Technical Officer of XO Communications, and Chief Technical Officer of BBN. Curran also worked for Combustion Engineering/Asea Brown Boveri and Control Data Corporation. Curran provided technical leadership to BBN's commercial Internet efforts, including working on the early Internet research networks (CSNET and NEARNET) and the NSFNET Network Service Center (NNSC) coordination center for the pre-commercial Internet. John Curran has served as Area Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (director)
John Curran (born September 11, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986. There he worked on television commercials before writing and directing the short film ''Down Rusty Down''. For his debut feature film, the 1998 drama ''Praise'', he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Director and the International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Six years passed before Curran tackled his next project, the independent film ''We Don't Live Here Anymore'', for which he was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He followed this two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (financial Journalist)
John Jude Curran (November 21, 1953 – July 5, 2013) was an American financial journalist and editor. Curran was a journalist at ''Fortune'' magazine from 1978 to 1998. He then served as the editor of ''Mutual Fund'' magazine from 1998 until the publication's closure in 2003. He joined '' Bloomberg News'' in 2010, working as a senior writer and editor for '' Bloomberg Markets'' magazine. He also appeared as a regular business commentator on '' NBC News at Sunrise'' for ten years. Curran was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 21, 1953, to John Francis and Catherine Curran. His father worked for Kraft Foods as a marketing executive. Curran was raised in White Plains, New York. He attended Catholic schools and received a bachelor's degree in languages and literature from Bard College in 1975. Curran joined the staff of ''Fortune'' magazine as a journalist in 1978. He focused on Wall Street, banking, business and international economics. He received the Overseas Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (footballer)
John Curran (1 March 1864 – January 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back. He played in the 1894 Scottish Cup Final with Celtic (a defeat by Rangers) and won the Scottish Football League title in the same season (having played a smaller role in their 1892–93 championship win). FitbaStats After Curran moved to England with Liverpool, the team gained promotion as winners of the Second Division in 1894–95, and he was still with the ''Reds'' at the start of the following campaign (which ended in relegation) but soon moved on to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (Irish Politician)
John Curran (born 17 June 1960) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served Chair of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness from 2016 to 2020 and a Minister of State from 2008 to 2011. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2002 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. Following his re-election in 2016, he chaired the all-party Oireachtas Housing and Homelessness Committee. This committee launched their final report on 17 June 2016. Curran was elected to South Dublin County Council at the 1999 local elections representing the Clondalkin– Newcastle local electoral area. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election when the constituency was first created. He was re-elected on the first count at the 2007 general election. On 13 May 2008, shortly after Brian Cowen became Taoiseach, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with special responsibility for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (Illinois Politician)
John Curran is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate. He took office in July 2017 after accepting an appointment to replace Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno who resigned July 1, 2017. He represents the 41st district which includes all or parts of Lemont, Indian Head Park, LaGrange Western Springs, Homer Glen, Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Lisle, Willowbrook, Woodridge, Naperville, and Bolingbrook. Curran has served as the Minority leader in the Illinois Senate since January 11, 2023. Electoral career Curran began his political career as a Woodridge Village Trustee and member of the DuPage County Board, where he served as vice chair. Curran received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and his law degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law. Following 19 years working as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Curran now works as an attorney at a private law firm in Oak B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (news Correspondent)
John Curran (1957 – September 17, 2011) was an American journalist and news correspondent. Curran was a journalist at the '' Associated Press'' from 1989 until his death. John Curran was named Vermont news leader for the Associated Press in 2006 after reporting for 12 years in Atlantic City, N.J. John Curran was the son of longtime Buffalo News columnist Bob Curran. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., with a degree in journalism. He worked for the Niagara Gazette and joined the Associated Press in Charleston in 1989, and transferred to Boston in 1993. In 1994 he was sent to Atlantic City to cover crime, politics, the Miss America pageant and Donald Trump's casinos. Curran was born in New York City and grew up near Buffalo. In 1975, he graduated from high school in Amherst, N.Y. and went to the United States Military Academy Preparatory School at Fort Monmouth, N.J. Though he had intended to play college basketball at West Point, he changed plans and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (musician)
A Global Threat (AGT) was an American punk rock band, formed in Bangor, Maine in 1997. They released four full-length albums as well as many 7-inch EPs and toured extensively throughout the United States. History 1997–2000 Originally formed in Maine in 1997, the band relocated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1998 where it was based until their breakup. The band's original members were Bryan Lothian, Brett Threat, Westie, and Tubby Tim. In 1998 the band recorded and self-released their first EP, ''The Kids Will Revolt Against All Authority'', on Crack Rock Records. Soon after, Mike Graves and Petrov Curtis joined the band (on drums and guitar respectively) and they began playing live shows in Boston and New York. During this period, the band met Mark Civitarese (a member of Boston punk group The Unseen), who would become a major supporter of the band before later joining it himself. Mark re-released ''The Kids Will Revolt'' EP on ADD Records in late 1998. He then became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliott Curran
John Elliott Curran (May 25, 1848 – May 18, 1890) was an American author. Curran, son of John C. and Mary L. Curran, was born in Utica, New York, May 25, 1848. Literary career He graduated from Yale College in 1870. After nearly a year of European travel he pursued the study of law, at first in Utica, and then in the Law School of Columbia College, where he was graduated in May 1873. He practiced his profession for some years in New York City, but finally abandoned it for literary work, which had long interested him. He published one novel, ''Miss Frances Merley'', in 1888, and a number of stories in magazines. He also did some newspaper work in New York. His residence was in Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ..., where he died on M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joseph Curran
John Joseph Curran, (February 22, 1842 – October 1, 1909) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was the country's first Solicitor General between December 5, 1892 and October 17, 1895 and a member of the Conservative Party between February 8, 1883 and October 17, 1895. Life Born in Montreal, Canada East, Curran was one of eleven children born to Charles C. and Sarah Kennedy Curran. Charles was from County Down, Ireland, and Sarah from County Wexford. John attended Collège Ste-Marie and the University of Ottawa. He graduated from McGill Law School in 1862 and was appointed to the Bar of Quebec in 1863. In 1865 he married Mary Elizabeth Brennan, with whom he had seven children. Curran was named a Queen's Counsel in 1882 and became a judge for the Superior Court of Quebec in 1885. Curran served three terms in the Canadian House of Commons as a member for Montreal Centre. He was a professor of the law faculty and vice-dean at Ottawa University Ottawa University ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |