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John Davies (Alaska Politician)
John Davies may refer to: Academics *John Davies (archivist) (1925–1999), Malaysian archivist * John Davies (chemist) (died 1850), English chemist *John Davies (classical scholar, born 1679) (1679–1732), English classical scholar, and president of Queens' College, Cambridge *John Davies (historian) (1938–2015), Welsh historian *John Davies (librarian) (1743–1817), librarian of the University of Cambridge *John Davies (priest, born 1957), British Anglican priest and theologian * John Gordon Davies (1919–1990), British theologian * John K. Davies (astronomer) (born 1955), British astronomer * John K. Davies (historian) (born 1937), British classical historian Businesspeople *John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister *John Davies (New Zealand businessman) (born 1941 or 1942), businessman and mayor of Queenstown *John Davies (publisher) (1814–1872), co-founded the Australian newspaper ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (archivist)
John Davies, A.M.N. P.P.N. (July 27, 1925 – October 21, 1999) was an archivist, writer, and recipient of the prestigious Ahli Mangku Negara award. He served as Executive Officer of the National Archives of Malaysia (Arkib Negara Malaysia), Petaling Jaya between the 1961 and 1977. He was the world's leading authority on the conservation and preservation of documents during his era. History Davies was born in Parit Buntar, Perak, Malaysia to Joseph Sanghuni Nair and Marial Joseph, he was baptised as John Davies, and was of Indian Malayali Nair descent. During the Japanese occupation of Malaya in WWII Davies served as a rations officer. He later met Lord Mervyn Cecil Ffranck Sheppard ( Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard), who had seen potential in Davies and offered him a junior position at the National Archives of Malaysia. Davies excelled in his profession, rose up the ranks and was promoted to Archives Executive Officer. Davies published several books and traveled overseas to England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard Davies
John Howard Davies (9 March 193922 August 2011) ''Daily Telegraph'', 23 August 2011 was an English director, producer and former . He became famous for appearing in the title role of 's film adaptation of '''' (1948). After joining the BBC as a production assistant in 1966, Davies became a hugely influential television director and producer, specialising in comedy. Davies pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen
John Percival Davies, 1st Baron Darwen (28 March 1885 – 26 December 1950), was a British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician. Early life The son of Thomas Pearce Davies, of Heatherfield, Darwen, in Lancashire, John was educated at Sidcot School and then Bootham School in York, before studying at the University of Manchester. He became a director of the Greenfield Mill Company. Political career Davies became interested in socialism, and joined the Independent Labour Party and the Fabian Society. In 1910, he was president of the Darwen Fabian Society. He also became the president of the North East Lancashire Sub-Union of Adult Schools, and hosted the annual Heys Farm Adult School Guest House. Davies repeatedly fought the Conservative seat of Skipton, in 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935 and 1945, but was never successful. On 12 February 1946 Davies was raised to the peerage as Baron Darwen, ''of Heys-in-Bowland in the West Riding of the County of York''. He served as a Lord-in-wait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (Welsh Miners' Agent)
John Davies (died 25 July 1918) was a Welsh politician and trade unionist, who served as Mayor of Merthyr. Born in Hirwaun, Davies left at the age of eight to attend school in Newchurch. Four years later, he returned to live with his father in Hirwaun, and began working at a local coal mine. He became active in the local trade union, the Aberdare, Merthyr and Dowlais Miners' Association, and when he was 27 he was elected to its executive committee. He was proposed at a workers' meeting as a labour candidate in the October 1888 Merthyr by-election, but he refused the nomination. In 1895, Davies was elected to represent the Aberdare miners on the Sliding Scale Committee, which determined their wages. He became regarded at the deputy to local miners' agent David Morgan, and during the Welsh coal strike of 1898 collected donations from miners in North Wales and South Staffordshire. At the end of the strike, he was one of four miners' representatives who refused to sign an agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (poet, Born 1569)
Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised)8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621. He became Attorney General for Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. Early life Davies was born in Wiltshire, possibly at Chicksgrove Manor at Lower Chicksgrove, to John and Mary Davies. He was educated at Winchester College for four years, a period in which he showed much interest in literature. He studied there until the age of sixteen and went to further his education at the Queen's College, Oxford, where he stayed for just eighteen months, with most historians questioning whether he received a degree. Davies spent some time at New Inn after his departure from Oxford, and it was at this point that he decided to pursue a career in law. In 1588 he enrolled in the Middle Temple, where he did well academically, although suffering constant reprimands for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Davies
Sir John George Davies (17 February 1846 – 12 November 1913), generally known as (Sir) George Davies, was a Tasmanian politician, newspaper proprietor and first-class cricketer. Davies' Jewish father John Snr. and grandfather had been transported to Australia as convicts and Davies was born in Melbourne to John Snr. and Elizabeth Davies (née Ellis) following Davies Snr's release. The Davies family moved to Tasmania, where Davies Snr co-founded the '' Hobart Mercury'' and became a prominent citizen of Hobart, including serving in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Davies and his brother Charles were educated at Melbourne Grammar School and The Hutchins School in Hobart, where he showed great promise as a sportsman. Sporting career Davies' cricketing skills led him to play against the touring H.H. Stephenson's English side in 1862, aged 16, scoring six. He continued to represent Tasmania in non-first-class matches throughout the 1860s. Davies made his first-class cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mark Davies
Sir John Mark Davies (8 February 184012 September 1919) was a British-born Australian politician. Born in Halstead, Essex, England in 1840, Davies was the fifth eldest of the six boys and six girls of Ebenezer Davies and Ruth Bartlett. Two of the younger boys were educated at Geelong Grammar School. John was articled in 1852 and in 1863 was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a solicitor. He worked as a partner in a law firm for some years, and was President of the Law Institute of Victoria in 1885–86; he was made the group's first honorary life member in 1919. Political career Davies served in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1889 to 1919, representing first the South Yarra Province (1889–1895) then Melbourne Province (1899–1919). and was Minister for Health for two months in 1891. He was the Solicitor-General under both Allan McLean (1899–1900) and William Irvine (1902–1903), and later Irvine's Minister for Public Instruction (1903) and Att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (New South Wales Politician)
John Davies (2 March 1839 – 23 May 1896), was a member of the Parliament of New South Wales. Davies was born in Sydney, the son of John Davies, of New South Wales. In 1861 he married Miss Elisabeth Eaton. Starting in business as an ironmonger and general blacksmith, he commenced to take an active part in politics on the Liberal side as soon as he was of age. On 1 December 1874 he was elected an alderman for the City of Sydney, serving as an alderman until 1882. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly as one of four members for East Sydney at the election on 9 December 1874, representing this seat until 1880. He was Postmaster-General in the Robertson Government from August to December 1877. Davies was acting British Commissioner at the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879, and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the following year, when he was a Commissioner for New South Wales to the Melbourne International Exhibition; as also for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John R
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 - February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager. Richbourg was arguably the most popular and charismatic of the four announcers at WLAC who showcased popular African-American music in nightly programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. (The other three were Gene Nobles, Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hoss" Allen.) Later rock music disc jockeys, such as Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, mimicked Richbourg's practice of using speech that simulated African-American street language of the mid-twentieth century. Richbourg's highly stylized approach to on-air presentation of both music and advertising earned him popularity, but it also created identity confusion. Because Richbourg and fellow disc jockey Allen used African-American speech patterns, many listeners thought that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haydn Davies
John Haydn Davies (1905 – 1991) was a Welsh schoolmaster and conductor. His family lived in the Rhondda area, and he was introduced to music whilst attending Blaencwm Welsh Baptist Chapel. He was educated at Blaencwm Elementary School, before winning a scholarship to attend Tonypandy Grammar School. He then trained as a teacher at Caerleon College, and took up a position at Blaencwm Primary, Rhondda (where he became the Headmaster). As a young schoolmaster he became conductor of the Blaencwm Choral Society, and was so competent that he was invited to become assistant conductor of the Treorchy Male Choir. In 1946 he became the choir's principal conductor, and held the post until he retired in 1968. From 1960 he held the position of Headmaster of Brodringallt Primary in Ystrad, remaining there for the rest of his career. He died of coronary thrombosis at the East Glamorgan Hospital in 1991, and is buried at Treorchy Treorchy ( cy, Treorci; ) is a town and community (and elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elias Davies
John Elias Davies (20 March 1847 – 25 January 1883) was a Welsh harpist. He learnt the harp from a young age, tutored for a time by James Hughes (Iago Bencerdd) of Trefriw. He was later tutored by T. D. Morris of Bangor, and William Streatham of Liverpool. In 1858, at the age of 12 he won a prize for his performance at Llangollen Eisteddfod. He later won principal prizes at the Denbigh Eisteddfod (1860) Conwy Eisteddfod (1861), Caernarfon Eisteddfod (1862), Rhyl Eisteddfod (1863), Llandudno Eisteddfod (1864), and Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ... Eisteddfod (1867). He is thought to have been one of the most accomplished accompanists of his day. References 1847 births 1883 deaths Welsh harpists {{wales-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Davies (composer)
John Davies (13 November 1787 – 27 April 1855) was a Welsh (Glamorganshire) stone mason, and a composer. He began his career as a stone-mason, notoriously working by both day and night. He had been taught to play the dulcimer by a lodger at the age of about fourteen, but it was not until he was about thirty that he seriously began to study music, becoming both a performer and a composer. His works include a number of anthems and hymn tunes, such as "Gethsemane" (''Lleuad yr Oes'', 1827), which was arranged by Rowland Huw Pritchard. He died in 1855 in Llanelli, and was buried in Mynydd-bach Mynydd-Bach or Mynydd-bach is a suburban district and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, It falls within the coterminous Mynydd-Bach ward. The name Mynydd-Bach ("little mountain") refers to a small plateau, centred about north ... cemetery. References 1787 births 1855 deaths 19th-century Welsh musicians 19th-century British composers Welsh classical comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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