John Disney
John Disney may refer to: * John Disney (antiquarian) (1779–1857), English barrister * John Disney (ornithologist) (1919–2014), Australian ornithologist * John Disney (priest) (1677–1730), English clergyman * John Disney (Unitarian) John Disney (1746–1816) was an English Unitarian minister and biographical writer, initially an Anglican clergyman active against subscription to the Thirty Nine Articles. Life He was the third son of John Disney of Lincoln, born 28 September ...

John Disney (antiquarian)
John Disney (29 May 1779 – 6 May 1857) was an English barrister and antiquarian. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832 and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1839. Life Born at Flintham Hall in Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest son of John Disney, and his wife Jane Blackburne, daughter of Francis Blackburne. His father was a former Anglican clergyman who became one of the founders of the Episcopal Unitarian Church, and from a long line of English Dissenters going back to Disney's great-great grandfather John Disney (rector) and earlier. Disney was educated at home in London until the age of 16, when he went to Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1798 he was admitted to the Inner Temple, and was called to the bar in 1803. He was appointed in 1807 Recorder of Bridport, Dorset, and went to live at Corscombe. On his father's death in 1816, Disney came into a substantial inheritance. It included a house, The Hyde, near Ingatestone in Essex, and land. There were librarie ...
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John Disney (ornithologist)
Henry John de Suffren Disney (22 September 1919 – 26 March 2014), better known as John Disney, was an Australian ornithologist of British origin. Early years Disney was educated at Cambridge University. He collected birds in Newfoundland and northern Finland. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force. Africa Disney spent many years of his career in Africa, first as Science Assistant to the Director of the Kaffrarian Museum, King William's Town, South Africa 1946–1948. He then worked at a cotton research station in East Africa 1948–1962. Australia In 1962 Disney moved to Australia to become Curator of Birds at the Australian Museum, a position he served in until his retirement, after which he was a research associate at the museum. In 1975 he led a team of zoologists and ecologists to Lord Howe Island to study the endangered Lord Howe woodhen The Lord Howe woodhen (''Hypotaenidia sylvestris'') also known as the Lord Howe Island woodhen or Lord Howe (Isl ...
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John Disney (priest)
John Disney (26 December 1677 - 3 February 1729/30) was an English clergyman. He was Vicar of Croft and Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincolnshire from 1719 to 1722, and Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham from 2 October 1722 to 1729/30. He was the first of four John Disneys; father of John Disney of Lincoln, grandfather of John Disney (Unitarian) (1746–1816), and great-grandfather of John Disney (1779–1857) the barrister and antiquarian. Life He was born in Lincoln, the son of Daniel Disney of Swinderby. He began his education at Lincoln Grammar School, but his parents were dissenters and he moved school to a private college, also in Lincoln. Despite his upbringing, he was confirmed in the Church of England, sometime before 1698. In May of that year, he married Mary Woodhouse. He entered the Middle Temple in order to study law, but with no intention of practising at the bar. He gained sufficient knowledge to act as a competent magistrate and more than once was publicly complimente ...
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