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John Dixon(engineer)
John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dixon may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Dixon (engraver) (1740?–1811), Irish mezzotint engraver *John Dixon (filmmaker) (died 1999), Australian screenwriter and director *John Dixon (cartoonist) (1929–2015), Australian comic book artist * John Dixon (''As the World Turns''), fictional American TV soap opera character * Johnny Dixon (series), titular character of series of children's novels Politics and law * John Dixon (1785–1857), Member of Parliament for Carlisle, England, 1847–1848 *John Dixon (trade unionist) (1828–1876), British trade unionist *John Dixon (Wisconsin politician) (1853–1938), American businessman and politician *John Allen Dixon Jr. (1920–2003), Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court *John Dixon (Welsh politician) (born 1951), Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru * John Dixon (judge), Australian judge Sports * John Dixon (English sportsman) (1861–1931), Nottinghamshire cricketer and internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (engraver)
John Dixon (1740?–1811) was an Irish mezzotint engraver. Life He was born in Dublin about 1740. His father was Thomas Dixon, a hosier, of Cork Hill. His brother Samuel Dixon, was a watercolourist and printmaker. John Dixon received his art training in the Dublin Society's schools, of which Robert West was then master, and began life as an engraver of silver plate. He moved to London about 1765, and in the following year became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, with whom he exhibited until 1775. Dixon was, in politics, a follower of John Wilkes, and some of his portraits are of other Wilkites. His early publisher was William Wynne Ryland. A handsome man, he married in 1775 Ann, the widow of Nicholas Kempe, one of the owners of Ranelagh Gardens. After that he engraved only as recreation. He later moved to Kensington. Works Dixon's portraits of William Carmichael after Ennis, and of Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, after Robert Hunter, are thought to have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (English Sportsman)
John Auger Dixon (27 May 1861 – 8 June 1931) was an English sportsman who captained Nottinghamshire at first-class cricket and represented the England national football team. Dixon was a member of the Nottinghamshire which dominated county cricket from 1882 to 1886. He had his best year with the bat in 1897 when he made 1100 runs at 44.00, the only time he would pass 1000 runs in a season. Amongst those runs was his highest first-class score of 268 not out, which he made opening the batting against Sussex at Trent Bridge. Dixon declared once he had passed Arthur Shrewsbury's Nottinghamshire record of 267 with the team score at 448/7 and they won by an innings. A right-hander, he was captain of Nottinghamshire when they shared the Championship in 1889 with Surrey and Lancashire. The following season, he captained his county to an innings and 26 runs win over the touring Australians and in the same season he also put in a memorable all-round performance against Leicestershire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Dixon
Jack Dixon (born 13 December 1994) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Dragons regional team having previously played for Bedwas RFC and Newport RFC. A centre, he made his debut for Newport Gwent Dragons in October 2011 versus Wasps in the Anglo-Welsh Cup as a second-half replacement aged 16 years and 313 days. In doing so, Dixon broke the record for the youngest player to play Welsh regional rugby held by Hallam Amos Hallam Benjamen Amos (born 24 September 1994) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff Rugby and Newport Gwent Dragons. He mostly played as a wing, but he was also capable of playing at fullback and as a centre. Born in Stoc ... who set the record earlier in the same match. Dixon made his debut for the Wales Under-20 team on 9 March 2012 versus Italy. In April 2012 he was named in the Wales Under-20 squad for the Junior World Cup in South Africa. In January 2013 he was selected in the Wales Under 20 squad for the 2013 Under 20 Six N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (bishop)
John Harkness Dixon (23 July 1888 – 1 April 1972) was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Montreal from 1943 to 1960 and then Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada (and thus Archbishop of Montreal) for a further two years. Born in Iroquois, Ontario he was educated at the University of Toronto before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at ''Fenaghvale'', Ontario. This was swiftly followed by elevation to posts in Ottawa, during which time he was appointed a Canon of the cathedral . After a further 8 years in the Diocese of Toronto he was appointed Dean of Montreal The Dean of Montreal is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Montreal of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Can ... in 1940 before being made bishop in 1943."Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 References See also * List of Anglican Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (engineer)
John Dixon (c.1795–1865) was an English railway civil engineer, and was the Stockton and Darlington Railway's Chief Civil Engineer between 1842 and 1865. History John Dixon started work as a bank clerk and in 1821, at the age of 26, assisted George and Robert Stephenson to survey the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Dixon became one of the two Resident Engineers when George was later awarded the post of Engineer. Dixon is listed as an assistant engineer when the company of George Stephenson & Son was formed to survey and build railways at the end of 1824. He assisted George building the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and was at the Rainhill Trials, and wrote a letter, which still exists, describing the event to his brother James. He was an engineer for the Grand Junction Railway, and returned to Darlington become Chief Civil Engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway between 1842 and 1865. John Dixon was the great nephew of Jeremiah Dixon, who with Charles Mason set the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Dixon
John Henry Dixon (born 3 March 1954) is an English former first-class cricketer active from 1973 to 1988 who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Wiltshire. He was born in Bournemouth. He appeared in 16 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm medium-fast pace. He scored 77 runs with a highest score of 13 * and held six catches. He took 21 wickets with a best analysis of five for 44. He was one of the bowlers during the then world record partnership for the second wicket between Warwickshire's Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson at Edgbaston in 1974. Dixon is the great-nephew of Gee Langdon and became a publisher and author. Between 1984 and 1992 he was the publisher of ''The Cricket Diary'', which included, amongst much other cricket information and records, weekly quotations, illustrations and most well-known cricketers' birthdays. His ''First Peel The Otter'', a spoof cookery book, contained unfeasible recipes of a surreal, whimsical or g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (rugby League)
John Dixon (born December 1951) is an Australian former rugby league football coach and player. He played during the 1970s and coached the Crusaders RL club of Super League and was also head coach of Wales RL until mid-2009. Background John Dixon was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. Australia. Playing career Dixon played for Toowoomba (including one game against a touring Great Britain side in 1974) and also had spells in Dalby and Rockhampton. Working as a teacher, he took to coaching when he retired from playing, becoming coach of the Toowoomba Clydesdales and also working for 10 years at the Brisbane Broncos from 1995 in various coaching and development roles under Wayne Bennett. After that he moved to Wales and took on the coaching job at the Celtic Crusaders, who in 2008 won the opportunity to join the Super League competition from 2009. Also in 2008, Dixon was selected as coach of the Wales until succeeded by Iestyn Harris in mid-2009. At the end of 2009's Super League XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Dixon
John Thomas Dixon (10 December 1923 – 20 January 2009) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. Born in Hebburn, Dixon played for county league side Spennymoor United before he signed as a professional for Aston Villa shortly after the Second World War. Dixon had Alzheimer's disease, and died on 20 January 2009 in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. Statistics Club ;Aston Villa *FA Cup: 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ... References 1923 births 2009 deaths People from Hebburn Footballers from Tyne and Wear Association football inside forwards English footballers Spennymoor United F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players English Football League players Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in England FA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnnie Bob Dixon
John Robert Dixon (April 2, 1899 – February 3, 1985) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be .... He played from 1926 to 1934 with several clubs. References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads St. Louis Stars (baseball) players Detroit Stars players Cleveland Hornets players Cleveland Tigers (baseball) players Cuban House of David players Cleveland Red Sox players Pollock's Cuban Stars players 1899 births 1985 deaths 20th-century African-American sportspeople Baseball pitchers {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (Australian Rules Footballer)
John Edward Dixon (31 March 1887 – 26 May 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1887 births 1947 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1887-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (judge)
John Dixon is a Trials Division judge at the Supreme Court of Victoria. Before being appointed to the court he practiced as a lawyer for 33 years, since 1977. He is a graduate of the law school at the University of Queensland and completed his Masters of Laws at University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, John Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria University of Queensland alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dixon (filmmaker)
John Dixon (died 1999) was an Australian screenwriter and director best known for his association with Geoff Burrowes. Career Dixon served in the Australian army as a translator with the occupying forces in Japan. He returned to Melbourne and obtained an Arts Degree at Melbourne University then travelled to London, where he trained as a film editor and worked for Technicolour and Elstree Studios. He moved back to Australia and worked for Channel 7 as a TV director on a number of shows. He started World of Sport with Ron Casey directing the first two hundred episodes. He moved to Channel Nine and directed a series of documentaries.Biography accessed 27 February 2013 In 1963, he was one of the first Westerners allowed to film inside communist China, and made a documentary ''Red China''. Dixon formed Cambridge Films with some colleag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
