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John Dunbar (actor)
John Dunbar may refer to: *John Dunbar (artist) (born 1943), British artist, collector *John Dunbar, Earl of Moray (died 1390), Scottish nobleman *Lt. John Dunbar, a fictional character in the film ''Dances with Wolves'' *John Dunbar (MP) (died 1878), British Member of Parliament for New Ross, 1874–1878 *John Dunbar (triathlete), U.S. Navy SEAL and ironman triathlete *John Dunbar (actor) (1914–2001), British actor in the film ''Love Among the Ruins'' *Sir John Greig Dunbar (1907–?), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1960–1963 *John Dunbar (missionary) John Dunbar (1804–1857) was a missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska during the 1830s–1840s. Early life Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, John Dunbar grew up in the fertile cultural soil of western New England. ... (1804–1857), missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska * Vet Dunbar (Johnny Dunbar), American baseball player {{hndis, Dunbar, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar (artist)
John Dunbar (born 1943 in Mexico City) is a British artist, collector, and former gallerist, best known for his connections to the art and music scenes of the 1960s counterculture. Personal life and career Dunbar was born in Mexico City in 1943, the son of the British filmmaker, Robert Dunbar. He has three sisters, Marina Adams, an architect, and twins Margaret and Jennifer Dunbar. He spent his first four years in Moscow, where his father was a cultural attache, before the family returned to England. Dunbar attended the University of Cambridge, where he met the singer Marianne Faithfull. They were married on 6 May 1965, with Peter Asher as the best man, and spent their honeymoon in Paris, with the Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso.Kate Bernard,Playing to the gallery, ''The Observer'', 5 November 2006 The couple lived in a flat at 29 Lennox Gardens, Knightsbridge, London. On 10 November 1965, she gave birth to their son, Nicholas. She then "...left her husband to live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar, Earl Of Moray
John Dunbar, Earl of Moray (died 1390) was a Scottish nobleman. Life John Dunbar was the son of Sir Patrick Dunbar and Lady Isabella Randolph, a daughter of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, and a younger brother to George I, Earl of March. Therefore, he was nephew of the previous Earl of Moray, John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray. However he did not inherit the earldom automatically. On his uncle's death it reverted to the crown, and was only awarded to him a few years later around 1374. The Earl of Moray was one of the senior commanders under James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, who led the raid into England in July–August 1388 that culminated at the Battle of Otterburn, where he was in control of the right flank of the Scottish army. Some sources state that he spent the larger part of the fight without his helmet, because of the speed with which the English attacked. John Dunbar died at York from wounds received from the Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dances With Wolves
''Dances with Wolves'' is a 1990 American epic western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel ''Dances with Wolves'' by Michael Blake that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and who meets a group of Lakota. Costner developed the film with an initial budget of $15 million."Dances with Wolves: Overview" (plot/stars/gross, related films), allmovie, 2007, webpageamovie12092/ref> Much of the dialogue is spoken in Lakota with English subtitles. It was shot from July to November 1989 in South Dakota and Wyoming, and translated by Doris Leader Charge, of the Lakota Studies department at Sinte Gleska University. The film earned favorable reviews from critics and audiences, who praised Costner's directing, the performances, screenplay, score, cinematography, and production values. It was a box offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar (MP)
John Dunbar was a Home Rule League politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for New Ross from February 1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ... through to his death in 1878. Retrieved on 5 Feb 2018 References 1878 deaths Home Rule League MPs[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar (triathlete)
John Dunbar is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL and Ironman triathlete. Dunbar finished 2nd in the first two Ironman races - 1978 and 1979. The competitive struggle between Dunbar and the fourteen other athletes in the 1979 race was profiled in a ten-page, 6,175 word article titled "IRONMAN" in the May 14, 1979 issue of Sports Illustrated ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twic ... magazine that is widely credited with launching triathlons into public prominence. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunbar, John American male triathletes Living people United States Navy sailors United States Navy SEALs personnel Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar (actor)
John Dunbar may refer to: *John Dunbar (artist) (born 1943), British artist, collector *John Dunbar, Earl of Moray (died 1390), Scottish nobleman *Lt. John Dunbar, a fictional character in the film ''Dances with Wolves'' *John Dunbar (MP) (died 1878), British Member of Parliament for New Ross, 1874–1878 *John Dunbar (triathlete), U.S. Navy SEAL and ironman triathlete *John Dunbar (actor) (1914–2001), British actor in the film ''Love Among the Ruins'' *Sir John Greig Dunbar (1907–?), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1960–1963 *John Dunbar (missionary) John Dunbar (1804–1857) was a missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska during the 1830s–1840s. Early life Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, John Dunbar grew up in the fertile cultural soil of western New England. ... (1804–1857), missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska * Vet Dunbar (Johnny Dunbar), American baseball player {{hndis, Dunbar, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Among The Ruins (film)
''Love Among the Ruins'' is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier which premiered on ABC on March 6, 1975. Plot The story is set in 1911, at the end of the Edwardian period. Jessica Medlicott is an aging grande dame, formerly an actress of the London theatre, accused of having met, courted, promised marriage to, and then jilted and abandoned her suitor. The much-younger ex-fiancé then files suit, seeking £50,000 in damages for the breach of promise by her. She retains the greatest barrister in the empire, Sir Arthur Granville-Jones, to defend her. He is incidentally also a man she seduced and abandoned 40 years earlier, but who has remained hopelessly in love with her ever since. Cast * Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott * Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Granville-Jones * Colin Blakely as J. F. Devine * Richard Pearson as Druce * Joan Sims as Fanny Pratt * Leigh Lawson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Greig Dunbar
Sir John Greig Dunbar, DL, JP (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1978) was a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1960 to 1963. Life Dunbar was born at Elgin House near the top of Easter Road in north-east Edinburgh, the son of James Dunbar. The lemonade company his father owned had relocated from Maryfield/East Norton Place to Albion Road around 1900. The firm made fruit squashes (including a drink from the kola nut), ginger beer and sodas. Dunbar was joint Director and owner (with his brother Dr Alexander Dunbar) of James Dunbar Ltd. His cousins owned the parallel company of Dunbar and Co. on the Pleasance. The factory gave its name to the "Dunbar End" at Easter Road Stadium. Dunbar became councillor for the Calton ward in the 1950s. He was elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1960 in succession to Ian Anderson Johnson-Gilbert. Dunbar was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1962 New Year Honours List. He was host to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dunbar (missionary)
John Dunbar (1804–1857) was a missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska during the 1830s–1840s. Early life Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, John Dunbar grew up in the fertile cultural soil of western New England. The Connecticut River Valley was a region awash with revivalistic evangelical religion and the zeal for social reform, much as the more well-known Burned-over district of Western New York. Indeed, Dunbar grew up in the shadow of missionary endeavor. He attended Williams College, where the 1806 Haystack Prayer Meeting took place, the birthplace of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the symbolic origin of the entire antebellum missionary movement. Heading West Dunbar continued his education at Andover Theological Seminary, even as he began considering the cause of missions. He graduated and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1834 and left for the western frontier that same year under the authority of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
