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John Edgar (other)
John Edgar may refer to: *John Edgar (politician) (1750–1832), Irish-American pioneer and politician *John Edgar (minister) (1798–1866), Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, and moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland *John George Edgar (1834–1864), writer *John Edgar (English footballer) (1930–2006), English football midfielder for Bishop Auckland and Darlington in 1950s *John Edgar (Scottish footballer), Scottish football forward for Arsenal, Aberdeen and others in 1910s *John Ware Edgar (1839–1902), British colonial administrator in British India *Johnny Edgar (1936–2008), English football forward for Hartlepools United, Gillingham, York City, and others in 1950s/1960s *John Edgar (sculptor) John Stanley Edgar (26 December 1950 – 3 April 2021) was a New Zealand sculptor and medallist. Early life and education Born in Auckland on 26 December 1950, Edgar was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School and then the University of Ne ... - New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar (politician)
John Edgar (ca. 1750–1832) was an Illinois pioneer and politician. He was born in Ireland. In 1776, he was the commander of a British ship in the Great Lakes. He resigned from the British Navy rather than fight against the Americans. Edgar settled at Fort Kaskaskia in 1784. He became a merchant, and built a flour mill. He shipped large quantities of flour from Illinois to New Orleans. Edgar was an Illinois delegate to the Legislature of the Northwest Territory. He also served as Justice of the Peace and Judge in Kaskaskia. In his time, Edgar was believed to have been the wealthiest man in Illinois. He held many large land claims around the State. Edgar County, Illinois Edgar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 16,866. Its county seat is Paris. History Edgar County was formed out of Clark County in 1823. It was named for John Edgar ... was named in his honor. Although he probably never went ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar (minister)
John Edgar (13 June 1798 – 26 August 1866) was a minister, professor of theology, moderator of the Secession Synod in 1828 and moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland in 1842. He was Honorary Secretary to the Presbyterian Home Mission during the Famine in 1847. Life He was born near Ballynahinch on 13 June 1798, the eldest son of Samuel Edgar (1766-1826) and Elizabeth McKee (1771-1839). He attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution where he excelled as a student, and was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian church in 1820. He became D.D. of Hamilton, USA in 1836, was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland for 1842–3, and obtained LL.D. of New York in 1860. Edgar died aged 68 on 26 August 1866, in Cremore, Rathgar, Dublin, where he had gone to get medical treatment. He was survived by his wife Susanna, and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast. Temperance Movement Edgar is known as the origin of the Temperance Movement because he poure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John George Edgar
John George Edgar (1834–1864), was an English miscellaneous writer. Many of his books were intended for boys. Life Edgar, the fourth son of the Rev. John Edgar of Hutton, Berwickshire, was born in 1834. He entered a house of business at Liverpool and visited the West Indies on mercantile affairs, but soon deserted commerce and devoted himself to literature. Works Edgar's earliest publication was the ''Boyhood of Great Men'' in 1853, which he followed up in the same year with a companion volume entitled ''Footprints of Famous Men''. In the course of the next ten years he wrote as many as fifteen other volumes intended for the reading of boys. Some of these were biographical, and the remainder took the form of narrative fiction based on historical facts illustrative of different periods of English history England became inhabited more than 800,000 years ago, as the discovery of stone tools and footprints at Happisburgh in Norfolk have indicated.; "Earliest footprints outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar (English Footballer)
John David Edgar (1 December 1930 – 9 September 2006) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward or right half in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for Bishop Auckland and Ferryhill Athletic. Life and career Edgar was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, the son of Scottish footballer Dave Edgar. His father settled in County Durham after playing for Darlington, and Edgar began his senior career in that county. He played for Bishop Auckland during their run to the 1951 Amateur Cup final, but was omitted from the final itself. He was reported to have picked up a late injury, but Edgar himself suggested otherwise, never played for the club again, and continued his career with nearby Ferryhill Athletic. He played his only League football in the Third Division North for his father's former club, Darlington, whom he joined from Ferryhill in 1954. Sunderland had at one time been interested in signing him, but his father advised him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar (Scottish Footballer)
John Edgar ( fl. 1898–1929), also known as Johnny Edgar, was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward. He played junior football for Parkhead before turning professional with Football League Second Division club Woolwich Arsenal in 1901. After just one season in England, he returned to Scotland, where he played in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians, Third Lanark and, from 1904, for Aberdeen. He remained associated with Aberdeen for ten years, as player, reserve team coach, and official. In addition, he made occasional appearances for Queen's Park, Ayr Parkhouse, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian and Montrose. Edgar was president of Montrose F.C. for three years in the early 1920s, and was active in sports administration in the Montrose area, where he and his wife had settled. In 1929, the couple emigrated to Canada. Life and career Edgar played as an inside forward for Glasgow-based junior club Parkhead, and made occasional appearances as a junior for Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ware Edgar
Sir John Ware Edgar (16 September 1839 - 4 June 1902EDGAR, Sir John Ware’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014) was a British colonial administrator in British India. Biography Edgar was born in 1839, the son of John Peard Edgar, Kensington and Jane Gibbings, daughter of B. Gibbings. He joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1862, and served as an assistant magistrate and collector in Bengal, and as deputy-commissioner in Assam. Edgar, while Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, set out on 20 December 1869 with the Inspector of Police, twenty one constables, three sepoys, three native officials and a few Lushai guides to engage with the Suakpuilala. He succeeded in making friendly terms with the Suakpuilala. During 1870-71, Edgar revisited the Lushai Hills. Suakpuilala executed with Edgar the only Sanad which any Lushai chief ever negotiated with the British Government, on 16 January 1871. In 1872 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Edgar
John "Johnny" Edgar (9 April 1936 – January/February 2008) was an English footballer who scored 76 goals from 192 appearances in the Football League. Career Edgar started his career with Barnsley in May 1954. After making 22 appearances and scoring six goals in the league for Barnsley, he joined Gillingham in June 1958. He made 45 appearances and scored 23 goals in the league for them, before joining York City in June 1959, and was regarded an important capture, as the club faced their first season in the Third Division. He scored the club's quickest hat-trick, after scoring three goals in six minutes in a 3–0 win over Accrington Stanley in October 1959. He finished the 1959–60 season as the club's top scorer, after scoring 17 goals. His appearances the following season were curtailed by a serious injury and moved to Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar (sculptor)
John Stanley Edgar (26 December 1950 – 3 April 2021) was a New Zealand sculptor and medallist. Early life and education Born in Auckland on 26 December 1950, Edgar was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School and then the University of New South Wales. He then worked as a research chemist and as a prospector before turning to sculpture. Sculptural work As a sculptor, Edgar worked chiefly in hard stone, and occasionally in other materials, such as glass or copper. In 2000, he designed ''McLeod's Crossing'', a pedestrian bridge over the Oratia Stream in Falls Park, Henderson, commissioned by Waitakere City Council. Since 2004, a public commission, ''Transformer'', has been part of the sculpture walk in the Auckland Domain. Another work, ''Lie of the Land'', was installed in the Savill Garden, in Windsor Great Park in England, in 2012. His works are also in a number of public collections, including Auckland Council, Christchurch Art Gallery, Corning Museum of Glass (USA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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