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John Falconer
John Falconer may refer to: * John Falconer (merchant) (fl. 1547), English merchant and botanist * John Falconer (Jesuit) (1577–1656), English Jesuit * John Falconer (bishop) (ca. 1660–1723), Prelate of the Scottish Episcopal Church * John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), etcher, painter and watercolourist * John Falconer (MP) (1674-1764), Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire * John A. Falconer (1844–1900), American soldier in the American Civil War * John Downie Falconer (1876–1947), Scottish geologist and geographer * John Ireland Falconer (1879–1954), Lord Provost of Edinburgh * John Falconer (footballer) (1902–1982), Scottish footballer * John Falconer (actor), including roles in ''The Pied Piper (1972 film), The Pied Piper'' * John Falconer (poker player) (born c. 1955), British poker player * John Falconer, a character in ''On the Run (novel series), On the Run'' See also * Falconer (surname) * John Falkner (other) * John Fauconer (fl. 1421), MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (merchant)
John Falconer (Floruit, fl. 1547) was an English merchant and botanist. Biography Falconer appears to have been the first Englishman who possessed a series of dried plants, a method of study first practised by Luca Ghini of Bologna, the originator of botanical gardens. Falconer travelled, and from 1540 or 1541 lived at Ferrara, which he left in 1547. He was a fellow-pupil of William Turner (botanist), William Turner, the father of English botany, at Bologna, and is mentioned in Turner's ''Herbal'' several times. "Maister Falkonner's Boke" is an early mention of a herbarium. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Falconer, John Year of birth missing Year of death missing 16th-century English merchants 16th-century English botanists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (Jesuit)
John Falconer or Falkner (1577–1656), was an English Jesuit. Early life Falconer was the son of Henry Falconer by Martha Pike, his wife, was born at Lytton, Dorsetshire, on 25 March 1577. His mother belonged to a respectable Cheshire family, and his maternal uncle was Sir Richard Morton. His parents were Catholics, and both died while he was an infant. He was brought up by his uncle, John Brook, a merchant, until he was eleven years old, when he was sent to Sherborne School. Dorsetshire, for five years. His brother then sent him to Oxford, where he studied for nearly a year in St. Mary's Hall, and for another year in Gloucester Hall. Subsequently, he joined the expedition of the Earl of Essex to Spain, and 'after being tossed about by many storms' he returned to London, where he spent two years and a half in the service of Lord Henry Windsor. In 1598 he was reconciled to the Catholic Church. Going to Rome he was admitted into the English College on 19 May 1600, under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (bishop)
John Falconer (or Falconar) (c.1660–1723) was a Scottish clergyman who served as a minister in the Church of Scotland and before becoming a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Early life and family Born about 1660, he was the son of the Reverend David Falconer and Margaret Braydday. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1679. He married Elizabeth Galloway (1671–1691), daughter of Thomas Galloway, 2nd Lord Dunkeld, and they had two sons: James and Thomas. Ecclesiastical career He was a chaplain in the family of Wemyss of Wemyss, before becoming the Incumbent of Carnbee from 1683 to 1690. He came under a sentence of deprivation from the Privy Council, 8 September 1689, for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates, etc., and by Act of Parliament, 25 April 1690, restoring Presbyterian ministers. He was consecrated a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church at Dundee on 28 April 1709 by bishops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mackie Falconer
John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903) was a Scottish-born American etcher, painter, and watercolorist. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1836. Biography John Mackie Falconer was born in Edinburgh on May 22, 1820. A full member of the New York Etching Club, he was made an honorary member of the National Academy of Design in 1856. He is known for studies of older buildings and ruins. Falconer was a friend of Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Jasper Francis Cropsey and other artists of the Hudson River School. He died at his home in Brooklyn on March 12, 1903. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ..., New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the New-York Historical Society; the Brookl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (MP)
John Falconer (21 October 1674 – 1764) ), of Phesdo, Kincardine, was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. He was a strong Francophile. Falconer was the eldest son of Sir James Falconer, Lord Phesdo, Shire Commissioner, and his wife Elizabeth Trent. He was admitted as an advocate in 1700. In 1701 and 1702 he was a Commissioner of justiciary for the Highlands. He succeeded his father in 1705. When he was young, he lived for a long time in France and developed a great admiration and affection for the country. At the 1734 British general election, Falconer was returned with the support of George Keith, Earl of Kintore as a Whig Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire in a contest against the sitting Whig MP. He voted steadily in support of Walpole's administration without asking any favour. When asked to explain, he said he admired the French way of government and considered Walpole's measures would help to make Britain one day a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Downie Falconer
John Downie Falconer FRSE FGS FRGS (1876 – 1947) was a Scottish geologist and geographer linked to colonial Africa. Life He was born in the village of Midlothian, on 1 November 1876, the son of John Falconer and Sophia Downie. He attended Glasgow University graduating MA in 1897 and receiving a doctorate (DSc) in 1906. He then went to Edinburgh to act as Prof James Geikie’s assistant, before accepting a role overseeing the official mineral survey of Nigeria in 1904. In 1911 he returned to his alma mater to lecture in Geography. In 1907 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Geikie, John Horne, Ben Peach and Ramsay Heatley Traquair. During the First World War he was requested by the Colonial Office to act as Assistant District Commissioner for Nigeria, a relatively high-level responsibility. In 1918 he stayed in Nigeria as Director of the Geological Survey of Nigeria, leaving in 1927 on completion of this large task. He su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ireland Falconer
Sir John Ireland Falconer, WS (30 November 1879 – 6 April 1954) was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1944 to 1947. Early life John Ireland Falconer was born in 1879, in Fortrose, Ross-shire, in the Black Isle area of Scotland. His parents were the Rev. Charles Falconer, Church of Scotland, and his wife, Jane Ireland. His mother was the great-granddaughter of Charles Spalding, improver of the diving bell. The family were members of the Smalls of Dirnanean, Perthshire, Scotland. Falconer received his early education at the Fortrose Academy in his home town, later attending George Watson's College in Edinburgh. He received an M.A. and LL.B from the University of Edinburgh. After initially practising law in Glasgow, Falconer joined the Edinburgh firm of Fyfe, Ireland & Co., W.S., in 1911. In Edinburgh on 16 October 1913, Falconer married Catherine Louise Mary Robinson, the daughter of John Norman Robinson of Bunkers Hill, Carlisle and Croftheads, Moffat. On t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (footballer)
John Gunn Falconer (2 January 1902 – 1982) was a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who made over 200 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath F.C., Cowdenbeath as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career A Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, Falconer made 204 appearances in the Scottish football league system, top two divisions of Scottish football for Cowdenbeath F.C., Cowdenbeath in two spells between 1921 and 1928. While with the Fife club, he made one appearance for the Scottish Football League XI, Scottish League XI against the Football League XI in March 1928, but six months later his career appeared to have been ended when he sustained a broken kneecap. He made a return to league football with Celtic F.C., Celtic in 1931 and was soon unexpectedly back in Scottish First Division, First Division action when he had to replace John Thomson (footballer, born 1909), John Thomson, who had been fatally injured during a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (actor)
John Falconer may refer to: * John Falconer (merchant) (fl. 1547), English merchant and botanist * John Falconer (Jesuit) (1577–1656), English Jesuit * John Falconer (bishop) (ca. 1660–1723), Prelate of the Scottish Episcopal Church * John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), etcher, painter and watercolourist * John Falconer (MP) (1674-1764), Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire * John A. Falconer (1844–1900), American soldier in the American Civil War * John Downie Falconer (1876–1947), Scottish geologist and geographer * John Ireland Falconer (1879–1954), Lord Provost of Edinburgh * John Falconer (footballer) (1902–1982), Scottish footballer * John Falconer (actor), including roles in '' The Pied Piper'' * John Falconer (poker player) (born c. 1955), British poker player * John Falconer, a character in '' On the Run'' See also * Falconer (surname) Falconer is a Scottish surname, either a sept of Clan Keith or a clan on its own, having as crest an angel in a pray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pied Piper (1972 Film)
''The Pied Piper'' is a 1972 British film directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt and featuring Donovan and Diana Dors. website It is loosely based on the legend of the . Cast * as Gavin * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (poker Player)
''"Burnley"'' John Falconer (born 1955) is a British professional poker player. His poker career peaked in 2005 with an Irish Open title and a number of cash finishes. Career In October 2004, Falconer finished runner-up to John Shipley in the European Poker Tour (EPT) first season London event, winning £117,000. He finished on the television bubble for the EPT Dublin event later the same month. In March 2005, Falconer won the PaddyPowerPoker Irish Poker Open event, defeating Alan Betson to take home the €146,000 first prize. Later the same month, Falconer made the semi-finals of the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, losing to Simon Nowab. Falconer also finished in the money of the 2005 World Series of Poker $10,000 no limit hold'em main event. In October 2005, Falconer finished second to Phil "The Unabomber" Laak in his heat of the William Hill Poker Grand Prix William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
