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John Forrester (artist)
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John Forester or Forrester may refer to: Politicians * John Foster (by 1508 – between 1547 and 1551), a.k.a. John Forester *John Howard Forester (1887–1958), Canadian politician *John B. Forester (died 1845), American politician from Tennessee *John Forrester (politician) (1924–2007), British politician Others * John Forester (cyclist) (1929–2020), American cycling activist *John F. Forester, American planning theorist *John Forrester (historian) (1949–2015), British historian and philosopher *John Forrester (trade unionist) (died 1978), British trade union official * John Forrester (umpire) (1887–1946), New Zealand cricket umpire See also *Jack Forrester of Nebraska State League *John Foster (other) John Foster may refer to: 15th/16th/17th-century politicians * John Foster (MP for Bristol), 15th-century MP for Bristol * John Foster (died 1576), Member of Parliament for Winchester, Plympton Erle and Hindon * John Foster (by 1508-47/51), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Foster (by 1508 – Between 1547 And 1551)
John Foster or Forester (by 1508 – between 1547 and 1551), of Wellington, Shropshire, was an English politician. Family Foster was the son of John Foster of Wellington and his wife, Anne née Banester, a daughter of Thomas Banester of Hadnall. Foster was married twice: first to Alice née Charlton, a daughter of Thomas Charlton of Apley Castle, with whom he had one daughter. His second wife was Isabel née Lister, a daughter of William Lister of Rowton, Shropshire, with whom he had two sons. Career He was a patten-maker or a mercer. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Much Wenlock Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the northeast, is the Ironbridge Gorge, and the new town of Telford. The civil parish includes the villag ... in 1529. References Year of birth unknown 1551 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 Politicians from Shropshire Year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard Forester
John Howard Forester (April 2, 1887 – January 12, 1958) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ... from 1933 to 1941 from the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard, a member of the Liberal party. References 1887 births 1958 deaths {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forrester (politician)
John Stuart Forrester (17 June 1924 – 24 November 2007) was a British Labour Party politician. Early life and education Forrester was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, and was educated at Eastwood School and the City School of Commerce in Stoke-on-Trent, and Alsager teacher training college in Cheshire.''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966, 1983 & 1997; Early career He spent three and a half years in the Royal Navy and taught English to the Polish Resettlement Corps before becoming a teacher in the city.Bruce, Catherine (24 November 2007) ''Politicians Mourn 'Gentleman' John'', The Sentinel newspaper; Partly as a consequence of his experience in the armed services, Forrester remained a "steadfast Atlanticist all his political life".Hughes, Richard (4 December 2007) ''Word From The Web'', The Sentinel newspaper; Political career Having been secretary of the local Constituency Labour Party from 1961, Forrester was Member of Parliament for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forester (cyclist)
John Forester (7 October 1929 – 14 April 2020) was an English industrial engineer, specializing in bicycle transportation engineering. A cycling activist, he was known as "the father of vehicular cycling", for creating the Effective Cycling program of bicycle training along with its associated book of the same title, and for coining the phrase "the vehicular cycling principle" – "Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles". His published works also included ''Bicycle Transportation: A Handbook for Cycling Transportation Engineers''. Early life Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen. He moved with his family to Berkeley, California, in March 1940 and attended public schools there until after his parents' divorce, when he finished high school at a preparatory school on the East Coast.Forester, JohnMy historyForester Website. Accessed November 1, 2007. He l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forrester (historian)
John Forrester (25 August 1949 – 24 November 2015) was a British historian and philosopher of science and medicine. His main interests were in the history of the human sciences, in particular psychoanalysis and psychiatry. Life Born and raised in London, Forrester attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School from 1960 to 1966 and read natural sciences at King's College, Cambridge (1967–70), graduating with a First in Part II History and Philosophy of Science. In Cambridge he was taught by Gerd Buchdahl, Mary Hesse and Robert M. Young. In 1970–72, as a graduate student in the History of Science Program at Princeton University, he took courses with Thomas Kuhn, Gerald Geison, Theodore M. Brown and Charles Coulston Gillispie. In 1972 he spent six months teaching science in London secondary schools and in 1973–74 worked for the Science Policy Foundation. From 1973 to 1976 he was a graduate student at King's College, Cambridge, a junior research fellow in the college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forrester (trade Unionist)
John McKay Forrester (December 1921 – 4 September 1978) was a Scottish trade union official, who served on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. Forrester was born in Clydebank and attended Clydebank High School, then undertook an engineering apprenticeship. Through the apprentices' movement, he became interested in socialism, and joined both the Labour Party, later serving as chair of Clydebank Constituency Labour Party. He also joined the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD), and aged only 24, he began working full-time for the union, its youngest ever official. He spent much of his career in Manchester, focusing on building up trade unionism among clerical workers in the engineering industry, while maintaining close links with manual workers. At the 1955 United Kingdom general election, Forrester stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in the City of Chester. He was recognised as being on the left-wing of the Labour Party, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forrester (umpire)
John Forrester (13 July 1887 – 12 February 1946) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1932 and 1933. See also * List of Test cricket umpires * South African cricket team in New Zealand in 1931–32 The inaugural Test series between the New Zealand and South Africa national cricket teams took place in New Zealand in February and March 1932. South Africa won both matches of the two-match series. New Zealand were captained by Curly Page and Sou ... * English cricket team in New Zealand in 1932–33 References 1887 births 1946 deaths Place of birth missing New Zealand Test cricket umpires {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska State League
The Nebraska State League (NSL) was an American professional minor league baseball league with five incarnations between 1892 and 1959. The Nebraska State League formed five times: in 1892, from 1910 to 1915, from 1922 to 1923, from 1928 to 1938 and from 1956 to 1959. League teams were based in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. The 1892 league was a Class B level league, and the league was a Class D level league in all subsequent seasons. History Early seasons The charter 1892 teams were the Beatrice Indians, Fremont, Grand Island Sugar Citys, Hastings, Lincoln Giants/Kearney and Plattsmouth. The league played just one season as a Class B level league before disbanding. In 1889, a touring African-American baseball team called the "Lafayettes" was formed in Nebraska. In 1890, William Pope formed the Lincoln Giants. Pope had signed the best of the Lafayette players and the team subsequently folded. In 1892, the Lincoln Giants sought to join the Nebraska State League. Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
