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John Gale (other)
John Gale may refer to: * John Gale (MP) (1516/17–1554), MP for Tavistock and Totnes * John Gale (theologian) (1680–1721), British Baptist theologian * John Gale (journalist) (1831–1929), Australian editor and founder of the ''Queanbeyan Age'' * Jack Gale (1899–1975), Australian rules footballer * John Gale (British journalist) (1925–1974) * John Gale (theatre producer) (born 1929), English impresario * John A. Gale (born 1940), American politician from Nebraska * John Gale (poker player) (1953–2019), British poker player * Jack Gale (DJ) (fl. 1950s), disc jockey and discoverer of Ginny Wright * John Gale (director) John Gale, born Jun Gallardo, was a Filipino B-movie director, who started his career with martial arts movies in the 1970s and continued to Z-movie actioners in the 1980s, often produced by K.Y. Lim's ''Silver Star Film Company''. ''Silver S ... (fl. 1970s), Filipino contemporary B-movie director and actor See also * John Gayle (other)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (MP)
John Gale (1516/17 – 1554), of Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter and around from the M5 motorway ..., Devon, was an English politician who served as MP for Totnes in 1545 and for Tavistock in 1547. Gale died in 1554 leaving his entire estate to his wife, Elizabeth. References 1517 births 1554 deaths People from Crediton Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1547–1552 Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (theologian)
John Gale (1680–1721) was a British Baptist theologian. He was not widely known until the controversy over William Wall's work on infant baptism appeared. He studied at Leiden University and received a Master of Arts degree and Ph.D. in 1699. After studying at Leiden, Gale went to Amsterdam, where he met Le Clerc. Leiden offered him a doctor of divinity if he agreed to Puritan doctrine. He would not, on principle. His work against infant baptism was composed in 1705–1706 as a series of letters to Wall. These were collected and published in 1711 as ''Reflections on Mr. Wall's History of Infant Baptism.'' Gale was a superb scholar of Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and he combatted Wall's patristic readings by arguing that the antiquity of infant baptism is not certain. He also accused Wall of doing what Wall said he most sought to avoid: elevating a minor doctrinal point into a matter of schism. William Wotton praised Gale's work. Gale began preaching at Paul's Alley Barbica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (journalist)
John Gale (17 April 183115 July 1929) was an Australian newspaper proprietor, lay preacher and politician. He was the founder of ''The Queanbeyan Age'', the first newspaper to serve the Queanbeyan district in New South Wales. He was also an advocate for the Queanbeyan-Canberra area as the best site of a future Australian national capital, for which he is sometimes called the "Father of Canberra" (although that epithet is also applied to Sir Austin Chapman). He served a single term as Member for Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Life Gale was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, in 1831 and educated at Monmouth Grammar School. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in 1846 and while learning this trade also completed his training to be a missionary. John Gale arrived in Sydney, Australia, in 1853 on the 'American Lass' with six other young ministers. They were sent by the British Conference for special work in the gold fields as Methodist missionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gale
Jack Gale (28 August 1899 – 5 April 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played three games in the VFL for Richmond Football Club in 1924. He returned to Tasmania and was Captain/Coach of the Wynyard Football Club from 1927 and 1928. After retiring as a player he then became an umpire in the NWFU. Gale's son, Don, was a champion Tasmanian footballer who became the first player from the NWFU to achieve All Australian selection, whilst two of his grandsons, Michael and Brendon, had lengthy AFL careers throughout the 1990s, both also playing at Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, .... References * Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 Richmond Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Tasmania 1899 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (British Journalist)
John Gale (1925–1974) was a British journalist. Early life Gale was born in 1925 in Edenbridge, Kent and studied at Stowe School. Career After serving in the army he returned to London and became a successful journalist, working for '' The Observer'' during the 1950s and 1960s. He worked closely with the photographer Jane Bown. He married Jill Robertson, and had three children: Joanna, James and Kiki. They lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb, North London. He was famous for his quirky, witty, outspoken writing style. He famously took Groucho Marx to a cricket match in the mid-1950s. While covering the war in Algeria, he saw a number of atrocities that had a direct effect on his mental health. He was treated for manic depression, and committed suicide in 1974, aged 49. Works Gale published a number of books which were well received by critics and the public. * ''Clean Young Englishman'' (1965), republished June 27, 1988 by The Hogarth Press and now available as an e-book from Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (theatre Producer)
John Gale (born 2 August 1929) is an English theatrical producer and artistic director. Life Gale was born 2 August 1929, the son of Frank Haith Gale and Martha Edith Gale (née Evans). He attended Christ’s Hospital and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1950, he married Liselotte Ann Wratten and they have two sons. He was originally an actor until he produced ''Inherit the Wind'' in London in 1960. He was the producer of the long-running West End comedy '' No Sex Please, We're British'', which ran at three different West End theatres from 1971-87. He succeeded Patrick Garland as the sixth artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1985. He directed five Festival seasons until 1989. In 1986 Gale was executive producer for the Chichester Festival Theatre's first London revival of Irving Berlin's musical '' Annie Get Your Gun'', starring Suzi Quatro as Annie Oakley and Eric Flynn as Frank Butler. Gale was executive producer on the 1993 rec ... [...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 Gale (poker Player)
John Gale (13 December 1953 – 18 November 2019) was an English professional poker player based in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Gale started playing Texas hold 'em in mid-2004. He first made a name for himself by qualifying for the World Poker Tour (WPT) 2005 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure tournament in The Bahamas in an online satellite tournament. He went on to win the first place prize of $890,600, outlasting a 461 player field in his first major live tournament. Upon returning to his management consultant job, he found less of an interest in day-to-day activities and sold the business to concentrate on poker full-time. Gale finished in the money on the European Poker Tour the next month, and finished in the money four times during the 2005 World Series of Poker, including a second-place finish to Brian Wilson in the $5,000 pot limit hold 'em event. He also made it through to day 2 of the $10,000 no limit hold 'em main event. At the 2006 WSOP, Gale won Event #29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Gale (DJ)
Ginny Wright was an American country music singer. She was born in Twin City, Georgia during the 1930s, first sang in glee clubs, and studied opera. She began performing country music in the early 1950s. Her first single was on the Triple A label, following her discovery by deejay Jack Gale. Wright next signed with the new Fabor label on the West Coast, recording a duet with Jim Reeves, "I Love You" (Fabor 101), which spent 22 weeks on ''Billboard's'' country charts in early 1954, peaking at No. 3. One year later she returned to the hit parade with another duet, "Are You Mine?" (Fabor 117), this time with Tom Tall, which did even better. Over a 26-week run on ''Billboard's'' country charts, it peaked at No. 2. It was her second top 10 duet and her final chart appearance. After taking a break from her career in the mid-1950s to raise a family, Wright entered country music in the 1960s, cutting a few singles for the Chart label. Wright recorded more duets, including addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gale (director)
John Gale, born Jun Gallardo, was a Filipino B-movie director, who started his career with martial arts movies in the 1970s and continued to Z-movie actioners in the 1980s, often produced by K.Y. Lim's ''Silver Star Film Company''. ''Silver Star'' was a notorious but prolific producer of extremely low-budget action films, characterized by very low production values. Gale directed Richard Harrison in ''Intrusion Cambodia'' AKA ''Rescue Team'' (1981), also starring a cast of ''Silver Star'' workhorses such as Romano Kristoff, James Gaines, Mike Monty, Mike Cohen, and Ronnie Patterson. The assistant director of ''Intrusion Cambodia'' was Teddy Page, another prolific ''Silver Star'' director. Gale directed Kristoff and Monty again in ''Slash'' (1984), a film influenced by the Rambo series starring Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
