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John Goddard (rugby Union)
John Goddard may refer to: *John Goddard (engraver) (fl. 1645–1671), engraver * John Goddard (cricketer) (1919–1987), West Indian cricketer * Johnathan Goddard (1981–2008), American football player *John Goddard (adventurer) (1924–2013), American adventurer, explorer and lecturer *John Goddard (bishop) (born 1947), Bishop of Burnley *John Frederick Goddard (1795–1866), English chemist *John Theodore Goddard (1879–1952), solicitor appointed by Wallis Simpson as an adviser during her divorce proceedings *John Goddard (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer currently playing for Slough City See also *Jon Goddard Jonathan Goddard (born 21 June 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played for amateur clubs Smawthorne Panthers and Castleford Panthers before playing for Castleford Tigers, Oldham, Hull Kingston Rovers and Hal ... (born 1982), English rugby player * John Godard {{human name disambiguation, Goddard, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goddard (engraver)
John Goddard ( fl. 1645–1671) was an early English engraver. He was apprenticed to the engraver Robert Vaughan in 1631. Works Goddard is known mostly from a few portraits and book illustrations. The portraits include: * Martin Billingsley, the writing master, in 1651. * John Bastwick. * Alexander Ross, in 1654, as frontispiece to Ross's continuation of Walter Raleigh's ''History of the World''. He engraved the title-page to William Austin's translation of Cicero's treatise, ''Cato Major'', published in 1671. For Thomas Fuller's ''Pisgah-sight of Palestine'', published in 1645, Goddard engraved the sheet of armorial bearings at the beginning, and some of the maps, including a ground plan of the Temple of Solomon. He worked also for the arms painter Sylvanus Morgan, and the writing-teachers Richard Gething and Thomas Shelton, and engraved maps for John Ferrar and Peter Heylyn Peter Heylyn or Heylin (29 November 1599 – 8 May 1662) was an English ecclesiastic and au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goddard (cricketer)
John Douglas Claude Goddard OBE (21 April 1919 – 26 August 1987) was a cricketer from Barbados who captained the West Indies in 22 of his 27 Tests between 1948 and 1957. Early life and career with Barbados Goddard was born in Fontabelle, Saint Michael, Barbados, into a family that controlled one of the leading trading companies in Barbados. He was a younger brother of the writer, lecturer and mystic Neville Goddard. He attended The Lodge School in Barbados, where he excelled at cricket, soccer and athletics. He played for Barbados from 1936–37 to 1957–58. A middle-order batsman, he scored five first-class centuries in his career, all for Barbados in the period from 1942–43 to 1946–47, when in 12 matches he made 1219 runs at an average of 67.72. His highest score was 218 not out, against Trinidad in 1943–44, when he and Frank Worrell added 502 in 404 minutes in an unbroken partnership for the fourth wicket. Goddard captained Barbados from 1946–47 until his retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnathan Goddard
Jonathan Bruce Goddard (May 11, 1981 – June 15, 2008) was an American defensive end in the National Football League and Arena Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions and also spent time with the Indianapolis Colts and Colorado Crush before his death in a June 2008 motorcycle accident. Early years Goddard was born in San Diego, California, and attended Edward H. White High School in Jacksonville, Florida. College career Goddard attended Marshall University, where he played for the Thundering Herd and was an All-America selection. His senior season statistics include 78 tackles, 16 sacks, 28 tackles for loss, 5 broken up passes, 5 forced fumbles, and 3 quarterback hurries. He was runner-up in the Bronko Nagurski Trophy standings. Professional career Detroit Lions Goddard was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round (206th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft with a pick acquired from the New England Patriots. He was signed to a three-year contract on July 15 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goddard (adventurer)
John Goddard (July 29, 1924 – May 17, 2013) was an American adventurer, explorer, author, and lecturer. Biography In 1940, when Goddard was fifteen years old, he wrote down a list of one hundred and twenty-seven goals he wanted to accomplish in his lifespan, from learning to type on a keyboard to climbing Mount Everest. "When I was fifteen," he told ''LIFE Magazine'', "all the adults I knew seemed to complain, 'Oh, if only I'd done this or that when I was younger.' They had let life slip by them. I was sure that if I planned for it, I could have a life of excitement and fun and knowledge". After serving in World War II with the Army Air Forces, Goddard spent the next few years traveling, and managed to join the Adventurers Club, an elite group who explored developing regions, of which he was at the time the youngest member. Goddard served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Central States Mission, assigned to places such as Manitoba a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goddard (bishop)
John William Goddard (born 8 September 1947) is a retired former bishop of the Church of England. From 2000 to 2014, he was Bishop of Burnley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. He left the Church of England and was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 2021. He was ordained deacon on Tuesday 29 March 2022 and priest on Saturday 2 April 2022 by Bishop Tom Williams in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. Early life Goddard studied theology at St Chad's College, Durham, and graduated from Durham University with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1969. He then gained a Diploma in Theology (DipTh).Number 10 — Suffragan See of Burnley (National Archives) Ordained ministry Goddard was[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frederick Goddard
John Frederick Goddard (1795–1866) was an English chemist who made important contributions to the early development of photography, in particular in his work for Richard Beard. Bibliography * * External linksCorrespondencewith William Fox Talbot William Henry Fox Talbot Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE Royal Astronomical Society, FRAS (; 11 February 180017 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the Salt print, salted paper and calo ... 1795 births 1866 deaths 19th-century British chemists Pioneers of photography {{UK-chemist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Theodore Goddard
John Theodore Goddard (1879–27 November 1952) was an English solicitor and founder of the law firm Theodore Goddard (TG) based in London. The firm merged with Addleshaw Booth & Co on 1 May 2003 to become Addleshaw Goddard. Goddard was appointed by Wallis Simpson as an adviser to her during divorce proceedings and in relation to her involvement during the United Kingdom abdication Crisis of 1936. Origins Born Highbury, London in 1879, according to census data John Theodore Goddard lived at 106 Highbury New Park, London in 1901 with his widowed mother and siblings. At the age of 22 he was a solicitor's articled clerk. Later he lived at Hewitt's Farm, now "The Farmhouse" public house in Langshott Lane, Horley. As a young man of 24, Goddard founded the practice of Theodore Goddard & Co in 1902. For some years, he practised on his own account from offices in Clement's Inn, close by the Law Courts. Working the London court circuit as a litigator, his reputation soon enabled him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goddard (footballer)
John Robert Goddard (born 2 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League South club Slough Town. Goddard began his career at Reading, progressing through the youth system before signing his first professional contract in 2011. He was released a year later and spent one season at Conference South club Hayes & Yeading United. Goddard then signed for Conference Premier club Woking in September 2013 after a successful trial period. He spent three years at Woking before returning to the Football League when he signed for Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee in May 2016. He subsequently signed for Stevenage in January 2018. He was loaned out to Bromley of the National League at the start of the 2018–19 season and then joined Aldershot Town on a six-month deal in January 2019. Goddard signed for divisional rivals Ebbsfleet United in July 2019. He rejoined Woking in August 2020, where he spent the 2020–21 season before joining Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Goddard
Jonathan Goddard (born 21 June 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played for amateur clubs Smawthorne Panthers and Castleford Panthers before playing for Castleford Tigers, Oldham, Hull Kingston Rovers and Halifax RLFC. He signed for Hull Kingston Rovers in November 2005, he was released by Hull Kingston Rovers on 17 September 2007, but he was quickly signed up by Halifax. In September 2009, he was re-signed by Halifax to a 2-year contract until the end of 2011. He retired in 2011 due to injury problems. In April 2014, Goddard signed as a fitness instructor for Doncaster's health club Eco Fitness. He later signed with Penryn RFC in May 2016 as fitness coach. Background Jonathan Goddard was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
