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John Hawkins (columnist)
John Hawkins may refer to: Public officials * John Hawkins (naval commander) (1532–1595), English admiral * John Hawkins (17th century diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France, 1626–1627 * John Hawkins (MP) (c. 1611–?), English politician * John Hawkins (burgess), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses * John Hawkins (Maryland politician), American politician * John Heywood Hawkins (1802–1877), British politician * John Parker Hawkins (1830–1914), U.S. Civil War brigadier general * John Joseph Hawkins (1840–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada * John A. Hawkins (New York politician) (1864–1941), New York politician * John J. Hawkins (1855–1935), American jurist and politician in the Arizona Territory * John Clifford Hawkins (1879–?), African American lawyer and political figure * John Hawkins (diplomat) (born 1960), British ambassador to Qatar * John D. Hawkins (born 1968), South Carolina politician Writers * John Hawkins (grammar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkins (naval Commander)
Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was a pioneering English naval commander, naval administrator and privateer. He pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Hawkins is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Triangle Trade, selling enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish colonies of Santo Domingo and Venezuela in the late 16th century. As Treasurer of the Navy (1578–1595), Hawkins became the chief architect of the Elizabethan Navy, he rebuilt older ships and directed the design of faster ships. In 1588, Hawkins served as a Vice-Admiral and assisted in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, he was knighted for gallantry. Hawkins' son, Richard Hawkins, was captured by the Spanish and in response he raised a fleet of 27 ships to attack the Spanish in the West Indies, he died at sea during the expedition. Early years John Hawkins was born to a prominent family in Plymouth in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sidney Hawkins
John Sidney Hawkins (baptised 11 February 1758 – 12 August 1842) was an English antiquarian. Considered reclusive, he is known largely for his publications. Life He was the eldest son of Sir John Hawkins and his wife Sidney Storer; the writer Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins was his sister. While living in Westminster, Hawkins used to accompany his father to Westminster Abbey to hear the music and study the architecture. He died on 12 August 1842, aged 84, at Lower Grove, Brompton, London, where he had long resided. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and his library was sold in 1843. He was described in the ''Gentleman's Magazines obituary as a learned antiquary, whose "talents were overshadowed by a sour and jealous temper," and who in later life was in retirement. Works An early work comprised essays on plates from subjects in Westminster Abbey, published in 1782–3 in John Carter's ''Antient Sculpture and Painting''. The extent of his assistance was later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hawkins (other)
Jack Hawkins (1910–1973) was an English actor. Jack Hawkins may also refer to: * birth name of Jack Hedley (born 1930), English actor * Jack Hawkins (footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules footballer * Jack Hawkins (politician) (born 1932), author and former politician from Nova Scotia, Canada * Jack Hawkins (U.S. Marine Corps officer) (1916–2013), CIA senior planner of Bay of Pigs Invasion * Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (born 6 October 1985) is an English actor, known for his work on the BBC One series ''Call the Midwife'' and the HBO Max series '' Raised by Wolves''. Early life He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between ..., British actor See also * John Hawkins (other) {{hndis, Hawkins, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Sir John Hawkins (1929)
TSS ''Sir John Hawkins'' was a passenger tender vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1929. History TSS ''Sir John Hawkins'' was built by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Hull and launched on 15 May 1929. She was one of a pair built for tendering duties in Plymouth harbour, her sister TSS ''Sir Richard Grenville'' being launched two years later. On 27 August 1940 she was damaged during an air raid. Following repairs she was taken over by the Royal Navy in January 1941 and saw service at Plymouth, Scapa Flow and Pentland Firth. She was returned to the GWR at Plymouth on 22 November 1945 and remained stationed there until 1962 when she was sold for scrap The vessel can be seen in the 1958 movie Dunkirk where it is portrayed in harbour returning troops evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkins (Master Of Pembroke College, Cambridge)
John Hawkins (25 February 1692, in Creed, Cornwall – 2 August 1733, in Cambridge) was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1728 and 1733. Hawkins entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1709. He graduated B.A. in 1713, and M.A. in 1716. He became a Fellow of Pembroke, holding that post until his election as Master. His brother Philip was M.P. for Grampound Grampound ( kw, Ponsmeur) is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road west of St Austell and east of Truro.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ... in Cornwall from 1727 to 1738."The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" by Henry Stooks Smith (2nd edition, edited by F. W. S Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973) References 1692 births 1733 deaths People from Cornwall People educated at Norwich School Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Masters of Pembroke Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkins (rower)
John Hawkins is an Australian former representative rower. He was a three time Australian national champion and won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships. Club and state rowing Hawkins commenced his senior club rowing in 1968 with the South Melbourne Rowing club and rowed there till 1972. From 1972 to 1975 he was living in Queensland and rowed from the Surfers Paradise Rowing Club. In 1975 he relocated back to Melbourne and joined the Mercantile Rowing Club from where he had most of his representative success. Hawkins first rowed at the Australian Interstate Regatta in 1974 in a Queensland lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup. That crew finished third. In 1976 he contested and won the Penrith Cup in the Victorian lightweight four. In Mercantile colours Hawkins contested national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships. He won the national lightweight four title in 1976 and was at stroke in a Mercantile crew which won national lightweight eight title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkins (athlete)
John Hawkins (born 8 June 1949) is a Canadian athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References 1949 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Canadian male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Sportspeople from Kelowna Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Universiade medalists in athletics ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Isaac Hawkins
John Isaac Hawkins (1772–1855) was an inventor who practised civil engineering. He was known as the co-inventor of the ever-pointed pencil, an early mechanical pencil, and of the upright piano. Early life Hawkins was born 14 March 1772 at Taunton, Somerset, England,R. L. Tafel, ''Documents Concerning Swedenborg'', p. 1217 the son of Joan Wilmington and her husband Isaac Hawkins, a watchmaker. The father, Isaac Hawkins, would become a Wesleyan minister, but was expelled by John Wesley; and after moving the family to Moorfields in London he was a minister in the Swedenborgian movement, which John Isaac would also follow. John Isaac emigrated to the United States about 1790, attending the College of New Jersey, where he studied medicine and later, chemical filtration. Hawkins married in New Jersey, and was living at Bordentown and Philadelphia. In his own account, he was influenced by work of Georg Moritz Lowitz to try charcoal for filtration purposes, and ran an exhibition on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkins (archdeacon Of Totnes)
John Stanley Hawkins (30 June 1903 – 23 August 1965) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1962 until his death. He was educated at St Chad's College and ordained in 1933.‘HAWKINS, Rt Rev. Richard Stephen’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 201 accessed 30 June 2012 He began his career as a Curate at St Stephen's, Liverpool, Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 after which he was Rector of Dalwallinu then South Perth, Western Australia. During World War II he was a chaplain in the RAAF. Returning to England he was a Curate at Wolborough then Vicar of Withycombe Raleigh. His son Richard became Bishop of Crediton The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall. It is now .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Hawk
John Edward Hawkins (November 15, 1969 – May 1, 2006), better known by his stage names Big Hawk and H.A.W.K., was an American rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw's rap group the Screwed Up Click. Life and career Born John Edward Hawkins in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1969, he grew up with a younger brother, Patrick "Fat Pat" Hawkins and two sisters. He started rapping in 1992 when Fat Pat took him to DJ Screw's house, an upcoming mixtape producer and DJ in the southern area of Houston. In April 2006 Hawk married his longtime girlfriend, Meshah Henderson. The couple had two sons. In 1994 Hawk, Fat Pat (rapper), Fat Pat, |
John Hawkins (Canadian Composer)
John Hawkins (26 July 1944, in Montreal – 14 January 2007, in Toronto) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist. He notably won the 2nd-century Week Composition Competition in 1967 for his ''Eight Movements for Flute and Clarinet'' and received the Jules Léger Prize in 1983 for ''Breaking Through'' which was commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC. In 1971, he helped found the New Music Concerts in Toronto and was frequent performer there during his lifetime. He also frequently performed in concerts presented by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, notably appearing as a soloist on the organization's recording of Jacques Hétu's ''Cycle''.John Hawkins at |
