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John Hind (poet)
John Hind may refer to: * James Hind (sometimes referred to as John Hind, died 1652), 17th century highwayman *John Hind (mathematician) (1796–1866), English mathematician *John Russell Hind (1823–1895), English astronomer *John Hind (bishop of Fukien) (1879–1958), Anglican bishop in Fukien China * John Hind (bishop of Chichester) (born 1945), Anglican bishop and theologian in the UK *John Hind (swimmer), Australian Paralympic swimmer See also *John Hinde (other) John Hinde may refer to: * John Hinde (broadcaster) (1911–2006), Australian broadcaster * John Hinde (photographer) (1916–1997), English photographer * John Hinde (rowing) (1928–2017), English coxswain * John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palme ...
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James Hind
James Hind (sometimes referred to as John Hind; baptized 1616, died 1652) was a 17th-century highwayman and Royalist rabble rouser during the English Civil War. He came from the town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He fought in the English Civil War for the Royalist cause. Some reports tell of him assisting the escape of King Charles II after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester. After the war, he took up highway robbery against the Commonwealth forces with his exploits both real and embellished printed in numerous pamphlets that made him into a Royalist folk hero of the Robin Hood mould. His partner Thomas Allen was captured when they attempted but failed to rob Oliver Cromwell. Hind also robbed John Bradshaw, President of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I. He refused to rob cavaliers and even gave money to poor royalists. He was finally caught during the Protectorate when one of his associates revealed him to the authorities. However, Hind was charged ...
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John Hind (mathematician)
John Hind (1796–1866), was an English mathematician. Life Hind was born in Cumberland in 1796, entered St. John's College, Cambridge, as a sizar, on 2 February 1813, but was elected to a scholarship in 1815. He graduated B.A. in 1818 as second wrangler and second Smith's prizeman, and the next year was chosen Taylor mathematical lecturer and fellow-commoner (B.A.) of Sidney Sussex College. In 1821 he proceeded M.A., and took orders; was elected fellow in 1823, but resigned his lectureship in that year, and his fellowship in the year following. For some time he acted as tutor. He acted as moderator in 1822, 1823, and 1826, and as examiner in 1824 and 1827. He died at Cambridge on 17 Dec. 1866, aged 70'' Gentleman's Magazine'', 4th ser. iii. 254 He was married and had a family. Hind was a fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and of the Royal Astronomical Society (Whatever shines should be observed) , predecessor = , successor = , formation ...
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John Russell Hind
John Russell Hind FRS FRSE LLD (12 May 1823 – 23 December 1895) was an English astronomer. Life and work John Russell Hind was born in 1823 in Nottingham, the son of lace manufacturer John Hind and Elizabeth Russell, and was educated at Nottingham High School. At age 17 he went to London to serve an apprenticeship as a civil engineer, but through the help of Charles Wheatstone he left engineering to accept a position at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich under George Biddell Airy. Hind remained there from 1840 to 1844, at which time he succeeded W. R. Dawes as director of the private George Bishop's Observatory. In 1853 Hind became Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac, a position he held until 1891. Hind is notable for being one of the early discoverers of asteroids. He also discovered and observed the variable stars R Leporis (also known as Hind's Crimson Star), U Geminorum, and T Tauri (also called Hind's Variable Nebula), and discovered the variability of μ Cephei. ...
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John Hind (bishop Of Fukien)
John Hind was a missionary bishop of the Anglican Church in Fukien. Life Hind was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 17 February 1879. His grandfather William Marsden Hind (1815–1894) was an archaeologist and botanist. Hind graduated (B.A.) at Trinity College, Dublin in 1900. He then entered the Church of Ireland Divinity School, obtaining his Divinity Testimonium in 1902, and was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Killaloe specifically for missionary work in China with the Dublin University Fukien Mission. Arriving in China, he was posted to Funing. The following year, he was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong (Bishop Joseph Hoare). Hind travelled around his pastoral area, visiting the tiny congregations on foot or along the coast in the 'T.C.D.' (a boat presented to the Mission by supporters in Trinity College Dublin). He supervised the building of a new church, a boys' school, a women's hospital, new houses, and a chapel for the girls' school in addition to ...
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John Hind (swimmer)
John Hind is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1976 Toronto Games, he competed in five swimming events and won three silver medals in the Men's 25 m Freestyle 2, Men's 25 m Butterfly 2 and Men's 3 x 25 m Individual Medley 2. References Male Paralympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Australian male freestyle swimmers Australian male butterfly swimmers 20th-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub ...
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