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John Howe (1630–1705)
John Howe may refer to: Politics *John Howe (MP for Yarmouth) * John Grobham Howe (died 1679) (1625–1679), British politician and MP for Gloucestershire * John Grubham Howe (1657–1722), British politician * Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet (died 1671), British politician and MP for Gloucestershire * John Howe, 1st Baron Chedworth (died 1742), British MP for Gloucester and Wiltshire * John Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth (1714–1762), Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire * John Howe, 4th Baron Chedworth (1754–1804), last Baron Chedworth * John W. Howe (politician) (1801–1873), American politician from Pennsylvania * John Howe (Minnesota politician) (born 1963), American politician from Minnesota * John T. Howe (politician), state legislator in North Carolina Religion * John Howe (theologian) (1630–1705), English Puritan theologian * John Howe (bishop) (1920–2001), Episcopal bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane * John W. Howe (bishop) (born 1942), bishop of the Episcopal Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (MP For Yarmouth)
John Howe (1556–1591), of South Ockenden, Essex, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ... for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) in 1589, in the 7th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I. References 1556 births 1591 deaths 16th-century English politicians Politicians from Essex People of the Tudor period Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (loyalist)
John Howe (October 14, 1754 – December 27, 1835) was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and the father of Joseph Howe a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay colony, the son of Joseph Howe, a tin plate worker of Puritan ancestry, and Rebeccah Hart. Early years John Howe was born October 14th in 1754, the same year that the French and Indian War or Seven Years' War (1754–1763) began. It was the consequences of this conflict that required the British to demand greater taxes from, and assert greater control over, their American colonies and it was the consequences of this conflict that raised and disappointed the English-American colonists' expectations about their opportunities for expansion, all of which contributed to the colonists' determination to revolt against an increasingly costly, authoritarian, and obstructive British rule. John Howe wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Howe (other)
Jack Howe may refer to: *Jack Howe (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1987), English footballer * Jack Howe (Australian footballer) (1922–2001), Australian rules footballer *Jack Howe (architect) (1911–2003), architect and industrial designer See also *Jackie Howe John Robert "Jackie" Howe (26 July 1861 (?) – 21 July 1920) was a legendary Australian sheep shearer at the end of the 19th century. He shot to fame in pre-Federation Australia in 1892 when he broke the daily and weekly shearing records ... (1861–1920), Australian sheep shearer * John Howe (other) {{human name disambiguation, Howe, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (filmmaker)
John Howe (August 30, 1926 – August 18, 2008) was a Canadian director, producer, and composer with the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his films ''Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate'' and ''Why Rock the Boat?'', and for his handling of the NFB’s 1969 Austerity Crisis. Early life John Thomas Howe was born in Toronto, the son of Thomas and Margret Ogilvy (Manzie) Howe. At age 18, he joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, saw action in Europe, and in 1946, left the service with the rank of Captain. Upon his return to Canada, he went to the University of Toronto, graduating in 1950. Career While in university, Howe worked as a director's assistant at the Canadian Repertory Theatre, and as a freelance reporter for the CBC. He also appeared in two episodes of two CBC television series: ''Space Command'' and ''Encounter''. In 1955, he was hired by the National Film Board of Canada where he stayed for 28 years, directing, producing, and/or writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ireland Howe
Doctor John Ireland Howe (July 20, 1793 – September 10, 1876) was an inventor and manufacturer. He was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He began the study of medicine in 1812, he then worked as a resident physician at the New York Almshouse.Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889; Vol III: Grinnell - Lockwood In 1828, he moved to New York City where he continued in his practice of medicine. Rubber During his residence in New York, he experimented on India-Rubber, where he invented and patented a process for preparing rubber compounds. And in 1828 after obtaining the patent for the rubber compound, he attempted to market his rubber product but was unsuccessful in his attempt. In 1829, Howe settled in North Salem N. Y. where he built a factory for the manufacture of the rubber compound, which was abandoned soon thereafter, owing to the lack of a successful product. Howe was quoted: “So far as I know, I was the first person who attempted to utilize rubber by comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John H
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 Howe (illustrator)
John Howe (born August 21, 1957) is a Canadian book illustrator and conceptual designer, best-known for his artwork of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the École des arts décoratifs in the same town. Howe and Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' movie trilogy. Howe illustrated the ''Lord of the Rings'' board game created by Reiner Knizia, and re-illustrated the maps of ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''The Hobbit'', and ''The Silmarillion'' in 1996–2003. His work includes images of mythological material such as the Old English epic poem ''Beowulf'' (including Knizia's board game '' Beowulf: The Legend''). Howe illustrated many books in the fantasy genre, such as those by Robin Hobb. He also contributed to the film adaptation of ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' by C. S. Lewis, ''The Chronicles of Narnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (RAF Officer)
Air Vice Marshal John Frederick George Howe, (26 March 1930 – 27 January 2016) was a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1970s and 1980s. He flew combat missions in the Korean War and North Sea interceptor air patrols during the Cold War, finishing his career as the Commandant General RAF Regiment and RAF Provost Marshal and Director General Security. Howe also served as the sixteenth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps between 1977 and 1980. Early life and education Howe was born in East London, South Africa, and educated at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He joined the South African Air Force immediately after leaving school. Flying history South African Air Force Howe began his military flying career in the post-Second World War South African Air Force, and learned to fly in Tiger Moths, Harvards and Spitfires. In 1950 he was posted to No 2 Squadron SAAF "The Flying Cheetahs" and deployed to Korea to fly combat missions as part of South Africa's contribution to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (cricketer)
John Howe (27 December 1868 – 29 July 1939) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1894. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1868 births 1939 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Sportspeople from British India Immigrants to Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (Australian Settler)
John Howe (1774–1852) was a free settler and explorer of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He became a successful building contractor, and also served as a chief constable and coroner. It is believed that he was born at Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England, the son of John How and his spouse Mary Roberts. Early life Howe was educated to a reasonable level for the time, such that he had some plans to become a teacher when he was able to emigrate to the colony of New South Wales. Meanwhile, he worked for a grocer in London. Emigration The ''Coromandel'' was a convict ship that carried, on her first voyage to Sydney, a small number of free settlers who had been given free passage and the promise of of land. Howe arrived in Sydney on the ''Coromandel'' in June 1802, along with his spouse Frances Ward, and daughter Mary. Upon his arrival, he received a grant of at Mulgrave Place (now Mulgrave) on the Hawkesbury River. Frances died three months later and was buri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howe (bishop)
John William Alexander Howe (14 July 1920 – 26 April 2001) was an Anglican bishop, who served as the eighth Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, and became the Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council. Education Born in Goodmayes on 14 July 1920 he was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and Durham University, where he was President of the Durham Union from the Michaelmas term 1942 to the Easter term 1943. Career He was ordained deacon in 1943, and priest in 1944, and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at All Saints, Scarborough. He was chaplain at Adisadel College Gold Coast and then Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. In 1955 he was elected to the episcopate, as Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He resigned the see in 1969 in order to take up a senior position in London as Executive Officer of the Anglican Communion on 1 May 1969. In that role, Howe was part of establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grobham Howe (died 1679)
John Grobham Howe (1625–1679) of Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679. Howe was the younger son of Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet, and his wife Bridget Rich, daughter of Thomas Rich of North Cerney. He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1645. In 1659, Howe was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Gloucestershire in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester'' Williams gives his father Sir John Howe, 1st Baronet, as MP for Gloucestershire in 1654 and 1656, but History of Parliament suggests it may have been the younger Howe. Howe died at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
