John Kirkwood
John Kirkwood may refer to: * John Kirkwood (engraver) (died 1853), Scot who became the foremost engraver in Dublin during the 1830s * John A. Kirkwood (1851–1930), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * John Gamble Kirkwood (1907–1959), American chemist and physicist * John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood Lieutenant-Colonel John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood, DSO (1877–1924), was a British landowner and Conservative politician. Career Kirkwood was the eldest son and heir of Major James Morrison Kirkwood (1839–1907), of Yeo Vale, by his wife Isab ...

John Kirkwood (engraver)
John Kirkwood (died 1853) was a Scottish engraver who lived in Dublin from about 1826 until 1845 during which time he became the foremost engraver in the city. He was the son of James Kirkwood (1746–1827), a member of a Scottish family of engravers, who gained some notoriety in Scotland as it was a fire in their workshop that started the Great Fire of Edinburgh The Great Fire of Edinburgh was one of the most destructive fires in the history of Edinburgh. It started on Monday, 15 November 1824, and lasted for five days, with two major phases. Sequence of events The fire broke out around 10pm on 15 No ... on 15 November 1824. Kirkwood accompanied his father to Dublin in about 1826. For more than a decade John Kirkwood was the foremost engraver in Dublin and was in demand for his engraving of book illustrations. He retired in 1845 and returned to Edinburgh, where he died in 1853. After his retirement his son George, who had been working with him, continued in the family fir ...
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John A
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 ...
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John Gamble Kirkwood
John "Jack" Gamble Kirkwood (May 30, 1907, Gotebo, Oklahoma – August 9, 1959, New Haven, Connecticut) was a noted chemist and physicist, holding faculty positions at Cornell University, the University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, and Yale University. Early life and background Kirkwood was born in Gotebo, Oklahoma, the oldest child of John Millard and Lillian Gamble Kirkwood. His father was educated as an attorney and was a distributor for the Goodyear Corporation in the state of Kansas. In addition to Jack Kirkwood, there were two younger sisters: Caroline (1910) and Margaret (1921). In 1909, the family moved to Wichita, Kansas. In the 1920s the family traveled to Pasadena, California to escape Midwestern winters. Education While in Pasadena, Kirkwood, age 15, audited chemistry classes at Caltech. Showing remarkable talent in mathematics and chemistry, Kirkwood was persuaded by A. A. Noyes to enroll at Caltech before finishing his high school education ...
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