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John Lyons (game Programmer)
John Lyons may refer to: * John Lyons (Antiguan politician) (1760–1816), Antiguan politician * John Lyons (Royal Navy officer, born 1787) (1787–1872), British admiral * John Charles Lyons (1792–1874), Anglo-Irish landowner, politician, antiquary, and horticulturalist * John Lyons (VC) (1824–1867), Irish soldier in the British army, recipient of the Victoria Cross * John J. Lyons (c. 1881–1945), Secretary of State of New York, 1921–1922 *John Lyons (Australian politician) (1885–1948), South Australian politician * John P. Lyons (1876–?), Canadian diver * John Lyons (Longford politician), Irish independent / Labour Party politician, represented Longford-Westmeath, 1922–1927 *John Lyons (bishop) (1878–1958), Bishop of Ontario, 1932–1952 * John W. Lyons, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1938–1941 * John Lyons (ice hockey) (1900–1971), United States ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics * J. B. Lyons (1922–2007), John Binignus Lyons, Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (Antiguan Politician)
Captain John Lyons, (20 October 1760 – 6 February 1816) was a British owner of extensive sugar plantations, of 563 acres in total, in Antigua, where he served as a politician and a Captain in the Royal Navy. He married Catherine Walrond, the daughter of the 5th Marquis de Vallado and Lyons family, Sarah Lyons (1731-1764). John and Catherine Lyons had 15 children, including Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons. John's grandchildren included Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the diplomat who solved the Trent Affair, Algernon Lyons, Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet, and Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Life Family John was born in Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ... on 20 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (linguist)
Sir John Lyons FBA (23 May 1932 12 March 2020) was a British linguist, working on semantics. Education John Lyons was born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire (now in Trafford). He was initially educated at St Ann's RC School, Stretford, before he won a scholarship to St Bede's College, Manchester, joining in September 1943. In July 1950, Lyons progressed to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took a degree in Classics in 1953 and a Diploma in Education in 1954. Life and career After doing his national service in the navy for two years, studying Russian as a coder (special), and commissioned as a midshipman, he returned to Cambridge as a PhD student in 1956. His supervisor was W. Sidney Allen. The following year he was made a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He was also awarded a one-year Rockefeller Scholarship to Yale, but declined for the more opportunistic academic position in linguistics that was rare in those days in Britain. Lyons moved fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (journalist)
John Lyons (born 1961) is an Australian journalist. He has been the Executive Editor of ABC News and Head of Investigative Journalism for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2017. He was previously associate editor (digital) and a senior reporter at ''The Australian'', editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, executive producer of the ''Sunday'' program on the Nine Network and a foreign correspondent in the United States and Israel. He is a three-time Walkley Award winner: in 1999 for Commentary, Analysis, Opinion & Critique, for his national affairs reporting for ''The Bulletin'', in 2001 for Broadcast Interviewing for his television interviews on the ''Sunday'' program, and in 2014 for Investigative Journalism as part of a ''Four Corners'' team's reporting on the Israeli military's treatment of Palestinian children. He also won the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award in 1999 for his work with ''The Bulletin''. In 2017 his memoir, ''Balcony Over Jerusale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (horse Trainer)
John Lyons is an American horse trainer in the field of natural horsemanship. Lyons has been presenting training clinics and horsemanship symposia since 1980, has written several books on horses and horse training, and is the founder of John Lyons' ''Perfect Horse'' magazine. He lives and works out of Parachute, Colorado. Philosophy Lyons' approach of establishing a partnership between horse and handler is based in part on the principles of operant conditioning and he encourages owners to notice what is going on with their horses and to use consistent cues and reinforcement to encourage positive behavior and discourage negative behavior in the animal. He places a strong emphasis on safety of handler and horse, using gentle techniques, and eschewing dramatic results in favor of setting specific goals, then teaching them by use of clear signals, responsible methods, and consistency. Lyons is somewhat different from other natural horsemanship practitioners in that his Christian fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (Dublin Politician)
John Lyons (born 3 June 1977) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 2011 to 2016. A son of John and Josie Lyons, he attended Trinity Comprehensive (then known as Ballymun Comprehensive). He studied at Maynooth University, gaining a BA and HDip, subsequently he studied special education at Trinity College Dublin. He is openly gay and was one of the first two openly LGBT members of Dáil Éireann, along with Meath East's Dominic Hannigan Dominic Hannigan (born 10 July 1965) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency from 2011 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2007 to 2011. Early life Hannigan .... He lost his seat at the 2016 general election. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, John 1977 births Living people Alumni of Maynooth University Gay politicians Irish schoolteachers Labour Party (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (footballer)
John Patrick Lyons (8 November 1956 – 11 November 1982) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward in the Football League. Career Lyons was born in Buckley, Wales. He attended the Buckley County Primary School and Elfed High School. Whilst at the High School he represented Wales as an Under 15 basketball player. He began his football career with Wrexham as an apprentice and signed as a professional player in September 1975. He scored 23 goals in 86 appearances and helped the team to the Third Division title in the 1977–78 season. He joined Millwall in 1979, making 55 appearances and registering 20 league goals, many of which were from free-kicks just outside the penalty box, his speciality. He then signed for Cambridge United, where he appeared 21 times scoring 6 goals. He joined Colchester United for £25,000 and scored on his debut as Colchester defeated rivals Sheffield United 5–2 in front of the Match of the Day cameras. Lyons committed suicide at his home in Lay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John Stacy Lyons (September 10, 1911 – November 26, 1981) was an American football player. Lyons was born in Coronado, California, in 1911. He played college football as a back for Tulsa from 1930 to 1932, winning a reputation as a "heavy but fast back", a battering blocker and a "hard line smasher." Lyons joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL) in the fall of 1933. The '' Brooklyn Times Union'' descried him as follows:Lyons is a blocking back and weighs 200 pounds. he combines all-around defensive skill and has been compared favorably with Father Lumpkin of Portsmouth in taking out a defensive end or back. He played at the end position and appeared in two games for the Dodgers during the 1933 season. Lyons died in 1981 in Bonita, California Bonita (Spanish for "Beautiful") is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Diego County, California, nestled between the cities of Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego. The population was 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (American Football Coach)
John Lyons (born March 10, 1952) is a former American football head coach best known for his 13 years as head coach of Dartmouth College. Lyons was an all-Ivy defensive back while playing for the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1974 he worked as an assistant at Penn for the next 11 seasons, eventually riding up to become defensive coordinator. In 1988, he was brought to Dartmouth by then-coach Buddy Teevens. When Teevens moved on, Lyons was promoted to head coach in 1992. During his time as head coach, Lyons was successful during his first six seasons, winning two Ivy League titles and posting five winning seasons. The 1996 team won every game it played for a 10–0 record (with seven Ivy League games), becoming the first undefeated Dartmouth team since 1970. The ten wins also set a new record for most wins in a season (as with all Ivy League schools, they do not play bowl games). As of , it remains the last unbeaten Dartmouth team. He also coached future NFL quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (British Politician)
John Lyons (born 11 July 1949) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. At the 2001 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. Following the reduction in Scottish constituencies in the House of Commons under the Scotland Act 1998, that constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election. Lyons stood at the new East Dunbartonshire seat, where he lost to the future Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson. Following his defeat, he became a consultant on trade unions for FirstGroup. Before his election to Parliament in 2001, he had worked as a UNISON official. Lyons consistently voted against and opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003 The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 .... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (actor)
John Lyons (born 14 September 1943) is an English stage and screen actor. He played Detective Sergeant George Toolan in the long-running UK detective drama, ''A Touch of Frost'' (1992–2010) alongside David Jason. Early life Lyons was born in Whitechapel in 1943, the son of a dock worker and an office cleaner, and the youngest of three children. Aged six, he would help the local milkman deliver milk to the neighbouring block of flats before school. Leaving school at fifteen, Lyons became a labourer for British Rail at Paddington Station. An aspiring footballer, every Sunday morning, he and several hundred others would play football on Hackney Marshes. Aged 17, a member of his team happened to be a journalist who gave him a business card advertising a new drama school, East 15. Lyons auditioned and was accepted and spent three years at the drama school. Career Lyons' first acting job out of drama school was in ''Catch Hand''. After this, he worked consistently in many popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lyons (poet)
John Lyons (born October 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator."John Lyons" Diaspora Artists. He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing. As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for 's major touring exhibition ''Dub Transition'', for ''Jouvert Print Exhibition'' and Tony Phillips' ''Jazz and The Twentieth Century''."About John — Visual CV" John Lyons website. Public c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |