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John Magee (Schuyler County, New York)
John Magee may refer to: * John Magee (bishop) (born 1936), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Cloyne, the former private secretary of Popes Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II *John Magee (congressman) (1794–1868), US Representative from New York State * John Magee (missionary) (1884–1953), American Episcopal pastor who filmed Nanking massacre victims *John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941), American aviator and poet *John Alexander Magee (1827–1903), US Representative from Pennsylvania *John Magee (American football) (1923–1991), American football player for the Philadelphia Eagles *Johnny Magee (born 1978), Irish Gaelic footballer *Jack Magee (1883–1968), American track and field coach * John L. Magee (artist) (c. 1820s–1870s?), American artist and lithographer *John L. Magee (chemist) (1914–2005), American radiation chemist *John W. Magee (1859–?), American Medal of Honor recipient See also *John McGee (other) John McGee may refer to: * John McGee (gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magee (bishop)
John Magee SPS (born 24 September 1936) is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus in Ireland. He was Bishop of Cloyne from 1987 to 2010; following scandal he resigned from that position on 24 March 2010, becoming a bishop emeritus. Magee is the only person to have been private secretary to three popes. Early life and education He was born in Newry Northern Ireland, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore, on 24 September 1936. His father was a dairy farmer. He was educated at St Colman's College in Newry and entered the St Patrick's Missionary Society at Kiltegan, County Wicklow, in 1954. He also attended University College Cork where he obtained a degree in philosophy before going to study theology in Rome, where he was ordained priest on 17 March 1962. He served as a missionary priest in Nigeria for almost six years before being appointed Procurator General of St Patrick's Society in Rome. In 1969 he was an official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magee (congressman)
John Magee (September 3, 1794 – April 5, 1868) was an American veteran of the War of 1812 who served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1827 to 1831. Biography Magee was born in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, where he attended public schools. He served in the United States Army in the War of 1812; moved to Bath, Steuben County, New York in 1812. He was elected constable in 1818 and served until 1820. He was appointed Sheriff of Steuben County, New York in 1821 and elected to that office in 1822. Congress Magee was elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831). Magee was nominated again in 1830 but lost to the Anti-Masonic candidate, Grattan H. Wheeler. Magee served as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1867. His 1831 home in Bath was the Davenport Free Library from 1893 to 1999, and is a National Register site u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magee (missionary)
John Gillespie Magee (October 10, 1884 – September 11, 1953) was an American Episcopal priest, best known for his work in Nanking as a missionary, and for the films and pictures he shot during the Nanking Massacre. He is also credited with saving thousands of lives throughout the event. Early life and education Magee was born in 1884 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Magee came from a wealthy Pittsburgh family. His brother was aviator and Congressman James McDevitt Magee. Magee went to school at Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and then on to divinity school in Massachusetts. A missionary in China, he was the minister at an Episcopal mission in Nanking from 1912 to 1940. While in China, Magee married a missionary from Helmingham in Suffolk, England, Faith Emmeline Backhouse. They had four sons: John, Hugh, David and Christopher. Their oldest son went on to write the famous poem '' High Flight'', when he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gillespie Magee Jr
John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, most noted for penning the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941. Early life John Gillespie Magee was born in Shanghai, China, to an American father and a British mother, who both worked as Anglican missionaries. His father, John Magee Sr., was from a family of some wealth and influence in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Magee Senior chose to become an Episcopal priest and was sent as a missionary to China. Whilst there he met his future wife, Faith Emmeline Backhouse, who came from Helmingham in Suffolk and was a member of the Church Missionary Society. Magee's parents married in 1921, and their first child, John Junior, was born 9 June 1922, the eldest of four brothers. Magee began his education at the American School in Nanking in 1929. In 1931 he moved with his mother to Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Magee
John Alexander Magee (October 14, 1827 – November 18, 1903) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John A. Magee was born in Landisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and was graduated from New Bloomfield Academy. He engaged in the printing business and for a number of years published the '' Perry County Democrat''. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1863. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868, 1876, and 1896. Magee was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed his former business pursuits, and died in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania New Bloomfield is a borough in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,244 at the 2020 census. History New Bloomfield was lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magee (American Football)
John Wesley Magee (July 21, 1923November 22, 1991) was an American football guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played eight seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles (1948–1955). He played college football at Southwestern Louisiana University and Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke .... References 1923 births 1991 deaths People from Robstown, Texas Sportspeople from Nueces County, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football offensive guards Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football players Rice Owls football players Philadelphia Eagles players {{offensive-lineman-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Magee
Jonathan "Johnny" Magee is an Irish people, Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and former player and former manager of the Wicklow GAA, Wicklow footballers. He played club football for Kilmacud Crokes GAA, Kilmacud Crokes and inter-county football for Dublin GAA, Dublin. Football career Inter-county Magee played at half back for Dublin in the late 90s and early years of the 21st century. He made his senior football debut for Dublin against Sligo county football team, Sligo in the 1997 National Football League (Ireland), National Football League, although he had previously appeared for Dublin in the O'Byrne Cup against Wexford county football team, Wexford in 1996. In 2003, Magee was substituted against Armagh county football team, Armagh during an All-Ireland quarter final to allow a reserve goalkeeper to come on following the sending off of Stephen Cluxton. Seen by several commentators as having his best ever game for the Dubs, Magee's absence was immediate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Magee
John Joseph Magee (January 12, 1883 – January 1, 1968) was an American track and field coach. He was head coach at Bowdoin College from 1913 to 1955 and assistant coach of the United States Olympic track and field team in 1924, 1928 and 1932. Biography Magee was born in Newark, New Jersey, on January 12, 1883, but grew up in East Boston, where he was a sprinter in school. He briefly coached at Powder Point School in Duxbury, Massachusetts before moving to Bowdoin College in 1913. Magee was in charge of the Bowdoin track team for the following forty-two years, with some interruptions; in 1918 he received a year's leave of absence to train the American army in France, and was wounded during his time there. Magee's Bowdoin teams won the New England championship four times and the Maine state championship twenty times. His most successful pupil was 1924 Olympic hammer throw champion and long-time Rhode Island track head coach Fred Tootell; other top athletes coached by Magee at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L
John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
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] |
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