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John Morison (poet)
John Morrison or Morison may refer to: In politics * John Morrison (Manitoba politician) (1868–1930), politician in Manitoba, Canada * John Morrison (Saskatchewan politician) (1872–1950), Canadian Member of Parliament * John Morrison (intelligence officer) (born 1943), British intelligence officer * John Morrison (Montana politician) (born 1961), politician in Montana, USA * John Morison (Canadian politician) (1818–1873), Canadian businessman and political figure * John Morrison (blacksmith) (1726–1816), farmer, blacksmith and politician in Nova Scotia * John Morison (Banffshire MP) (c. 1757–1835), British MP for Banffshire * John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale (1906–1996), British Conservative Party politician * John Alexander Morrison (1814–1904), Pennsylvania Congressman * John Gillis Morrison (1863–1917), politician in Nova Scotia, Canada * John T. Morrison (1860–1915), Governor of Idaho * John B. Morison (1923–1996), member of the Canadian House of Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (Manitoba Politician)
John Morrison (April 17, 1868—June 6, 1930) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1916 to 1922. Morrison was born in Mount Forest, Ontario, the son of Scottish immigrants who had come to Canada one year earlier. In 1878, he moved with his family to Selkirk, Manitoba where he completed his education. He worked as a merchant and was for four years the Office Trustee of Grand Rapids, Manitoba. In 1890, he married Sadie Blimco. Morrison was a Presbyterian and an active freemason. Morrison was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election on September 16, 1916, in the newly created northern constituency of Rupertsland. Running as an independent, he was declared elected without opposition. Morrison subsequently affiliated with the governing Liberal Party, and was again elected without opposition under its banner in the 1920 provincial election. During this period, he served as a backbench supporter of To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (basketball)
John Russell Morrison (born May 2, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the American Basketball Association for the Denver Rockets at the beginning of the 1967–68 season. After the NBA, Morrison became a head coach for Canisius College Canisius College is a private Jesuit college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master's ... (1972–74) and an assistant for the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis (1974–76). References 1945 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from New Jersey Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball coaches Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball players College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Denver Rockets draft picks Denver Rockets players Guards (basketball) Seton Hall Preparatory School alumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morison (pastor)
John Morison (1791–1859) (also Morrison) was a Scottish Protestant minister in London. He was a longstanding editor of the '' Evangelical Magazine & Missionary Chronicle'', author of theological and biographical subjects, and a Congregational pastor at Trevor Chapel, Knightsbridge, London. He was known for his bold and fervid utterances on the platform, his enthusiastic advocacy of the work of the London Missionary Society, and support for the abolition of slavery in the USA. Life and work Abolition and evangelical work A native of Scotland, John Morison became one of the principal representatives of Congregationalism in London, during the mid-nineteenth century and a committee member of the London Missionary Society. He was ordained 17 February 1815, and became pastor of a congregation at Union Chapel, Sloane Street, Chelsea. In 1816 a larger place of worship was provided for him in the same parish. At the close of that year Trevor Chapel was opened, where he ministered f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morison (bacteriologist)
Dr John Morison FRSE CIE (1879–1971) was a 20th-century British physician prominent in the field of bacteriophage. Life He was born in Rajshahi (now part of Bangladesh) on 6 November 1879 the son of Dr Donald Morison who had come to India as a medical missionary with his wife in 1878. John returned to his parents home country of Scotland for education at Glasgow High School and then George Watson's School in Edinburgh. Then went to study medicine at Glasgow University, graduating MB ChB in 1902. After some practical experience (probably at Glasgow Royal Infirmary he joined the Indian Medical Service and returned to the country of his birth in 1906. He rose to be Director of the Pasteur Institute in Rangoon. In this role in 1927 he encountered the famed microbiologist Prof Felix d'Herelle, who engendered in him a love of bacteriophages. In 1932 he was created a commander of the Order of the Indian Empire by King George V. In 1937 he was elected a fellow of the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (drummer)
John Morrison is an Australian jazz drummer, band leader, educator, and commercial pilot. While he is not as famous as his younger brother, trumpeter James Morrison, he is a significant musician in his own right. Voted as one of Australia's best big band drummers, his band Swing City was selected to open the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Throughout his career Morrison and his groups have headlined every major event and festival in Australia. Music career As the eldest of the family, Morrison spent much of his musical life playing and recording with his younger brother, James. At age 8, he began playing cornet in the school brass band. By the age of 10, he had built his first drum set from pots and pans. Morrison has played with Bob Barnard, Bobby Gebert, Christian McBride, Don Burrows, Eartha Kitt, Garry Dial, George Golla, James Moody, Jimmy Witherspoon, John Clayton, Jeff Clayton, Richie Cole, and Scott Hamilton. Morrison leads the big band Swing City, who together with his brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (writer)
John Gordon Morrison (29 January 1904 – 11 May 1998) was a British-born Australian novelist and short story writer. Life John Morrison was born in Sunderland, England on 29 January 1904. His interest in flora and the natural world saw him begin work at the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens at the age of 14. After two and a half years there he went to work as a learner-gardener for a wealthy shipowner at East Boldon His first wife was Frances Jones (?-1967). They had two children: John, and Marie. He married his second wife, Rachel Gordon (?-1997), in 1969. Australia He migrated to Australia in 1923 and initially worked on sheep-stations in New South Wales. His first Australian job was in the garden of historic Zara Station at Wanganella, outback of Deniliquin. The wide open spaces gave him a sense of freedom: warm friendship with his mates imbued him with the confidence to explore the Australian working class milieu in his stories, and he determined to live out his life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sinclair Morrison
John Sinclair Morrison CBE (1913-2000) was an English classicist whose work led to the reconstruction of an Athenian Trireme, an ancient oared warship. Born in 1913, Morrison was professor of Greek and head of the classics department at the University of Durham from 1945 to 1950. He was a Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1950 to 1960, then vice-master of Churchill College, from 1960 to 1965.when he became the first President of University College, later renamed Wolfson College. He was considered an expert on the Greek trireme, the oared warship of the Athenian classical golden age, and is best known as one of the founders in 1982, with Charles Willink, another classics teacher, John Coates, a naval architect, and Frank Welsh, a banker, the Trireme Trust, to test his theories about the Athenian trireme by building a full-size reconstruction. In 1984, the Greek Government promised funding, and in 1987 the ''Olympias'' was commissioned. With R. T. Williams, Morrison wrot ... [...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 Morrison (wrestler)
John Randall Hennigan (born October 3, 1979) is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by the ring name John Morrison. He is best known for his time in WWE, Impact Wrestling and Lucha Underground. Hennigan currently makes appearances for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide as Johnny Caballero, as well as the independent circuit under various ring names. After winning '' Tough Enough III'' (a WWE reality TV competition show that awarded winners a wrestling contract with the company), Hennigan was assigned to its developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling. WWE promoted Hennigan to its SmackDown! roster in April 2005 under the ring name Johnny Nitro; winning the WWE Tag Team Championship with Joey Mercury in his first match on the show. Hennigan has also held main event roles in several promotions outside of WWE, including ''lucha libre'' promotions Lucha Underground and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide as Johnny Mundo, and in Impact Wrestling as Johnny Impact. Hennigan has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (ice Hockey, Born 1945)
John Lewis "Jack" Morrison (born April 6, 1945) is an American former ice hockey athlete and corporate manager. Early life and education Morrison was born in Minneapolis. He attended Phillips Academy, where he captained the hockey and tennis teams. Morrison then graduated from Yale University, where he was the all-time leading scorer for men's hockey with 51 goals and 68 assists, 119 points. He led the team in scoring his senior year with 49 points. During his time at Yale, Morrison won the William Neely Mallory Award. He is a member of the initial class, along with George H. W. Bush, of the Andover Athletic Hall of Honor. ''Life'' profiled Morrison as an outstanding secondary school hockey athlete in 1963. While attending Yale, he was in the same fraternity as George W. Bush. He later graduated from Harvard Business School. Career Morrison was named a first-team All-American at center in 1967, and then captained the United States men's national ice hockey team at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (ice Hockey, Born 1895)
John William "Crutchy" Morrison (March 4, 1895 - March 14, 1956) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 games in the National Hockey League during the 1925–26 season with the New York Americans. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1913 to 1932, was spent in a variety of other leagues, including the Western Canada Hockey League, where he played for the Edmonton Eskimos. With Edmonton he played in the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals, and scored the team's only goal. Playing career Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Morrison played senior hockey for the Selkirk Fishermen, starting in 1913. In 1915, he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force for the First World War. Before being sent overseas, he played one season for the Winnipeg 61st Battalion to capture the Allan Cup in 1916. After his tour of duty ended in 1919, he played two more seasons of senior hockey, with Selkirk in 1919–20 and the Winnipeg Falcons for 1920–21. Morrison joined the Edmonton E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morrison (footballer, Born 1909)
John Morrison (9 November 1909 – 25 May 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back, primarily for Celtic, where he spent a decade, although he was only a regular starter for four of those years(Celtic player) Morrison, John FitbaStats (in the seasons leading up to World War II), gradually displacing the established . Originally a coal miner from the pit village of Croy (which produced several players for Celtic such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
