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John Moses
John Moses may refer to: * John Moses (Norwegian politician) (1781–1849), member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly * John Moses (Illinois politician) (1825–1898), Illinois judge and politician *John Moses (American politician) (1885–1945), governor of North Dakota *John Moses (baseball) (born 1957), American baseball player *John Moses (priest) John Henry Moses KCVO (born 12 January 1938) was the Dean of St Paul's from November 1996 until his retirement on 31 August 2006. Moses' last service as dean was a Sung Eucharist on 12 July 2006. It was attended by over 2,000 friends, family, c ... (born 1938), English clergyman * John A. Moses (born 1930), Australian historian * John J. Moses (born 1943), American clarinetist {{hndis, Moses, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses (Norwegian Politician)
John Moses (16 April 1781 – 29 January 1849) was a Norwegian merchant who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. John Moses was born in Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He belonged to a merchant family of British descent who had settled in Kristiansund to conduct the trade of large-scale fish exports. John Moses was one of Kristiansund's leading businessmen. He ran an export and import business, together with a shipping company. From the 1820s, he was living in London, where he ran the shipping business, conducting trading in a number of European countries. He represented Kristiansund at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He advocated policies that would benefit the business community. He supported the union party (''Unionspartiet''). John Moses was married to Anna Holck Tordenskjold (1782–1854) with whom he had seven children. He died in the Parish of St Anne's Limehouse, at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses (Illinois Politician)
John Moses (1825–1898) was an Illinois judge, politician, banker and historian. His magnum opus was ''Illinois, Historical and Statistical'', published in 1892, which weighs in at more than 1300 pages and took its author eleven years to complete. Moses was born in 1825 in Niagara Falls, New York. He arrived in Naples, Illinois with his family in 1837. Moses served for some time as the county judge for Scott County, and hosted Abraham Lincoln at his office in Winchester during the 1858 campaign. He served as private secretary to Governor Yates during the Civil War. In 1874, Moses was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ... as a Republican, serving in the 29th General Assembly as one of the three representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses (American Politician)
John Moses (June 12, 1885March 3, 1945) was the 22nd Governor of North Dakota from 1939 to 1945, and served in the United States Senate in 1945 until his death that year. Excluding those appointed to fill brief vacancies, and those not seated at the beginning of their lawful terms, Moses is the shortest-serving U.S. senator ever, in office for just 59 days. Biography Moses was born in Strand in Rogaland county, Norway in 1885. He was the son of Reverend Henrik B. and Isabella (Eckersberg) Moses. He attended public school in Norway, and graduated from the high school at Kongsvinger in 1900 and from junior college in Oslo in 1903. He came to the United States in 1905 and worked for the Great Northern Railway from 1906 to 1911. He entered the University of North Dakota in 1912, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1914. He entered the University of North Dakota Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1915. He began practicing law at Hazen, North Dakota in 1917. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses (baseball)
John Charles Moses (born April 17, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1982 to 1992. After his retirement as a player, he was an MLB coach and subsequently a minor league manager. As a player, he was listed at and ; he threw right-handed and was a switch hitter. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Moses attended Western High School in Anaheim, California. He first played college baseball at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California. As a college senior, Moses was co-captain of the 1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team that won that season's College World Series. The team included future major league player and manager Terry Francona. Moses was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th round of the 1980 MLB draft, and signed with the organization in late June 1980. Moses first played professionally during 1980, with the Bellingham Mariners, a Seattle farm team. He adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses (priest)
John Henry Moses KCVO (born 12 January 1938) was the Dean of St Paul's from November 1996 until his retirement on 31 August 2006. Moses' last service as dean was a Sung Eucharist on 12 July 2006. It was attended by over 2,000 friends, family, colleagues and invited guests including the Duchess of Gloucester, Baroness Thatcher and the Lord Mayor of London. Education Moses was educated at Ealing County Grammar School for Boys, a state grammar school (now Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College) in West London, followed by the University of Nottingham and Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge. He then studied at Lincoln Theological College, where he was ordained in 1964. Life and career Moses became an assistant curate of St Andrew's Bedford, then the rector of the Coventry East Team Ministry and the rural dean of Coventry East. In 1977 he was appointed the Archdeacon of Southend, also serving as the Bishop of Chelmsford's officer for industry and commerce, chairman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
