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John Nash (actor)
John Nash may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Nash (architect) (1752–1835), Anglo-Welsh architect * John Nash Round, English architect active in the mid-19th-century Kent *Jolly John Nash (1828–1901), English music hall entertainer * John Nash (artist) (1893–1977), English painter and engraver * Johnny Nash (1940–2020), American singer-songwriter Politics *John Nash (MP) (1590–1661), English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648 * John Nash (Australian politician) (1857–1925), New South Wales politician * John Nash, Baron Nash (born 1949), British peer, government minister and businessman * John Henry Nash (politician) (born 1933), South African politician *John J. Nash (died 1989), Irish Fianna Fáil politician Sports * John Nash (footballer) (1867–1939), English footballer * John Nash (cricket administrator) (1906–1977), English secretary of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, 1931–1971 *John Nash (basketball), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nash (architect)
John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was one of the foremost British architects of the Georgian and Regency eras, during which he was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London. His designs were financed by the Prince Regent and by the era's most successful property developer, James Burton. Nash also collaborated extensively with Burton's son, Decimus Burton. Nash's best-known solo designs are the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Marble Arch; and Buckingham Palace. His best-known collaboration with James Burton is Regent Street and his best-known collaborations with Decimus Burton are Regent's Park and its terraces and Carlton House Terrace. The majority of his buildings, including those that the Burtons did not contribute to, were built by James Burton's company. Background and early career Nash was born in 1752, probably in Lambeth, south London. His father was a millwright also called John (1714–1772). From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nash (footballer)
John Henry Nash (December 1867 – 21 April 1939) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Burslem Port Vale in the 1890s. Career Nash most likely joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1890. His debut is believed to have come in a friendly at Middlesbrough Ironopolis Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club was a football club based in Middlesbrough, England. Although it was only in existence for five years, the club won three Northern League titles, two cup competitions and once reached the FA Cup quarter-f ... on 22 November 1890; Vale lost 6–1 with Nash scoring the Vale goal. He hardly played thereafter and was released at the end of the 1892–93 season with 13 appearances (including two in the Second Division of the English Football League and six in the Midland Football League) and two goals (including in one Midland League) to his name. Career statistics Source: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, John 1867 births 1939 deaths Footballers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Nash
John Francis Nash (September 18, 1909 – August 29, 2004) was an American railroad executive. He served as president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and later the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Biography Nash was born in Syracuse, New York, to Roger and Mary Nash. His career began in 1925, at the age of fifteen, when the New York Central Railroad hired him as a freight station clerk in his native Syracuse. He married Ethel Howey in 1931; they had one daughter, Jan Perry. He worked his way up through the New York Central over the next 27 years. He was promoted to traveling car agent in 1941, assistant trainmaster (later trainmaster) in Buffalo, New York in 1942, assistant to the general manager back at Syracuse in 1948, then assistant superintendent in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1950 he became superintendent in Albany, New York; the following year he was made general manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A), a New York Central subsidiary. Nash was elected vice pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nash (priest)
John Francis Maurice Nash was Archdeacon of Tuam from 1950 until 1956. Nash was born on 5 December 1879, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1904. After a curacies at Kilmoremoy and Knockainy he returned to Kilmoremoy as Rector. He was Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ... of Galway from 1925 and Rural Dean of Tuam from 1944. Crockfords 1951/2 p931 ( London), OUP, 1951 References 1879 births Archdeacons of Tuam Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Year of death missing {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Nash (printer)
John Henry Nash (1871-1947) was a fine printer. Life He was born in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada and left school at sixteen to apprentice as a printer. In 1895, he arrived in San Francisco, where he was to develop his reputation. With Bruce Brough he founded the Twentieth Century Press. In 1903, Nash was approached by Paul Elder, an established publisher who had printed some of his publications with Twentieth Century, and who had just dissolved a publishing partnership. Elder became a partner in Twentieth Century Press, which was renamed Tomoye Press, and Nash became a partner in the newly formed Paul Elder & Company. Nash designed and typeset many of Elder's most enduring publications. Nash and Elder had a falling out in 1911, and Nash formed a new partnership, which he ended in 1915. In 1916, Nash started his own press, and his efforts helped establish San Francisco as a center of fine printing. In titling his 1928 book about Nash, Edward F. O'Day went so far as to dub him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forbes Nash Jr
John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Nash and fellow game theorists John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten were awarded the 1994 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (popularly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics). In 2015, he and Louis Nirenberg were awarded the Abel Prize for their contributions to the field of partial differential equations. As a graduate student in the Mathematics Department at Princeton University, Nash introduced a number of concepts (including Nash equilibrium and the Nash bargaining solution) which are now considered central to game theory and its applications in various sciences. In the 1950s, Nash discovered and proved the Nash embedding theorems by solving a system of nonlinear partial differential equations arising in Riemannian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Victor Nash
John Victor Nash (born 14 June 1891, date of death unknown) was an Argentine bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M .... Argentine-born John Victor Nash was a captain in the British Army. During World War I he served in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1919 Nash married Jean Gazlay Sifton (née Donaldson), the third of her six marriages, and they spent the following years in London. Only a short time after their wedding she had accumulated bills for dresses, shoes and furs for hundreds of thousands of dollars. During the divorce case the judge reportedly called her the best dressed and most extravagant woman in the world. They were eventually divorced in 1923. Even though probably still a British citizen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nash (basketball)
John Nash is an American broadcaster and executive. He was an National Basketball Association, NBA general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Washington Bullets. He also has worked as a broadcaster for Comcast, and in several other NBA front office jobs. His contract with the Trail Blazers was not renewed after the conclusion of the 2005–06 season. He signed with the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2008-09 season as a Pro Personal Scout. Nash is a member of the Big Five Hall of Fame where he worked from 1976 to 1981 with future NBA coaches Chuck Daly, Paul Westhead, Jim Lynam and Don Casey as well as, Rollie Massimino who had NBA opportunities but remained a successful college coach.Spoken Word (Directly from Source) Nash is also a member of his high school, Monsignor Bonner High School, Monsignor Bonner's Hall of Fame and a member of the Delaware County Sports Hall of Fame. Prior to his career in Basketball, Nash worked as the Ticket Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nash (cricket Administrator)
John Henry Nash (1906 – 7 April 1977, in Pudsey, near Leeds) was an English (people), English cricket administrator. John Nash was Secretary of Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1931 until his retirement in 1971, when he was succeeded by Joseph Lister (cricketer), Joe Lister. He became one of the most respected figures in cricket, making a host of friends throughout the world. He joined the clerical staff at Yorkshire in 1922 and in his time as secretary he rarely saw a full day's cricket because of the complexity of administrative duties, but his efficiency became a by-word. He was joint-manager with Brigadier Michael Green (cricketer, born 1891), M. A. Green of the Marylebone Cricket Club, M.C.C. team captained by Freddie Brown (cricketer), F. R. Brown that English cricket team in Australia in 1950–51, toured Australia and New Zealand in 1950-51. Outside of cricket, he led a full life. He was an organist of great ability, playing for many years at Farsley Parish Church, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
