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John Paget (malacologist)
John Paget may refer to: * John Paget (author) (1808–1892), English agriculturist and writer on Hungary * John Paget (barrister) John Paget (1811–1898) was an English barrister, police magistrate and author. Life He was born on 14 May 1811 in Humberstone, Leicestershire, the second son of Thomas Paget, a banker in Leicester. He was educated at home, and after some years ... (1811–1898), English police magistrate and author * John Paget (Puritan minister) (died 1638), English nonconforming minister, pastor at the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam {{hndis, name=Paget, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paget (author)
John Paget (18 April 1808 – 10 April 1892), ''Paget János'' in Hungarian, was an English agriculturist and author on Hungary. Life and works Paget was born in Loughborough. He was educated at the Unitarian Manchester College at York, and then read medicine. He travelled extensively in Europe. He married the Hungarian Baroness Polyxena Wesselenyi Banffy (née de Hadad), divorced wife of Baron Ladislaus Banffy, on 15 November 1836. He lived on his wife's estate in Transylvania, developing the farming there with an "improved" breed of cow, and campaigning for improvements to agriculture. His diary, in six volumes, was in Hungary's National Museum (and today it is in the National Széchényi Library in Budapest). Volumes 1-5 contain observations on natural history around Europe. Volume 6 records Hungary's 1849 war of independence, in which Paget took part. He is known for his 1839 book ''Hungary and Transylvania''. In 1878 after the World Exhibition in Paris he was given the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paget (barrister)
John Paget (1811–1898) was an English barrister, police magistrate and author. Life He was born on 14 May 1811 in Humberstone, Leicestershire, the second son of Thomas Paget, a banker in Leicester. He was educated at home, and after some years as assistant in his father's bank, entered the Middle Temple on 16 October 1835, and was called to the bar on 2 November 1838.W. F. Rae, revised by Eric Metcalfe"Paget, John (1811–1898)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2108. As a young man Paget was a Whig, an activist for the Great Reform Bill, and a member of the Reform Club from its foundation in 1836. He was a member of the library committee there for 24 years, being chairman of it from 1861 to 1865. From 1850 till 1855, he was secretary first to Lord Chancellor Truro, and then to Lord Chancellor Cranworth. In 1864, Paget was appointed a magistrate at the Thames police court; he was transferred from it to the Hamme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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