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John Perry (playwright)
John Perry may refer to: Politicians * John Perry (1845–1922), Australian politician, member for Richmond, Ballina and Byron * John Perry (1849–1935), Australian politician, member for Liverpool Plains *John Perry (Irish politician) (born 1956), Irish politician *John Perry (MP) (c. 1630–1732), English politician, MP for New Shoreham * John C. Perry (1832–1884), New York politician, and Wyoming Chief Justice *John D. Perry (born c. 1935), New York state senator * John H. Perry (1848–1928), American lawyer, judge and politician *John J. Perry (1811–1897), U.S. Representative from Maine * John R. Perry (judge) (born 1954), Wyoming judge and politician Sportspeople *John Perry (footballer) (born 1945), Australian football player * Pete Perry (basketball) (John Perry, born 1948), American basketball player * John Perry (American football, born 1950), American football coach * John Perry (American football, born 1969), American football coach *Johnny Perry (1972–2002), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (1845–1922)
John Perry (13 July 1845 – 10 May 1922) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney; his father, Julius Perry, was a bank clerk. He attended public schools at Surry Hills and Fort Street, and in 1861 began working for Watkins and Leigh, an importing firm. By the 1870s he was a sugar cane grower, also running a store at Alstonville. On 13 November 1870 he married Susan McAuslan Alston, with whom he had a son. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Richmond, belonging to the Protectionist Party. He transferred to Ballina in 1894, back to Richmond in 1904, and to Byron in 1913. During that time he served as Minister of Public Instruction, Labour and Industry (1899–1904), Colonial Secretary (1904), Secretary for Mines (1907–1908) and (1908–1910). After the collapse of the Protectionists' successor, the Progressive Party, in 1904, he joined the Liberal Party, along with most of his remaining party colleagues. Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John G
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 Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man's War
''Old Man's War'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, published in 2005. His debut novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2006. ''Old Man's War'' is the first novel in Scalzi's ''Old Man's War'' series. A sequel, ''The Ghost Brigades'', was published in 2006, followed by two other books, ''The Last Colony'' (2007) and ''Zoe's Tale'' (2008). Another book in the series, ''The Human Division'', was published as a serial and then collected in a novel (2013). The next book in the series, '' The End of All Things'', was published in June 2015 as four novellas. It was optioned by Paramount Pictures in 2011. Plot Introduction ''Old Man's War'' is about a soldier named John Perry and his exploits in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The first-person narrative follows Perry's military career from CDF recruit to the rank of captain. It is set in a universe heavily populated with life forms, in which the spacegoing species compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Keane
Molly Keane (20 July 1904 – 22 April 1996),Who's Who 1987 Mary Nesta Skrine, and who also wrote as M. J. Farrell, was an Irish novelist and playwright. Early life Keane was born Mary Nesta Skrine in Ryston Cottage, Newbridge, County Kildare. Her mother was a poet who wrote under the pseudonym Moira O'Neill; her father was a fanatic for horses and hunting. She grew up at Ballyrankin House on the side of River Slaney, a few miles south east of Bunclody, County Wexford and refused to go to boarding school in England as her siblings had done. She was educated by her mother, governesses, and at a boarding school in Bray, County Wicklow. Relationships between her and her parents were cold and she states that she had no fun in her life as a child. Her own passion for hunting and horses was born out of her need for fun and enjoyment. Reading did not feature much in her family, and, although her mother wrote poetry, it was of a sentimental nature, "suitable to a woman of her class". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grapefruit (band)
Grapefruit were a London-based British band of the late 1960s, brought together by Terry Doran of Apple Publishing, a music publishing company started and owned by the Beatles. Their brand of music was a typical late 1960s blend of rock, which they often fused with psychedelic effects such as phasers and vocoders, or classical arrangements. Biography In summer 1967, Doran, a longtime friend of Brian Epstein's and the new managing director of Apple Publishing, signed Scottish-born singer and bass guitarist George Alexander, born Alexander Young, the older brother of the Easybeats' guitarist/songwriter George Young (and also of Malcolm and Angus Young, both founding members of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC), to a publishing contract. Alexander Young had chosen to remain in Britain when the rest of the Youngs emigrated to Australia, and had previously played with The Bobby Patrick Six, with whom he toured Germany in the mid-1960s. In November 1967, John Perry, a form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (priest)
John Neville Perry (29 March 1920 – 20 June 2017) was an English Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1975 until 1982. Perry was educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester, the University of Leeds and the College of the Resurrection, College of the Resurrection, Mirfield; and ordained in 1944. After a Curate, curacy at All Saints Church, Poplar, London he was vicar of St Peter's Hackney Central, Hackney and then of St Dunstan's with St Catherine's Feltham. He was Rural Dean of Hounslow from 1967 to 1975 before his appointment as archdeacon, and afterwards Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of Orlestone with Ruckinge and Warehorne. He died in June 2017 at the age of 97. Notes 1920 births 2017 deaths Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Alumni of the University of Leeds Archdeacons of Middlesex People educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (shipbuilder)
John Perry (1743 – 7 November 1810) was the founder of the Blackwall Yard, where he built ships largely for the East India Company. He was buried at St Matthias Old Church, Poplar. Ephraim Seehl, an apothecary and chemist, was married to his sister Sarah. In 1796 his wife, Elizabeth, died, and less than a month later his second daughter, Sarah, married George Green, whom Perry had taken as apprentice a dozen years previously. In 1798 Perry married Green's sister Mary. He retired to Moor Hall, near Harlow and was appointed High Sheriff of Essex. Perry's children by his two marriages included: *John and Philip, who followed him into the family business *Charles, first bishop of Melbourne, Australia *Thomas, father of John Perry-Watlington, MP for South Essex *Amelia (died 1874), managing committee for George Green's School George Green's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (judge)
John Perry may refer to: Politicians * John Perry (1845–1922), Australian politician, member for Richmond, Ballina and Byron * John Perry (1849–1935), Australian politician, member for Liverpool Plains *John Perry (Irish politician) (born 1956), Irish politician *John Perry (MP) (c. 1630–1732), English politician, MP for New Shoreham * John C. Perry (1832–1884), New York politician, and Wyoming Chief Justice *John D. Perry (born c. 1935), New York state senator * John H. Perry (1848–1928), American lawyer, judge and politician *John J. Perry (1811–1897), U.S. Representative from Maine * John R. Perry (judge) (born 1954), Wyoming judge and politician Sportspeople *John Perry (footballer) (born 1945), Australian football player * Pete Perry (basketball) (John Perry, born 1948), American basketball player * John Perry (American football, born 1950), American football coach * John Perry (American football, born 1969), American football coach *Johnny Perry (1972–2002), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (engineer)
John Perry (14 February 1850 – 4 August 1920) was a pioneering engineer and mathematician from Ireland. Life He was born on 14 February 1850 at Garvagh, County Londonderry, the second son of Samuel Perry and a Scottish-born wife. John's brother James was the County Surveyor in Galway West and co-founded the Galway Electric Light Company. One of his daughters, Alice, was the one of the first women in the world with an engineering degree. Perry worked as Lord Kelvin's assistant at the University of Glasgow, and later became professor of mechanical engineering at Finsbury Technical College. He was a colleague of William Edward Ayrton and John Milne at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, 1875–79, and was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was professor of mathematics at Imperial College in London from 1896 to 1913. In 1900 he was elected president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and from 1906–08 served as president of the Physical Society of London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curtis Perry
John Curtis Perry also known as John Perry (born 18 July 1930) is an East Asian and Oceanic studies professor and historian. He is the Henry Willard Denison Professor Emeritus of History at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He was also the director of that school's Maritime Studies program and founding president of the Institute for Global Maritime Studies, until his retirement in 2014. Perry has written several history books and articles on topics including Pacific Asia-US relations, the American occupation of Japan, American expansionism toward the Pacific Ocean, and Singapore's history. His writing style has been characterized for artfully conveying history to the general reader with pith, wit, and clarity. The Japanese government awarded him the Imperial decoration of the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his contributions to US-Japan relations. Education Perry attended Friends schools in Washington, DC and New York City, subsequently going to Yale C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perry (bishop)
John Freeman Perry (born 15 June 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop. Perry was educated at Mill Hill School, the London College of Divinity and St John's College, Nottingham. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (20 September) and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1960) – both times by Ivor Watkins, Bishop of Guildford, at Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Guildford. After ordination he was a curate at Christ Church, Woking until 1962,after which he held a similar post at Christ Church, Chorleywood before becoming vicar of St Andrew's in the same town in 1963; and in 1972 Rural Dean of Rickmansworth. From 1977 until 1989 he was Warden of Lee Abbey when he was appointed Bishop of Southampton, a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester. He took up that See upon his consecration as bishop by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 25 January 1989 at Westminster Abbey. Translated to Chelmsford in 1996 he was awarded an honorary doctorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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