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John Power (other)
John or Johnny Power may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John Power (director) (1930–2016), Australian television and film director *John Power (musician) (born 1967), English singer-songwriter and musician * John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943; aka J. W. Power), Australian modernist artist Politics and government * John Power (Irish MP), Member of Parliament for County Waterford and Dungarvon * John Power (Patriot Parliament MP), Member of Irish Parliament for Charleville *John Joseph Power (1867–1968), Australian politician *John O'Connor Power (1846–1919), Irish Fenian *Sir John Power, 1st Baronet (1874–1945), British Member of Parliament for Wimbledon * Sir John Talbot Power, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament for County Wexford Sports * John Power (cricketer) (1932–2005), Australian cricketer * John Power (footballer), English football goalkeeper *John Power (Carrickshock hurler) (born 1992), Irish hurler *John Power (John Locke's hurler) (born 1966), former Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Power (director)
John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 – February 2016) was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist. Early life and journalism career Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older brother was Dave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined the ''Maitland Mercury'' as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Daily Mirror''. He was a political journalist in Canberra at the time of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary film ''Like a Summer Storm''. Awards Power won the AFI Award for Best Direction for the 1974 TV docudrama '' Billy and Percy''. Select Filmography *''The Other Side of Innocence '' (1972) (documentary) - director *'' Like a Summer Storm'' (1972) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer *''What did you do at school today?'' (1974) (documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Power
Johnny Power (10 April 1874 – 16 May 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Although Power only made 10 senior appearances for Fitzroy, he was a premiership player. In his seventh game he played as a full-back in their 1898 premiership team. References External links * * 1874 births 1958 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players Australian rules footballers from Bendigo One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Powers (other) (born 1978), American political activist
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Johnny Powers may refer to: *Johnny Powers (musician) (1938–2023), American rockabilly musician *Johnny Powers (wrestler) (1943–2022), Canadian professional wrestler See also *Jack Power (other) *John Power (other) *John Powers (other) *Jack Powers (1827–1860), Irish-American gambler and gang leader *Jon Powers Jonathan Powers, commonly called Jon Powers is an American former soldier, charity organizer, government official and business executive. He was appointed by President Obama to serve in multiple roles as an energy security expert. In 2015, Powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Power
Jackie Power (30 May 1916 – 23 February 1994) was an Irish sportsperson. A renowned dual player, he played both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Ahane and with the Limerick senior inter-county teams in both codes from 1935 until 1949. He later played with the Kerry senior hurling team. Early life Jackie Power was born in Annacotty, County Limerick in 1916. He was educated at his local national school where he was introduced to the game of hurling by his teacher. In his teens Power showed promise at athletics, however, he decided to forfeit this interest and concentrate on Gaelic games. Playing career Club Power played his club hurling and football with his local club in Ahane and enjoyed much success. Ahane, spearheaded by Mick Mackey, John Mackey and Power, were the kingpins of Limerick hurling at the time. He won his first senior county title with the club as a seventeen-year-old in 1933. It was the first of seven county championship victories in- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Power (other) (born 1978), American political activist
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Jack Power may refer to: *Jack Power (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics' universe *Jack Power (Ulysses), fictional character in the novel ''Ulysses'' * Jack Power (hurler) (1891–?), Irish hurler *Jack Power (politician) (1883–1925), Australian politician * Jack Power (footballer) (1910–1988), Australian rules footballer See also *Johnny Powers (other) *John Power (other) *John Powers (other) *Jack Powers (1827–1860), Irish-American gambler and gang leader *Jon Powers Jonathan Powers, commonly called Jon Powers is an American former soldier, charity organizer, government official and business executive. He was appointed by President Obama to serve in multiple roles as an energy security expert. In 2015, Powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wyse Power
John Wyse Power (1859-1926), was a County Waterford born, journalist, newspaper editor and Irish nationalist. He was founding member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, and served as secretary of the GAA (1884-1887). He was involved in setting up the Dublin County Board of the GAA and served as its first chairman. He supported nationalist causes and organisations such as the Land League and Home Rule, and was a fluent Irish speaker and language activist. Early life and career John Wyse Power was born at Knockhouse near Waterford City in 1859. He worked sometime as a civil servant before leaving due to his nationalist ethos. He was reported to be a Fenian and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He succeeded Patrick Cahill in summer 1883, as the editor of the Leinster Leader The ''Leinster Leader'' is a newspaper published in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Johnston Press bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005. The Leinster Leader Group, as well as publishing the Naas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John V
John V may refer to: * Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616 * John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675 * Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686 * John V of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem in 706–735 * John V the Historian or Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi, Catholicos of Armenia from 897 to 925 * John V of Gaeta (1010–1040) * John V of Naples (died 1042), Duke from 1036 to 1042 * John V, Count of Soissons, (1281–1304) * John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1302–1317) * John V Palaiologos (1332–1391), Byzantine Emperor from 1341 * John V, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg (1359–1437), German nobleman * John V, Lord of Arkel (1362–1428) * John V, Duke of Brittany (1389–1442), Count of Montfort * John V, Duke of Mecklenburg (1418–1443) * John V, Count of Hoya (died 1466), nicknamed ''the Pugnacious'' or ''the Wild'' * John V, Count of Armagnac (1420–1473 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hyacinth Power
John Hyacinth Power was the second Director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa.Wilson, Beryl 2007. Mr John Hyacinth Power: 1884–1964. In Hart, R. (ed) 2007. ''Chapters from the past: 100 years of the McGregor Museum, 1907–2007''. Kimberley: McGregor Museum Born in Waterford, Ireland on 2 November 1884, Power emigrated to South Africa in 1904 to take up a post as school master at Kimberley's Christian Brothers' College (now known as St Patrick's College). From 1920 he headed the South African School of Mines (later the Northern Cape Technical College). Early association with the McGregor Museum Although Power would succeed Maria Wilman as museum director only in 1947, his close association with the museum began at the time of its inception in 1907. From 1917, moreover, he became the museum's honorary curator of reptiles and amphibians, herpetology being the field in which he achieved wide renown as a regional specialist. He had been encouraged in this direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carroll Power
John Carroll Power (September 19, 1819 – January 11, 1894) was an American historian who served as the first custodian of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, from its opening in 1874 to his death in 1894. Biography Power was born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, into a struggling farm family. After failed attempts at working the land in Kansas, Power gave up farming and moved to Springfield, Lincoln's long-time hometown, where he took up writing on the history of the city and Sangamon County, as well as on the life of Lincoln. He married Sarah A. Harris in her native town of Aurora, Indiana on May 14, 1845, and remained married to her until her death in 1891; they had no children. On October 28, 1874, the day before it opened to the public, the Lincoln Monument Association named Power the first custodian of Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Power maintained a collection of Lincoln relics in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arthur Power
John Arthur Power (18 March 1810 – 4 June 1886) was an English physician, lecturer in medicine, and amateur entomologist. He was an uncle of Sir William Henry Power. Power was born in Leicester to physician John (1785-1858) and Charlotte Ann née Wood (1785-1829). He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School and then at Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as 27th Wrangler in 1832. He received a Licentiate of Medicine in 1838, and MRCP in 1859. He then taught medicine at Westminster Hospital. He took a keen interest in entomology, collecting specimens from across England, many of which were considered rarities. Edward Newman called him the "Indefatigable Power" for his perseverance and effort taken to collect rare species of beetle from remote locations. He carried bottles and boxes for collecting insects bundled into bag inserted inside his top hat and wore a formal tail coat into the field, and on occasion, the contents of his top hat would fall out when raising it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Power (Vicar-General For New York)
John Power (June 19, 1792 – 1849) was an Irish-born American Catholic priest who served as the pastor of St Peter's Roman Catholic Church in New York City as well as the Vicar General for the Diocese of New York. He administered the Catholic Diocese of New York during interregnum between the death of Bishop John Connelly and the appointment of Bishop John Dubois. Life Power was born near Rosscarbery, County Cork, in the Kingdom of Ireland, in June 1792. He was educated in Cork and at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. Following his ordination, he served as a professor at the seminary in Cobh, and as curate at Youghal. After emigrating to the United States, in 1819 he was appointed as the pastor of St Peter's in New York and as the Vicar General of the diocese under Bishop John Connelly, O.P. St. James' Church in Brooklyn opened in 1823. Power was an early and stanch friend of the new congregation and used to cross the river frequently to minister to them. After Connelly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Power (Master Of Pembroke College, Cambridge)
John Power, D.D. (13 June 1819 – 18 November 1880) was a British academic in the 19th century, who served as Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, from 1870 until his death. Power was born on 13 June 1819 in Freasley, Warwickshire. He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ..., graduating B.A. in 1841, and M.A. in 1844. Power was elected Fellow of Pembroke in 1841; and Master in 1870. He was twice Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, between 1870 and 1872 and 1878 to 1879. Power died in Cambridge on 18 November 1880. References 1859 births 1927 deaths Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge Masters of Pem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
