John Purves (other)

	John Purves (other) John Purves may refer to: * John Purves (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player * John Purves (politician), Australian politician * John Archibald Purves, English electrical engineer * Tug John Purves, a museum boat See also * John-Clay Purves, British geologist and museum curator * ''Captain John Purves and His Wife'' (1775), portrait by American painter Henry Benbridge Henry Benbridge (October 1743 – February 1812) was an early American portrait painter. Early life and education He was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. When he was seven years old, his mother, who ... {{dab, hn=Purves, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Purves (ice Hockey) John Purves (born February 12, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played seven games in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals during the 1990–91 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2003, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario, Purves played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League before joining the Capitals organization in 1989. Career Purves was selected by the Capitals, 103rd overall, in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He mostly played in the American Hockey League for the Baltimore Skipjacks but managed to play seven regular season games for Washington during the 1990–91 season, scoring one goal. After playing in the Eishockey-Bundesliga in Germany for ESV Kaufbeuren, Purves spent the next eight seasons in the International Hockey League, remaining in the league until its closure in 2001. He played for the Fort Wayne Komets, San Francisco Spiders, Kansas City Blades, San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Purves (politician) John Mitchell Purves (2 August 1847 – 17 September 1915) was an Australian politician. Earliy life He was born at Port Macquarie to Presbyterian clergyman Reverend William Purves and Alison Inglis Adams. He attended the University of Sydney from 1866 to 1872, receiving a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts. From 1870 to 1871 he went to England, and on his return he settled in the Clarence River district. On 27 November 1873 he married Annie Georgina Metcalfe, with whom he had three children. Political career In 1880, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Clarence, serving until his defeat in 1887. A real estate agent, he also served as a North Sydney alderman and several terms as mayor. Later life Purves died at Woollahra Woollahra is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Archibald Purves John Archibald Purves FRSE (8 July 1870–11 April 1952) was an English electrical engineer best remembered as inventor of the dynasphere. However, his biggest contribution was in the field of electricity supply. Life He was born in Taunton in Somerset on 8 July 1870. He studied physics at the University of Edinburgh specialising in the then new field of electrical engineering. He graduated with a BSc and earned a doctorate (DSc) in 1899. In Scotland he helped to establish electricity companies in southern Scotland later merged to create the South of Scotland Electricity Board. In 1897 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Peddie, George Chrystal, Robert Boog Watson and Sir James Ormiston Affleck. At this time he lived at 4 Wardie Avenue in northern Edinburgh and appears to have been a partner in a firm named Lorrain & Purves, engineers and patent agents, of 53 York Place in the town centre. In 1902 he moved to Devon in sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Great Lakes Museum And Historic Ships This is a list of Great Lakes museum and historic ships, including surviving hulls, museum or historic ships at risk, other surviving historic hulls and notable partial ships. Museum ships and boats, surviving hulls Lakers: bulk carriers Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels which ply the Great Lakes. The best-known variety is the oreboat, depicted in songs from Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers and others. Some classic-design lakers still operate, including a few with steam engines. SS ''Col. James M Schoonmaker'' (Toledo, Ohio) '' Col. James M. Schoonmaker'' sailed from 1911 to 1980. She was first owned by the Shenango Furnace Company under her present name and was sold to the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, which renamed her ''Willis B Boyer''. ''Col. James M. Schoonmaker'' was the largest bulk freighter in the world when commissioned. In an ambitious restoration, ''Col James M. Schoonmaker'' was re-christened with its original name July 1, 2011, on the 100th a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John-Clay Purves John-Clay Purves MD (30 January 1825–26 July 1903) was a British geologist and museum curator. Biography Purves initially qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh before joining the army and travelling as an army doctor. He had spent a couple of years working for the Geological Survey in Scotland before joining the Yorkshire Museum in 1878. He was initially employed as a temporary assistant to the museum before being made permanent Keeper following the death of the sub-curator Henry Baines. He resigned this post in 1880 following his appointment to the Geological Survey of Belgium. In his subsequent geological career he is attributed with naming the Namurian; a stage in the regional stratigraphy Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock (geology), rock layers (Stratum, strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock, sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigrap ... of northwest Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Captain John Purves And His Wife ''Captain John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Anne Pritchard'', is an oil-on-canvas portrait created by American painter Henry Benbridge (1743–1812). It was painted in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1775 (possibly as late as 1777). A bequest from Henry Francis du Pont, the painting is held in the permanent collection of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. Subjects Born in 1746, John Purves was a well-born Scottish immigrant who settled outside Edgefield, South Carolina, in 1770. He soon became an active figure in the American Revolutionary War, serving in the Province of South Carolina's first congress in January and June 1775. In February he married Eliza Anne Pritchard, daughter of Charleston's sheriff. In June, he was commissioned captain of a ranger company of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. The couple's portrait was commissioned to mark both occasions. Purves fought at Sullivan's Island and ended the war as lieutenant colonel of the Lower Ninety-Six District Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]