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John Rae (artist)
John Rae may refer to: Sportsmen * Johnny Rae (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain and Bradford Northern * John Rae (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player * John Rae (footballer, born 1862) (1862–1917), Scottish footballer for Third Lanark, Sunderland, Scotland * John Rae (footballer, born 1912) (1912–2007), Scottish footballer for Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Bristol Rovers Musicians *Johnny Rae (born 1934), American jazz drummer * John Rae (musician) (born 1966), Scottish jazz drummer *Jackie Rae (1922–2006), Canadian singer-songwriter Others *John Rae (actor) (1896–1985), Scottish actor *John Rae (economist) (1796–1872), Scottish economist and author of ''Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy'' *John Rae (explorer) (1813–1893), Scottish explorer of the Arctic * John Rae (administrator) (1813–1900), Australian administrator, painter and author * John Rae (biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Rae (rugby League)
John "Johnny" Rae ( – 2021) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Oldham and Bradford Northern, as a . Early life Rae grew up in Pica, a village located between Whitehaven and Workington. Playing career Club career Rae was signed from amateur club Wath Brow by Oldham, and made his debut for the club in March 1961. Rae joined Bradford Northern in 1964, and played in the club's 17–8 victory over Hunslet in the 1965 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1965. A knee injury forced him to retire from the sport at the age of 27. International honours Johnny Rae won a cap for Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ... while a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (biographer)
John Rae (1845 – 1915) was a Scottish journalist and biographer. The long-time editor of ''The Contemporary Review'', and contributor to ''The British Quarterly Review'', he became famous for his 1895 biography of Adam Smith, ''Life of Adam Smith'', which replaced the ''Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith'' of 1811, by Dugald Stewart, as the standard Smith reference. Bibliography *''Contemporary Socialism'' (1884; and new editions 1891, 1901, 1908) * ' The Eight Hours Day in Victoria' (1891), in: ''The Economic Journal'' (''EJ''), Vol. 1, pp. 15–42 (in Wikisource Wikisource is an online digital library of free-content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikisource is the name of the project as a whole and the name for each instance of that project (each instance usually re ...) *''Eight Hours for Work'' (1894) *''Life of Adam Smith'' (1895) Notes References * ''Rae: a journalist out of his depth'', by Aaron B. Fuller, ''The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ray (other)
John Ray (1627–1705) was an English naturalist. John Ray may also refer to: *John Ray (American football) (1926–2007), American football player and coach *John D. Ray (born 1945), English Egyptologist who deciphered the Carian script *John H. Ray (1886–1975), New York congressman *John J. Ray III (born 1959), American attorney known for overseeing several high profile bankruptcies *John L. Ray (born 1943), Washington, D.C., council member * John Ray (footballer) (born 1968), English footballer *John Ray, Jr., character in the Vladimir Nabokov novel ''Lolita'' See also *John Ray Clemmons (born 1977), American member of the Tennessee House of Representatives *John Ray Webster, American checkers player * Johnny Ray (other) * John Rae (other) *Johnnie Ray John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (minister)
John Rae was the son of William Rae, burgess of Edinburgh. He served heir 7 February 1666. He was educated at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an M.A. in 1651. At the Restoration he was minister of Symington in the Presbytery of Biggar being admitted between 4 May and 2 November 1658. He was deprived by the Act of Parliament 11th June, and of Privy Council 1 October 1662. He became one of the most zealous of the Covenanting preachers; and for eight years peregrinated the country, conducting public worship on the hillsides and in private houses. Arrest Around the beginning of 1670, he was apprehended for preaching and baptizing in houses and sent to Edinburgh. He lay successively in the Canongate jail, in Stirling Castle, and Dumbarton Castle, till about the time of the granting of the second indulgence in September 1672, when he was liberated. By this indulgence, he was allowed to exercise his ministry within the parish of Cumbraes. But he declined to accept of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Adventures Of Alice
''New Adventures of Alice'' is a novel by John Rae, written in 1917 and published by P. F. Volland of Chicago. It is, according to Carolyn Sigler, one of the more important "Alice imitations", or novels inspired by Lewis Carroll's ''Alice'' books.Sigler, Carolyn, ed. ''Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" Books.'' Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1997. The book opens with a little girl, Betsy, wishing for another Alice book. She passes into a dream, and finds in the attic a book which begins with Alice reading Mother Goose rhymes to her kittens, leading to further adventures. The book features black-and-white line drawings as well as colour plates by the author, who was known for his portraits of Carl Sandburg and Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (artist)
John Rae may refer to: Sportsmen * Johnny Rae (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain and Bradford Northern * John Rae (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player * John Rae (footballer, born 1862) (1862–1917), Scottish footballer for Third Lanark, Sunderland, Scotland * John Rae (footballer, born 1912) (1912–2007), Scottish footballer for Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Bristol Rovers Musicians *Johnny Rae (born 1934), American jazz drummer * John Rae (musician) (born 1966), Scottish jazz drummer *Jackie Rae (1922–2006), Canadian singer-songwriter Others *John Rae (actor) (1896–1985), Scottish actor *John Rae (economist) (1796–1872), Scottish economist and author of ''Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy'' *John Rae (explorer) (1813–1893), Scottish explorer of the Arctic * John Rae (administrator) (1813–1900), Australian administrator, painter and author * John Rae (biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (headmaster)
John Rae (20 March 1931 – 16 December 2006) was a British educator, author and novelist. He was headmaster of Taunton School (1966–1970) and then Head Master of Westminster School (1970–1986). In 1986 he became head of the Laura Ashley Foundation and was on the Board of ''The Observer'' newspaper from 1986 to 1993. In 1989 he became executive chairman of the Portman Group. Education Rae was educated at Homefield Preparatory School before Bishop Stortford College, an independent school in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Westminster School Rae became Headmaster of Westminster School, an independent school in Central London, in 1970. During his time there he became a prominent and oft-heard voice on educational questions in the British media. He modernised the school and rescued it from its perilous financial position. To do this, he cut staffing and moved the science department from its cramped building to a modern building wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (politician)
John Rae (24 August 1904 – 2 December 1979) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Biography He was born in Auckland on either 4 or 24 August 1904, a son of Annie and Charles Edward Rae. He attended the University of Auckland and became an accountant. He represented the Roskill electorate from 1949 to 1957, when he was defeated by Arthur Faulkner; and then the Eden electorate from 1960 to 1972, when he retired. He was a Minister of Housing under Keith Holyoake in 1957 and from 1960 to 1972. In the 1977 New Year Honours, Rae was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ..., for public services. Rae died on 2 December 1979, and he was cremated at Purewa Crematorium, Auckland. Notes Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (administrator)
John Rae (9 January 1813 – 15 July 1900) was an Australian administrator, painter and author. Early life John Rae was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of George Rae, banker, and his wife Jane, née Edmond. He was educated at the Aberdeen Grammar School, Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. He graduated Master of Arts in 1832. He studied law and in 1839 went to Australia to take up the position of secretary and accountant to the North British Australasian Loan and Investment Company. Career as an administrator He arrived in Sydney on 8 December 1839. In 1842 he was responsible for the letterpress for Sydney Illustrated, and was appointed town clerk of Sydney on 27 July 1843, the second to occupy that position. At the end of 1853 the Sydney corporation was abolished, and from 1 January 1854 the city was managed by three commissioners, of whom Rae was one. In 1856 John Smith, then mayor of Melbourne, endeavored to have Rae appointed town clerk of Melbourne, but Edmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (New Zealand Footballer)
John Rae is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. Rae made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–2 win over New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st ... on 4 June 1962. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
