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John Robb (archaeologist)
John Robb may refer to: * John Robb (1862–1913), Scottish civil engineer * John Robb (author) (born 1962), American author, military analyst and entrepreneur * John Robb (civil engineer) (1834–1896), Ireland-born contractor and businessman in Australia *John Robb (musician) (born 1961), British journalist and vocalist for punk band Goldblade * John D. Robb, Chairman of the International Prayer Council *John Donald Robb (1892–1989), American composer and ethnomusicologist * Jimmy Robb or John "Jimmy" Robb (born 1935), Scottish footballer *John Robb (surgeon) (c. 1933–2018), Northern Irish surgeon and politician who served in Seanad Éireann, 1982–1989 *John Hanna Robb (1873–1956), Northern Irish politician *John Morrow Robb John Morrow Robb (July 4, 1876 – December 11, 1942) was a physician and political figure in Ontario. He represented Algoma in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1916 to 1919 and from 1926 to 1934 as a Conservative member. Backgrou ...< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robb (1862–1913)
John Robb was born in Alloa on 25 April 1862, the first son of Andrew Robb (1825-1900), the foreman and later Manager of Gaberston Mill, and his wife Mary Bennie Swanson, daughter of John Swanson, a Distillery Manager. He had three brothers and a sister, Janet, the mother of classical composer Edward Norman Hay (1889-1943). Training John trained as an architect in Alloa, likely with John Melvin & Son, before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1882 where he was assistant to Joseph J Lish, an architect who specialized in ecclesiastical work and concrete construction. He later returned to Scotland and worked as an architect for a spell before joining the Assessor of Railways and Canals in Edinburgh. Work Around 1891 he joined Midlothian County Council as Assistant County Surveyor. On the tragic accidental death of the County Surveyor Thomas Forbes in 1896 Robb took over his role as Suburban Road Surveyor and the following year was appointed County Surveyor from a field of 50 appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robb (author)
John Robb is an American author, military analyst, and entrepreneur. Career Military Robb graduated from the United States Air Force Academy Honors Program with a Bachelor of Science in astronautical engineering in 1985 and completed USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) in 1986. During his military career, Robb worked in the area of counterterrorism with the United States Special Operations Command, participating in global operations as a mission commander, pilot and mission planner in El Salvador, Panama, Colombia, Turkey, and Egypt, among others. He resigned his Air Force commission with the rank of captain in August 1992. After leaving the Air Force, Robb attended Yale University. He graduated with a master's degree in public and private management (MPPM) in 1995. Internet analyst After graduating from Yale, Robb was hired by Forrester Research, a technology research company located in Cambridge, MA., in June 1995. He published his first report at Forrester in December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robb (civil Engineer)
John Robb (4 September 1834 – 18 May 1896) was an Irish immigrant to Australia who was responsible for several important civil engineering works. History Robb was born in Lislaird near Castlederg, County Tyrone, Ireland, to Arthur Robb and his wife Sarah Robb, née Bird. In 1854 Robb and two brothers Robert (aged 18) and Samuel (aged 15) left for Australia aboard ''Fitzjames'', arriving at Melbourne in October 1854. He joined the rush to the goldfields, teamed up with fellow ''Fitzjames'' passenger Thomas Stranger carting stone, then formed a partnership Overend & Robb with Best Overend (c. 1833 – 30 November 1877) as contractors. Thomas Stranger, whose sister Elizabeth he later married, was with them from the outset and served as their supervising engineer to at least 1888. Around 1860 Overend & Robb won a contract to demolish Batman's Hill to make way for the projected Spencer Street railway station. Later projects of Overend & Robb were the Sunbury Industrial Schools and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robb (musician)
John David Robb (born 4 May 1961Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, , p. 272-3) is an English music journalist and singer. Robb writes for and runs the ''Louder Than War'' website and a monthly music magazine of the same name. He has written several books on music and occasionally makes media appearances as a music commentator. He is also the vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade and bassist and vocalist in post punk band The Membranes. In 2014, Robb started and currently runs a music writing festival Louder Than Words which is held in Manchester, UK every November. In 2019 he launched a vegan festival in Manchester. He is also a TEDx speaker and spoken word artist. In 2021 he launched the North Will Rise Again - a big live-cast music event in Liverpool and Manchester which will be moving into other cities as a conference event. Early life Robb was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire and grew up in Anchorsholme, Blackpool, Lancashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
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 Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donald Robb
John Donald Robb (June 12, 1892 – January 6, 1989) was an American composer, ethnomusicologist, arts administrator, and attorney. Biography Early life A symphony concert in his hometown of Minneapolis when he was a pre-teen planted the seed for Robb's lifelong desire to be a composer. He began studying cello, and then pipe organ. While pursuing an undergraduate degree in English literature at Yale University, Robb continued his music education, including a course taught by Horatio Parker. Despite his passion for music, Robb turned to a career in the law. He attended both the University of Minnesota Law School and Harvard Law School. Robb worked as an international bond lawyer in New York City, but always made time for his music aspirations. During a 1935–36 leave of absence from his law firm, he studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France. It was her encouragement that gave him the confidence to pursue his dream of being a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Robb
James Fraser Robb (born 30 March 1935) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a wing half and inside forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Stirling Albion and Stenhousemuir. Honours Queen's Park * Scottish League Second Division The Scottish Football League Second Division was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. History The Second Division was created in 1975, as part of a wider reconstruction of the Scottish Football League (SF ...: 1955–56 Stirling Albion * Scottish League Second Division: 1964–65 References Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Queen's Park F.C. players Men's association football wing halves 1935 births Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football inside forwards Strathclyde F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Living people Scotland men's amateur international footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robb (surgeon)
John David Alexander Robb (24 February 1932 – 13 February 2018) was a surgeon from Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland who served for seven years a member of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of the Republic of Ireland). Career A liberal Protestant in the all-Ireland tradition, Robb was educated at Rockport School, Holywood, County Down, and at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. He then trained in medicine at Queen's University, Belfast and later specialised in surgery. Later, he became a member of the Wolfe Tone Society in the 1960s, and in the early 1980s he founded the New Ireland Group, which sought to promote a new vision of Ireland which would radically differ both from the Unionist viewpoint and from the Catholic and Gaelic vision which was then perceived to be on offer as an alternative to Unionism. In 1982, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Charles Haughey to be a member of the 16th Seanad. He was nominated to the 17th S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hanna Robb
John Hanna Robb (4 November 1873 – 21 June 1956) was a Northern Irish barrister and Ulster Unionist Party politician. The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD and Martha, daughter of Rev. John Hanna, of Ballymagowan House. cotyroneireland.com; accessed 21 February 2020. Robb was born in and was educated at , |