John Simonds (recorder)
John Simonds may refer to: * John O. Simonds John Ormsbee Simonds was born in Jamestown, North Dakota on March 11, 1913. He was a visionary landscape architect, planner, educator, and environmentalist. Simonds was an original modernist landscape architect and one of the most influential an ..., American landscape architect, planner, educator, and environmentalist * John Simonds (trade unionist), British trade union leader See also * John Symonds (other) * John Simmonds (other) {{hndis, Simonds, John ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John O
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 John ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Simonds (trade Unionist)
John Simonds (26 June 1883 – 29 May 1945) was a British trade union leader. Simonds qualified as a barrister. He became active in the National Poor Law Officers' Association (NPLOA), rising to become its assistant general secretary in 1910, and was elected as general secretary in 1912. He tried unsuccessfully to bring about a merger with the Poor Law Officers' Union, while opposing unification with the National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO).Alec Spoor, ''White-Collar Union: Sixty Years of NALGO'', Heinemann, 1967, pp.102-107 Poor law officers were employed by Boards of Guardians. In 1929, these were abolished, and members' employment was transferred to local authorities. NALGO took the opportunity to try to recruit NPLOA branches individually. Simonds strongly opposed this, but was spurred to negotiated a merger. This took place in 1930, and Simonds was made NALGO's legal officer, given his background in law, and he created a legal department, with p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Symonds (other)
John Symonds was an English writer. John Symonds may also refer to: *John Symonds (academic) (1730–1807), professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge * John Symonds (surveyor), British Army officer and surveyor *John Addington Symonds (physician) (1807–1871), British author *John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), British poet and literary critic, son of the physician *John Alexander Symonds (born 1935), British KGB agent *John Jermyn Symonds Captain John Jermyn Symonds (4 January 1816 – 3 January 1883) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand. He purchased land for the New Zealand Company and was later a judge of the Native Land Court. Biography Symonds was ..., New Zealand politician in the 19th century See also * John Simmonds (other) * John Simonds (other) {{hndis, name=Symonds, John ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |