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John Steele (other)
John Steele may refer to: Politics * John Steele (Nova Scotia politician) (died c. 1762), surgeon and political figure in Nova Scotia * John Steele (North Carolina politician) (1764–1815), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * John Hardy Steele (1789–1865), Governor of New Hampshire * John Nevett Steele (1796–1853), U.S. Congressman from Maryland * John B. Steele (1814–1866), U.S. Representative from New York * John Yellow Bird Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Sports * John Steele (cricketer, born 1905) (1905–1990), English cricketer * Johnny Steele (1916–2008), Scottish footballer and football manager * John Steele (cricketer, born 1946), English cricketer * John Steele (ski jumper) (1909-1996), American Olympic ski jumper Other people * John Steele (pioneer) (1821–1903), Mormon pioneer and doctor * John Washington Steele (1843–1920), Coal Oil Johnny, oilman * John Steele (paratrooper) (1912–1969), American paratrooper * John Steele (oceanogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (Nova Scotia Politician)
John Steele (died spring 1762) was a surgeon and political figure in Nova Scotia. He came to City of Halifax, Halifax with Edward Cornwallis in 1749 and moved to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Annapolis around 1759, where he set up practice. It is recorded that, in 1752, Steele had several children over the age of sixteen. In 1761, he was named a justice of the peace for Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Annapolis County. He represented Annapolis County in the 3rd General Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1761 to 1762. His seat was declared vacant on May 4, 1762 due to his death. References * Year of birth missing Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Washington Steele
John Washington Steele (1843 – December 31, 1920), also known as Coal Oil Johnny, was one of the first oil millionaires acquiring their wealth from the oil discovered in Pennsylvania in the mid-19th century. Biography John Washington Steele was born in Sheakleyville, Pennsylvania in 1843. In 1864, soon after wealth came to him through inheritance from the McClintocks' oil, the orphan John Steele left the farm which he had inherited from his foster or adoptive family, the McClintocks, and began a lavish and picturesque life, rapidly spending his way through his fortune. He was often seen in Philadelphia riding in his carriage with "the picture of an oil derrick, an oil tank, and a flowing well" painted on its doors. Steele eventually sold his farm to William H. Wickham. In 1862, he married Eleanor J. Moffett, who survived him by six years. After his lavish life-style, Steele fell into bankruptcy. He shuffled around, moving to the Mid-West, eventually becoming a railroad statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steel (other)
John Steel may refer to : * John Steel (Canadian politician) (1737–1826), politician in Lower Canada *John Steel (drummer) (born 1941), original drummer of the band ''The Animals'' * John Steel (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1953), Scottish footballer (Queen's Park, Nelson) * John Steel (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1976), Scottish footballer (Hamilton Academical, Burnley) *John Steel (MP) (1786–1868), British MP for Cockermouth (1854–1857) *John Steel (singer) (1895–1971), American tenor * John Steel (swimmer) (born 1972), New Zealand Olympic swimmer *John Miles Steel (1877–1965), first Commander-in-Chief of the RAF's Bomber Command *John R. Steel (born 1948), American mathematician at University of California, Berkeley *Leslie White, who wrote as "John Steel" for newspaper of Socialist Labor Party of America See also *Jon Steel (born 1980), Scottish rugby league player *Sir John Steell or Steel (1804–1891), Scottish sculptor *John Steele (other) John Steele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Steele (other)
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Jack Steele is an Australian rules footballer. Jack Steele may also refer to: * Jack Steele, brother of Australian poet and academic Peter Steele * Jack Steele (comedian) (born 1994), member of The Inspired Unemployed * Jack Steele (rugby union) (born 1992), Scottish rugby union player * Jack Steele (soccer) (born 1932), Canadian soccer player * Jack E. Steele (1924–2009), American medical doctor and army officer who coined the term bionics See also *Jack Steel, New Zealand rugby player *John Steele (other) John Steele may refer to: Politics * John Steele (Nova Scotia politician) (died c. 1762), surgeon and political figure in Nova Scotia * John Steele (North Carolina politician) (1764–1815), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * John Hardy Stee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele, Adventurer
''John Steele, Adventurer'' was a radio drama during the end the Golden Age of Radio. It was reminiscent of the action magazines of the time such as ''All-Story'' and '' Argosy''. Premise John Steele was a roving adventurer who held various jobs in exotic locations. The stories were narrated by a friend of Steele's, with Steele making cameo appearances throughout. Episodes tended to focus more on people Steele met than on Steele himself. Topics included romantic comedy, high-seas adventures, sports, and mysteries. Production ''John Steele, Adventurer'' debuted on the Mutual Broadcasting System The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the Old-time radio, golden ... on April 26, 1949, as a component of "Tuesday Night is Mystery Night on Mutual". Don Douglas portrayed Steele, while Robert Monroe wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (comics)
John Steele is a fictional character, a superhuman World War II soldier appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first appeared in ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #1 and was created by Larry Antonette (under the pseudonym Dean Carr). The character received a modern revamp in Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's '' The Marvels Project'' and has made a reappearance as an antagonist in Brubaker's ''Secret Avengers'' where, as he's introduced, in the caption it reads "America's real first Super-Soldier" supposedly meaning that Steele was the predecessor of Captain America. Fictional character biography John Steele was an American soldier serving during the Civil War and in the trenches in World War I. Through unrevealed means, he possessed super-human strength and durability. He aided French spy Marie Antoinette in delivering plans to General Joseph Carr. Sometime during the end of World War I, John Steele was captured by the Germans and hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (oceanographer)
John Hyslop Steele (15 November 1926 – 4 November 2013) was a British oceanographer who made major contributions to the study of marine ecosystems. Work In 1951 Steele began work at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was appointed director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1977. After his retirement from Woods Hole in 1989, Steele continued his interests of research and served on the boards of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, the Exxon Corporation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Awards * 1963: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. * 1973: Alexander Agassiz Medal of the National Academy of Sciences. * 1978: Fellow of the Royal Society. * 1978: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Life Steele was born 15 November 1926, in Edinburgh. He was educated at George Watson's College, and graduated from University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (paratrooper)
Private John Marvin Steele (November 29, 1912 – May 16, 1969) was the American paratrooper who landed on the pinnacle of the church tower in Sainte-Mère-Église, the first village to be liberated by the United States Army during Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944. The operation On the night before D-Day (June 6, 1944), American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne were parachuting into the area west of Sainte-Mère-Église in successive waves. The town had been the target of an aerial attack, during which a stray incendiary bomb had set fire to a house east of the town square. The church bell was rung to alert the town to the emergency, and townspeople turned out in large numbers to form a bucket brigade supervised by members of the German garrison. By 1:00 am, the town square was well lit and filled with German soldiers and villagers when two planeloads of paratroopers from the 1st and 2nd battalions, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, were dropped in error directly over the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (pioneer)
John Steele (March 21, 1821 – December 31, 1903) was an Irish-American pioneer, local politician, physician, and astrologist. Born in Ireland, after converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glasgow, Steele and his wife emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois. Steele joined the Mormon Battalion and traveled to Salt Lake City with the Mormon pioneers. He was one of the founders of Parowan, Utah. Steele also contributed to the development of Iron, Kane, and Washington counties in Utah. He practiced as an unorthodox physician in Toquerville, using herbs, astrology, and aspects of magic to treat patients. He could no longer practice in Utah after physician licences were required, but his knowledge of astrology and broken bone setting were still desired. His daughter, Young Elizabeth Steele, was the first white child born in Utah. Early life John Steele was born on March 21, 1821, in Holywood, County Down, Ireland. His parents were John and Nancy Steele, and he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (North Carolina Politician)
John Steele (November 16, 1764 – August 14, 1815) was a planter, Federalist legislator, comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina between 1790 and 1793. Life and career Born in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1764, the son of Elizabeth Maxwell Gillespie and William Steele, John Steele attended Clio's Nursery and the English School, both near his hometown. Named assessor in 1784 and a town commissioner in 1787, Steele was first elected to the North Carolina House of Commons from the Salisbury District in 1787 and served again multiple times: in 1788, 1794, 1795, 1806, and from 1811 to 1813. He was Speaker of the House in 1811. He was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional convention in Hillsborough in 1788 and to the 1789 convention in Fayetteville which ratified the U.S. Constitution, and was a special commissioner from North Carolina to treat with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians from 1788 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steele (ski Jumper)
John Steele (April 9, 1909 – June 7, 1996) was an American ski jumper. Steele was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and moved with his family to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1918. When he was 12 he ski jumped at the local Winter Carnival, and continued to jump at the carnival for 20 years. While employed shovelling snow off a bank roof, he built a ski jump on the bank, which he used until the sheriff made him stop because of fears he would jump in front of passing traffic. In 1924 he broke the world record in ski jumping for boys 14 and under. He went on to attend the University of Denver, where he founded the Pioneer Ski Club. Steele was selected as a member of the U.S. team for the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
