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John Townsend (alcalde)
John Townsend may refer to: *John Townsend (author) (born 1952), American psychologist and author * John Townsend (basketball) (1916–2001), American basketball player * John Townsend (MP for Greenwich) (1819–1892), British politician and member of Parliament for Greenwich *John Townsend (educator) (1757–1826), English Congregationalist minister and founder of school for deaf children *John Townsend (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer *John Townsend (Irish politician) (1737–1810), Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr * John Townsend (mayor) (1783–1854), 37th mayor of Albany, NY *John Townsend (MP for Warwick), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614 *John Townsend (New York City) (1789–1863), New York politician * John Townsend (Oyster Bay) (1608–1668), early settler of the American colonies * John Townsend (Wisconsin politician) (born 1938), Wisconsin politician *Johnny Townsend (American football) (born 1995), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Townsend (author)
John Townsend (born June 1, 1952) is an American Christian self help author, business consultant, and psychologist. Biography Townsend holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with honors from North Carolina State University, a Master of Theology degree with honors from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a PhD degree in clinical psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University. Townsend co-founded (with Henry Cloud) the Minirth-Meier Clinic West and served as its clinical co-director for ten years. The clinic operated treatment centers in 35 cities in the western United States. In 2015, Townsend also founded the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling, providing graduate training in Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Counseling, based at Concordia University Irvine in California. Townsend has authored or co-authored a host of best-selling self-help books throughout his extensive career. Works Townsend co-authored 26 Christian sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddard And Townsend
The Goddard and Townsend families of Newport lend their name to an extensive body of New England furniture associated with Newport, Rhode Island in the second half of the 18th century. Family of artisans The Townsend and Goddard families were two Quaker families that were part of a large cabinetmaking community centered in The Point neighborhood of Newport, a predominantly Quaker neighborhood. The founders of this cabinetmaking dynasty immigrated to Newport from other New England towns. Christopher Townsend (1701–1787) and Job Townsend (1699–1765) of Oyster Bay, New York, came to Newport in 1707 with their parents Solomon Townsend and Catherine (Almy) Townsend. Both brothers would become cabinetmakers in Newport. Carpenter and cabinetmaker Daniel Goddard (1697–1764) was born in Jamestown, Rhode Island to Henry Goddard and Mary (Howland) Goddard. He moved from Jamestown first to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, before settling in Newport by 1727. The second generation of Newport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Townend (rugby League)
John "Jack" Townend (date of birth unknown – date of death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played at club level for Hull FC ( Heritage № 4), and was captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ... of Hull F.C. during the 1900–01 season. References External linksSearch for "Townend" at rugbyleagueproject.orgStats → Past Players → "T" {{DEFAULTSORT:Townend, John Hull F.C. captains [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Townsend (musician)
The Sanford-Townsend Band was a rock and roll band that scored a hit single in 1977 with "Smoke from a Distant Fire". History The Sanford-Townsend Band featured keyboardists Ed Sanford (from Montgomery, Alabama) and Johnny Townsend (from Tuscaloosa, Alabama), who previously worked together in a Tuscaloosa-based band called Heart (not to be confused with the band of the same name fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson from Seattle/Vancouver). After reuniting in Los Angeles, Sanford and Townsend signed a publishing deal with Chappell Music and began writing songs, most notably "Peacemaker" for Loggins and Messina, which was co-written by Sanford and Townsend with Kenny Loggins. Their 1976 self-titled album, recorded at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama, started getting attention when "Smoke from a Distant Fire" reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 9 in Cash Box, and No. 13 in Record World. The album was retitled with the name of the hit song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Selby Townsend
John Selby Townsend (August 24, 1824 – April 23, 1892) was an American judge and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Townsend was born on August 24, 1824, in Morganfield, Kentucky to James Townsend a planter and large slaveowner. When Townsend was age four, his father freed all his slaves and moved with his family to Indiana. Townsend studied at Asbury University (now DePauw University) and, subsequently, taught himself law, passing the bar exam in Monroe County, Iowa. In 1851, Townsend was elected the county attorney of Monroe County. In 1852 he was elected to the Iowa General Assembly The Iowa General Assembly is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of ..., sitting in the House of Representatives from December 6, 1852, to December 3, 1854. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sealy Townsend
Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, FRS (7 June 1868 – 16 February 1957) was an Irish-British mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases (concerning the kinetics of electrons and ions) and directly measured the electrical charge. He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University. The phenomenon of the electron avalanche was discovered by him, and is known as the Townsend discharge. Career John Townsend was born at Galway in County Galway, Ireland, son of Edward Townsend, a Professor of Civil Engineering at Queen's College Galway and Judith Townsend. In 1885, he entered Trinity College Dublin, was elected a Scholar of the College in 1888, and came top of the class in mathematics with a BA in 1890. He became a Clerk Maxwell Scholar and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a research student at the same time as Ernest Rutherford. At the Cavendish laboratory, he studied under J. J. Thomson. He develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richard Townsend
John Richard Townsend List of fellows of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (1930 – 2013) was a painter who was born in Nottingham. His father was Art Director at Thomas Forman & Sons printers. Townsend left school aged 14 and studied art at Nottingham School of Art. He was taught by the Nottinghamshire painter Arthur Spooner (painter), Arthur Spooner. During the 1950s and 1960s, Townsend was commissioned internationally for oil painting portraits of celebrities and members of the aristocracy. In 1970 Townsend was commissioned by Nottingham businessman Lewis Henry Colton to paint a portrait of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. The portrait was presented as a gift to the city by Lew Colton. It hangs in the dining room of Nottingham Council House. Townsend exhibited through the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy in London. Anne, Princess Royal, Princess Anne and the Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Duchess of Kent have both bought works by Townsend. In 2007 Townsend painted a portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rowe Townsend
John Rowe Townsend (19 May 1922 – 24 March 2014) was a British children's writer and children's literature scholar. His best-known children's novel is ''The Intruder'', which won a 1971 Edgar Award. His best-known academic work is a reference series, ''Written for Children: An Outline of English Children's Literature'' (1965), the definitive work of its time on the subject. It was greatly expanded for the first revised edition as ''Written for Children: An Outline of English-language Children's Literature'' (1974) and updated for its 2nd to 4th revised editions in 1983, 1987, and 1990 – the last, "A survey of imaginative writing, including poetry and picture books, accompanied by a bibliography of works on children's literature and illustrations from many of the classics of children's literature through 1989." (). Biography Townsend was born in Leeds and educated at Leeds Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His popular works include ''Gumble's Yard'', his debut n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John P
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 Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk Townsend
John Kirk Townsend (August 10, 1809 – February 6, 1851) was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector. Townsend was a Quaker born in Philadelphia, the son of Charles Townsend and Priscilla Kirk. He attended Westtown School in West Chester, Pennsylvania and was trained as a physician and pharmacist. He developed an interest in natural history in general and bird collecting in particular. In 1833, he was invited by the botanist Thomas Nuttall to join him on Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth's second expedition across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Townsend collected a number of animals new to science. These included birds such as the mountain plover, Vaux's swift, chestnut-collared longspur, black-throated grey warbler, Townsend's warbler and sage thrasher, and a number of mammals such as the Douglas squirrel; several of these were described by Bachman (1839) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John G
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 Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Townsend (American Football)
Johnny Townsend (born February 14, 1995) is an American football Punter (football), punter who is a free agent. He played college football at Florida Gators football, Florida. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. His younger brother Tommy Townsend, Tommy is a punter on the Chiefs' active roster. Early years Townsend played at William R. Boone High School in Orlando. He was initially recruited by Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State. College career Townsend had the highest NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division I FBS punting average in the country in 2016, with a 47.9 yard average. With this average, he also set the all-time punting record for the Florida Gators. Townsend held the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division I FBS record for highest career average yards per punt until 2021, when it was broken by Colorado State Rams football, Colorado State punter Ryan Stonehouse. Professional career Oak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |