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John Weldon (other)
John Weldon may refer to: * John Weldon (animator) (born 1945), Canadian animator * John Weldon (musician) (1676–1736), British musician * John Wesley Weldon John Wesley Weldon (ca 1809 – 1885) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1828. He married Frances Chandler, the da ... (died 1885), lawyer, judge and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada See also * Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963), Irish writer, born John Weldon {{hndis, name = Weldon, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weldon (animator)
John Weldon (born May 11, 1945) is a Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director, known for his National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated shorts. Born in Belleville, Ontario, Weldon lives in Montreal, Quebec. Following his retirement from the NFB, Weldon has devoted his time to songwriting and comic books, including a planned comic book series, ''Ashcan Alley''. Filmography * ''What Do You Do?'' (1976, animator) * ''Spinnolio'' (1977) * ''No Apple For Johnny'' (1977; written, animated and directed) * '' Special Delivery'' (1978; cowritten and directed with Eunice Macaulay) * ''The Log Driver's Waltz'' (1979) * ''Emergency Numbers'' (1984) * ''Real Inside'' (1984) * ''Of Dice and Men'' (1988) * ''To Be'' (1990) * '' The Lump'' (1991) * ''Scant Sanity'' (1996) * '' Frank the Wrabbit'' (1998) * ''The Hungry Squid'' (2001) * ''Yo'' (2003) * ''Noël Noël'' (2003) (script) * ''Home Security'' (2004) Awards * Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''Special De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weldon (musician)
John Weldon (19 January 1676 – 7 May 1736) was an English composer. Life Born at Chichester in the south of England, he was educated at Eton, where he was a chorister, and later received musical instruction from Henry Purcell. By 1694 Weldon had been appointed organist of New College in Oxford and became well known in the musical life of that city, writing music for masques as well as performing his organist duties. Some believe he set Shakespeare's play '' The Tempest'' to music in 1695, although others attribute that to Henry Purcell. Weldon moved to London and in 1701 took part in a competition to set Congreve's libretto '' The Judgement of Paris'' to music. Perhaps surprisingly, Weldon's setting was chosen over contributions by his older, more experienced and better-known competitors, Daniel Purcell (younger brother of Henry), John Eccles and Godfrey Finger. Even more curiously, Purcell's and Eccles's scores were later published by John Walsh. Weldon's however was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wesley Weldon
John Wesley Weldon (ca 1809 – 1885) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1828. He married Frances Chandler, the daughter of judge Joshua Upham. Weldon practiced law in Richibucto, New Brunswick. He served as speaker for the legislative assembly from 1843 to 1850. In 1848, he married Susanna Lucy Anne Haliburton, the daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, after the death of his first wife. They later moved to Saint John. In 1865, he was named judge in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick and moved to Fredericton. Weldford Parish, New Brunswick formed in 1835, is partly named in honour of the Weldon family. The place named Weldford is a combination of the surnames Weldon and Ford. It was named for Supreme Court Judge, John Wesley Weldon who was the first Member of the Provincial Legislature for the County of Kent after separation from Northumberland C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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