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John Whitehead (architect)
John Whitehead may refer to: In business and government * John Meek Whitehead (1852–1924), American politician in Wisconsin * John C. Whitehead (1922–2015), American banker and civil servant * John Whitehead (diplomat) (1932–2013), British diplomat and businessman * John Whitehead (public servant), secretary of the New Zealand Treasury * John L. Whitehead, member of the Virginia House of Delegates In sport * John Whitehead (footballer) (fl. 1890s), English footballer * John Whitehead (baseball) (1909–1964), American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox * John Whitehead (American football) (1924–2002), American football coach * John Whitehead (cricketer) (1925–2000), English cricketer Other people * John Whitehead (theologian), 15th-century Irish theologian * John Whitehead (architect) (1726–1802), English architect and amateur engineer, designer of the Feitoria Inglesa * John Whitehead (physician) (1740–1804), English physician and lay preacher; biographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meek Whitehead
John Meek Whitehead (July 29, 1852 – August 31, 1924) was a politician in the state of Wisconsin. Biography Whitehead was born on July 29, 1852, to Jacob and Elizabeth Ann Whitehead near Hillsboro, Illinois. He married twice, first on July 12, 1881, to Lavinia Fletcher Barrows, who died in 1888, and second to Julet Claire Thorp on May 15, 1919. He died in Janesville, Wisconsin, on August 31, 1924. Career Whitehead served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1896 to 1912. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention. References People from Hillsboro, Illinois Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin Wisconsin state senators 1852 births 1924 deaths {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitehead (architect)
John Whitehead may refer to: In business and government * John Meek Whitehead (1852–1924), American politician in Wisconsin * John C. Whitehead (1922–2015), American banker and civil servant * John Whitehead (diplomat) (1932–2013), British diplomat and businessman * John Whitehead (public servant), secretary of the New Zealand Treasury * John L. Whitehead, member of the Virginia House of Delegates In sport * John Whitehead (footballer) (fl. 1890s), English footballer * John Whitehead (baseball) (1909–1964), American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox * John Whitehead (American football) (1924–2002), American football coach * John Whitehead (cricketer) (1925–2000), English cricketer Other people * John Whitehead (theologian), 15th-century Irish theologian * John Whitehead (architect) (1726–1802), English architect and amateur engineer, designer of the Feitoria Inglesa * John Whitehead (physician) (1740–1804), English physician and lay preacher; biographe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John M
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 Whitehead (singer)
John Cavadus Whitehead (July 10, 1948 – May 11, 2004) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team of McFadden & Whitehead with Gene McFadden. McFadden and Whitehead wrote many hits for Philadelphia International artists such as The O'Jays and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and had their own hit with "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" in 1979. He was the father of both members of mid 1990s duo the Whitehead Brothers, and received an LL.D. from Bates College. Death On May 11, 2004, John Cavadus Whitehead was fatally shot, possibly in a case of mistaken identity, while fixing a car outside his home in Philadelphia. Another man with him at the time suffered light injuries from the multiple shots fired by two gunmen, who fled the scene. As of 2013, the murder remains unsolved. Whitehead was 55 years old and had converted to Islam in 1996 and is buried in Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitehead (explorer)
John Whitehead (30 June 1860 – 2 June 1899) was an English explorer, naturalist and professional collector of natural history specimens in Southeast Asia. He is the first documented person to reach the summit of Mount Kinabalu: this was in 1888, after annual attempts from 1885. Whitehead was born in Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, Middlesex to Jeffery Whitehead, a stockbroker, and his wife Jane Ashton Tinker. After education at Elstree, Hertfordshire and the Edinburgh Institution he faced health problems and was sent to recuperate to Engadine in Switzerland in 1881 and then to warm Corsica in 1882 where he discovered a bird new to science, the Corsican nuthatch. Whitehead travelled in Malacca, North Borneo, Java, and Palawan between 1885 and 1888, where he collected a number of zoological specimens new to science, including 45 new species of bird such as Whitehead's broadbill ('' Calyptomena whiteheadi''), writing up his experiences in a book on his return. Between 1893 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitehead (physician)
John Whitehead (1740?–1804) was an English physician and lay preacher, known as a biographer of John Wesley. Early life He was born about 1740, apparently at Dukinfield, Cheshire, of parents who had left an older dissenting congregation to join the Moravians (1738). He had a classical education. Early in life he became connected with the movement of the Wesleys, having been converted by a Methodist preacher, Matthew Mayer of Stockport. He acted as a lay preacher at Bristol. Whitehead then married and set up in Bristol as a linendraper. Successful in business, he moved to London, where he joined the Society of Friends, became a Quaker speaker, and ran a large boarding-school at Wandsworth. Physician David Barclay of Youngsbury offered him a life annuity of £100 to travel with his son on the continent; Whitehead accepted and entered Leiden University as a medical student on 16 September 1779 (age given as 39), and graduated M.D. on 4 February 1780. On the death (19 January 1781 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feitoria Inglesa
The British Factory House ( pt, Feitoria Inglesa), also known as the British Association House, is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian building located in the northern Portuguese centre of Porto, associated with the influence of Britain in the Porto Wine industry. This building is part of a group of buildings and infrastructure that mark the British presence in the city of Porto, which include the Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club (founded 1855) and the Oporto British School (1894). History The building reflects the 600-year Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, and the importance of the city’s British community and its prominent role in the Port trade. The oldest British ''Factory'' in the north of Portugal, the building dates from the 16th century, when the association was established in Viana do Castelo. The charter for the first Porto Factory House dates to 1727, where it was located along the ''Rua Nova dos Ingleses''. With the construction of the building occurring between 1785 and 179 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitehead (theologian)
John Whitehead (fl. 1389–1415) was an Irish theologian. A native of Ireland, Whitehead studied at Oxford where in 1408 he is referred to as a Doctor of Theology. Up to 1415 he was rector of Stabannan, County Louth. Like Henry Crumpe and Richard FitzRalph he was involved in sermonical attacks upon the Franciscan friars. He attended the 1409 Council of Pisa as proctor of the Archbishop Fleming of Armagh. His works include: *''Determinacio in materia de mendicitate/Assessment in the matter of mendicant poverty'' *''Determinacio de confessione et absolucione/Assessment concerning confession and absolution'' See also * Thomas de Hibernia * Master Patrick of Ireland *John Clyn John Clyn, O.F.M. (c. 1286 – c. 1349), of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny, was a 14th-century Irish friar and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death. Background Clyn was probably born in Leinster some years prior to 1300, possibly at ... Sources *''A New History of Ireland'', volume one. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
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 Whitehead (cricketer)
John Parkin Whitehead (3 September 1925 – 15 August 2000) was an English first-class cricketer, who played thirty seven first-class games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1951, plus thirty three for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire in 1953 and 1955, and four more for the Combined Services cricket team, Combined Services in 1947. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1946-1951), Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire (1945), British Army cricket team, Army (1947), Yorkshire Present (1951) and the Worcestershire Second XI (1955). Born in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, Whitehead was a right arm fast medium bowler, who took 147 wickets at 29.23, with a best of 5 for 10 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire, one of four hauls of five wickets in an innings. He scored 1,246 first-class runs at 19.16, with a highest score of 71, which he made twice, once for Worcestershire and once for the Combined Services. He too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitehead (American Football)
John Calvin Whitehead (September 7, 1924 – January 19, 2002) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and was originally affiliated with the Epis ... from 1976 to 1985, compiling a record of 75–38–2. His 1977 team at Lehigh won the NCAA Division II Championship and his 1979 was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs. Whitehead was born on September 7, 1924, in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. He died on January 20, 2002. Head coaching record College References External links * 1924 births 2002 deaths Lehigh Mountain Hawks athletic directors Lehigh Mountain Hawks football coaches High school football coaches in New York (state) High sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
