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James Allan (Australian Rules Footballer)
James Allan may refer to: Sports *James Allan (Australian footballer) (born 1985), Australian rules footballer *James Allan (cricketer) (born 1972), New Zealand cricketer *James Allan (footballer, born 1857) (1857–1911), Scottish schoolmaster and footballer, founder of Sunderland A.F.C. *James Allan (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1945), Scottish international footballer (also known as John Allan) *James Allan (rugby union) (1860–1934), New Zealand rugby union player * Jock Allan, Scottish footballer Music *James Allan (musician) (born 1979), lead singer and guitarist and former footballer *James Allan, a member of the band E-Rotic Others *James Alexander Allan (1879–1967), Australian poet * James Allan (diplomat) (1932–2018), British diplomat *James Allan (Canadian politician) (1894–1992), Ontario politician *James Allan (bishop) (1928–2013), retired Canadian Anglican bishop * James Allan (computer scientist), University of Massachusetts Amherst professor *James Allan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (Australian Footballer)
James Allan (born 17 January 1985) is an Australian rules football player who played for the North Adelaide Roosters and the Norwood Redlegs in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Allan is a three-time winner of the league's highest individual honor, the Magarey Medal (2007, 2010 and 2011). Career Allan was recruited to the Roosters from his home in Lara, Victoria, for the 2007 season and became an instant star for the club. After making his league debut against Central District in round 1 of the 2007 season Allan went on to win the first of his three Magarey Medals. He dominated the media awards for the season winning '' The Advertiser'' and '' Football Budget'' Player of the Year and won selection in ''The Advertiser''s Team of the Year. He also won North Adelaide's best and fairest award for the first of five consecutive times. North's form for 2007 rose with the arrival of Allan and they played in their first Grand Final since their 1991 premiership. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (Canadian Politician)
James Noble Allan (November 13, 1894 – May 9, 1992) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1975. He represented the riding of Haldimand—Norfolk. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost. Background Allan was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada in the Province of Ontario for the years 1966 and 1967. He also held a Bachelor of Science degree. He died in 1992 at the Haldimand War Memorial Hospital. Politics Allan served as Mayor of Dunnville and Warden of Haldimand County along with various other municipal posts. In the 1951 provincial election, Allan ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Haldimand—Norfolk. He defeated Liberal Elmo Riddle by 2,455 votes. He was re-elected five more times before losing to Liberal Gord Miller in 1975. In 1955, he was appointed by Ontario Premier Leslie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allen (other)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to: Military * James Allen (Army engineer) (1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor * James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War * James R. Allen (1925–1992), former superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy Politics * James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister * James Allen (Virginia politician) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates * James Allen (Alabama politician) (1912–1978), U.S. Senator from Alabama * James C. Allen (1822–1912), U.S. representative from Illinois * James E. Allen Jr. (1911–1971), commissioner of education for New York State * Jim Allen (Wyoming politician) (born 1952), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives * Jim L. Allen (1934–2003), member of the Kansas state legislature Sports * James Allen (cricketer) (1881–1958), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGrigor Allan
James McGrigor Allan (1827, Bristol - 1916, Epsom) was a British anthropologist and writer. Biography McGrigor was the son of Colin Allan, at one time chief medical officer of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Jane Gibbon. He opposed women's right to vote and argued that universal suffrage would cause the disruption of domestic ties, the desecration of marriage and the dissolution of the family. He attributed the agitation for equal rights to the problem of the "superfluous women" on account of emigration and the growing objection of middle and upper-class men to marriage."The Privileges of Both Sexes," ''Auckland Star'', Vol. I, Issue 231, 5 October 1870, p. 2. He was member of the Anthropological Society of London The Anthropological Society of London (ASL) was a short-lived organisation of the 1860s whose founders aimed to furnish scientific evidence for white supremacy which they construed in terms of polygenism. It was founded in 1863 by Richard Francis .... His younger brother wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan Jr
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (Queensland Politician)
James Allan (20 December 1856 – 26 January 1938) was a draper and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life and business career Allan was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to parents Robert Allan and his wife Mary (née Hodge). Receiving his final education at Andersonian University, Allan started his working life as an apprentice draper to Daley & Co. in Glasgow before arriving in Australia in 1879. Here he worked as an assistant for D. L. Brown & Co. and in 1882, along with Robert Stark formed Allan & Stark, drapers. The business started out at South Brisbane, but by 1895 business had so greatly increased that they moved to Queen Street, in the centre of Brisbane. In 1911 Allan & Stark was formed into a private company with many of its employees having acquired an interest in it. In 1919 it became a public company and later incorporated the Civil Service Stores and also Stuparts Ltd, who were based in Maryborough. Their former Queen Street p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (law Professor)
James Allan (born 1960) is a Canadian-Australian law professor and writer. He is the Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland. Allan has degrees from Queen's University, the London School of Economics and the University of Hong Kong. He qualified as a barrister and solicitor with The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1988. Prior to his appointment at the University of Queensland, Allan taught at the University of Otago. As a legal scholar, Allan is well-known for his skepticism regarding bills of rights. Allan writes opinion pieces in ''The Australian'' newspaper. He is author of ''Democracy in Decline: Steps in the Wrong Direction'', occasional contributor to ''Quadrant'' magazine and ''The Spectator'' and editor of the '' University of Queensland Law Journal''. As a columnist for ''The Spectator Australia'', he has supported the view that Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 US presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (computer Scientist)
James Allan is the Chair of Faculty and Professor of computer science at University of Massachusetts Amherst and was named an ACM Fellow 2020, for his research and contributions to the area of information retrieval. His research has been cited more than 20,000 times (April 2021). In 2019, James Allan was elected to be the treasurer of the Computing Research Association The Computing Research Association (CRA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit association of North American academic departments of computer science, computer engineering, and related fields; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia enga ... for a term of two years. References American computer scientists University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery {{compu-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (bishop)
Hugh James Pearson Allan (7 August 1928 – 26 June 2013) was a Canadian Anglican bishop. Allan was educated at the University of Manitoba. He was ordained in 1955 and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Winnipeg, after which he spent four years as a missionary at Peguis First Nation. From 1960 to 1968 he was Rector of St Mark's Winnipeg and then Rural Dean of Cypress. He was Dean of Qu'Appelle and Rector of St Paul's Cathedral, Regina until his ordination to the episcopate as the 6th Bishop of Keewatin in 1974. He resigned his see in 1991 and was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island The Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It encompasses the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and has two cathedrals: All Saints' ... until 1994. He died on June 26, 2013. References 1928 births 2013 deaths 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (diplomat)
James Nicholas Allan (22 May 1932 – 18 September 2018) was a British diplomat, High Commissioner in Mauritius (1981–1985) and ambassador to Mozambique (1986–1989). Background Allan was the son of Morris Edward Allan and Joan Bach, and a half-brother of Lord Bach. Education Allan was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, from 1946 to 1950, and at the London School of Economics from 1953 to 1956. Career *1950-1953: National Service *1953-1956: London School of Economics *1956-1958: Assistant Principal, Commonwealth Relations Office, London *1958-1959: Third Secretary and Second Secretary, British High Commission to South Africa *1959-1961: Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary *1961-1964: First Secretary, British High Commission to Sierra Leone *1964: British High Commission to Cyprus *1964-1968: Commonwealth Relations Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London *1969-1971: Head of Chancery, British Embassy to China *1971-1973: Head of Chanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allan (cricketer)
James Matthew Allan (born 3 June 1972) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played in 16 first-class matches and one List A match for Otago between the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. Biography Allan was born at Waimate in Canterbury in 1972.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 10. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) After playing age-group cricket for Canterbury in the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons, he made his first-class debut for Otago against Northern Districts in December 1993. He scored a half-century on debut in the first innings of the match―the only one he scored in senior cricket. He made his List A debut later the same month and played in five more first-class matches during the season, and six the following season before dropping out of the Otago side for a season. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Allan
James Alexander Allan (10 May 1879 – 22 January 1967) was an Australian poet and local historian. Allan was born in Melbourne. He studied at Alfred Crescent State School, North Fitzroy and the Model School. Between 1912 and 1918 he worked as a Commonwealth Public Servant, and again from 1942 to 1950. Bibliography *''A Wineshop Madonna'' (1911; verse) *''The Old Model School'' (1934) *''Revolution'' (1940; verse) *''Men And Manners In Australia'' (1945) *''The History Of Camberwell'' (1949) References External links * Photograph at the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...B&W, 19??, nla.pic-an22563690 {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, James Alexander 1879 births 1967 deaths Poets from Melbourne Public servants from Melbourne Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |