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James McDonald (singer)
James McDonald may refer to: Politics * James McDonald (Irish politician), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland * James McDonald (Canadian politician) (1828–1912), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge * James McDonald (New Zealand politician) (1837–1900), New Zealand politician * James McDonald (Victorian Nationalist politician) (1856–1933), Victorian state MP * James McDonald (Victorian Labor politician) (1889–1938), Victorian state MP * James S. McDonald (1839–?), Nova Scotia politician * James Greer McDonald (1824–1909), surveyor and member of the Los Angeles Common Council * James E. McDonald (politician) (1881–1952), Texas Agriculture Commissioner * James Grover McDonald (1886–1964), US ambassador * James McDonald (Tasmanian politician) (1877–1947), Australian Labor Party Member of the Tasmania House of Assembly * James Albert McDonald (1870–1957), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Sports * James McDonald (ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (Irish Politician)
James McDonald was a nationalist (Ireland), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. At the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections, he won a seat on Craigavon Borough Council in the "A" area as an independent (politician), independent. He subsequently joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party, holding his seat in 1977 Northern Ireland local elections, 1977 and 1981 Northern Ireland local elections, 1981. In 1979/80, he served as Deputy Mayor of Craigavon. He was elected in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, in South Antrim (Assembly constituency), South Antrim, overtaking two party colleagues on transfers. He finally stood in the new seat of Upper Bann (UK Parliament constituency), Upper Bann at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, taking second place, with 17.8% of the vote. Northern I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (jockey)
James McDonald (born 6 January 1992) is a New Zealand thoroughbred racing jockey and member of the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. On 2 November 2021, McDonald rode the winning horse Verry Elleegant in the 2021 Melbourne Cup. He is the World Jockey of the Year for 2021 in the TRC Global Rankings. Group 1 winners (74) McDonald has currently ridden 74 Group One winners: *AJC Derby (1) - It's A Dundeel (2013) * All Aged Stakes (1) - Cascadian (2022) *Auckland Cup (1) - Shez Sinsational (2012) *Australian Oaks (2) - Rising Romance (2014); Verry Elleegant (2019) *Canterbury Stakes (2) - Cosmic Endeavour (2015); Holler (2016) *Caulfield Guineas (3) - Shooting To Win (2014); The Autumn Sun (2018); Golden Mile (2022) *Caulfield Stakes (1) - Anamoe (2022) * Champagne Stakes (1) - Captivant (2021) *Champions Mile (1) - Xtension (2012) *Chipping Norton Stakes (3) - Contributer (2015); Verry Elleegant (2021); Verry Elleegant (2022) *Coolmore Stud Stakes (2) - Home Affairs (2021); In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McDonald (other)
Jim McDonald may refer to: * Jim McDonald (halfback) (1915–1997), college and professional American football player * Jim McDonald (American football coach) (1936–2012), American football coach * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1968), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1954), Australian rules footballer for Richmond * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1916) (1916-?), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne * Jim McDonald (pitcher) (1927–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim McDonald (basketball), former college player and coach, see 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season * Jim McDonald (third baseman) (1860–1914), Major League Baseball third baseman * Jim McDonald (outfielder), Major League Baseball outfielder * Jim McDonald (''Coronation Street''), character in ''Coronation Street'' played by actor Charles Lawson * Jim McDonald (soccer) (born 1954), Canadian soccer player from the 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy McDonald (other)
Jim McDonald may refer to: * Jim McDonald (halfback) (1915–1997), college and professional American football player * Jim McDonald (American football coach) (1936–2012), American football coach * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1968), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1954), Australian rules footballer for Richmond * Jim McDonald (footballer, born 1916) (1916-?), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne * Jim McDonald (pitcher) (1927–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jim McDonald (basketball), former college player and coach, see 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season * Jim McDonald (third baseman) (1860–1914), Major League Baseball third baseman * Jim McDonald (outfielder), Major League Baseball outfielder * Jim McDonald (''Coronation Street''), character in ''Coronation Street'' played by actor Charles Lawson * Jim McDonald (soccer) (born 1954), Canadian soccer player from the 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (lawyer)
James Lawrence McDonald (c. 1801 — September 1831), was a member of the American Indian tribe called the Choctaw and the first Native leader of his generation to be trained in the American legal system. Thus, he is known as the first Native American lawyer. He was also the first Native activist to make the case for Indian rights directly to American political leaders and to negotiate for those rights in a formal agreement. McDonald did not believe in the use of force in resisting American westward expansion. Instead, he believed that political negotiations between Native American leaders and the United States would be more effective in the fight against the displacement of Natives and would allow for the long-term survival of Native American communities. McDonald urged the U.S. Congress to protect the rights of Native Americans and delayed the removal of his tribe from ancestral lands. As an advisor to Choctaw chiefs and eventual lawyer of the tribe, McDonald successfull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (artist)
James Ingram McDonald (11 June 1865 – 13 April 1935) was a New Zealand painter, photographer, film-maker, museum director, cultural ambassador film censor, and promoter of Maori arts and crafts. Career James McDonald was born in Tokomairiro, South Otago, New Zealand on 11 June 1865. He began painting early in his life and took art lessons as a young man in Dunedin with James Nairn, Nugent Welch and Girolamo Nerli. He continued his art studies in Melbourne, Australia, but returned to New Zealand in 1901, where he worked as a photographer. From 1905 he was a museum assistant and draughtsman in the Colonial Museum, later to become the Dominion Museum and even later the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa). He began making films about various scenic sights. At the museum he was responsible for the maintenance of the photographic collection and the production of paintings, drawings and photographs for the Dominion Museum bulletins. He began to gather information abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harper McDonald
James Harper McDonald (July 15, 1900 – December 29, 1973) was a United States Navy diver and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the salvage of the sunken submarine . Biography James McDonald enlisted in the U.S. Navy in October 1920, was discharged three years later and reenlisted in February 1926. Trained as a metalsmith, and later as a diver, he was commended in 1928 and 1930 for his excellent diving work. McDonald was designated a Master Diver in October 1934. From May to September 1939, he was heavily involved in rescue and salvage efforts on the USS ''Squalus''. Four members of the salvage team were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during that operation. James McDonald, then a Chief Metalsmith, and three fellow divers (Chief Machinist's Mate William Badders, Chief Torpedoman John Mihalowski, and Chief Boatswain's Mate Orson L. Crandall) received their Medals of Honor from Secretary of the Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (businessman)
James McDonald (September 12, 1843 - January 15, 1915) was a British-born American oil industrialist. Early life James McDonald was born in Wellhead, Morayshire, in north Scotland on September 23, 1840. He was the son of Alexander McDonald and Janet McKenzie McDonald. He was twice married, his second wife being Isabella J. McDonald, whom he married at Brighton, England, July 27, 1903. He had one child, James McDonald Jr. who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 8, 1890 McDonald, who, with his older brother, Alexander McDonald, was one of the builders of the petroleum industry in the United States and Europe, came to the United States in early childhood and was reared on this side of the Atlantic and spent the greater part of his life in America. He received his education in the Academy and High Schools of Chillicothe, Ohio, and later attended a Military Academy in Talbot County, Maryland. McDonald enlisted in the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War and served in the Qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (writer)
James McDonald is a British polymath: mathematician, etymologist, historian, theologian and non-fiction writer. He writes on a range of topics including Gnostic Dualism, the Cathars of the Languedoc and their theology, the Counts of Toulouse, Occitania, Medieval warfare and the Medieval Inquisition. His work is characterised by combining serious scholarship with an entertaining style. Something of a polymath, he has also written on subjects as diverse as computer simulation, mathematical problems, philosophy, etymology and comparative philology. For several years he wrote a weekly column on English word origins for the Sunday Express, a national newspaper in the UK. He has travelled extensively in Central Asia and Southern Asia, researching Zoroastrianism and other ancient religions. According to his publishers his book ''Beyond Belief'' took over 20 years of research, including an overland expedition from Europe to South and Central Asia, retracing the journeys of Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (RAF Officer)
Lieutenant James McDonald (born 23 July 1899, date of death unknown) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Military service McDonald served as an observer/gunner in No. 22 Squadron RAF, flying the Bristol F.2b two-seater fighter, and gained his first aerial victory on 31 May 1918 by shooting an Albatros D.V down in flames over Neuve-Chapelle. On 2 June he gained a double victory driving down an Albatros D.V and Albatros C south-east of La Bassée. In these victories he was piloted by Second Lieutenant Leslie Walter King. For his next two, on 3 and 23 June, he was piloted by Lieutenant John Everard Gurdon, driving down a Fokker D.VII east of La Bassée on both occasions. With Captain George William Bulmer he flamed another Albatros C north of Bois-de-Phalempin on 9 July, then with Lieutenant Frank George Gibbons he drove down two more Fokker D.VIIs over Douai Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McDonald (economist)
James B. McDonald (born c. 1942) is the Clayne L. Pope Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University, specializing in econometrics. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1964; his M.S. in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1966; and his Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University in 1970. His research includes (1) the study of models for the distribution of income and of stock returns and (2) partially adaptive estimators of various econometric models which are robust to many types of misspecification of the error distribution. He has received the following awards for teaching and influential research: BYU Professor of the Year Award (1986), the Robert Mehr Research Award ''Journal of Risk and Insurance The ''Journal of Risk and Insurance'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering insurance economics and risk management. The journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the American Risk and Insurance Association. The current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Charles McDonald
James Charles McDonald (June 14, 1840 – December 1, 1912) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown. Biography Born in St. Andrews, Prince Edward Island, McDonald received his education from the Central Academy in Charlottetown and taught in a number of Island schools for many years. Following the completion of his studies at Charlottetown's St. Dunsant's College, McDonald travelled to the Grand Seminary of Montreal and was ordained in 1873. McDonald taught briefly at St. Dunstan's College and was a pastor in Kings County for nine years. Later, McDonald would be named Rector of St. Dunstan's, a position he held for seven years. In 1891, following the death of Bishop Peter McIntyre, McDonald was immediately appointed Bishop, after serving as Coadjutor bishop since 1890. Bishop McDonald's tenure was seen as a period of growth for the Diocese of Charlottetown. Many new churches were built throughout Prince Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
