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James Robb (other)
James Robb may refer to: * James Robb (politician) (1859–1929), Canadian politician *James Robb (RAF officer) (1895–1968), RAF commander *James Robb (philosopher) (1918–1993), professor of philosophy at Marquette University * Jim Robb (born 1933), Canadian watercolour painter *J. Hampden Robb (1846–1911), New York politician *James Robb (golfer) James Robb, Jr. (1878 – 24 July 1949) was a Scottish amateur golfer who played in the late 19th and early 20th century. He won the Amateur Championship in 1906, finished runner-up in 1897 and 1900 and was a losing semi-finalist in 1898 and 1902 ... (1878–1949), Scottish amateur golfer * James Robb (pathologist), American pathologist {{hndis, Robb, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Robb (politician)
James Alexander Robb, (10 August 1859 – November 11, 1929) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. Robb was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He served as Liberal Party Whip from 1919 to 1921. From 5 September 1925 to 28 June 1926 and again from 25 September 1926 until his death, he served as Minister of Finance in the administration of William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A L .... He served briefly as Acting Minister of National Defence in October 1926. References * External links * 1859 births 1929 deaths Canadian Ministers of Finance Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Laurier Liberals Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Robb (RAF Officer)
Air Chief Marshal Sir James Milne Robb, (26 January 1895 – 18 December 1968) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. After early service in the First World War with the Northumberland Fusiliers, Robb joined the Royal Flying Corps and became a flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force in 1919 and commanded No. 30 Squadron RAF in the Iraqi revolt against the British. In 1939, Robb travelled to Canada to help establish the Empire Air Training Scheme, a massive training program that provided the Royal Air Force with trained aircrew from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia. He commanded No. 2 Group RAF of RAF Bomber Command and No. 15 Group RAF of RAF Coastal Command. Robb became Deputy Chief of Combined Operations under Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1942. During Operation Torch he was air advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander, Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower and in February 1943, Eisenhower appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Robb (philosopher)
James Harry Robb (April 25, 1918 – September 16, 1993) was a professor of philosophy at Marquette University, and was considered an expert in medieval philosophy and of the teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas. Biography James H. Robb was born on April 25, 1918 in Bena, Minnesota, to James Gilbert Robb and Anna Hauck Robb. He attended St. Cloud State Teachers College, completing his Bachelor of Science degree in English and psychology in 1940. After two years of teaching high school English, Robb entered the Army Signal Corps during the Second World War. He served as an officer (captain) in the China, India, and Burma theaters until his discharge in 1946. After the war and his conversion to Catholicism, he entered Marquette University, where he received his second bachelor's degree in philosophy and Latin in 1948. Robb next pursued graduate studies at the University of Toronto, receiving a Licentiate in Medieval Studies summa cum laude from the Pontifical Institute in 1952 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Robb
James I. Robb (born 1933) is a Canadian artist known for his paintings celebrating the life, culture and history of the Yukon. Early life Robb was born in 1933 in Quebec City, Quebec, and moved to Montreal with his family when he was six years’ old. In 1955, Robb moved to the Yukon, and currently resides in Whitehorse. Robb worked various jobs in the Yukon until eventually taking up painting. Career Robb began his artistic career working with pastels and charcoal on raw moose hide, eventually finding his way to watercolour paintings and photography. Robb attempts to capture the folklore of the Yukon in his paintings, and is widely known for his rustic depictions of contemporary and historic Yukon landmarks and buildings. Robb’s artistic style, known as “ exaggerated truth”, takes inspiration from Yukon’s famous lopsided and leaning structures, particularly those found in Dawson City, which is exemplified by his 2015 painting, ''Kissing Buildings''. Robb’s w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Robb (golfer)
James Robb, Jr. (1878 – 24 July 1949) was a Scottish amateur golfer who played in the late 19th and early 20th century. He won the Amateur Championship in 1906, finished runner-up in 1897 and 1900 and was a losing semi-finalist in 1898 and 1902. Early life and family Robb was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1878, the son of Agnes (née Wilson) and James Robb. His father was a shipper of potatoes for a London firm. He had an older brother, Tom, who was also an amateur golfer. Golf career James and Tom Robb won the ''Glasgow Evening Times'' foursomes tournament in September 1895, representing St Andrews Thistle. James was still a teenager while Tom was just 21. In 1896 he won the ''Dundee Evening Telegraph'' Cup, the unofficial Scottish Amateur Championship. In 1906 the golf writer Ernest Lehmann said of Robb, “Mr. Robb is one of those natural players of whom one says, the moment he takes club in hand, '"this man is a good player'". He has not got quite the length of some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |