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Jim Dixon (fictional Character)
James Dixon (1814–1873) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy Dixon may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *James Budd Dixon (1900–1967), American painter and printmaker *James Dixon (conductor) (1929–2007), American conductor * Jim Dixon (fictional character) (fl. 1954), eponymous fictional character of Kingsley Amis' novel '' Lucky Jim'' Sports * James Dixon (Lancashire cricketer) (fl. 1878), English cricketer *Jim Dixon (American football) (1904–1966), American football player, wrestler and coach *Jamie Dixon (born 1965), American college basketball coach *James Dixon (American football) (born 1967), American football wide receiver *Jimmy Dixon (born 1981), Liberian footballer Others *James Dixon (priest) (1758–1840), Irish-Australian Catholic priest *James Stedman Dixon (1845–1911), Scottish coal-mine owner *James Main Dixon (1856–1933), American teacher and author * James R. Dixon (1928–2015), American biologist *Jimmy Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dixon
James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States representative and United States Senator, Senator from Connecticut. Biography Dixon, son of William & Mary (Field) Dixon, was born August 5, 1814 in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of Kappa Alpha Society, The Kappa Alpha Society. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar (law), bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Enfield. Career Dixon was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1837–1838 and 1844, and served as speaker in 1837; he moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1839 and continued the practice of law. He married Elizabeth Lord Cogswell on October 1, 1840. They had two sons, James Wyllys Dixon and Henry Whitfield Dixon, and two daughters, Elizabeth L. Dixon and Clementine Lydia Dixon. Clementine was courted (unsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stedman Dixon
James Stedman Dixon (8 January 1845 – 18 July 1911) was a leading Scottish coal-mine owner, president of the Mining Institute of Scotland and of the Institution of Mining Engineers of Great Britain, and founder of the James S. Dixon Chair of Applied Geology in the University of Glasgow. Early life and education James Stedman Dixon was born at Glasgow on 8 January 1845, son of stockbroker Peter Watson Dixon and Jane Dow. The family moving to Hamilton in 1850, James Dixon attended the prestigious Hamilton Academy school, later attending classes in engineering at the University of Glasgow under Professor Macquorn Rankine.University of Strathclyde archive. Who’s Who in Glasgow 1909. James Stedman Dixon Retrieved 30 December 2010 Career < ...
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James Dixon Roman
James Dixon Roman (August 11, 1809 – January 19, 1867) was an American politician.(Howard, George W"James Dixon Roman"''The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources''. Retrieved 2015-08-13. Early life Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Roman attended the common schools and a private school at West Nottingham (now Nottingham, Pennsylvania). He later moved to Cecil County, Maryland, and began to study law in Frederick. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Hagerstown. Career Roman served as a member of the Maryland State Senate in 1847 and was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849. He was presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848 and on the Democratic ticket in 1856. He again resumed the practice of law in Hagerstown, and served as president of the Old Hagerstown Bank from 1851 until his death. He was also a member of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dixon Black
James Dixon Black (September 24, 1849 – August 5, 1938) was an American attorney who was the 39th Governor of Kentucky, serving for seven months in 1919. He ascended to the office when Governor Augustus O. Stanley was elected to the U.S. Senate. Black graduated from Tusculum College in 1872 and taught school while studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and opened his legal practice in Barbourville, Kentucky. Eventually, his son, Pitzer Dixon, and his son-in-law, Hiram H. Owens, became partners in his practice, called Black, Black and Owens. Deeply interested in education, he served as superintendent of the Knox County public schools for two years, and was instrumental in the founding of Union College in Barbourville. He served as president of the college from 1910 to 1912. Black was chosen as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1915, despite having only meager previous political experience. He was elected on a ticket with Augustus O. Stanley and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dixon Murray
James Dixon Murray (17 September 1887 – 24 January 1965) was a British coal miner and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Murray was born in East Howle, County Durham, on 17 September 1887 to William Murray and Amelia Murray (née Dixon). He was from a family of twelve and was brought up in a three-roomed miner's cottage at 27, Front Street, Browney Colliery. He began work at a Durham pit aged thirteen, and was hewing coal by the time he was sixteen years old. He had a primary education at East Howle Elementary school, but was anxious to improve himself, went to evening classes and twice won WEA ( Workers' Educational Association) university scholarships. Early political career (1925–1942) He was a miners' union official, was elected to Durham County Council in 1925, and in 1937 became an Alderman of Durham City. Parliamentary career He was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Spennymoor at a by-election in July 1942, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James S
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 Dixon (Police Officer)
''Road Wars'' is a British police reality television programme created by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky1 from 2003 to 2010. From Series 1 the show was narrated by actor Lee Boardman. The 2nd half of series 7 was narrated by actress Claire Goose. As of 2023, the show has reruns on Sky One, Sky Replay, Pick, Sky Witness and Sky Crime. Format Road Wars followed the work of police officers, documenting the changing tactics of criminals and the response of the UK police forces. For six seasons the show followed officers in the Thames Valley, but moved to Devon and Cornwall for the last series in 2009. The programme also features some police videos both in the UK and US. Mancunian Lee Boardman narrated the show until the second half of series 7, employing a light-hearted and pun-intended approach. At the opening narration Boardman says "In Road Wars, the unexpected is always just around the corner". The title music was composed by Nainita Desai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Dixon (politician)
James William "Jimmy" Dixon (born February 11, 1945) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A farmer from Warsaw, North Carolina, Dixon has represented the 4th district (including constituents in Duplin County, North Carolina, Duplin and Wayne County, North Carolina, Wayne counties) since 2011. Early life and education Dixon was born in Friendship, Wake County, North Carolina, Friendship, North Carolina. He graduated from James Kenan High School in Warsaw where he excelled in football. He attended Wake Forest University on a football scholarship and graduated in 1969 with a B.S. degree. Electoral history Dixon did not hold any political office before winning election to the State House in 2010. 2020 2018 2016 2014 2012 Dixon and fellow incumbent Republican Efton Sager were both drawn into the same district after district lines were changed following 2010 United States Census, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
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 Main Dixon
Image:James_Main_Dixon_1902.jpg , right , 235px , James Main Dixon, 1902 James Main Dixon FRSE (1856, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley – 27 September 1933) was a Scotland, Scottish teacher and author, and an important scholar of the Scots language. Life He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley in Scotland the son of Rev J. M. Dixon. He graduated MA from the University of St Andrews in 1879, and was appointed scholar and tutor of philosophy there in the same year. Dixon spent almost 12 years in Japan from 1880 to 1892. He was professor of English language, English and secretary of the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, from 1879 to 1886, when he was called to the Tokyo University, Imperial University of Japan in the same capacity. There he taught Hidesaburo Saito, one of the first Japanese writers of English Grammar, and Natsume Sōseki, a famous novelist and ex-university professor, who disliked his style of teaching English literature. While Natsume Sōseki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dixon (priest)
James Dixon (1758-1840) was an Irish Catholic priest who was transported to Australia and in 1803 became the first Catholic priest permitted to minister there. Early life and education James Dixon was born in 1758 in Castlebridge, County Wexford. As was common for Irish priests, he trained for the priesthood overseas, at the universities of Salamanca and Louvain, then became curate at Crossabeg near Wexford. During the Irish Rebellion of 1798 he was arrested and tried for involvement and convicted, although there was considerable evidence that he was innocent. He was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to transportation for life to New South Wales. He arrived in Sydney on the ''Friendship'' on 16 January 1800. Two other Irish convict priests, Peter O'Neil and James Harold, arrived in the same year. Ministry in Australia Dixon impressed the authorities as a man of mild temperament and good education. Lord Hobart, the Secretary of State for War and the Coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Budd Dixon
James Budd Dixon (November 26, 1900 – December 1, 1967) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker. He was a member of the "Sausalito Six" group of San Francisco Bay Area painters. Family and education James Budd Dixon was born to a well-to-do family in San Francisco, California. In the 1920s, he studied art at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was an illustrator for several campus publications. He served in the Army Air Forces in World War II, after which he returned to studying art under the G.I. Bill, this time at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA, now the San Francisco Art Institute). Among his classmates at CSFA were other emerging Bay Area Abstract Expressionists, including Richard Diebenkorn, John Hultberg, Frank Lobdell, Walter Kuhlman, and George Stillman. They became known as the "Sausalito Six" because most lived in the waterfront town of Sausalito just north of San Francisco (Dixon was one of those who did not, but he frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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