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John Adams (other)
John Adams (1735–1826), second president of the United States. John Adams may also refer to: Relatives of the United States president * John Adams Sr. (1691–1761), father and grandfather, respectively, of two U.S. presidents * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth president of the United States and son of President John Adams * John Adams II (1803–1834), son of President John Quincy Adams and grandson of President John Adams * John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American politician and grandson of President John Quincy Adams * John Quincy Adams (1848–1919), land and townsite agent for Milwaukee Railroad Politics United States * John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), mayor of Richmond, Virginia * John Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), congressman from New York * John Q. Adams (Wisconsin politician) (1816–1895), Wisconsin state legislator * John W. Adams (Wisconsin politician, born 1862) (1862–1939), Wisconsin state legislator * John Adams (Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, and during the war served as a diplomat in Europe. He was twice elected vice president of the United States, vice president, serving from 1789 to 1797 in a prestigious role with little power. Adams was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important contemporaries, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams as well as his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson. A lawyer and political activist prior to the Revolution, Adams was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. He defied anti-British sentiment and successfully defended British soldiers agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (Pembroke MP)
John Adams (by 1511 – 1571/1575), of Peterchurch in Pembroke and St Petrox, Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ..., was a Welsh politician. Career Adams was a Member of Parliament for Pembroke Boroughs in 1542. References 1570s deaths People from Pembroke, Pembrokeshire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales 16th-century Welsh politicians English MPs 1542–1544 Year of birth uncertain {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clayton Adams
John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams (26 January 1840 – 20 June 1906) was an English landscape artist. Life Adams was born the second son of Mr. C.H. Adams in Edmonton, Middlesex (now in Greater London), and studied art at the Bloomsbury School and later under William Wilthieu Fenn. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, when he was 19, and, throughout the period 1863 to 1893, exhibited 75 pictures there, and 25 at the Royal Society of British Artists. In 1873 Adams moved to "Brackenhurst", Ewhurst Hill, near Guildford. Most of his landscapes depict scenes from counties in southern England, particularly Surrey. However, he also painted a few Scottish works featuring the River Tweed. Work Following the example of Benjamin Williams Leader, George Cole and his son George Vicat Cole, Adams produced pleasantly naturalistic landscapes, truthful in detail but in general idealised. His paintings are characterised by a broad technique, the use of rich colour and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John "Grizzly" Adams
John Boyden Adams (also known as James Capen Adams and Grizzly Adams) (October 22, 1812 – October 25, 1860) was a famous California mountain man and trainer of grizzly bears and other wild animals he captured for menageries, zoological gardens and circuses. Early years Grizzly Adams was born John Boyden Adams to Eleazar Adams and Sybil Capen on October 22, 1812. His parents were of English ancestry. Born and raised in Medway, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, he received little to no education. Adams began as an apprentice in the footwear manufacturing industry at age fourteen. At age twenty-one, he left that occupation, seeking to satisfy his true love - the outdoors and nature. He signed on with a company of showmen as a zoological collector. John hunted and captured live wild animals in the wildest parts of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, where he honed his woodsman, survival, and marksmanship skills. However, Adams told Hittell, his hunting and trapping career ended abr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turvill Adams
John Turvill Adams (September 29, 1805 – March 30, 1882) was an American novelist. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature and former lawyer. He died in Norwich, March 30, 1882. Early life Adams was born September 29, 1805 of English parentage in Demerara, South America (now Guyana). In 1810, his father, Richard Adams, removed to Norwich, Connecticut, from which place the son entered Yale College, where he graduated in 1824. He began the study of law in the law school of the Hon. Samuel J. Hitchcock, of New Haven, in 1824, and while resident published a small volume of poems in 1825, but soon embarked in the dry-goods jobbing business in New York City, in partnership with Felix A. Huntington, of Norwich. It did not do well, and he abandoned it and returned to Connecticut. Books In 1828, he started a newspaper called the ''Telegraph'', in Stonington, Connecticut, which was merged the next year in the '' Norwich Republican'', of which Adams continued the editor unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (poet)
John Adams (March 26, 1705 – January 22, 1740) was an American poet. Biography Adams was the only son of merchant Hon. John Adams and Hannah Checkley of Nova Scotia, and he graduated from Harvard University in 1721. He joined the ministry of the Congregational Church at Newport, Rhode Island, on April 11, 1728, in opposition to the wishes of Mr. Clap, who was pastor there. Clap's friends formed a new society, and Adams was dismissed in about two years. He was distinguished for his intellect and piety. As a preacher he was much esteemed. His uncle, Matthew Adams, described him as "master of nine languages," and claimed that he was conversant with the most famous Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish authors, as well as with the noblest English writers. He also speaks of his nephew's "great and undissembled piety, which ran, like a vein of gold, through all his life and performances." Adams published a sermon on his ordination, 1728, and a poem on the love of money. He publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (geographer)
John Adams (born 1938) of University College London, is an emeritus professor of geography and theorist on risk compensation. His book ''Risk'' is an analysis of how humans assess and respond to perceived risks. Areas of interest Risk compensation Adams is known for a theory of risk compensation, that states that a 'risk thermostat' guides much human behavior. Humans experiencing a 'safe' lifestyle seek out risky activities; but when doing them, overcompensate before returning to safety. This behaviour operates like a thermostat, regulating human behavior. He argues that because of the thermostat effect, banning risky activity will not work completely, and risk -seeking accompanies many aspects of everyday life. He spoke on this at the ''Shared Space'' conference held in Ipswich in June, 2005, where in his talk titled "Risk Compensation versus the obedient automaton theory of human behaviour" he discussed how understanding risk compensation was essential to the understanding of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cranford Adams
John Cranford Adams (October 11, 1903 - November 24, 1986) was an American educator and academic administrator who served as the second president of the Hofstra University from 1944–1964. Biography Adams was born October 11, 1903 to John Davis and Mary (Cranford) Adams. He attended Cornell University, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society and received a B.A. in 1926 and a Ph.D. in 1935. He also studied at King's College, Cambridge, England from 1926-28. He was an instructor in English at Syracuse University from 1926 to 1928 and at Cornell from 1930-37. He taught at Cornell from 1937 to 1944, first as assistant professor and then associate professor. He was named the second President of Hofstra University in 1944. During his 20 years tenure at Hofstra Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is Long Island's largest private university. Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University (NYU) under the name Nass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (educationist)
Sir John Adams (2 July 1857 – 30 September 1934) was a Scottish education scholar who was the first Principal of UCL Institute of Education. Adams was born in Glasgow, the third son of Charles Adams, a blacksmith. He was educated at St David's School and Old Wynd School before entering the Glasgow Free Church Training College and the University of Glasgow (1875), where he studied for six years. He graduated MA in Mental Philosophy in 1884 and BSc. in 1888. He became a school teacher, rector of Campbeltown Grammar School and president of the Educational Institute of Scotland. He was also rector of the Free Church Training College, firstly in Aberdeen (1890) and then in Glasgow (1898). He was Professor of Education at University of Glasgow. In 1902 he was appointed Principal of the new London Day Training College (LDTC) for the training of teachers. Adams was joined with a mistress and master of Method (later Vice-Principals). The bulk of the teaching was carried out by the Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (educational Writer)
John Adams (1750? – 1814) was a Scottish compiler of books for young readers. Biography Adams was born at Aberdeen about 1750. Having graduated at the university there, he obtained a preaching license, and coming to London was appointed minister of the Scotch church in Hatton Garden. Subsequently he opened a school or academy at Putney, which proved very successful; the botanists Allan Cunningham and his brother Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ... were pupils. He died at Putney in 1814. Most of his numerous works passed through many editions, and were largely used in schools. Among them may be mentioned: # ''The Flowers of Ancient History'', 1788 # ''Elegant Anecdotes and Bon Mots'',’ 1790 # ''A View of Universal History'' (3 vols.), 1795, which include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Adams (Master Of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)
John Adams, D.D. was an academic in the eighteenth century. Adams was born at Newport, Shropshire and educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/ John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Pressbr> (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p4">> (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p4/ref> He was elected a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife ... in 1714; and ordained a priest of the Church of England on 23 December 1716. Adams was Master of Sidney from 1730 until his death on 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Adams (politician)
Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (September 24, 1931 – March 11, 1985), known as Tom Adams, was a Barbadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985. Biography Personal life The only son of Sir Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the only Premier of the West Indies Federation) and Grace Adams ( Thorne), Tom Adams was educated at Harrison College, from which he won a Barbados Scholarship to Magdalen College of the University of Oxford. Prime Minister He served as the second Prime Minister of Barbados between 1976 and 1985. His party, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), had capitalized on the population's desire for a change from Errol Barrow's Democratic Labour Party, which had governed the island since independence in 1966. Adams moved the country back towards the liberalism the BLP had been founded on, a trend in keeping with the popularity of liberal economist Friedrich Hayek in Margaret Thatcher's Britain and Ronald Reagan's Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
