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John Barber (comics)
John Barber may refer to: Politics *John Barber (Lord Mayor of London) (died 1741), Jacobite printer, Lord Mayor of London in 1732 *John Barber, represented Tryon County in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 *John Roaf Barber (1841–1917), Canadian industrialist and politician Sports *Jack Barber (1901–1961), English footballer *John Barber (basketball) (born 1927), retired American basketball player *John Barber (cricketer) (1849–1908), English cricketer *John Barber (racing driver) (1929–2015), retired British Formula One driver *Skip Barber (born 1936 as John Barber III), retired American racecar driver Others *John Barber (artist, scholar), Vancouver-based sound artist and scholar *John Barber (businessman), (died 2004) British businessman *John Barber (clergyman) (died 1549), English clergyman *John Barber (engineer) (1734–1801), English inventor of the gas turbine in 1791 *John P. Barber, American engineer, pioneer of the railgun technology *John T. Barber, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (Lord Mayor Of London)
John Barber may refer to: Politics * John Barber (Lord Mayor of London) (died 1741), Jacobite printer, Lord Mayor of London in 1732 *John Barber, represented Tryon County in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 * John Roaf Barber (1841–1917), Canadian industrialist and politician Sports * Jack Barber (1901–1961), English footballer * John Barber (basketball) (born 1927), retired American basketball player * John Barber (cricketer) (1849–1908), English cricketer *John Barber (racing driver) (1929–2015), retired British Formula One driver *Skip Barber (born 1936 as John Barber III), retired American racecar driver Others * John Barber (artist, scholar), Vancouver-based sound artist and scholar *John Barber (businessman), (died 2004) British businessman * John Barber (clergyman) (died 1549), English clergyman *John Barber (engineer) (1734–1801), English inventor of the gas turbine in 1791 * John P. Barber, American engineer, pioneer of the railgun technology * John T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (businessman)
John Norman Romney Barber (22 April 1919 – 21 October 2004) was a British businessman who held senior director positions at Ford of Britain, AEI and at British Leyland. Business career John Barber served in the British Army during the Second World War, rising to the rank of captain. He joined the Ministry of Supply in 1946 before leaving in 1956 to take up the role of assistant controller at Ford of Britain. By 1962 he had risen to finance director, taking on its consumer credit wing in 1963. Barber introduced a company graduate scheme in the finance department and the company became a nursery for British business management. He had also been instrumental in the development of the Lotus Cortina due to his passion for motorsport and because “You must assess where motor sport can help in areas where your company is weak. For example, in 1959, Ford had the Tin Lizzie image and young people were buying the Mini". In 1965 Barber left Ford due what he saw as "creeping Americanisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Warner Barber
John Warner Barber (February 2, 1798 – June 22, 1885) was an American engraver and historian whose books of state, national, and local history featured his vivid illustrations, said to have caught the flavor and appearance of city, town, and countryside scenes in his day. Life Barber was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, and learned his craft from the East Windsor printmaker Abner Reed. He was the second of six children of Elijah Barber, a poor farmer, and Mary Barber. Elijah died during the summer of 1812, which forced the fourteen-year-old John to become responsible for supporting the family.Hegel, Richard. "John Warner Barber (2 February 1798-22 June 1885)," in Clyde N. Wilson (ed.), ''American Historians, 1607-1865'', Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 30, Detroit: Gale Research, 1984, 24. In 1823 he opened a business in New Haven, where he produced religious and historical books, illustrated with his own wood and steel engravings. He traveled around Connecticu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cornish Writers
This is a list of writers in English and Cornish, who are associated with Cornwall and Cornish linguists ( kw, Rol a skriforyon Kernewek). Not all of them are native Cornish people. Some Cornish writers have reached a high level of prominence, e.g. William Golding, who won the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1983), D. M. Thomas who won the Cheltenham Prize for Literature and Arthur Quiller-Couch ("Q"). Some of the "incomers" have written extensively about Cornwall and the Cornish, e.g. Daphne du Maurier, who went as far as joining Mebyon Kernow. Historians and scholars See List of Cornish historians Novelists * Denys Val Baker, novelist and writer * A. P. Bateman, thriller writer and bestselling author * Wilfred Bennetto, writer of the first full-length novel in Cornish * Janie Bolitho, crime writer * W. J. Burley, Wycliffe series * Jack Clemo, poet *Myrna Combellack, novelist and scholar * Michael J Darracott, writer, lived in Newlyn * Daphne du Maurier * Martin F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John T
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John P
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (engineer)
John Barber (1734–1793) was an English coal viewer and inventor. He was born in Nottinghamshire, but moved to Warwickshire in the 1760s to manage collieries in the Nuneaton area. For a time he lived in Camp Hill House, between Hartshill and Nuneaton, and later lived in Attleborough. He patented several inventions between 1766 and 1792, of which the most remarkable was one for a gas turbine. Although nothing practical came out of this patent, Barber was the first man to describe in detail the principle of the gas turbine, and in recent years a working model based on Barber's specification has been built. Barber's gas turbine In 1791 Barber took out a patent (UK patent no. 1833 – ''Obtaining and Applying Motive Power, & c. A Method of Rising Inflammable Air for the Purposes of Procuring Motion, and Facilitating Metallurgical Operations'') which contained all of the important features of a successful gas turbine. Planned as a method of propelling a "horseless carriage", Barber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (clergyman)
John Barber (died 1549) was an English clergyman and civilian. Barber was of All Souls College, Oxford, graduated doctor of civil law and became a member of the College of Advocates in 1532. He was one of Archbishop Cranmer's chaplains, and official of his court at Canterbury, but his special vocation was to advise the archbishop on civil-law matters. In 1537 he was consulted by Cranmer on behalf of Henry VIII, on a subtle point of law touching the dower of the Duchess of Richmond, widow of the king's illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy; and in 1538 the archbishop, in a letter to Thomas Cromwell, requests that Dr. Barbor, ‘his chaplain’ (who Jenkyns says is probably John Barber), may be one of a royal commission to try and examine whether the blood of St. Thomas of Canterbury was not ‘a feigned thing and made of some red ochre, or of such like matter.’ In the same year Cranmer used his influence with Cromwell to obtain for ‘his chaplain, Doctor Barbar,’ a prebendal stal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (artist, Scholar)
John Barber is a digital artist and scholar based in Vancouver, Washington. He is predominantly focused on sound art. Barber married Dene Grigar. Artistic career Barber's sound art has been featured in a number of international festivals and exhibitions. In 2010, ''Sounds of My Life'' featured at Lisbon's annual RadiaLx International Festival of Radio Art, and event to which Barber's work returned in 2012 with ''Tell Me A Story''. In 2013, ''Between Sleep and Dreams'' was included in events across Canada, Estonia, and Portugal. In 2017, Barber's work was included in the Audiograft International Festival of Experimental Music and Sound hosted by Oxford Brookes University and Brazil's Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletronica. In 2017, New Binary Press published ''Remembering the Dead: Northern Ireland'', which pays tribute to those killed during "the Troubles". Scholarship As a scholar of media art and digital storytelling, Barber has been published in a range of journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lord Mayors Of London
List of all Lord Mayor of the City of London, mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and Citizen, first citizens of the City of London, Middle Ages, from medieval times). Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London. The dates are those of Election law, election to Official, office (Michaelmas Day on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath) and office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years 'Elected' below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006 the title ''Lord Mayor of the City of London'' was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of Mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and Style (manner of address), style remains Lord Mayor of London. Mayors before 1300 ;Notes 14th century ;Notes Lord mayors 14th century ;Notes 15th century ;Notes 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Barber
John "Skip" Barber III (born November 16, 1936) is an American retired racecar driver who is most famous for previously owning and founding the Skip Barber Racing Schools. Driving career Barber started racing in 1958 while studying at Harvard University, where he earned a degree in English. In the mid-1960s, he won three SCCA national championships in a row and finished third in the 1967 United States Road Racing Championship. Later, Barber won consecutive Formula Ford National Championships (1969 and 1970), a record tied only recently. At the start of the 1971 season he purchased a March 711, which he planned to take back to the United States and race in the U.S. Formula 5000 series. Before he did so, he took part in the Monaco Grand Prix, Dutch Grand Prix, United States Grand Prix, and Canadian Grand Prix in a privately funded March. He returned to the U.S. and Canadian races in 1972. After that, he raced GT cars. Retirement leads to Skip Barber Racing When his racing caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barber (racing Driver)
John David Barber (22 July 1929 – 4 February 2015) was a racing driver from England. Before his racing career he was a fish merchant in London. He first raced a Cooper-JAP and then bought a Formula Two Cooper-Bristol Mk1 which he raced during 1952. Despite winning a minor race at Snetterton, he had little success and finally crashed the car badly towards the end of the season. At the start of 1953, Barber travelled to Argentina to compete in the Formula One Grand Prix there with a works Cooper T23, in which he came in eighth, seven laps down. He also competed in a Formula Libre race in Buenos Aires and finished 12th.Grand Prix Data Book Back in England, he raced a Golding-Cooper, which may have been built from the remains of his crashed Mk1 Cooper. While racing this car in the British Empire Trophy on the Isle of Man, he was involved in an accident which killed another driver, James Neilson. Barber sold the car soon after. He next raced in 1955, driving a Jaguar C-type. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
