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John Clarke (schoolmaster)
John Clarke may refer to: Arts * John Clarke Whitfield (1770–1836), English organist and composer * John Sleeper Clarke (1833–1899), American/British actor and manager * John Louis Clarke (1881–1970), Blackfoot wood carver from Montana * John Clarke (socialist politician) (1885–1959), British lion tamer, politician, poet, newspaper editor and art expert * Bryan Forbes or John Theobald Clarke (1926–2013), English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist * John Clarke (actor) (1931–2019), American soap opera actor from ''Days of Our Lives'' *John Clarke (poet) (1933–1992), American poet * John Clarke (satirist) (1948–2017), New Zealand/Australian satirist and actor * John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet, active since the late 1970s *John Clarke (museum curator) (1954–2020), British museum curator, expert in Ladakhi and Tibetan metalwork *John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653) (1582–1653), English physician *John Clarke (physi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke Whitfield
John Clarke-Whitfeld (13 December 1770 – 22 February 1836) was an English organist and composer. Life He was born John Clarke at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford under Dr Philip Hayes. In 1789 he was appointed organist of the parish church at Ludlow. Four years later he took the degree of Mus. Bac. at Cambridge, and in 1795 he was chosen as organist of Armagh cathedral, whence he removed in the same year to Dublin, with the appointments of organist and master of the children at St Patrick's Cathedral and Christchurch. Driven from Ireland by the rebellion of 1798, he accepted the post of organist at Trinity and St John's Colleges, Cambridge,. He took the degree of Mus. Doc. at Cambridge in 1799, and in 1810 proceeded to the same grade at Oxford. In 1814 he assumed the surname of Whitfeld, in addition to that of Clarke, in anticipation of an inheritance which failed to materialise. Press cutting - ''Bury & Norwich Post'' 1 June 1814 - ''Tuesdays Gazette: John Clarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fitzgerald Clarke
John Fitzgerald Clarke (July 16, 1827 – April 19, 1887) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Norfolk North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1879. He was born in Coventry, England in 1827, the son of a Congregational minister who was sent to Upper Canada as a missionary in 1837. He studied medicine at McGill College and settled in Vittoria. He moved to Simcoe in 1851. He served on the town council and was the coroner for Norfolk County from 1848 to 1870. Clarke was editor and owner of the ''Long Point Advocate''. He was later named sheriff for Thunder Bay District and moved to Port Arthur (later part of the city of Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...), where he died in 1887. His brother William Fletcher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blades Clarke
John Blades Clarke (April 14, 1833 – May 23, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and family John B. Clarke was born in Brooksville, Kentucky, on April 14, 1833.''Biographical Cyclopedia'', p. 124 He was the son of John and Mary (Blades) Clarke. Clarke studied under Harvey King in the common schools of Augusta, Kentucky, and at Augusta (Kentucky) College."Clarke, John Blades". ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' In 1851, he left school to return to his father's farm. During the winters of 1851 and 1852, he taught at a local school. For three years, he studied law under Judge Joseph Doniphan of Augusta. After examination by two local judges, he was Admission to the bar in the United States, admitted to the bar on April 20, 1854. Clarke married Cordelia A. Robertson, and the couple had six children – Bion Clarke, William R. Clarke, John B. Clarke, Cordelia Clark, Harry Clarke, and Clarence Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
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 Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jones Clarke
John Jones Clarke (February 24, 1803 – November 25, 1887) was an American politician, who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the first Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1846. References *''A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers'', Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327. * ''History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904'' By Walter Eliot Thwing (1908). * ''The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880.'' Justin Winsor (1881). Notes 1803 births 1887 deaths Harvard College alumni Phillips Academy alumni Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts state senators Mayors of Roxbury, Massachusetts People from Norton, Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians {{Massachuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke (Michigan Politician)
John Clarke (July 29, 1797 – February 3, 1876), also spelled Clark, was an American businessman, farmer, and politician. He served in the Michigan Senate in the early years of Michigan's statehood, and later in the Michigan House of Representatives. Early life and travels John ClarkeHis name is spelled in some sources as Clark , and in others as Clarke ; the latter spelling is used on his tombstone . was born in Bath, Maine, on July 29, 1797. He was the son of George Collins Clarke, a ship-builder and sea captain, and Mary McDonald. He left school at age 15 to become a clerk in a store in Augusta, Maine, and at age 18 his physician suggested he travel to help improve his poor health. The War of 1812 had just ended and it was again safe to travel, so Clarke sailed to Bremen, Germany. He traveled through Germany, England, and Scotland, before embarking for Boston aboard the ship ''Ellington'' along with his uncle. The ship foundered during a gale in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, Atl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hopkins Clarke
John Hopkins Clarke (April 1, 1789November 23, 1870) was a United States senator from Rhode Island. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he moved to Providence where he studied under a private teacher. He graduated from Brown University in 1809, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Providence in 1812. He was clerk of the supreme court of Providence County in 1813 and proprietor of a distillery in Cranston until 1824 when he became a cotton manufacturer in Providence, Pontiac, and Woonsocket. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1836 to 1842 and from 1845 to 1847. Clarke was elected as a Whig to the US Senate and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1853; he resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in Providence in 1870. Interment was in the North Burial Ground The North Burial Ground is a cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island dating to 1700, the first public cemetery in Providence. It is located north of downt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creemer Clarke
John Creemer Clarke (1821 – 11 February 1895) was an English merchant and cloth manufacturer and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885. Early life Clarke was the son of Robert Clarke of St Giles in the Wood, Devon and his wife Graciana Creemer, daughter of John Creemer of Exbourne Devon. Career He started work in a drapery business in Bideford before moving to Abingdon from Devon in 1840. He joined the firm of Hyde and Son, clothing manufacturers before it became Hyde, Son and Clarke, and finally Clarke, Sons and Co. The factory in West St Helen Street employed 2,000 people at one stage making it one of the largest clothing manufacturers in the country. He was a Justice of the Peace for Abingdon-on-Thames and Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames in 1869. He was also Chairman of Abingdon Railway Company from 1873. At the 1874 general election, Clarke was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abingdon. He was re-elected in 1880 and he held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke (Roundhead)
John Clarke ( fl. 1648 – November 1681), also known as John Clark, John Clerk, and John Clerke, was an English politician and Justice of the Peace who sat in the House of Commons from 1653 through 1660, and was a colonel in the Parliamentary army between 1651 and 1659. Biography Family Clarke was from Kensington, the son of John Clarke of Bocking, Essex. Clarke married Margaret Bourne of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and had a son Samuel who was created baronet in 1698, and a daughter. Local career Clarke was an alderman of Bury St Edmunds by 1648 and remained until 1662. In 1648 he was collector of assessments and commissioner for militia for Suffolk. He was commissioner for assessment for Bury St Edmunds from 1648 to 1652 and for Suffolk from 1649 to 1652. He was a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk from 1650 to March 1660 and was a commissioner of the High Court of Justice in 1650. He was commissioner for scandalous ministers for Bury St Edmunds in 1654. From 1655 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman who was the second and last Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. On his father's death in 1658 Richard became Lord Protector, but lacked authority. He tried to mediate between the army and civil society and allowed a Parliament containing many disaffected Presbyterians and Cavalier, Royalists to sit. Suspicions that civilian councillors were intent on supplanting the army were brought to a head by an attempt to prosecute a major-general for actions against a Royalist. The army made a threatening show of force against Richard and may have had him in detention. He formally renounced power nine months after succeeding. Although a Royalist revolt was crushed by the recalled civil war figure General John Lambert (general), John Lambert, who then prevented the Rump Parliament from reconvening and created a Committee of Safety, Lam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke (died 1675)
John Clarke, DL, JP (died 6 May 1675) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1670 to 1675. Clarke was the son of Roger Clarke of Great Torrington, Devon and his wife Honor Hockin, daughter of Christopher Hockin, clothier, of Frithelstock, Devon. He became an agent of Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland. He was J.P. for Northumberland from July 1660 until his death, and commissioner for assessment for Northumberland from 1661 to 1663. He was commissioner for assessment for Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne from 1664 to 1674. In 1662 he became a freeman of Newcastle. In 1670 Clarke was elected Member of Parliament for Cockermouth in the Cavalier Parliament. He was Deputy Lieutenant from 1670 until his death. In 1675 he was commissioner for recusants for Cumberland. He purchased land in Chirton, Northumberland, in what is now North Shields, Tyne and Wear, from Ralph Reed in 1672. There he built Chirton Hall with materia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke (fl
John Clarke may refer to: Arts *John Clarke Whitfield (1770–1836), English organist and composer *John Sleeper Clarke (1833–1899), American/British actor and manager *John Louis Clarke (1881–1970), Blackfoot wood carver from Montana *John Clarke (socialist politician) (1885–1959), British lion tamer, politician, poet, newspaper editor and art expert *Bryan Forbes or John Theobald Clarke (1926–2013), English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist *John Clarke (actor) (1931–2019), American soap opera actor from ''Days of Our Lives'' * John Clarke (poet) (1933–1992), American poet *John Clarke (satirist) (1948–2017), New Zealand/Australian satirist and actor *John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), British performance poet, active since the late 1970s * John Clarke (museum curator) (1954–2020), British museum curator, expert in Ladakhi and Tibetan metalwork * John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653) (1582–1653), English physician * John Clarke (physician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
