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John Collins (Illinois Politician)
John Collins may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet * John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic * John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter * John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001), American jazz guitarist * John Collins (cartoonist) (1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist * Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger * John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for ''Allo 'Allo'' * John Collins (theatre director) (born 1969), American experimental theater director * John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger * John Collins (musician/researcher), musician in the West African music scene * John Collins (Canadian musician), musician with the New Pornographers and the Smugglers Military * John Collins (Bengal Army officer) (died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry * John Collins (VC) (1880–1951) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (poet)
John Collins (1742 – 2 May 1808) was an United Kingdom, English entertainer and poet from Birmingham. Life He was born at Bath, Somerset, Bath, and from some lines in his own collection of poems, entitled 'Scripscrapologia,' he would seem to have been a tailor's son. He was bred up to the business of a staymaker, but an occupation of that nature ill accorded with his disposition, and he very early in life made his appearance on the Bath stage, and filled many parts there, extending to 'tragedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, and old men and country boys in farces and operas,' a range of character which could not have been uniformly successful. In October 1764, he appeared at the theatre in Smock Alley, Dublin, as young Mirabel in the 'Inconstant,' and 'proved a very respectable acquisition to the Irish stage.' In Ireland, as at Bath, the characters assigned to him were of necessity often varied, but he seems to have always played with credit, and to have made his mark in comic ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Collins (footballer, Born 1968)
John Angus Paul Collins (born 31 January 1968) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He played for Hibernian, Celtic, AS Monaco, Everton and Fulham in a 19-year career. Collins also represented Scotland 58 times, scoring in the opening match of the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Brazil. He started his coaching career as manager of Hibernian, winning the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final, but resigned later that year. He then had a brief spell as manager of Charleroi in 2009. Collins was appointed director of football at Livingston in February 2012, but resigned a year later. He then assisted Ronny Deila at Celtic for two years. Collins has also worked in media coverage of football. Playing career Hibernian As a youngster, Collins played both rugby union and football before turning his attention entirely to football. At youth level, he played for Hutchison Vale between 1980 and 1984, captaining the side for four years, before sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (footballer, Born 1949)
John Lindsay Collins (21 January 1949 – 14 April 2020) was a Welsh professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado, Halifax Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Kidderminster Harriers and represented Wales at schoolboy and seven occasions at Under-23 level. Playing career Collins was born in Rhymney, and began his career in Wales at Swansea then in March 1964 he moved to London to become an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur. The full back played two first team matches for Spurs in the old First Division. His debut came against Sunderland which ended in defeat followed by another defeat against Nottingham Forest. He signed for Portsmouth for a fee of £5,000 in May 1971, Collins made his debut in the opening game of the 1971–72 season at home against Middlesbrough which ended with a 2–1 victory. He went on to compete in a total of 87 matches. After leaving Fratton Park, Collins joined the North American Soccer League team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (footballer, Born 1945)
John Joseph Collins (born 30 January 1945) is an English former footballer and manager. Collins signed for Blackburn Rovers in 1963, but mainly turned out for the club's junior team. In 1964, he signed for Stockport County, where he struck up a good partnership with fellow defender Frank Beaumont, making eighty-four league appearances over two seasons. In 1966, he signed for Macclesfield Town, and it was here where he made his name. Initially used as a right-back, Collins would later switch position to centre-back. Collins enjoyed a successful period at Macclesfield, as the club won the Northern Premier League in 1969 and 1970, the North West Floodlit League in 1970, the FA Trophy in 1970, and the Cheshire Senior Cup in 1969, 1971 and 1973. Individually, he was voted as the club's Player of the Year in 1971. Collins' first foray into management came as caretaker of Macclesfield, taking charge of the club during September 1974, following Eddie Brown's departure. In January 1975, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (footballer, Born 1942)
John William Bashley Collins (born 10 August 1942) is an English former footballer who scored 108 goals from 417 appearances in the Football League in the 1960s and early 1970s, playing as an inside left for Queens Park Rangers, Oldham Athletic, Reading, Luton Town and Cambridge United. Collins came through the youth ranks at Queens Park Rangers, turned professional in 1959 and made his debut in a 1–0 win against Barnsley in April 1960. He went on to play 172 league games for Rangers, scoring 46 league goals, then transferred to Oldham Athletic in 1966 and later had spells at Reading, Luton Town and Cambridge United. Collins became a cult hero at QPR after famously scoring a hat-trick of headers in a game versus Hull City. Collins also scored a fourth, although this was discounted by match official Cedric Tomlinson. Ken Wagstaff Kenneth Wagstaff (born 24 November 1942) is an English former footballer noted for his playing career at Mansfield Town and Hull City football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (nuncio)
John Collins, S.M.A. (21 August 1889 – 3 March 1961) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a missionary in Liberia for 47 years. He became a bishop in Liberia in 1934 and the diplomatic representative of the Holy See there from 1951 to 1961. Biography John Collins was born on 21 August 1889 in Leap, County Cork, Ireland, the eighth of ten children. He studied in Irish seminaries and took his final vows as a member of the Society of African Missions on 31 October 1911. He was ordained a priest of the Society of African Missions on 15 June 1913 and began working in Liberia later that year. ''Note'': Beginning in 1932, Collins held a variety of titles in Liberia, and his title changed as the ecclesiastical jurisdiction changed, evolving from the Prefecture of Liberia, to the Vicariate of Liberia, to the Vicariate of Monrovia, and after Collins's death to the Archdiocese of Monrovia. On 26 February 1932, Pope Pius XI appointed him Apostolic Prefect of Liberia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Collins (priest)
Lewis John Collins (23 March 1905 – 31 December 1982) was an Anglican priest who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom. Life Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Collins was ordained a priest in 1928 and served as chaplain of his old college and vice-principal of Westcott House, before becoming chaplain of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1937. He served as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was radicalised by the experience. In 1946, upon returning to Oxford, he founded the organization Christian Action to work for reconciliation with Germany. He was appointed as a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London in 1948, an office he held for 33 years. Shortly afterwards he became disturbed by the newly developing apartheid system in South Africa. In 1951, Collins was one of the four founders of the charity War on Want which fights global poverty. In 1956, he committed Christian Action to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
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 Collins (Independent Minister)
John Collins (c. 1632–1687) was an English Independent minister. Biography John Collins was born in England, but brought up in New England, where his father Edward became a deacon of the congregational church at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1649, and became a fellow there. In 1653 he returned to Britain, as a preacher in Scotland. In 1659 Collins was acting as chaplain to General George Monck, whom he accompanied from Scotland to London. Monk dismissed his Independent chaplains in March 1660, when he turned to the Presbyterians. Collins held no preferment at the date of the Uniformity Act 1662, but is included by Edmund Calamy among the "silenced ministers." Subsequently, he succeeded Thomas Mallory (ejected from the lectureship of St. Michael's, Crooked Lane) as pastor of a congregational church in Lime Street, London. He was also one of the Pinners' Hall lecturers. He died on 3 December 1687. Works According to Calamy, Collins published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Collins
John Henry Collins (3 March 1880 – 12 January 1952) was a nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland. Born in Newry, he was educated at the Christian Brothers School, Newry, and Queen's University Belfast. At the 1925 general election, he was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland for County Armagh, and then from 1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ... to 1933 for South Down. He did not take his seat until 2 November 1927. He did not contest the 1933 election. References 1880 births 1952 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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