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John Crane (other)
Jonathan or John Crane may refer to: * Jonathan Crane (politician) (1750–1820), politician in Nova Scotia * Jonathan Townley Crane (1819–1880), American clergyman, author and abolitionist * John Crane (American politician), politician in Indiana * John Crane (Australian politician) (1868–1948), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * John Crane (Canadian politician) (born 1935), Canadian politician * John Crane (comptroller), English soldier based at Berwick-upon-Tweed * John Crane (government official), U.S. Inspector General who supports whistleblowers * John Crane (soldier) (1744–1805), participant in the Boston Tea Party and a soldier during the American Revolutionary War * John Crane (writer) (born 1962), writer and television producer ;Companies: * John Crane Group, manufacturer of mechanical seals. ;Fictional characters: * Scarecrow (DC Comics), also known as Dr. Jonathan Crane, DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Batman See also * Jack Crain Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Crane (politician)
Jonathan Crane (1750 – August 1820) was a militia leader and political figure in Nova Scotia. He fought in the Battle off Cape Split in the American Revolution. He represented Kings County from 1784-1793 and 1799-1818, and Horton Township from 1818 to 1820 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Silas Crane, and moved to Horton (later Wolfville), Nova Scotia, with his family in 1761. In 1771, Crane married Rebecca Allison there. He was named a justice of the peace in 1783 and a judge in the inferior Court of Common Pleas for King's County in 1815. He also served as colonel in the local militia. Crane was elected to represent Cornwallis in 1820 but died at Grand-Pré before the first session. His son William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Townley Crane
Jonathan Townley Crane (June 18, 1819 – February 16, 1880) was an American clergyman, author and abolitionist. He was born in Connecticut Farms, in Union Township, New Jersey, and is most widely known as the father of writer Stephen Crane. Early years Crane was the son of William Crane (1778-1830) and Sarah Townley (1776-1830), who both died when he was 11 years old. He was subsequently apprenticed to a trunk maker in Newark. Although raised in the Congregational church, he rejected its deterministic teachings. Accidentally, in 1838, he wandered into a Revival meeting, and was converted to Methodism. Education He graduated from the Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey in 1843 and in 1844 was licensed to preach, after which he was admitted to the New Jersey Annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1845. Dickinson College conferred upon him the Doctorate of Divinity in 1856.Wertheim, p. 71. Career Throughout his career as an educator, pastor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (American Politician)
John Brockman Crane (born 1973) is an American politician serving as a member of the Indiana Senate from the 24th district. He assumed office on November 9, 2016. Early life and education Crane was born and raised in Martinsville, Indiana. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and psychology from Taylor University and a Master of Arts in communication and culture from Trinity International University. He also studied Christian apologetics through a program at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England Seminary, theological college and a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is named after the Bible translator and reformer John Wycliffe, who was Master (college), mast .... Career In 2009, Crane founded the Sagamore Leadership Initiative. He was elected to the Indiana Senate in November 2016. Since 2019, Crane has served as the ranking member of the House Education and Career Development Committee. On Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (Australian Politician)
John Thomas Crane (12 February 1868 – 6 August 1948) was an Australian politician. Early life Crane was born in Warialda to grazier John Crane and Elizabeth McGee. He attended Tamworth Grammar School and then the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1887. In 1888 he began a stock and station agency at Moree. On 31 July 1891 he married Charlotte Mary Gall, with whom he would have six children. From 1894 he worked as a land agent in addition to his farming. Civic work He also served on Moree Council as mayor in 1903, 1905, 1906, and 1908 to 1912. He was the first Clerk of the Boomi and Boolooroo shire Councils from 1906, retiring from the position in 1938. From its inception in about 1906 he acted as Secretary of the Moree Stock Board (later called the Moree Pastures Protection Board) until 1934, taking a keen interest in the affairs of the Shires and the Board even after his retirement. Legislative Assembly In 1913, with endorsement from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (Canadian Politician)
John Crane (born April 7, 1935) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 to 1995. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The party is the provincial branch, and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government o .... He is a businessman. References 1935 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs {{Newfoundland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (comptroller)
John Crane was a soldier and comptroller of works at Berwick-upon-Tweed during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James VI and I. Crane was depute-comptroller at Berwick from around 1570, according his own account. In 1591 he contributed to an estimate of repairs needed at Wark on Tweed Castle. In January 1594 he wrote to Robert Cecil asking for the post of comptroller. He sent an outline of the post's remuneration and argued that a rival, Captain Bowyer, was ineligible for the position as no one should have two offices. Crane was made Clerk of the Check and Musters in February. Despite his petitions, Robert Bowyer was made comptroller, and after him, in 1596 William Selby. With William Ackrigg he surveyed repairs at Wark Castle in April 1594 and noted the ruinous state of Norham Castle and defects in the defences of Berwick. In June he wrote an inventory of the cannon at Berwick and in the border fortresses. In 1603, after the death of Elizabeth I, James VI of Scotland became King o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (government Official)
John Crane is a former Assistant Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense known for his advocacy on behalf of government whistleblowers. He was fired in 2013 and now works for the Government Accountability Project, a non-governmental whistleblower support organization. Career Crane graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in Asian studies in 1980. He then studied at the Arabic Language Unit of the American University in Cairo from 1980-82. Crane worked as press secretary for Republican Congressman Bill Dickinson, ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, from 1985-87. Dickinson advocated establishing an Office of the Inspector General in the Defense Department., a translation of the German article in ''Der Spiegel'' No. 21/2016 (May 21, 2016). When that office was created in 1982, Crane became one of its first employees, helping to set up the hotlines for whistleblowers to report waste, fraud, or abuse. He had the text of the Whist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (soldier)
John Crane (December 7, 1744 – August 21, 1805) was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and a soldier during the American Revolutionary War. Biography Early life Crane, son of Abijah & Sarah (Beverly) Crane, was born December 7, 1744 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He served in the French and Indian War as a substitute for his father, who had been drafted. After the war he became a housewright. He married Mehitable Wheeler in 1767 and opened a shop in Boston. Revolutionary War service Early in the American Revolutionary movement Crane became active in the Sons of Liberty. Before the Boston Tea Party, Crane and the other participants met at his shop to disguise themselves as American Indians. At the harbor, Crane was in the hold of a ship when he was knocked unconscious by a crate of tea that fell on him. Taking him for dead, his companions hid him under a pile of wood shavings in a carpenter's shop near the wharf, but he soon recovered. Crane moved to Providence, Rhode Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane (writer)
John Rene Crane (born March 20, 1962) is an American writer and actor, best known as the head writer, executive producer and occasional performer on Fox's Saturday late night sketch comedy program, ''MADtv'', and as the Dad from Nickelodeon’s '' Roundhouse''. Career Crane started in show business working local comedy clubs in the New Orleans area, and then earned a spot as a cast member of Cheap Theatrix, a New Orleans sketch comedy group written and produced by Buddy Sheffield. Crane moved to Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and worked briefly as the director of Universal Studios' ''Star Trek Adventure''. He was later admitted to the Groundlings comedy school where he wrote and performed with Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, Kathy Griffin, Michael McDonald and Chris Kattan, among others. Between stints with The Groundlings in the early 1990s, Crane co-wrote and starred in Nickelodeon's Saturday night ensemble variety series, '' Roundhouse'', produced by Sheffield and his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crane Group
John Crane is an American company, now a subsidiary of Smiths Group and provider of engineered products and services including mechanical seals, couplings, hydro-dynamic bearings, seal support systems, filtration systems and artificial lift. The company services customers in the energy services sector including production, transmission and storage, refining, power generation, petrochemical, pulp and paper, and mining industries. John Crane is the largest Subsidiary of Smiths Group plc, a global technology business listed on the London Stock Exchange. John Crane has end-user customers in process industries, including large oil companies, national oil companies (NOCs), and refiners. The company also serves original equipment manufacturers (OEM) customers engaged in the design and manufacture of pumps and turbines. John Crane also provides artificial lift products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry. History John Crane was founded in 1917 as Crane Packing Company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow (DC Comics)
The Scarecrow is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, and debuted in ''World's Finest Comics'' #3 in September 1941. The Scarecrow is depicted as one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his List of Batman family enemies#Classic rogues gallery, rogues gallery. In his comic book appearances, the Scarecrow is the alter ego of Jonathan Crane, a brilliant professor of psychology turned criminal mastermind. Abused and bullied in his youth, Crane develops an obsession with fear and uses a specially designed Psychedelic drug, hallucinogenic drug–dubbed "fear toxin"–to exploit the phobias of the people of Gotham City and its protector, Batman. As the self-proclaimed "Master of Fear", the Scarecrow's crimes do not stem from a common desire for wealth or power, but from a cruel pleasure in terrorizing innocents to further hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |