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John Crowley (1659-1728)
John Crowley may refer to: *John Crowley (author) (born 1942), American author *John Crowley (baseball) (1862–1896), American Major League catcher *John Crowley (biotech executive) (born 1967), American biotechnology executive *John Crowley (bishop) (born 1941), former bishop of Middlesbrough *John Crowley (director) (born 1969), Irish theatre and film director *John Crowley (politician) (1870–1934), Irish Sinn Féin politician *John Crowley (1659–1728), British politician * John Francis Crowley (1891–1942), Irish revolutionary and hunger striker *John Powers Crowley (1936–1989), U.S. federal judge *Johnny Crowley (born 1956), Irish hurler *Johnny Crowley (Gaelic footballer) John Crowley is an Irish former Gaelic football forward with the Glenflesk and Bishopstown clubs, East Kerry divisional side and, at senior level, for the Kerry county team. Playing career Club With the East Kerry team, Crowley won three co ..., Gaelic footballer with Kerry GAA * John J. Crowle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (author)
John Crowley (born December 1, 1942) is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction. He has also written essays. Crowley studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer. Crowley is best known as the author of ''Little, Big'' (1981), a work which received World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and has been called "a neglected masterpiece" by Harold Bloom, and his ''Ægypt'' series of novels which revolve around the same themes of Hermeticism, memory, families and religion. Some of his nonfiction writing has appeared bimonthly in ''Harper's Magazine'' in the form of his "Easy Chair" column, which ended in 2016. Biography John Crowley was born in Presque Isle, Maine, in 1942; his father was then an officer in the US Army Air Corps. He grew up in Vermont, northeastern Kentucky and (for the longest stretch) Indiana, where he went to high school and college. He moved to New York City after college to make movies, and did fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (baseball)
John A. Crowley (January 12, 1862 – September 23, 1896) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player. A native of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Crowley was one of 13 catchers used by Philadelphia Quakers pilot Harry Wright during the season. Crowley responded by leading the catching staff with 48 games, while hitting .244 (41-for-168) with 26 runs scored and 19 runs batted in, including seven doubles and three triples without home runs. Crowley died at the age of 34 in his hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Fact *Eventually, 19-year-old Jack Clements John J. "Jack" Clements (July 24, 1864 – May 23, 1941) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 17 seasons. Despite being left-handed, Clements caught 1,076 games, almost four times as ma ... became the regular catcher for Philadelphia, maintaining his job for the next 13 seasons. External linksBaseball Reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (biotech Executive)
John Francis Crowley (born April 7, 1967) is an American biotechnology executive and entrepreneur and the chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics. He co-founded Novazyme Pharmaceuticals with William Canfield, which was later acquired by Genzyme Corporation, and founded Orexigen Therapeutics. In 2006, he was profiled in the book ''The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million – And Bucked the Medical Establishment – In a Quest to Save His Children'' by Geeta Anand. In 2010, Crowley released his memoir, ''Chasing Miracles: The Crowley Family Journey of Strength, Hope, and Joy.'' Crowley and his family were the inspiration for the movie ''Extraordinary Measures'' starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser in 2010. Early life and education Crowley was raised in Englewood, New Jersey, the son of an Englewood police officer who died in an accident on duty when Crowley was eight years old.Kerwick, Mike"Archive: Father uses business savvy to fight his kids' rare disease" ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (bishop)
John Patrick Crowley (born 23 June 1941 in Newbury, England) is a retired Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Middlesbrough, England, who carries the honorary title of Bishop Emeritus. He was ordained a priest in 1965, and, as secretary to Cardinal Basil Hume, was appointed an auxiliary bishop, as titular Bishop of Tala, for the Archdiocese of Westminster, in 1986. In this post he had particular oversight of the diocese's parishes in Central London. On 3 November 1992 he became the 6th Bishop of Middlesbrough. Crowley delivered the homily at the requiem for Cardinal Hume in Westminster Cathedral in June 1999. In June 2001 Crowley agreed to celebrate Mass at a service of thanksgiving for a 25-year homosexual partnership between two Catholics, but withdrew at the last minute after a telephone call from Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who reportedly asked him not to attend. There was further controversy in 2005 when, during a radio interview, Crowley expressed the hope that marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (director)
John Crowley (born 19 August 1969) is an Irish film and theatre director. He is best known for the films ''Brooklyn'' (2015) and his debut feature, ''Intermission'' (2003), for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director. He is a brother of the designer Bob Crowley. Education Crowley earned a BA in English and Philosophy (1990) and an MA in Philosophy from University College Cork. Career Crowley became involved in theatre as a student, seeing it as a stepping stone to directing film. He began directing plays in Dublin in the early 1990s, reached London's West End by 1996 and eventually become an associate director at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2000, he directed ''Come and Go'' as part of the Beckett on Film series and made his feature debut ''Intermission'' (2003), a comedy drama set in Dublin, starring Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy and Kelly Macdonald, based on a screenplay by playwright Mark O'Rowe. In May 2005, Crowley, along with Danny Boyle, launched t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (politician)
John Crowley (1870–1934) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and medical practitioner. Education and medical career Crowley received his early education in his home town of Cork. He attended the University of Glasgow and the Royal University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he obtained a medical degree. He practised medicine for 33 years, primarily in Ballycastle, County Mayo. Political career He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Mayo North constituency at the 1918 general election, defeating incumbent Daniel Boyle of the Irish Party in a landslide of 7,429 to 1,861. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. During the Irish War of Independence he also held the rank of Battalion Commandant in the Irish Republican Army and as a consequence he was a high priority target for the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Black a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crowley (1659–1728)
John Crowley (3 November 1689 – 1728) of Barking, Suffolk, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1728. Crowley was the son of Sir Ambrose Crowley, MP and his wife Mary Owen, daughter of Charles Owen of London. He succeeded his father in 1713 and inherited the Crowley Iron Works in Durham, probably the biggest in the country. He married by a settlement dated 7 December 1715, Theodosia Gascoyne, daughter of Rev. Joseph Gascoyne of Enfield, Middlesex and Barking, Suffolk. One of his sisters married Humphrey Parsons, another Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet. In September 1715 he was arrested on suspicion of being an active Jacobite, but he was soon released. During the Gyllenborg plot in 1716 and 1717, he was said to have offered £20,000 for the Pretender's service. Crowley was a Freeman of the Draper's Company, and was a Common Councillor for. Dowgate, London from 1721 to 1727. He was regarded as one of the London Jacobites, and was returned as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Crowley
John Francis Crowley (10 August 1891 - 22 October 1942) was an Irish revolutionary who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest hunger strike in history. From 11 August to 12 November 1920, Crowley, along with 10 others, underwent a hunger strike for 94 days in Cork County Gaol, demanding the reinstatement of their political status and release from prison. The 1920 Cork hunger strike took place at the same time as that of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork. He came from the prominent Irish republican Crowley family of Ballylanders, being the son of Timothy Crowley, and the brother of Tadhg Crowley Tadhg Crowley (1 May 1890 – 25 July 1969) was an Irish revolutionary and Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick constituency at the June 1927 general election. Early life Bo ... and Peter Crowley, his fellow hunger striker. References Irish revolutionaries Irish hunger strikers 1891 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Powers Crowley
John Powers Crowley (October 5, 1936 – January 10, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Crowley received a Bachelor of Laws from DePaul University College of Law in 1960 and a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law in 1961. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Illinois from 1961 to 1965, and was thereafter in private practice in Chicago from 1965 to 1976. Federal judicial service On May 18, 1976, Crowley was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Judge Richard B. Austin. Crowley was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 1976, and received his commission the same day. Crowley served in that capacity until his resignation on June 30, 1981. Post judicial service and death After retiring from the federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Crowley
Johnny Crowley (born 21 February 1956) is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-back at senior level for the Cork county team. Born in Enniskean, County Cork, his family later moved to the city. He attended Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa for a couple of years, but transferred to St Finbarr's College, Farranferris after 4th year. He first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the Cork under-21 hurling team. He made his senior debut during the 1976 championship. Crowley enjoyed a decade-long career with Cork and won five All-Ireland medals, nine Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. Crowley also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial series, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal. At club level he enjoyed a lengthy career with Bishopstown. Throughout his inter-county career, Crowley made 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Crowley (Gaelic Footballer)
John Crowley is an Irish former Gaelic football forward with the Glenflesk and Bishopstown clubs, East Kerry divisional side and, at senior level, for the Kerry county team. Playing career Club With the East Kerry team, Crowley won three consecutive Kerry Senior Football Championship titles from 1997 to 1999. With Glenflesk, he won 5 East Kerry Senior Football Championships as well as a Kerry Club Football Championship in 2000. Glenflesk would later qualify for the Munster Senior Club Football Championship final where they lost out to Nemo Rangers. He also spent a year playing with Bishopstown in Cork city, where he lined out in the 2002 Cork Senior Football Championship final when Bishopstown lost out to Nemo Rangers. Inter-county Schools, minor, under-21 and junior Crowley first played with Kerry in the early 1990s, when he lined out for the county's Vocational Schools team. He won All Ireland titles with them in 1992 following a win over Offaly in the final. He won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
