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John Dickenson (other)
John Dickenson may refer to: *John Dickenson (author) (c. 1570–1636), English author * John Dickenson (Canadian politician) (1847–1932) * John Calhoun Dickenson (1815–1890), Virginia planter and politician *John W. Dickenson John Wallace Dickenson (born 22 January 1934) is an Australian inventor, who developed some liquid flow measuring devices and designed a successful hang glider configuration, for which he was awarded with the ''Gold Air Medal'', the highest ... (1934–2023), Australian inventor See also * John Dickinson (other) {{hndis, Dickenson, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dickenson (author)
John Dickenson ( 1570–1636) was an English author, known as a romance-writer. He was a follower in the school of John Lyly and Robert Greene (dramatist), Robert Greene. He worked for a time in the Low Countries, and Germany. Employed by George Gilpin and Ralph Winwood, he may have been a spy, and certainly was an agent of the government on the ground at the time of the War of the Jülich succession of 1610. He was employed on further missions, in Poland and Scandinavia. Works He was the author of: * ''Deorum Consessus, siue Apollinis ac Mineruæ querela'', &c., 1591. * ''Arisbas, Euphues amidst his Slumbers, or Cupids Journey to Hell'', &c., 1594, dedicated ‘To the right worshipfull Maister Edward Dyer, Esquire.’ * ''Greene in Conceipt. New raised from his graue to Write the Tragique Historie of Faire Valeria of London'', &c., 1598, with a woodcut on the title-page representing Robert Greene in his shroud, writing at a table. * ''The Shepheardes Complaint; a passionate Ecl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dickenson (Canadian Politician)
John Dickenson (1847 – 1932) was a Hamilton, Ontario contractor and political figure. He represented Wentworth South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1896 to 1904 as a Liberal member. Dickenson was born at Hayden Bridge-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England, the son of Edward Dickenson. He went to Glanford Township, Canada West with his family in 1855, and learned the trades of bricklaying and masonry from his father. In 1871, he married Angela Young. He was president of the Kramer Irwin Paving Company. He was also involved in the construction of a number of buildings throughout the province. Dickenson was a member of the township council for Glanford, serving as reeve in 1887, and was warden for Wentworth County in 1891. He was secretary-treasurer for the South Wentworth Agricultural Society and served ten years as superintendent of the Great Central Fair in Hamilton. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1896 by-election held after Nicholas Awrey res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calhoun Dickenson
John Calhoun Dickenson (December 4, 1815 - July 18, 1890) was a Virginia planter and politician who served in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, including in the Virginia Senate during the American Civil War and after Congressional Reconstruction ended, and is usually referred to with the honorific "Colonel", perhaps alluding to his service with the Home Guard during the American Civil War. Early and family life He was born in Old Town in Grayson County, Virginia, to merchant Martin Dickenson (d. 1834) and his wife Mary, who survived her husband by 25 years. He had two brothers and six sisters, and farmed both on Elk Creek and near Oldtown in Grayson County. Martin Dickenson had worked for merchant and Grayson County's first clerk, William Bourne Sr. and served as the county's deputy clerk and later succeeded Bourne as clerk, serving from 1793 until his death in 1834. John Dickenson married Rosamond Bourne Hale (1816-1854) on October 14, 1839, and they had sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
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] |
