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John Gregory (Australian Author)
John or Johnny Gregory may refer to: Sportspeople *John Gregory (cricketer, born 1887) (1887–1914), Hampshire cricketer *John Gregory (cricketer, born 1842) (1842–1894), English cricketer * Colin Gregory (John Colin Gregory, 1903–1959), British tennis player *Jack Gregory (American football coach) (1927–2014), college football head coach for East Stroudsburg, Villanova, and Rhode Island *John Gregory (American football coach) (1938–2022), American football coach *John Gregory (footballer) (born 1954), English footballer and coach *Johnny Gregory (footballer) (1905–1992), Australian footballer Others * John Gregory (scholar) (1607–1646), English orientalist * John Gregory (settler) (1612–1689), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut * John Gregory (moralist) (1724–1773), Scottish physician and writer * John Munford Gregory (1804–1884), governor of Virginia, United States, 1842–1843 *John Gregory (engineer) (1806—c. 1848), English engineer and member of Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (cricketer, Born 1887)
John Thomas Gregory (22 April 1887 – 27 October 1914) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army soldier. The son of Thomas Gregory, a club cricketer, and his wife, Eliza, he was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield in April 1887. Between 1905 and 1907, he spent time on the ground staff at Trent Bridge, but did not play for Nottinghamshire. After leaving Trent Bridge, he played club cricket for the New Hucknall Colliery Cricket Club, and subsequently enlisted in the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a private. It was while garrisoned at Aldershot that he came to the attention of Hampshire while playing for his regiment, having taken all 10 wickets of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment innings for the cost of 15 runs with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling. On the back of this performance, he was subsequently selected to play for Hampshire, making what would be his only appearance in first-class cricket against Oxford University at Southampton in 1913. Batting once in the match, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Milton Gregory
John Milton Gregory (July 6, 1822October 19, 1898) was an American educator and the first president (regent was his official title) of the University of Illinois, then known as Illinois Industrial University. Early life John Milton Gregory was born on July 16, 1822 in Sand Lake, New York. He graduated from Union College (New York), Union College in 1846. He then spent two years studying law, but ultimately entered the ministry and became a Baptists, Baptist clergyman. Career In 1852, Gregory was appointed principal of a school in Detroit. Gregory was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in Michigan in 1858, after several years spent as editor of the Michigan Journal of Education. After leaving office in 1864 he became the second president of Kalamazoo College from 1864 until 1867. Gregory served as the regent of Illinois Industrial University, now the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from the university's founding in 1867 until his resignation in 1880. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (priest)
John Gregory was an Anglican priest in the 17th century. He was the son of Francis Gregory of Oxford.Gregory became schoolmaster of the cathedral school at Gloucester in 1660 He took his BA from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1667 and his BA in 1672. He held livings at Hempsted and Dursley Dursley is a market town and civil parish in southern Gloucestershire, England, almost equidistant from the cities of Bristol and Gloucester. It is under the northeast flank of Stinchcombe Hill, and about southeast of the River Severn. The t ... and was Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1673 until his death on 10 December 1678. Notes 1678 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Archdeacons of Gloucester 17th-century English Anglican priests {{England-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (bandleader)
John Gregory ( Gregori, 12 October 1924 – 23 April 2020) was a British bandleader who also recorded as Nino Rico and as Chaquito. Life and career Born in London on 12 October 1924, he was one of five children of Maria (née Rossi) and Frank Gregori, who was the leader of a dance band that played at the Italian restaurant Quaglino's. Encouraged by his parents, who realised he was exceptionally musical, John studied the violin with the virtuoso teacher Alfredo Campoli and went on to take lessons in counterpoint and harmony at the London College of Music. After a brief stint as a violinist with his father's band, by the late 1940s he was performing by himself and working as a staff arranger with Philips Records. His first broadcast as an arranger, for the BBC Revue Orchestra, aired in 1944. He was the BBC Radio Orchestra’s principal guest conductor for 17 years and continued to be recognised as one of the best and most innovative orchestral composers and arrangers of his time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John M
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 F
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 Gregory (sculptor)
John Clements Gregory (May 17, 1879, London, England – 1958) was an American sculptor. Life When he was about 12 years old his family immigrated to the United States where he began his sculptural studies at the Art Students League in New York City. He continued these at both the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the American Academy in Rome. At various times he studied with J. Massey Rhind, George Grey Barnard, Hermon MacNeil, Gutzon Borglum, Herbert Adams, and Antonin Mercié. He became a United States citizen in 1912 and during the First World War served in the camouflage section of the U.S. Navy. He was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927, which he failed to win. In 1927 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1934. In 1932 Gregory produced 9 marble bas reliefs for Paul Cret's Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Each panel depi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (politician)
John Albert Gregory (9 September 1878 – 22 January 1955) was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal, provincial and federal governments. He was born in Exeter, Ontario and became a businessman and school principal by career. His father, Thomas Gregory, had been principal of the high school in Exter. After attending schools in Exeter, Goderich and London, he moved to western Canada for law studies. For twelve terms, he was mayor of the community of North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Gregory was also a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1934 to 1940 at The Battlefords provincial riding. He was first elected as a Liberal party candidate for the House of Commons at The Battlefords The Battlefords is the collective name given to the adjacent communities of the City of North Battleford and the Town of Battleford in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. As of the 2011 census, the two communities have a combined population of 1 ... riding in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duncan Gregory
John Duncan Gregory CB CMG (26 May 1878 – 29 January 1951) was a British diplomat. Gregory was the son of Sir Philip Gregory. He was educated at Eton College and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1902. He was promoted Second Secretary in 1902. From 1907 to 1909 he worked at the British Embassy in Vienna. He later became Chargé d'Affaires in Bucharest, was posted to the Holy See in 1915, and was promoted Counsellor in 1919. In 1920 he was posted to the Foreign Office in London as Senior Clerk and Assistant Secretary, and in 1925 he became Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He was the principal figure in the "Francs Case" of 1928, in which he and two other Foreign Office employees were accused of having used their position to speculate in foreign currencies. While he was cleared of doing anything illegal, he was held by an inquiry to have acted in a manner incompatible with his post and was dismissed from the Diplomatic Service. Gregory was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walter Gregory
John Walter Gregory, , (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa. The Gregory Rift in the Great Rift Valley is named in his honour. Early life Gregory was born in Bow, London, the only son of a John James Gregory, a wool merchant, and his wife Jane, ''née'' Lewis. Gregory was educated at Stepney Grammar School and at 15 became a clerk at wool sales in London. He later took evening classes at the ''Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution'' (now Birkbeck, University of London). He matriculated in 1886, graduated BSc with first-class honours in 1891 and D. Sc. (London) in 1893. In 1887 he was appointed an assistant in the geological department of the Natural History Museum, London. Career Gregory remained at the museum until 1900 and was responsible for a ''Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa'' in three volumes (1896, 1899 and 1909), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (poet)
John Gregory (14 July 1831 – 20 May 1922) was a shoemaker, poet, peace activist and trade unionist, sometimes referred to as 'the poet-shoemaker of Bristol' or the 'poet cobbler'. He has been called "a pioneering figure in the development of an independent working-class movement in Bristol". Life John Gregory was born in Bideford, Devon on 14 July 1831. His father was a clerk in a merchant's office, and a well-respected Wesleyan preacher. His mother died in 1854. Gregory had limited schooling, and was apprenticed into shoemaking in 1842, aged 11. During his apprenticeship, he met Edward Capern, known as 'the postman-poet', who was a significant influence on the young Gregory. His first literary work was published in the ''North Devon Journal.'' Following seven years as an apprentice, Gregory migrated to Bristol, returning to Devon in 1852, and subsequently finding work in Tenby, Aberavon, and Swansea. In 1856, in Bristol where Gregory had travelled to help a sick friend, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gregory (engineer)
John Gregory (6 September 1806—c. May 1848) was an English railway and naval engineer. He served as engineer aboard HMS ''Erebus'' during the 1845 Franklin Expedition, which sought to explore uncharted parts of what is now Nunavut, including the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations. The ships were outfitted with former railway locomotive engines which served as auxiliary power units, which is why Gregory, who had never been to sea, served on the expedition. All expedition personnel perished in uncertain conditions, mostly on and around King William Island. In 2021, Gregory's remains became the first of the expedition to be identified using DNA analysis. Biography Early life John Gregory was born 6 September 1806 in Salford, Lancashire (now part of Greater Manchester), the eldest child of William Gregory, a grocer, and his wife Frances. He was baptized in the Church of St. Michaels, Angel Meadow, a chapel of ease in the most notorious slum of the city d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
