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John Gunn (researcher)
John Gunn may refer to: *John Gunn (Australian politician) (1884–1959), 29th Premier of South Australia *John Gunn (Australian writer) (born 1925), Australian writer, sailor and aviation journalist *John Gunn (cricketer) (1876–1963), English cricketer *John Gunn (geologist) (1801–1890), English geologist *John Gunn (Manitoba politician) (1826–1898), politician in Manitoba, Canada *John Gunn (New South Wales politician) (1860–1910), Australian politician and pastoralist *John Gunn (Scottish writer) (c. 1765–c. 1824), Scottish cellist, writer on music, and professor *John Alexander Gunn (1896–1975), philosopher *John Currie Gunn (1916–2002), Scottish scientist *John Edward Gunn (1863–1924), Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *John Oliver Gunn Jr. (1939–2010), American race car driver *John R. Gunn (1877–1956), American clergyman *J. A. W. Gunn (born 1937), Canadian political philosopher *J. B. Gunn (1928–2008), discovered the Gunn effect and invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (Australian Politician)
John Gunn (16 December 1884 – 27 June 1959) was an Australian politician who served as the 29th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party to government at the 1924 election. Early life Gunn was born in Bendigo, Victoria, the second of nine children to a Scottish miner and his wife. Gunn's father died when he was young, forcing him to work as a delivery boy to support his mother and siblings while studying at night classes. Gunn worked a variety of jobs in Melbourne and in the Western Australian timber mills before returning to Melbourne to marry Haidee Smith on 8 September 1908. They then moved to Adelaide where Gunn found work as a horse-lorry driver on the Port Road. He soon became the President of the South Australian branch of the Federated Carters and Driver's Union and organised the 1910 Drivers' Strike, which secured reduced working hours, although he made enemies in the wealthy and influential Adelaide Establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (Australian Writer)
John Gunn (born 26 February 1925) is an Australian writer, sailor and aviator. Education Gunn attended Newington College aged 12 in 1937.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 75 He entered the Royal Australian Naval College as a cadet-midshipman in 1939. In 1946 he began training as a Fleet Air Arm pilot, serving in England and the Mediterranean. He returned to Australia in 1949 and attended Sydney University, aborting the study of medicine to start a family. Career Gunn and his young family moved to England, where he began his writing career. In 1957 they returned to Australia. He attained various positions including: *Literary guide and friend to the Australian Broadcasting Commission's children's programme. *Aviation correspondent for the ''Australian Financial Review'' Bibliography Novels * ''The Wild Abyss'' (1972) * ''Water Hazard'' (1995) Novels for children * ''Barrier Reef Espionage'' (1955) * ''Battle in the Ice'' (1956) * ''Gibra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (cricketer)
John Richmond Gunn (19 July 1876 – 21 August 1963) was an English cricketer who played in six Test matches from 1901 to 1905. A nephew of the then-famous batsman William Gunn, John Gunn first played for Nottinghamshire when only twenty. The following year John Gunn scored 107 against the Philadelphians in his third first-class match and took ten wickets against Yorkshire in his fourth. With William Attewell desperately needing support to improve Nottinghamshire's deplorably weak bowling, Gunn was seen as a boon but he but did so little after the Yorkshire game that he could not establish a place in the team. 1898, strangely, was a repeat of the previous year with one bowling performance against Yorkshire overshadowing everything else. 1899, with the decline of Attewell, saw John Gunn establish himself as Nottinghamshire's chief bowler, though he faded late in the season. 1900, however, saw him and Thomas Wass restore Nottinghamshire's bowling to reasonable strength for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (geologist)
John Gunn (Norwich, 1801–1890) was an English cleric and geologist, known for his work on the Cromer Forest Bed. He also established the Norwich Geological Society with John Ellor Taylor in 1864. Life He was the son of the Rev. William Gunn of Irstead, Norfolk. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1819, graduating B.A. in 1823 and M.A. in 1827. He became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, in 1827. In 1829 Gunn was ordained. He became vicar of Barton Turf, and rector of Irstead. He married in 1830 Harriet Turner, daughter of Dawson Turner Dawson Turner (18 October 1775 – 21 June 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogams and was the father-in-law of the botanist William Jackson Hooker. Life Turner was the son of Jam .... Notes References * Obituary in: External links * 1801 births 1890 deaths Place of death missing English geologists {{UK-geologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (Manitoba Politician)
John Gunn (August 8, 1825 – September 10, 1898) was a farmer, teacher and political figure in Manitoba. He represented St. Andrews from 1874 to 1879 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. He was born in the Red River Colony The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assinboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on of land in British North America. This land was granted to Douglas by the Hudson's Bay ..., the son of Donald Gunn, and was home-schooled. Gunn taught at St. John's Day School from 1845 to 1847. He built a mill on Gunn's Creek which played an important role in the early development of the community of Lockport. In 1855, he married Emma Garrioch. Gunn served as school trustee and was also secretary-treasurer for the school board. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Manitoba assembly in 1879 and 1883. References 1825 births 1898 deaths Members of the Legislative Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (New South Wales Politician)
John Alexander Gunn (11 February 1860 – 21 September 1910) was an Australian pioneer scientist and politician. He was born at Buninyong in Victoria to farmer Donald Gunn and Jane Surman. Donald migrated to Australia from Brawlbin, Caithness, Scotland in 1854 and married Jane Surman in 1859 at Buninyong. They had ten children - the oldest was John. He married Jessie Maria Turner, with whom he had four children. Around 1878 John moved to New South Wales, becoming a pastoralist around Wagga Wagga. In October 1898 the Gunn family, Beatrice and Sydney Webb had lunch at Borombola, a farm on the Murrumbidgee near Wagga Wagga, managed (and later owned) by John. Beatrice Webb described him so - 'Our host proved to be an unusually interesting man. Australian born, of Scotch extraction, a successful manager of stations in various districts in New South Wales, he had devoted his leisure to a scientific investigation of Anthrax and had invented and patented a vaccine named after him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gunn (Scottish Writer)
John Gunn (c. 1765 – c. 1824) was a Scottish cellist, writer on music, and professor. Life Gunn was born in Edinburgh about 1765. Gunn taught violoncello and flute in Cambridge. He wrote at Cambridge his ''Treatise on the Origin of Stringed Instruments'', and published it with his ''Theory and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello, with Examples'', about 1789. ''Forty favourite Scotch Airs adapted for Violin, Violoncello, or Flute'' followed as a supplement to that work. In 1790 Gunn translated from the Italian A. D. R. Borghese's ''New and General System of Music'' (originally published in French, 1788, Paris). From 1789 he was in London for several years, studying languages and history. In 1795, he returned to Edinburgh. ''An Essay on Harmony … adapted to the Violoncello'' was brought out at Edinburgh, 1801. About this time Gunn married Ann Young, a pianist and music teacher, who wrote the books ''Elements of Music'', ''An Introduction to Music'', and invented several mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Gunn
John Alexander Gunn (1896–1975) was a philosopher who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool and worked there as a fellow. He went on to be appointed as a professor at the University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ... in 1923 and retired in 1938. His successor as Director of Extension was Colin R. Badger. Writings * ''Bergson and His Philosophy'' (1920) * ''Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte'' (1922) * ''Wealth'' (1924) * ''Benedict Spinoza'' (1925) * ''Livelihood'' (1927) * '' The Problem of Time: An Historical & Critical Study'' (1929) * ''Spinoza, The Maker Of Lenses'' (1932) External links Bergson and His Philosophy (1920)E-Book Modern French Philosophy (1922)E-Book * * 1896 births 1975 deaths 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Currie Gunn
Sir John Currie Gunn (13 September 1916 – 26 July 2002) was an influential Scottish mathematician and physicist. Early life and education Gunn was born at 19 Kelvinside Gardens East, Glasgow, the son of Richard Robertson Gunn, a tailor and clothier, and his wife, Jane Blair, née Currie. Gunn attended Glasgow Academy school and subsequently studied at Glasgow University where he was awarded the Logan Prize as Best Arts Student of the Year in 1937. He graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Gunn went on to further study at St John's College, Cambridge, where he conducted research in theoretical physics. His research led him to the development of counter and firing systems for mines, which were used during World War II. As a scholar of St John's College, he completed Parts II and III of the Mathematics Tripos examinations. Career Just before World War II began, Gunn worked for three months with the thermodynamicist R.H. Fowler. He worked in the Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Gunn
John Edward Gunn (15 March 1863 – 19 February 1924) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Natchez from 1911 until his death in 1924. Biography Early life and ordination The oldest of eleven children, John Gunn was born on March 15, 1863, in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, in Ireland to Edward and Mary (née Grew) Gunn. From 1875 to 1880, he studied at St. Mary's College in Dundalk, Ireland. He then attended the Marist House of Studies in Paignton, England (1880–1882) before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1885–1890). While in Rome, Gunn made his profession in the Society of Mary on August 23, 1884. Professor Gunn was ordained to the priesthood in Rome by Patriarch Iulius Lenti on February 2, 1890. He then returned to Dundalk to teach at St. Mary's. In 1892, Gunn immigrated to the United States to teach moral theology at the Marist House of Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oliver Gunn Jr
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 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John R
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 - February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager. Richbourg was arguably the most popular and charismatic of the four announcers at WLAC who showcased popular African-American music in nightly programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. (The other three were Gene Nobles, Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hoss" Allen.) Later rock music disc jockeys, such as Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, mimicked Richbourg's practice of using speech that simulated African-American street language of the mid-twentieth century. Richbourg's highly stylized approach to on-air presentation of both music and advertising earned him popularity, but it also created identity confusion. Because Richbourg and fellow disc jockey Allen used African-American speech patterns, many listeners thought that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
