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John Holman (boxer)
John Holman may refer to: * John Holman (slave trader) (17??-1791), English slave trader *John Holman (politician) (1872–1925), Australian politician *John Holman (NASCAR owner) (1918–1975), former championship co-owner on the NASCAR circuit of Holman Moody team *John R. Holman (1950–2017), philatelist *John Holman (writer) (born 1951), American short story writer, novelist, and academic *Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet (c. 1633–1700), MP for Banbury *John Holman (chemist) Sir John Stranger Holman (born 16 September 1946) is an English chemist and academic. He is emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York, senior advisor in education at the Gatsby Foundation, founding director of the National STE ..., British chemist * John Holman (athlete), British high jumper and competitor in athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump {{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holman (slave Trader)
John Holman was an English slave trader from London who settled in the Pongo River area in the 1760s before eventually moving on to South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ... in 1790. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, John English slave traders Businesspeople from London 18th-century English businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holman (politician)
John Barkell Holman (26 February 1872 – 23 February 1925) was an Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1921 and 1923 to 1925. Early life Holman was born on 26 February 1872 at Clunes in colonial Victoria, the son of Cornish parents. His father, Edward Holman, was a miner born in 1841 at Gwinear, Cornwall. His mother, Mary Anne ('' née'' Barkell), was born in 1837 at St Austell, Cornwall. He was educated at Bendigo, then worked as a miner, first at Bendigo, where he became a member of the Bendigo Miners' Association in 1886; and later at Broken Hill, New South Wales, where he was involved in the strike of 1892. On 14 February 1893, he married Katherine Mary Row at Broken Hill; they had four sons and six daughters. Western Australia Holman migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He became active in the Labour movement, leading a strike at Day Dawn in 1896, and becoming a workers' advocate before the State Arbitrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holman (NASCAR Owner)
John Holman (November 9, 1918 – December 28, 1975) was an American NASCAR owner. He is most famous for his co-ownership of two time NASCAR championship team Holman-Moody with Ralph Moody. Early career He was born in Nashville, Tennessee. After the start of World War II, Holman began a career as a tool and die maker and as a shipyard worker. After the war, he became a trucker. He assembled a Mack truck between shipments. He was hired in 1952 by Clay Smith and Bill Stroppe to drive their parts truck to each leg of the 1952 Mexican Road Race, and to stay ahead of the racing team. The team won the race, and they hired Holman as a full-time mechanic and parts man after the race to work in their Long Beach, California shop. Smith was killed in a racing accident at DuQuoin, Illinois in 1954, and Stroppe took over. Holman continued to work for him until 1956. Holman was hired by Ford Motor Company to run their factory shop in Charlotte. Holman-Moody Ralph Moody was the mechanic, man ... [...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] |
John Holman (writer)
John William Holman (born 1951) is an American short story writer, novelist, and academic. Life Holman was born in Durham, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973, from North Carolina Central University with an MA in 1977, and from the University of Southern Mississippi with a PhD in 1983. He teaches at Georgia State University. His work appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''Crescent Review'', and ''Mississippi Review'', ''Appalachee Quarterly'', '' Carolina Quarterly'', ''Oxford American'', and ''Alabama Literary Review'', Awards * 1991 Whiting Award The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard E ... Works Books * *"Squabble," Reprinted from ''The New Yorker'', 28 December 1987*"On Earth," Reprinted from ''The New Yorker'', 5 December 1988*"Monro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet
Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet (c. 1633 – 1700) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1661 and 1685. Holman was the son of Philip Holman of Warkworth, Northamptonshire and scrivener of London, and his wife Mary Barta of London. In 1661, he was elected Member of Parliament for Banbury in the Cavalier Parliament. He was knighted after April 1661 and was created baronet on 1 June 1663. In 1679 he was re-elected MP for Banbury for the First Exclusion Parliament and for the Second Exclusion Parliament The Exclusion Bill Parliament was a Parliament of England during the reign of Charles II of England, named after the long saga of the Exclusion Bill. Summoned on 24 July 1679, but prorogued by the king so that it did not assemble until 21 Octob .... He was last elected MP for Banbury in 1681. Holman died at the age of about 66 in or before May 1700. Holman married Jane Fortrey daughter of Jacob de la Forterie (or Fortrey) merchant of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holman (chemist)
Sir John Stranger Holman (born 16 September 1946) is an English chemist and academic. He is emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York, senior advisor in education at the Gatsby Foundation, founding director of the National STEM Learning Centre, Chair of the Bridge Group, past president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and of The Association for Science Education (ASE). Education Holman was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in 1967. Career Holman served as a Headteacher of Watford Grammar School for Boys between 1994 and 2000, and was the British government's National STEM Director from 2006 to 2010 (STEM referring to the academic disciplines of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). He served as president of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2016 to 2018, and was a trustee of the Natural History Museum (2011–2019). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holman (athlete)
John Holman may refer to: *John Holman (slave trader) (17??-1791), English slave trader *John Holman (politician) (1872–1925), Australian politician *John Holman (NASCAR owner) (1918–1975), former championship co-owner on the NASCAR circuit of Holman Moody team *John R. Holman (1950–2017), philatelist *John Holman (writer) (born 1951), American short story writer, novelist, and academic *Sir John Holman, 1st Baronet (c. 1633–1700), MP for Banbury *John Holman (chemist) Sir John Stranger Holman (born 16 September 1946) is an English chemist and academic. He is emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York, senior advisor in education at the Gatsby Foundation, founding director of the National STE ..., British chemist * John Holman (athlete), British high jumper and competitor in athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump {{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |