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John Kirby (other)
John Kirby may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Joshua Kirby (1716–1774), often mistakenly called John Joshua Kirby, British landscape painter, engraver, and writer * John Kirby (artist) (born 1949), British painter * John Kirby (musician) (1908–1952), American jazz musician * John Carroll Kirby, American pianist, record producer and composer Politics * John Kirby (Canadian politician) (1772–1846), Canadian businessman & politician * John Kirby (admiral), retired United States Navy admiral, and spokesperson * John Kirby (MP), member of parliament for Hertfordshire Sports * John Kirby (baseball) (1865–1931), baseball player * John Kirby (American football) (born 1942), American football player * John Kirby (cricketer) (born 1936), English cricketer * Jon Luke Kirby (born 1998), rugby league footballer Other people * John Kirby (topographer) (1690–1753), English mapmaker and illustrator * John Kirby (surgeon) (1781–1853), president of the Royal College of Surgeons i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Kirby
Joshua Kirby (1716, Parham, Suffolk – 1774, Kew), often mistakenly called John Joshua Kirby, was an English 18th-century landscape painter, engraver, writer, draughtsman and architect famed for his publications and teaching on linear perspective based on Brook Taylor's mathematics. Biography Joshua was the second of five sons of topographer John Kirby. In early life he assisted his father in the preparation of his important Survey of Suffolk, which took the form of a volume (1735) entitled ''The Suffolk Traveller'', an extensive gazetteer in which the parishes and towns, and the principal landowners, seats, advowsons, antiquities and industries of the two counties of West and East Suffolk were described, the text counterpart of John Kirby's County Map published in 1736. In 1739 Joshua married Sarah Bull, and his children Sarah (afterwards Mrs. Sarah Trimmer) and William soon followed. From an early age he was very studious, but, showing special aptitude as an artist, he set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (cricketer)
John Edward Weston Kirby (born 4 February 1936) is an English former first-class cricketer. Kirby was born in February 1936 at Low Fell, County Durham. He was educated at Ampleforth College, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1956, against the Free Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English .... He scored 78 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 28. References External links 1936 births Living people Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Cricketers from Gateshead English cricketers Oxford University cricketers People educated at Ampleforth College {{England-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby Allen
John Kirby Allen (1810 – August 15, 1838), was a co-founder of the city of Houston and a former member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives. He was born in Canaseraga Village, New York (the present day hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York). He never married. He died of congestive fever on August 15, 1838, and was buried at Founders Memorial Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Early years When he was seven years old, John took his first job, as a bellboy in a hotel in Orrville (present day DeWitt, New York). Three years later, he started working as a clerk in a retail shop. At sixteen, he formed a partnership with a friend operating a hat store at Chittenango, New York, where his brother, Augustus Chapman Allen, was professor of mathematics. In 1827, John cashed in his interest in the hat store and followed his brother to New York City, where they were investors in H. and H. Canfield Company until 1832. The brothers then moved to Texas. In Texas T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (attorney)
John Joseph Kirby Jr. (October 22, 1939 – October 2, 2019) was an American attorney. He was most notable for his successful defense for Nintendo against Universal Studios over the copyrightability of the character of Donkey Kong in 1984, from which Nintendo subsequently named the character Kirby to honor him. Early life and education Kirby was born in Falls Church, Virginia, on October 22, 1939, to John Joseph Kirby, a lawyer with the federal government for over 40 years, and Rose L. Mangan Kirby, a homemaker. He had two brothers, Peter Kirby and Michael Kirby, and two sisters, Lisa Greissing and Cecelia Wrasse. Kirby graduated from Fordham University in 1961, where he served as Student Body President and was also a Rhodes scholar, earning both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree from Merton College at Oxford University.Fordham Mourns the Death of John Kirby, Former Trustee, https://news.fordham.edu/university-news/fordham-mourns-the-death-of-john-kirby-former-trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (bishop)
John Kirby (born 29 October 1938) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Bishop of Clonfert from 1988 to 2019. He was born in Baylough, Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland. He was educated at Garbally College, and then went to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. He earned a BSs there in 1959 in mathematical physics and experimental physics, and then studied for the priesthood. He was ordained on 23 June 1963 for his home diocese. He returned to Garbally College to teach, and also coached the rugby team there, being the first to notice the skills of Ciaran Fitzgerald, who would go on to captain the national team. Dr Kirby was later appointed to the Presidency of the college. On 18 February 1988 he was appointed Bishop. He was ordained a bishop on 9 April. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland; his Principal Co-Consecrators were two of his predecessors Archbishop Joseph Cassidy, and Bishop William Philbin. The role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Kirby
John Henry Kirby (November 16, 1860 – November 9, 1940) was a businessman whose ventures made him the largest lumber manufacturer in Texas and the Southern United States. In addition to serving two terms in the Texas Legislature, he also established the Kirby Petroleum Company. With his successful reputation, he was known by his business peers as "The Prince of the Pines" and "The Father of Industrial Texas". Kirbyville, Texas in Jasper County is named after him, as is Kirby Drive and Upper Kirby in Houston. Early life and political ties He was born to John Thomas and Sarah (Payne) Kirby on November 16, 1860 in Tyler County, and brought up on the family's homestead which is noCamp Ta-Ku-La First taught to read and write by his mother, his formal education later on was limited to rural schools and one semester at Southwestern University, Georgetown, where he studied law. With the influence of state senator Samuel Bronson Cooper, he served as a clerk in the Texas Senate from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (surgeon)
John Timothy Kirby (1781 – 26 May 1853) Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''Dublin: Fannin & Co. pp. 378-384. was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1823 and 1834.RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018. Kirby obtained the Letters Testimonial of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) on 19 March 1805, and the Membership on 5 September 1808. In 1805 he graduated B.A., and, later in 1832, LL.B. and LL.D. in Dublin University. He had a large medical practice as well as a surgical one. Kirby was appointed Demonstrator in Anatomy in the RCSI in 1809 by Prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (topographer)
John Kirby (1690–13 December, 1753, Ipswich) was an English land surveyor and topographer. His book ''The Suffolk Traveller'', first published in 1735, was the first single county road-book.John Blatchly, ''John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks'' (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004) Kirby lived in Wickham Market, Suffolk and spent three years between 1732 and 1734 surveying the entire county. For part of this project he was accompanied by Nathaniel Bacon. In 1736 he published a large-scale map of Suffolk. Subscribers to this received a copy of his book as a free gift. A further large scale map was published the following year. Life Kirby, born in 1690 at Halesworth, Suffolk, was originally a schoolmaster at Orford in that county, and afterwards occupied a mill at Wickham Market. Kirby died on 13 Dec. 1753, at Ipswich, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary at Tower, Ipswich. His portrait, by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., was in 1868 in the possession of the Rev. Kirb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Luke Kirby
Jon Luke Kirby (born 23 September 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or forward for the Midlands Hurricanes in the RFL League 1. He had previously played for the York City Knights. He has spent time on loan from Huddersfield Giants at Hunslet in Betfred League 1, Halifax and Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship. In 2019 he made his Super League début for the Giants against Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ... On 11 November 2022 it was announced that Kirby had joined the York Knights. References External linksHuddersfield Giants profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirby, Jon L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (American Football)
John Patrick Kirby (May 30, 1942 – May 30, 2017) is a former professional American football player who played right outside linebacker for seven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... Kirby died on May 30, 2017, his 75th birthday. References 1942 births Living people American football linebackers Minnesota Vikings players Nebraska Cornhuskers football players New York Giants players People from David City, Nebraska Players of American football from Nebraska {{linebacker-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (artist)
John Kirby (born 1949 in Liverpool, England) is a British artist known for his paintings exploring issues of gender, religion, sexuality, and race. His work has been compared to that of René Magritte, Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his image ... and Edward Hopper. Kirby has exhibited internationally and his work is held in several collections including the Tate Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Royal College of Art. Early life John Kirby was born in Liverpool in 1949 and grew up in Tuebrook. He was raised Irish Catholic and attended Saint Cecilia’s primary school as well as serving as an altar boy. When he was 16, Kirby left Liverpool to work in London as a shipping clerk and then traveled to Calcutta to help in a children’s home heade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirby (baseball)
John F. Kirby (January 13, 1865 – October 6, 1931) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from -, for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association and St. Louis Maroons, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Cleveland Blues and Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Association of Profe .... External links 1865 births 1931 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Kansas City Cowboys (UA) players Kansas City Cowboys players St. Louis Maroons players Indianapolis Hoosiers (NL) players Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players 19th-century baseball players Memphis Grays players St. Paul Apostles players Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players Denver Mountaineers players Evansville Hoosiers players T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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