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John Kirk (architect)
John Kirk may refer to: Military * John Kirk (soldier) (1827–1865), awarded the Victoria Cross *John Kirk (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier on List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars Sportspeople *John Kirk (footballer, born 1922) (1922–?), English football winger with Darlington *John Kirk (footballer, born 1930), Canadian football inside forward with Accrington Stanley *John Kirk (cyclist) (1890–1951), British Olympic cyclist Politicians *John Kirk (New Zealand politician) (born 1947) *John Angus Kirk (1837–1910), Canadian politician and farmer *John P. Kirk (1867–1952), American politician, mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan Others *John Kirk (antiquarian) (1760–1851), Roman Catholic priest and antiquary *John Kirk (explorer) (1832–1922), worked alongside David Livingstone in southern Africa *John Foster Kirk (1824–1904), American historian, journalist, educator and bibliographer *John Kirk (archaeologist) (1869–1940), British twentiet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (soldier)
John Kirk Victoria Cross, VC (July 1827 – 31 August 1865) was an England, English soldier in the British Army who served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War and the Indian Mutiny. He is notable as a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Details Kirk was approximately 29 years old, and a private (rank), private in the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot, 10th Regiment of Foot (later The Lincolnshire Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed on 4 June 1857 at Benares, India led to the award of the Victoria Cross to him, Peter Gill (VC), Peter Gill and Matthew Rosamund: John Kirk died of tuberculosis on 31 August 1865. He is buried in Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. The Medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, in Lincoln, England. See also *Peter Gill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (Medal Of Honor)
John Kirk may refer to: Military *John Kirk (soldier) (1827–1865), awarded the Victoria Cross * John Kirk (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier on List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars Sportspeople * John Kirk (footballer, born 1922) (1922–?), English football winger with Darlington * John Kirk (footballer, born 1930), Canadian football inside forward with Accrington Stanley * John Kirk (cyclist) (1890–1951), British Olympic cyclist Politicians *John Kirk (New Zealand politician) (born 1947) * John Angus Kirk (1837–1910), Canadian politician and farmer * John P. Kirk (1867–1952), American politician, mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan Others *John Kirk (antiquarian) (1760–1851), Roman Catholic priest and antiquary *John Kirk (explorer) Sir John Kirk, (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and British administrator in Zanzibar, where he was instrumental in ending the slave tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Medal Of Honor Recipients For The Indian Wars
Indian Wars is the name generally used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the colonial or federal government and the Native people of North America. The wars, which ranged from the 17th-century (King Philip's War, King William's War, and Queen Anne's War at the opening of the 18th century) to the Battle of Sugar Point, Leech Lake uprising in 1898. The Indian Wars comprised a series of smaller wars. Natives, diverse peoples with their own distinct tribal histories, were no more a single people than the Europeans. Living in societies organized in a variety of ways, Natives usually made decisions about war and peace at the local level, though they sometimes fought as part of formal alliances, such as the Iroquois, Iroquois Confederation, or in temporary confederacies inspired by leaders such as Tecumseh. Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (footballer, Born 1922)
John Francis Kirk (7 February 1922 – 20 October 2006) was an English footballer who made 31 appearances in the Football League playing on the wing for Darlington in the 1950s. He was on the books of Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ..., but never represented them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for Kidderminster Harriers. References 1922 births 2006 deaths Footballers from Leicester English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (footballer, Born 1930)
John McCrae Kirk (13 March 1930 – 21 May 2003) was a soccer player. Kirk, was born in Canada, and moved to Scotland as a boy. He first played for Montrose, before joining Portsmouth as an amateur. However, his time at Portsmouth was interrupted while he spent two years in the military. He never played a game for Portsmouth, so he went to Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete his ..., where he played two seasons and scored one goal in 14 games. Neil Brown References Externa ...
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John Kirk (cyclist)
John Kirk (20 November 1890 – 25 March 1951) was a British cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two .... He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1890 births 1951 deaths English male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kingston upon Hull Cyclists from Yorkshire {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (New Zealand Politician)
Norman John Kirk, generally called John Kirk (born 27 June 1947), is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament for Sydenham, in the South Island. He is the son of Norman Kirk who was a popular Labour Party Prime Minister. Early life John Kirk was born in Katikati on 27 June 1947. He completed an apprenticeship as a printer, winning top marks in his examinations. He was also a trade unionist and became secretary of the Hotel Workers' Union. Member of Parliament When his father died in office in 1974, John Kirk contested the resulting by-election in the same year and succeeded him as MP for Sydenham. He won the Labour nomination and gave up his job and moved to Christchurch from Napier to be a candidate full time. He won the seat and held the electorate for ten years until 1984. His father had previously had talked to his close colleague Warren Freer very frankly about his family, and made it quite clear that if any of his sons wished to have a political career, he hoped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Angus Kirk
John Angus Kirk (March 1, 1837 – September 13, 1910) was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Guysborough. He was defeated in 1878 and re-elected in 1882 and 1887. He was the son of Angus Kirk, of Scottish descent. He was educated in Glenelg and at Saint Francis Xavier University and became a farmer in Guysborough County. Kirk was a councillor for St. Mary's, Nova Scotia and a member of the Canadian military as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 5th Guysborough Regiment of Militia. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ... from 1867 to 1874, when he resigned his seat to run for a seat in the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John P
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 Kirk (antiquarian)
John Kirk D.D. (1760–1851) was an English Roman Catholic priest and antiquary. Life He was son of William Kirk and his wife, Mary Fielding. He was born at Ruckley, near Acton Burnell, Shropshire, on 13 April 1760. At ten years of age he was sent to Sedgley Park School, Staffordshire. He was admitted into the English College, Rome on 5 June 1773, a few months before the suppression of the Society of Jesus by Pope Clement XIV. He was the last student received at the college by the Jesuits. Kirk was ordained priest on 18 December 1784. Returning to England in August 1785, his first mission was at Aldenham Hall, Shropshire, in the family of Sir Richard Acton. In 1786, he became chaplain at Sedgley Park School, and as vice-president assisted the Rev Thomas Southworth, whom he succeeded as president in 1793. He had previously removed to the small mission at Pipe-hall, near Lichfield, and he had charge of the congregation at Tamworth. In July 1797, he left Sedgley to become cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirk (explorer)
Sir John Kirk, (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and British administrator in Zanzibar, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country, with the aid of his political assistant, Ali bin Saleh bin Nasser Al-Shaibani. Early life and education He was born on 19 December 1832 in Barry, Angus, near Arbroath, Scotland, and earned his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh, presenting his thesis '''On functional disease of the heart. Family Kirk's daughter, Helen, married Major-General Henry Brooke Hagstromer Wright Order of the Bath, CB Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG, the brother of the famous bacteriologist and immunologist, Sir Almroth Edward Wright and of Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, Secretary and Librarian of London Library. Kirk's son Colonel John William Carnegie Kirk was author of ''A British Garden Flora''. The engineer, Alexander Carnegie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Foster Kirk
John Foster Kirk (March 23, 1824, Fredericton, New Brunswick – 1904) was an American historian, journalist, educator and bibliographer. Kirk was educated privately in Nova Scotia and came to the United States in 1842. From 1847 to 1859 he was secretary to the historian William H. Prescott, accompanying Prescott to Europe in 1850 and editing Prescott's works after his death. He contributed to the ''North American Review'', the '' Atlantic Monthly'', and other periodicals. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1864. In 1870 he moved to Philadelphia, where he edited ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' from 1870 to 1886. In 1886, he became lecturer in European History at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1891 he published a two-volume ''Supplement'' to Samuel Austin Allibone Samuel Austin Allibone (April 17, 1816 – September 2, 1889) was an American author, editor, and bibliographer. Biography Samuel Austin Allibone was born in 1816 in Philadelphia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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