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John Macpherson (psychiatrist)
John MacPherson or Macpherson may refer to: *John Macpherson (minister) (1710–1765), Scottish minister and antiquarian *Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745–1821), Scottish administrator in India *John Alexander MacPherson (1833–1894), Australian politician *John Andrew MacPherson (1856–1944), New Zealand politician, Liberal Party MP *John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921), British Member of Parliament for Preston, 1906–1910 *Sir John Stuart Macpherson (1898–1971), governor of Nigeria, 1948–1955 *John Macpherson (privateer), Scottish-born privateer See also *John McPherson (other) {{hndis, Macpherson, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Macpherson (minister)
John Macpherson (1710–1765) was a Scottish minister and antiquarian. Life The son of Dugald Macpherson, minister at Duirinish, Skye, he studied classics at Aberdeen University, graduating M.A. 1728, and D.D. 1761. He was minister of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 1734 to 1742, and of Sleat on Skye, from 1742 to 1765. Works Macpherson published ''Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, Religion of the Ancient Caledonians, their Posterity, the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots'', London, 1768. This work on the Ossian controversy upheld the authenticity of the poems attributed to Ossian. Though not closely related, James Macpherson, author of "The Works of Ossian" (1765), and John Macpherson knew each other well. It has been suggested that they were complicit in the creation of the works. John Macpherson's "Ancient Caledonians" were from Gaul, ancestors of the Picts, Scots and Irish, a theory also adopted by James Macpherson. ''Critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet
Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745 – 12 January 1821), was a British administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of Bengal from 1785 to 1786. Early life Macpherson was born in 1745 at Sleat in the Isle of Skye, where his father, John Macpherson (1713–1765), was minister. His mother was Janet, daughter of Donald Macleod of Bernera. The father, son of Dugald Macpherson, minister of Duirinish, distinguished himself in classics at Aberdeen University (M.A. 1728, and D.D. 1761), and was minister of Barra in the presbytery of Uist (1734–42), and of Sleat (1742–65). He published ''Critical Dissertations on the Origin, Antiquities, Language, Government, Manners, and Religion of the Ancient Caledonians, their Posterity, the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots,'' London, 1768, and paraphrased the Song of Moses in Latin verse in ''Scots Magazine,'' vols. i. ix. xi. He upheld the authenticity of the poems assigned to Ossian, and Samuel Johnson decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander MacPherson
John Alexander MacPherson (15 October 1833 – 17 February 1894), Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria. MacPherson was born at his father's property of ''Springbank'' on the Limestone Plains, in New South Wales (the present site of Canberra): he was the first Premier of Victoria born in Australia. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian pastoralist. He came to the Port Phillip District as a child with his family and was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in law. He was admitted to the Victorian bar in 1866 and practised law before becoming a pastoralist near Hamilton in the Western District. MacPherson was elected as a conservative to the Legislative Assembly for Portland in November 1864, and for Dundas in February 1866. In September 1869, when the liberal Premier James McCulloch resigned, MacPherson was commissioned as Premier; at 35 years and 11 months, he became Victoria's youngest Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Andrew MacPherson
John Andrew MacPherson (1856 – 21 July 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and the United Party. Political career He unsuccessfully contested the electorate in the against the incumbent, Thomas Young Duncan. In the , he was one of four candidates for Oamaru and he came third. He represented the Mount Ida electorate from 1905 to 1908, when he was defeated standing for the replacement electorate of Tuapeka. In 1922 he won the Oamaru electorate from Ernest Lee. The election was declared void, but MacPherson won the subsequent by-election. Lee won the electorate back from MacPherson in the 1925 general election, but again lost it to MacPherson in the 1928 general election. MacPherson then held it until 1935, when he was defeated by Labour's Arnold Nordmeyer. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thomas Macpherson
John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921) was a Labour Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ... of Preston. A one-time cabin boy, steel smelter and founder of the Steel Smelters' Society he was elected to represent Preston at the United Kingdom general election of 1906. His first recorded question in the House of Commons concerned the wages of armour-plate makers. At the time of the 1910 Rotherham by-election, Macpherson was an official of the British Steel Smelters, Mill, Iron and Tin-plate Workers’ Union and the union was said to be strong in the Rotherham constituency and willing to pay for his deposit and other expenses to stand in the election.The Times, 24 February 1910 p9 References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stuart Macpherson
Sir John Stuart Macpherson, GCMG (25 August 1898 – 5 November 1971) was a British colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of Nigeria from 1948 to 1955. Early life Born in Edinburgh, the son of a hotel manager, Macpherson was educated at George Watson's College and at the University of Edinburgh. In 1917, he was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; he was wounded in action on the Western Front, and had to wear a steel corset for the rest of his life. Career After World War I, Macpherson entered the Malayan Civil Service. Between 1933 and 1935 he was seconded to the Colonial Office. He was appointed Principal Assistant Secretary in Nigeria in 1937 and Chief Secretary of Palestine in 1939, serving there until 1943. In 1943 he was posted to Washington as Head of British Colonies Supply Mission and joint British Chairman of Anglo-American Caribbean Commission. Between 1945 and 1948 he was Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Macpherson (privateer)
John Macpherson (1726September 6, 1792) was a Scottish-born privateer. After emigrating to colonial America, he built Mount Pleasant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1762. Early life and career Macpherson was born in 1726 in Skinner's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland, as the second son of William Macpherson and Jane Anderson. His paternal uncle was Lachlan Macpherson, fourth Laird of Nuid and the eleventh chief of Clan Macpherson. In 1746, aged about 20, he emigrated to colonial America, arriving in Philadelphia. He became commander of the twenty-gun British privateer ''Britannia'' in 1751. In 1752, he married Margaret Rogers, with whom he had four children: John, William, Margaret and Mary. Daughter Margaret married major John Berrien. Between 1757 and 1760, Macpherson sailed around the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
