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John Massey (horticulturalist)
John Massey may refer to: * John E. Massey (1819–1901), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia * John Massey (artist) (born 1950), Canadian artist * John Massey (cricketer) (1899–1963), English cricketer * Jack Massey (footballer) (John Tolson Massey, died 1981), Australian rules footballer * John Massey (poet), a conjectured author of ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' * Jack Massey (politician) (John Norman Massey, 1885–1964), New Zealand politician * John Massey (prisoner), one-time longest serving prisoner in the United Kingdom * John Massey (rugby league), rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s * John Massey (MP) (fl. 1414), English Member of Parliament See also * John Massie John Massie (3 December 1842 – 11 November 1925) was a British academic, educationalist and Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cricklade from 1906 to 1910. Education and academic career Massie's initial reno ... (1842–1925), British academic, educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Massey (artist)
John Massey (born July 6, 1950) is a Canadian artist from Toronto, Canada. Since the 1980s, Massey's installations, sculptures, and films have established him as one of Canada's prominent contemporary artists. Massey combines conventional photography with computer manipulation. In his photograph and video projects he uses minimal effects to create works that inhabit a middle ground between the depicted and the created. His works are widely exhibited and are in many private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Fonds National dâ Art Contemporain, Paris, and the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation. In 2006, Massey's work was included in the exhibition "Beyond Cinema: The Art of Projection" at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. In 2014, his works were included in the Montreal Biennale. He was awarded the Gershon Iskowitz Award for lifetime achievement in 2001. Early life and family Massey is the son of architect, Hart Massey II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massey (cricketer)
John Alfred Massey (26 April 1899 – 23 June 1963) was an English first-class cricketer active 1920–31 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Harrow; died in Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches .... References 1899 births 1963 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Harrow People from Harrow, London {{England-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Massey (footballer)
John Tolson Massey (1 May 1887 – 18 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL) and a long serving National General Secretary of the YMCA of Australia. John Tolson Massey was born in Hawthorn on 1 May 1887 the son of Herbert John Massey, a draper, and Fanny Tolson. He first came to public prominence when in 1910 he was recruited from Carlton Juniors (later Carlton District) to play two games with Carlton in the VFL. Massey became the 242nd senior player to represent the Blues. Like his brother Claude, Jack was educated at Footscray College. In 1903 he joined the importing firm Paterson, Laing & Bruce Ltd. An active member of the Church of England, he soon be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massey (poet)
John Massey is one conjectured name of the Gawain Poet, author of ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' and probably of several other 14th-century Middle English poems. Internal evidence from the text of the poems and marginalia of the manuscript suggests the name "John Massey" or similar; contemporary records of people of the name who might have been poets include one from the village of Cotton in Cheshire. Theory of the authorship The Gawain-poet is speculated to have written Sir ''Gawain and the Green Knight'', ''Pearl'', ''St. Erkenwald'', and ''Patience''. The first hint pointing to Massey being the Gawain-poet is in the Margins of St. Erkenwald. In the margins, there are multiple references to the booth family of Dunham-Massey, more specifically a ‘Thomas Masse’. The spelling of the name was not standardized at this point, and many variations were used. This is theorized by C.J Peterson. Anagrams in Pearl Though no one is sure that John Massey was the author of ''Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Massey (politician)
John Norman Massey (17 November 1885 – 12 December 1964) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party and then the National Party. Biography Early life and career Massey was born in Mangere in 1885. He attended Mangere Central School before taking up work on his family farm. In 1907 purchased a farm of his own at Puni, near Pukekohe, where he drained swamp country. Political career He became a member, and later chairman, of the Franklin County Council for eighteen years, and Chairman of the Aka Aka Drainage Board for fourteen years. He was a son of Prime Minister William Massey, who held Franklin from 1896 until his death in 1925. He was the brother of Walter William Massey who represented the Hauraki electorate from 1931 to 1935. He represented the Franklin electorate from 1928 to 1935, when he was defeated by Arthur Sexton of the Country Party. Labour did not run a candidate against him in 1935. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massey (prisoner)
John Massey (born 1948) is an English former prisoner who was the longest-serving prisoner in the United Kingdom, having been imprisoned for nearly 43 years by the time he was paroled. He received a mandatory life sentence, with a minimum term of 20 years, for the murder of Charlie Higgins, a pub doorman, in 1975, but spent more than double that amount of time incarcerated after escaping on three occasions; firstly during an escorted visit in 1994 to see his parents in Kentish Town, North London in which he fled to Spain and was extradited three years later; again in 1997 when he escaped to see his dying father Jack; and finally in 2012, after he was denied compassionate leave to see his mother, May, who was on her deathbed. In this period after the escape he was denied three times by the Parole Board. He was released on parole Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massey (rugby League)
John Massey is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the late 1950s. He played at club level for Warrington Wolves, Warrington (List of Warrington Wolves players, Heritage № 575), as a or , i.e. number 6 or 7. Playing career John Massey scored a Try (rugby), try in a trial game for Warrington Wolves, Warrington under the assumed surname of "Johnson", he made his début for Warrington Wolves, Warrington on Saturday 19 January 1957, he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 26 January 1957. References External linksSearch for "Massey" at rugbyleagueproject.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Massey, John Living people English rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Warrington Wolves players Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massey (MP)
John Maffey or Massey (fl. 1414) of New Romney, Kent, was an English Member of Parliament for New Romney New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, w ... in November 1414. References 14th-century births 15th-century deaths 15th-century English people People from New Romney English MPs November 1414 {{15thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Massie
John Massie (3 December 1842 – 11 November 1925) was a British academic, educationalist and Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cricklade from 1906 to 1910. Education and academic career Massie's initial renown was as a Hebraist and theologian. He was educated at Atherstone Grammar School, Warwickshire, and at St John's College, Cambridge. In 1869 he was appointed Professor of Classics at Spring Hill Theological College in Birmingham, and stayed there for 17 years until the institution was moved to Mansfield College, Oxford, where he was appointed the Yates Professor of New Testament Exigesis. He contributed to both ''Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible'' and ''Encyclopedia Biblica''. Political career Massie was first elected as a Councillor to Leamington Borough Council in 1878. He was then appointed by the council as an alderman and served until 1887. In 1894 he was elected a member of the Executive of the National Liberal Federation. He sat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
