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John McLeod (academic)
John McLeod may refer to: Politics * John McLeod (New Brunswick politician) (1825–?), shipbuilder and assembly member * John McLeod (New Zealand politician) (1825–1883), MP for Mongonui * John McLeod (Ontario politician) (1833–1879), member of the Ontario legislature * John McLeod (Canada West politician) (1816–1887), merchant, shipbuilder and politician in Canada West * John R. McLeod (1872–1931), politician from Alberta Sports * John McLeod (basketball) (born 1934), Canadian basketball player * John McLeod (Jamaican cricketer) (born 1931), Jamaican cricketer * John McLeod (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1947), New Zealand cricketer * John McLeod (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1953), Scottish football goalkeeper (Dumbarton FC and Scotland) * John McLeod (footballer, born 1888) (1888 – after 1912), Scottish football full back (Inverness Caledonian, Bury and Darlington) * Jackie McLeod (1930–2022), Canadian ice hockey player and coach * Jack McLeod (rugby league) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (New Brunswick Politician)
John McLeod (March 14, 1825 – November 26, 1901) was a Scottish-born ship builder and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. McLeod represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1892 to 1901 as a Liberal. He served twenty years as a member of the council for St. John. He was born in Greenock and came to Canada with his family in 1826. McLeod traveled at sea for several years and worked in the gold fields of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... from 1852 to 1857. He married Mary Alward. McLeod began building ships in 1862 at Black River. He died on November 26, 1901, while still in office. References ''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'' JA Gemmill 1825 births 1901 deaths People from Greenock Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (explorer)
John McLeod (1795 – after 1842) was a Scottish-born explorer of Canada, in his capacity as a fur trader with the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company. He is remembered primarily for his explorations of several major rivers of the southwestern Northwest Territories, southern Yukon Territory, and northern British Columbia. Fur Trade McLeod arrived in Montreal, headquarters of the North West Company, in 1816. From there, he was assigned to the Churchill River area as a clerk. Following the merger of the two fur trading companies in 1821, McLeod served at various posts in the Athabasca and Mackenzie River Districts of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1823, McLeod was assigned as manager of the Fort Simpson fur trading post, located at the junction of the Liard and Mackenzie Rivers, where he would remain nine years as deputy to the Chief Trader. In 1823-24, McLeod completed explorations of nine mountain ranges adjacent to the South Nahanni River, during which he opened tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McLeod (other)
Jackie McLeod (1930–2022) was a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach who played for the New York Rangers and coached Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Jack McLeod may also refer to: * Jack McLeod (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in 1937 * Jack McLeod (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2020), Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn * Jack McLeod (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1974), Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda See also * John McLeod (other) {{hndis, McLeod, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John MacLeod (other)
John MacLeod may refer to: Politics * John Norman MacLeod (1788–1835), British Member of Parliament for Sudbury, 1828–1830 * Sir John MacLeod, 1st Baronet (1857–1934), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Kelvingrove, 1918–1922 * John Macleod (Sutherland MP) (1862–?), Member of Parliament for Sutherland, 1894–1900 *Sir John MacLeod (solicitor) (1873–1946), Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1916–1919 *Sir John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP) (1913–1984), Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty, 1945–1964 * John MacLeod (clan chief), 16th-century clan chieftain, of the Isle of Lewis in the 1520s and 1530s * John MacLeod of MacLeod (1935–2007), 29th chief of the Scottish clan Clan MacLeod Sports * John MacLeod (basketball) (1937–2019), American basketball coach * Johnny MacLeod (born 1938), Scottish footballer * John MacLeod (rugby union) (born 1973), Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors * Jack Macleod (born 1988), English footballer * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (surgeon)
John McLeod, MD ( – 1820) was a Scottish naval surgeon and author. Life John McLeod is said by Joseph Irving to have been born in the parish of Bonhill, Dunbartonshire. The date cannot be verified, for the Bonhill register has been destroyed. As, however, McLeod, after qualifying as a medical practitioner, and serving some time in the navy as a surgeon's mate, was promoted to be surgeon on 5 February 1801, the probability is that he was born five or six years earlier than 1782. During 1801 and 1802 he served as surgeon of different small craft in the Channel, and being left by the peace without employment, half-pay, or any chance of a practice on shore, he accepted an appointment as surgeon of the ship ''Trusty'', Davidson, master, bound from London to the coast of West Africa, in the slave trade, which sailed in January 1803. At Whydah, which he describes as being then esteemed "the Circassia of Africa", on account of the comeliness and jetty blackness of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chetham McLeod
Lieutenant-General Sir John Chetham McLeod (23 January 1831 – 10 January 1914) was a Scottish British Army officer and colonial administrator. McLeod was born in Ceylon, and educated at Perth Academy and the University of St Andrews. He was commissioned into the 42nd Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1846 and served in the Crimean War. He was with his regiment in India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1871 Birthday Honours. McLeod took command of the 42nd in March 1868 and fought in the third of the Anglo-Ashanti wars, for which he was knighted. He relinquished command in September 1877 and was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General in Scotland. McLeod subsequently served in Belfast before assuming the position of General Officer Commanding, Ceylon General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (also known as ''Commander of Troops'' or ''Officer Commanding His/Her Majesties Troops, Ceylon'') was the designation of the General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (card Game Researcher)
John McLeod (born 1949) is a British mathematician, author, historian and card game researcher who is particularly well known for his work on tarot games as well as his reference website pagat.com which contains the rules for over 500 card games worldwide. He is described as a "prominent member" of the International Playing Card Society and is Secretary of the British Skat Association. Life John McLeod was born in 1949. He studied mathematics at Cambridge University before entering industry. During his time at Cambridge, he came across a pack of tarot cards and "as I opened the box, I was immediately fascinated by the cards. They looked totally different from anything I had seen before". He was then a research student in the mathematics department of the university and spent many evenings playing the Austrian tarock game of Königrufen with his students. Later McLeod toured Europe to study the individual variants of tarock games and captured his findings in the monumental 2-volu ... [...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 Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bryce McLeod
John Bryce McLeod, (23 December 1929 – 20 August 2014) was a British mathematician, who worked on linear and nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations. Life and education McLeod was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 23 December 1929. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School; the University of Aberdeen, where he took a first in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1950; and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a first in Mathematics in 1952. He was a Harmsworth Senior Scholar at Merton College, Oxford, from 1955 to 1956. He obtained his PhD in 1959 under the supervision of Edward Charles Titchmarsh at the University of Oxford. He was a junior lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Oxford from 1956 to 1958, and a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Edinburgh from 1958 to 1960. He then returned to Oxford to take up a Fellowship in Pure Mathematics at Wadham College. He remained in Oxford until 1988, becoming a university lecturer in 1970, and a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (songwriter)
John Macleod (sometimes spelled McLeod) is a Canadian-born English songwriter and musician. Career Macleod moved to Britain in the 1940s, and lived in the Halifax, Yorkshire, Halifax area with his wife before moving to Brighton. In the 1950s, he was a member of the vocal group the Maple Leaf Four, with his brother, baritone Norman Macleod (musician), Norman, Alan Harvey as tenor and Joe Melia (stagename Joe Ross) as second tenor. The group made regular appearances on British TV, and released at least two albums, ''Home on the Range'' and ''Old Familiar Favourites''. The Maple Leaf Four, ''Boot Sale Sounds'', 30 March 2012 Retrieved 6 March 2014 By the early 1960s, Macleod worked on writing advertising jingles. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Macleod co-wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (composer)
John McLeod (8 March 1934 – 24 March 2022) was a Scottish composer who wrote music in many media including film and television. Biography He was born in Aberdeen, but later settled in Edinburgh. He initially studied clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music with Jack Brymer, Reginald Kell, and Gervase de Peyer, but then switched to composition with Sir Lennox Berkeley. McLeod was Associate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 1980-1982 and the orchestra commissioned ''Out of the Silence'', premiered in 2015. His works have also been performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has broadcast 12 of his major orchestral works, including the London premiere of ''The Sun Dances'' (2000) at the BBC Proms in 2014. The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland has regularly featured his work in over 20 concerts, including the Piano Concerto (1988) in 2015, when it was conducted by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLeod (rugby League)
John McLeod (born 27 June 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. McLeod played for Western Suburbs and Canberra in the NSWRL competition. McLeod was a foundation player for Canberra playing in the club's first ever game. Background McLeod was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. McLeod played with Fortitude Valley club in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership, winning the competition with them in 1979. Playing career McLeod made his first grade debut in the NSWRL competition for Western Suburbs in 1980. McLeod played for Wests when the club went through a turn of good fortune becoming a competitive side under coach Roy Masters. McLeod's first season saw Wests finish 4th and qualify for the finals. The club reached the preliminary final with McLeod playing in the match but Western Suburbs were thrashed by Eastern Suburbs 41–5 at the Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
