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John Mercer (Hebraist)
John Mercer is the name of: * Captain John Mercer (died 1756), colonial Virginia militiaman killed at the Battle of Great Cacapon * John Mercer (colonial lawyer) (1704–1768), colonial Virginia lawyer * John Francis Mercer (1759–1821), American Governor of Maryland, 1801–1803, son of the Virginia lawyer * John H. Mercer (1922–1987), American Ohio State University glaciologist * John Mercer (scientist) (1791–1866), British textile chemist * John Mercer (Australian pastoralist) (1823–1891), Australian landowner, pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria * John Mercer (baseball) (1892–1982), American Major League Baseball first baseman * John Mercer (archaeologist) (1934–1982), British archaeologist and author * John Mercer (American politician) (born 1957), American legislator in the state of Montana * John Mercer (photojournalist) (born 1949), New Zealand photographer and photojournalist * Johnny Mercer (1909–1976), American songwriter * Johnny Mercer (politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Great Cacapon
The Battle of Great Cacapon — also known as Mercer's Massacre — was fought on April 18, 1756 between members of Colonel George Washington's Virginia Regiment and French-allied Shawnee and Delaware Indians. Captain Mercer and a company of his men were pursuing some Indians when they were ambushed by a larger number of Indian raiders. Mercer and at least 16 of his men were killed. Background Following the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754, and the failure of British General Edward Braddock's expedition in 1755, French commanders in the Ohio Country encouraged their Indian allies to raid British colonial settlements. Northwestern Virginia (an area including what is now the state of West Virginia) was one area subjected to frequent Indian raids. In an attempt to defend against these raids, Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie ordered a series of defensive fortifications to be constructed. These forts were manned by members of Virginia provincial militia under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (colonial Lawyer)
John Mercer (February 6, 1704 – October 14, 1768) was a Colonialism, colonial United States, American lawyer, Real property, land speculator, and author. Born in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland, he came to Virginia in 1720 where he built the colonial estate Marlborough (also called Marlboro; at Marlborough Point on the Potomac River, in Stafford County, Virginia, Stafford County). He was a leading Virginia attorney and lawyer to George Washington, as well as a colonial prosecutor for the King's court of Virginia, particularly in then-vast Orange County, Virginia, Orange County. He authored "Dinwiddianae" (4 November 1754 – 3 May 1757; also known as "The Dinwiddianae Poems and Prose"), plus "Abridgement of the Public Acts" (1737; "An Exact Abridgment of the Public Acts of the Assembly of Virginia"), "First Code of Virginia Laws" (1759), and "Abridgment of Virginia Laws" ("Mercer's Abridgement of the Laws of Virginia"). Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Mercer
John Francis Mercer (May 17, 1759 – August 30, 1821) was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland, who served as Maryland's governor, as well as terms in the Continental Congress (representing Virginia), U.S. House of Representatives (representing Maryland districts), Virginia House of Delegates, and Maryland State Assembly A Founding Father of the United States, he was a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention which wrote the U.S. Constitution. Early and family life Mercer was born in 1759 at Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, to prominent lawyer, planter and investor in western lands John Mercer and his second wife, the former Ann Roy. His father John Mercer killed 19 children by two wives, although many died before reaching adulthood. His namesake half-brother, Captain John Fenton Mercer (1735-1756)) was killed and scalped in western Virginia during the French and Indian War. His elder half brothers Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John H
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 Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (scientist)
John Mercer (21 February 1791 – 30 November 1866) was an English dye and fabric chemist and fabric printer born in Great Harwood, Lancashire. In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton, mercerisation, that improves many of its qualities for use in fabrics. Biography John Mercer never went to school; he learned basic reading and writing from his neighbour. He was very fond of dyeing and experimented to find new methods. With the help of a textbook he taught himself the chemistry of dyes. In 1817, he discovered Antimony orange, the first good orange pigment available for cotton-fabric printing. He developed the mercerisation process in 1844, and was admitted to the Royal Society, the Philosophical Society and the Chemical Society. Mercer pioneered research into antimicrobials, preventing the spread of cholera in Sykeside in 1847 with chloride of lime, or "calcium hypochlorite", which is today used to disinfect public swimming pools and drinking water. In 1814 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (Australian Pastoralist)
John Henry Mercer (4 January 1823 – 8 December 1891) was a landowner, pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia). Mercer born in Midlothian, Scotland, the son of George Dempster Mercer and Frances Charlotte Reid. Mercer was a pastoralist with his brother George Duncan Mercer and cousin William Drummond Mercer in properties near Geelong. Mercer was elected to the district of Grant Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (other) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom *Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama *Grant, Inyo County, C ... in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council on 16 September 1851. Mercer left the Council in December 1852, he became commissioner of insolvent estates and chairman of the water commission. In 1857 Mercer had the Gheringhap freehold mapped as the Dryden estate. Mercer later returned to Scotland where he married Anne Cather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (baseball)
John Locke Mercer (January 22, 1892 – December 22, 1982) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. Mercer played in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ... on June 25, . External links 1892 births 1982 deaths Major League Baseball first basemen St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Louisiana {{US-baseball-first-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (archaeologist)
John Barry Mercer (1934 –July 1982) was a British archaeologist, author, weaver, and human rights advocate. Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, to British parents, he was educated in Spain and England. Having qualified as a chartered accountant by the age of 21, he worked for Price Waterhouse in Paris for a couple of years and then dropped out, first to Ibiza and then Menorca. Following his passion for islands, he subsequently moved to Lealt, a remote house on the Scottish island of Jura, Scotland, Jura in the Inner Hebrides where, in the 1960s and 70s with his partner Susan Searight, he researched and painstakingly excavated numerous coastal sites. His many papers have established Jura as a significant Mesolithic area. Whilst at Lealt, as well as his archaeological work, he lived off-grid, built his own loom from driftwood, invented a spinning wheel from recycled parts, and established a workshop to spin, dye and weave the local blackface wool into rugs. He was a committed hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (American Politician)
John A. Mercer (born January 21, 1957) is an American politician and attorney in the state of Montana. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1984 to 2000. From 1993 to 1999 he served four terms as Speaker of the House, and in 1993 served as minority leader. He is the longest serving Speaker of the House of Montana in state history. After serving as chairman of the Montana Board of Regents, Mercer ended a considerable career in public service. John Mercer is a recipient of the State Bar of Montana Distinguished Service Award and Community Service Award of the University of Montana. From 1982 he has practiced law at Turnage Mercer & Wall PLLP; the firm founded by Montana Supreme Court Justice Jean Turnage. He attended the University of Montana and Northwestern University, earning his JD degree at the latter. He is admitted to practice before the Montana Supreme Court, Federal District Court of Montana, United States Circuit Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) and the Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer (photojournalist)
John Anthony Mercer (born 12 December 1949) is a New Zealand photojournalist. Personal life Mercer was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on 12 December 1949. He lives in Adelaide, Australia. Career Mercer was active as a photojournalist in New Zealand from 1980 to 1986, during which time he became involved in and photographed a number of activist events. He photographs predominantly in a documentary style. Springbok Tour protests Mercer participated in and photographed the protests against the 1981 Springbok Tour in rugby union. He took photographs at three of the rugby venues around the North Island — Hamilton, Rotorua and Auckland. On 25 July 1981, anti-Springbok Tour protests stopped the game in Hamilton. Mercer photographed the ensuing action of protestors, police, rugby fans, and bystanders. Before moving to Adelaide at the end of 1985, he left a selection of photographic prints with the Waikato Art Museum. In 2006, these images were exhibited in "Revisiting the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music, and was a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as songs written by others from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including " Moon River", " Days of Wine and Roses", " Autumn Leaves", and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Oscar nominations, and won four Best Original Song Oscars. Early life Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia, where one of his first jobs, aged 10, was sweeping floors at the original 1919 location of Leopold's Ice Cream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mercer (politician)
John Luther Mercer (born 17 August 1981) is a British politician and former British Army officer who has served as Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs since October 2022, having previously served from July 2022 to September 2022. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans from July 2019 to April 2021. Mercer has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Moor View since 2015. He is a member of the Conservative Party. In April 2021, after notifying the chief whip of his intention to resign his position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, he was dismissed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In July 2022, he was appointed Minister for Veterans’ Affairs at the Cabinet Office – attending Cabinet – following Johnson's announcing his intention to resign as Leader of the Conservative Party. Mercer was dismissed from the position in September 2022 by Prime Minister Liz Truss. In October 2022, he was reappointed Minister of State fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
