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John Neilson (born 1717)
John Neilson may refer to: *John Neilson (Canadian politician) (1776–1848), a Canadian newspaper editor and politician. *John Neilson (colonel) (1745–1833), New Jersey officer and member of the New Jersey legislature * John Neilson (architect) (c. 1770–1827), Irish-born American master carpenter, joiner and architect * John Neilson (footballer, born 1874) (fl. 1900s), Scottish footballer * John Neilson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1988), Scottish footballer *John Alexander Neilson (1858–1915), Scottish rugby union player *Shaw Neilson (1872–1942), Australian poet See also * John Nielsen (other) *John Neilson Gladstone Captain John Neilson Gladstone, (18 January 1807 – 7 February 1863) was a British Conservative Party politician and an officer in the Royal Navy. A brother of politician William Ewart Gladstone, later British Prime Minister, he served as a ... * John Neilson Lake * {{hndis, Neilson, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson (Canadian Politician)
John Neilson (July 17, 1776 – February 1, 1848) was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper '' La Gazette de Québec/The Quebec Gazette'' and a politician. Biography Born in Dornal, Scotland, Neilson arrived in Quebec City, Lower Canada in 1791 to work for his uncle's printing company, which he inherited in 1793. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in a bye-election in 1818, he was re-elected until 1830 and supported the Parti canadien. In 1823, he accompanied Louis-Joseph Papineau to London to lobby against the Union project in the name of the majority of the MPs in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Again, in 1828 he was part of a delegation sent to London to present his party's demands for reform. In 1830, he took his distance from the Parti patriote, which he considered to be too radical. He opposed the Ninety-Two Resolutions of 1834, a rewrite of the 1828 demands for reform with a radical tone. In 1837, he was named to the Executive Council an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson (colonel)
John Neilson (March 11, 1745 – March 3, 1833) commanded the New Jersey militia in the northern part of the state during the American Revolution, served in the New Jersey legislature during and after the Revolution, and was one of the earliest trustees of Rutgers University. He is also notable for one of the earliest public readings of the Declaration of Independence, which was recently immortalized in a statue located at Monument Square Park in New Brunswick. Early life Neilson was born in Raritan Landing to Dr. John Neilson, an Irish physician who emigrated to the Colonies in 1740, and Joanna Coeymans of Dutch ancestry.Documents Related to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Volume IV, 1918, page 402 Neilson's father died eight days after his birth. He was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania in 1758, but he did not complete his studies. Reading of the Declaration of Independence Neilson, on July 9, 1776, stood on a table in front of the White Hall T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson (architect)
John Neilson (17701827) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who eventually settled in Virginia and became a prominent 19th-century master carpenter and joiner, as well as architect and builder. He is most known for his work at Monticello, Montpelier, Bremo, and the University of Virginia. Early life Neilson was born around 1770 in the town of Ballycarry, County Antrim, Ireland near Belfast. In the 1790s, Neilson worked as an apprentice to a Belfast architect. At the time, Neilson was also part of a brewing rebellion against the British; and as a result, he was captured along with two of his brothers during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. One of these brothers, William, only fifteen years old, was hanged. John Neilson and his brother Sam were banished and sent on exile ships to the West Indies. John Neilson ended up in Philadelphia, where he became a naturalized citizen on September 28, 1804. Career Sometime in 1804 Neilson would meet Thomas Jefferson, who was then th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson (footballer, Born 1874)
John Neilson (born 26 December 1874) was a Scottish footballer who played for Abercorn, Celtic, Third Lanark, Bristol Rovers and Albion Rovers, mainly as a left half. He won the Scottish Football League championship with Third Lanark in 1903–04 and played in two consecutive Scottish Cup finals – a win over Rangers in 1905 via a replay and a loss to Heart of Midlothian in 1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, .... He also won two Glasgow Cup medals, the second of which (from the 1903–04 season) was sold at auction in 2011. John Neilson was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1900, and scored in this match a 6-0 victory over the Irish League XI. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson (footballer, Born 1921)
John Crane Neilson (2 August 1921 – 24 March 1988) was a Scottish professional footballer. He was a centre forward. Neilson played for Clyde, Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ..., where he was the club's top goal-scorer in 1947–48 before he left after just five games the following season, and Wrexham. References External links * 1921 births 1988 deaths Men's association football inside forwards Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players English Football League players Arbroath F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Footballers from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Ballymena United F.C. players Crusaders F.C. players D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Neilson
John Neilson (14 June 1858 – 16 July 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for West of Scotland before moving on to Glasgow Academicals. He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the 1874 provincial match against Edinburgh District on 5 December 1874 while still with West of Scotland. He also played in Glasgow's first winning side against Edinburgh in 1881. He was called up to the Scotland squad in March 1878 and played England at The Oval on 4 March 1878. He was also called up the following year for the England match at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 10 March 1879. At the time of his international caps he was playing for Glasgow Academicals The Glasgow Academical Football Club is the third oldest rugby football club in Scotland. The club was also a founder member of the Scottish Football Union (the future SRU) in 1873. History Glasgow Hawks In 1997 the decision was made to .... His brother Tom Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaw Neilson
John Shaw Neilson was an Australian poet. Slightly built, for most of his life he worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working as a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Melbourne. Largely untrained and only basically educated, Neilson became known as one of Australia's finest lyric poets, who wrote a great deal about the natural world, and the beauty in it. Early life Neilson was born in Penola, South Australia of purely Scottish ancestry. His grandparents were John Neilson and Jessie MacFarlane of Cupar, Neil Mackinnon of Skye, and Margaret Stuart of Greenock. His mother, Margaret MacKinnon, was born at Dartmoor, Victoria, his father, John Neilson, at Stranraer, Scotland, in 1844. John Neilson senior was brought to South Australia at nine years of age, had practically no education, and was a shepherd, shearer and small farmer all his life. He never had enough money to get good land, and like other pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nielsen (other)
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John Nielsen may refer to: *John Nielsen (footballer, born 1911) *John Nielsen (footballer, born 1946), Danish player *John Nielsen (footballer, born 1972), Danish player * John Nielsen (racing driver) (born 1956), Danish auto racer *John M. Nielson (born 1943), American minister in the Church of the Nazarene *John Nielsen (born 1961), American nature writer and NPR science reporter, see National Outdoor Book Award See also *John Neilson (other) *John Nielsen-Gammon (born 1962), American meteorologist, climatologist and academic *Timothy John Nielsen (born 1968), English-born Australian first-class cricketer *Nielsen (other) Nielsen may refer to: Business * Nielsen Gallery, an American commercial art gallery * Nielsen Holdings, global information, data, and measurement company ** Nielsen Corporation, a marketing research firm ** Nielsen Audio, formerly Arbitron, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neilson Gladstone
Captain John Neilson Gladstone, (18 January 1807 – 7 February 1863) was a British Conservative Party politician and an officer in the Royal Navy. A brother of politician William Ewart Gladstone, later British Prime Minister, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for most of the years 1841 to 1863. Early life He was the fourth child of Sir John Gladstone, a Scottish-born businessman who settled in Liverpool and made a large fortune initially from trading in corn with the United States and cotton with Brazil, and later through sugar plantations in Jamaica. His mother was Anne MacKenzie née Robertson, from Dingwall. His younger brother was the politician William Ewart Gladstone, later British Prime Minister, and his elder brother Thomas was also an MP. He attended Eton and then Christ Church, Oxford. Naval career Gladstone attended the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth from 1820. He spent eight years at sea, but thereafter was still able to gain promotion to Capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
