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John Nelson (Methodist)
John Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John L. Nelson (1916–2001), American musician, father of singer Prince *John Nelson (conductor) (born 1941), American conductor *John Nelson (visual effects artist) (born 1953), American visual effects supervisor *John Randall Nelson (born 1956), painter and sculptor based in Phoenix, Arizona *John Allen Nelson (born 1959), American actor in film and television *John Mark Nelson (born 1993), songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota *John Arthur Nelson, director, actor, and writer Politics *John M. Nelson (1870–1955), American political figure from Wisconsin *John E. Nelson (Maine politician) (1874–1955), American political figure from Maine *Jock Nelson (John Norman Nelson, 1908–1991), Australian politician *John E. Nelson (Nebraska politician) (born 1935), American political figure in Nebraska *John B. Nelson (born 1936), American political figure in Arizona Sports *Candy Nelson (John W. Nelson, 1849–1910), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (swimmer)
John Maurer Nelson (born June 8, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Pompano Beach High School in Pompano Beach, Florida. He enrolled in Yale University, where he swam for coach Phil Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team, which included other Olympic-caliber swimmers such as Don Schollander. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Nelson received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on May 1, 2008) Four years later, he competed at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Yeates Nelson
John Yeates Nelson (1850 – 29 December 1932) was a senior public servant with the Post and Telegraph Department of New South Wales, Australia and later the Australian Federal Postmaster-General's Department. He was heavily involved in the development of Australia's telegraphy and telephony networks. Nelson is notable for assisting with one of the earliest wireless telegraphy experiments in Australia. Professional career On 29 May 1886, Nelson was promoted from 2nd Class Operator to Continental Check Clerk in the Electric Telegraph Department within the General Post Office. His associate Alfred Dircks was concurrently promoted into the position he vacated. On 2 December 1889 he was promoted from Continental Clerk to Inspector of Telegraph Lines and Stations for the Northern District in the General Post Office. Again, on 16 October 1890, he was promoted from Inspector of Telegraph Lines and Stations, to be Electrician at the General Post Office. At the same time his colleague Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (businessman)
John Frederick Nelson (born 26 July 1947)Who's Who 2011 was formerly the Chairman of Lloyd's of London. Career Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1970, Nelson joined Kleinwort Benson in 1971, spending 15 years at the company working in both the UK and the US. He was Vice President of Kleinwort Benson Inc from 1973 to 1975, and became a Director of Kleinwort Benson itself in 1980, moving to Lazard Brothers in 1986. He then spent 13 years with Lazard Brothers as Managing Director between 1986 and 1998 and as Vice Chairman from 1990 to 1998. Nelson was also a chairman of Lazard S.p.A. in Italy and a Managing Director of Lazard Freres, New York. He became a Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston Europe in 1999, retiring in 2002. He was Deputy Chairman of Kingfisher plc. from 2002-2011. He was a non-executive director of BT Group from 2002-2008. He was also a non-executive director J.P. Morgan Cazenove Holdings and the Cazenove Group between 2008 and 2010. Nelson joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (police Officer)
John G. Nelson (14 May 1928 – 28 February 2003) was an American police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who is considered to be the founding father of the SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) concept. After the Watts riots of 1965, Sergeant Nelson personally approached LAPD chief William H. Parker (police officer), William Parker with his proposal for a SWAT unit. Nelson had served in the United States Marine Corps and based the SWAT concept on the Recon units, believing that a small squad of highly trained police officers armed with special weapons would be more effective in a riotous situation than a massive police response. Chief Parker liked the proposal and presented it to his command staff. He asked for a volunteer to form the SWAT unit. Fearing a political backlash, no one on his command staff was willing to volunteer, including Daryl Gates. Parker then told Nelson to go ahead and form the SWAT unit himself, which he did. References 1928 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (physician)
John C. Nelson is a physician who served as president of the American Medical Association. Tenure as president While president of the American Medical Association in 2005, he was quoted supporting New York Medical College's decision to ban a gay student group. The college is affiliated with New York's Roman Catholic archdiocese. He later said his remarks were misrepresented. The AMA officially came out against the ban. Following Nelson's comments, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association requested a meeting with the AMA leadership regarding his comments and the NYMC decision. According to the AMA, Dr. Nelson apologized for his comments and gave his support for addressing issues important to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) physicians. The AMA agreed to include LGBT health in its Commission to End Health Care Disparities, which had previously focused on race and ethnicity.American Medical Association "Joint statement of the AMA and Gay and Lesbian Medical Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (merchant)
John Nelson (1654–1734) was an English colonial merchant, trader, and statesman, active in New England. Biography Early life John Nelson was born near London, England, in 1654 to Robert and Mary Nelson. He came to Boston in 1680 and married Elizabeth Tailer, who was 12 years his junior. That same year he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. He would later become a captain in the colonial militia. He was a nephew of Sir Thomas Temple, a British proprietor and governor of Nova Scotia, and inherited much of Temple's estate, including his territorial claims to Nova Scotia (which had been restored to France as Acadia in the Treaty of Breda). Boston revolt On 19 April 1689, Nelson, a resident of Long Island in Boston Harbor, was one of a number of prominent Bostonians leading a revolt against Governor Sir Edmund Andros. Andros, the hated governor of the Dominion of New England, had angered may colonists by vacating land titles, enforc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (martyr)
John Nelson (1535 – 3 February 1578) was an English Jesuit martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Nelson was from Skelton, York. He was nearing 40 when he left for Douai in 1573 for training as a priest. Two of his four brothers would later follow him there to become priests. He was ordained at Binche in the County of Hainaut by Monsignor Louis de Berlaymont, Archbishop of Cambrai, on 11 June 1576. The date and place of his admission to the Society of Jesus are unknown. The following November, he left for his mission, which appears to have been in London. He was arrested on 1 December 1578 at his residence, "late in the evening as he was saying the Nocturne of the Matins for the next day following", and was put into Newgate Prison as a suspected Papist. He had written to the French Jesuits during his imprisonment for permission to be admitted to the Society. When interrogated about a week later, he refused to take the oath recognizing the Queen's supr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (lawyer)
John Nelson (June 1, 1791 – January 18, 1860) was Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under John Tyler. Early life Nelson was born in Frederick, Maryland on June 1, 1791. He was the fourth child of Roger Nelson and Mary Brooke ( née Sim) Nelson (d. 1794). Among his siblings was Madison Nelson, Frederick Stembel Nelson, and Sarah (née Nelson) Maulsby. His father served as Brigadier general during the Revolutionary War (and one of the original members of the Society of Cincinnati) and, later, a U.S. Representative. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1811, and was admitted to the bar in 1813, starting practice in Frederick. Career He held several local offices before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing Maryland's 4th district. He served only one term, March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823, and was not a candidate for reelection. Nelson received an A.M. degree from Princeton University in 1825. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (convert)
John Nelson was one of the earliest known Englishmen to convert to Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or .... This information comes from the book ''The Voyage made to Tripoli'' (1583) by Thomas Saunders."The evidence for John Nelson's conversion derives from an account The Voyage made to Tripoli (1583) by Thomas Saunders, cited in Matar (1998)./ref> See also * List of converts to Islam References External links Muslims in BritainThe historical roots of British Islam {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, John (convert) Converts to Islam English Muslims 16th-century English people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (British Army Officer)
Major General Sir Eustace John Blois Nelson KCVO CB DSO OBE MC (15 June 1912 – 23 December 1993) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and later served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. Military career Nelson was born in Hertfordshire, the son of barrister Roland Nelson and Hyla Letitia Grace, sixth daughter of Sir John Ralph Blois, 8th Baronet. He was educated at West Downs School and Eton College, Nelson entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1933. He served in the Second World War, latterly as Commanding Officer (CO) of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Italian Campaign. After the war he became CO of the 1st Guards Parachute Battalion in Palestine, before transferring to the War Office as a General Staff Officer (GSO) in 1948. He was CO of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nelson (soccer, Born 1998)
John Vincent Nelson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Career Youth & College John grew up in Medina, Ohio. In 2010, he joined Internationals SC, as a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, in which he was a member of until 2017. While a graduate of Medina High School, Nelson did not play for the school's boys' soccer team. Upon graduating high school, Nelson attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he played college soccer for two years between 2017 and 2018, making 41 appearances, scoring 1 goal and tallying 3 assists. While in college, Nelson played in the PDL with North Carolina FC U23 and Tobacco Road FC. Nelson opted to leave college early and signed a Generation Adidas contract with MLS ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. Professional career On January 11, 2019, Nelson was drafted 10th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, by FC Dallas. Following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
