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John Peel (other)
John Peel (1939–2004) was a British broadcaster and radio personality. John Peel may also refer to: * John Peel (huntsman) (1776–1854), huntsman and the subject of the 19th century song "D'ye ken John Peel" * "John Peel," short-name for the 19th century song "D'ye ken John Peel?" * John Peel (priest) (1798–1875), Dean of Worcester *John Peel (Tamworth MP) (1804–1872), MP for Tamworth 1863–68, 1871–73 * Sir John Peel (gynaecologist) (1904–2005), Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Queen Elizabeth II, 1961–1973 * Sir John Peel (Leicester MP) (1912–2004), British politician, MP for Leicester South East 1957–74 * J. H. B. Peel (1913–1983), British writer about farming and the countryside * John Peel (writer) (born 1954), science fiction author See also * Jonathan Peel Jonathan Peel, PC (12 October 1799 – 13 February 1879) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and racehorse owner. Background and education Peel was the fifth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio. He is widely acknowledged for promoting artists of multiple genres, including pop, dub reggae, punk rock and post-punk, electronic music and dance music, indie rock, extreme metal and British hip hop. Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described Peel as "the most important man in music for about a dozen years". Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist in the BBC's studios, often providing the first major national coverage to bands that later achieved fame. Another feature was the annual Festive Fifty countdown of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (huntsman)
John Peel (13th November 1776? – 13 November 1854) was an English huntsman who is the subject of the nineteenth century song " D'ye ken John Peel" - "ken" meaning 'to be aware of' or 'to know' in some dialects of the North of England and Scotland. Peel's life Peel was born at Park End, near Caldbeck, Cumberland; his family moved a short time after to the Greenrigg farm. He was baptised on 24 September 1777, but most sources suggest he was born the previous year. Peel married in 1797 to Mary White. Some of the White family's property at Ruthwaite (near Ireby) passed into his hands, which secured Peel a comfortable income. However, he was, as many of his friends admitted, prone to dissipation and he devoted himself primarily to hunting. Peel was a farmer by profession, and kept a pack of fox hounds. Peel hunted pine martens and hares in addition to foxes. By the end of his life (13 November 1854, most likely due to a fall while hunting) he had accrued large debts, which his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'ye Ken John Peel (song)
"D'ye ken John Peel?" – which translates to "Do you know John Peel?" – is a famous Cumberland hunting song written around 1824 by John Woodcock Graves (1795–1886) in celebration of his friend John Peel (1776–1854), an English fox hunter from the Lake District. The melody is said to be a contrafactum of a popular border rant, "Bonnie Annie." A different version, the one that endures today, was musically adapted in 1869 by William Metcalfe (1829–1909), the organist and choirmaster of Carlisle Cathedral. The tune etymology has a long history that has been traced back to 1695 and attributed to adaptations – one in particular, from the 20th century, the 1939 jingle, "Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot." History John Graves, who wrote it in Cumbrian dialect, tinkered with the words over the years and several versions are known. George Coward, a Carlisle bookseller who wrote under the ''pseudonym'' Sidney Gilpin, rewrote the lyrics with Graves' approval, translating them from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (priest)
John Peel (22 August 1798 – 20 February 1875) was Dean of Worcester from 1845 until his death. The eighth child and fourth son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He held the living at Stone, Worcestershire from 1828; and in the same year was appointed a Prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral.‘PREFERRED’ Berrow's Worcester Journal ''Berrow's Worcester Journal'' is a weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper, based in Worcester, England. Owned by Newsquest, the newspaper is delivered across central and southern Worcestershire county. History 16th Century Printing Press Worces ... (Worcester, England), Thursday, November 27, 1828; Issue 6569 References 1798 births 1875 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Deans of Worcester {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (Tamworth MP)
John Peel (4 February 1804 – 2 April 1872) was an English Liberal Party politician. Peel was the son of Thomas Peel of Peelfold. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and became a merchant. Peel was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth at a by-election in October 1863, following the succession to the peerage of the Liberal MP Viscount Raynham. He was re-elected in 1865, but was defeated at the 1868 general election by Henry Bulwer (William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer GCB, PC (13 February 180123 May 1872) was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer. Background and education Bulwer was the second son of General William Bulwer and hi .... When Bulwer was elevated to the peerage in 1871, Peel was elected unopposed in his place, and held the seat until his own death in April 1872, aged 68. Peel was also a Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire and Staffordshire. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (gynaecologist)
Sir John Harold Peel (10 December 1904 – 31 December 2005) was a leading British obstetrician and gynecologist, who was Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Elizabeth II from 1961 to 1973, present at a number of royal births. Early life The son of a Methodist clergyman, John Harold Peel was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Queen's College, Oxford. Career Studying and specialising in gynaecology at King's College London School of Medicine, London, he qualified as a doctor in 1930, and passed his membership exams for the Royal College of Physicians in 1932. Appointed consultant surgeon for obstetrics and gynaecology at King's College Hospital, in 1937 he moved to the Princess Beatrice Hospital in London, where he remained as a consultant until 1965. Between 1948 and 1967, Peel was director of clinical studies at King's College Hospital Medical School. He was an examiner at around a dozen British universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, London and Bristol. Peel became a Fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (Leicester MP)
Sir William John Peel (16 June 1912 – 8 May 2004) was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974. Early life He attended Wellington College and Queens' College, Cambridge. His first career was in the Colonial Service; he survived imprisonment by the Japanese during the Second World War, when he was stationed in Singapore, to later serve terms as British Resident in Brunei and then Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony (now Kiribati and Tuvalu) before retiring in 1952. His father Sir William Peel had been Governor of Hong Kong. Political career Peel was elected as a member of the House of Commons at a by-election in 1957. In July 1959, he provoked angry responses from the House when he reacted to the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya by stating: "There are obvious risks in dealing with desperate and sub-human individuals." In the resulting debate, Peel's remarks were denounced by Enoch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peel (writer)
John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his TV series tie-in novels and novelisations. He has written under several pseudonyms, including "John Vincent" and "Nicholas Adams". He lives in Long Island, New York. While his wife is a US citizen, Peel continues to travel under a British passport. Career During the 1980s, Peel wrote a licensed spin-off novel based on the popular 1960s TV series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', titled ''Too Many Targets''. He is also known for his various books based on ''Doctor Who'', ''Star Trek'' and ''James Bond Jr.'' (written as "John Vincent"). ''Doctor Who'' books A friend of the television writer Terry Nation, Peel wrote novelisations of several ''Doctor Who'' stories for Target Books featuring Nation's Daleks; he is reportedly one of the few writers to have been willing to do so, given the high percentage of the author's fee that Nation's agents demanded for the rights to use the Daleks. For similar reasons, Peel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
