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John Symonds (other)
John Symonds was an English writer. John Symonds may also refer to: *John Symonds (academic) (1730–1807), professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge * John Symonds (surveyor), British Army officer and surveyor *John Addington Symonds (physician) (1807–1871), British author *John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), British poet and literary critic, son of the physician *John Alexander Symonds (born 1935), British KGB agent *John Jermyn Symonds Captain John Jermyn Symonds (4 January 1816 – 3 January 1883) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand. He purchased land for the New Zealand Company and was later a judge of the Native Land Court. Biography Symonds was ..., New Zealand politician in the 19th century See also * John Simmonds (other) * John Simonds (other) {{hndis, name=Symonds, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Symonds
John Symonds (12 March 1914, Battersea, London – 21 October 2006) was an English novelist, biographer, playwright and writer of children's books. Biography Early life He was the son of Robert Wemyss Symonds and Lily Sapzells. At the age of 16 he moved to London and began educating himself by spending long hours in the reading room of the British Museum. A partial reconciliation with his father resulted in the latter funding research work that John Symonds would later mine for his own novels later in life. His first job was at Hulton Press, working as a journalist on Picture Post and during this period he became friends with Dylan Thomas and Stephen Spender. Being exempted from military service, he edited ' Lilliput' magazine during which time he briefly married Hedwig Feuerstein. Career In 1945 he married Renata Israel, and the following year (1946) he published his first novel, ''William Waste''. This was followed in 1955 by ''The Lady in the Tower'', and, in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Symonds (academic)
John Symonds (23 January 1730 – 18 February 1807) was an English academic, who became professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge. Biography Born at Horringer, Suffolk, he was the eldest son of Rev. John Symonds (died 1757), rector of the parish, by his wife, Mary Spring (died 1774), daughter of Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet of Pakenham and Hon. Merelina Jermyn, daughter of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn. His younger brother was British Naval Captain Thomas Symonds, who was the father of Admiral Sir William Symonds. John inherited the family estates while his brother went to sea. Symonds was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1752. In 1753, he was elected a fellow of Peterhouse, and he proceeded M.A. in 1754. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1747, and was called to the bar in 1756. In 1771, Symonds was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History on the death of Thomas Gray and in the following year he was created LL.D. by r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Symonds (surveyor)
John Frederick Anthony Symonds (10 December 1813 – 9 August 1852) was a British Army officer and surveyor who carried out the first detailed survey of Palestine, together with Edward Aldrich. Symonds was born in 1813, the third of four sons of Sir William Symonds, who was a Royal Navy Admiral and Surveyor of the Fleet, and his first wife, Elizabeth. His eldest brother was William Cornwallis Symonds. He was baptised along with his other brothers Thomas and Jermyn on 11 September 1816 in Fawley, Hampshire. His elder brother William Cornwallis Symonds (1810–1841) became an army captain. He joined the Royal Engineers and was made 2nd Lieutenant in 1833, Lieutenant in 1836, 2nd Captain in 1845, Captain in 1850 and given the Army Rank of Major in 1846. Following the intervention of the western powers in Syria and Palestine as a result of increasing tensions between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire Lieutenant Symonds was sent to the area in 1840. After surveying coastal forts he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Addington Symonds (physician)
John Addington Symonds (10 April 1807 – 25 February 1871) was an English physician and author. Life He was born in Oxford, where his father John Symonds was a medical practitioner. His mother was Mary Williams, of Aston, Oxfordshire. Symonds was educated at Magdalen College School; at the age of sixteen he went to the University of Edinburgh for medical training, and graduated M.D. in 1828. Returning to Oxford, Symonds began the practice of his profession as assistant to his father. In 1831 he moved to Bristol, where he was soon appointed physician to the general hospital, and lectured on forensic medicine at the Bristol medical school. He exchanged in 1836 for the lectureship on the practice of medicine, which he held till 1845. He retired from active service on the hospital staff in 1848. In 1853 he was elected an associate of the Royal College of Physicians, and in 1857 a Fellow. In 1859 he secretly forced Charles Vaughn to resign as headmaster of Harrow School, after le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds, Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although married with children, Symonds supported male love (homosexuality), which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, referring to it as ''l'amour de l'impossible'' (love of the impossible). He also wrote much poetry inspired by his same-sex affairs. Early life and education Symonds was born at Bristol, England, in 1840. His father, the physician John Addington Symonds, Sr. (1807–1871), was the author of ''Criminal Responsibility'' (1869), ''The Principles of Beauty'' (1857) and ''Sleep and Dreams''. The younger Symonds, considered delicate, did not take part in games at Harrow School after the age of 14, and he showed no particular promise as a scholar. Symonds moved to Clifton Hill House at the age of te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Symonds
John Alexander Symonds (born 13 July 1935) is an English former Metropolitan Police officer and KGB agent. Biography Symonds was born in the Soke of Peterborough. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, serving from 1953 to 1956. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1956, becoming a detective sergeant at New Scotland Yard. In 1969, after having been a police officer for 15 years, Symonds was one of three officers charged with corruption following a newspaper investigation into bribery at Scotland Yard. He skipped bail and fled to Morocco in 1972. Symonds claimed later that he had been "fitted up" and forced to leave under pain of death after having threatened to expose during any trial "the endemic and systemic corruption within the Metropolitan Police service" at the time. In Morocco, Symonds served as a mercenary, making use of his police and military expertise to train African troops to use the 25-pounder howitzer, an artillery piece that was, by that time, obsolete by B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jermyn Symonds
Captain John Jermyn Symonds (4 January 1816 – 3 January 1883) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand. He purchased land for the New Zealand Company and was later a judge of the Native Land Court. Biography Symonds was born in 1816 as the youngest son of the family. His father was Sir William Symonds. On the recommendation of Lord Normanby, he joined the survey department in New South Wales in 1839. He arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, on 1 October 1840 to join his elder brother William Cornwallis Symonds, but his brother drowned in a boating accident in November 1841. For a while, he was acting protector of aborigines, and was in charge of purchase of land from Māori, and the survey of that land. In 1843, he obtained a commission as Ensign in the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot, then stationed in India. However, he never joined the regiment, but remained in New Zealand. In 1844, he purchased the Otago block with Frederick Tuckett on beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simmonds (other)
John Simmonds may refer to: *John Simmonds (musician) in Another Joe *John Simmonds (producer) of ''Beyond Our Ken'' * John Simmonds (motorcyclist) in 1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season *John Simmonds (political candidate), see Electoral results for the district of Melbourne *John Simmonds, character played by Clancy Brown See also * John Simonds (other) *John Symonds (other) John Symonds was an English writer. John Symonds may also refer to: *John Symonds (academic) (1730–1807), professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge * John Symonds (surveyor), British Army officer and surveyor *John Addington Sym ... * John Simmons (other) {{hndis, Simmonds, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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