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John Tait (novelist)
John Tait may refer to: * John Tait (American football) (born 1975), professional football player * John Tait (architect) (1787–1856), Scottish architect * John Tait (entrepreneur) (1871–1955), Australian film and theatre entrepreneur * John Tait (horseman) (1813–1888), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse owner/trainer in Australian Racing Hall of Fame * John Tait (rugby union) (born 1973), Canadian rugby player * John Tait (runner) (1888–1971), Olympic athlete * John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), Scottish educator and international rugby union player * John W. Tait (born 1945), Egyptologist and Edwards Professor for the Institute of Archaeology at University College London * John Barclay Tait (1900–1973), British hydrographist * John Robinson Tait (1834–1909), American landscape painter, art critic, and travel writer * John Tait (physiologist) John Tait (1878–21 October 1944) was a 20th-century Scottish physician, physiologist and medical author. He was Emeritus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (American Football)
John Bernard Tait (born January 26, 1975) is a former American football offensive tackle, who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was selected with the 14th overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs out of Brigham Young University (BYU) and played for the Chiefs for five years. He also played for the Chicago Bears. Early years He is a 1993 graduate of McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona. At Brigham Young University, Tait started 38 games during his three-year college career. Tait was an All-America pick his final season and earned first-team All- WAC honors as a sophomore and a junior. Eligible for a fifth year of college action after redshirting as a true freshman in 1993, Tait declared for the draft. He served as the captain for the BYU offense and started all 13 games at left tackle as a junior. He was a first-team All-WAC choice, earned first-team All-America honors from ''Football News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (architect)
John Tait (1787-1856) was a Scottish architect operating in the first half of the 19th century responsible for several fine streets in Edinburgh all of which are listed buildings. One of his creations, 15 Rutland Square, houses the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Life He is believed to have been born in Edinburgh in 1787. His early years are unclear but he is thought to have apprenticed as an architect under Archibald Elliot as several of his works conclude Elliot's works. He first appears listed in Edinburgh directories as an architect in 1826, living at 1 Mound Place in the Old Town. He worked for the Provost, John Learmonth in feuing the Learmonth area of the city, north of Dean Village, and continued in this role even after John Learmonth was forced to pass the project on to the Heriot Trust. His clever scheme at Clarendon Crescent (named after the Earl of Clarendon) was based on William Henry Playfair's Regent Terrace, and cleverly disguises the west end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (entrepreneur)
John Henry Tait (21 August 1871 – 23 September 1955) was an Australian film and theatre entrepreneur who often worked with his brothers Charles, Nevin, Edward and Frank. John Tait was born in Castlemaine, Victoria, the son of John Turnbull Tait (1830–1902), a tailor from Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and his English wife Sarah, née Leeming. John Tait migrated to Victoria in 1862 and settled at Castlemaine where he married Sarah. They had nine children: including Charles (1868–1933), John (1871–1955), James Nevin (1876–1961), Edward Joseph (1878–1947) and Frank Samuel (1883–1965) (later Sir Frank). John was educated at Castlemaine State School before the Taits moved in about 1879 to Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. John originally worked as a lawyer before going into the theatre. He managed Dame Nellie Melba's 1902 tour of Australia for George Musgrove. He later became a concert promoter. In March 1911, brothers John and Nevin, and Millard Johnso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (horseman)
John Tait may refer to: * John Tait (American football) (born 1975), professional football player * John Tait (architect) (1787–1856), Scottish architect * John Tait (entrepreneur) (1871–1955), Australian film and theatre entrepreneur * John Tait (horseman) (1813–1888), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse owner/trainer in Australian Racing Hall of Fame * John Tait (rugby union) (born 1973), Canadian rugby player * John Tait (runner) (1888–1971), Olympic athlete * John Guthrie Tait (1861–1945), Scottish educator and international rugby union player * John W. Tait (born 1945), Egyptologist and Edwards Professor for the Institute of Archaeology at University College London * John Barclay Tait (1900–1973), British hydrographist * John Robinson Tait (1834–1909), American landscape painter, art critic, and travel writer * John Tait (physiologist) John Tait (1878–21 October 1944) was a 20th-century Scottish physician, physiologist and medical author. He was Emeritus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Racing Hall Of Fame
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000. The numbers in brackets after each name indicates the year of induction into the Hall of Fame. Racehorses * Abercorn (2018) * Ajax (2004) * Amounis (2006) * Aquanita (2018) * Archer (2017) * Balmerino (2019) * Beau Vite (2021) * Bernborough (Inaugural - 2001) * Better Loosen Up (2004) * Black Caviar (2013) * Briseis (2015) * Carbine (Inaugural - 2001) * Chatham (2005) * Choisir (2015) * Comic Court (2009) * Crisp (2013) * Dalray (2015) * Danehill (2015) * Delta (2013) * Dulcify (2014) * Eurythmic (2005) * Flight (2007) * Galilee (2005) * Gloaming (2004) * Grand Flaneur (2007) * Gunsynd (2005) * Hall Mark (2019) * Heroic (2003) * High Caste (2012) * Karasi (2018) * Kingston Town (Inaugural - 2001) * Leilani (2016) * Let's Elope (2012) * Light Fingers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (rugby Union)
John Noel Tait (born August 14, 1973) is a Canadian former rugby union player. He played 37 games for Canada. His brother is Luke Tait, who also plays on the Canadian national rugby team. He is currently the head coach of the Canadian National Senior Women sevens team, and coached the 2016 Canadian Women's 7 team for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... in Rio. References External linksJohn Tait statisticsScrum.comJohn Tait European Cardiff RFC profileJohn Tait European tournament statistics* 1973 births Canada international rugby union players Canadian rugby union coaches Canadian rugby union players Living people People from Orangeville, Ontario Sportspeople from Ontario Coaches of international rugby sevens teams {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (runner)
John Lindsay Tait (September 25, 1888 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian athlete. Known as the athletic world's "Boy Wonder", he competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. Career In 1908, at just 19 years of age, Tait won his first round heat of the 1500 metres with a time of 4:12.2. Despite the relatively slow time (other heat winners ran as fast as 4:03.4), Tait won by nearly fifty yards. His time in the final was much quicker, at 4:06.8, and he finished in fourth place. Tait also competed in the 1908 marathon and the 5 miles, failing to finish in either event. In 1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ..., facing speculative news from doctors that his heart had become enlarged from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Guthrie Tait
John "Jack" Guthrie Tait (24 August 1861 – 4 October 1945) V.D. was a Scottish educator who became principal of the Central College of Bangalore prior to the First World War. In his early adulthood, Tait was a notable sportsman playing rugby union as a forward for Cambridge University and represented the Scotland international team twice between 1880 and 1885. As well as being a talented rugby player, Tait was, like his brother Frederick Guthrie Tait, a notable amateur golfer. Personal history Tait was born in Edinburgh in 1861, the eldest son of Scottish mathematical physicist Peter Guthrie Tait and Margaret Archer Porter. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy from 1871 to 1877 before studying Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge, from 1880. He received his BA in 1884, and on 7 November the same year was admitted at Lincoln's Inn. Tait was called to The Bar on 25 April 1888 and was awarded his MA in 1890. In 1890 he travelled to India and took up a post in the Government Educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
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 Barclay Tait
Dr John Barclay Tait FRSE (1900–1973) was a 20th-century British hydrographist. From 1962 to 1965 he was Deputy Director of the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen linked to the Fishery Board for Scotland. He was an expert in the hydrography of the North Sea and of the Faroe Shetland Channel. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 7 June 1900. He studied Science at Heriot-Watt College graduating BSc in 1922 and followed this with a doctorate (PhD). In 1925 he began work as a hydrographer in the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. In 1928 he was appointed a Junior Naturalist to the Fishery Board of Scotland alongside Sydney Guy Gibbons. In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Alexander Bowman, Alan Grant Ogilvie, James Ritchie and Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. He won the Society's Keith Medal for the period 1957–1959. He retired in 1965 and died at Macbieknowe near West Linton in Peeblesshire Peeblesshire ( gd, Siorrachd nam Pùballan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robinson Tait
John Robinson Tait (January 14, 1834 – July 29, 1909) was an American landscape painter, art critic, and travel writer. He spent many years in Germany, where he was associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule and the Munich School. Biography John Robinson Tait was born in Cincinnati on January 14, 1834. He received his higher education at Bethany College, where he published a student magazine called ''The Stylus''. In 1853, he made his first trip to Europe (primarily Italy) in the company of his teacher, William Louis Sonntag.Brief biography @ Victorian Artists. He paid a short visit to to see an old acquaintance, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tait (physiologist)
John Tait (1878–21 October 1944) was a 20th-century Scottish physician, physiologist and medical author. He was Emeritus Professor of Medicine at McGill University in Canada. Life He was born at St Ola in Orkney in 1878. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating M.D. in 1906, and winning the Gold Medal for best in class that same year. In 1907 John Tait gained a D.Sc. He undertook postgraduate studies at Göttingen and Berlin and began lecturing in Experimental Physiology at Edinburgh in 1910. His essay on “Yohimbine : a contribution to the study of narcotic agents” was awarded the Edinburgh University Milner Fothergill Medal in Therapeutics, 1911. In the First World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Macedonia and Italy. In 1917 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, James Cossar Ewart, James Lorrain Smith and Cargill Gilston Knott. He won the Society's Neill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
