John Tasker (architect)

	John Tasker (architect) John Tasker may refer to: * John Tasker (sea captain) (1742–1800) * John Tasker (cricketer) (1887–1975), British cricketer * John Tasker (theatre director) ( – 1988), Australian theatre director * John Tasker (1659–1730/31), son-in-law of Thomas Brooke Jr. * John Tasker (jockey) John Tasker may refer to: * John Tasker (sea captain) (1742–1800) * John Tasker (cricketer) (1887–1975), British cricketer * John Tasker (theatre director) John Tasker (25 May 1933 – 18 June 1988) was an Australian theatre director. Biog ... (died 1855), rode in 1850 Grand National {{hndis, Tasker, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Tasker (sea Captain) John Tasker (1742–1800) was a Welsh people, Welsh sea captain and shipowner who became the East India Company's Captain of the Port, Master Attendant at Bombay (now Mumbai) and purchased the Upton Castle estate in his native Pembrokeshire where he was High Sheriff in 1798. Arrival in India and early maritime career Seeking his fortune as a free mariner, Tasker was a passenger on the maiden voyage of the East Indiaman ''Anson'' and arrived at Bombay on 30 September 1764. He quickly found employment on so-called Country Ships trading along the coast of India and into China, and by 1774 was captain of the ''Louisa'', owned by Governor William Hornby (governor), William Hornby. In 1775 he was paid 10,000 Bombay rupees for carrying East India Company troops from Madras (now Chennai) to Bombay, and in December that year he was accompanied by the traveller Abraham Parsons on the ''Louisas passage southward along the Malabar Coast. Parsons, whose account of the voyage was later published, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Tasker (cricketer) John Tasker (4 February 1887 – 24 August 1975) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in thirty three first-class matches between 1912 and 1919. Born in South Kirkby, Yorkshire, England, Tasker was a right-handed batsman who scored 644 runs at 14.97, with a best of 67 for Yorkshire County Cricket Club against Cambridge University. He also scored half centuries against Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. He bowled two overs which cost sixteen runs. All but two of his first-class games were played for Yorkshire before World War I, with his two appearances in 1919 coming for the Army and the Army and Navy combined side. Tasker died, aged 88, in August 1975 at Greenham Common, Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ..., England. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Tasker (theatre Director) John Tasker (25 May 1933 – 18 June 1988) was an Australian theatre director. Biography He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and educated at Newcastle Boys’ High School. Travelling to Europe at age 18, he studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art and teaching at the University of London. He was at one time the lover of the English author, journalist, and broadcaster Colin Spencer. They met in Brighton in 1957, when both were 24 years old. Their off-and-on two-year relationship dramatically changed when Spencer married archaeologist Gillian Chapman in October 1959. Returning to Australia, Tasker became a theatre director, and died of cancer in 1988. Tasker had arranged for his letters to be returned to Spencer. Upon re-reading them, Spencer published his book ''Which of Us Two'' as a form of atonement. Patrick White chose Tasker to produce the play ''The Ham Funeral'' for thUniversity of Adelaide Theatre Guild(premiere in Union Hall in 1961) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Brooke Jr Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]