John Templeton (other)
John Templeton (1912–2008) was a British businessman. John Templeton is the name of: *John Templeton (botanist) (1766–1825), Irish botanist * John Templeton (tenor) (1802–1886), British opera singer * John Montgomery Templeton (1840–1908), Australian businessman *John Templeton Jr. John Marks Templeton Jr. (February 19, 1940 – May 16, 2015), also known as Jack Templeton, was an American physician. The elder son of Judith (née Folk) Templeton and investor, businessman and philanthropist Sir John Templeton, Jack Templeton s ...

John Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 – 8 July 2008) was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund, which averaged growth over 15% per year for 38 years.William Greene (1999)The Secrets Of Sir John Templeton(January 1, 1999). CNN Money, accessed 29 August 2020 A pioneer of emerging market investing in the 1960s, ''Money'' magazine named him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century" in 1999. Early life and education John Marks Templeton was born in the town of Winchester, Tennessee, and attended Yale University, where he was an assistant business manager for campus humor magazine ''Yale Record'' and was selected for membership in the Elihu society. He financed a portion of his tuition with winnings from playing poker, a game at which he excelled. He graduated in 1934 near the top of his class. He attended Balliol College in Oxford Universi ...
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John Templeton (botanist)
John Templeton (1766–1825) was a pioneering Irish naturalist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of Irish Botany". He was a leading figure in Belfast's late eighteenth century enlightenment: he attached himself to democratic programme of the United Irishmen, and figured prominently in the town's scientific and literary societies. Family Templeton was born in Belfast in 1766, the son of James Templeton, a prosperous wholesale merchant, and his wife Mary Eleanor, daughter of Benjamin Legg, a sugar refiner. The family resided in a 17th century country house to the south of the town, which been named Orange Grove in honour of William of Orange who had stopped at the house en route to his victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Until the age of 16 Templeton attended a progressive, co-educational, school favoured by the town's liberal, largely Presbyterian, merchant class. Schoolmaster David Manson sought to exclude "drudgery and fear" by combining classroom in ...
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John Templeton (tenor)
John Templeton (1802–1886) was a British opera singer. A tenor, he sang at the first English productions of Mozart's operas ''Don Giovanni'' and ''The Magic Flute''. Early life He was born at Riccarton, near Kilmarnock, the son of Robert Templeton. He was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom had musical talent. His elder brother James was a distinguished music teacher in Edinburgh, and his other brother Robert was a precentor, in the Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock. John had a fine voice as a boy and from the age of 14 until his voice broke when he was 17, took part in concerts in Edinburgh with his brother James. In 1822 he became precentor to the Rose Street Secession church. Then, intending to become a professional singer, he went to London and studied under Jonathan Blewitt, Thomas Welsh, De Pinna, and Tom Cooke. Career Templeton made his stage debut at Worthing in 1828, appearing as Dermot in ''The Poor Soldier''. After some time in the provinces he made a successfu ...
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John Montgomery Templeton
John Montgomery Templeton (20 May 1840 – 10 June 1908) was a Scottish Australian businessman and the author of non-forfeiture clause in life assurance policies. Templeton was born at Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire; he was the eldest son of Hugh Templeton, a school teacher, who brought his family to Victoria, Australia at the end of 1852. Early career Young Templeton entered the education department as a teacher, but in 1868 became an accountant in a fire insurance office. In 1869 he formed the National Mutual Life Association, paying the first premium himself on his own life, and personally securing the first 100 members. He was made the first secretary, and having been elected a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia in 1872, as actuary to the association, made its first valuation. In 1884 he left life assurance to become one of the three commissioners under the Public Service Act of 1883, appointed to establish the principle that promotion should depend on mer ...
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