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John Ward (attorney)
John Ward may refer to: Academia *John Ward (academic) (1679–1758), English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric *John Clive Ward (1924–2000), British physicist *John Manning Ward (1919–1990), Vice-Chancellor and history professor at the University of Sydney *John Mason Ward (1921–2014), British chemist *John Milton Ward IV (1917–2011), musicologist and Professor of Music at Harvard University *John Sebastian Marlowe Ward (1885–1949), British historian, Freemason and spiritualist *John William Ward (professor) (1922–1985), professor of English and history, and president of Amherst College Arts *John Ward (actor) (1704–1773), English actor *John Ward (American actor) (1923–1995), American actor *John Ward (composer) (1590–1638), English composer *John Ward (painter) (1798–1849), English marine artist *John Powell Ward (born 1937), English poet and academic *John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), American sculptor *John Stanton Ward (1917–2007), English painter *Johnn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ward (academic)
John Ward (1679?–1758) was an English teacher, supporter of learned societies, and biographer, remembered for his work on the Gresham College professors, of which he was one. Life Son of John Ward, a Baptist minister, by his wife, Constancy Rayner, he was born in London about 1679. For some years he was a clerk in the navy office, studying in spare time with the assistance of John Ker, who kept an academy, first in Highgate and afterwards in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell. He left the navy office in 1710, and opened a school in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, which he kept for many years. In 1712 he became one of the earliest members of a society composed principally of divines and lawyers, who met periodically in order to read discourses upon the civil law or upon the law of nature and nations. On 1 September 1720 he was chosen Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. Ward was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 30 November 1723. He was often elected a member of the council, and in 175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
