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Jonathan Carr (other)
Jonathan Carr may refer to: *Jonathan Carr (writer) (1942–2008), British writer and journalist *Jonathan Carr (property developer) (1845–1915), London cloth merchant and property developer *Jonathan Dodgson Carr, industrial baker, founder of Carr's Carr's is a British biscuit and cracker manufacturer, currently owned by Pladis Global through its subsidiary United Biscuits. The company was founded in 1831 by Jonathan Dodgson Carr and is marketed in the United States by Kellogg's. Histor ... *Jonathan Carr (born 1979/1980), American murderer in the Wichita Massacre See also * John Carr (other) {{hndis, Carr, Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Carr (writer)
Jonathan Carr (1942–2008) was a British journalist and author, who lived and worked primarily in Germany. He was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.''Financial Times'', 20 June 2008, "FT writer who showed a passion for Germany" obituary He worked as a correspondent in turns for , , '''', '' |
Jonathan Carr (property Developer)
Jonathan Thomas Carr (1845–1915) was an English cloth merchant turned property developer and speculator. He is remembered for founding the Bedford Park garden suburb in Chiswick, west London. While he probably was not made bankrupt by that development, he later received a record-breaking 342 bankruptcy petitions. Life Background and character Jonathan Thomas Carr was born in 1845. His father was a cloth merchant in the City of London, known for his radical political views; Jonathan inherited a share of his business. His brother was the Grosvenor Gallery art critic and dramatist J. Comyns Carr. His sister studied art at the Slade School of Art. In 1873 he married Agnes Fulton (1849-1902), whose father Hamilton Henry Fulton, a civil engineer, was one of the few inhabitants of the Bedford Park estate before it was developed, living in Bedford House, which had 24 acres of land. The architectural history author Mark Girouard writes that his family seem to have found him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carr's
Carr's is a British biscuit and cracker manufacturer, currently owned by Pladis Global through its subsidiary United Biscuits. The company was founded in 1831 by Jonathan Dodgson Carr and is marketed in the United States by Kellogg's. History In 1831, Carr formed a small bakery and biscuit factory in the English city of Carlisle in Cumberland; he received a royal warrant in 1841. Within 15 years of being founded, it had become Britain's largest baking business. Carr's business was both a mill and a bakery, an early example of vertical integration, and produced bread by night and biscuits by day. The biscuits were loosely based on dry biscuits used on long voyages by sailors. They could be kept crisp and fresh in tins, and despite their fragility could easily be transported to other parts of the country by canal and railway. Jonathan Carr protested against the Corn Laws, which placed steep tariffs on imported wheat to keep the price of British wheat artificially high. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichita Massacre
The Wichita Massacre, also known as the Wichita Horror, was a week-long series of random brutal crimes perpetrated by brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr in the city of Wichita, Kansas between December 8 and 15, 2000. Five people were killed, and two people, a man and a woman, were severely wounded. The brothers were arrested and convicted of multiple counts of murder, kidnapping, robbery, and rape. They were both sentenced to death in October 2002. Their vicious crimes created panic in the Wichita area resulting in an increase in the sales of guns, locks, and home security systems.''The Wichita Horror, The Brutal Murders by Jonathan and Reginald Carr: The Heartbreak of a City'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
