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Joshua Walker (other)
Joshua Walker may refer to: * Joshua Walker (MP) Joshua Walker (1786-1862) of Portland Place and Hendon Place, Middlesex, was a Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh in Suffolk, a pocket borough owned by his cousin Samuel Walker (1779–1851), MP,Taylor a notable ironmaster An ironmaster is th ... (1786–1862), Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh in Suffolk * Joshua "J.D." Walker (born 1983), songwriter and record producer See also * Josh Walker (other) {{hndis, Walker, Joshua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Walker (MP)
Joshua Walker (1786-1862) of Portland Place and Hendon Place, Middlesex, was a Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh in Suffolk, a pocket borough owned by his cousin Samuel Walker (1779–1851), MP,Taylor a notable ironmaster An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain. The ironmaster was usually a large ... from Yorkshire. Origins He was born on 28 September 1786, the son of Joshua Walker of Clifton House, near Rotherham in Yorkshire, the proprietor of an iron and steel works and of lead factories and founder of the Independent College at Rotherham. His mother was Susanna Need, a daughter of Samuel Need of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, a textile manufacturer. Marriage On 18 December 1805 he married Anna Maria Holford, a daughter and co-heiress of Allan Holford (1754-1788) of Davenham Hall in Cheshire, by his wife Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua "J
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ibn Nūn''; la, Iosue functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. His name was Hoshea ( ''Hōšēaʿ'', lit. 'Save') the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English),''Bible'' the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus. The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In Numbers 13:1, and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
