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Samuel Dunn (other)
Samuel Dunn may refer to: * Samuel Orace Dunn (1877–1958), American transportation specialist * Samuel Dunn (minister) (1798–1882), Free Church Methodist minister and religious journalist * Samuel Dunn (mathematician) Samuel Dunn (1723 - 1794) was a British mathematician, teacher, cartographer and amateur astronomer. Biography Early life He was born to John and Alice Dunn in Crediton, Devonshire, and baptised there on 7 February 1723. His father died at Cred ... (died 1794), English mathematician * Sam Dunn (born 1974), Canadian musician and film maker * Sam Dunn (rugby league), rugby league player {{hndis, Dunn, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Orace Dunn
Samuel Orace Dunn (March 8, 1877 – January 4, 1958) was an American transportation specialist. Biography He was born in Bloomfield, Iowa on March 8, 1877. He began to set type at the age of 12. He learned the printing trade after graduating from high school, was editor of the Quitman, (Mo.) ''Record'' (1895–96) and associate editor of the Maryville, (Mo.) ''Tribune'' (1896–1900); from 1900 to 1904 was a reporter, and later editorial writer, on the Kansas City ''Journal'', and in 1904-07 was connected with the Chicago ''Tribune'' as railroad editor and editorial writer. In 1907-08 he was managing editor of the ''Railway Age'', and thereafter editor of the ''Railway Age Gazette''. He also contributed articles to periodicals and lectured frequently on transportation subjects and was an outspoken advocate on behalf of the railroad industry. At the time of his death he was the chairman emeritus of Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. He wrote: * ''American Transportation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Dunn (minister)
Samuel Dunn (13 February 1798 – 24 January 1882) was a British Methodist minister and religious writer. Life Dunn was born at Mevagissey in Cornwall. His father, James Dunn, the master of a small trading vessel, made the acquaintance of John Wesley in 1768, and became a class leader; with his crew he protected Adam Clarke from the fury of a mob in Guernsey in 1786. He died at Mevagissey, 8 August 1842, aged 88. The son Samuel received his education at Truro, under Edward Budd, who was afterwards the editor of '' The West Briton''. In 1819 he was admitted a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and after passing the usual three years of probation, was received as a full minister, and volunteered for service in the Shetland Islands, where, in conjunction with John Raby, he was the first minister of his denomination, and suffered many hardships. While here he wrote an interesting series of articles descriptive of Orkney and Shetland ('' Wesleyan Methodist Magazine'', 1822–5). Dunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Dunn (mathematician)
Samuel Dunn (1723 - 1794) was a British mathematician, teacher, cartographer and amateur astronomer. Biography Early life He was born to John and Alice Dunn in Crediton, Devonshire, and baptised there on 7 February 1723. His father died at Crediton in 1744. Samuel Dunn wrote in his will: The schoolhouse was the place where the "English school" was kept previously to its union with the blue school in 1821. Life and Career in London Dunn moved to London in December 1751, where he taught in different schools, and gave private lessons. In 1757, he came before the public as the inventor of the "universal planispheres, or terrestrial and celestial globes in plano", four large stereographical maps, with a transparent index placed over each map, He published an account of their ''Description and Use'', 2nd edition, octavo, London, 1759. From the preface, it appears that in 1758 Dunn had become master of an academy "for boarding and qualifying young gentlemen in arts, sciences, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
