John Dickson may refer to:
Politicians
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John Dickson (MP), British Member of Parliament for
Peeblesshire
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John Dickson (New York politician) (1783–1852), U.S. Representative from New York
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John Dickson (Australian politician)
Doctor John Dickson was a politician in colonial New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council.
Dickson studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh
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, politician in colonial New South Wales
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John Dickson (diplomat) (1847–1906), a member of the British
Levant Consular Service
Sportsmen
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John Dickson (footballer) (1949–1998), Scottish footballer
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John Dickson (basketball) (born 1945), former ABA basketball player
Arts and entertainment
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John Dickson (American poet) (1916–2009)
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John Dickson (New Zealand poet)
John David Dickson (8 August 1944 – 4 February 2017) was a New Zealand poet. A 1988 recipient of the Robert Burns Fellowship, he published three books of poetry and was the 2000 writer in residence at the University of Waikato.
Background
Dick ...
(1944–2017)
*John Dickson, film and television composer, see ''
Burn Notice''
Others
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John Dickson, Lord Hartree, Scottish judge
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John Dickson (minister) 17th century minister from Rutherglen. Scots Worthy and prisoner on the Bass Rock
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John Dickson (priest)
John Dickson (1746–1814) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century.
Benson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Prebendary
A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon wi ...
Archdeacon of Down, 1796–1814
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John Dickson (railway contractor)
John Dickson (c1819-13 June 1892), was a railway contractor responsible for the promotion, construction and operation of several railway lines in England and Wales, especially in and around Swansea. His finances were never securely based and he was ...
(c. 1819–1892)
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John Dickson (author)
John Dickson (born 1967) is an Australian author, clergyman and historian of the ancient world, largely focusing on early Christianity and Judaism. He currently teaches at the graduate school of Wheaton College (Illinois).
Early life
Dickso ...
, Australian Christian author
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John Dickson (civil servant)
John Abernethy Dickson, CB (19 September 1915 – 20 March 1994) was a Scottish civil servant and forester.
Born in Udny on 19 September 1915, he attended Robert Gordon's College then the University of Aberdeen, Tam Dalyell, "Obituary: John Dick ...
(1915–1994), Scottish forester and public official
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John B. Dickson (born 1943), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
*John Dickson, pseudonym of
Sigrid Schultz
Sigrid Schultz (January 15, 1893 – May 14, 1980) was a notable American reporter and war correspondent in an era when women were a rarity in both print and radio journalism. Working for the ''Chicago Tribune'' in the 1920s, she was the fir ...
(1893–1980), American war correspondent
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John F. Dickson (1821–1880), American public servant, law enforcement officer and police captain
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John Frederick Dickson
Sir John Frederick Dickson (17 September 1835 – 21 December 1891), was a British colonial administrator in Singapore. He was also President of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1886 to 1891. He translated and edited th' ...
(1835–1891), British colonial administrator in Singapore
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John Arnold Dickson
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
(1973-current), Australian CFA Volunteer Firefighter awarded NEM (National Emergency Medal of Australia) in 2023 in recognition of service to the Australian people during the 2019/20 'Black Summer' fires in Australia.
Organisations
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John Dickson & Son
John Dickson & Son is a Scottish gunmaker established in Edinburgh in 1820, specialising in high-end bespoke sporting guns.
History
Founder John Dickson was born in Edinburgh's Canongate in 1794, and was apprenticed at the age of 12 to James ...
, Scottish gunmaker
See also
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John Dickson Carr
John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn.
He lived in England for a number of years, and is ...
(1906–1977), American author of detective stories
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John Dixon (disambiguation)
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John Dickerson (disambiguation)
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