John Elder may refer to:
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John Elder (pastor)
The Reverend John Elder (January 26, 1706July 17, 1792), known as the "Fighting Pastor", was the pastor for the Paxtang congregation, located in present-day Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. He founded the Paxton Boys.
Biography an ...
(1706–1792), the "Fighting Parson", founder of the Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania
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John Elder (cricketer) (born 1949), Irish cricketer
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John Elder (writer)
John Elder ( fl. 1542 – 1565) was a Scottish cartographer and writer. He was the tutor of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley in England.
Life
Elder was a native of Caithness. He passed twelve years of his life at the universities of St. Andrews, Aberd ...
(fl. 1542 – 1565), Scottish cartographer and writer
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John Elder (shipbuilder)
John Elder (8 March 1824 – 17 September 1869) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder. He was born at Glasgow on 8 March 1824. His family was connected with Kinross, where, for several generations, his forefathers had followed the occup ...
(1824–1869), Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder
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John Elder (politician), farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia
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John Elder (footballer) (1932–2018), Australian rules footballer
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Anthony Hinds (born 1922), British screenwriter and producer who used John Elder as a pseudonym
See also
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John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Glasgow
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Jack Elder (politician)
Jack Arnold Elder (born 3 July 1949) is a New Zealand former politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999, representing the Labour Party, New Zealand First and Mauri Pacific.
Early life
Jack Elder was born and raised in West Auckland, attending ...
(born 1949), former New Zealand politician
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Jack Elder (umpire)
Jack Elder (1885 – 24 December 1944) was an Australian rules football umpire who in 1996 was named as the VFL/ AFL's "Umpire of the Century".
He officiated as field umpire in 295 VFL matches (plus 7 as a boundary umpire) between 1906 and 192 ...
(1885–1944), former Australian rules football umpire
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John the Elder
John the Presbyter was an obscure figure of the early Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John and/or John of Patmos. He appears in fragments from the church father Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author's s ...
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John Elder Robison
John Elder Robison (born August 13, 1957) is the American author of the 2007 memoir '' Look Me in the Eye'', detailing his life with undiagnosed Asperger syndrome and savant abilities, and of three other books. Robison has had several careers. In ...
(born 1956), author of the 2007 memoir ''Look Me in the Eye'',
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