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John Blackburn (1766–1824)
John Blackburn may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Blackburn (songwriter) (1913–2006), American lyricist of "Moonlight in Vermont" * John Blackburn (author) (1923–1993), English novelist * John Blackburn (artist) (1932–2022), English painter * John Blackburn (cartoonist) (1939–2006), American erotic comics creator Sports * John Blackburn (footballer) (1851–1927), Scottish international footballer and military officer * John Blackburn (cricketer) (1924–1987), English first-class cricketer * John Donald Blackburn (1938–2023), Canadian professional ice hockey player Other * John Blackburn (minister) (1792–1855), English Congregationalist * John Blackburn (MP for City of York), represented City of York (UK Parliament constituency) * John Blackburn (educator) (1924–2009), American university administrator * John Blackburn (politician) (1933–1994), English Member of Parliament * John Blackburn (priest) (1947–2021), Chaplain-General to the British Armed Forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (songwriter)
John M. Blackburn (October 19, 1913 in Massillon, Ohio – November 15, 2006 in Newport, Oregon) was a lyricist. He wrote the lyrics to " Moonlight in Vermont". He was raised in Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He traveled with a puppet theater that brought him to Vermont, inspiring the lyrics to " Moonlight in Vermont", the music was composed by Karl Suessdorf. It was introduced by Margaret Whiting in 1944. In 1957, Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest Jazz piano, jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordin ... recorded Blackburn's "Susquehanna". External linksJohn Blackburn from Jazz Biographies {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackburn, John 1913 births 2006 deaths Songwriters from Ohio American musical theatre composers American male musical theatre composers American musical theatre lyricists Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (author)
John Fenwick Anderson Blackburn (26 June 1923 – 1993) was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, and horror novels. Blackburn was described as "today's Master of Horror" by ''The Times Literary Supplement''. Mike Ashley, ''Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction''. Elm Tree Books, . (p. 36) Many of his books feature stock characters, including General Charles Kirk of British Intelligence and his friends, the scientist Sir Marcus Levin and his Russian wife Tania. Life Blackburn was born in the village of Corbridge, Northumberland and schooled at Haileybury College. He was the brother of the poet Thomas Blackburn. During the Second World War (1942–45) he served in the Merchant Navy as a radio officer. He attended Durham University after returning to civilian life – the alma mater of both his father Eliel and brother Thomas – and graduated in 1949. Blackburn taught for several years after that, first in London, and then in Berlin. He married Joan Mary Clift in 1950. Retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (artist)
John Blackburn (2 June 1932 – 22 October 2022) was a British abstract painter, who, after critical success in the 1960s, fell into relative obscurity until the early 2000s. Life Blackburn was born in a village outside Luton and attended the Margate School of Art, where he studied textile design. After school, he served in the National Service (and later lived) in New Zealand, Malaysia, and the surrounding area from 1954 to 1962. In Auckland, New Zealand, he met his future wife, Maudie McKinnon. Soon after the couple married, they settled in Glenfield, New Zealand. It was in New Zealand that Blackburn started painting; he would paint in the garden, having become accustomed to the weather, but then later moved on to the North Shore. His paintings were exhibited at the Circle Gallery in Auckland, which established him as a "radical" painter, with his "simple, reduced strong forms in limited pure, unmixed colours." In 1962, Blackburn, with his wife and three children, returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (cartoonist)
John Blackburn (September 10, 1939 – April 7, 2006) was an American erotic artist and cartoonist, specializing in bisexual erotic comics during the 1990s. His comics were noted for "their straightforward explorations of psychological elements behind the physical connections" and "focused on unbridled sexual ecstasy and gay sex as a joyous activity". Career John Blackburn was born in Statesboro, Georgia in 1939. He attended art school in Nashville, Tennessee. After graduation from college he settled in Atlanta. In the 1960s he relocated to Los Angeles. Blackburn drew illustrations for ''Physique Pictorial'', ''Physique Art Quarterly'', ''One'', ''In Touch'', ''FirstHand, ManTalk, Manscape'', and ''Guys'' magazines. He self-published four books starring his signature character Coley from 1989 to 1991: ''Coley on Voodoo Island'', ''Wild in the Street'', ''Breathless'', and ''Return to Voodoo Island.'' Coley Cochran was a muscular, blonde-maned 19-year-old who is kidnapped and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (footballer)
Colonel John Edward Blackburn (30 April 1851 – 29 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer and soldier. In 1869, he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1871. He played for the Royal Engineers A.F.C. and Scotland. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1917 New Year Honours The 1917 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were published in several editions of ''The London Gazette'' in Ja ... for services during the First World War. References ;Sources * External links *London Hearts profile 1851 births 1927 deaths Men's association football wingers Companions of the Order of the Bath Footballers from Edinburgh Royal Engineers A.F.C. players Royal Engineers officers Scotland men's international footballers Scottish men's footballers 19th-century British Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (cricketer)
John Derek Hepburn Blackburn (27 October 1924 – 19 February 1987) was an English first-class cricketer, who played one game for Yorkshire County Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Fenner's in May 1956. A right-handed batsman he batted at number 6, and scored 15 and 3 as the match ended in a draw. Blackburn was born in Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He played Yorkshire's Second XI from 1949 to 1967, batting at number 11 in his final game at the age of 43. An attractive hard-hitting batsman, he was possibly a contender for the Yorkshire captaincy when Ronnie Burnet was appointed skipper in 1958. He was captain of Bradford Cricket Club from 1954 to 1962, lending them to three Priestley Cup victories. An insurance broker, he was elected to the Yorkshire committee in 1966, and became president of Bradford C.C. Blackburn died, aged 62, in February 1987 in Steeton, Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donald Blackburn
John Donald Blackburn (May 14, 1938 – February 4, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars. He also played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the New England Whalers. After retiring in 1976 he became a coach with the Whalers, and remained in that position through 1981, serving as their first coach when they joined the NHL in 1979 as the Hartford Whalers. Playing career Except for a six-game stint with the Boston Bruins, Blackburn spent the majority of the early portion of his career with various minor league teams. He was a dominant force with the Quebec Aces of the AHL during the mid-1960s, including a 36-goal performance in 1965–66. He was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL expansion draft and was a regular contributor during the first two years of the fledgling team's existence. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (minister)
John Blackburn (1792–1855) was an English Congregationalist minister, for many years at Claremont Chapel, London. He was a prominent, conservative leader of the Congregational movement. Life He was born to a religious family in the Minories, London. His father John Blackburn (died 1834) made scales, and belonged to a livery company. In early life Blackburn entered the Baptist College, Stepney, but then switched to Hoxton Academy. He worked for the Irish Evangelical Society, in Sligo. He then became pastor at Finchingfield, from 1815. In 1822, Blackburn became minister at the Claremont Chapel, Pentonville Road, London. His congregation included Thomas Wilson, who had had the chapel built, and Hugh Owen. Blackburn was Secretary of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, 1834–1847, and of the Christian Instruction Society. He supported the Church of Ireland; and was an opponent of the British Anti-State Church Association formed in the 1840s, writing against it in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (MP For City Of York)
John Blackburn may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Blackburn (songwriter) (1913–2006), American lyricist of "Moonlight in Vermont" * John Blackburn (author) (1923–1993), English novelist * John Blackburn (artist) (1932–2022), English painter * John Blackburn (cartoonist) (1939–2006), American erotic comics creator Sports * John Blackburn (footballer) (1851–1927), Scottish international footballer and military officer * John Blackburn (cricketer) (1924–1987), English first-class cricketer * John Donald Blackburn (1938–2023), Canadian professional ice hockey player Other * John Blackburn (minister) (1792–1855), English Congregationalist * John Blackburn (MP for City of York), represented City of York (UK Parliament constituency) * John Blackburn (educator) (1924–2009), American university administrator * John Blackburn (politician) (1933–1994), English Member of Parliament * John Blackburn (priest) (1947–2021), Chaplain-General to the British Armed F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of York (UK Parliament Constituency)
York was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency represented in the Parliament of England from 1265 until 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the United Kingdom House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 2010. It elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) until 1918, and one thereafter under the first past the post, first-past-the-post system of election. From 1997 to 2010 it was known as City of York. Boundaries This constituency area tracked the municipal government area of York. Each general revision of English constituencies from 1885 would redefine the York constituency to include City of York Council#History, any changes to the city council area since the previous revision. History By virtue of its importance, York was regularly represented in Parliament from an early date: it had been required to send delegates to the assembly of 1265, but no actual returns survive until the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (educator)
John L. Blackburn (December 21, 1924 – July 3, 2009) was an administrator at the University of Alabama who contributed to the racial integration of the school. He died on July 3, 2009, of complications from myleodysplasia, a disorder that hampers the body's ability to produce red blood cells. Early career and education Blackburn began his service in higher education after serving in Indochina during World War II. He served as an instructor in the United States Air Force before attending Missouri Valley College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1949 and was a member of the Alpha Omicron chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi. He then settled at Florida State University in 1951, where he experienced the first of a series of events which placed him on the cutting edge of innovative change in higher education in the United States. As an administrator at Florida State University, one of his tasks was to assist in integrating male students into the previous Florida State College for Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackburn (politician)
John Graham Blackburn (2 September 1933 – 12 October 1994) was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented the constituency of Dudley West from 1979 until his death in 1994. Early years Blackburn was born in Eccles, the son of Charles and Grace Blackburn. He attended Liverpool Collegiate School, and studied at the University of Liverpool and Free University, Berlin, where he completed a PhD."Obituaries: John Blackburn", ''The Times'', 13 October 1994, p. 21. From 1953 to 1965 he served as a police officer in Liverpool, which (together with his hardline views on law and order) earned him the moniker "PC Plod" whilst in parliament. He married Marjorie Thompson in 1958, and they had two children. Rising to the position of detective sergeant, Blackburn left Liverpool City Police to join Solway Engineering Co. Ltd., where he became a sales director. He later served as a councillor in Wolverhampton, representing Merry Hill ward on the city council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
