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John Mason (''circa'' 1600–1672)
John Mason may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Mason (playwright) (fl. 1609), British playwright * John Mason (poet) (1646–1694), English clergyman, poet, and hymn-writer * John B. Mason (1858–1919), American stage actor * John Mason (artist) (1927–2019), American ceramic artist * Ralph Mason (John Francis Mason, 1938–2016), English tenor * John M. Mason (musician) (1940–2011), Scottish solicitor, musician, composer and conductor Business and industry * John Mason (planter) (1766–1849), American banker and planter, son of George Mason * John Mason (businessman) (1773–1839), American banker * John Charles Mason (1798–1881), British East India Company secretary and diplomat * John Landis Mason (1832–1902), American tinsmith; patented glass-threaded mason jars for food preservation Law and politics Ireland * Sir John Mason (died 1720), Irish MP for County Waterford * John Mason (died 1738), Irish MP for the city of Waterford * John Monck Mason (1726†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mason (playwright)
John Mason was an English playwright, author of the Jacobean revenge tragedy ''An Excellent Tragedy of Mulleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence,'' commonly referred to as ''The Turk (play) ''An Excellent Tragedy of Mulleasses the Turke, and Borgias Governour of Florence'', commonly referred to as ''The Turk'' is Jacobean revenge tragedy by John Mason first published in 1610.Robert Henke, Eric Nicholson ''Transnational Exchange in E ...'', first published in 1610. Little of Mason's life is known. An 18th-century writer reported that Mason may have graduated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1606. He owned a half-share of the Whitefriars Theatre, which performed ''The Turk''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, John English Renaissance dramatists Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Grinstead (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Grinstead was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England, House of Commons elected by the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832, but the name was revived at the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Redistribution of Seats Act created a new single-member county constituency, county division of the same name. Upon its abolition for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 election, its territory was divided between Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Sussex and Wealden (UK Parliament constituency), Wealden. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cuckfield (except the paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mason (New Zealand Politician)
John Mason (26 September 1880 – 9 July 1975) was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. He was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in Hawke's Bay in the 1920s. Biography Born in Hastings in 1880, Mason was a lawyer and was for a time in partnership with Matthew Oram. During World War I, Mason enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in January 1916, and served overseas with the New Zealand Medical Corps, rising to the rank of temporary warrant officer class 1. He returned to New Zealand and was discharged in 1919. Mason contested the electorate in the for the Reform Party. Of the four candidates, he came second to Labour's Lew McIlvride. He won the Napier electorate from McIlvride in the 1925 general election, but was defeated by Labour's Bill Barnard in 1928. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John James Mason
John James Mason (4 February 1842 – 15 June 1903) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1884 to 1885. As mayor, he created a registry of those seeking work in order to connect them to potential employers, supported the establishment of a free library, and said he "personally reviewed almost every application for relief or the poor and adsucceeded in bestowing charity where it was needed and been able to refuse those who were undeserving of it". After his term as mayor, he remained involved in politics, securing funding from the Minister of Education for the trial implementation of home economics classes in a local school in 1897, arguing that it would help decide whether to include it in the curriculum. The Minister of Education allowed school boards to teach home economics later that year. Mason was also connected with the movement establish a branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Hamilton, in order to provide healthcare to those who could not afford private care, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thomson Mason Jr
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 Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvin Mason
John Calvin Mason (August 4, 1802 – August 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Mason attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling Law School in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1823. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mount Sterling. He engaged extensively in the manufacture of iron. He served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1839, 1844, and 1848. He served in the war with Mexico in 1846 and 1847 in Ben McCollough's company of Texas Rangers, Worth's division, under General Taylor. He moved to Owingsville, Kentucky, in 1847. Mason was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852. Mason was elected to the Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thomson Mason (1787–1850)
John Thomson Mason (January 8, 1787 – April 17, 1850) was an American lawyer, United States marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory from 1830 through 1831, land agent, and an important figure in the Texas Revolution. Early life and education Mason was born on January 8, 1787, at Raspberry Plain near Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. He was eldest child and eldest son of Stevens Thomson Mason, Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Armistead. Mason was educated at Charlotte Hall Military Academy in Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland, and at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Political appointee In 1812, Mason left his family stronghold of Northern Virginia to attempt making his own fortunes in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1817, President James Monroe appointed Mason United States marshal. Mason was appointed Secretary of Michigan Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs in 1830 by President Andrew J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thomson Mason
John Thomson Mason (15 March 1765 – 10 December 1824) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806. Early life Mason was born on 15 March 1765 at Chopawamsic (plantation), Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia. He was the third child and youngest son of Thomson Mason and his wife Mary King Barnes. Education Early career Mason operated a plantation in what was then Washington County, Maryland near Elizabethtown (now Hagerstown, Maryland, Hagerstown using enslaved labor.The Library of Virginia has a slave importation certificate recorded in Frederick County, Maryland on 3 March 1794 https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990005037370205756&context=L&vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution_noAER&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,mason,%20thomson&offset=0 Admitted to the Maryland bar, he attained high rank, but twice declined the office of United States Attorney General w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mason (Scottish Politician)
John Fingland Mason (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish independent politician who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Shettleston since 2011. He was a member of the Scottish National Party until his expulsion in 2024. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2008 to 2010, and a Glasgow City Councillor from 1998 to 2008. Mason has been involved with charity work, and he is an accountant. He is a practising Christian and believes abortion should not be allowed for social reasons. He has attracted significant controversy for beliefs and comments which critics deemed to be transphobic and homophobic. He also faced significant criticism for keeping his SNP (Scottish National Party) office open to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and for comments describing the Irish Republican Army as "freedom fighters". On 17 August 2024, he had the whip drawn for arguing that Israeli actions during the Gaza war did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
