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John Perkins (other)
John Perkins may refer to: *John Perkins (Australian politician) (1878–1954), Australian politician *John Perkins (author) (born 1945), American author of ''Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'' *John Perkins (rugby union) (born 1954), Wales international rugby union player *John Perkins Jr. (1819–1885), American politician, son of John Perkins Sr. *John Perkins Sr. (1781–1866), American judge and planter *John Perkins (physician) (1698–1781), American physician and essayist *John M. Perkins (born 1930), American civil rights activist, American Christian minister, author *Johnny Perkins (1953–2007), American football receiver with the New York Giants *John Perkins (Royal Navy officer) (fl. 1775–1812), Captain, Napoleonic War *John Alanson Perkins (1914–1982), American academic administrator and government official *John Frederick Perkins (1910–1983), English entomologist *John Perkins (academic) (born 1950), British academic, engineering scientist and government adviser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (Australian Politician)
John Arthur Perkins (18 May 1878 – 13 July 1954) was an Australian newsagent, bookseller and politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1926 to 1943, representing the seat of Eden-Monaro for the Nationalist Party of Australia and its successor the United Australia Party. He was a minister in the governments of Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies. Early life and state politics Perkins was born at Gocup near Tumut, New South Wales, and educated at Tumut Public School and Cooma Public School. He was a small farmer at Cooma from 1894 to 1899, when he leased the property and became a newsagent, bookseller and stationer in Cooma. He was a Municipality of Cooma councillor from 1902 to 1909 and was Mayor of Cooma in 1904 and 1908. He was also president of the Cooma School of Arts, president of the Parents' and Citizens' Association, a justice of the peace, the local coroner, a director of the Monaro Grammar School, a member of the local land board an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frederick Perkins
John Frederick Perkins FRES (5 May 1910, in Paignton, Devon – 14 May 1983) was an English entomologist. He was the son of Zoë Lucy Sherrard Alatau and Robert Cyril Layton Perkins, also a hymenopterist. He was first educated at Newton College (Devon) and graduated with a First class Honours degree from the Imperial College of Science in 1932. In 1933, he was appointed an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Entomology British Museum (Natural History) where he specialised in Hymenoptera. He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Works Partial list *1959 Ichneumonidae, key to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae 1. ''Handbk Ident. Br. Inse''cts 7 (Part 2ai), 1–116. Royal Entomological Society. *1960 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae 2, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and Lycorininae. ''Handbk Ident. Br. Insects'' 7 (Part 2aii), 1–96. Royal Entomological Society. *1962 Perkins, J.F. 1962. On the type species of Förster Förster or Foerster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins Cushing
John Perkins Cushing (April 22, 1787 – April 12, 1862), called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy American sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist. His sixty-foot pilot schooner, the ''Sylph'', won the first recorded American yacht race in 1832. The town of Belmont, Massachusetts is named after his estate. Early life John Perkins Cushing was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Robert Cushing and his wife Ann Perkins Maynard. His father's Cushing ancestor had emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts, during the early years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Cushing's sister, Nancy, later married Henry Higginson (1781-1839). When his mother died of smallpox, Cushing was raised by his uncle, slave and opium trader Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764–1854). Cushing was reportedly very fond of the Perkins family and very often brought them house-warming gifts such as large boxes of the finest available white sugar. He was said to have spent a lot of time at their house, often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bryan Ward-Perkins
John Bryan Ward-Perkins, (3 February 1912 – 28 May 1981) was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome. Family and early life John Bryan Ward-Perkins was born on 3 February 1912 in Bromley, Kent, the eldest son of Bryan Ward-Perkins, a British civil servant in India, and Winifred Mary Hickman. He attended Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating in 1934. He was awarded the Craven travelling fellowship at Magdalen College, which he used to study archaeology in Great Britain and France. Career Ward-Perkins served as assistant under Sir R. E. Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976) from 1936 to 1939 at the London Museum. There he wrote a catalogue of the museum's collection. During these years he was also involved in the excavation of a Roman villa near Welwyn Garden City. In 1939 he became chair of archaeology at the Royal University of Malta. During the Second World War, Ward-Perkins saw military servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John (given Name)
John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' (), the contracted form of the longer name (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English, but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar). It is among the most commonly given names in Anglophone, Arabic, European, Latin American, Persian and Turkish countries. Traditionally in the Anglosphere, it was the most common, although it has not been since the latter half of the 20th century. John owes its unique popularity to two highly revered saints, John the Baptist (forerunner of Jesus Christ) and the apostle John (traditionally considered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Perkins (other)
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Jack Perkins may refer to: *Jack Perkins (footballer) (1903–1955), Australian rules footballer *Jack Perkins (actor) (1921–1998), American film actor *Jack Perkins (reporter) (1933–2019), American reporter and anchorman *Jack Perkins (racing driver) (born 1986), Australian V8 Supercar driver See also *John Perkins (other) John Perkins may refer to: *John Perkins (Australian politician) (1878–1954), Australian politician *John Perkins (author) (born 1945), American author of ''Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'' *John Perkins (rugby union) (born 1954), Wales intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (cricketer)
John Perkins (17 May 1837 – 30 April 1901) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of The Reverend Henry Perkins, he was born in May 1837 at Sawston, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, before going up to Christ's College, Cambridge. He migrated to Downing College in 1861, where he was a classics fellow. In the same year he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire against Surrey at Fenner's. He played first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire until 1867, making eleven appearances. Perkins scored 311 runs in his eleven matches for Cambridgeshire, making two half centuries and recording a highest score of 67. He served as secretary to Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club in 1866. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridgeshire, Perkins also made four appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1863 and 1868, scoring 129 runs and made a single half century score of 67. At Downing College he became a tut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Astin Perkins
John Astin Perkins (1907-1999) was an interior designer and architect based in Dallas, Texas. He helped create the “Dallas look” though his prominent commissions and his “fearless use of color and highbrow taste.” Early life Perkins was born in McKinney, Texas, to Frank Dudley Perkins and Daisy Astin Perkins. He had one sister, Florence. In 1924, Perkins graduated from Dallas’ Terrill Preparatory School, a forerunner of St. Mark's School of Texas. He received an architecture degree from Yale University, winning Yale’s Beaux-Arts award in 1928. He earned an additional architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1931. He then spent two years studying interior design at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts (later known as Parsons School of Design), receiving his diploma in 1933. Private practice Perkins worked privately as a designer and architect for over 60 years. He did projects around the world, but most of his effort was focused on Dalla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (academic)
John Douglas Perkins (born 18 March 1950) is a retired academic, engineering scientist, and government adviser. He held professorships at Imperial College London and the University of Sydney, served as President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Career Born on 18 March 1950, Perkins was educated at Imperial College London, graduating with a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1971; he was awarded the Hinchley Memorial Medal. He then spent two years studying for a PhD at Imperial, supported by a studentship from Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry, before becoming a demonstrator in chemical engineering at the University of Cambridge. In 1977, his PhD was awarded, and in the same year, he returned to Imperial as a lecturer. He was promoted to a senior lectureship in 1983 and then moved to the University of Sydney in 1985, where for three years he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alanson Perkins
John Alanson Perkins (1914–1982) was an American academic, academic administrator and politician. He served as president of the University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 ma ... from 1950 to 1967 (on leave from 1957 to 1958) and served as the United States Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from April 1957 to March 1958. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, John Alason United States Deputy Secretaries of Health and Human Services University of Delaware people 1914 births 1982 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (author)
John Perkins (born January 28, 1945) is an American author. His best known book is ''Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'' (2004), in which Perkins describes playing a role in a process of economic colonization of Third World countries on behalf of what he portrays as a cabal of corporations, banks, and the United States government. The book's claims were met with skepticism and rebuttal by some involved parties. The book spent more than 70 weeks on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Perkins has also written about mystical aspects of indigenous cultures, including shamanism. Biography Perkins graduated from the Tilton School in 1963. He subsequently attended Middlebury College for two years before dropping out. He later earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Boston University in 1968. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1968 to 1970. He spent the 1970s working for the Boston strategic-consulting firm Chas. T. Main; he claims to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (Royal Navy Officer)
John Perkins (died 27 January 1812), nicknamed Jack Punch, was a British Royal Navy officer. Perkins was perhaps the first mixed race commissioned officer in the Royal Navy. He rose from obscurity to be a successful ship's captain in the Georgian Royal Navy. He captained a 10-gun schooner during the American War of Independence and in a two-year period captured at least 315 enemy ships. Later in his career Perkins acted for the navy as a spy and undertook missions to Cuba and Saint-Domingue (modern day Haiti). At the start of the slave revolt in Saint-Domingue he was captured in Cap-Français and sentenced to death for supplying the rebel slaves with weapons. After his rescue he was promoted commander in 1797 and then post-captain in 1800. Perkins went on to cause an international incident with Denmark when he fired on two of their ships during peacetime. Toward the end of his career he participated in the capture of the islands of Saint Eustatia and Saba from the French. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
