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John Watt (Canadian Politician)
John Watt may refer to: * John Watt (politician) (1826–1897), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council * John Watt (physicist) (born 1932), Australian physicist * John Watt (cricketer) (1858–1914), Australian cricketer * John Alexander Watt (1868–1958), Australian geologist and mineralogist * John Charles Watt (1884–1961), Australian cricketer and son of the above cricketer *John Watt (broadcaster) (1901–1960), British broadcaster and producer *John Millar Watt John Millar Watt (14 October 1895 – 13 December 1975) was a British painter, illustrator and comics artist who created the comic strip ''Pop''. Early life Born in Greenock on the River Clyde, Scotland, the son of James H. Watt, an engineer, ... (1895–1975), British painter, illustrator and comics artist * John Mitchell Watt (1892-1980) South African pharmacologist and author See also * John Watts (other) * Jack Watt (other) {{hndis, Watt, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watt (politician)
John Brown Watt (16 May 1826 – 28 September 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian businessman, banker, and politician. Watt was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in Sydney and a board member of the Imperial Federation League in London. Outside of state politics, he was a director of the Union Bank of Australia (now the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited) and the CSR Limited, Colonial Sugar Refining Company. He was also a director of the Sydney Hospital, Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, as well as the founder of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Hospital for Sick Children, Glebe. Early life Watt was born in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son of Royal Navy officer Alexander Hamilton Watt and his wife Margaret (née Gilchrist). His father was a relative of James Watt, inventor of the steam-engine and namesake of the watt energy metric. Watt graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1840 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watt (physicist)
John Watt (born c.1932) is an Australian physicist, former Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral and Process Engineering, and Australia Prize winner. Watt was educated at the University of Sydney where he obtained a Master of Science degree in 1956. From around 1956 to 1967 he was a Research Officer with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission. John Watt started work with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission The Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) was a statutory body of the Australian government. It was established in 1952, replacing the Atomic Energy Policy Committee. In 1981 parts of the Commission were split off to become part of CSIRO, t ... (AAEC) as a Research Officer after graduating from The University of Sydney in 1956 with a Master of Science. He worked in the AAEC Isotope Division, becoming Head of the Radioisotope Applications Research Section in 1967. In 1982, he was transferred to the CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics as a Chief Resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watt (cricketer)
John Watt (16 February 1858 – 14 November 1914) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Tasmania between 1893 and 1896. His son, John Charles Watt, also played first-class cricket for Tasmania. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1858 births 1914 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Hobart 19th-century Australian sportspeople Colony of Tasmania people Sportspeople from Tasmania {{Australia-cricket-bio-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Watt
John Alexander Watt (1868–1958) was an Australian geologist and mineralogist and participant of the 1894 Horn Expedition to Central Australia. Born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Watt graduated from the University of Sydney. He died in Tenterfield Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia. At the , Tenterfield had a population of 4,066. Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a .... References 1868 births 1958 deaths Australian geologists Australian mineralogists People from Parramatta University of Sydney alumni {{geologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Watt
John Charles Watt (6 July 1884 – 4 August 1961) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1904/05. His father, John Watt, also played first-class cricket for Tasmania. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1884 births 1961 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Hobart {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watt (broadcaster)
John Watt (27 October 1901 – 23 February 1960) was a British broadcaster and producer. Watt was born on 27 October 1901 at 4 Hidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London, to Richard Watt, a solicitor, and Minnie (née Dale). He went to Cranleigh School and University College London. Among the shows he worked on as the BBC's Director of Variety were '' Workers' Playtime'' and '' ITMA''. He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme ''Desert Island Discs'' on 3 December 1956. Watt died on 23 February 1960 at home in Montpelier Street, Brighton. His wife Violette (they married in 1927) survived him; she wrote professionally, under the pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ... of Angela Jeans. Further reading * References External links * 1901 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millar Watt
John Millar Watt (14 October 1895 – 13 December 1975) was a British painter, illustrator and comics artist who created the comic strip ''Pop''. Early life Born in Greenock on the River Clyde, Scotland, the son of James H. Watt, an engineer, and his wife Henrietta. He was raised in Ilford in East London and studied metalwork at the Sir John Cass Institute before studying anatomy under Henry Stabler. He was apprenticed to an advertising agency whilst attending evening classes at the Westminster School of Art. His apprenticeship was interrupted in 1915 by World War I during which Watt served with the Artists' Rifles and the Essex Regiment. After being discharged, he studied briefly at Slade School of Art before returning to advertising work. He supplemented his wages with cartoons for the ''Daily Chronicle'' and illustrations for ''The Sphere''. ''Pop'' In 1921 he created a comic strip for the '' Daily Sketch'' entitled ''Reggie Breaks It Gently'' but the lead character was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mitchell Watt
Prof John Mitchell Watt FRSE FRSSA FRCPE FLS LLD (1 December 1892–23 April 1980) was a 20th-century South African physician and pharmacologist. He served in both World Wars. He made extensive catalogues of traditional African medicines. Life He was born in Port Elizabeth in Cape Colony on 1 December 1892. He was educated at the Grey Institute High School in Port Elizabeth. His family moved to Scotland and he completed his education at Stirling High School. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1916. He then joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1921 he became Professor of Pharmacology at University College, Johannesburg In 1933 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Phillips, Robert Burns Young, James Harvey Pirie and Sir William Wright Smith. In the Second World War he was in charge of medical supplies for the South African Defence Headquarters for the entire war. In 1957 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watts (other)
John Watts may refer to: Politics * John Watts (1715–1789), Member of the New York General Assembly *John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York **Statue of John Watts An outdoor bronze sculpture depicting U.S. Congressman John Watts by George Edwin Bissell is installed in the Trinity Church Cemetery outside Manhattan's Trinity Church, in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent p ..., an 1893 outdoor bronze sculpture * John Watts (Australian politician) (1821–1902), Queensland politician * John Watts (British politician) (1947–2016), British MP from Slough *John Watts (Stoke politician) (1864–1951), British political activist and mine rescue hero *John Watts (Grenadian politician) (1921/22-2015), Grenada MP *John C. Watts (1902–1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky *John Sebrie Watts (1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory Sports *John Watts (athlete) (born 1939), British Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
