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John George Pattison John George Pattison (September 8,1875- June 3,1917), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John George Smyth Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, VC MC (25 October 1893, Teignmouth – 26 April 1983, Marylebone) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He later became a Conservative Member of Parliament.
John George, Elector of Brandenburg John Geroge (; 11 September 1525 – 8 January 1598) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571-1598). A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the son of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Magdalena of Saxony.
John Gerard John Gerard (Nantwich, 1545 – February, 1611/12 in London was an English] [[botanist famous for his herbal garden. After being educated in Willaston near Nantwich he started to study medicine and travelled widely as a ship's surgeon.
John Gerich John Gerich was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada, MLA for Redberry, and former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He served as Associate Minister of Economic Development in the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative government led by Grant Devine.
John Gerrish John Gerrish is an American composer of the 20th century, best known for "The Falcon," an a cappella piece for SATB. The date of publication is unknown, but "The Falcon" was advertised by the Association of Music Publishers in 1956 for $0.
John Getz John Getz (b. October 15, 1946 in Davenport, Iowa) is a stage-trained character actor lead often cast as upstanding if somewhat green characters on TV, and as varying degrees of sleazeballs in films, Getz began acting while attending the University of Iowa.
John Gibson (police officer) Detective John Michael Gibson (March 29, 1956 – July 24, 1998) was a United States Capitol Police officer assigned to the dignitary protection detail of Congressman Tom DeLay. He was shot and killed after confronting Russell Eugene Weston Jr.
John Gibson (sculptor) John Gibson, (June 19 1790 - January 27 1866), British sculptor, was born near Conway in 1790, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed, like many other great men, the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.
John Gibson Lockhart John Gibson Lockhart (14 July 1794 – 25 November 1854), Scottish writer and editor, was born in the manse of Cambusnethan House in Lanarkshire, where his father, Dr John Lockhart, transferred in 1796 to Glasgow, was minister.
John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury John Anthony Hardinge Giffard 3rd Earl of Halsbury (1908-2000), British peer and scientist, succeeded to the title in 1943. He was Managing Director of the National Research Development Corporation 1949-1959, after having been Director of Research of Decca Record Company 1947-1949, and previously worked for Lever Brothers, and Brown-Firth Research Laboratories.
John Gilbert Winant John Gilbert Winant (February 23, 1889–November 3, 1947) was an American teacher and Republican politician from Concord, New Hampshire. Born in New York City, Winant held positions in New Hampshire, national, and international politics.
John Gildroy Grant John Gildroy Grant (26 August 1889 - 25 November 1970) was a New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Gilfillan John Bachop Gilfillan was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Barnet, Caledonia County, VT, February 11, 1835; attended the common schools; was graduated from the Caledonia County Academy in 1855; moved to Minneapolis, MN; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in July 1860 and commenced practice in Minneapolis; member of the board of education 1860 – 1868; city prosecuting attorney 1861 – 1864; prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County 1863 – 1867 and 1869 – 1873; alderman of the city of Minneapolis 1865 – 1869; member of the Minnesota Senate 1875 – 1885; regent of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis 1880 – 1888; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Minneapolis, MN, August 19, 1924; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.
John Gill (climber) John Gill (born 1937) is an American mathematician who has achieved recognition for his rock-climbing. Considered by many as the Father of Modern Bouldering, John Gill established problems in the 1950s and early 1960s considerably harder than those existing at the time.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Junior (June 9, 1922 – December 11, 1941) was an American aviator and poet who died fighting in World War II while serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he had joined before the United States had officially entered the war.
John Gillies John Gillies (1747-1836), Scottish historian and classical scholar, was born at Brechin, in Forfarshire, on 18 January 1747. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where, at the age of twenty, he acted for a short time as substitute for the professor of Greek.
John Gilligan John Gilligan (born March 29, 1952) is an Irish drug lord who has been implicated in the murder of Veronica Guerin, the first ever murder of a journalist in Ireland. "Factory John," has become one of Ireland's most reviled gangsters.
John Gilmore (musician) John Gilmore (28 September or 29 October , 1931 in Summit, Missouri-19 August or 20 August, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player best-known for his long tenure as a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra.
John Gilpin John Gilpin (18th century) was a real-life character whose exploits became legendary and featured in a well-known comic ballad by William Cowper of 1782, entitled, The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Cowper had heard the story from a friend.
John Gingell Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell GBE KCB KCVO RAF (born 3 February 1925) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. After his retirement from the RAF in 1984, Gingell served as Black Rod in the Houses of Parliament until 1992.
John Githongo John Githongo (b. 1966) is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, took on an official governmental position to fight corruption.
John Glenister John Glenister is a British television director. His credits include Rumpole of the Bailey, Play For Today and Dennis Potter's 1971 adaptation of Casanova, A Touch of Frost, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Bit of A Do.
John Glenn (Alberta) John Glenn (born 1833 in County Mayo, Ireland, died January 9, 1886 in Calgary, Alberta) was the first documented European to settle in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area. He settled there in 1873 with his wife Adelaide (nee Belcourt), and built a small log cabin near the confluence of Fish Creek and the Bow River - in today's Fish Creek Provincial Park.
John Glenn School of Public Affairs The John Glenn School of Public Affairs is a school of public administration, public service research institute, and home to various public programs at the The Ohio State University. The school is named after United States Senator and Astronaut John Glenn.
John Glick John Glick was a songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the Chicago power pop band The Returnables, whose work has been praised by Ira Robbins of indie rock magazine Trouser Press. He appeared in Adam Goldberg's 2003 film Running With The Bulls.
John Glover (artist) John Glover (18 February 1767 - 9 December 1849) was an Australian artist in what is known as the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed the father of Australian landscape painting.
John Glover (general) John Glover (November 5, 1732–January 30, 1797) was an American fisherman and military leader from Marblehead, Massachusetts who served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army. He initally commanded the 14th Massachusetts Regiment.
John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken John Raymond Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken, DSC (October 17 1920 – August 14 2006) was a British-born peer, wartime naval pilot, journalist, author and farmer. He was the son of the 2nd Baron Kilbracken; his grandfather, Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, was William Gladstone's private secretary.
John Goff Ballentine John Goff Ballentine was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district. He was born on May 20, 1825 in Pulaski, Tennessee in Giles County.
John Golden John Golden is an American director best known for his contributions in the controversal film Ziesters (aka Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid) starring Peter Linari as The Mouka. John has also created another film alongside his brother Roger Golden titled Samantha.
John Goldingham John Goldingham was the first official astronomer of the Madras Observatory, appointed in 1802. Goldingham headed the Madras Survey School later which grew into the Guindy Engineering College and then Anna University.
John Gonson Sir John Gonson (died 1765) was a British judge for nearly 50 years in the early 18th century, serving as a Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the City of Westminster.Suppression of Night-Houses in 1730, early 18th century newspaper reports.
John Goodall Snetsinger John Goodall Snetsinger (October 13 1833 – December 9 1909) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Cornwall in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1872 to 1879 and Cornwall and Stormont in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1896 to 1900.
John Goode John Goode, Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a prominent Virginia Democratic politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War and then was a three-term antebellum United States Congressman, as well as the acting Solicitor General of the United States.
John Goodwyn Barmby John Goodwyn Barmby was a British utopian socialist. He and his wife Catherine Barmby were influential supporters of Robert Owen in the late 1830s and early 1840s before moving into the radical Unitarian stream of Christianity in the 1840s.
John Gordon 'Johnny' Ingoldsby John Gordon 'Johnny' Ingoldsby (June 21, 1924 - August 10, 1982) was a professional ice hockey player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Ingoldsby (aka 'Ding' and 'Jack') played the position of right wing for teams in the NHL, AHL, OHA-B, TIHL, TNDHL, OHA-SR, IHL, EHL, Al-Cup, and the EAL hockey leagues.
John Gordon (baseball) John "Gordo" Gordon is a Major League Baseball radio broadcaster who is best known as the play by play announcer for the Minnesota Twins on Minnesota's WCCO 830 AM. He is well known amongst Twins fans for his intense emotional style of play calling and for his trademark home run calls in which after a Twins player hit a home run, he exclaims "Touch Em' All!
John Gordon Lane John Gordon Lane (born August 5, 1916 in Barrie Island, Ontario; died August 9, 2001) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative.
John Gordon Sinclair John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl (1981), when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls.
John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure (1599–1634), was a Scottish nobleman and presbyterian. He was a strong supporter of the Stuart monarchy, and was made a viscount by Charles I in 1633 upon his Scottish coronation.
John Gorham John Gorham (May 31, 1937, Uxbridge, Middlesex - June 07, 2001, Guildford, Surrey) was an award-winning British graphic designer, who gained renown within the industry through a variety of successful projects including film posters, postage stamps and book covers. He was given the D&AD President's Award in 1993 in recognition of a lifetime's contribution to British design.
John Gorman (politician) Sir John Reginald Gorman, CVO, CBE, MC, DL, (b. February 1 1923, Omagh, Northern Ireland) was between 1998 and 2003 an Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Down, and one of the few Roman Catholics to be elected as a Unionist representative in Northern Ireland.
John Gormley John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. He is a TD for Dublin South East and is currently the party spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Health & Children, as well as serving as chairperson of the party.
John Gorrie John Gorrie, (October 3, 1802 – June 29, 1855) physician, scientist, inventor, and humanitarian, is considered the father of refrigeration and air conditioning. He was born on the Island of Nevis on October 3, 1802, and spent his childhood in South Carolina.
John Gossage John Gossage (born 1946) is an American photographer, noted for his artist's books and other publications using his photographs to explore under-recognised elements of the urban environment such as abandoned tracts of land, debris and garbage, and graffiti, and themes of surveillance, memory and the relationship between architecture and power.
John Goto John Goto (b. 1949, Stockport, England), a British artist best known for his Photoshopped montage colour photography, notably coming to wider attention with the "High Summer" section of his Ukadia series of pictures.
John Gottfried John Charles Gottfried (born October 13, 1917 in Welland, Ontario, died July 28, 1980) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.
John Gotti John Joseph Gotti, Jr. (October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) (also known as The Dapper Don and The Teflon Don) or John Gotti was an American mafioso and was the don of the Gambino crime family, one of the five major New York City mafia families, from 1986 to 1992.
John Gotti Agnello John Gotti Agnello (born May 5, 1987) is the son of Carmine Agnello and Victoria Gotti, daughter of convicted mobster John Gotti. Besides his relation to the convicted mobster, after whom he is named, Agnello is most notable for his appearance on the A&E reality television series Growing Up Gotti, along with his bothers, Carmine Gotti Agnello and Frank Gotti Agnello.
John Gough Brigadier-General Sir John Edmond Gough VC, KCB, CMG ( 25 October 1871- 22 February 1915), known as Johnnie Gough, was born in Muree, India and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Gould (columnist) John Thomas Gould (October 22, 1908 – September 1, 2003) was an American humorist, essayist, and columnist who wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor for over sixty years from a farm in Maine. He was published in most major American newspapers and magazines and wrote thirty books.
John Gould (Canadian writer) John Gould is a Canadian short story writer from Victoria, British Columbia. He has published two books of short fiction, The Kingdom of Heaven: 88 Palm-of-the-Hand Stories in 1996 and Kilter: 55 fictions in 2003.
John Gould (hockey player) John Gould (born January 15, 1947 in Alliston, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey player who played 504 NHL games for the Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, and Atlanta Flames. He played professionally from 1971 to 1980.
John Gould Fletcher John Gould Fletcher (January 3 1886 – May 20 1950) was a Pulitzer Prize winning Imagist poet and author. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a socially prominent family, and went on to attend Harvard University from 1903 to 1907, when he dropped out shortly after his father's death.
John Goulden John Goulden (born 21 February 1941) was the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council and to the Western European Union from April 1995 until 2001. He is a current member of the Security Commission.
John Gowans John Gowans was the sixteenth General of the Salvation Army from 1999-2002, succeeding General Paul Rader. He is also notable for pairing with General John Larsson in the composition of many songs and musicals.
John Graham (Albany) Colonel John Graham (24 April 1778 – 13 March 1821) was a soldier notable for founding Grahamstown, South Africa in 1814. Grahamstown went on to become a military, administrative, judicial and educational centre for its surrounding region.
John Graham-Cumming John Graham-Cumming is a British programmer best known for the open source POPFile email filtering program, although he maintains a number of other open source and proprietary programs written primarily in Perl, C and C++.
John Grahl Professor John Grahl is a distinguished academic and professor of Human Resources Management at Middlesex University. He is a member of European Economists for an Alternative Economic Policy in Europe and author of 'European Monetary Union: Problems of Legitimacy, Development and Stability' (Kogan Page, London, 2001), and more famously 'After Maastricht: a Guide to European Monetary Union' (Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1997).
John Grant (British politician) John Douglas Grant (October 16, 1932–October 3, 2000) was a British Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party (SDP).
John Grant Malcolmson John Grant Malcolmson VC MVO (9 February 1835 -14 August 1902) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Grant, Lord Huntingtower John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, Lord Huntingtower (born 22 October 1946) is the heir apparent to his mother, the 12th Countess of Dysart. He is a descendent of the old Lairds of Grant who were the masters of Muckrach Castle in the 17th Century].
John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing British institutions such as the courts, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, and for abolishing slavery in Upper Canada long before it was abolished in the British Empire as a whole (it had disappeared from Upper Canada by 1810, but wasn't abolished throughout the Empire until 1834).
John Gray (director) John Gray (Born in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television producer and screenwriter, who is currently an executive producer on the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. He has also worked as a film director with a number of credits such as The Glimmer Man which starred Steven Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans.
John Gray (New Zealand) John Gray was a New Zealand politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament, representing the Southern Division, a large electorate encompassing Waikato, the Coromandel, the Bay of Plenty, and East Cape.
John Gray (playwright) John MacLachlan Gray (né John Howard Gray) (born 26 September 1946) is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best-known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's The Journal, as well as an author, speaker and social critic on cultural-political issues.
John Gray (U.S. author) John Gray (born in Houston, Texas, in 1951) is an American writer on relationships and personal growth, best known for his 1992 book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and several other "pop psychology" books offering relationship advice.
John Greaves (musician) John Greaves (born 23 February 1950) is a British bass guitarist and music composer, best known as a member of Henry Cow (1969-1976) and his collaborative albums Kew.RhĂ´ne (1977) and Smell of a Friend (as The Lodge) with Peter Blegvad.
John Green John Willison Green (born February 12, 1927) is a retired Canadian journalist and a leading researcher into the Bigfoot phenomenon. He is a graduate of both the University of British Columbia and Columbia University and has a database of more than 3000 sighting and track reports, leading some to affectionately refer to him as "Mr.
John Green (DGNCS) The Ven John Green QHC became Chaplain of the Fleet; Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy in March 2006. As Chaplain of the Fleet and Director General, Naval Chaplaincy Service he heads the Naval Chaplaincy Service Board of Management with responsibility for policy making and overall leadership.
John Green (fan) John Frank Green (born February 11, 1965), of West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA, is the Detroit Pistons fan responsible for throwing a plastic beer cup at Indiana Pacers' Ron Artest, which led to the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl (also referred to as "Malice at the Palace") at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, involving Artest and some of his teammates, as well as several fans and Pistons players.
John Green (soldier) Lieutenant Colonel John Green (20 November, 1825- 22 November, 1908) was a United States cavalry officer, who was awarded a Medal of Honor for his bravery and leadership at the First Battle of the Stronghold of the Indian Wars. Here, his men displayed a reluctance to fight Modoc warriors, who had been inflicting casualties on their unit.
John Green Crosse John Green Crosse MD, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) was born on 6 September 1790 in Suffolk, the son of a farmer by the name of William, of Boyton Hall, Great Finborough. He was a well known surgeon of his day at the old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
John Greenleaf Whittier Home The John Greenleaf Whittier Home is a historic house located at 86 Friend Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts. It was the home of American poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier from 1836 until his death in 1892, and is now a nonprofit museum open to the public May 1 through October 31; an admission fee is charged.
John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead At 305 Whittier Road in Haverhill, Massachusetts, one will find the John Greenleaf Whittier homestead. Built in 1688 by Thomas Whittier, pioneer and great-great-grandfather of the “Quaker Poet” and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
John Gregory Crace Sir John Gregory Crace KBE, CB (February 6, 1887-May 11, 1968) was an Australian who came to prominence as an officer of the British Royal Navy (RN). Crace neverthless spent a great deal of his career with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
John Gresham Sir John Gresham (1492 - 23 October, 1556) was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Henry VIII of England, Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. He was Lord Mayor of London and founded Gresham's School.
John Gresham Machen John Gresham Machen (1881-1937) was an influential American Presbyterian theologian in the early 20th century. He was the Professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary between 1915 and 1929, and led a conservative revolt against modernist theology at Princeton and formed Westminster Theological Seminary as a more orthodox alternative.
John Grier Hibben John Grier Hibben  (Apr. 19, 1861 - May 16, 1933), philosopher, educator, and president of Princeton University, was born at Peoria, Illinois, on the day when Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports.
John Grieve John Grieve (3 May 1822 - 1 December 1863) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Griffin Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834–July 31, 1910) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889 and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1893 to 1897 during the Panic of 1893.
John Grigg (writer) John Edward Poynder Grigg (April 15, 1924 – December 31, 2001) was a British writer, historian and politician. He was the 2nd Baron Altrincham from 1955 until he disclaimed that title under the Peerage Act on the day it received the Royal Assent in 1963.
John Grim John Grim (August 9, 1867 - July 28, 1961) was a professional baseball player in the late 1800's. Although he played in two games for the 1888 Philadelphia Quakers, Grim's career really started when he joined the Rochester Broncos in 1890.
John Grimes Walker John Grimes Walker (20 March 1835 – 16 September 1907) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war, he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and head of the Lighthouse Board.
John Grosvenor John Grosvenor (1742 - June 30, 1823) was an English surgeon, born at Oxford, the son of Stephen Grosvenor, sub-treasurer of Christ Church. He received medical education at Worcester and the London hospitals, and later became anatomical surgeon on Dr.
John Grower John Grower is a special effects pioneer who was the Post-Production Art Director on Tron for Walt Disney Pictures. Later, he was Supervisor of Special Effects at Robert Abel and Associates, and Director of Production at Wavefront Technologies (which later merged to form Alias).
John Gudenus John Gudenus (born November 23, 1940 in Vienna) is an Austrian Holocaust denier. Gudenus is a retired member of the Federal Council of Austria on a free mandate (formerly as a member of the Freedom Party of Austria), and colonel of the Austrian Bundesheer.
John Guillermin John Guillermin (born on November 11, 1925) is a retired film director, writer, and producer who was most active in big budget, action adventure movies throughout his lengthy career. He was born in London, England.
John Gummer John Selwyn Gummer MP (born November 26 1939) is a British politician, and Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal. He is chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International.
John Gunther John Gunther (August 30, 1901 – May 29, 1970) was an American author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books. Today he is frequently remembered for the memoir Death Be Not Proud about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther, from a brain tumor.
John Gunther Dean John Gunther Dean (born February 24, 1926, in Germany) is a distinguished career United States diplomat. From 1974-1988, Dean served as the United States Ambassador to five different nations under four different U.
John Gwilliam John Albert Gwilliam captained the Welsh Rugby Team when they achieved Grand Slams in 1950 and 1952.Description of the Grand SlamsArticle by John Gwilliam part 1Article by John Gwilliam part 2 He also played 'No 8' for Cambridge University, Gloucester and Edinburgh Wanderers.
John hames John Hames and his wife Drucilla were the founders of Soquel, California, a township in Santa Cruz County, California. John's brother, Benjamin Hames, was the founder of Corralitos, California, also located in Santa Cruz County, California.
John hansard gallery The John Hansard Gallery, based at the University of Southampton’s Highfield campus, is one of Britain’s leading public galleries of contemporary visual art. Proud of its academic situation, the Gallery plays a key role in the cultural life of the campus and the city, drawing a wide local, national and international audience to its esteemed programme of exhibitions and events.
John H. Burke John Harley Burke (June 2, 1894 - May 14, 1951) was an American lawyer, real estate broker and politician. The Democrat served as the first United States Representative from California's 18th congressional district for one term, from 1933 to 1935.
John H. D. Anderson John Anderson (1726–January 13 1796), Scottish natural philosopher, was born at Rosneath, Argyll and Bute. In 1756 he became professor of oriental languages in the University of Glasgow, where he had finished his education; and in 1760 he was appointed to the more congenial post of professor of natural philosophy.
John H. Edwards John Hilton Edwards (born March 26, 1928) is a British medical geneticistJohn Hilton Edwards (a short biography).. He is credited with the first description, in 1960, of the syndrome now known as Edwards syndrome or trisomy 18J.
John H. Farley John Harrington Farley (also known as "Honest John" Farley ) (February 5, 1846–February 10, 1922) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 27th and 34th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1883 to 1884 and from 1899 to 1900.
John H. Gibbons John Howard (Jack) Gibbons was born in Harrisonburg, VA, in 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and chemistry from Randolph-Macon College in 1949 and a doctorate in physics from Duke University in 1954.

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