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John Aylmer (classicist) John Aylmer (died 5 April 1672) was born in Hampshire, educated in Wykeham's school near Winchester, and admitted as a perpetual fellow of the New College after two years of probation. In 1652, he took degrees in civil law, that of doctor being completed in 1663, being then and before accounted an excellent Grecian, and a good Greek and Latin poet, as appears by this book, which he composed when a young man: Musae sacrae seu Jonas, Jeremiae Threni, & Daniel Graeco redditi Carmine (Oxon.
John Aylmer (English constitutionalist) John Aylmer, Ælmer or Elmer (1521 - June 3, 1594) was an English divine, constitutionalist and a Greek scholar. Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", Michael Mendle, University of Alabama Press, 1985.
John Ayrton Paris John Ayrton Paris (1785-24th December, 1856) was a British physician. He is most widely remembered as the probable inventor of the thaumatrope, which he used to demonstrate persistence of vision to the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1824; at about this time he wrote a book entitled Philosophy in sport made science in earnest : being an attempt to implant in the young mind the first principles of natural philosophy by the aid of the popular toys and sports of youth which extended the principle of using simple devices to give convincing demonstrations of scientific principles.
John B. Bachelder John Badger Bachelder (1825 – December 22, 1894) was a portrait and landscape painter, lithographer, and photographer, but best known as the preeminent 19th century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He was a dominant factor in the preservation and memorialization of the Gettysburg Battlefield in the latter part of the century.
John B. Denton John Bunyan Denton (July 28, 1806 - May 22, 1841) was a Methodist lawyer for whom both Denton County, Texas and the city of Denton, Texas were named. He was converted to the Methodist church after meeting his wife, Mary Greenlee Stewart, who also taught him how to read and write.
John B. Jervis John Bloomfield Jervis (1795 – 1885) was an American civil engineer. Working as chief engineer for the Delaware and Hudson Canal and Railroad, he designed the Stourbridge Lion, as well as the first steam locomotives with a leading bogie that became the 4-2-0 locomotive type.
John B. Kinne John Baxter Kinne was a United States Army soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine-American War. He was among 11 men awarded the Medal for actions on the 16th of May 1899.
John B. McCoy John B. McCoy was Chairman from November 1999 and Chief Executive Officer from October 1998 of BANK ONE CORPORATION (commercial and consumer bank) until his retirement in December 1999, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its predecessor, BANC ONE CORPORATION, from 1987 to 1998.
John B. Penington John Brown Penington (December 20, 1825 - June 1, 1902) was a United States Representative from Delaware. Born near New Castle, he pursued an academic course in New Castle and Newark and was graduated from Jefferson College (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania).
John B. Raymond John Baldwin Raymond (December 5, 1844 - January 3, 1886) was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853.
John B. Watson John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878–September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, after doing research on animal behavior. He is known for having claimed that he could take any 12 healthy infants and, by applying behavioral techniques, create whatever kind of person he desired.
John Babbitt John Babbitt, (15 October 1845 – 10 December 1889), was a jeweller and watchmaker by profession. He was also fascinated by the scientific advances of his time such as the telephone and other inventions by people like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison.
John Babington Macaulay Baxter John Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC (February 16, 1868 – December 27, 1946) was a New Brunswick jurist and politician. A Conservative politician, Baxter served as Attorney-General of the province from 1915 to 1917.
John Baby John Baby (Born - May 18, 1957 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Defenceman who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Cleveland Barons and Minnesota North Stars.
John Backus John Warner Backus (born December 3, 1924) is an American computer scientist, notable as leader of the team that invented the first high-level programming language (FORTRAN), inventor of the Backus-Naur form (BNF, the almost universally used notation to define formal language syntax), and also the concept of Function-level programming.
John Bacot John Thomas Watson Bacot (1821 - 1888) was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of New Zealand's 1st Parliament, representing the "Pensioner Settlements" (consisting of the Auckland suburbs of Howick, Onehunga, Otahuhu, and Panmure) from 1853 to 1855.
John Baddeley John Marcus Baddeley (born 20 November 1881, died 1 July 1953) was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 March 1922 to 8 September 1949. He was the member for Newcastle from 1922 to 1927 and member for Cessnock from 1927 until 1949.
John Baddeley (actor) John Baddeley is a British voice actor, fondly remembered for his voices in TUGS, his narration work as Winston Churchill in a 2003 documentary series, and roles in shows such as Z-Cars, Doctor at Large and in Shakepeare: the Animated tales. Although he is retired, he still works as a voice coach and director for Teddington Theatre Club.
John Badham John Badham (born August 25, 1939, UK) is a film director. Though born in the UK (in Luton, Bedfordshire), John Badham was raised in the state of Alabama in the United States and became a naturalized citizen at the age of seven.
John Baeder John Baeder, born 1938, is an established Photorealist. His popular paintings and prints of roadside diners captured the pulse of America whereby his images entered the secondary market as reproductions on posters, calendars, and postcards and by such inustry moguls as The Disney Company, Coca Cola, fashion moguls Perry Ellis, Liz Claiborne, and Guess.
John Bagley John Edward Bagley (born April 23, 1960 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 0" point guard from Boston College, Bagley was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 12th pick of the 1982 NBA Draft.
John Bagot Glubb Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha (born 16 April, 1897, Preston, Lancashire – died 17 March, 1986, Mayfield, Sussex), was a British soldier best known for leading and training Transjordan's Arab Legion 1939-1956 as its commanding general. During World War I, he served in France.
John Bailey (Irish politician) John Bailey is a member of DĂşn Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council representing the DĂşn Laoghaire electoral area. He has been selected to contest the next next Irish general election as a Fine Gael candidate in DĂşn Laoghaire constituency.
John Baird (Canadian politician) John Russell Baird, PC, MP (born May 26, 1969) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Ottawa West—Nepean in the 2006 federal election, and currently serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of the Environment.
John Baird Finlay John Baird Finlay (born 29 January 1929 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. His career has been in the school system, as a teacher and superintendent.
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL (27 April 1874 – 20 August 1941), was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth Governor-General of Australia.
John Baker (Australian politician) John Baker (died 1872) was the second Premier of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Finnis, however he only held office for 10 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded in office by the third Premier of the colony, Robert Torrens.
John Baker (Baker Brook) John Baker (January 17, 1796 - March 10, 1868) is the namesake of the towns of Baker Lake (Lac Baker) and Baker Brook, New Brunswick, just west of Edmundston. He was a successful sawmill and gristmill businessman who became a well-known activist in Canada during the 19th century and was nicknamed "the Washington of the Republic of Madawaska.
John Baker (legal historian) Sir John (Hamilton) Baker, LLB PhD London MA LLD Cambridge LLD honoris causa Chicago Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn Honorary Bencher Inner Temple QC FBA FBS FRHistS, Downing Professor of the Laws of England from 1998, English legal historian.
John Baker (musher) John Baker (born 1960 or 1961, in Kotzebue, Alaska) is self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiat descent who consistently places in the top 10 during the 1,000+ mi (1,600 km) Iditarod dog sled race.
John Balance John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton; February 16, 1962 – November 13, 2004), born in Mansfield, England, was the founder of the experimental music group Coil, along with intimate partner Peter Christopherson. He was responsible for vocals, lyrics, chants, synthetics and various esoteric sound-making instruments and devices.
John Baldwin (founder) John Baldwin (October 13, 1799-December 28, 1884) was the founder of Baldwin Institute (later Baldwin University) in Berea, Ohio, which would eventually merge into Baldwin-Wallace College. He was also the founder of Baker University and Baldwin City, Kansas.
John Baldwin Buckstone John Baldwin Buckstone (September 14, 1802 - October 31, 1879) was an English playwright and comedian who wrote 150 plays, the first of which was produced in 1826. From 1853 to 1856 he managed the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
John Balch House The John Balch House (circa 1636), located at 448 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in the United States. The date of the house is based solely on documentary evidence and is strongly in doubt, though dendrochronological research currently being done should determine when each part of the house was built.
John Ball (American author) John Dudley Ball (1911-1988), writing as "John Ball", was an American author best known for novels involving the character Virgil Tibbs, first introduced in 1965 in In the Heat of the Night. Tibbs was an African-American police detective from Pasadena who in the first book of the series must solve a murder in a racist small town in the American South.
John Bamford John Bamford GC (born 7 March 1937 in Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire is the youngest person to have been directly awarded the George Cross. On 19 October 1952, aged 15, he rescued two boys from a house fire in Newthorpe.
John Banim John Banim (April 3, 1798 - August 30, 1842), Irish novelist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland," was born at Kilkenny. In his thirteenth year he entered Kilkenny College and devoted himself specially to drawing and miniature painting.
John Bannon John Charles Bannon (born 1943) was the Labor Premier of South Australia between November 10, 1982 and September 4, 1992. Bannon was born in Bendigo, Victoria and completed degrees in Arts and Law at the University of Adelaide.
John Bapst Memorial High School John Bapst Memorial High School is a private, independent high school in Bangor, Maine, United States. The school was founded in 1928 as a Catholic school when the two existing Catholic high schools became overcrowded.
John Baptist Smith John Baptist Smith (1843-1923) is believed by some to have provided the most lasting contribution made by either side during the American Civil War. In 1862 he invented and helped build a lantern system of naval signalling.
John Baptista Ashe (delegate) John Baptista Ashe (1748 – 27 November 1802) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina. He was born in Rocky Point township of Pender County, North Carolina in 1748, the son of Samuel Ashe.
John Barbee John Barbee (September 16 1815 — December 22 1888) was the tenth Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1855 to 1857. He was born in Pewee Valley, Kentucky, and, after his parents died, moved to Louisville at age 14 to work at Elisha Attry's dry goods store.
John Barbirolli Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli, CH (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist. Barbirolli was particularly associated with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he led for nearly three decades.
John Bardeen John Bardeen (May 23 1908 – January 30 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics: in 1956 for the transistor, along with William Bradford Shockley and Walter Brattain, and in 1972 for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity together with Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer, now called BCS theory.
John Bardon John Bardon, (born John Michael Jones, August 25, 1939 in Brentford, Middlesex) is an English stage and television actor. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) as 'Best Actor in a Musical' for Kiss Me, Kate, sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk.
John Barch John Derick "Tex" Barch is a businessman and professional poker player from McKinney, Texas whose rise to fame came in the 2005 World Series of Poker. Barch made the final table at the Main Event, finishing third, behind Steve Dannenmann and eventual champion Joe Hachem.
John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, KG, KCVO, DL (born 2 November 1928) is a British merchant banker and former chairman of British Petroleum (BP). Baring also sat on the boards of Jaguar Cars, Dunlop Tyres, and Royal Insurance.
John Barkley Means John Barkley Means, Ph.D, served as professor of Liberal Arts at Temple University from 1968 - 2003, joining the foreign language faculty at that university on completion of doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
John Barlas John Evelyn Barlas (1860-1914), pseudonym Evelyn Douglas, was an English poet and political activist of the late nineteenth century. He was a member of the decadent movement in literature, as well as a revolutionary socialist in politics.
John Barleycorn John Barleycorn is a British folksong. The character "John Barleycorn" in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley, and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky.
John Barnard (musician) John Barnard was born in 1948. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and an active developer of church music as a composer, arranger, choir director and organist in North West London, England.
John Barnes (author) John Barnes (born 1957) is a prolific American science fiction author, whose stories often explore questions of individual moral responsibility within a larger social context. Social criticism is woven throughout his plots.
John Barnett John Barnett (1802—1890), English composer, son of a Prussian named Bernhard Beer, who changed his name on settling in England as a jeweller, was born at Bedford, and at the age of eleven sang on the Lyceum stage in London. His good voice led to his being given a musical education, and he soon began writing songs and lighter pieces for the stage.
John Barnhill (coach) John Barnhill was the head football coach for the University of Tennessee for four seasons from 1941 to 1945. He coached the team during World War II, managing the squad during the absence of General Robert Neyland who left for the War.
John Barrett (diplomat) John Barrett (November 28 1866-October 17 1938) was a United States diplomat and one of the most influential early directors general of the Pan American Union. On the death, the New York Times commented that he had "done more than any other person of his generation to promote closer relations among the American republics".
John Barrow (U.S. politician) John Barrow (born October 31, 1955), American politician, is currently a Democratic Congressman from Georgia's 12th District, having defeated incumbent Republican Max Burns in the 2004 election. From 1990 to 2004, he served as city-county commissioner for Athens-Clarke County.
John Barrow Addition, Little Rock, Arkansas The John Barrow Addition of Little Rock, Arkansas (often simply referred to as John Barrow) is a neighborhood in the western portion of the city. Taking its name from the area's chief thoroughfare, John Barrow Road, the area is bordered on the north by Briarwood, and on the south by Rosedale.
John Barry (VC) John Barry VC (February 1, 1873 - January 8, 1901) born St Mary's parish Kilkenny Ireland, and was by birth an Irish 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 Bartlett (publisher) John Bartlett (June 14 1820 - December 3 1905) was an American writer and publisher whose best known work, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has been continually revised and reissued for a century after his death.
John Barton (engineer) Sir John Barton was an eighteenth century engineer. He created a device, which he called the "Atometer", for measuring small distances using a differential-screw technique , a Ruling Engine, and patented a method of creating metal ornaments engraved with parallel lines, using diffraction to create colours.
John Barton Wolgamot John Barton Wolgamot was an outsider poet who is primarily remembered for his experimental book-length poem "In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women." Wolgamot was not a professional writer by any means (he ran a movie theater for a living) but his work captured the imagination of several young poets and critics when the poem was discovered in a second-hand shop in the 1950s by then graduate student Keith Waldrop.
John Basedow John Basedow is a bodybuilder and self-proclaimed "fitness celebrity" known in the United States for his Fitness Made Simple home workout videos and the ubiquitous television advertisements for them. In his commercials and workout videos, John Basedow emphasizes that quality workouts require "no tricky dance moves and no high impact gyrations.
John Basilone Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), was a Medal of Honor recipient for his outstanding heroism at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. He was killed in action on D-day, February 19, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima, where his distinguished bravery was honored with a posthumously awarded Navy Cross.
John Basset John Basset (17 November 1791 – 4 July 1843) was a writer on Cornish mining. He was deeply interested in Cornish mining, mining technology and economics and the welfare of Cornish mine-workersBasset, John (1791–1843) by W.
John Bassett Moore John Bassett Moore (December 3, 1860 – November 12, 1947) was an American authority on international law who was a member of the Hague Tribunal and the first US judge to serve on the International Court of Justice (the "World Court").
John Bates Clark John Bates Clark (26 January 1847 – 21 March 1938) was an American neo-classical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school of economics, and spent most of his career teaching at Columbia University.
John Bates Clark Medal The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded biannually by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge". Named after the American Neoclassical economist John Bates Clark (1847-1938), it is considered one of the two most prestigious awards in the field of economics, along with the Nobel Prize.
John Bates Thurston Sir John Bates Thurston was a British colonial official who served Fiji in a variety of capacities, including Premier of the Kingdom of Viti (before the islands were ceded to the United Kingdom) and later as colonial Governor.
John Batchelor John Batchelor is a writer and host of the "John Batchelor Show" radio news magazine. Based at WABC radio in New York for five years from September 12, 2001, to September 1, 2006, the show was syndicated nationally on the ABC radio network.
John Batchelor 'The Friend of Freedom' John Batchelor, although born in Newport (in 1820), became a prominent Cardiff figure, having moved there in his early twenties. He set up business as a timber merchant and, later, slate merchant and also played a key role in establishing the Mount Stuart Dry Dock.
John Batchelor (illustrator) John Batchelor is an English artist and arguably the world's foremost technical illustrator, particularly known for his clear and detailed illustrations of vehicles and military equipment. His work can be seen in many late-20th-century works on armour, fighting vehicles, ships, firearms, etc.
John Battely John Battely was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688-1708. He was the author of two antiquarian works published after his death: Antiquitates Rutupinae (‘Antiquities of Richborough’) and Antiquitates S.
John Baxter (explorer) John Baxter (–29 April 1841) was a friend and companion of Edward John Eyre on his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841. When the party was low on supplies and in desperate need of water, somewhere near present-day Caiguna, Baxter was murdered by two of the group, who then left only Eyre and Wylie to complete the journey.
John Bayard John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) was a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786, and later Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
John Bayley Professor John Bayley CBE, FBA, FRSL (born 1925, Lahore, Pakistan — then known as Lahore, British India) is a British literary critic and writer. From 1974 to 1992, Bayley was Warton Professor of English at Oxford.
John Bayliss John Bayliss (1919–1978) was a British poet and significant literary editor of the World War II period; later in life a civil servant. He was born in Gloucestershire, and was an undergraduate at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
John Bayne Maclean Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean (26 September 1862 – 25 September 1950) was a Canadian publisher. He founded Maclean's Magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter.
John Beargrease John Beargrease, born circa 1865 as the son of a minor Anishinaabe chief by the name of Makwabimidem (Beargrease), is best remembered as the winter mail carrier between Two Harbors, Minnesota and Grand Marais, Minnesota during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. John used row boat and dog sled to deliver the mail.
John Beatty (delegate) John Beatty (December 10, 1749–May 30, 1826) was an American physician and statesman from Princeton, New Jersey. He was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War who served as Commissary General for Prisoners.
John Beatty (illustrator) John Beatty (born May 6, 1961) is an American illustrator born in Whitesburg, Kentucky who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, most notably inking penciller Mike Zeck on a long run of Captain America in the early 1980s.
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1371 – March 16, 1410) was the first of the four children of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later his wife) Katherine Swynford. Beaufort was born in about 1371 and his surname probably reflects his birthplace, his father's Beaufort Castle in Champagne, France. The family emblem was the portcullis which is shown on the back of a 1p coin. John of Gaunt had his nephew Richard II of England declare the Beaufort children legitimate in 1390, with the important proviso that they were barred from the succession to the throne, despite being the grandchildren of Edward III of England. It is thought that this may have been a "private" act (that is, not entered in the public records), because, in January 1397, the Duke had Parliament issue a similar declaration, with the same proviso. Later that month, Gaunt married Katherine although they had been living apart for some years, possibly in order to have their children publicly declared legitimate. While
John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (1361–1396) served in the French wars against the partisans of Pope Clement VII. He was Knighted by Edward III, and was Warden of the West Marches, Admiral of the North (sea), Constable of Dover Castle, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
John Beck (footballer) John Alexander Beck (born Edmonton London May 25 1954) is a former British footballer and manager. He is best remembered for his role as manager of Cambridge United from 1990 to 1992, where he had previously been assistant to Chris Turner.
John Beck (musician) John Beck is a British musician, probably best known for his role as keyboard player in 1980s UK band It Bites. He is currently in the part-time supergroup Kino, which features guitarist John Mitchell from the band Arena, bassist Peter Trewavas of Marillion fame and former Porcupine Tree drummer Chris Maitland who was later replaced with It Bites drummer Bob Dalton.
John Beck (politician) John Beck was a political candidate in Toronto, Canada. Beck was a Reform Party candidate in the 1993 federal election who was forced to abandon his candidacy after making a series of racially insensitive remarks.
John Beck Hofmann John Beck Hofmann (born 1969) is a Hollywood screenwriter and director. Hofmann also serves as a Director of Photography for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, where his work has recently been featured the IMAX feature "Roving Mars", James Cameron's "Aliens of the Deep" and NOVA's "Mars: Dead or Alive" & "Welcome to Mars.
John Bedini John Bedini of the Bedini Electronics company is an electrical engineer noted for the invention of the Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer, an audio signal processor that was used to enhance stereophonic effects in various commercial recordings in the early and mid-1990s. Additionally, on his personal website, Bedini has self-published a number of articles related to experimental methods for generating and transmitting electrical energy.
John Beecher John Beecher (1904-1980) was an activist poet who wrote about the Southern United States during the Great Depression and the American Civil Rights Movement. Beecher was extremely active in the American labor and Civil Rights movements.
John Beeley John Beeley (8 February 1918-21 November 1941) 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.
John Beilein John Beilein (pronounced bee-line, born February 5, 1953 in Burt, New York) is the head coach of the West Virginia University men's basketball team. He took over as head coach in 2002 and is the 20th head coach of the school basketball team.
John Belcher (architect) John Belcher (1841-1913) was an English architect, born in Southwark, London. His father (1816-1890) of the same name was an established architect, the son was articled with his father, spending two years in Frnace from 1862 where he studied contemporary architecture.
John Bell (traveller) John Bell, Scottish doctor and traveller, was born at Antermony, near Milton of Campsie in Scotland in 1691. He studied medicine in Glasgow and in 1714 set out for St Petersburg, where, through the introduction of a fellow Scot, he was nominated medical attendant to Valensky, recently appointed to the Persian embassy, with whom he travelled from 1715 to 1718.
John Bell Hatcher John Bell Hatcher (October 11, 1861 – July 3, 1904) was an American paleontologist and renowned fossil-hunter most famous for discovering Torosaurus. Born in Cooperstown, Illinois, Hatcher matriculated at Grinnell College in Iowa in the autumn of 1880, then transferred to Yale University, where he and his paleontological prowess were discovered by the great paleontologist Othniel C.
John Bellairs John Anthony Bellairs (17 January 1938, Marshall, Michigan–8 March 1991, Haverhill, Massachusetts) was an American author, perhaps best known for his gothic mystery novels for young adults featuring Lewis Barnavelt, Anthony Monday and Johnny Dixon.
John Belling John Belling (1866-1933) born in Aldershot, England, was a cytogenetist who developed the iron-acetocarmine staining technique which is used in the study of chromosomes. He entered Mason College at the University of Birmingham in 1892 and received his BSc (Honours) from University College, London.
John Benitez John "Jellybean" Benitez (born November 7, 1957) is a drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent. Benitez is known for producing the first hits of and for his relationship with Madonna.
John Benjamin Hickey John Benjamin Hickey (born June 23, 1963 in Plano, Texas) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television. On Broadway, he originated the role of Arthur in Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Love!
John Bennet Lawes Sir John Bennet Lawes (December 28, 1814–August 31, 1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at Rothamsted, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.
John Bennett (drummer) John Bennett is a British drummer and a founder member of the Progressive Doom Death Metal band The Prophecy. With The Prophecy, Bennett has completed several tours of Europe and the USA and also recorded two albums the latest of which being Revelations.
John Bennett Ramsey John Bennett Ramsey, was born on December 7, 1943, in Okemos, Michigan, is best known as the father of JonBenét Ramsey. He was the first to discover JonBenét's body in the wine cellar of the Ramseys' 15-room home in Boulder, Colorado, on December 26, 1996, just hours after her murder.

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