John Ireland - John Ireland John Ireland (August 13, 1879 - June 12, 1962) was an English composer. Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Manchester, into a family of Scottish descent and some cultural distinction. His parents died soon after he had entered the Royal College of Music at the age of 14. He studied piano and organ there, and later composition under Charles Villiers Stanford. He subsequently became a teacher at the College himself, his pupils including Ernest John Moeran (who admired him) and Benjamin Britten (who found Ireland’s teaching of less interest). He also worked as organist and choirmaster at St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London. He retired in 1953, settling at Sussex for the rest of his life. From Stanford, Ireland inherited a thorough knowledge of the.
John Cabot - John Cabot John Cabot (Italian Giovanni Caboto) was an Italian navigator and explorer. He was born Giovanni Caboto, but later made England his base of operations and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made under the British flag. Most notably, in 1497, he set sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a sea route to Asia. He ended up in North America, he and his men being the first Europeans since the Vikings verifiably known to have done so. Cabot was born in Genoa, around 1451, but moved to Venice in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen. It was probably on hearing of Columbus's discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west.
John Lennon - John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), better known as simply John Lennon, rose to fame as songwriter, singer, and guitarist for the influential 1960s rock group, The Beatles. Lennon was also a solo musician, political activist, and author. He was married first to Cynthia Lennon but left her for the Japanese artist Yoko Ono; he had always disliked his middle name and at his second marriage changed it to "Ono." (His mother had named him after Winston Churchill.) He nicknamed himself "Dr. Winston O'Boogie." Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early life 2 Post-Beatles career 3 Biographies and Books 4 Discography Early life John Lennon lived with his mother, Julia, until his father, Fred Lennon, walked out on.
John Abernethy - John Abernethy John Abernethy was the name of a famous grandfather and grandson. Reverend John Abernethy (October 19,1680 - December, 1740) was an Irish Presbyterian church leader. He was born at Coleraine, County Londonderry, where his father was Nonconformist minister. In his thirteenth year he entered the University of Glasgow, and on concluding his course there went on to Edinburgh, where his he soon moved in the most cultured circles. Returning home, he was licensed to preach from his Presbytery before he was twenty-one. In 1701 he was called to accept charge of an important congregation in Antrim; after an interval of two years, mostly spent in further study in Dublin, he was ordained there on August 8 1703. He became a noted debater in the.
John Keats - John Keats A thing of beauty is a joy forever, Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness. --John Keats, opening quote in book one of "Endymion: A Poetic Romance" John Keats (October 31, 1795 - February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets in the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work was the subject of constant politically motivated critical attack, and it was not until much later that the significance of the cultural change which his work both presaged and helped to form was fully appreciated. Born on Hallowe'en day, 1795 near London to a stable-keeper and his wife, the first seven years of Keats's life were happy. The beginnings of his troubles occurred in 1803, when his father died.
John of England - John of England King John (December 24, 1167 - October 19, 1216) was King of England from 1199 to 1216. He was the youngest brother of King Richard I who was known as "Richard the Lionheart". Nicknames are "Lackland" (in French, sans terre) and "Soft-sword". John is best known for angering the barons to rebellion, so that they forced him to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215, and then signing England over to the Pope to get out of the promises he made in that Great Charter. The truth, however, is that he was no better or worse a king than his immediate predecessor or his successor (which is still not much of a compliment). Born at Oxford, he was the fifth son of King.
John A. Costello - John A. Costello John A. Costello (1891-1976), a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney-General of Ireland from 1926-1932 and Taoiseach from 1948-1951 and 1954-1957. '''An Taoiseach John A. Costello Rank: 2nd First Term: February 18 1948 - June 13 1951 Second Term: June 2 1954 - March 20 1957 Predecessor: Eamon de Valera Successor: Eamon de Valera Date of Birth: 20 June 1891 Date of Death: 5 January 1976 Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland Profession: Lawyer Political Party: Fine Gael John Aloysius Costello was born on 20 June 1891 in Dublin. He graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in modern languages and law. In 1914 he was called to the.
John Philip Holland - John Philip Holland John Philip Holland (February 29, 1840 - August 12, 1914) was the engineer who developed the first true submarine accepted by the U.S. Navy He was born in Liscanor, County Clare, Ireland and his brother Michael was active in the Fenian Brotherhood and introduced the inventor to the revolutionary group. Holland and the Fenians conceived a plan to develop a small submarine that could be sealifted on a large merchant ship to an area near an unsuspecting British warship. The submarine would then be released from the bottom of the merchant vessel and attack the warship. Holland came to the United States in 1873. In 1875 his first submarine designs were submitted for consideration by the U.S. Navy, but turned down as unworkable..
John Nelson Darby - John Nelson Darby John Nelson Darby, (November 18, 1800 - April 29, 1882), British evangelist, an influential figure of the original Plymouth Brethren, forerunner of modern Christian fundamentalism. John Nelson Darby was born in London of an influential family. (His middle name is for the family friend Lord Nelson). At age 19 he was a gold medalist in classical studies at Trinity College in Dublin, and embraced Christianity during his studies. He joined an "inn of court" but felt that being a lawyer was inconsistent with his religious belief, and so chose ordination as an Anglican clergyman in Ireland. (There is no evidence that he studied theology). Darby travelled extensively ministering to the poor and ignorant of Ireland. In October of 1827 Darby fell from a.
John Butler Yeats - John Butler Yeats John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) was the father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. He is an artist known for his portraits and landscapes. Examples of his work can be seen at the National Gallery of Ireland..
Johnny Adair - Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF), acting in opposition to those who want Northern Ireland to become part of the Republic of Ireland. In January 1998, Adair was one of five Loyalist prisoners visited in the Maze prison by British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam. She persuaded them to drop their objection to their political representatives continuing the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement in April that year. In 2002, Adair was a key part of an effort to forge stronger ties between the UDA/UFF and the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the other major loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland. The most open declaration of this was a joint mural depicting Adair's UDA "C company" and the LVF. Other elements in the UDA/UFF strongly resisted these movements, and several.
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk - John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk John Howard (1430-1485) was a descendant of Thomas Mowbray and was created 1st Duke of Norfolk (of the 2nd creation) in 1483, the title having fallen into abeyance upon the death of John Mowbray (1444-1476), who had been 4th Duke of Norfolk (of the 1st creation) from 1461 until 1476. John Howard was known as "Jack (or "Jock," hence: "Jockey") of Norfolk". He had the support of Edward IV of England who made him constable of Norwich Castle, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, treasurer of the Royal Household. For his support of Richard III during the desposition of Edward V in 1484, he was created Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, and Lord Admiral of all England, Ireland, and.
John Ogilby - John Ogilby John Ogilby (1600-1676) was a British writer and cartographer. He was born in or near Edinburgh in November 1600. His father was a prisoner within the jurisdiction of the King's Bench (see High Court of England and Wales), presumably for bankruptcy or debt, but by speculation the son found money to apprentice himself to a dancing master and to obtain his father's release. He accompanied Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford, when he went to Ireland as lord deputy, and became tutor to his children. Strafford made him deputy-Master of the Revels, and he built the Theatre Royale in St Werburgh Street, Dublin, Ireland, which was very successful. The outbreak of the English Civil War ruined his fortunes, and in 1646 he returned to England..
John of Fordun - John of Fordun John of Fordun (d. c. 1384) was a Scottish chronicler. The statement generally made that the chronicler was born at Fordoun (Kincardineshire) has not been supported by any direct evidence. It is certain that he was a secular priest, and that he composed his history in the latter part of the 14th century; and it is probable that he was a chaplain in the cathedral of Aberdeen. The work of Fordun is the earliest attempt to write a continuous history of Scotland. We are informed that Fordun's patriotic zeal was roused by the removal or destruction of many national records by Edward III and that he travelled in England and Ireland, collecting material for his history. This work is divided into five books..
John P. O'Neill - John P. O'Neill John P. O'Neill was a top American anti-terrorism expert. He died at age 49 in the collapse of the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. O'Neill was an FBI special agent in charge of national security in the FBI's New York office. He directed the investigation of the Osama bin Laden global terrorist conspiracy, including the American embassy bombings in Africa in 1998. He retired from the FBI in August, 2001, to become the World Trade Center director of security. The body was recovered September 21 [1]. See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties and read about his 'retirement' here: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2001/1119/wor8.htm The TV series Frontline did a documentary "The Man who Knew" on O'Neill: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/.
John Leland - John Leland There have been two notable English writers called John Leland. The earlier and better known John Leland (1502 - 1552) was an English antiquary. He was born in London and educated at both Oxford and Cambridge. He served as first chaplain, then librarian, to king Henry VIII. He was appointed Royal Antiquarian in 1533, and in this post travelled through England collecting historical and geographical material for publication in a single comprehensive work. A mental breakdown in 1550 prevented him from completing this work. His notes have survived, and are an invaluable primary source not only for the local history and the geography of England, but also for archaeology, and both cultural and economic history. Another John Leland (1691 - 1766) was a Presbyterian.
John Banim - John Banim John Banim (1798—1842), Irish novelist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland," was born at Kilkenny on the 3rd of April 1798. In his thirteenth year he entered Kilkenny College and devoted himself specially to drawing and painting. He pursued his artistic education for two years in the schools connected with the Royal Society at Dublin, and afterwards taught drawing in Kilkenny, where he fell in love with one of his pupils. His affection was returned, but the parents of the young lady interfered and removed her from Kilkenlly. She pined away and died in two months. Her death made a deep impression on Banim, whose health suffered severely and permanently. In 1820 he went to Dublin and settled finally to the work of literature..
John Whitgift - John Whitgift John Whitgift (c. 1530-1604) was an English archbishop. He was the eldest son of Henry Whitgift, a merchant, of Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, where he was born. His date of birth was probably somewhere between 1530 and 1533. His early education was entrusted to his uncle, Robert Whitgift, abbot of the neighbouring monastery of Wellow, by whose advice he was afterwards sent to St Anthony's School, London. In 1549 he matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge, and in May 1550 he moved to Pembroke Hall, where the martyr John Bradford was his tutor. In May 1555 he became a fellow of Peterhouse. Having taken orders in 1560, he became chaplain to Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, who collated him to the rectory of Teversham, Cambridgeshire. In.
John de Gray - John de Gray John de Gray (d. 1214), bishop of Norwich, entered Prince John's service, and at his accession (1199) was rapidly promoted in the church till he became bishop of Norwich in September 1200. King John's attempt to force him into the primacy in 1205 started the king's long and fatal quarrel with Pope Innocent III. De Gray was a hard-working royal official, in finance, in justice, in action, using his position to enrich himself and his family. In 1209 he went to Ireland to govern it as justiciar. He adopted a forward policy, attempting to extend the English frontier northward and westward, and fought a number of campaigns on the Shannon and in Fermanagh. But in 1212 he suffered a great defeat. He assimilated.
John Burgoyne - John Burgoyne John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723- August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War. On October 17, 1777 at Saratoga he surrendered his army of 6,000 men. Biography Burgoyne entered the army at an early age. In 1743 he made a runaway marriage Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, but soon had to sell his commission to meet his debts, after which he lived abroad for seven years. By Lord Derby's intervention Burgoyne was then reinstated at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, and in 1758 he became captain and lieutenant-colonel in the foot guards. In 1758-1759 he participated in expeditions made against the French coast, and in the latter year he was instrumental in.
