John Norman - John Norman John Norman is the pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born June 3, 1931), a controversial, reactionary philosopher and utopian/soft science fiction novelist best known for his "Chronicles of Gor" and its male dominant/female submissive BDSM content. Lange is a philosophy professor at Queens College of the City University of New York. Followers of Norman’s philosophy are termed Goreans. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Books 2 Personal Views 3 Career 4 External Links Books Science fiction: “Chronicles of Gor,” also “Chronicles of Counter-Earth” (1967-2001) “The Telnarian Histories” (1991-1993) Historical fiction: Time Slave (1975) Ghost Dance (1979) Nonfiction: Imaginative Sex (1974) Norman is a protégé of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and his influential Gor series bears parallels to Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars. His novels.
John Updike - John Updike John Updike (born March 18 1932) is a novelist and short story author born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. Updike's most famous works are his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest, and Rabbit, Remembered), but this series isn't what made him famous. Updike is well known for his prolific writing, having published about 30 novels and short story collections, as well as some literary criticism. His career is often viewed as an unending series of accomplishments, rather than one great pinnacle. He favors realism in his writing; for instance the opening of Rabbit, Run, spans several pages describing a pick-up basketball game in intricate detail. Most of his novels follow this style at least loosely, and generally feature everyday people.
John Brown (servant) - John Brown (servant) John Brown (1826 - 1883) was born in Crathie, Scotland, and went to work as a servant (in Scots ghillie or gillie) at Balmoral Castle when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert built it (1853 - 1855). After Albert died in 1861, Brown became Victoria's personal servant, and she was so grateful for his service (and his manner toward her, which was much less formal than that of her other servants) that she awarded him medals and had portrait paintings and statues made of him. Victoria's children and ministers resented the high regard she had for Brown, and stories circulated that there was something improper about it, but there appeared to be no basis for those stories. After Brown's death, she became similarly attached.
John Rawls - John Rawls John Rawls (February 21, 1921 - November 24, 2002) was a Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University and author of A Theory of Justice (1971), Political Liberalism, and The Law of Peoples. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Biographical Sketch 2 Rawls's Contribution to Political and Moral Philosophy 3 A Theory of Justice 3.1 Method: The Original Position and Reflective Equilibrium 3.2 The Two Principles of Justice: The Liberty Principle and the Difference Principle 4 Criticism of A Theory of Justice 5 Political Liberalism 6 Annotated Bibliography 6.3 Works by Rawls 6.4 Selected Secondary Literature 7 Awards 8 Related Topics 9 External Links Biographical Sketch John Borden (Bordley) Rawls was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the second of five sons to William Lee.
John of Salisbury - John of Salisbury John of Salisbury (c. 1115-1180), English author, diplomatist and bishop of Chartres, was born at Salisbury between the years 1115 and 1120. Beyond the fact that he was of Saxon, not of Norman extraction, and applies to himself the cognomen of Parvus, "short," or "small," few details are known regarding his early life; but from his own statements it is gathered that he crossed to France about 1136, and began regular studies in Paris under Abelard, who had there for a brief period re-opened his famous school on Mont St Genevieve. After Abelard's retirement, John carried on his studies under Alberich of Reims and Robert of Melun. From 1138 to 1140 he studied grammar and the classics under William of Conches and Richard.
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville John Carteret, 2nd Earl of Granville (April 22 1690 - January 22 1763), English statesman, commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was the son of George, 1st Lord Carteret, by his marriage with Grace Granville, daughter of Sir John Granville, 1st earl of Bath, and great grandson of the Elizabethan admiral Sir Richard Grenville, famous for his death in the Revenge. The family of Carteret was settled in the Channel Islands, and was of Norman descent. John Carteret was educated at Westminster School, and at Christ Church, Oxford. Jonathan Swift says that "with a singularity scarce to be justified he carried away more Greek, Latin and philosophy than properly became a person of his rank". Throughout life Carteret.
John Selden - John Selden John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar. He was born at Salvington, in the parish of West Tarring, Sussex. His father, another John Selden, had a small farm. It is said that his skill as a violin-player attracted his wife, Margaret, who was from a better family, being the only child of Thomas Baker of Rustington -- descended from a knightly family of Kent. John Selden commenced his education at the free grammar school at Chichester, and in 1600 he went on to Hart Hall, Oxford. In 1603 he was admitted to Clifford's Inn, London, in 1604 he moved to the Inner Temple, and in 1612 he was called to the bar. His.
John Hampden - John Hampden John Hampden (circa 1595—1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell. By his father's death, when he was still a child, he became the owner of a large estate and a ward of the crown. He was educated at the Grammar School at Thame, and on March 30 1610 became a commoner of Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1613 he was admitted as a student of the Inner Temple. He first sat in parliament for the borough of Grampound, Cornwall in 1621, later.
John Campbell Shairp - John Campbell Shairp John Campbell Shairp (July 30, 1819 - September 18, 1885) was a Scottish critic and man of letters. He was born at Houstoun House, Linlithgowshire, the third son of Major Norman Shairp of Houstoun, and was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Glasgow University. He gained a Shell exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford in 1840. In 1842 he won the Newdigate prize for a poem on Charles XII of Sweden, and took his degree in 1844. During these years the "Oxford Movement" was at its height. Shairp was stirred by Newman's sermons, and he had a great admiration for the poetry of John Keble, on whose character and work he wrote an enthusiastic essay; but he remained faithful to his Presbyterian upbringing. After leaving.
John McLeod Campbell - John McLeod Campbell John McLeod Campbell (1800 - February 27, 1872) was a Scottish churchman. The son of the Rev. Donald Campbell, hewas born at Kilninver, Argyllshire. Thanks to his father he was already a good Latin scholar when he went to Glasgow University in 1811. Finishing his course in 1817, he became a student at the Divinity Hall, where he gained some reputation as a Hebraist. After further training at Edinburgh he was licensed as preacher by the presbytery of Lorne in 1821. In 1825 he was appointed to the parish of Row on the Gareloch. About this time the doctrine of Assurance of Faith powerfully influenced him. He began to give so much prominence to the universality of the Atonement that his parishioners petitioned.
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews - John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (17 September 1779-1861), was a British politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. The second son of the Rev. George Campbell, D.D., he was born at Cupar, Fife, Scotland, where his father was for fifty years parish minister. For a few years Campbell studied at the United College, St Andrews. In 1800 he was entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn, and, after working briefly for the Morning Chronicle, was called to the bar in 1806, and at once began to report cases decided at nisi prius (ie. on jury trial). Of these Reports he published four volumes, with learned notes; they extend from Michaelmas 1807 to Hilary 1816. Campbell also.
HMAS Norman - HMAS Norman Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Norman. The first HMAS Norman (G-49) was an N class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 27 July 1939, launched on 30 October 1940 and commissioned on 29 September 1941. She was manned by Australians and commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy but remained the property of the British Government. HMAS Norman arrived at Cashmore’s in Newport on 1 April 1958 where she was broken up..
Karl Guthe Jansky - did not follow up his discovery, but it marked the birth of radio astronomy. Jansky was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and studied at the University of Wisconsin where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1927. In 1928 he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey. Bell Labs wanted to investigate using "short waves" (wavelengths of about 10-20 meters) for transatlantic radio telephone service. Jansky was assigned the job of investigating the sources of static that might interfere with radio voice transmissions. He built an antenna designed to receive radio waves at a frequency of 20.5 MHz (wavelength about 14.5 meters). It was mounted on a turntable that allowed it to rotate in any direction, earning it the name "Jansky's merry-go-round". By rotating the antenna, one.
Kathleen Ferrier - after 12 years. She studied with the baritone, Roy Henderson, who was a well known singing teacher at the time. Benjamin Britten wrote several parts specifically for her, including Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Abraham and Isaac (also written for Peter Pears), and part of the Spring Symphony (1949). She worked with several famous conductors, including Bruno Walter, John Barbirolli, Malcolm Sargent, Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan, Eduard van Beinum and also with Benjamin Britten. She also worked with other famous singers such as Isobel Baillie and Peter Pears. Her final performance was as Orpheus in Gluck's Orfeo et Euridice at Covent Garden in 1953. She had previously sung this at Glyndebourne in 1947, but the Royal Opera House performance was sung in English. She only sang in two performances..
Kenilworth Castle - of Arden. A fortification has existed on the site from Saxon times. But the current ruin is of Norman origin, a great square stone tower was built by Geoffrey de Clinton, Treasurer and Chief Justice of England to Henry I, in about 1125. Henry II took control of the castle during the rebellion of 1173-4, giving the Clintons another castle in Buckinghamshire by way of compensation. Henry II began work on improving the defensive qualities of the castle. Work continued during the reign of Henry III which turned the castle into one of the strongest in the Midlands. The properties of water defences had long been known but at Kenilworth a great lake was created to defend three sides of the castle. Covering over 100 acres it was an expensive endeavour,.
Kenneth Clarke - MP for the East Midlands constituency of Rushcliffe. He soon established himself, as a whip from 1972 to 1974 and as industry spokesman from 1976 to 1979. Despite his opposition during the election of Margaret Thatcher he did well under her premiership. His first post in government was as a junior transport minister and he was made a QC in 1980. He moved through a number of jobs, Minister for Health (1982-1985), Paymaster General and Employment Minister (1985-1987), and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister at the DTI (1987-1988) before snagging himself a decent post in 1988 as Health secretary, introducing the 'internal market' concept. He advised Thatcher to resign after her inadequate first round victory and supported Douglas Hurd in the next round. Despite the victory of John.
Kim Philby - of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five, along with Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross. Philby was nicknamed Kim after a fictional spy. Born in Ambala, India the son of the British diplomat, explorer, author, Arabist and converted Muslim Harry St. John Philby, at one time an adviser to King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia. After leaving Westminster School in 1928, Philby went on to Trinity College, Cambridge. While a student there Philby was introduced to, and came to admire, the ideals of Communism. He was not exactly 'recruited' as a spy - he volunteered. He asked one of his tutors, Maurice Dobb, how he could serve the Communist movement. Dobb passed him on (possibly not knowing what it would lead to) to a Communist front.
Kingston, Ontario - Canadian National Railroad main line. Kingston also lies at the south end of the Rideau Canal, originally built to connect Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River to provide a safe transportation route far from the American border. Kingston's airport, Norman Rogers Airport (CYGK), has regularly-scheduled air service to Toronto. The European settlement of a traditional Mississauga First Nation site began in 1673 by France with the etablishment of Fort Frontenac, and was captured by the British at the end of the Seven Years' War. A receiving centre for fleeing refugees from the American Revolution, it became the primary community of south-eastern Upper Canada. New settlement from the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) and Mohawks from the Six Nations in New York, lead by Molly Brant, formed a signficant part of an expanding.
Kirkby Lonsdale - River Lune. Notable buildings in the town include the fourteenth century Devil's Bridge, a Norman church. Ruskin's View, just outside the town, was painted by Turner and praised by John Ruskin. This article is a stub. Help Wikipedia by fixing it..
January 31 - An Alaska Airlines MD-83 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu, California killing 131 2001 - In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crash into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. 2003- Man in Miami steals US Mail truck, taking hostages with him. Later, he releases the hostages and surrenders to police. Births 1752 - Gouverneur Morris, lawmaker and diplomat (+ 1816) 1797 - Franz Schubert, composer (+ 1828) 1872 - Zane Grey, writer (+ 1939) 1884 - Theodor Heuss, politician and publicist (+ 1963) 1892 - Eddie Cantor, actor, singer 1901 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer (+ 1974) 1902 - Alva Mydral, politician (+ 1986) 1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (+ 1968).
