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George Lawson (botanist), George Lawson
George Lawson may refer to: * George Lawson (MP for York) (1493–1543), English member of parliament * George Lawson (English clergyman) (1598–1678), English divine and writer * George Lawson (Scottish minister) (1749–1820), Scottish minister and biblical scholar * George Lawson (botanist) (1827–1895), Canadian botanist * George Anderson Lawson (1832–1904), British sculptor * George Mervyn Lawson (1865–1945), South African clergyman * George Lawson (Australian politician) (1880–1966), Australian politician * George Lawson (RAF officer) (1899–1922), South African World War I flying ace * George Lawson (MP for Motherwell) (1906–1978), Scottish member of parliament, 1954–1974 * George Lawson (judge), judge in Ceylon * George Lawson, American singer from the vocal group Deep River Boys * George "Yorkey" Lawson, Yorkshire-born fisherman and namesake of Yorkeys Knob, Queensland Yorkeys Knob is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Cairns in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lawson (MP For York)
Sir George Lawson was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York on two occasions from 1529 to 1533 and from 1533 to 1536. Life and politics George was born around 1493 to William Lawson of Cramlington and Anne Horsley of Thernham. In 1516 he married Elizabeth and they had at least two sons, one named George, and one daughter named Anne. He was knighted in May 1530. Throughout his life, he held many offices in both the city of York and for the Crown. He was Deputy Captain in the garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1514. He became a member of the Corpus Christi Guild in 1516 and an alderman from 1527 until his death in 1543. He served one term as Lord Mayor of York in 1530 as well as the two terms as MP for the city, sitting with George Gale. He also held the position of cofferer, or treasurer, in the household of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset between 1526 and 1534. He was appointed Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lawson (English Clergyman)
George Lawson (1598–1678) was an English divine and writer. He was also rector of More, Shropshire. Biography George Lawson was born in 1598, and educated at Puritan Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Lawson was a protégé of William Laud. Lawson was a supporter of the parliament, and accordingly retained his rectory during the Commonwealth. Lawson wrote to Baxter on the appearance of the latter's ''Aphorismes of Justification'', 1649, and Baxter valued his criticisms; "especially", he writes, "his instigating me to the study of politicks ..did prove a singular benefit to me". Baxter says that he had seen in manuscript arguments by Lawson in favour of taking the engagement. He became rector of More, Shropshire, before 22 April 1686. His religious views inclined to Arminianism. He was buried at More 12 July 1678. Lawson, who was certainly not a Yorkshireman, must be distinguished from George Lawson (1606–1670) of Moreby, son of George Lawson of Poppleton, Yorkshire, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lawson (Scottish Minister)
George Lawson D.D. (1749–1820) was a Scottish minister of the Secession Church, known as a biblical scholar. Thomas Carlyle, in an 1870 letter to Lawson's biographer John Macfarlane, called him "a most superlative steel-grey Scottish peasant (and Scottish Socrates of the period)". Life Born at the farm of Boghouse, in the parish of West Linton, Peeblesshire, on 13 March 1749, he was the second son of Charles Lawson, a farmer and carpenter, and his wife Margaret Noble: he was the only one of six sons who survived childhood. His father taught George, who was studious. His parents then sent him to John Johnston(e), Secession Church minister at Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire. Lawson went to the University of Edinburgh, and later studied divinity under John Swanston of Kinross, and John Brown of Haddington, successive professors of theology in the Associate Secession (Burgher) church. At age 21 he was licensed as a preacher, and receiving a call from the congregation of Burgher seceders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lawson (botanist)
George Lawson (October 12, 1827 – November 10, 1895) was a Scottish-Canadian botanist who is considered the "father of Canadian botany". Born in Scotland, in 1858, he was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Queen's University. He helped to create one of Canada's first botanical gardens. In 1868, he became Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at Dalhousie University. He was a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ... and from 1887 to 1888 was its president. References External links * 19th-century Canadian botanists Scottish curators Scottish librarians 1827 births 1895 deaths Botanists active in North America Academics of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Anderson Lawson
George Anderson Lawson (Edinburgh 1832 – 23 September 1904) was a British Victorian era sculptor who was associated with the New Sculpture movement. Life He was born at Edinburgh in 1832, the son of David Lawson and Anne Campbell. He was educated at George Heriot's Hospital. He trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie, and in the schools of the Royal Scottish Academy. Lawson travelled to study in Rome, becoming an admirer of John Gibson. Back in England, he lived initially in Liverpool, making work in terracotta. His reputation was established through the creation of statues of distinguished citizens. His first major work was the statue of the Duke of Wellington at the top of Wellington's Column in the centre of Liverpool at the end of William Brown Street. He also created the relief sculpture depicting Wellington's major victory at Waterloo. The monument was completed "towards the end of 1865 when George Lawson's relief panel of the final battle at Waterloo was fixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |