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Jack Horner (other)
Jack Horner may refer to: *''Little Jack Horner'', a nursery rhyme People *Jack Horner (baseball) (1863–1910), American professional baseball player *Jack Horner (journalist) (1912–2005), Gordon John Horner, Minnesota sportscaster *Jack B. Horner (1922–2009), Pennsylvania politician *Jack Horner (activist) (born 1922), Australian author and activist in the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship *Jack Horner (paleontologist) (born 1946), American paleontologist *Jack Horner (politician) (1927–2004), John Henry Horner known as "Jack" or "Cactus Jack", member of the Canadian House of Commons Fictional characters *Little Jack Horner, the protagonist of a nursery rhyme *Jack Horner (comics), a character from the comic book, ''Fables'', created by Bill Willingham, based on the nursery rhyme character *The fictional porn director in the 1997 film ''Boogie Nights'' Animals *Jack Horner (racehorse) (born 1917), 1926 Grand National winning horse See also * *John Horner (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Jack Horner
"Little Jack Horner" is a popular English nursery rhyme with the Roud Folk Song Index number 13027. First mentioned in the 18th century, it was early associated with acts of opportunism, particularly in politics. Moralists also rewrote and expanded the poem so as to counter its celebration of greediness. The name of Jack Horner also came to be applied to a completely different and older poem on a folkloric theme; and in the 19th century it was claimed that the rhyme was originally composed in satirical reference to the dishonest actions of Thomas Horner in the Tudor period. Lyrics and melody The song’s most common lyrics are: It was first documented in full in the nursery rhyme collection ''Mother Goose's melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle'', which may date from 1765, although the earliest surviving English edition is from 1791. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his ''Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (baseball)
William "Jack" Frank Horner (September 21, 1863 – July 14, 1910) was an American professional baseball player who played in two games for the Baltimore Orioles during the season. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ... at the age of 46. External links 1863 births 1910 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Baltimore Baltimore Orioles (AA) players 19th-century baseball players Fort Wayne Hoosiers players Ironton (minor league baseball) players Toronto (minor league baseball) players Trenton Trentonians players Rochester Maroons players Oswego Starchboxes players Hamilton Hams players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Milwaukee Creams players Omaha O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (journalist)
Gordon John Horner (1912 – January 10, 2005) was a noted sports journalist who worked in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market of Minnesota. He participated in the first modern television broadcasts of KSTP-TV channel 5, appearing on the first fully electronic telecast in the state on December 7, 1947 (others had appeared on the mechanical TV station W9XAT in the 1930s). When the station began regular broadcasts in April 1948, he provided play-by-play for a televised baseball game between the Minneapolis Millers and a team from Louisville. Jack Horner also broadcast the first live televised game of the Harlem Globetrotters and provided one of the last interviews of Babe Ruth. Horner began his career in radio, starting at KGFK in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1935. He worked at several stations in Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota before moving to Saint Paul to work at KSTP in 1944. After working at KSTP for a decade, he moved on to KEYD channel 9 (now KMSP) as that station was beginn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963-2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack **Black jack (fish) **Crevalle jack **Giant trevally or ronin jack **Jack mackerel **Leather jack **Yellow jack *Coho salmon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (activist)
Jack Horner may refer to: *"Little Jack Horner", a nursery rhyme People * Jack Horner (activist) (born 1922), Australian author and activist in the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship *Jack Horner (baseball) (1863–1910), American professional baseball player * Jack Horner (journalist) (1912–2005), Gordon John Horner, Minnesota sportscaster *Jack Horner (paleontologist) (born 1946), American paleontologist *Jack Horner (politician) (1927–2004), John Henry Horner known as "Jack" or "Cactus Jack", member of the Canadian House of Commons *Jack B. Horner (1922–2009), Pennsylvania politician Fictional characters *List_of_Shrek_characters#Main villains, "Big" Jack Horner, a character from the 2022 film ''Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'' *Jack Horner, the fictional porn director in the 1997 film ''Boogie Nights'' *Jack Horner (comics), a character from the comic book, ''Fables (comics), Fables'', created by Bill Willingham, based on the nursery rhyme character * Little Jack Horner, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship
The Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (AAF) was a Sydney-based organisation focused on changing the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board, the wider issues of wage parity and full citizenship for Aboriginal Australians. History The organisation was founded in 1956 by a group of Aboriginal (including Pearl Gibbs, Charles Leon, Ray Peckham, Herbert Stanley "Bert" Groves, Grace Bardsley, and Joyce Clague) and non-Aboriginal (Faith Bandler, Jack Horner, and Len Fox) social activists, with the intention of creating a partnership between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to achieve social justice for Aboriginal people. They saw the need to educate non-Indigenous people about some of the injustices and discrimination suffered by Aboriginal people. Groves was the inaugural president of the association. Charlie Leon's wife Peggy was also a member of the executive. Leon succeeded Groves as president, serving from 1958 to 1967, and in 1969. Meetings and conferences The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (paleontologist)
John Robert (‘Jack’) Horner (born June 15, 1946) is an American paleontologist most famous for describing ''Maiasaura'', providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. In addition to his paleontological discoveries, Horner served as the technical advisor for the first five ''Jurassic Park'' films, had a cameo appearance in ''Jurassic World'', and served as a partial inspiration for one of the lead characters of the franchise, Dr. Alan Grant. Horner studied at the University of Montana, although he did not complete his degree due to undiagnosed dyslexia, and was awarded a Doctorate in Science ''honoris causa''. He retired from Montana State University on July 1, 2016, although he claims to have been pushed out of the Museum of the Rockies after having married an undergraduate student and now teaches as a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. Biography Horner was born and raised near Shelby, Montana. He was eight years old when he found h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (politician)
John Henry "Jack" Horner (July 20, 1927 – November 18, 2004) was a Canadian rancher, politician, and Cabinet minister. Life and career Nicknamed "Cactus Jack", Horner was born in Saskatchewan, the fifth child in a family of six boys and three girls. His mother's uncle had been a prisoner of Louis Riel's provisional government. His father, Ralph Horner, was a failed Conservative candidate who was appointed to the board of directors of Canadian National Railways by the government of R. B. Bennett in 1931, and then to the Senate of Canada in 1933. Jack Horner moved to Alberta at the age of 18 to manage a ranch purchased by his father and then bought his own ranch in 1947. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election from the rural central Alberta riding of Acadia, when the Progressive Conservative Party of which he was a member won the biggest majority government in Canadian history. Horner was an avid supporter of Prime Minister J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (comics)
Jack Horner is a fictional character in the comic book series ''Fables'' by Bill Willingham. His first appearance was in issue #1 of ''Fables,'' and he continued as a regular character of the series until leaving the series for his own title, ''Jack of Fables''. The character is based on various nursery rhymes and fables with characters named Jack, including '' Little Jack Horner'', ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', '' Jack and Jill'', Jack Be Nimble, Jack Frost, Jack O'Lantern, and Jack the Giant Killer, and among others. Characterization Jack is typically portrayed as a rather benign trickster, always looking for quick ways to make a buck. However, Jack also displays a complete disregard for human life or the feelings of those around him, traits most often seen in those with sociopathy. Despite his scheming and reckless personality, he is a devoted foe of the Adversary and a capable combatant in his own right, due to his years of experience fighting giants. He can also have true fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Nights
''Boogie Nights'' is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through to his fall during the excesses of the 1980s. The film is an expansion of Anderson's mockumentary short film '' The Dirk Diggler Story'' (1988), and stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Heather Graham. ''Boogie Nights'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actress for Moore, and Best Supporting Actor for Reynolds. The film's soundtrack also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Horner (racehorse)
Jack Horner (foaled 1917 by Cyllius out of Meltons Guide) was a British Thoroughbred race horse who won the 1926 Grand National. Background A week before the Grand National Mr. A.C. Schwartz bought Jack Horner for 5,000 guineas. He had previously finished seventh in the 1925 running of the race when ridden by the American amateur Morgan de Witt Blair. Grand National In 1926, ridden by the Tasmanian jockey William Watkinson, Jack Horner started at odds of 25/1 in a field of thirty runners. The gelding took the lead in the closing stages and won by three lengths from Old Tay Bridge. Watkinson, who received £4,000 from the winning owner, was killed in a fall at Bogside Racecourse Bogside Racecourse was a horse racing track situated in Irvine, Scotland, on the banks of the River Irvine. Its first meeting was held on 7 June 1808, and its last on 10 April 1965, although there is evidence of an event known as the Irvine M ... three weeks later. Retirement Jack Horner sust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Horner (other)
John Horner may refer to: * John Henry Horner, also known as ''Cactus Jack'' (1927–2004), Canadian rancher, politician, and former cabinet minister * John M. Horner (1821–1907), founder of Union City, California * John S. Horner (1802–1883), American politician * Sir John Francis Fortescue Horner (1842–1927), British barrister * John Horner (British politician) (1911–1997), British firefighter, trade unionist and politician * John Horner (organist) (1899–1973), organist, choirmaster and music teacher in South Australia * John Horner (police officer), American chief of police of Los Angeles in 1885 * John R. Horner (born 1946), American paleontologist * John Horner (Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford) (1792–?), Oxford college head * John Horner, a fictional character in ''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle'', a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle See also * Jack Horner (other) * Horner (other) Horner may refer to: People * Horner ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
