James Hook

	James Hook James Hook may refer to: * Captain Hook, the villain of J. M. Barrie's play and novel ''Peter Pan'' * James Hook (composer) (1746–1827), English composer and organist * James Hook (priest) (1771–1828), English priest, Dean of Worcester * James Clarke Hook (1819–1907), English painter * James Schley Hook James Schley Hook (1824–1907) was an American jurist and Georgia state superintendent of education. Lineage James Schley Hook was born at Louisville, Georgia, on March 25, 1834. His father was Daniel Hook, a physician and preacher, for t ... (1824–1907), American jurist from Georgia * James Hook (rugby union) (born 1985), Welsh international rugby union player {{human name disambiguation, name = Hook, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Hook (composer) James Hook (3 June 1746 – 1827) was an English composer and organist. Life and musical career He was born in Norwich, the son of James Hook, a razor-grinder and cutler. He displayed a remarkable musical talent at an early age, playing the harpsichord by the age of four and performing concertos in public at age six. He began performing regularly by the time he was 10 years old, including benefit concerts. He held many jobs to earn money, including teaching, composing, transcribing music and tuning keyboard instruments. Sometime between June 1763 and February 1764 Hook moved to London.McGairl, Grove Online There he became the organist at White Conduit House, Pentonville, one of the tea gardens that were popular in 18th-century London. He worked as an organist, teacher and composer, and gained a reputation for composing vocal music. He married the artist and writer Elizabeth Jane Madden on 29 May 1766, at St. Pancras Old Church. They had two sons, James (1772–1828) and Theod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Captain Hook Captain James Hook is a fictional character and the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play '' Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy. The character is a pirate captain of the brig ''Jolly Roger.'' His two principal fears are the sight of his own blood (supposedly an unnatural colour) and the crocodile who pursues him after eating the hand cut off by Pan. An iron hook replaced his severed hand, which gave the pirate his name. Creation of the character Hook did not appear in early drafts of the play, wherein the capricious and coercive Peter Pan was closest to a "villain", but was created for a front-cloth scene (a cloth flown well downstage in front of which short scenes are played while big scene changes are "silently" carried out upstage) depicting the children's journey home. Later, Barrie expanded the scene, on the premise that children were fascinated by pirates, and expanded the role of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Hook (priest) James Hook, (16 June 1771 – 5 February 1828) was an English Anglican priest. He was Dean of Worcester from 1825 until his death. Early life and education The son of the composer James Hook, he was born 16 June 1771. He was educated at Westminster School and St Mary Hall, Oxford. Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1796.Richard Garnett, ‘Hook, James (1772?–1828)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 28 June 2013/ref> He married the daughter of the prominent Scottish physician Walter Farquhar. After having held several livings in 1814 he became Archdeacon of Huntingdon; and in 1817 Rector of Whippingham. An amateur mountaineer, novelist and composer, he died on 5 February 1828. His brother and son A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	James Clarke Hook James Clarke Hook (21 November 1819 – 14 April 1907) was an English painter and etcher of marine, genre and historical scenes, and landscapes. Life Hook was born in London, the son of James Hook, a draper and one time Judge of the Mixed Commission Court in Sierra Leone. His mother was the second daughter of Bible scholar Adam Clarke, Dr Adam Clarke – hence the painter's second name. Young Hook's first taste of the sea was on board the Berwick smacks which took him on his way to Wooler. He drew with rare facility, and determined to become an artist, practiced his work, on his own initiative, for more than a year in the sculpture galleries of the British Museum. Still in his youth, he also had some advice by John Jackson and John Constable. In 1836, Hook was admitted as a student to the Royal Academy, London, where he worked for three years. His first picture, called ''The Hard Task,'' was exhibited in 1839, and represented a girl helping her sister with a lesson. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Schley Hook James Schley Hook (1824–1907) was an American jurist and Georgia state superintendent of education. Lineage James Schley Hook was born at Louisville, Georgia, on March 25, 1834. His father was Daniel Hook, a physician and preacher, for two years mayor of the city of Augusta, Georgia, and his mother, Catherine Schley, sister of Governor William Schley of Georgia.White, ed. 1901, p. 415. Life His father removed to Augusta, Georgia, when his son was six years old, where he received a fair and liberal education. He studied law and was admitted to the bar two months before he was eighteen years old, removed to Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, and immediately entered upon a large and lucrative practice. In 1861 he was elected a member of the state legislature and bore an active part in the legislation of the session. He volunteered his services at the outbreak of the Civil War but was not permitted to enlist because of physical disability. In 1862 he succeeded Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]