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Jim Fisher (DJ)
James Fisher may refer to: Politics *James Fisher (physician) (died 1822), Scottish-born physician and politician in Lower Canada *James Hurtle Fisher (1790–1875), South Australian lawyer, first mayor of Adelaide * James Fisher (Wisconsin politician) (1816–1901), Wisconsin State Senator, United States * James Temple Fisher (1828–1905), New Zealand politician * James Fisher (Manitoba politician) (1840–1927), politician in Manitoba, Canada * James Bickerton Fisher (1843–1910), New Zealand politician Others * James Fisher (Secession minister) (1697–1775), a founder of the Scottish secession church * J. C. Fisher (James Churchill Fisher, 1826–1891), Australian composer, singing teacher * James Fisher (footballer) (1876–?), Scottish footballer *James Fisher (naturalist) (1912–1970), British author and naturalist * James L. Fisher (1931–2022), American university administrator * James Fisher (actor) (born 1972), British actor * J. Richard Fisher (James Richard Fisher, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fisher (physician)
James Fisher (before 1776 – June 26, 1822) was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada. He was probably born in Scotland and came to the Province of Quebec (1763-1791), Province of Quebec in 1776 as an aide at the military hospital at Quebec City. In 1783, he was named garrison surgeon. In 1787, he proposed that a medical board be set up to qualify physicians and surgeons to practice in the province; Fisher served on the first such board when it was set up the following year. In 1789, he was named a doctor at the Hôpital Général at Quebec. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Northumberland County, Quebec, Northumberland County in 1796. Fisher was named physician for the Ursulines of Quebec in 1807 and commissioner for insane asylums in 1814. In 1815, he retired from the military and, in 1816, returned to Scotland. He died in Edinburgh in 1822. A number of well-reputed early physicians in Lower Canada were trained by Fisher: *Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pringle Fisher
James Pringle Fisher (March 17, 1939, EdinburghApril 24, 2009, Edinburgh) was a Scottish international rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... captain and Olympic basketball player. He won 25 caps for . References Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players 1939 births 2009 deaths {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fischer
James Fischer (December 27, 1927 – July 3, 2004) was an American engineer, who developed high-purity silicon technology for Texas Instruments. Born in Boaz, Alabama, Fischer grew up in Gentry, Arkansas. Fischer graduated from the University of Arkansas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hired by Texas Instruments in 1955, Fischer, with a master's degree in chemical engineering, worked with the technical staff on high-purity silicon, and helped develop the high-purity silicon manufacturing plant. In 1978, he became vice president of the company's worldwide semiconductor operations, and in 1980, became executive vice president of the company. He retired from Texas Instruments in 1984 and died of cancer in 2004, in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 119,469. Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas. It is home to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimbo Fisher
John James "Jimbo" Fisher Jr. (born October 9, 1965) is an American college football coach. He most recently served as the head football coach at Texas A&M Aggies, Texas A&M from 2018 until 2023. Prior to that, he led Florida State Seminoles, Florida State to a 2014 BCS National Championship Game, BCS National Championship victory in 2014. Life and career Early life and playing career Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Fisher attended Liberty High School (Clarksburg, West Virginia), Liberty High School. Fisher initially attended Clemson University to play baseball before going to Salem College (now Salem University) in Salem, West Virginia where he played quarterback under head coach Terry Bowden from 1985 to 1986. When Bowden left for Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, Fisher transferred with him to play his final season for the Bulldogs. Fisher still holds multiple school records at Samford. As a senior at Samford University, Fisher was the 1987 NCAA Division III Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fisher-Harris
James Fisher-Harris (born 5 January 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL), and New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. He co-captains the Warriors and the Māori, and is the sole captain of the New Zealand national team. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won four straight NRL premierships from 2021 to 2024. Background Fisher-Harris was born in Kohukohu, New Zealand. He is of Māori descent. Fisher-Harris played his junior rugby league for the Whangarei Marist Brothers, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. Playing career Early career Fisher-Harris joined Penrith in 2013 as a member of their S. G. Ball Cup team. In 2014 and 2015, Fisher-Harris played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team. On 2 May 2015, he played for the Junior Kiwis, against the Junior Kangaroos, starting at prop in the 22-20 loss at Robina St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fisher Trotter
James Fisher Trotter (November 5, 1802March 9, 1866) was a United States senator from Mississippi. Early life James Fisher Trotter was born on November 5, 1802, in Brunswick County, Virginia. He moved to eastern Tennessee,Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., '' The Green Bag'', Vol. XI (1899), p. 508. attended private schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820. Career Trotter commenced practice in Hamilton, Mississippi, in 1823. He owned slaves. From 1827 to 1829 he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1829 to 1833. In 1833 he was judge of the circuit court of Mississippi; he was later appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Black and served from January 22 to July 10, 1838, when he resigned. From 1839 to 1842, Trotter was judge of the Mississippi Supreme Court, Leslie SouthwickMi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fisher Robinson
James Fisher Robinson (October 4, 1800 – October 31, 1882) was the 22nd Governor of Kentucky, serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin, a Confederate sympathizer, became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro-Union forces in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. Magoffin agreed to resign the governorship, provided he could select his successor. He selected Robinson. Politically, Robinson opposed both secession and abolition.Harrison, p. 777 Though he had Union sympathies, he was considered a moderate, opposing both fugitive slave laws and the enlistment of black soldiers. As a state senator, he supported the Crittenden Compromise and opposed the Civil War. As governor, he drew criticism from the administration of President Abraham Lincoln for opposing the Emancipation Proclamation.''Encyclopedia of Kentucky'' Early life Robinson was born to Jonathan and Jane Black Robinson in Scott C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fisher (rugby League)
James Fisher may refer to: Politics *James Fisher (physician) (died 1822), Scottish-born physician and politician in Lower Canada *James Hurtle Fisher (1790–1875), South Australian lawyer, first mayor of Adelaide * James Fisher (Wisconsin politician) (1816–1901), Wisconsin State Senator, United States * James Temple Fisher (1828–1905), New Zealand politician * James Fisher (Manitoba politician) (1840–1927), politician in Manitoba, Canada * James Bickerton Fisher (1843–1910), New Zealand politician Others * James Fisher (Secession minister) (1697–1775), a founder of the Scottish secession church * J. C. Fisher (James Churchill Fisher, 1826–1891), Australian composer, singing teacher * James Fisher (footballer) (1876–?), Scottish footballer *James Fisher (naturalist) (1912–1970), British author and naturalist * James L. Fisher (1931–2022), American university administrator * James Fisher (actor) (born 1972), British actor * J. Richard Fisher (James Richard Fisher, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Lou Fisher
Jimmie Lou Fisher (née Cooper; December 31, 1941 – July 11, 2022) was an American politician from Arkansas. A Democrat, she was the longest serving State Treasurer in Arkansas history. Early life and career Jimmie Lou Cooper was born in Delight, Arkansas on December 31, 1941, the eldest of the five children of Joyce Nutt Cooper and Tollie H. Cooper. Her father was a professional basketball player and school teacher and her mother was a high school basketball coach. During her childhood, the family relocated to five different towns in Greene and Faulkner counties when her father took a job as a school superintendent. She attended school at Delaplaine School in Delaplaine, Arkansas. She graduated from Vilonia High School, and attended Arkansas State College in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She married George Fisher in 1959, and started her career working for the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company. She and her husband had a son who died in infancy, and their marriage ended in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fisher (cyclist)
Jim Fisher (born 17 June 1975) is a Canadian cyclist. He competed in the men's track time trial at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Fisher was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a Canadian museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, dedicated to honoring the history and achievements of sports in Manitoba. The organization began in 1980, and then opened a museum in The Forks in 1993. Afte ... in 2008. References External links * 1975 births Living people Canadian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Winnipeg Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fisher (actor)
James Fisher is an actor and producer. He studied acting at the London Drama School (Trinity Licentiate Diploma in Performance Arts). Known for his roles in Tim Burton's ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'', BBC's Call The Midwife, ITV's Tina & Bobby, and BBC2 Comedy White Gold, James also starred in, and produced, Raindance Festival selectioBlack Smoke Risingand the 'best film' award winninMonk3ys Both films marked his first steps into producing. Previous acting roles include Green Street, Oscar winning The Constant Gardener, Irwin Winkler's ''De-Lovely ''De-Lovely'' is a 2004 American musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with his wife, Linda Le ...'' and a large selection of independent films includinVengeance [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hurtle Fisher
Sir James Hurtle Fisher (1 May 1790 – 28 January 1875) was a lawyer and prominent South Australian pioneer. He was the first Resident Commissioner of the colony of South Australia, the first List of mayors and lord mayors of Adelaide, Mayor of Adelaide and the first resident South Australian to be knighthood, knighted. Early life and career James Hurtle Fisher was born on 1 May 1790 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Sunbury, then part of Middlesex, England, the eldest son of James and Henrietta Harriet Fisher. He was articled to London solicitors Brown and Gotobed and admitted to practice in July 1811. He married Elizabeth Johnson on 5 October 1813. He commenced practice as a solicitor in 1816. Bound for South Australia Fisher became a member of the South Australian Building Committee in September 1835; in November he was selected as resident commissioner. On 13 July 1836, he was formally appointed Registrar, and, on the next day, Resident Commissioner, under the South Australian Act. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
