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John Barret (other)
John Barret may refer to: *John Richard Barret (1825–1903), American politician *John Barret (divine) (1631–1713), English Presbyterian cleric *John Baret or Barret (died 1580), English lexicographer *John Barret (theologian) (died 1563), English Carmelite friar See also *John Barrett (other) {{hndis, Barret, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richard Barret
John Richard Barret (August 21, 1825 – November 2, 1903) was a slave owner and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Barret attended the common schools and then went to Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1839 and graduated from law school at Saint Louis University in 1843. He thereafter studied and then practiced law. Barret was elected to the State house of representatives in 1852 and served four terms. He became identified with the St. Louis Agricultural Society and organized its exhibitions. After defeating the incumbent Francis P. Blair, Jr. in 1858, he presented his credentials as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member-elect to the 36th United States Congress, 36th Congress, but Blair contested the election. He served from March 4, 1859 to June 8, 1860, when Congress declared him not entitled to the seat on the grounds that there had been election irreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barret (divine)
John Barret (1631–1713) was an English Presbyterian cleric and religious writer prominent in the controversies of his time. He became a leading figure in Nottingham Presbyterianism. Training Barret was born in Nottingham in 1631 and admitted in 1646 to Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1650. He went on to be ordained at Wymeswold, Leicestershire by the Wirksworth classis in 1652. He was installed as incumbent of St Peter's Church, Nottingham in October 1656, but appears not to have used the title "rector".Peter Hoare: ''The Rectors of St Peter's Church, Nottingham, 1241–1991'' (Nottingham: St Peter's Parochial Church Council, 1992), pp. 22–24.ODNB entryRetrieved 11 July 2011. Subscription required. Ministry Barret became a leading member of the Presbyterian assembly in Nottingham, joining its classis in 1656 and becoming its moderator the following year. The classis usually met at his house and the surviving minutes in Nottingham University Library are pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baret
John Baret or Barrett (died 1580), was an English lexicographer during the Elizabethan era, and was responsible for publishing a dictionary of English, Latin, Greek and French entitled ''An Alvearie''. Life Baret matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1551 as a sizar before migrating to Trinity College, Cambridge and receiving a degree of B.A. in 1554-5, and an M.A. in 1558. He became a fellow of the college in 1560. He later received the degree of M.D. from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1577, but there is no evidence that he ever practised medicine. About 1555 he describes himself as "having pupils at Cambridge, studious of the Latin tongue." In later years he is said to have travelled abroad, and to have taught in London. Baret died before the close of 1580, but the exact date is uncertain. Dictionary Baret published, in about 1574, a dictionary of the English, Latin, and French languages, with occasional illustrations from the Greek. It was called ''An Alvearie, or Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barret (theologian)
John, D.D. Barret (died 12 July 1563), was an English Carmelite friar and after the Reformation an Anglican clergyman. Biography Barret was descended from a good family seated at King's Lynn in Norfolk, where he was born. After having assumed the habit of a Carmelite, or white friar, in his native town, he studied in the University of Cambridge, where he proceeded in 1533 to the degree of D.D., which Archbishop Cranmer had previously refused to confer upon him. In 1542 he was appointed reader in theology at the chapter-house of Norwich, with an annual salary of 4l. After the dissolution of the monasteries, he obtained a dispensation to hold a living. Accordingly, in 1541 he was instituted to the rectory of Hetherset in Norfolk, which he resigned the next year. In 1550 he was instituted to the rectory of Cantley in the same county, and to that of St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich. The last-mentioned benefice he resigned in 1560. He obtained the living of Bishop's Thorpe in 1558, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |