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John Brett (other)
John Brett may refer to: * John Brett (artist) (1831–1902), British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement * John Brett (MP) for Much Wenlock * John Brett (chronicler) ( 1556), English author of ''Brett's Narrative'', about the Marian exiles * John Brett (bishop) (died 1756), bishop of Elphin * John Brett (Royal Navy officer) (died 1785), Royal Navy admiral * John Aloysius Brett (1879–1955), administrator in British India * John Michael Brett, nom de plume of English author Miles Tripp (1923–2000) * John Watkins Brett (1805–1863), English telegraphic engineer * John Henry Brett (1835–1920), Irish architect, builder, and county surveyor See also * Jack Brett (1917–1982), British motorcycle racer * {{hndis, Brett, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brett (artist)
John Brett (8 December 1831 – 7 January 1902) was a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, mainly notable for his highly detailed landscapes. Life Brett was born near Reigate on 8 December 1831, the son of an army vet. His sister Rosa Brett was also an artist and during 1850 and 1851 they shared a studio. In 1851 he began lessons in art with James Duffield Harding, a landscape painter. He also studied with Richard Redgrave. In 1853 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, but was more interested in the ideas of John Ruskin and William Holman Hunt, whom he met through his friend the poet Coventry Patmore. Inspired by Hunt's ideal of scientific landscape painting, Brett visited Switzerland, where he worked on topographical landscapes and came under the further influence of John William Inchbold. In 1858 Brett exhibited ''The Stonebreaker'', the painting that made his reputation. This depicted a youth smashing stones to create a road-surface, sitting in a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brett (MP)
John Brett may refer to: *John Brett (artist) (1831–1902), British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement * John Brett (MP) for Much Wenlock Much Wenlock is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish incl ... * John Brett (chronicler) ( 1556), English author of ''Brett's Narrative'', about the Marian exiles * John Brett (bishop) (died 1756), bishop of Elphin * John Brett (Royal Navy officer) (died 1785), Royal Navy admiral * John Aloysius Brett (1879–1955), administrator in British India * John Michael Brett, nom de plume of English author Miles Tripp (1923–2000) * John Watkins Brett (1805–1863), English telegraphic engineer * John Henry Brett (1835–1920), Irish architect, builder, and county surveyor See also * Jack Brett (1917–1982), British motorcycle racer * {{hndis, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much Wenlock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish includes the villages of Homer ( north of the town), Wyke ( north-east), Atterley ( south-east), Stretton Westwood ( south-west) and Bourton ( south-west). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 Census, was 2,605, increasing to 2,877 by 2011. Notable historic attractions in the town are Wenlock Priory, Wenlock Edge, Holy Trinity Church and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games, established by William Penny Brookes in 1850, are centred in the town. Brookes is credited as a founding father of the modern Olympic Games and one of the London 2012 Summer Olympics mascots was named ''Wenlock'', after the town. Toponym Much Wenlock is historically the chief town of the ancient borough of Wenlock. "Much" was added to distinguish it from the near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brett (chronicler)
John Brett (fl. 1556) was a messenger for Mary I of England when she tried to have the Marian exiles The Marian exiles were English Protestants who fled to continental Europe during the 1553–1558 reign of the Catholic monarchs Queen Mary I and King Philip.Christina Hallowell Garrett (1938) ''Marian Exiles: A Study in the Origins of Elizabet ... returned to England. His chronicle survives, and gives us detailed information on this episode.''The Marian Exiles'', Christina Hallowell Garrett, p.37 His chronicle is entitled, '' A Narrative of the Pursuit of English Refugees in Germany Under Queen Mary'' but is often known simply as ''Brett's Chronicle'' or ''Brett's Narrative''. References Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown English chroniclers 16th-century English writers 16th-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers {{England-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brett (bishop)
The Most Reverend John Brett O.P. (?–22 June 1756) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Killala from 1743 to 1748 and as Bishop of Elphin The Bishop of Elphin (; ) is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but ... from 1748 to 1756.Bishop John Brett ''Catholic Hierarchy website''. Retrieved 30 August 2011. References 1756 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Elphin[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brett (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral John Brett (died 1785) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral. Life Brett was probably the son or a relation of Captain Timothy Brett, with whom he went to sea in the sloop ''Ferret'' about the year 1722, with the rating of captain's servant. In May 1727 he followed Timothy Brett to the ''Deal Castle'', and in the following November to the yacht ''William and Mary''. On 2 March 1734 he was promoted to be lieutenant; in 1740 he commanded the sloop in the Mediterranean; and on 25 March 1741 was posted into the 40-gun by Vice-Admiral Nicholas Haddock, whom he brought home a passenger, invalided, in May 1742. In November 1742 he was appointed to the '' Anglesea'', and in April 1744 to the 60-gun ''Sunderland''. He was still in the ''Sunderland'' and in company with the ''Captain'', ''Hampton Court'' and ''Dreadnought'', when, on 6 January 1745, they fell in with, and did not capture, the two French ships, ''Neptune'' and ''Fleuron''. The cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aloysius Brett
John Aloysius Brett (1879–1955) was an administrator in British India. He served as Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan during the 1930s. Brett was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 26 May 1900, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a Junior officer, junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, Security agency, security services ... on 7 March 1902. He transferred to the Indian Staff Corps later the same year. References Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan 1955 deaths 1879 births Royal Garrison Artillery officers British people in colonial India {{UK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Michael Brett
Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. He served in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, flying thirty-seven sorties as a bomber-aimer, and completed 40 missions over enemy territory. He initially recorded his wartime experiences in a fictionalised memoir, ''Faith is a Windsock'', before exploring them more deeply in the non-fiction title '' The Eighth Passenger''. After the war, Tripp studied law and worked as a solicitor, and started to write fiction during his spare time.Miles Tripp fantasticfiction.co.uk. He lived in |
John Watkins Brett
John Watkins Brett (1805–1863) was an English telegraph engineer. Life Brett was the son of a cabinetmaker, William Brett of Bristol, and was born in that city in 1805. Brett is known as the founder of submarine telegraphy. He formed the Submarine Telegraph Company in conjunction with his younger brother, Jacob Brett. After some years spent perfecting his plans, he sought and obtained permission from Louis-Philippe in 1847 to establish telegraphic communication between France and England, but the project was deemed too hazardous for general support. However, he was successful in connecting the two nations briefly by undersea cable in 1850. A more durable cable was laid in 1851, and the construction of numerous other submarine lines followed. Brett founded the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company in 1850 which laid the first submarine telegraph cable to Ireland. He was involved in the transatlantic telegraph cable project and was confident that England and America wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Brett
John H. Brett (1835–1920) was an Irish architect, builder, and county surveyor for counties Limerick (Western Division), Kildare and Antrim, active in late-nineteenth to early twentieth-century Ireland.''See'' Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), p.115-117. Cited in Irish Architectural Archive, '' Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940'John Henry BrettAccessed 12 April 2011) He was notable in being a prolific designer of utilitarian structures as a county surveyor, with many practical schemes proposed. His designs, however, were often flamboyant in practicing a Ruskinian Gothic blend of Victorian Italianate and Venetian Renaissance styles, heavily influenced by the writer John Ruskin (1819–1900). Career Brett's first employment was for William Dargan on the railways, then he was appointed county surveyor for the western division of County Limerick (1863), County Kildare (1869), County Antrim (1885). During the late 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
