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John Browning (other)
John Browning (1855–1926) was an American weapon designer. John Browning may also refer to: *John Browning (died 1416) (c. 1369–1416), MP for Gloucestershire 1397, 1401 and 1414 * John Browning (surveyor) (1831–1909), pioneer surveyor in the South Island of New Zealand * John Browning (American football) (born 1973), American football player *John Browning (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1964), Scottish footballer (Celtic) *John Browning (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1971), Scottish footballer (Liverpool) *John Browning (pianist) (1933–2003), American pianist *John Browning (scientific instrument maker) (c. 1831–1925), English scientific instrument maker *John Edgar Browning John Edgar Browning (born October 14, 1980) is an American author, editor, and scholar known for his nonfiction works about the horror genre and vampires in film, literature, and culture. Previously a visiting lecturer at the Georgia Institute of ... (born 1980), American author and editor * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning
John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms many of which are still in use around the world. He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24. He is regarded as one of the most successful firearms designers of the 19th and 20th centuries and pioneered the development of modern repeating, semi-automatic, and automatic firearms. Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design, especially the autoloading of ammunition. He invented, or made significant improvements to, single-shot, lever-action, and pump-action rifles and shotguns. He developed the first reliable and compact autoloading pistols by inventing the telescoping bolt, then integrating the bolt and barrel shroud into what is known as the pistol slide. Brownin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (died 1416)
John Browning (c. 1369–1416) (''alias'' Brounyng, etc.) of Melbury Sampford in Dorset and of Leigh near Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, was thrice a member of Parliament for Gloucestershire, in 1397, 1401 and 1414. Origins He was born in about 1369, the eldest son and heir of John Browning by his wife Alice Mautravers, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Mautravers, MP, of Hooke in Dorset (and a half-sister of John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers (c.1290–1364))), by his second wife Joan Foliot, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Foliot of Nantwich, Cheshire, and of Melbury Sampford in Dorset. Marriage and children He married twice: *Firstly at some time before February 1383, to Agnes Rodborough (c.1364-pre.1392), a daughter and co-heiress of William Rodborough of Leigh, near Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, by whom he had issue one son, who predeceased him, and one daughter: **Richard Browning (1387-1400), died an infant; **Cecily Browning, wife of Guy Whittington, MP, eldest s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (surveyor)
John Samuel Browning (1831 24 July 1909), also known as John Spence Browning, was a British-born pioneer surveyor in the South Island of New Zealand. Life John Browning was born in Norfolk, England in 1831. Browning's family held shipping interests, which in September 1844 at the age of just thirteen, would lead to him travelling to the East Indies. Later, at the age of 24, he would navigate the Pacific (18551856) as captain of the whaling vessel ''Susan.'' Browning first arrived in New Zealand in 1856 to trade with goods from Australia. In 1857, Browning entered the New Zealand Government Service as an assistant surveyor and draughtsman with the Canterbury Public Works Department. In 1862, on closure of the afore-mentioned department, he became Assistant Surveyor with the newly formed Lands and Survey Department and was employed in exploring the mountain passes between Canterbury and the West Coast. He later became District and Mining Surveyor, and set up the Survey Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (American Football)
John Edward Browning (born September 30, 1973) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played in 24 regular season games (12 starts) for West Virginia University, tallying 78 tackles, 8 sacks, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection. He was drafted in the 1996 NFL Draft 3rd round by the Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The tea ....https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wesley-browning-kc-deals/story?id=22423740 References 1973 births Living people American football defensive tackles West Virginia Mountaineers football players Kansas City Chiefs players Denver Broncos players Players of American football from Miami Ed Block Courage Award recipients {{defensive-lineman-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (footballer, Born 1888)
John Browning (29 November 1888 – 14 November 1964) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, winning four league titles with the club. He is also remembered for his bribery charges in the early part of the 20th century. Career Club Browning played for local clubs Glasgow Perthshire, Bonhill Hibs, Vale of Leven, and Dumbarton Harp before arriving at Parkhead in 1911. He was loaned back to his two previous teams during his first year at the club. He made his league debut for Celtic in a 1–0 victory over Third Lanark at Cathkin Park on 2 November 1912. He was a winger who played with a straightforward, forceful attacking flair which led to plenty of goals. In seven years with Celtic he managed to score a goal every three games, including 15 from 38 league matches during the 1914–15 season. He won four Scottish League titles in consecutive years, from 1914 to 1917 (the league continued during World War I). He moved to Chelsea in June 1919 where he made just five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (footballer, Born 1915)
John Browning (27 January 1915 – 14 August 1971) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half for Liverpool and Cowdenbeath. In his spell at Anfield he was unable to displace the long-serving Jimmy McDougall from his preferred position, making only 19 appearances across five seasons. He moved to Gillingham, but before playing for them his career was interrupted by the onset of World War II, during which he appeared for Dumbarton, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath, staying with the Fife club after the conflict ended. His father of the same name was also a footballer, winning Scottish league titles with Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foo ... and also appearing for Dumbarton. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (pianist)
John Browning (May 23, 1933 – January 26, 2003) ''Boston Globe'', obituary, by Richard Dyer, January 30, 2003, pg. C.14 was an American pianist known for his reserved, elegant style and sophisticated interpretations of Bach and Scarlatti and for his collaboration with the American composer Samuel Barber. Biography Browning was born to musical parents in Denver, Colorado, in 1933. He studied piano from age 3 with his mother and, at the age of 10, was accepted as a student by Rosina Lhévinne. He appeared as a soloist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra later that same year. In 1945 his family moved to Los Angeles, California. He spent two years at Occidental College there. He began his studies at the Juilliard School in New York with Rosina Lhévinne in 1950. He won the Leventritt Competition in 1955 and made his professional orchestral debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1956. At this point his career came under the management of well known talent manager Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Browning (scientific Instrument Maker)
John Browning (c. 1831 – 14 December 1925) was an English inventor and manufacturer of precision scientific instruments in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He hailed from a long line of English instrument makers and transformed the family business from one dealing in nautical instruments to one specialising in scientific instruments. Browning was particularly well known for his advances in the fields of spectroscopy, astronomy, and optometry. Background John Browning was born around 1831 in Kent, England, the city recorded variously as Bexley or Welling. His father, William Spencer Browning, was a maker of nautical instruments. It has been speculated that his shop inspired that of the character Solomon Gills, the ship's instrument maker, in the 1848 novel ''Dombey and Son'' by Charles Dickens. John Browning hailed from a long line of English instrument makers. His great-grandfather was instrument maker John Browning, brother of Samuel Browning, of the firms Spencer & Brownin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edgar Browning
John Edgar Browning (born October 14, 1980) is an American author, editor, and scholar known for his nonfiction works about the horror genre and vampires in film, literature, and culture. Previously a visiting lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he is now a professor of liberal arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia. Browning is considered an "expert on vampires specializing in the Dracula figure in film, literature, television, and popular culture." His works expound upon Dracula, horror, vampires, the supernatural, the un-dead, Bram Stoker, and gothic and cultural theory. Browning has appeared as an expert vampire and horror scholar on, or served as a consultant for, multiple documentary television series, including: National Geographic Channel's '' Taboo USA'', Discovery Channel's '' William Shatner's Weird or What?'', the seven-part AMC documentary series '' Eli Roth's History of Horror'', and History Channel's '' The UnXplained''. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
