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John Chapman (soldier)
John Chapman may refer to: Military * John Chapman (Medal of Honor, 1865) (1844–1905), French soldier who fought in the American Civil War * John Chapman (Australian Army officer) (1896–1963), Australian Army general of WWII * John A. Chapman (1965–2002), USAF Combat Controller, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Politicians United Kingdom * John Chapman (Leicester MP) represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) * Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet (c. 1710–1781), British Member of Parliament for Taunton, 1741–1747 * John Chapman (Grimsby MP) (1810–1877), British Member of Parliament for Grimsby, 1862–1865 and 1874–1877 United States * John Chapman (Pennsylvania politician) (1740–1800), United States Representative from Pennsylvania *John Grant Chapman (1798–1856), Maryland politician * John Lee Chapman (1811–1880), American politician *John William Chapman (1894–1978), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Other countries *John Otho Chapman (1931� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (Medal Of Honor, 1865)
John Chapman (born Charles Felix Kauffman, February 10, 1844 – September 30, 1905) was a French soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Chapman received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia on 6 April 1865. He was honored with the award on 10 May 1865. Biography Chapman was born in Strasbourg, France on 10 February 1844. He joined the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery from Limerick, Maine in October 1864, and was discharged in September 1865. He subsequently served in the US Navy from 1865 to 1868. Chapman died on 30 September 1905 and his remains are interred at the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in South San Francisco, Central California. Medal of Honor citation See also *List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, John 1844 births 1905 deaths French-born Medal of Honor recipients People of Maine in the American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (cricketer, Born 1814)
John Chapman (28 November 1814 – 14 April 1896) was an English first-class cricketer active 1842–48 who played for Nottinghamshire. Chapman was born in West Bridgford, Nottingham and died in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Gainsborough () is a market town and civil parish in the West Lindsey Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. The population was 20,842 at the 2011 census, and estimated at 23,243 in 2019. It lies on the east bank of the .... Chapman participated in a total of 13 first-class matches. References 1814 births 1896 deaths English cricketers Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire cricketers North v South cricketers Nottingham Cricket Club cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Players of Nottinghamshire cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1810s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (screenwriter)
John Roy Chapman (27 May 1927 – 3 September 2001) was a British actor, playwright and screenwriter, known for his collaborations with Ray Cooney. Biography Early life Born in Acton, John Chapman was the nephew of the actor Edward Chapman; his own father was an engineer. His brother, Paul Chapman, became an actor. John Chapman trained at RADA, and made his acting debut in Enid Bagnold's ''National Velvet'' in 1946.Obituary: John Chapman telegraph.co.uk, 7 September 2001 Early career Initially a stage manager and understudy at the Whitehall Theatre for the first two years of ''Reluctant Heroes'', the first |
John Jay Chapman
John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American writer. Early life Chapman was born in New York City on March 2, 1862. He was a son of Henry Grafton Chapman Jr. (1833–1883), a broker who became president of the New York Stock Exchange, and Eleanor Kingsland Jay (1839–1921). His paternal grandmother, Maria Weston Chapman, was one of the leading campaigners against slavery and worked with William Lloyd Garrison on '' The Liberator''. His maternal grandparents were John Jay (1817–1894), the U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, and Eleanor Kingsland (née Field) Jay (1819–1909). His grandfather was a son of William Jay and a grandson of Chief Justice John Jay of the United States Supreme Court. Chapman was educated at St. Paul's School, in Concord, New Hampshire, and at Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1884, he toured Europe before resuming his studies at the Harvard Law School. Career He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (engineer)
John Chapman (1801–1854) was an English engineer and writer. At different times in his career, he was involved with lace-making machinery, journalism, Hansom cabs and the promotion of railways, cotton and irrigation in India. Life He was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire, on 20 January 1801, the eldest of the three surviving sons of John Chapman, a clockmaker there. He received his education first at a school kept by Mr. Mowbray, and then under the Rev. T. Stevenson; he taught himself Greek, and paid a French workman of his father's to teach him French. With other young people he was an involved in the establishment of the Loughborough Permanent Library; and by 1817 he was devoting his Sundays to teaching in the Sunday school, and had become secretary of a peace society, and of the Hampden Club, of which his father was president. At this time he was helping his father in his business. About 1822, when Chapman was admitted to the General Baptist church, he was concentrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (theologian)
John Chapman (1704–1784) was an English cleric and scholar, archdeacon of Sudbury from 1741. Life The son of the Rev. Walter Chapman, curate of Wareham, Dorset, then rector of Strathfieldsay, Hampshire, he was probably born in 1704, probably at Strathfieldsay. He was educated at Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ..., and elected to King's College, Cambridge, where he became A.B. 1727, and A. M. 1731. While tutor of his college, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Charles Pratt, Jacob Bryant, and, for a short time, Horace Walpole were amongst his pupils. Chapman became chaplain to Archbishop John Potter (bishop), John Potter, and was made, in 1739, rector of Aldington, Kent, with the chapel of Smeeth; and also, rector of Saltwood in 1741. He then resigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (bishop)
John Holland Chapman was the ninth Canadian Anglican Bishop of Ottawa. A native of Ottawa, Chapman was educated at Carleton University, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of the South and ordained Deacon and Priest in 1978. His first post was as assistant curate at St. Matthias' Church, Ottawa after which he became Anglican Chaplain at the University of Western Ontario. In 1983 he joined the Faculty of Theology at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario. In 1987 he became Rector of St. Jude, London, Ontario; and in 1999 Professor of Pastoral Theology Pastoral theology is the branch of practical theology concerned with the application of the study of religion in the context of regular church ministry. This approach to theology seeks to give practical expression to theology. Normally viewed as ... at Huron University College and appointed Dean of Theology in 2000, a position he held until his election to the Ottawa See in September 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (evangelist)
John Charles Chapman (23 July 1930 – 16 November 2012), affectionately known as "Chappo", was an Australian preacher, Bible teacher and evangelist associated with the Sydney Anglican diocese. He wrote several books, including ''A Fresh Start''; ''Know and Tell the Gospel''; ''Setting Hearts on Fire'', ''A Sinner's Guide to Holiness''; and ''Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life'', all published by Matthias Media. The Australian edition of ''A Fresh Start'' has sold nearly 40,000 copies since 1999. Having begun his career as a teacher, Chapman shifted to Anglican ministry, his first curacy being at Moree. There he organised the Billy Graham Crusade landline services for the whole of Moree there. He started an interchurch prayer meeting in the Warriors Chapel of Moree's Anglican church in 1959 which is still going today. This is where he met Preston Walker, Aborigines Welfare District Officer and member of the Moree Methodist Church who later joined the British and For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (priest)
John Chapman (25 April 1865 – 7 November 1933) was an English Roman Catholic Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 until his death, and a New Testament and patristics scholar. He is best known for having founded one of the private schools in Britain: Worth, in West Sussex. Anglican background Henry Palmer Chapman was born in Ashfield, Suffolk, the son of an Anglican canon of Ely Cathedral. Because of delicate health, Henry was, at first, educated privately at home, and then later at Christ Church, Oxford (1883–1886), where he received a first-class degree in Classical Greats. He stayed for a subsequent year at Oxford studying theology, in which he took a third (cf. the "gentleman's C" in the U.S.). It was an important year for him, however, because in this time he decided to be ordained in the Church of England. Having trained at Cuddesdon near Oxford, Chapman was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1889 and began a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wilbur Chapman
John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York City) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th century who traveled with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman. Early life and education Chapman grew up attending Quaker Day School and Methodist Sunday School. At age 17, he made a public declaration of his Christian faith and joined the Richmond Presbyterian Church. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lake Forest College and his seminary degree from Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati. He completed his ordination into the ministry on April 13, 1881, while still attending Lane. He was later awarded a doctorate in divinity from the College of Wooster and an LL.D. from Heidelberg University. Family In May 1882, Chapman married Irene Steddom. In April 1886, they had a daughter, Bertha Irene Chapman. Irene Steddom Chapman died in May 1886. Chapman remarried on November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chapman (harness Racing)
John Chapman (November 25, 1928 - May 2, 1980) was one of the most successful trainers and drivers in the sport of harness racing. He died unexpectedly at age 51 shortly after his ongoing career had been recognized with induction into his sport's Halls of Fame in both Canada and the United States. He grew up playing ice hockey and had captained the Toronto St. Michael's Majors team of the Ontario Junior Hockey League The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The league dates back to 1954 where i .... Retrieved January 1, 2017
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John Chapman (rugby League)
John Chapman may refer to: Military * John Chapman (Medal of Honor, 1865) (1844–1905), French soldier who fought in the American Civil War * John Chapman (Australian Army officer) (1896–1963), Australian Army general of WWII * John A. Chapman (1965–2002), USAF Combat Controller, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Politicians United Kingdom * John Chapman (Leicester MP) represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) * Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet (c. 1710–1781), British Member of Parliament for Taunton, 1741–1747 * John Chapman (Grimsby MP) (1810–1877), British Member of Parliament for Grimsby, 1862–1865 and 1874–1877 United States * John Chapman (Pennsylvania politician) (1740–1800), United States Representative from Pennsylvania * John Grant Chapman (1798–1856), Maryland politician * John Lee Chapman (1811–1880), American politician * John William Chapman (1894–1978), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Other countries * John Otho Chapman (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
