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John Dickey (other)
John Dickey may refer to: * John Dickey (U.S. politician), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * John Dickey (Canadian politician), member of the Canadian House of Commons * John Miller Dickey, Presbyterian minister and college president * John Sloan Dickey, American diplomat and scholar {{hndis, Dickey, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dickey (Canadian Politician)
John Horace Dickey (4 September 1914 – 27 April 1996) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a barrister, executive and lawyer by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Halifax riding in a by-election on 14 July 1947 which was called after the death of William Chisholm MacDonald, one of the riding's Liberal incumbents. Since Halifax riding elected two members to the House of Commons at that time, Dickey joined the other incumbent, fellow Liberal Gordon Benjamin Isnor. Both Dickey and Isnor were re-elected in the 1949 election. Isnor was appointed to the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ... in May 1950 and was joined by another Liberal, Samuel Rosborough Balcom, following a by-election the following month. Both Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Miller Dickey
John Miller Dickey (December 15, 1806 – March 2, 1878) was an American Presbyterian minister. He and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson, a Quaker, founded Ashmun Institute on May 24, 1854, which was renamed Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in 1866 following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. They named the school after Jehudi Ashmun, a religious leader and social reformer. They founded the school for the education and religious training of African American men, whose opportunities were limited. Lincoln University is the oldest historically black college or university in the United States. Dickey served as the first president of Ashmun Institute from 1854 to 1856 and continued to chair its board of trustees until his death twenty-two years later. Eschewing abolitionism and anti-slavery agitation, he supported the establishment of Liberia as a colony for African Americans and was active in the American Colonization Society. Dickey encouraged his students, James Ralston Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |