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John McLean (other)
John McLean (1785–1861) was an American jurist and politician. John McLean may also refer to: Politics * John McLean (Illinois politician) (1791–1830), Illinois politician and U.S. Senator * John McLean Jr. (1793–1858), New York politician * John McLean (New Zealand politician) (1818–1902), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * John Donald McLean (1820–1866), politician and colonial Treasurer of Queensland * John McLean (Canadian politician) (1846–1936), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island * John R. McLean (Canadian politician) (1906–1964), merchant and political figure on Prince Edward Island Sports * John McLean (athlete) (1878–1955), American Olympic athlete and head football coach at Missouri, 1903–1905 * John McLean (rower) (1859–1925), Australian sculler * Jock McLean (John Calderwood McLean, 1908–1988), Scottish footballer * John McLean (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), Scottish footballer * John McLean (footballer, born 1877 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean
John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for the Whig Party nominations for President, and is also one of the few people who served in all three branches of government. Born in New Jersey, McLean lived in several frontier towns before settling in Ridgeville, Ohio. He founded '' The Western Star'', a weekly newspaper, and established a law practice. He won election to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1813 until his election to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1816. He resigned from that position to accept appointment to the administration of President James Monroe, becoming the United States Postmaster General in 1823. Under Monroe and President John Quincy Adams, McLean presided over a major expansion of the United States Postal Service. In 1829, President A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny McLean
John A. McLean was a Scottish amateur footballer who made 100 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an outside right. Personal life McLean served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... Career statistics References 1881 births Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Men's association football outside forwards Queen's Park F.C. players Royal Field Artillery soldiers Place of death missing Date of death missing People from Govan Ayr Parkhouse F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McLean (other)
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Jack McLean may refer to: *Jack McLean (ice hockey) (1923–2003), Canadian ice hockey player *Jack McLean (mayor) (born 1949/1950), American politician and mayor * Jack McLean (rugby) (1923–2005), New Zealand rugby (union and league) footballer *Jack McLean (journalist) (died 2023), Scottish journalist See also *John McLean (other) John McLean (1785–1861) was an American jurist and politician. John McLean may also refer to: Politics * John McLean (Illinois politician) (1791–1830), Illinois politician and U.S. Senator * John McLean Jr. (1793–1858), New York politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McClane
John McClane is a fictional character and main protagonist of the ''Die Hard'' film series, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel, '' Nothing Lasts Forever''. McClane was portrayed in all five films by actor Bruce Willis, and is known for his sardonic one-liners, including the famous catchphrase "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker". Character portrayal John McClane was originally based on the fictional character Detective Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's bestselling 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever''. Other aspects are derived from Frank Malone from Walter Wager's 1987 novel ''58 Minutes'' (adapted as '' Die Hard 2''). ''Die Hard'' villain Hans Gruber describes him as "just another American.... who thinks he's John Wayne," to which McClane replies that he "was always partial to Roy Rogers." He is described as being a "foul-mouthed, wisecracking, no-nonsense New York cop with an itchy trigger finger ... and a never-say-die maverick spirit." McClane's marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maclean (pastor)
John Maclean (1851–1928), born John McLean, was a Wesleyan Methodist pastor amongst the Indians of the Canadian Northwest, holding pastorates in various towns of western Canada, including Port Arthur, Ontario July 1892-June 1896.F.B. Scollie, Biographical Dictionary and History of Victorian Thunder Bay 1850-1901 (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2020), page 272. He was born 30 October 1851 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, then moved to Canada. He died 7 March 1928 at Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 .... He learned the languages and customs of the Indians. He published: ''Lone Land lights'', (1890); ''James Evans, Inventor of the Syllabic System of the Cree Language'', (1890); ''The Indians of Canada'', (1892); ''Canadian Savage Folk'', (1896); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie McLean
John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death. Biography McLean was born in New York City. His father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death in 1939, Jackie's musical education was continued by his godfather, his record-store-owning stepfather, and several noted teachers. He also received informal tutoring from neighbors Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and Charlie Parker. During high school McLean played in a band with Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Andy Kirk, Jr. (the saxophonist son of Andy Kirk). Along with Rollins, McLean played on Miles Davis' '' Dig'' album, when he was 20 years old. As a young man he also recorded with Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus (for '' Pithecanthropus Erectus''), George Wallington, and as a member of Art Blakey's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walford McLean
John Walford McLean (28 February 1925 – 29 June 2009) was a British dentist and dental historian. He was known, in the words of the ''British Dental Journal'', for his "groundbreaking developments in high strength dental ceramics and, in particular, to the introduction of glass-ionomer cements, not to forget his seminal work on the bonding of resins to remaining tooth tissues." He was elected President of the British Society of Restorative Dentistry in 1973 and president of the British Dental Association in 1984, and received the John Tomes Prize for research and the American Prosthodontic Society's Golden Medallion."John Walford McLean OBE". ''British Dental Journal'', Vol. 207, p. 187 (22 August 2009). McLean was born in Rhiwbina, a suburb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean (bishop)
John McLean (1828-1886) was the first Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan. Life He was born in 1828. He was the son of Charles Maclean of Portsoy, Banffshire. In 1847, he gained a bursary at King's College, Aberdeen, and in 1861 became M.A. Through relations in business in London, he entered a counting-house there; became interested in the Church of England Young Men's Society, and took to studying foreign languages. In 1858, he was ordained by the Bishop of Hipon, and went out to Canada under the auspices of the Colonial and Continental Church Society, but soon became assistant to the Bishop of Huron in the cathedral at London, Toronto. In 1866, the Bishop of Rupertsland, who had been at Aberdeen with Maclean, invited him to come into his diocese, and Maclean was appointed warden of St. John's College, rector of St. John's Cathedral, Winnipeg, and archdeacon of Assiniboia, a title afterwards altered to archdeacon of Manitoba. Maclean worked hard; the population increased greatl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean (explorer)
John McLean (–1890) was a Scotsman who emigrated to British North America, where he became a fur-trapper, trader, explorer, grocer, banker, newspaperman, clerk, and author. He travelled by foot and canoe from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back, becoming one of the chief traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. He is remembered as the first person of European descent to discover Churchill Falls on Canada's Churchill River and sometimes mistakenly credited as the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula. Long overlooked, his first-person accounts of early 19th-century fur trading in Canada are now valued by historians. Under the pen name Viator (Latin for "Traveler"), his letters to newspapers around Canada also helped shift public opinion away from yielding the western territories to the United States during the ''Alabama'' Claims dispute over damages for British involvement in the American Civil War. Life Early life John McLean was born in Dervaig or beside the Loch Bà on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean (furniture Maker)
John McLean (born 1770; died 1825) was an English furniture and cabinetry maker and designer. He was recognized as one of the best of his era, representing the best in English cabinetmaking. Examples of his furniture can be found in the Victorian and Albert Museum, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the Library at Saltram, Devon. The origins of the McLean firm is somewhat confused by the many variations in spelling the name 'McLean'. "John MacKlane, upholder and cabinet maker in Little Newport Street, off Leicester Square" is listed in 1774.The London furniture makers: from the Restoration to the Victorian Era, 1660-1840 As many as eight different variations of name spellings have been recorded, the problem arising because many people in those days were illiterate and names were written phonetically at the whim of whoever was writing the name at the time. History The first appearance of the name 'McLean' can be found on the south side of Little Newport Street, Leice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean (merchant)
John McLean (1761 – October 16, 1823) was an American merchant most famous because of his will. The will was the subject of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case ''Harvard College v. Amory'', which led to the Prudent man rule; left a bequest to Massachusetts General Hospital which led to McLean Hospital being named after him; and established the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, a professorship at Harvard University. Biography John McLean was born in 1761. The exact date is unknown. His birthplace was likely Milton, Massachusetts where his mother's parents had settled.Cullen, James Bernard, The Story of the Irish in Boston: Together with Biographical Sketches of Representative Men and Noted Women 189 (1889). However, the Milton record of births does not list John McLean's birth in the town. John McLean. an only child, attended the Milton public schools. On October 15, 1795 he bought a house for $8,000 on the Franklin Street Crescent that had been design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McLean (footballer, Born 1877)
John McLean (1877 – 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender (capable of playing at left or right back, which in that era were the most withdrawn positions on the field). He played for Vale of Leven, at that time playing outwith the Scottish Football League, for seven years before joining Liverpool in May 1903. He played four English Football League matches early in the 1903–04 campaign, but the team failed to win any of these games and he was dropped (the results did not improve, however, and the club was relegated at the end of the season); he then left to join Motherwell in June 1904. McLean spent six years as a regular at Fir Park before returning to Vale of Leven for one further season. His younger brother Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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