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John Nicholson (racing Driver)
John Nicholson may refer to: In politics * John Nicholson (Yarmouth MP), Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1698–1700, 1702–08 * John Nicholson (New York politician) (1765–1820), United States Representative from New York * John A. Nicholson (1827–1906), United States Representative from Delaware * John Nicholson (New South Wales politician) (1840–1919), New South Wales politician * John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983), Canadian former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia * John Sanctuary Nicholson (1863–1924), British politician and soldier * John Nicholson (Western Australian politician) (1867–1941), Western Australian politician In sports * John Nicholson (footballer, born 1936) (1936–1966), English footballer * John Nicholson (Scottish footballer) (1888–1970), Scottish footballer * John Nicholson (racing driver) (1941–2017), New Zealand racing driver * John Nicholson (football secretary) (1864–1932), 'manager' of Sheffield United F.C. * John Nichols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholson (Yarmouth MP)
John Nicholson may refer to: In politics *John Nicholson (Yarmouth MP), Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Great Yarmouth 1698–1700, 1702–08 *John Nicholson (New York politician) (1765–1820), United States Representative from New York *John A. Nicholson (1827–1906), United States Representative from Delaware *John Nicholson (New South Wales politician) (1840–1919), New South Wales politician *John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983), Canadian former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia *John Sanctuary Nicholson (1863–1924), British politician and soldier *John Nicholson (Western Australian politician) (1867–1941), Western Australian politician In sports *John Nicholson (footballer, born 1936) (1936–1966), English footballer *John Nicholson (Scottish footballer) (1888–1970), Scottish footballer *John Nicholson (racing driver) (1941–2017), New Zealand racing driver *John Nicholson (football secretary) (1864–1932), 'manager' of Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholson (East India Company Officer)
Brigadier General John Nicholson, (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young age and obtained a commission in the Bengal Army where he spent the majority of his career helping to expand the East India Company's territories in numerous conflicts, including the First Anglo-Afghan War and the first and second Anglo-Sikh wars. Nicholson created a legend for himself as a political officer under Henry Lawrence in the frontier provinces of British India, especially in the Punjab, and he was instrumental in the establishment of the North-West Frontier. Nicholson's most defining moment in his military career was his crucial role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a conflict in which he died. A charismatic and authoritarian figure, Nicholson led a life whose controversial exploits have created a polarized legacy; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beauchamp Nicholson
John Beauchamp Nicholson was an architect in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A number of his works are heritage-listed. Early life John Beauchamp Nicholson was born in 1852 in Surry and arrived in Brisbane around 1876. Architectural career After working as a clerk and foreman for the contractor and later architect, Andrew Murphie and for plumber Hiram Wakefield, he set up an architectural office in October 1885. He worked in partnership with Constantin Mathea between 1886 and January 1887, with J Sinclair Ferguson and with Alfred R L Wright from March 1890 until going into involuntary liquidation in January 1891. During these few years, Nicholson's office designed a variety of handsome and substantial buildings including Lady Musgrave Lodge in 1891 and the 1888 Princess Theatre at Woolloongabba, though a good proportion of the work catered for the liquor trade and included a number of fine hotels and the Lion Brewery in Townsville. Works His architectural works include: * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholson (priest)
The Ven John Malcolm Nicholson (26 May 1908 – 2 December 1983) was the Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1955 to 1959. He was educated at Whitgift School and King's College, Cambridge. After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon He was ordained Deacon in 1932 and Priest in 1933. After a curacy at St John the Baptist, Newcastle upon Tyne he held incumbencies at Monkseaton, Denton Burn, Cullercoats and High Melton. He was Headmaster of The King's School, Tynemouth Kings Priory School is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England. The principal is Philip Sanderson. The school has a Christian foundation as the largest member of the List of Woodard Schools ... from 1959 to 1970. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (martyr)
John Lambert (died 1538) was an English Protestant martyr burnt to death on 22 November 1538 at Smithfield, London. Life Lambert was born John Nicholson in Norwich and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a friend and a colleague of Thomas Cromwell. He was made a fellow there on the nomination of Catherine of Aragon. After theological disputes he changed his name and went to Antwerp, where he served as priest to the English factory. Here he became friends with John Frith (martyr), John Frith and William Tyndale, and became a member of the group of humanist theologians that met at the White Horse Tavern, Cambridge, White Horse Tavern—a group that included Edward Foxe, Edward Fox and Robert Barnes (martyr), Robert Barnes, and the arch-conservative Stephen Gardiner. Upon his return in 1533, Lambert came under the scrutiny of Archbishop William Warham, but Warham died in 1532. Lambert then earned his living teaching Greek and Latin near the Stock markets. In 153 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. Nicholson is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century, often playing rebels fighting against the social structure. Over his five-decade-long career, he received List of awards and nominations received by Jack Nicholson, numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. Nicholson won Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for playing Randle McMurphy in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) and a man with Obsessive–compulsive disorder, OCD in ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), as well as for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for playing an aging playboy in ''Terms of Endearment'' (1983). He received further Oscar nominations for ''Easy Rider'' (1969), ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1970), ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compound Locomotive
A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound steam engine, compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. The locomotive was only one application of compounding. Two and three stages were used in ships, for example. Compounding became popular for railway locomotives from the early 1880s and by the 1890s were becoming common. Large numbers were constructed, mostly two- and four-cylinder compounds, in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the United States. It declined in popularity due to a perceived increased maintenance requirement. Nonetheless, compound Mallets were built by the Norfolk and Western Railway up to 1952 and more importantly, Compound locomotives continued to be designed and built in France until the end of steam in the 1970's. French compounding of railway engines became so highly developed, eventually incorporating reheaters between the high and low pressure stages as well as the initial use of superh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholson (author)
John Nicholson is an Australian children's author born in Singapore. He originally worked as an architect, graphic designer and illustrator before taking up writing in 1990. John lives in the Victorian bush with his wife Jenny and daughter Freda in a solar-powered house they both built themselves. From his books, John has won the Children's Book Council of Australia A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''chi ... Eve Pownall Award three times and shortlisted six times, shortlisted for WA Premier's Children's Book Award, and the Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. Booked Out Writing and illustrating * ''The Australian Woolshed: Build Your Own Model Woolshed'' (1986) * ''Justice and the Courts'' (1986) - illustrator only * ''Hello Listeners!'' (1988) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rumney Nicholson
Sir John Rumney Nicholson, (25 March 1866 – 22 November 1939) was a British engineer. Biography Nicholson was born at Langwathby in 1866, the son of Isaac Nicholson, and was educated at St Bees School. His family was stated to be from Bolton, Cumbria. He entered the works of Black, Hawthorn and Co. in Gateshead in 1883. He was resident engineer in charge of the erection of the first generating station of the Newcastle Electric Supply Company at Pandon Dene in 1889. He then went to Venezuela, and returned to London in 1894 to join P. W. and C. S. Meek consulting engineers, and was engaged on dock and railway undertakings, including at the Port Talbot docks. From there he went to Ellesmere Works at Worsley, near Manchester. After his marriage in 1902, he moved with his wife to Singapore, where he was engaged as managing director of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and on its nationalization by the government in 1905 became chairman and chief engineer of the new Singapore Harbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Nicholson
John William Nicholson, FRS (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π. Nicholson was also the first to create a nuclear and quantum theory that explains spectral line radiation as electrons descend toward the nucleus, identifying hitherto unknown solar and nebular spectral lines. Niels Bohr quoted him in his 1913 paper of the Bohr model of the atom. Education Nicholson studied at the University of Manchester, residing in Hulme Hall, where he earned a B.Sc. and later an M.Sc. Among his peers was Arthur Stanley Eddington, who became a lifelong friend. They both continued to Trinity College, Cambridge, where Nicholson passed the Mathematical Tripos in 1904 as Twelfth Wrangler. He was awarded the Isaac Newton Studentship in 1906, was a Smith's Prizeman in 1907, and won the Adams Prize in 1913 and 1917. Career Nicholson began his academic career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry Nicholson
John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923) was a British-born, Queensland man of letters, teacher, writer and poet. Life John Henry Nicholson was born into a distinguished family of literary and scientific note, at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England on 12 June 1838. He was the eldest son of Anne Elizabeth Waring and John Nicholson (1809–1886). His mother Anne was the daughter of Captain Henry Waring, R.N. of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Her brother, Nicholson's uncle, John Burley Waring, was an architect, painter and intellectual. Nicholson's father was a distinguished biblical scholar and orientalist, who had studied at Oxford and in Germany, and in 1836 had published a grammar of the Hebrew language of the Old Testament. Nicholson's grandfather was the Rev Mark Nicholson (1770–1838), Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, Queen's College Oxford and long term President of Codrington College, Barbados. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nicholson (orientalist)
John Nicholson (1809–1886) was an English landowner and orientalist, known for his command of Hebrew and Arabic. Life He was the son of the Rev. Mark Nicholson of Barbados, the eldest in a family of six and born there; his mother was Lucy Reynold Ellcock. He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1825, at age 16, graduating B.A. in 1830. He then went to the University of Göttingen to study under Heinrich Ewald. Ludwig Leichhardt, a friend there, mentioned that Nicholson left Göttingen around the end of 1833. Nicholson's translation of Ewald's ''Hebrew Grammar'' was published by 1835. In 1838 the Rev. Mark Nicholson died: to this point he had supported John Nicholson and his brother William with generous allowances. William had returned to the family home at Clifton, Bristol, and Leichhardt visited him there. Nicholson entered the University of Tübingen in 1838. He was awarded a doctorate there for a translation from the Arabic. Nicholson then returned to England, set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
