John Philip (other)

	John Philip (other) John Philip may refer to: * John Phillip (poet) (before 1540—after 1590), English dramatist John Philip (missionary) (1775–1851), Scottish advocate for indigenous rights in South Africa John Woodward "Jack" Philip (1840–1900), American admiral * John R. Philip (1927–1999) Australian soil physicist See also John Phillip (1817–1867), Scottish painter John Phillips (other) John Phillips or Philips may refer to: Academics * John Edward Philips (born 1952), American historian * John Phillips (educator) (1719–1795), American educator and founder of Phillips Exeter Academy * John Phillips (lawyer), English law professo ... * {{hndis, Philip, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Phillip (poet) John Phillip (1561) was an English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan era. He is known for his play ''The Commodye of Pacient and Meeke Grissill'' (AKA ''The Plaie of Pacient Grisell''), said to have been written in the late 1550s, and possibly first performed by a children's company at Nonsuch Palace in Surrey for Queen Elizabeth I as part of a special entertainment in August 1559. It is based on a tale from Boccaccio's ''Decameron'', which features also in Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales'': that of patient Griselda, who displays continuing devotion to her husband despite his brutal attempts to test her loyalty. The play was registered with the Stationers' Company in July 1565 and July 1568. His name also appears as John Phillipp in the quarto of ''The Play of Patient Grisell''. He is thought to be the John Philip, John Phillip or John Phillips who wrote ballads, tracts and elegies between 1566 and 1591. The lullaby "Be still, my sweet sweeting" from ''The Play of Patient Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Philip (missionary) John Philip (14 April 1775 – 27 August 1851), was a missionary in South Africa. Philip was born at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland to a local schoolmaster. After starting as an apprentice to a linen draper in Leven, and working as a clerk in Dundee, he entered the Wesleyan theological college at Hoxton, and in 1804 was appointed minister of the first Scottish Congregational chapel in Aberdeen. On 24 September 1809 he married Jane Ross, the daughter of a prosperous Aberdeen engineer; they had seven children. His daughter, Elizabeth (Eliza), married John Fairbairn, the renowned educator, politician and financier, on 24 May 1831. South Africa In 1818 Philip joined the delegation headed by John Campbell to investigate the threatened closure of London Missionary Society's stations in South Africa and reported that the conduct of the Cape Colonists towards the indigenous people was deserving of strong reprobation. In 1822 Philip was appointed superintendent of the London Missionary Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Woodward "Jack" Philip John Woodward Philip (26 August 1840 – 30 June 1900) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War and Spanish–American War. Biography Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, Philip was appointed midshipman on 20 September 1856 and graduated from the Naval Academy on 1 June 1861. Civil War During the Civil War, he served in , and until September 1862 when he was ordered to , attached to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. While serving in ''Chippewa'', he was wounded during operations against Charleston, South Carolina, in July 1863. Philip served as executive officer of the steam sloop under Commander Robert Townsend and assumed command upon Townsend's death from heat stroke in China on 15 August 1866. In 1877, he made a tour of the world in command of the Woodruff Scientific Expedition. Later he commanded the battleship from 18 October 1897 to 29 August 1898. Spanish–American War During the Spanish–American War, his ship, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John R John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 - February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager. Richbourg was arguably the most popular and charismatic of the four announcers at WLAC who showcased popular African-American music in nightly programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. (The other three were Gene Nobles, Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hoss" Allen.) Later rock music disc jockeys, such as Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack, mimicked Richbourg's practice of using speech that simulated African-American street language of the mid-twentieth century. Richbourg's highly stylized approach to on-air presentation of both music and advertising earned him popularity, but it also created identity confusion. Because Richbourg and fellow disc jockey Allen used African-American speech patterns, many listeners thought that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Phillip John Phillip (19 April 1817–1867) was a Victorian era Scottish painter best known for his portrayals of Spanish life. He started painting these studies after a trip to Spain in 1851. He was nicknamed John 'Spanish' Phillip. Life Born into a poor family in Aberdeen in Scotland, Phillip's artistic talent was recognised at an early age. Lord Panmure paid for Phillip to become the student of Thomas Musgrave Joy in London briefly in 1836.Paul Stirton, ‘Phillip, John (1817–1867)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200accessed 6 Oct 2013/ref> His education at the Royal Academy of Arts was paid for by Panmure. While at the academy, Phillip became a member of The Clique, a group of aspirant artists organised by Richard Dadd. The Clique identified as followers of William Hogarth and David Wilkie. Phillip's own career was to follow that of fellow-Scot Wilkie very closely, beginning with carefully detailed paintings d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]