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John Weir (New Zealand Writer)
John Weir may refer to: *John Alexander Weir (1894–1942), Canadian lawyer and professor *John Angus Weir (1930–2007), fourth president of Wilfrid Laurier University *John Ferguson Weir (1841–1926), American painter and sculptor *John Jenner Weir (1822–1894), English amateur entomologist, ornithologist and British civil servant *John Weir (loyalist) (born 1950), Ulster loyalist *Johnny Weir (born 1984), American figure skater *John Weir (footballer), Scottish footballer *John Weir (writer) (born 1959), American writer *John Weir (geologist) (1896–1978), Scottish geologist and palaeontologist *John Weir (physician) (1879–1971), Physician Royal to several British monarchs *John Weir (politician) (1904–1995), Australian politician *John Weir (trade unionist) (1851–1908), Scottish trade unionist See also * *John Wier (other) {{hndis, Weir, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Weir
John Alexander Weir (December 13, 1894 – June 3, 1942) was a Canadian attorney, and the first Dean of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law from 1926 to 1942. Early life John Alexander Weir was born in Ardoch, North Dakota on 13 December 1894 to the Reverend Richard and Margaret Moir Weir. He had three brothers and two sisters. Due to his father being called to new congregations the family traveled from Ardock to Hensall, Ontario when John was two years old, then to Petrolia, Ontario in 1898, and finally to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1901 where John attended the Regina public school. He continued his education by enrolling at Nutana Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon in 1908. Weir graduated with University and Chancellor's Scholarships. He entered University of Saskatchewan with the class of 1912, was chosen for Rhodes Scholarship for Saskatchewan in 1914. He graduated with Bachelor of Arts in 1915 and Bachelor of Laws in 1916 from University of Saskatchewan. Weir joined the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Angus Weir
John Angus Weir (October 29, 1930 – August 28, 2007) was the fourth president of Wilfrid Laurier University, serving from 1982 until his retirement in 1992. Weir was born to J. Angus and Mary in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on October 29, 1930. He was usually called "Jack". He has a brother named Robert. Weir graduated from St. Dunstan's University (now known as the University of Prince Edward Island with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953. He then moved to London, Ontario, where he received his master of business administration degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1955. Weir moved to Kitchener, Ontario to work at a company called Electrohome. He later moved to South Bend, Indiana, to continue his education. This resulted in him receiving his PhD in economics from the University of Notre Dame in 1964. Weir and his new wife, Ann, moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he took the position of professor at the University of Manitoba. His family moved back to Kitchener-Waterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ferguson Weir
John Ferguson Weir (August 28, 1841 – April 26, 1926) was an American painter, sculptor, writer, and educator. He was a son of painter Robert Walter Weir, long-time professor of drawing at the Military Academy at West Point. His younger brother, J. Alden Weir, also became a well-known artist who painted in the style of American Impressionism. His niece was artist and educator Irene Weir. Biography He was born August 28, 1841, at West Point, New York, and studied with his father Robert Walter Weir and at the National Academy of Design, National Academy, New York. As a young man, he worked on still life paintings and became proficient at landscapes. In 1862, around the time of his 21st birthday, he was commissioned by the art patron Robert Leighton Stuart to paint a landscape scene of West Point which he named ''Hudson Highlands, West Point, Summer Afternoon''. It is also known as ''View of the Hudson Highlands, West Point''. This commission introduced him to the art world of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jenner Weir
John Jenner Weir, FLS, FZS (9 August 1822 – 23 March 1894) was an England, English amateur entomologist, ornithologist and British civil servant. He is best known today for being one of the naturalists who corresponded with and provided important data to both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He played an important role in the formulation of Wallace's theory of aposematism, providing the first experimental evidence for the effectiveness, and hence the existence, of warning coloration in caterpillars. Life and civil service career Weir was born on 9 August 1822.Obituary in May 1894 Entomologist, Books.google.com at Lewes in East Sussex. He joined the customs service in 1839, rising to the high position of Accountant and Controller-General of HM Cust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (loyalist)
John Oliver Weir (born 1950) is an Ulster loyalist born and raised in the Republic of Ireland. He served as an officer in Northern Ireland's Royal Ulster Constabulary's (RUC) Special Patrol Group (SPG) (a tactical reserve unit), and was a volunteer in the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). As a member of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade led by Robin "the Jackal" Jackson, Weir was a part of the Glenanne gang, a group of loyalist extremists that carried out sectarian attacks mainly in the County Armagh area in the mid-1970s. Weir and his RUC colleague Billy McCaughey were convicted of the 1977 sectarian killing of Catholic chemist William Strathearn and sentenced to life imprisonment. Weir's affidavit which implicated Jackson, other members of the Glenanne gang, soldiers of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), and his colleagues in the RUC and SPG, in a series of sectarian attacks, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, was published in the 2003 Barron Report, the findings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Weir
John Garvin Weir (; born July 2, 1984) is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. National champion (2004–2006). He was the youngest 2004 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. National champion since 1991, in 2006 the first skater to win U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s, and the first American to win 2007 Cup of Russia, Cup of Russia in 2007. Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, winning several Equestrianism, equestrian competitions before switching to figure skating at the age of 12. Priscilla Hill was his first coach. He became eligible to compete in the Junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (footballer)
John Weir (10 January 1865 – 11 January 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played as a half-back. Career Weir initially played club football in Glasgow for Third Lanark,The Blacksmith of Crossmyloof Tony Onslow, ToffeeWeb, 4 November 2014 and made one appearance for in February 1887; he took part in a trial the following month but had no further international recognition. In around August 1887 he moved south to England, initially joining before soon being tempted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (writer)
John Weir (born 8 February 1959 in Tarrytown, New York) is an American writer."WEIR, John 1959-" . He is the author of two novels, ''The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket'' (HarperCollins, 1989), which won the for Gay Debut Fiction at the 2nd Lambd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (geologist)
John ("Jim") Weir FRSE FGS (1896 – 1978) was a 20th-century Scottish geologist and palaeontologist. Life Weir was born in Glasgow in 1896 and was educated at Woodside Secondary School. He served in the 51st Highland Division in the First World War. He was wounded in action three times and invalided out of the army in 1918. His main actions and wounds were received at High Wood, Arras and the main German counter-attack of 1918. His lungs were damaged by a gas attack in the latter. He studied Science at University of Glasgow specialising in geology and mining, graduating MA in 1920 and gaining his first doctorate (PhD) in 1925. He began as a Demonstrator in the university in 1921 and became a Lecturer in Palaeontology in 1923. In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Edward Battersby Bailey, George Tyrrell, Sir John Graham Kerr, John Walton and John Pringle. In 1941 he succeeded Arthur Trueman as President of the Glasgow Geolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (physician)
Sir John Weir (19 October 1879 – 17 April 1971) was a Scottish physician and homeopath who served as Physician Royal to several twentieth century monarchs. Early life and education Weir was born in the town of Paisley, in Renfrewshire, son of joiner James Weir, of East Kilbride, and Agnes, née Baird. He attended Allan Glen's School in Glasgow, a school noted for its emphasis on science, and subsequently worked as an engineer until embarking on his medical education, first at the University of Glasgow (MB ChB 1906), following which he held several positions at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was awarded a Tyler scholarship to study homoeopathy at the Chicago clinic James Tyler Kent, of Hering Medical College during 1908–9, along with H. Fergie Woods (1883–1961) and Douglas Borland (1885–1961). Career Weir was appointed Consultant Physician at the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1910, and was appointed the Compton-Burnett Professor of Materia Medica in 1911; he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (politician)
John Alexander Weir (11 October 1904 – 4 December 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney and was a timber worker from 1921. From 1922 he was a member of the Australian Timber Workers' Union; he later became state secretary in 1943 and president in 1950. From 1931 he was a Labor Party member, supporting Jack Lang over the federal party. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative As ... from 1949 to 1973. Weir died at Camperdown in 1995. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weir, John 1904 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Members of the Order of Australia< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir (trade Unionist)
John Weir (1851–1908) was a Scottish trade unionist. Born in Parkneuk, Weir began working at a local colliery from the age of eleven. He became an active trade unionist, joining the Fife and Kinross Miners' Association (FKMA), and working for it full-time as its acting president from 1878. He became full-time president in 1880, then in 1881, he was elected as the FKMA's general secretary and agent, serving until his death in 1908. He was centrally involved in the creation of the Scottish Miners' Federation, serving as its first treasurer, again holding the post until his death. He was also involved with the Trades Union Congress, and was elected as its delegate to the American Federation of Labour in 1900. Weir was a Liberal-Labour politician, and served on Dunfermline Burgh Council. He was considered as a potential candidate for the UK Parliament seat of West Fife on several occasions: at the 1889 West Fife by-election, when the local Liberal Association instead selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
