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Joseph Swain (other)
Joseph Swain may refer to: * Joseph Swain (academic) (1857–1927), American president of Indiana University * Joseph Swain (engraver) (1820–1909), English wood-engraver associated with ''Punch'' magazine * Joseph Swain (footballer) (fl. 1903), English footballer * Joseph Swain (poet) (1761–1796), British Baptist minister and hymnwriter See also * Joseph Swan (other) {{hndis, name=Swain, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Swain (academic)
Joseph Swain (June 16, 1857 – May 19, 1927) served as the ninth president of Indiana University and also as the sixth president of Swarthmore College. Summary Education * Indiana University (B.L. 1883, M.S. 1885) * Wabash College (LL.D. 1893) Career * Professor of mathematics and biology at Indiana University (1883–1891) * Professor of mathematics at Stanford University (1891–1893) * President of Indiana University (1893-1902) * President of Swarthmore College (1902-1921) Biography Joseph Swain was IU's first Indiana-born president. He was born in Pendleton, Indiana, to Woolston and Mary A. Swain. Swain attended IU as an undergraduate and graduate student. He matriculated in 1879 and graduated with a B.L. degree in 1883. From 1883-1885, he was an instructor of mathematics and biology at IU while he completed his graduate education and graduated with a M.S. degree in 1885. Starting in 1885, Swain was an associate professor of mathematics until 1886, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Swain (engraver)
Joseph Swain (29 February 1820 in Oxford – 25 February 1909 in London) was an English wood-engraver. He is best known from his engravings in ''Punch'' magazine of cartoons by Sir John Tenniel. Life Born in Oxford in 1820, he was second son of Ebenezer Swain by his wife Harriet James; Joseph Swain, pastor of East Street Baptist church, Walworth, was his grandfather. He was educated at private schools, first in Oxford, and then in London, where the family moved in 1829. In 1834 Swain was apprenticed by his father, a printer with the firm of Wertheimer & Co., to the wood-engraver Nathaniel Whittock, and was transferred in 1837 to Thomas Williams, brother of Samuel Williams. In 1843 he was appointed manager of the engraving department of ''Punch'', but in the following year set up in business for himself, retaining the whole of the engraving work for ''Punch'' from 1844 until 1900. He taught William Harcourt Hooper. Swain died at Ealing in west London in 1909. Works Swain w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Swain (footballer)
Joseph Swain was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He played one game for Burnley in the Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third t ... in the 1903–04 season. References English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Burnley F.C. players English Football League players Year of death missing Year of birth missing Place of birth missing {{England-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Swain (poet)
Joseph Swain (1761 – 14 April 1796) was a British Baptist minister, poet and hymnwriter. Born in Birmingham, and orphaned at an early age, he was apprenticed as an engraver in Birmingham and afterwards in London. He experienced a religious conversion in 1782, and was baptised by John Rippon in the Baptist meeting-house in Carter Lane, Tooley Street, Southwark, on 11 May 1783. He subsequently became a Baptist minister and pastor of East Street Baptist church in Walworth from 1792 until his death in 1796. He was a popular preacher, and during the period of his ministry it became necessary to extend the church building on three occasions. He was also a writer of devotional poems and hymns, many of which remained popular through the 19th century, although now largely forgotten. Many were published under the collective title ''Walworth Hymns'' in 1792. A version of his hymn "My Song in the Night" was included on the album '' Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing'' released by the Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
