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Roger Jones (alderman)
Roger Jones may refer to: * Roger Jones (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1967), English football wing-half *Roger Jones (footballer, born 1946) (born 1946), English football goalkeeper * Roger Jones (American football) (born 1969), American football player * Roger Jones (mathematician), American mathematician * Roger Jones (composer) (born 1948), British composer and musician *Roger Jones (physicist) (born 1953), American physicist and entrepreneur *Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh (before 1589–1643), member of the Peerage of Ireland and lord president of Connaught * Roger Jones (MP) (c. 1691–1741), British Member of Parliament for Brecon *Roger Jones (Adjutant General) (1789–1852), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1825 to 1852 * Roger Jones (Inspector General) (1831–1889), Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1888 to 1889 (son of the above) * Roger Jones (poet) (born 1954), American poet * Roger Jones (pharmacist) (born 1943), British businessman *Roger Jones (phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (footballer, Born 1902)
Reginald "Roger" Jones (1 September 1902 – 11 December 1967) was an English footballer who played at left-half for Port Vale from 1923 to 1937. He made a total of 346 appearances, 326 of which came in league games in the Football League. He helped the club to win the Third Division North title in 1929–30. Career Jones played for minor non-league sides Middleport and Ravensdale, before joining Port Vale in July 1923. He made his Second Division debut in the 1923–24 season, but remained a bit-part player in 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, and 1927–28. He scored his first senior goal on 10 March 1928, in a 3–1 win over Southampton at The Dell. He hit four goals in 19 games in 1928–29, including two in an 8–1 demolition of West Bromwich Albion at The Old Recreation Ground on 9 March. Despite this comprehensive victory, Vale lost 17 of their 21 away games, and were relegated at the end of the season. Vale rebounded straight away by winning the Third Division N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (footballer, Born 1946)
Roger Jones (born 8 November 1946) is an English former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper who played for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Derby County, Birmingham City and York City. Career Jones was born in Upton-upon-Severn and was released by his first club, Portsmouth, when they disbanded their reserve team, Jones joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in August 1965 and after a season in the reserves he established himself as first choice under manager Freddie Cox and after making 177 appearances for the Cherries he earned a move north to Second Division Blackburn Rovers. Rovers were relegated in 1970–71 in 21st position and after three failed attempts to gain a return they won the Third Division title in 1974–75. He moved on to Newcastle United but failed to establish himself on Tyneside and left for Stoke City in February 1977. He played 41 games in 1977–78 as Stoke failed to gain promotion but a dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (American Football)
Roger Carver Jones (born April 22, 1969) is a former professional American football player who played cornerback for seven seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Tennessee Oilers Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to the .... Upon the completion of his NFL career, he joined the coaching staff at Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tennessee, serving as the school's head track coach and assistant athletic director 1969 births Living people Players of American football from Cleveland American football cornerbacks Tennessee State Tigers football players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Cincinnati Bengals players Tennessee Oilers players 20th-century American sportsmen {{defensiveback-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (mathematician)
Roger L. Jones is an American mathematician specializing in harmonic analysis and ergodic theory. Biography He obtained a B.S. in mathematics in 1971 from University at Albany, SUNY, and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1974 from Rutgers University, with thesis ''Inequalities for the Ergodic Maximal Function'' written under the direction of Richard Floyd Gundy. He has recently retired from a professorship in mathematics at DePaul University in Chicago. There he taught everything from remedial math to graduate-level courses. During his tenure at DePaul, Roger published numerous research papers in math, was awarded an excellence in teaching award, chaired the DePaul University Mathematics Department, and was awarded National Science Foundation grants related to teaching mathematics. He has also worked with the Chicago Public Schools on improving math instruction. Roger was honored for his research work at the ''International Conference on Harmonic Analysis and Ergodic theory'' that was he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (composer)
Roger William Jones (born 1948) is an English musician and composer of Church music. Alongside writing cantatas and hymn tunes he leads workshops and conducts performances of his works both around the UK and other countries. Biography Roger Jones was born in Birmingham on 15 May 1948, the son of Harold and Winifred Jones and studied piano, organ, cello and general musicianship at the Birmingham School of Music. After teacher training at City of Birmingham College of Education (now Birmingham City University Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences), in September 1969 he became Head of Music and then in September 1978 Head of Lower School at Aston Manor School (now Academy). Writing songs for the pupils, his first musical, ''Jerusalem Joy'', was performed at the school in 1973. Before giving up teaching in 1984 he wrote 5 more musicals: ''Apostle'', ''David'', ''A Grain of Mustard Seed'' about the Sunday School pioneer Robert Raikes, ''Saints Alive'' and ''Greater than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (physicist)
Roger D. Jones (born 1953) is an American physicist and entrepreneur. He currently is a Research Fellow at the European Centre for Living Technology at the University of Venice, Italy. Scientific Interests Jones, trained in physics at Dartmouth College, worked as a staff physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1979 to 1995. His primary research interests were in plasma physics, laser fusion, and machine learning. Jones's current interests are in molecular computation in biological systems and serious gaming. He is currently involved in a European-Union project to personalize treatment for diabetic kidney disease. Startups Jones, along with other Santa Fe scientists and entrepreneurs such as Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard, Stuart Kauffman, John Casti, and David Weininger, founded several high-technology startup companies in the emerging Santa Fe technology community, dubbed by Wired Magazine as the "Info Mesa". Much of the effort of these startups focused on finance and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh
Sir Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh PC (Ire) (before 1589 – 1643) was joint Lord President of Connaught with Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot. He commanded the government forces in Connaught during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the beginning of the Irish Confederate Wars defending Athlone against James Dillon until February 1643. Birth and origin Roger was born before 1589 in Ireland, the only son of Thomas Jones and his wife Margaret Purdon. His father was an Anglican minister and had been consecrated Bishop of Meath in 1584, which was probably already the position he held at the time of Roger's birth. From Bishop he would be further advanced in 1605 to Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His father's family was from Lancashire in England. His mother was a daughter of Adam Purdon of Lurgan Race, County Louth. His mother was the sister-in-law of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin. Early life In October 1605 his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (MP)
Roger Jones (c. 1691–1741) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Jones was the only surviving son of Edward Jones, M.P., of Buckland, Breconshire. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 16 May 1707 aged 15 and was also admitted at the Inner Temple in 1707. Jones was returned as Member of Parliament for the Welsh borough of Brecon at the 1713 general election. He was returned again unopposed at the 1715 general election. In 1722 he resigned his seat at Brecon, and stood unsuccessfully for Breconshire. He was one of the original backers of the Royal Academy of Music, establishing a London opera company which commissioned numerous works from Handel, Bononcini Bononcini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726), Italian cellist and composer *Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as ... and others.Thomas McGeary. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (Adjutant General)
Roger Jones (1789–July 15, 1852) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army who was the longest-serving Adjutant General of the U.S. Army in U.S. history, holding the position from 1825 to 1852. Family and career He was a central figure in the distinguished Jones military family with relatives holding commissions in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. His brother Thomas ap Catesby Jones won distinction in the US Navy. Of his thirteen children many went on to serve in the military in both Union and Confederate forces. His son Catesby ap Roger Jones was the commander of the ironclad CSS ''Virginia'' at Hampton Roads on the second day of battle with the USS ''Monitor''. His son Charles Lucian Jones served in the Confederate navy on the ironclad ''Tennessee''. His son, also named Roger Jones, served as Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1888 to 1889. Jones was appointed a second lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (Inspector General)
Roger Jones (February 25, 1831–January 26, 1889) served as Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1888 to 1889. His father by the same name served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1825 to 1852. Jones, a cousin of Robert E. Lee, Bruce Catton (1961), ''The Coming Fury'', 1967 reprint, New York: Pocket Books, Ch. 5, "Into the Unknown", Sec. 6, "The Coming of the Fury", p. 336, . graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1851 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the cavalry, serving in New Mexico, where he participated in the Gila Expedition. In 1861 while serving on recruiting duty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, he was ordered to take a detachment of recruits to Harpers Ferry, Virginia to protect the arsenal there from being taken by approaching Virginia militiamen. Unable to defend against an overwhelming force, he ordered the weapons and stores be destroyed, and retreated into Pennsylvania. Jones spent the remainder of his car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (poet)
Roger Jones (born 1954) is an American poet. Life Roger Jones received his B.A. and M.A. at Sam Houston State University, before earning his Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in 1986. He has had a wide publication record over the past thirty years that includes poetry in traditional western forms as well as haiku, tanka and haibun. Jones currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, for the Texas State University MFA. He lives in San Marcos, Texas San Marcos ( ) is a city and the county seat of Hays County, Texas, United States. The city's limits extend into Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, as well. San Marcos is within the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area and on the Interstate 35 ... with his wife and two children. Awards * Texas Review Poetry Chapbook Prize, 1980 * Academy of American Poets Prize, 1984 * Texas Review Southern/Southwestern Breakthrough competition award, 1993 * Texas Review Press Poetry Prize, 2008 Works * ''Remembering New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Jones (pharmacist)
Sir Roger Spencer Jones OBE Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, FLSW (born 2 July 1943) is a British researcher and manager in the pharmaceutical industry. He has chaired or been a board member of many public bodies. Early life and education Roger Spencer Jones was born on 2 July 1943 and brought up in a small, predominantly Welsh speaking village in the River Dee, Wales, Dee valley. He was educated at Bala, Gwynedd, Bala Boys' Grammar School and the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff. After his B.Pharm he completed his professional qualifications and went to Bradford Management School, where he gained his MSc.''Who's Who 2008'', p.1238. Employment He joined the Wellcome Foundation and worked in Consumer Products Marketing before taking up a line management job in Wellcome Nigeria. He then continued in line management in a regional capacity in West Africa and the Middle East. He then became responsible for Eastern Europe and the Communist Bloc where he became versed in technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
