John Beckwith may refer to:
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John Christmas Beckwith
John Christmas Beckwith (25 December 1759 – 3 June 1809) was an English organist and composer.
Life
Beckwith was born in Norwich on 25 December 1759, son of Edward Beckwith (1734–1793). His father and uncle were lay clerks at Norwich Cathedra ...
(1750–1809), English organist and composer
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John Charles Beckwith (organist)
John Charles Beckwith (1788 – 11 October 1819) was an English Organist, born in Norwich.
Family
He was the son of the organist John Christmas Beckwith.
He is buried in St Peter Mancroft.
Career
He was jointly
*Organist of St Peter Mancroft ...
(1788–1819), English organist
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John Beckwith (composer)
John Beckwith (March 9, 1927 – December 5, 2022) was a Canadian composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he studied piano with Alberto Guerrero at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1945. ...
(1927–2022), Canadian composer
Politics
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John Adolphus Beckwith
John Adolphus Beckwith (1 December 1800 – 23 November 1880) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, one of six children of Nehemiah Beckwith and Julie-Louise, Beckwith was a professional surveyor and engineer. He was ...
(1800–1880), Canadian politician
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John L. Beckwith (1856–1934), Canadian entrepreneur and politician
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John Beckwith (MP) for
Lewes
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...
Sports
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John Beckwith (baseball)
John Christopher Beckwith (January 10, 1900 – January 4, 1956), nicknamed "the Black Bomber", was an American infielder, catcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues.
Early life
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Beckwith was the younger brother ...
(1900–1956), American baseball player, infielder in the Negro leagues
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John Beckwith (footballer) (1932–2024), Australian rules football player and coach
Others
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John Beckwith (major-general), commanded the 20th Regiment of Foot at the
Battle of Minden
The Battle of Minden was a major engagement during the Seven Years' War, fought on 1 August 1759. An Anglo-German army under the overall command of Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated a French army commanded by Marshal of F ...
(1759)
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John Charles Beckwith (British Army officer) (1789–1862), British army officer
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John W. Beckwith (1831–1890), American clergyman, Second Bishop of Georgia
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John Beckwith (curator)
John Gordon Beckwith, FBA, FSA (2 December 1918 – 20 February 1991) was an English museum curator and art historian.
Born on 2 December 1918, Beckwith attended Ampleforth College before serving in the Second World War; he was badly injured du ...
(1918–1991), museum curator and art historian
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John Beckwith (entrepreneur) (born 1947), British business tycoon
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John Bruce Beckwith
John Bruce Beckwith (September 18, 1933 – January 21, 2025) was an American pediatric pathologist known for helping to identify Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, which is partly named after him. He is also known for his role as reference pathologist ...
(born 1933), American pathologist
Characters
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John Beckwith (character), main character in the movie "Wedding Crashers", played by Owen Wilson
See also
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Jon Beckwith
Jonathan Roger Beckwith (born December 25, 1935, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American microbiologist and geneticist. He is the American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School ...
(born 1935), American microbiologist
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Jonathan Beckwith (disambiguation)
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Beckwith (disambiguation)
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