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  1. John Couch Adams

    Other people John Adams Infobox scientist name John Couch Adams image John Couch Adams.jpg image size ... life File John Couch Adams 2.jpeg thumb John Couch Adams Adams was born at Lidcot, a farm at Laneast , ref name eb Cite EB1911 Adams, John Couch ref near Launceston, Cornwall , the eldest of seven ... and first Smith s prize man of his year. ref Venn id ADMS839JC name Adams, John Couch ref Discovery ... John Couch Adams by Sir Hubert von Herkomer.jpg right thumb Portrait of John Couch Adams by Hubert von ... 1911 wstitle Adams, John Couch Obituaries The Times , 22 January 1892, p.  6 col.d http ... url http adsabs.harvard.edu full seri AJ... 0011 0000112.000.html title John Couch Adams journal Astronomical ... John Couch Adams journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society volume 53 year 1892 pages ... title John Couch Adams journal The Observatory volume 15 year 1892 pages 173 author J. W ... University Press from Project Gutenberg Anon. 1911 http www.1911encyclopedia.org John Couch Adams John ... University Press isbn 0 674 21225 8 cite encyclopedia author title Adams, John Couch encyclopedia Dictionary ... view article 123 Adams, John Couch 1819 1892 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University ... Society volume 54 pages 143 161 cite journal title John Couch Adams s Asperger syndrome and the British ..., W. M. title John Couch Adams and the discovery of Neptune journal Nature journal Nature volume 158 ... title John Couch Adams and the discovery of Neptune journal Occasional Notes of the Royal Astronomical ... Andrews database ScienceWorldBiography urlname Adams title Adams, John Couch 1819 1892 MacTutor Biography id Adams Cite NIE Adams, John Couch year 1905 Cite Americana Adams, John Couch year 1920 ... dates date June 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Adams, John Couch ALTERNATIVE ... Observatory br Cambridgeshire , England DEFAULTSORT Adams, John Couch Category Alumni of St John ... old bg ca John Couch Adams cs John Couch Adams da John Couch Adams de ...   more details



  1. John Couch

    John Couch may refer to John H. Couch 1811 1870 , American sea captain and pioneer John Couch American football , former college football coach for Fordham University John Couch classical guitarist born 1976 , New Zealand classical guitarist John Couch Adams 1819 1892 , English astronomer John Couch American executive , an executive most closely associated with Apple Computer hndis Couch, John ...   more details



  1. John Nathaniel Couch

    Orphan date April 2012 Expand French John Nathaniel Couch date April 2012 John Nathaniel Couch 1896 1986 was an United States American mycologist. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Couch, John Nathaniel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1896 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1986 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Couch, John Nathaniel Category 1896 births Category 1986 deaths Category American mycologists US bio stub fr John Nathaniel Couch pt John Nathaniel Couch ...   more details



  1. John Couch (classical guitarist)

    Orphan date February 2009 John Couch is a New Zealand classical guitar ist and currently based in Canberra, Australia Born in 1976 in Hamilton, New Zealand , Couch won 1st prize in the 1994 New Zealand Guitar Competition, which sparked his performing career. Studying under Gunter Herbig, Couch completed his Bachelor of Music in Performance in Auckland in 1997. Couch continued his study at the Canberra School of Music , where in 1998 under Timothy Kain he gained his Post Graduate Diploma Performance and Research , followed by his Masters of Music in Performance in 2000. Couch has released two solo CDs A Fairytale with Variations 2001 65m30s Desdemona s Song 2005 66m22s He has also released one CD in which he duet s with Australian violinist Judith Hickel Andre s New Shoes 2007 External links http www.johncouch.net John Couch official website Classical guitar Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Couch, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Couch, John Category 1976 births Couch,John Category New Zealand classical guitarists Category Living people ...   more details



  1. John H. Couch

    religion signature website footnotes John Heard Couch IPAc en icon k u t respell kooch ... in 1848. File John H. Couch grave marker.JPG thumb upright Couch s grave marker Later in 1848 ... present day Union Station Portland Union Station . John Couch died on January 19, 1870, in Portland ... www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page gr&GSmpid 45982754&GRid 6625418& John H Couch . Find A Grave ... PNW Couch.htm Rootsweb John H. Couch http www.portlandparks.org Parks Couch.htm PortlandParks.org Couch ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Couch, John H. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ... OF DEATH Portland, Oregon DEFAULTSORT Couch, John H. Category 1811 births Category 1870 deaths Category ...Infobox Politician name Jeffrey Couch image Pd jeffrey couch.jpg caption Jeffrey Couch, from a 19th century ... in the 19th century. Often referred to as Captain Couch , he became famous for his singular skill ... sent to the Hawaiian Islands , where it was sold. Couch returned to Massachusetts by finding passage on another vessel. Cushing did not attribute the failure of the trading voyage to Couch, however ... States Native American chief along the Columbia with whom Couch had established friendly ... Kingdom Great Britain . Couch successfully established a general store and sent his brig home, remaining ..., now known as Couch s Addition , in present day Northwest Portland. The dispute between the U.S. .... On March 4, 1846, Couch was appointed as treasurer of the Provisional Government of Oregon after ... that Couch could remain in the Oregon Territory to discharge the cargo. The Madonna sailed from New ... passengers included United States Senator Benjamin Stark . Following his instructions, Couch stayed ... San Francisco . In 1850 Flanders and Couch began a trading and wharf business together. The Oregon ... passage of the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 allowed Couch to perfect the land claim ..., Couch named the east west thoroughfares in alphabetical order as A Street, B Street, etc ...   more details



  1. John Couch (American executive)

    John Couch is an American technology executive most closely associated with Apple, Inc. He currently serves as the company s Vice President of Education. Couch holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Berkeley, 1969. He earned his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1970. John spent an additional two years in the Computer Science PhD program. He left the program to work for Hewlett Packard as a software engineer. In 2010 John was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Philadelphia University for his innovative contributions to education. At Hewlett Packard , John took on management roles at the same time teaching graduate courses at Cal State San Jose . He coauthored the textbook published by SRA Science Research Associates titled Compiler Construction Theory and Practice . In 1978 John was recruited by Steve Jobs as Director of New Products for Apple Computer, Inc. In early 1979 John was promoted to Vice President of Software. Like Steve, John was influenced by their visit to Xerox PARC and managed the initial graphical user interface for the Lisa system. John was promoted to General Manager and Vice President of the newly created Lisa division, called Personal ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Couch, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Couch, John Category Apple Inc. employees ... in which he needed a Lisa for this purpose, and Steve Jobs directed him to just take one from John Couch s office when he was away. Horn did so, and even decades later I still don t know to this day whether Steve had arranged this with John, or if John came back to the surprise of an empty desk ... John 20Couch&sortOrder Sort 20by 20Date&detail medium I Don t Have a Computer Folklore.org ref The truth ... machines available to develop Macintosh software. John felt it was more important for the Macintosh ... 2011 Couch left Apple in 1984 to take over a struggling Christian school in Solana Beach, CA. Couch ...   more details



  1. John Couch (American football)

    Infobox college coach name John Couch image caption birth date birth place death date sport American football Football current conference current team current title current record overall record 1 1 2 championships awards CFbDWID 2637 player player years player teams player positions coach years 1898 coach teams Fordham Rams football Fordham CFBHOF year John Couch was the co head football coach for the Fordham University Fordham Rams Rams , with James Massterson , in 1898. Together they compiled a record of 1 1 2. Head coaching record CFB Yearly Record Start type coach team conf bowl poll CFB Yearly Record Subhead name Fordham Rams football Fordham Rams conf Independent startyear 1898 endyear single CFB Yearly Record Entry championship year 1898 name Fordham overall 1 1 2 conference confstanding bowl bowlgame bowlopp bowlscore bcsbowl ranking CFB Yearly Record End overall 1 1 2 bcs no poll polltype References Cite web last first authorlink coauthors title James Massterson & John Couch coaching record work publisher College Football DataWarehouse date url http www.cfbdatawarehouse.com data coaching alltime coach year by year.php?coachid 2637 format doi accessdate 1 March 2010 Fordham Rams football coach navbox Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Couch, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Couch, John Category Fordham Rams football coaches 1890s collegefootball coach stub ...   more details



  1. John Adams

    Quincy Adams other uses John Adams disambiguation pp semi indef pp move indef Use mdy dates date April 2011 Infobox Officeholder name John Adams image US Navy 031029 N 6236G 001 A painting of President John Adams 1735 1826 , 2nd president of the United States, by Asher B. Durand 1767 1845 crop.jpg alt ... Abigail Adams Abigail Smith children Abigail Adams Smith Nabby br John Quincy Adams John Quincy br Susanna ... ref signature John Adams Sig 2.svg signature alt Cursive signature in ink footnotes Adams term ... the Senate. John Adams October 30, 1735 Old Style and New Style dates O.S. October 19, 1735   ... of John Quincy Adams , the List of Presidents of the United States sixth President of the United States .... Early life John Adams, Jr., the eldest of three sons, ref From David McCullough, John Adams , the middle ... Braintree , Massachusetts , to John Adams, Sr. , and Susanna Boylston Adams. ref Chambers Biographical ... in life, he commonly praised his father and was very close to him as a child. John Adams Birthplace Adams birthplace is now part of Adams National Historical Park . His father, also named John 1691 ... Dynasty. The Adamses, 1735 1918. The Free Press, 2002, p.13 ref By the time of John Adams s birth ... practices had mellowed with time, but John Adams considered them bearers of freedom, a cause ... The John Adams Library ref His father expected him to become a minister, but Adams had doubts. After ... of his Puritan ancestors. Adams then studied law in the office of John Putnam, a prominent lawyer ..., Massachusetts . Their children were Abigail Adams Smith Abigail 1765 1813 future president John Quincy Adams John Quincy 1767 1848 Susanna 1768 1770 Charles Adams 1770 1800 Charles 1770 1800 Thomas ... and Sensibility The Case of Abigail and John Adams, Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary ... of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials date December 1770 version John Adams ref Six of the soldiers ... the cost of a pair of shoes. ref John E. Ferling, Setting the World Ablaze Washington, Adams, Jefferson ...   more details



  1. John T. Adams

    About the RNC Chairman the Colorado jurist John T. Adams Colorado John Taylor Adams December 22, 1862 October 28, 1939 was a noted businessman in the Dubuque, Iowa area and also a former Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1921 1924 Biography Adams was born in Dubuque to Shubael Pratt and Diancy Taylor Adams. He was educated in the public schools of Dubuque. As a youth, he began his career in 1881 as an office boy for the firm of Carr, Ryder, and Wheeler Company, which was the predecessor of Carr, Adams, and Collier Company of which he later became President. In 1883 he left Dubuque for a business venture in Bismarck, North Dakota . He remained in Bismarck for about a year and then he returned to Dubuque. After his return he became again associated with Carr, Ryder, and Wheeler Company. He rose very rapidly within the company and in 1895 he became president of Carr, Ryder, and Adams. During the last few years of the 19th century, Mr. Adams was one of few in the woodworking industry who realized that forests in northern Wisconsin were about depleted and that new sources of raw materials needed to be found. He developed a relationship with a California company West Side Lumber and Flume Company, of which he would become general manager and also established one of the first cutting mills on the West Coast of the United States West Coast . Adams was also heavily involved in the political world as well. He was considered one of the greatest political strategists of his generation according to his obituary. He first came to prominence when he was brought in to manage the last ... End box RNCchairmen Persondata NAME Adams, John T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Businessman ... Adams, John T. Category 1862 births Category 1939 deaths Category Republican National Committee ... . Mr. Adams was the Iowa member of the Republican National Committee for many years before his ... his retirement as Chairman, he continued to serve as President of Carr, Ryder, and Adams Company ...   more details



  1. Couch

    stores, etc. The term couch is used in North America , Australia and New Zealand . Other terms synonymous with the above definition of couch are sofa derived from the Arabic word suffah , settee ... sofa is known as a corner sofa in the UK. Citation needed date July 2010 Other couch variants include the divan furniture divan , the fainting couch backless or partial backed , the chaise ... chesterfield is a Canadian term equivalent to couch or sofa. The use of the term has been found ... California is the only place besides Canada where chesterfield is a synonym for couch or sofa ... a furniture set consisting of a two or three seater couch and two armchairs, or couch with loveseat ... Image Red sofa.jpg A red two seater Upholstery upholstered couch File Officialcouchpicture.JPG Traditional gray couch File Couch Furniture.JPG A pale taupe couch in a Couch shop gallery See also Bench furniture Couch potato List of chairs for an extended list of various chair types and makes The joiner s settle furniture settle Window seat Notes Reflist References John Gloag, A Short Dictionary ... ro Canapea ru sq Kanapeja simple Couch fi Sohva sv Soffa ta te th uk ...   more details



  1. John Adams (disambiguation)

    wiktionary John Adams John Adams 1735 1826 was the second President of the United States. John Adams is also the name of tocright Politicians John Adams MP by 1511 1571 75 , Welsh MP for Pembroke Boroughs John Quincy Adams 1767 1848 , 6th President of the United States and son of the 2nd President John J. Adams 1848 1919 , Congressman from New York during the 48th United States Congress John Quincy Adams II 1833 1894 , American politician and grandson of the President of the same name John Adams ... Senator and father of Jane Addams John T. Adams 1862 1939 , Republican National Committee chairman John Adams, 1st Baron Adams 1890 1960 , British peer John R. Adams born 1955 , United States federal judge John Adams Ohio politician born 1960 , present day member of Ohio House of Representatives John Adams Major General , Chief of the Canadian Security Establishment Tom Adams politician or Jon Adams 1931 1985 , Prime Minister of Barbados Composers John Adams composer born 1947 , American composer who came to prominence with his opera Nixon in China John Luther Adams born 1953 , American postminimalist composer John Adams, Dallas based jazz bassist and band leader Military John G. B. Adams 1841 1900 , Civil War Medal of Honor recipient John Giles Adams 1792 1832 , U.S. militia commander at the Battle of Stillman s Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War John Adams Royal Navy officer 1918 2008 , British rear admiral John Mapes Adams 1871 1921 , Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient John Worthington Adams 1764 1837 , British general in India Scientists John Couch Adams 1819 1892 , Cornish mathematician and astronomer who predicted the existence of Neptune John Adams physicist 1920 1984 , Director General of CERN and particle accelerator designer John Frank Adams 1930 1989 , British mathematician John Adams geographer , Emeritus Professor of Geography at University College London, environmentalist and risk theorist Sports John Adams running back 1937 1995 , American football player ...   more details



  1. The Couch

    Unreferenced date December 2007 Infobox Television episode Title The Couch Series Seinfeld Image Caption Season 6 Episode 5 Airdate October 27, 1994 Production 605 Writer Larry David Director Andy Ackerman Guests Reni Santoni , David James Elliott & Patton Oswalt Episode list List of Seinfeld episodes List of Seinfeld episodes Season list Infobox Seinfeld season 6 episode list Prev Next The Couch is the 91st episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld . This was the fifth episode for the sixth season. It aired on October 27, 1994. Plot Cosmo Kramer Kramer plans to start a pizza business where you make your own pie with Poppie Reni Santoni . Jerry Seinfeld character Jerry and Elaine Benes Elaine s discussion of the abortion issue causes trouble at Poppie s restaurant when it turns out Poppie is pro life . George Costanza George joins a Book discussion club book club to impress his girlfriend and is assigned to read Breakfast at Tiffany s novella Breakfast at Tiffany s , but tries to rent the Breakfast at Tiffany s film movie instead, saying If it s not about sports, I find it very hard to concentrate Elaine dates the hunky man David James Elliott who delivered Jerry s couch. George ends up watching the movie at an apartment with a man named Joe and his daughter Remy who would later make a brief appearance in the episode The Diplomat s Club . Meanwhile, Poppie pees on Jerry s new couch, and Jerry is forced to get rid of it. He takes his old couch back from Elaine, who took it when Jerry got his new couch. George accidentally spills grape juice all over the family s couch and is kicked out of their apartment before he can see the ending of the movie. Later, Elaine falls in love with the moving ... he is in her house getting the couch back to Jerry s. She throws grape juice over to him, but the bottle breaks and spills all over the couch. During the last scene, the book club is meeting and George ... Tom Tho E Azzari. seinfeld DEFAULTSORT Couch Category Seinfeld season 6 episodes Category 1994 television ...   more details



  1. On the Couch

    infobox television show name On the Couch show name 2 image caption format Sport Talk show runtime Approx 60 minutes creator presenter Gerard Healy 2002 present br Mike Sheahan 2002 present br Paul Roos 2011 present br Robert Walls 2002 2007 br James Hird 2008 2010 country Australia language English language English picture format 576i SDTV br 1080i HDTV network Fox Footy Channel 2002 2006 br Fox Sports Australia Fox Sports 2007 2011 br Fox Footy 2012 first aired 2002 last aired present num episodes num seasons 10 related website http www.foxsports.com.au shows onthecouch On the Couch is an Australia n television program focusing on the current issues in the Australian Football League . From its debut in 2002 through to 2006, it was shown on the now defunct Fox Footy Channel . Since then it has been broadcast on Fox Sports Australia Fox Sports . The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy . It also features Mike Sheahan and Paul Roos . ref http www.heraldsun.com.au sport afl paul roos says nathan buckley is better off without collingwood magpies coach mick malthouse story e6frf9jf 1226005966529 Paul Roos says Nathan Buckley is better off without Collingwood Magpies coach Mick Malthouse ref Roos replaced James Hird for the 2011 season, who had sat on the couch since retiring at the end of 2007, ref http www.heraldsun.com.au sport afl james on the couch story e6frf9jf 1111117998800 James Hird on the couch ref but left to pursue a coaching career at Essendon Football Club Essendon . ref http www.heraldsun.com.au sport afl hird to coach bombers story e6frf9jf 1225930046780 ref The inaugural co host from 2002 2007 was Robert Walls . The shows format follows an informal chat style in a set that resembles a lounge room. It focuses more on in depth coverage and discussions of topics as well as each week holding an interview with a player or coach. The concept and style ... shows onthecouch On the Couch official site imdb title 1288438 On the Couch Category Australian ...   more details



  1. John Adams Middle School

    John Adams Middle School may refer to any of several middle school s in the United States John Adams Middle School, Los Angeles, California John Adams Middle School, Edison, New Jersey John Adams Middle School, Albuquerque, New Mexico John Adams Middle School, Charleston, West Virginia Charleston , West Virginia John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, California John Q.Adams Middle School, Metarie, Louisiana John Adams Middle School, Rochester, Minnesota disambig ...   more details



  1. John Adams High School

    John Adams High School can refer to John Adams High School Cleveland, Ohio John Adams High School New York City John Adams High School Jamaica Ozone Park, NY John Adams High School South Bend, Indiana Adams High School Oregon See also Adams High School disambiguation schooldis ...   more details



  1. USS John Adams

    Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS John Adams , in honor of John Adams , the second president of the United States USS John Adams 1799 was a frigate , launched in 1799 and sold in 1867 USS John Adams SSBN 620 , was a Lafayette class submarine Lafayette class ballistic missile submarine , commissioned in 1964 and struck in 1989 See also USS Adams Shipindex DEFAULTSORT John Adams, Uss Category United States Navy ship names Category John Adams pl USS John Adams sl USS John Adams ...   more details



  1. John Adams House

    John Adams House may refer to in the United States by state Adams National Historic Site , Quincy, Massachusetts, birthplaces of two U.S. presidents John Quincy Adams Birthplace , Quincy, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts John Adams Birthplace , Quincy, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Peacefield , or Old House, the home of U.S. President John Adams and other Adamses, in Quincy, Massachusetts John A. Adams Farmstead Historic District , Warrensburg, Missouri, National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Missouri listed on the NRHP in Johnson County, Missouri John Adams Homestead Wellscroft , Harrisville, New Hampshire, National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire listed on the NRHP in Cheshire County, New Hampshire John H. Adams House , High Point, North Carolina, National Register of Historic Places listings in Guilford County, North Carolina listed on the NRHP in Guilford County, North Carolina John and Maria Adams House , Olmsted Falls, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio John E. Adams House , Pawtucket, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP in Rhode Island John Alma Adams House , Pleasant Grove, Utah, National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah County, Utah listed on the NRHP in Utah County, Utah See also Adams House disambiguation disambig ...   more details



  1. John Adams (mutineer)

    Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other people John Adams Infobox person name John Adams image John Adams mutineer .jpg image size 200 px caption John Adams birth date birth date df yes 1767 12 04 birth place ... parents children Dinah, Rachel, Hannah and George Adams magistrate George Adams John Adams 4 December ... Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams He used the name ... and other ills had taken the lives of most of the mutineers and Tahitian men. John Adams, Ned Young , and Matthew Quintal were the last three mutineers surviving in 1799 when Adams and Young got the thuggish ... to rediscover Pitcairn in 1808. John Adams was eventually granted amnesty for the mutiny. On 17 ... Island Adamstown , is named for John Adams. References reflist Further reading Conway, Christiane ... Experience. ISBN 1 873120 77 X. External links Wikisource inline list DNB Cite wstitle Adams, John 1760? 1829 noicon x Cite NIE Adams, John mutineer year 1905 noicon x Cite Americana Adams, John mutineer year 1920 noicon x Find a Grave 9207777 John Adams s start s off succession box before Ned Young ... br small s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Adams, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... Island DEFAULTSORT Adams, John Category Pitcairn Islands people Category Royal Navy sailors Category ... cs John Adams Bounty da John Adams mytterist de John Adams Bounty eo John Adams ribelanto fr John Adams mutin du Bounty hr John Adams Alexander Smith nl John Adams muiter ja no John Adams 1766 1829 pl John Adams buntownik ru , fi John Adams kapinallinen sv John Adams ... children used the surname Adams . The mutineers of Mutiny on the Bounty HMS Bounty and their Tahiti ... Adams and Young then turned to the Scriptures using the ship s Bible as their guide for a new and peaceful society. As a result, Adams and Young embraced Christianity and taught the children to read and write using the Bible. Young eventually died of an asthmatic infection, but Adams continued his work ...   more details



  1. John Adams, 1st Baron Adams

    John Jackson Adams, 1st Baron Adams Order of the British Empire OBE , Justice of the Peace JP , Master of Arts postgraduate MA 12 October 1890 23 August 1960 was a United Kingdom British politician and public servant. The son of Thomas Adams and Mary Bowness, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Adams on 16 February 1949, the first Cumberland born man to be so honoured since 1797. ref Whitehaven An Illustrated History by Daniel Hay. Published by Michael Moon 1979. ISBN 0904131211. ref Background Born in 1890 in Arlecdon , Cumberland , John Adams he was educated at Arlecdon Council School, but left at an early age to earn family income first in farm service, and then in the mines, as his father had been killed in a mining accident when John Adams was only four. In 1910 he emigrated to New Zealand, along with men who later occupied cabinet posts in that country. He returned to West Cumberland in 1914, and plunged into local politics. Career In 1919 he led a successful attack on the sitting members of Arlecdon and Frizington District Council. This established the first all labour council ... severe that in the 1930s West Cumberland became a Special Area . Jack Adams was invited to become ... legacy. In 1949 Adams was elevated to the peerage as Baron Adams , of Ennerdale in the County ..., and died in 1960. He is buried in Arlecdon churchyard. The Adams Recreation Ground at St Bees was created in his memory. Family Lord Adams married Agnes Jane Birney in 1914. They had one son, Thomas Adams b. 1923 , who died in infancy. As Lord Adams had no surviving male issue the title became extinct upon his death on 23 August 1960. References references ADAMS , Who Was Who, A & C Black .... s start s reg uk succession box title Baron Adams before New Creation after Title Extinct years 1949&ndash 1960 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Adams ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Adams Category 1890 births Category 1960 deaths Category People from Arlecdon ...   more details



  1. John Adams (book)

    Infobox Book name John Adams orig title John Adams translator image Image John Adams book.jpg 500px image caption The Cover of John Adams author David McCullough cover artist country United States U.S. language English language English series subject History History of the United States U.S. History American Revolution genre Non fiction publisher Simon & Schuster release date May 22, 2001 media type pages 751 pages size weight isbn 9781416575887 paperback 0684813637 hardcover oclc 191069913 preceded by followed by 1776 book 1776 John Adams is a 2001 biography of Founding Fathers of the United States Founding Father and President of the United States second U.S. President John Adams written by popular historian David McCullough . It won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Biography or Autobiography and has been made into a John Adams TV miniseries TV miniseries with the same name by HBO Films . Since the TV miniseries debuted, an alternative cover has been added to the book showing Paul Giamatti as John Adams. The book is available as both hardcover and paperback. Controversy In 2009, McCullough acknowledged having misquoted Thomas Jefferson in John Adams . He was criticized in a Harper s Magazine review of the book, which claimed that McCullough had mistakenly attributed Jefferson as having referred to the second president as a colossus of independence. Upon being confronted about the accusation, McCullough admitted that he had, in fact, erred. It s hard work you re trying to get the truth about distant times, he told The Associated Press. When you make the mistakes, it s very painful, but you will make mistakes. We re imperfect, in an imperfect world. ref cite news url http www.cbsnews.com stories 2002 01 24 print main325434.shtml title ... Category Books about John Adams Category Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winning works Category 2001 books Bio book stub nl John Adams boek ...   more details



  1. John Adams Birthplace

    Infobox nrhp name John Adams Birth Home nrhp type nhl image John Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG caption Birthplace of President John Adams , Quincy, Massachusetts . location Quincy, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 14 lat seconds 22 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 0 long seconds 15 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1681 architect architecture designated nrhp type December 19, 1960 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 56&ResourceType Building title John Adams Birthplace accessdate 2007 11 16 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added October 15, 1966 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref governing body Local refnum 66000129 The John Adams Birthplace , in Quincy, Massachusetts , is the home in which United States President of the United States President John Adams was born on October 30, 1735. This saltbox house is now part of the Adams National Historical Park operated by the National Park Service . The John Quincy Adams Birthplace birthplace of Adams son John Quincy Adams is only a few feet away, and Adams later mansion, called Peacefield , is a few miles away, as are the graves of both presidents and their wives in the United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts United First Parish Church . All are open to the public. It is a typical saltbox home ... Inventory Nomination John Adams birthplace , National Park Service and http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NHLS Photos 66000129.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974. ref It is included in the Adams National Historical Park . John Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, which later became ... 56&ResourceType Building John Adams birthplace NHL listing Registered Historic Places DEFAULTSORT Adams, John Birthplace Category Houses completed in 1681 Category National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts ... Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category John Adams NorfolkMA NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. John Adams (geographer)

    for other people called John Adams John Adams disambiguation Emeritus Professor John Adams of University College London , is a professor of geography and leading theorist on risk compensation . His book Risk is an analysis of how humans assess and respond to perceived risk s. Adams spoke at the Shared Space conference held in Ipswich, UK in June, 2005, where in his talk titled Risk Compensation versus the obedient automaton theory of human behaviour he discussed how understanding risk compensation was essential to the understanding of why shared space principles work for the design of public spaces such as road layouts in towns. ref name SharedSpace cite web year 2005 url http www.shared space.org files 12965 ReportSharedSIConference.pdf title Conference Tuesday, June 7 format PDF publisher Shared Space accessdate 2006 04 26 ref He has also coined the term and written extensively on the phenomenon of hypermobility travel hypermobility . Adams has been critical of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has praised reputable scientists who react sceptically to the hockey stick peddled by Sir John Houghton and the IPCC. http john adams.co.uk 2010 06 09 not published in new scientist . Bibliography Risk and Freedom , Transport Publishing Projects, 1985. ISBN 0 948537 05 1 Risk , UCL Press, 1995. ISBN 1 85728 068 7 References reflist External links http www.john adams.co.uk John Adams website http www.geog.ucl.ac.uk jadams index.htm John Adams page on the UCL website http www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk blog authors.php?author johna Articles on Risk by John Adams for the Social Affairs Unit Persondata NAME Adams, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Professor of Geography, theorist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Adams, John Category British environmentalists Category British geographers Category Academics of University College London Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people UK scientist stub UK ...   more details



  1. John Clayton Adams

    Other persons John Adams Image Haymakingonthethames.jpg 300px thumb right Haymaking on the Thames by John Clayton Adams John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams 1840 &ndash 20 June 1906 was an English landscape artist NOTOC Life Adams was born the second son of Mr. C. H. Adams in Edmonton, London Edmonton , Middlesex now in Greater London , and studied art at the Slade School of Fine Art Bloomsbury School and later under William Wilthieu Fenn. ref http www.archive.org details studiointernatio38londuoft Studio International, Volume 38 p. 238. ref He first exhibited at the Royal Academy , London, when he was 19, and, throughout the period 1863 to 1893, exhibited 75 pictures there, and 25 canvases at the Royal Society of British Artists . In 1873 Adams moved to Brackenhurst , Ewhurst, Surrey Ewhurst Hill , near Guildford . ref http property.timesonline.co.uk tol life and style property buying and selling article536559.ece Brackenhurst Times, property section 24 June 2005 ref Most of his landscapes ... are labeled Clayton Adams and most are signed J. Clayton Adams. ref cite web url http www.artnet.com artist 1246 john clayton adams.html title John Clayton Adams on artnet ref Adam s paintings can ... http goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com 2009 02 john clayton adams gravel pit.html The Gravel Pit 1872 http www.burlington.co.uk original paintings john clayton adams harvest time surrey 25254.html Harvest ... 5224856 Evening reflection 1887 http www.williamsandson.com John Clayton Adams 1840 1906 Returning ... External links http www.sherwingallery.co.uk johnclaytonadamsartistbio.htm Adams biography Sherwin Gallery Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Adams, John Clayton ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Adams, John Clayton Category English painters Category Landscape artists Category People from Edmonton, London Category 1840 births Category 1906 deaths nl John Clayton Adams ... Adam s life and many of his exhibits at the Royal Academy explore this theme. Adams landscapes are characterised ...   more details



  1. John Quincy Adams II

    Other persons John Adams Infobox person image John Quincy Adams II.jpg caption Illustration accompanying Adams biography in 1913 s Lamb s Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 1 birth date birth date 1833 9 22 death date death date and age 1894 8 14 1833 9 22 John Quincy Adams II September 22, 1833 August 14, 1894 was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Charles Francis Adams , the grandson and namesake of president John Quincy Adams and the great grandson of President John Adams . He graduated from Harvard University in 1853 ... John Quincy Adams Accepts the Democratic Nomination for Governor , New York Times, October 10 ... pdf?res F10816F6345C1A7493C1A9178BD95F468784F9 Newspaper article, John Quincy Adams His Acceptance of the Louisville ..., Cabinet Possibilities John Quincy Adams and Isidor Straus Talked Of , New York Times, February 7, 1893 ref In 1877 he was made a member of the corporation of Harvard. ref Cite Americana Adams, John ... Reflist External links Cite NIE Adams, John Quincy, 2d year 1905 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Adams, John Quincy Ii ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION United States politician ... DEFAULTSORT Adams, John Quincy Ii Category 1833 births Category 1894 deaths Category Harvard ... lawyers Category People from Quincy, Massachusetts pt John Quincy Adams II ... . During the American civil war Civil War he served on the staff of Governor John Albion Andrew John ...&pg PA218&dq 22john quincy adams 22 1833 1894&hl en&ei JLsXTYCdG8Gp8AaBx4HNDQ&sa X&oi book result&ct ..., 1981, page 218 ref Adams served in several local offices in Quincy, including town meeting moderator ... mem archive free pdf?res F60A14FD3C5415738DDDAC0994D0405B8485F0D3 Newspaper article, John Quincy Adams Dead Was a Lineal Descendant of Two Presidents , New York Times, August 15, 1894 ref Adams received one vote for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States at the 1868 ...   more details



  1. John Quincy Adams Birthplace

    Infobox nrhp name John Quincy Adams Birthplace nrhp type nhl image John Quincy Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG caption Rear view of the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams , Quincy, Massachusetts . location 141 Franklin Street, Quincy, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 14 lat seconds 20.88 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 0 long seconds 15.21 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1716 architect architecture designated nrhp type December 19, 1960 ref name nhlsum cite web url http tps.cr.nps.gov nhl detail.cfm?ResourceId 55&ResourceType Building title John Quincy Adams Birthplace accessdate 2007 11 05 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher National Park Service ref added October 15, 1966 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref governing body Local refnum 66000128 The John Quincy Adams Birthplace , in Quincy, Massachusetts , is the saltbox home in which United States President John Quincy Adams was born in 1767. The John Adams Birthplace birthplace of Adams father, President John Adams , is only a few feet away, on the same property. On December 19, 1960, the birthplace was designated a National Historic Landmark . ref name nhlsum ref name nrhpinv2 Polly M. Rettig April 3, 1978 http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NHLS Text 66000128.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination John Quincy Adams Birthplace , National Park Service and http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NHLS Photos 66000128.pdf Accompanying 2 photos ..., Quincy, Massachusetts United First Parish Church . The Abigail Adams Cairn , atop a nearby hill from which Abigail and the 7 year old John Quincy Adams watched the Battle of Bunker Hill and the burning ... of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category John Quincy Adams NorfolkMA NRHP stub ... area. ref name nrhpinv2 The two houses are now part of the Adams National Historical Park , and are operated by the National Park Service . The elder Adams later mansion, called Peacefield , is a few ...   more details




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