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  1. John Leland (Presbyterian)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation Refimprove date June 2010 John Leland 1691 1766 was an England English Presbyterian minister and author of theology theological works. Leland was born in Wigan , Lancashire on October 18, 1691. ref name DNB cite DNB wstitle Leland, John 1691 1766 ref He was educated in Dublin , Ireland then part of the United Kingdom , and went into the ministry there. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Aberdeen in 1739. ref name DNB His main interest was in opposing deism . He critiqued proponents of deist ideas, such as Matthew Tindal . ref cite journal title Art. XVII Review of A view of the principal deistical writers... author Griffiths, Ralph authorlink Ralph Griffiths location London page 161 journal Monthly Review London The Monthly Review date March 1754 url http books.google.com books?id lAbhAAAAMAAJ&pg PA161 IA4 accessdate 2010 06 01 ref He is remembered as the author of A view of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them in several letters to a friend. 1754 1755 2 vols. London Printed for B. Dod which went through many editions well into the 19th century. A View of the Principal Deistical Writers was first published in 1754 and subsequently expanded twice. It is the fullest contemporary treatment of the literature of the deist controversy. Leland gives very detailed reviews of the works of the leading deists, and of the responses that these works provoked. At least one chapter is devoted to each of the following Peter Annet , Charles Blount deist Charles ... Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1691 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1766 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John ... Morgan , Shaftesbury , Matthew Tindal , John Toland and Thomas Woolston . Six chapters are about David ...   more details



  1. John Leland

    John Leland may refer to John Leland antiquary c. 1503 1552 , English antiquary John Leland Baptist 1754 1841 , United States Baptist minister John Leland journalist born 1959 , New York Times reporter, columnist, and book author John Leland politician died 1808 , English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796&ndash 1808 John Leland Presbyterian 1691 1766 , English Presbyterian minister John E. Leland , American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute See also John Leland Atwood 1904 1999 , American aerospace engineer John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Virginia, United States John Leland Champe 1895 1978 , American archaeologist hndis Leland, John DEFAULTSORT Leland, John de John Leland fr John Leland ...   more details



  1. John Leland (Baptist)

    Other persons John Leland John Leland disambiguation Refimprove date December 2009 Image Leland j.jpg thumb John Leland John Leland May 14, 1754 &ndash January 14, 1841 was a Baptist minister in Massachusetts ... http pennstatelawreview.org articles 113 20Penn 20St. 20L. 20Rev. 20733.pdf title John Leland and James ... ref name Butterfield cite journal author Butterfield, L.H. title Elder John Leland, Jeffersonian Itinerant ... John Leland and James Madison Religious Influence on the Ratification of the Constitution and on the Proposal ... Eccentric John Leland, Baptist Pastors Tell Stories of a Once Noted Preacher work New York Times date 26 October 1886 page 8 ref He described his father as a Presbyterian and his mother as a separate new light Christian. Public life and views He was baptized in June 1774 by Elder Noah Alden. Leland ... the body of John Leland, of Cheshire, who labored 67 years to promote piety and vindicate the civil ... of the Life of John Leland title The Writings of the Late Elder John Leland Including Some Events ... ref Several of Leland s hymns are preserved in the Sacred Harp . The John Leland Center for Theological ... of the late Elder John Leland including some events in his life editor L. F. Greene publisher ... John Leland Evolving Views of Slavery, 1789 1839 author Gourley, Bruce journal Baptist History and Heritage ... heroes 2009 01 2nd annual interfaith heroes month no 14 john leland.html title John Leland honored ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Leland, John Category American religious leaders Category 1754 births Category 1841 deaths Category ... 154 252 year 1952 publisher American Antiquarian Society issn 0044 751X ref Leland was also an outspoken ... page 744 ref Leland also later opposed the rise of missionary societies among Baptists. ref http marchtozion.com history 389 biography of elder john leland Biography Of Elder John Leland Bot generated title ref Early life Leland was born on May 14, 1754, in Grafton, Massachusetts . ref name NYT cite ...   more details



  1. Leland

    Leland may refer to TOCright Places Norway Leland, Norway United States Leland, Illinois Leland, Iowa Leland, Michigan Leland, Mississippi Leland, North Carolina Leland, Wisconsin Leland Grove, Illinois Leland Township, Michigan Leland High School San Jose, California Leland River , Michigan People Given name Leland Bardwell , author Leland Chapman , bounty hunter Leland Irving , Canadian ice hockey goaltender Leland Orser , actor Leland Stanford , founder of Stanford University, former Governor of California Leland Stanford, Jr. , namesake of Stanford University Leland Taylor , former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky Leland Yee , State Senator of California Surname Charles Godfrey Leland , American humorist and folklorist David Leland , British director, screenwriter and actor Frank Leland , Negro League baseball team owner of the Leland Giants George W. Leland , American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Henry M. Leland , automotive pioneer and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln brands John Leland antiquary , English antiquary John Leland Baptist , United States Baptist minister John Leland journalist , reporter, columnist, and book author John Leland politician , English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796&ndash 1808 John Leland Presbyterian , English Presbyterian minister John E. Leland , American engineer and Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute Mickey Leland , United States Congressman from Texas Waldo Leland , American historian and archivist Fictional Leland Stottlemeyer , character in the TV series Monk Leland Palmer , character in the TV series Twin Peaks Lee Adama short for Leland Joseph Adama , character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica 2004 Other uses John Leland Center for Theological Studies , Virginia Leland Corporation , an arcade game manufacturer Leland Initiative The United States of Leland , a 2003 dramatic movie See also Leeland disambiguation Leyland disambiguation disambig geo de Leland es Leland it Leland nl Leland pl Leland ...   more details



  1. John E. Leland

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation John E. Leland is Director of the University of Dayton Research Institute . ref name official cite web url http www.udri.udayton.edu ContactUs People Pages JohnLeland.aspx title John E. Leland, Ph.D., P.E publisher University of Dayton Research Institute accessdate 2010 05 11 ref He previously served as the institute s director of operations and a division head and as the University of Dayton s director for technology partnerships. ref name official ref name biz cite news url http www.bizjournals.com dayton stories 2000 10 09 story6.html title University s research center delivers date October 6, 2000 work Dayton Business Journal author Thimangu, Patrick L. accessdate 2010 05 11 ref Before working at the University of Dayton, Leland worked for the United States Air Force . ref name official ref name CIME cite journal url http www.allbusiness.com professional scientific scientific research development 694944 1.html title The ASME Fellow a membership grade of distinction date November 1, 2003 journal Mechanical Engineering publisher American Society of Mechanical Engineers accessdate 2010 05 11 ref During the 2002 2003 term, Leland was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . ref name CIME Leland received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1994. ref name official References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John E ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John E Category Living people Category University of Dayton alumni Category University of Kentucky alumni Category University of Akron alumni Category Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers US academic administrator stub US engineer stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (journalist)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation Infobox person name John Leland image caption birthname birth date 1959 ref name NYT birth place death date death place education occupation alias title family spouse domestic partner children relatives ethnicity nationality religion years active YYYY present credits agent URL John Leland born 1959 is an author and has been a New York Times journalist since 2000. ref name NYT cite web title Ask a Reporter John Leland work New York Times Learning Network Student Connections publisher New York Times url http tv.nytimes.com learning students ask reporters John Leland.html year 2004 accessdate 2010 10 25 ref ref name deep cite web url http deepcarnivale.com page john leland.html title Deep Carnivale 2009 John Leland accessdate 2010 01 28 publisher The Artists and Writers Group, Inc. ref During a stint in 1994, he was editor in chief of Details magazine Details magazine. ref name NYT ref name NYT2 cite news newspaper New York Times title Editor Change At Details date November 10, 1994 url http www.nytimes.com 1994 11 10 business editor change ... authors 25371 Mr John Leland index.aspx title Author Mr. John Leland publisher HarperCollins ... Press url http www.trouserpress.com contributors.php accessdate 2010 10 22 ref Leland wrote Hip The History ref name Hip cite book title Hip The History author Leland, John publisher Ecco Press Ecco location ... They re Not What You Think .,, ref name deep ref name Kerouac cite book author Leland, John title Why ... linernotes hip.html title Hip The History author John Leland is inteviewed publisher Jerry Jazz Musician ... john lelands history of hip title Back to the Future Revisiting John Leland s History of Hip publisher ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John Category The New York ... ref Leland was also a senior editor at Newsweek , an editor and columnist at Spin magazine Spin magazine ...   more details



  1. John Leland Champe

    Other persons John Champe John Champe disambiguation John Champe John Leland Champe 1895 1978 was an academic and archaeologist especially influential in the area of Great Plains archaeology. ref name O Shea cite book title Archaeology and ethnohistory of the Omaha Indians the big village site year 1992 publisher University of Nebraska Press location Lincoln, NE isbn 9780803235564 page xvii url http books.google.com ?id HKd6npiLRuAC&pg PR12&dq onepage&q John 20Leland 20Champe accessdate 2010 05 09 last1 O Shea first1 John M first2 John last2 Ludwickson ref From 1953 1961, he was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln . ref name AmAnthro cite journal doi 10.1525 aa.1979.81.2.02a00100 journal American Anthropologist author W. Raymond Wood title John Leland Champe 1895 1978 volume 81 issue 2 pages 338 342 publisher American Anthropological Association date June 1979 url http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 122423159 abstract accessdate 2010 05 09 ref He joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1940 as an instructor. ref name PA cite journal journal Plains Anthropologist title John Leland Champe A Founder of the Plains Conference author Lambert, Marjorie publisher Plains Anthropological Society page 73 date 1961 volume 6 url http books.google.com books?id HagSAAAAIAAJ&dq 22John Leland Champe accessdate 2010 09 20 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Champe, John Leland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1895 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Champe, John Leland Category American archaeologists Category 1895 births Category 1978 deaths Category University of Nebraska Lincoln faculty US archaeologist stub anthropologist stub US academic scientist stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (politician)

    other people John Leland John Leland disambiguation John Leland ? 3 January 1808 was a Member of Parliament serving in the House of Commons of Great Britain later, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom representing the Stamford UK Parliament constituency Stamford constituency from 1796 until his death in 1808. ref name Beatson cite book title A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, from the union in 1708, to the third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807 author Beatson, Robert volume 2 year 1807 page 146 publisher J. Chalmers & Co location London url http books.google.com books?id XiDFKwjKZZ4C&printsec frontcover accessdate 2010 05 07 ref ref cite web url http www.leighrayment.com commons Scommons4.htm author Rayment, Leigh title The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning with S year 2003 accessdate 2010 05 07 ref He was also a Lieutenant General . ref name Beatson References reflist s start s par uk succession box title Member of Parliament for Stamford UK Parliament constituency Stamford with Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey Albemarle Bertie 1801 1808 with2 John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort John Proby 1796 1801 years 1796&ndash 1808 before Sir George Howard br after Evan Foulkes br s end Persondata NAME Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1808 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, John Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies Category 1808 deaths Category British MPs 1796 1800 Category UK MPs 1801 1802 Category UK MPs 1802 1806 Category UK MPs 1806 1807 Category UK MPs 1807 1812 UK MP stub ...   more details



  1. John Leland (antiquary)

    Other persons John Leland John Leland disambiguation Infobox person name John Leland image John Leland.jpg ... of John Leland at All Souls College, Oxford. ref Printed in Cite book editor1 first William editor1 last Huddesford year 1772 title The lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony ... website footnotes misc John Leland , also Leyland 13 September, c .1503 &ndash 18 April 1552 , was an English poet and antiquary . ref name ODNB Carley, Leland, John c .1503 1552 ref ref Cite web url http www.caerleon.net history leland index.htm title John Leland Description of Caerleon 1540 publisher ... title John Leland s Itinerary year 1999 publisher Britannia.com, LLC accessdate 2009 05 05 ..., John Leland and King Henry VIII , The Library , 3rd ser. vol. 2, pp. 132 49 at 145 . John Chandler comments on this and several similar paternity claims John Leland s Itinerary , p. xxi. ref His ... probably in about 1503, and had an older brother, also named John. ref name ODNB ref Leland was traditionally .... See J.P. Carley, John Leland 1503? 18 April 1552 , in D.A. Richardson ed. , Sixteenth Century ... sent to Christ s College, Cambridge , ref Venn id LLNT521J name Leland, John ref graduating ... was borne yn Kent. Kent is the key of al Englande. ref Toulmin Smith ed. , Itinerary of John Leland , vol. 4, p. 57. ref John Bale later listed an Itinerarium Cantiae Itinerary of Kent among Leland s writings ... Canterbury , and Bewcastle Roman Fort Bewcastle . ref Harris, John Leland and the Briton brykes ... with lime, which persuaded him that it had been. ref Toulmin Smith ed. , Itinerary of John Leland ... field report. ref Chandler ed. , John Leland s Itinerary , pp. xxi, 275. ref Leland and King ... have been lost. ref Carley, Polydore Vergil and John Leland . ref ref Leland, De uiris illustribus ... 28 mi km adj on Long distance trail footpath , which follows the footsteps of John Leland as he .... Hearne, Thomas ed. , The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary, 2nd edition, 9 vols., 1744 5 http ...   more details



  1. Sharmagne Leland-St. John

    Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Sharmagne Leland St. John image ... genre subject movement influences influenced signature website Sharmagne Leland St. John is a 20th century Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American poet. Leland St. John is best known for the poem ... has received a total of 5 Pushcart Prize nominations. Biography Early years Leland St. John was born ... Fernando Valley . Leland St. John s mother, child actress Roseanne Gahan, worked with Cecil B. DeMille ... tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Leland St. John was the second child born to Jerome and Roseanne. Due to Jerome s infidelity, the marriage was rocky from the start. When Leland St. John was 3 years old ... with a guardian and O Connor as governess. Leland St. John became an avid reader who devoured ... with a bachelor father. Leland St. John s high school years were uneventful, even though ... as early as junior high school. After graduation from high school, Leland St. John was accepted to the University ... 1960s while working for song writer Jimmy Webb , Leland St. John began writing poetry and song ... composers. In the 1970s Leland St. John acted in TV commercials and briefly, in features and on TV ... music, stand up, and poetry. Marriage Leland St. John was married to Richard Sylbert , the Academy ... owner . In 1980, Richard asked his manager to include her in his contracts and Leland St. John ... and literary journal Quill and Parchment. ref http www.quillandparchment.com Sharmagne Leland St. John ... Film and TV Alliance NAFATA in 2004. During Daisy Alexandra s early school years, Leland St. John ... to come closer and whispered to her the Internet Leland St. John began to investigate this new ... ref Leland St. John spends her time traveling between her home in the Hollywood Hills and her fly ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Leland St. John, Sharmagne ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Leland St. John, Sharmagne Category American poets Category American production designers Category ...   more details



  1. John Leland Atwood

    John Leland Lee Atwood October 26, 1904 March 5, 1999 was an engineer and manager in the aerospace industry. He worked in various prominent positions at North American Aviation for over 35 years. The International Aerospace Hall of Fame invested Atwood in 1984. Atwood Dorm at Harvey Mudd College is named after him. He was on the cover of Newsweek Magazine , December 21, 1964 the cover title was Apollo and the Moon Men North American s Lee Atwood. Born in Walton, Kentucky , his parents were the Reverend Doctor Elmer Bugg Atwood and Mabel Bagby Atwood. His younger brother was the linguist Elmer Bagby Atwood. In the HBO series From the Earth to the Moon TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon , Atwood was portrayed by Ronny Cox . North American Aviation Empty section date June 2008 Sources http www.boeing.com history bna atwood.html North American History Biographies Lee Atwood http www.nasm.si.edu research dsh TRANSCPT ATWOOD1.HTM Five part oral history interview with Atwood Muriel Patricia Hiatt, Executive Secretary, John L. Lee Atwood, North American Aviation Obituary Published in the Los Angeles Times on January 17, 2010 Hiatt, Muriel Patricia b. ?, MN 1 22 1927 d. 12 25 2009 Oceanside, CA Muriel Patricia Patti Hatch Hiatt, 82, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at her home in Ocean Hills, Vista, CA Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Atwood, John Leland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1904 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1999 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Atwood, John Leland Category National Medal of Technology recipients Category People from Walton, Kentucky Category 1904 births Category 1999 deaths engineer stub ...   more details



  1. Leland John Haworth

    Leland John Haworth July 11, 1904 March 5, 1979 was an United States of America American particle physicist . In his long career he was head of the Brookhaven National Laboratory , the United States Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Commission , the National Science Foundation , and was assistant to the president of Associated Universities, Inc. ref name FAG http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page gr&GRid 6841302 Leland John Haworth at Find a Grave ref Early life Haworth was born in Flint, Michigan , although his parents were normally living in New York City at the time. ref name bio Maurice Goldhaber and Gerald F. Tape, http books.nap.edu html biomems lhaworth.pdf Leland John Haworth A Biographical Memoir , United States National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences , 1985. ref His parents were both teachers, and were Quakers. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 for a brief time, then to Newton County, Indiana in 1910. Haworth graduated with a masters degree in physics from Indiana University in 1926. He also played college baseball for Indiana, and even played in the semi pros. ref name bio In 1927 he married Barbara Mottier, the daughter of the chairman of the Botany Department at IU, and they had two children. He taught high school for two years while working on his father s farm. Career After obtaining a scholarship, Haworth attended the University of Wisconsin and earned his Ph.D. in 1931. He worked as an instructor there for six years, and began working on particle accelerator s there in 1934. He then spent a year working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1937. After his father died, he then took a new position as faculty at the University ... s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Haworth, Leland, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES ..., Michigan DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1979 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Haworth, Leland, John Category 1904 ... he, along with Glenn T. Seaborg , was assigned by President John F. Kennedy to become commissioner ...   more details



  1. John Leland Center for Theological Studies

    NOTOC Infobox University image name John Leland Center logo.png established 1998 type Private university Private name John Leland Center for Theological Studies president Mark J. Olson city Falls Church ... affiliation Baptist website http www.leland.edu www.leland.edu The John Leland Center for Theological ... Mark publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 02 ref The center offers ... s namesake, John Leland Baptist John Leland , was an 18th and 19th century Baptist minister in the United ... title About Leland Seminary publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 ... SchoolDetail.aspx?ID 111 title Member Schools John Leland Center for Theological Studies publisher ... index.php?option com content&task view&id 3256&Itemid 53 title John Leland center ... about leland.php title About Leland School of Ministry publisher John Leland Center for Theological ... publisher John Leland Center for Theological Studies accessdate 2009 10 02 ref ref cite news ... John Leland Center for Theological Studies Washington Theological Consortium Colleges ... name Welcome Leland is partnered with the Baptist General Association of Virginia ref cite web url http ... url http books.google.com books?isbn 9780195166972 accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Leland is a member ... from Leland Center in Va. last Marus first Robert date 1 August 2006 publisher Associated Baptist Press accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Mark J. Olson became Leland s second president in 2007. ref cite ... North Carolina pastor named president of Leland Center last Dilday first Robert date 14 June 2007 work Religious Herald accessdate 2009 10 02 ref Academics Leland Seminary offers the center s Graduate ... news url http www.abpnews.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 1288&Itemid 119 title Leland ... Studies. ref name seminary Leland School of Ministry , based at the center s Hampton Roads Hampton ... to allow students seeking a bachelor s degree to transfer Leland course credits into those universities ...   more details



  1. John Simpson (Presbyterian)

    distinguish John Simpson Unitarian The Reverend John Simpson 1740 1808 , was a Presbyterian minister, Whig British political party Whig leader and Patriot in the American Revolution . Life Of Ulster Scots people Scotch Irish descent, Simpson married Mary Remer 1743 1812 in 1765 in New Jersey . He graduated Princeton College with high honors 1768, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Brunswick , New Jersey 1770, where he preached for two years before moving to Philadelphia Pastorate in 1772. In 1774 he was installed at Chester County, South Carolina and preached at upper and lower Fishing Creek and Bethesda. Due to Simpson s actions at Alexander s Old Field and Mobley s, the Loyalist commander Christian Huck came to capture Simpson at Fishing Creek Church on June 11, 1780 but finding no one there he burned the church and killed William Strong, then burned Simpson s home and library leaving Mrs. Simpson and children homeless. These events of June 11, 1780 led to the Battle of Huck s Defeat . After the Revolution, Simpson in 1790 moved to Pendleton District and continued his ministerial labors until his death in 1808 at Roberts Presbyterian Church. ref Michael Sean Nix, November 23, 2008 http www.hmdb.org marker.asp?marker 13799 ref ref Breed, William P. William Pratt ,, Presbyterians and the Revolution, c1876, Philadelphia Presbyterian Board of Publication. ref ref Sam Thomas THE 1780 PRESBYTERIAN REBELLION AND THE BATTLE OF HUCK S DEFEAT http www.sciway3.net clark revolutionarywar 1780 Huck noframes.html ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Simpson, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1740 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1808 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Simpson, John Category South Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution Category Presbyterian ministers Category 1808 deaths Category 1740 births ...   more details



  1. John Alexander (Presbyterian minister)

    DNB wstitle Alexander, John d.1743 Use dmy dates date October 2010 Use British English date October 2010 Persondata name Alexander, John alternative names short description Presbyterian minister ...Infobox person name John Alexander image alt caption birth date 30 September 1686 birth place Temple Patrick, County Antrim death date 1 November 1743 death place Dublin nationality British other names known for occupation John Alexander born 30 September 1686, died 1 November 1743 was an Irish Presbyterian minister. Life He was a native of Ulster, but connected with the Scottish noble family of the Alexanders, earls of Stirling , being the grandson of William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling the first earl . He was educated at Glasgow, and settled in England. Wilson identifies him with the John Alexander who was pupil of Isaac Noble and Congregationalist minister at Gloucester 1712 18. He was Presbyterian minister at Stratford on Avon , where he educated students for the ministry. He afterwards moved to Dublin, where he was installed minister of Plunket Street Presbyterian congregation on 15 November 1730. He was moderator of the General Synod of Ulster , 1734, and died in Dublin on 1 November 1743 and was buried there. His family moved to Birmingham. Works and Ministry He was a linguist and patristic scholar he published The Primitive Doctrine of Christ s Divinity in an Essay on Irenaeus ... made his reserved Presbyterian congregants uncomfortable because of his use of worship flags and ecstatic ... married Hannah Higgs 1704 5 1768 , daughter of Rev. John Higgs of Evesham, on 8 August 1732. He left two daughters Mary 1734 , Hannah 1742 and two sons, John Alexander minister John and Benjamin 1737 ... Alexander Gordon wstitle Alexander, John d.1743 ref Clear References Reflist DNB references These references ... 1743 place of death Dublin DEFAULTSORT Alexander, John Category 1686 births Category 1743 deaths Category People from County Antrim Category Presbyterian ministers Category Patristics Category Irish ...   more details



  1. John's Island Presbyterian Church

    Infobox nrhp name John s Island Presbyterian Church nrhp type image caption nearest city Charleston, South Carolina lat degrees 32 lat minutes 41 lat seconds 12 lat direction N long degrees 80 long minutes 4 long seconds 56 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin South Carolina built 1719 architecture Colonial, Meeting house style added November 03, 1975 area convert 6 acre governing body Private refnum 75001692 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref John s Island Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina It was built in 1719 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. References reflist National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Category Presbyterian churches in South Carolina Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Category Religious buildings completed in 1719 Category Churches in Charleston, South Carolina Category National Register of Historic Places in Charleston County, South Carolina SouthCarolina NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. John Roberts (Presbyterian)

    John Roberts 16 October 1880 &ndash 29 July 1959 was a Welsh Presbyterian Church of Wales minister and historian. Life Roberts was born in Porthmadog , Caernarfonshire , north west Wales on 16 October 1880. He was educated at the grammar school in Bala, Gwynedd Bala where his contemporaries included Robert Thomas Jenkins . He then studied classics followed by theology at Jesus College, Oxford . He married in 1903 and was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1905, serving first in Aberdyfi before moving to Liverpool in 1906 and Cardiff in 1913. Whilst in Cardiff, he was heavily involved in fundraising for the church, and eventually resigned in 1938 to become the full time secretary of the Sustentation Fund for South Wales, later of the Fund for the whole denomination, in which capacity he ensured that the church and its ministers were on a firmer financial basis than before. He also campaigned at a national level on behalf of the people of south Wales, leading a group to London in 1932 to see the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin about the poverty of the valleys. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity by the University of Wales in 1954. He died in Cardiff on 29 July 1959. ref name Oxford Roberts was a popular preacher and was a respected historian of the Welsh Presbyterian church, with his Welsh language history lang cy Methodistiaeth Calfinaidd Cymru Welsh Calvinistic Methodism 1931 being published in an English translation 1934 the works are regarded as classics. ref name Oxford cite web last Rees first D. Ben title Roberts, John 1880&ndash 1959 work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography format subscription access publisher Oxford University Press year 2004 url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 54018 accessdate 11 March 2009 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roberts, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... DEFAULTSORT Roberts, John Category 1880 births Category 1959 deaths Category Welsh Presbyterians ...   more details



  1. John Cameron (Reformed Presbyterian)

    John Cameron 1724 1799 was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, active in Ulster. Life He was born near Edinburgh . Having served an apprenticeship to a bookseller there, he entered the university and took his M.A. degree. He belonged to the reformed presbyterians, or covenanters, and was admitted a probationer. Going as a missionary to the north of Ireland around 1750, he travelled in various districts of Ulster as an outdoor preacher. His labours as a mountain minister met with large acceptance. In 1754 there was a split in the Presbyterian congregation of Billy otherwise Bushmills , County Antrim , some staying with their minister, John Logue, and some going off to form the new congregation of Dunluce . The Dunluce people offered to give a call to Cameron if he would leave the covenanters and join the regular Presbyterian body. He agree, on 24 April 1755 the call was signed by 137 persons, and on 3 June Cameron was ordained by the presbytery of Route . An active pastor, he became noted as a writer of sermons, which were borrowed by his friends, episcopal and Presbyterian. Encountering John Taylor dissenting preacher John Taylor s Scripture Doctrine of Original Sin , he changed his theology. Going beyond Taylor, he adopted humanitarian views of the person of Christ. Cameron also turned his attention to science. Being in want of a parish schoolmaster, he took into his house Robert Hamilton army physician Robert Hamilton 1749 1830 , the son of a neighbouring weaver, trained him, and introduced ..., Belfast. Besides his son William, Cameron left a daughter, married to John Boyd of Dunluce. Works ... by Arthur Nelson d. 20 June 1831 , presbyterian minister of Kilmore . References Dictionary of National Biography , Cameron, John 1724 1799 , presbyterian minister, by Alexander Gordon. Published 1886. Attribution DNB Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cameron, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Cameron, John Category 1724 births Category 1799 deaths Category Scottish Presbyterians ...   more details



  1. John Thomson (Presbyterian minister)

    John Thomson or Thompson ca. 1690 1753 was born in Ireland and became a minister in the Presbytery of Philadelphia ... Carolina, where he died a natural death in 1753. He is buried in the cemetery of Centre Presbyterian Church in Huntersville, North Carolina. Life The exact time of John Thomson s birth is unknown, but he .... He served the Lewes, Delaware Presbyterian Church. He served that congregation until 1729. He ... by the First Great Awakening Great Awakening , John Thomson stayed with the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia ... Biography of John Thomson , Lancaster Press, 1943 ref Adopting Act John Thomson is the primary author of the Adopting Act of 1729 . This act requires that every candidate for the Presbyterian ministry ... Side Controversy is the name for the split that occurred during the First Great Awakening in the Presbyterian ... is broader and usually refers to Congregationalists. John Thomson was a leader of the Old Lights. He opposed the revivalistic measures taken by fellow Presbyterian pastors such Gilbert Tennent. For his efforts he was often called unconverted and received much abuse. In 1741, John Thomson along with several ... Presbytery, the Conjunct Presbytery, and would later form the Synod of New York. John Thomson continued ..., Charles The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States , Presbyterian ... rebuttal to it. ref Hodge, Charles The Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States , Presbyterian Board of Education, 1851. Pg. 190 vol. 2 ref Thomson also co wrote An Examination .... ref Webster, Richard History of the Presbyterian Church in America , Joseph Wilson, Philadelphia ... John Thomson went to North Carolina to preach to Presbyterians who were asking for a pastor to organize ... of any denomination to reach that area. ref Herndon, J Biography of John Thomson , Lancaster ... that had never gotten fully off the ground. John Thomson had always been in favor of a school for young men. Thus, in 1744 when trustees were chosen for the school, John Thomson was placed on the original ...   more details



  1. John Hall (Presbyterian pastor)

    College, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland General Assembly s Theological ... as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Armagh. In 1856, he went to Dublin as collegiate pastor ... from the Presbyterian Church of Ireland to the Presbyterian Church in this country. He was elevated ... Irish congresses. He is president of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, and has often ably ... forms of Presbyterian worship in this land. When he reads the Bible, it is expected that all present ... and books. The readers of the Presbyterian Banner well know the terseness and vigor of his language ... to The Fifth Avenue Church Few men in the Presbyterian church were more loved or more deserving of popularity than Dr. Hall. As pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, he did a great ... the Fifth Avenue Church became the wealthiest Presbyterian church in the country. The old building ..., was for a time pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. He was compelled to give up his ... to his labors. That edifice is probably the largest church of the Presbyterian denomination ... reflist External links wikiquote Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . name Hall, John ... DEFAULTSORT Hall, John Category 1829 births Category 1898 deaths ...   more details



  1. John Barker (Presbyterian minister)

    John Barker 1682 1762 was an English presbyterian minister. Life Barker was born in 1682, but neither the locality of his birth nor the condition of his parents has been ascertained. It is probable that he was related to the Rev. Matthew Barker , who was ejected from St Leonard, Eastcheap St. Leonard s , Eastcheap , London , in 1662, and died on 25 March 1698. After school training he was educated for the presbyterian ministry by Timothy Jollie , at Attercliffe Academy , Yorkshire . Having been certified by Jollie, Barker proceeded to London, and was licensed by the pvesbyterians as a preacher of the gospel. In 1709 he was chosen assistant preacher to one of the foremost presbyterian congregations in London, at Crosby Square. The senior pastor was Dr. Benjamin Grosvenor divine Benjamin Grosvenor , with whom Barker was on good terms. On the death of Matthew Henry the commentator in June 1714, his congregation in Mare Street , London Borough of Hackney Hackney , London, invited Barker to succeed him. There was division of opinion as to the new minister, and a secession followed, which culminated in the Gravel Pit congregation. But the majority adhered to Barker, and so rare was his tact and so unquestionable his pulpit power, that very soon the congregation was as large as k had ever been. Shortly after his settlement at Hackney, Barker took part in the historic controversies on the Trinity, which divided Protestant dissenters into two hostile camps, respectively known as subscribers and non subscribers. Barker belonged to the former, and delivered a series of discourses on the supreme ... any charge, but was always ready to assist his brethren. In 1741, on the death of the Rev. John ... Barker, John 1682 1762 Attribution DNB wstitle Barker, John 1682 1762 Use dmy dates date February 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barker, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1682 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1762 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barker, John ...   more details



  1. St. John's Presbyterian Church (Berkeley, California)

    Infobox NRHP name St. John s Presbyterian Church nrhp type image St. John s Presbyterian Church Berkeley, CA .JPG caption St. John s Presbyterian Church building in 2009 location 2640 College Ave., Berkeley, California lat degrees 37 lat minutes 51 lat seconds 44 lat direction N long degrees 122 long minutes 15 long seconds 8 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin California built 1910 architect OR builder Morgan,Julia architecture Shingle Style, Other, Bay Area Tradition added August 7, 1974 area convert 0.6 acre governing body Private refnum 74000507 ref name nris NRISref version 2010a ref St. John s Presbyterian Church is a historic building in Berkeley, California designed by architect Julia Morgan . ref http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives?p product SJ&s site mercurynews&p multi SJ&p theme realcities&p action search&p maxdocs 200&p topdoc 1&p text direct 0 1233EFFC533B10B0&p field direct 0 document id&p perpage 10&p sort YMD date D&s trackval GooglePM The beauties that legendary Julia Morgan left behind , San Jose Mercury News, July 26, 2008 ref The wooden building at 2640 College Avenue is built in the American Craftsman style with an exterior wood shingle finish known as Berkeley Brown Shingle. ref http www.berkeleydailyplanet.com issue 2001 10 07 article 7287?headline The brown shingle home A distinctive Berkeley feature By Susan Cerny Special to the Daily Planet The brown shingle home A distinctive Berkeley feature , The Berkeley Daily Planet, October .... The church was named to honor St. John s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, which many of the new ... of St. John s in Berkeley. ref http stjohnsberkeley.org History stjhistory.htm A Brief History of St. John s Presbyterian Church , St. John s website ref Morgan and her assistant Walter Steilberg chose ..., at Berkeley Playhouse website http stjohnsberkeley.org website for current St. John s Presbyterian ... St. John s ref The church was organized in 1907 to serve the influx of people moving from San Francisco ...   more details



  1. Frank Leland

    Frank C. Leland was an African American baseball player, manager baseball field manager and club owner in the Negro Leagues . Leland was born in Memphis, Tennessee . Citation needed date April 2010 He graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and began his professional career with the Washington Capital Cities in the 1887 National League of Colored Baseball Clubs , a team which played no league games before the experiment collapsed. He moved to Chicago and was instrumental in organizing and developing five successful baseball teams in that city Riley, 475 . In 1888, he organized the black amateur Union Base Ball Club, with sponsorship from some of Chicago s black businessmen. Leland .... A businessman, Leland returned to baseball in 1901 when he merged the Unions and the Columbia Giants to form the Chicago Union Giants . This became the top Negro League team in the Midwest. Leland served as manager of the Union Giants as well as owner. The team changed its name to the Leland Giants in 1905 in 1907 Rube Foster replaced Leland as manager and Pete Hill and Foster strengthened the club in the field. A rift between Foster and Leland in 1910 split the team in two Foster s team won a legal battle over the Leland Giants name, so while Foster ran the team with Leland s name, Leland ... American Giants . Leland left baseball a short while later after having been the premier owner ... www.baseball reference.com bullpen Frank Leland article of the same name in the Baseball Reference ... book last Holway first John B. year 2001 title The Complete Book of Baseball s Negro Leagues The Other ... Excerpts . cite book last Riley first James A. chapter Leland, Frank C. pages 474 75 title The Biographical ... 0959 6 Riley. http coe.ksu.edu nlbemuseum history players leland.html Frank Leland , Personal profiles ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leland, Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leland, Frank Category ...   more details



  1. Harry Leland

    caption Harry Leland from Uncanny X Men 132. br Art by John Byrne comics John Byrne. comic color background ff8080 character name Harry Leland real name Harold Leland species Mutant Marvel comics Human Mutant publisher Marvel Comics debut Uncanny X Men 132 April 1980 creators Chris Claremont br John Byrne comics John Byrne alliance color background c0c0ff alliances Hellfire Club comics Hellfire Club aliases Black Bishop powers Able to increase mass Harry Leland , also known as the Black Bishop is a Marvel Comics supervillain , and an adversary of the X Men . A Mutant Marvel comics mutant , Leland ... history Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist co writer John Byrne comics John Byrne , Leland first appeared in Uncanny X Men 132 1980 April April 1980 . Artist John Byrne based Leland s appearance ... Lime from The Third Man , and Jed Leland from Citizen Kane . ref http goodcomics.comicbookresources.com ... he died. Leland made subsequent posthumous appearances in Classic X Men 7 March 1987 , Sensational ... 5 2008 . Fictional character biography Hellfire Club Little is known of Leland s past before ... meeting to gain information about stocks, Leland took an interest in her but came on too strongly ... ever met. ref Generation X 1 ref Later, Leland first encountered the X Men when the X Men invaded the New York headquarters of the Hellfire Club. Leland caused Wolverine comics Wolverine ... Leland from above. At that moment, Leland foolishly used his mass increasing powers against his opponent a second time, resulting in Wolverine crashing through the floor again, only this time with Leland beneath him as Wolverine intended. All evidence to the contrary, Leland survived this incident. ref Uncanny X Men X Men v.1 132 134 April June 1980 . ref Alongside the Hellfire Club, Leland later battled the X Men in New York s Central Park . Leland used his power to sink Colossus comics ... Men and the Club joined forces to battle Nimrod. Against considerable resistance by the robot, Leland ...   more details



  1. George Leland

    George Leland may refer to Mickey Leland , George Thomas Mickey Leland, 1944 1989 , anti poverty activist and later became a congressman George W. Leland 1834 1880 , Medal of Honor recipient hndis Leland, George ...   more details




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