James Anderson
Encyclopedia
Arts
- James K AndersonJames K AndersonJames Anderson , sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Robert E. Lee 'Bob' Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird .He made over 120 appearances mostly in TV and several films between 1941 and 1970...
(1921–1969), American actor - James Anderson (actor)James Anderson (actor)James Anderson is a British actor.After graduating with first class honours from Warwick University, Anderson trained at the Actors' Studio in New York City. He has since had roles for TV, the stage and independent film...
(born 1980), British actor - James Arthur Anderson (author)James Arthur Anderson (author)James Arthur Andersons first published short story appeared in Andrew J. Offutt's "Swords Against V" anthology in 1979. He has since published stories in Lin Carter's "Weird Tales 4", "Elditch Tales", "Fantasy Tales", and "Haunts." His nonfiction has appeared in "Fangoria." In 1997 he began using...
(born 1955), American writer - James Anderson (writer)James Anderson (writer)James Anderson is an American television writer and actor. Since 2000, he has served as a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live. Anderson recently played himself on an episode of the network's new series 30 Rock.-External links:...
, American television writer - James McConnell AndersonJames McConnell AndersonJames McConnell "Mac" Anderson was an American painter, muralist, and pottery designer and decorator, youngest of the three brothers who collaborated at Shearwater Pottery, Ocean Springs, Mississippi .Born in New Orleans, Anderson attended schools there...
(1907–1998), American painter and potter
Law
- James Anderson of HermistonJames Anderson of HermistonJames Anderson FRSE FSA was a Scottish agriculturist, journalist and economist. A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society, Anderson was a prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment...
(1739–1808), Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher - James Anderson (lawyer)James Anderson (lawyer)James Anderson , Scottish antiquary and historian, was born at Edinburgh.He was educated for the law, and became a writer to the signet in 1691...
(1662–1728), Scottish lawyer - James Anderson (Freemason) (c. 1679–1739), Scottish preacher and writer
Government and military
- James Anderson, Jr.James Anderson, Jr.Private First Class James Anderson, Jr was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism while serving in Vietnam in February 1967. When his Medal of Honor was awarded on August 21, 1968, he became the first African-American U.S...
(1947–1967), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient - James Anderson (Medal of Honor)James Anderson (Medal of Honor)James Anderson , born James Anderson Smythe, was a Canadian-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars...
(1849–1918), American Indian Wars soldier - James Thomas Milton AndersonJames Thomas Milton AndersonJames Thomas Milton Anderson was Saskatchewan's fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office....
(1878–1946), Canadian politician; Premier of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 - James Anderson (Freemason) (17th-century–1739), minister (Church of Scotland), author and Freemason
- James Patton AndersonJames Patton AndersonJames Patton Anderson was an American physician, lawyer, and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, and a delegate at the Florida state secession convention to withdraw from the United States.He also served in...
(1822–1872), Confederate Army general - James Anderson (British politician)James Anderson (British politician)Sir James Anderson was a British politician and manufacturer.Born at Stirling, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright. Aged fifteen, he moved to Glasgow to accompany his older brother David. Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities...
(1800–1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling - James Anderson (Royal Navy officer)James Anderson (Royal Navy officer)James Anderson , was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of captain.-Biography:James Anderson served through the American War of Independence as a midshipman, and after the end of the war, joined the colonial service in the West Indies...
(1765–1835) - James Anderson (Manitoba politician)James Anderson (Manitoba politician)James Frederick Anderson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive....
(1903–1983), Canadian politician - James H. AndersonJames H. AndersonJames Hall Anderson was an American politician who served as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, from January 20, 1925, to January 15, 1929, under Governor Robert P. Robinson.-External links:*...
, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in the 1920s
Science
- James Anderson (engineer)James Anderson (engineer)James Edward Anderson, CBE was a mechanical engineer of the Midland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and had a great influence on the latter's adoption of the former's unwise locomotive policies....
(1871–1945), Scottish mechanical engineer - James Anderson (botanist)James Anderson (botanist)James Anderson was a Scottish physician and botanist.He was company surgeon for the East India Company from 1786 and physician-general from 1800....
(1739–1809), Scottish botanist - James Anderson (computer scientist)James Anderson (computer scientist)James Anderson is an academic staff member in the School of Systems Engineering at the University of Reading, England. He is currently teaching compilers, algorithms, and computer algebra, and in the past he has taught programming and computer graphics....
, British computer scientist - James A. AndersonJames A. AndersonJames A. Anderson is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Brain Science at Brown University. His multi-disciplinary background includes expertise in psychology, biology, physics, neuroscience and computer science. Anderson received his Ph.D...
(born 1940), Brown University brain scientist - James D. Anderson, a herpetologist and taxonomist specializing in Mexican species
- James Caleb AndersonJames Caleb Anderson-Biography:James Anderson was the eldest son of John Anderson, the founder of Fermoy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Mr. James Semple, of Waterford. He was created a baronet on 22 March 1813, of Fermoy, County Cork, for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father...
(1792–1861), Irish inventor - James Anderson (biomedical engineer)James Anderson (biomedical engineer)James M. Anderson is a professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He received the Elsevier Biomaterials Gold Medal for the most significant contributions to biomaterials science by an individual from 1980 to 2005...
Sport
- James Anderson (tennis) (1894–1973), Australian tennis player
- James Anderson (cricketer)James Anderson (cricketer)James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first full season of county cricket, Anderson has represented England in over 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day...
(born 1982), English international cricketer - James Anderson (cricketer born 1931)James Anderson (cricketer born 1931)James Duncan Anderson is an English first class cricketer who played all his games for Oxford University Cricket Club. His highest score of 4* came when playing for Oxford University in the match against Warwickshire County Cricket Club...
, English cricketer for Oxford University Cricket Club - Jamie Anderson (golfer)Jamie Anderson (golfer)James "Jamie" Anderson was a nineteenth century professional golfer, who won The Open Championship three times.Anderson was born in St Andrews, Scotland. His Open Championships were at Musselburgh in 1877; Prestwick Golf Club in 1878; and St Andrews in 1879...
(1842–1905), born James Anderson, Scottish golfer - James Anderson (badminton)
- James Anderson (American football) (born 1983), American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
- James Anderson (swimmer)James Anderson (swimmer)James Allan Anderson OBE is a United Kingdom swimmer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife and now resides in Broxburn....
(born 1963), British paralymic swimmer - James Anderson (basketball)James Anderson (basketball)James Lee Anderson is an American basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at Oklahoma State University. In 2010, Anderson was named Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and a first team All-American...
(born 1989), American basketball player
Other
- James Anderson (explorer), Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor after whom the Anderson River (Northwest Territories) was named
See also
- Jim Anderson (disambiguation)
- Jamie Anderson (disambiguation)
- James Andersen (disambiguation)