James Harrison
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James Harrison may refer to:
- James Harrison (author and politician)James Harrison (author and politician)James Harrison is a British academic. He is currently employed as Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, School of Law, University of Warwick. His research focuses upon analysing the human rights and environmental impacts of economic laws and...
(born 1974), British academic author and Green Party politician - James Harrison (priest)James Harrison (priest)James Harrison was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr.-Life:He studied at the English College at Reims, and was ordained there in September, 1583...
(died 1602), English Roman Catholic priest - James Harrison (justice) (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1680s), justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court - James Harrison (architect)James Harrison (architect)James Harrison was an English architect who worked mainly in Chester, Cheshire. His works were mainly on churches — building new churches, rebuilding old churches, and making amendments and alterations to existing churches....
, (1814–1866), English architect - James E. HarrisonJames E. HarrisonJames E. Harrison was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War. He served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and fought in campaigns in Louisiana. Before the war, he was a two-term Mississippi state senator before moving to Texas in 1857...
, (1815-1875), Confederate States Army brigadier general - James Harrison (engineer)James Harrison (engineer)James Harrison was an Australian newspaper printer, journalist, politician, and pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration.-Early life:...
(1816–1893), Australian newspaper editor and engineer - James Fortescue HarrisonJames Fortescue HarrisonJames Fortescue Harrison was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1874 general election as the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock Burghs, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election, and did not stand again.-External links:...
, Scottish Member of Parliament 1874-1880 - James Harrison (Labour politician)James Harrison (Labour politician)James Harrison was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Nottingham East at the 1945 general election, and held the seat until its abolition for the 1955 general election...
(1899–1959), British Labour Member of Parliament - Jimmy HarrisonJimmy HarrisonJimmy Harrison was an American jazz trombonist.Harrison began on trombone at age 15, playing locally in the Toledo, Ohio area...
(1900–1931), American jazz trombonist - James Harrison (Australian politician)James Harrison (Australian politician)Eli James Harrison was an Australian politician. Born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales to farmer William Binney and Sophia Selina Turnbull, he was educated at state schools. He then worked on a dairy farm before joining New South Wales Railways in 1925...
(1903–1976), Australian Labor politician - James Harwood HarrisonHarwood HarrisonSir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....
(1907–1980), British Conservative Member of Parliament - James Harrison (Australian governor)James Harrison (Australian governor)Major General Sir James William Harrison KCMG CB CBE was an Australian military officer and the first Australian-born Governor of South Australia....
(1912–1971), Governor of South Australia - James M. HarrisonJames M. HarrisonJames Merritt Harrison, CC was a Canadian scientist and public servant. He was the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1956 to 1964, and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he obtained his B.Sc. from the University...
(1915–1990), Canadian scientist and public servant - Jim HarrisonJim HarrisonJames "Jim" Harrison is an American author known for his poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and writings about food. He has been called "a force of nature", and his work has been compared to that of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway...
(born 1937), American author - Jim Harrison (cricketer)Jim Harrison (cricketer)James "Jim" Harrison is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played 32 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1969 and 1977, including eight first-class matches against Scotland....
(born 1941), Irish cricketer - Jim Harrison (ice hockey)Jim Harrison (ice hockey)James David Harrison is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 324 games in the National Hockey League and 232 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Cleveland Crusaders, and Chicago Black Hawks.-External links:...
(born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player - James A. HarrisonJames A. HarrisonJames Alistair Harrison was born in 1968 in Melbourne, Australia.He is the President of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses , being the second Australian to hold this position. Former President of the Australian College of Operating Room Nurses Although born in Melbourne, James...
(born 1968), Australian nurse, President of the International Federation of Perioperative Nurses - James Harrison (American football) (born 1978), American football player
- James Harrison (blood donor)James Harrison (blood donor)James Harrison, OAM, also known as the Man with the golden arm, is a blood donor from Australia. He holds the world record for blood donations by an individual, and his donations have saved over two million babies from Rhesus disease.-Biography:...
, blood donor who has saved two million children through his blood - James Harrison (British Army officer)James Harrison (British Army officer)Major-General James Murray Robert Harrison CB DSO was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.-Military career:Harrison was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1900 and served in World War I...
(1880-1957), former Lieutenant Governor of Jersey