John Barrow
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People

  • John Barrow (historian)
    John Barrow (historian)
    John Barrow was an English mathematician, naval historian and lexicographer.Nothing is known of Barrow's family. He was initially a teacher of mathematics and navigation aboard ships of the Royal Navy. He retired before 1750 and devoted himself to writing and compiling dictionaries and other works...

    , 18th century English historian
  • John Barrow (geographical compiler)
    John Barrow (geographical compiler)
    John Barrow was a British geographical compiler.-Life:His first work was a geographical dictionary, which was published in London anonymously, as was also the first edition of his principal work, A Chronological Abridgment or History of the Discoveries made by Europeans in the different parts of...

     (fl. 1756), a British geographical compiler. His principal work was A Chronological Abridgment or History of the Discoveries made by Europeans in the different parts of the world (1756)
  • Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS was an English statesman.-Career:He was born the son of Roger Barrow in the village of Dragley Beck, in the parish of Ulverston then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria...

     (1764–1848), English statesman
  • John Henry Barrow
    John Henry Barrow
    John Henry Barrow was a Congregational minister, journalist and South Australian politician.-Early life:Barrow was born in England, son of John Barrow. After he studied for the Congregational ministry at Hackney College, he took charge of the Congregational Church at Market Drayton in Shropshire,...

     (1817–1874), politician, journalist and minister
  • John Barrow (Canadian football) (born 1935), Canadian Football Hall of Fame member
  • John Barrow (U.S. politician)
    John Barrow (U.S. politician)
    John Jenkins Barrow is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district stretches along the eastern portion of the state, from Augusta to Savannah.-Early life, education and career:...

     (born 1955), U.S. Representative from Georgia
  • John Barrow (footballer), first manager of FC Barcelona
  • John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow
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     (born 1952), British theoretical physicist and author
  • John Dodgson Barrow
    John Dodgson Barrow
    John D. Barrow , primarily a landscape painter, has been regarded as belonging to the second generation of the Hudson River School. His subject was frequently the Central New York scene, mostly around Skaneateles, New York, where he lived and worked until moving to New York City. A gallery is...

     (1824–1907), landscape painter

Places

  • John Barrow, Little Rock, Arkansas
    John Barrow, Little Rock, Arkansas
    The John Barrow Addition of Little Rock, Arkansas is a neighborhood in the western portion of the city. Taking its name from the area's chief thoroughfare, John Barrow Road, the area is bordered on the north by Briarwood, and on the south by Rosedale...

    , neighbourhood in the west of the city
  • John Barrow Island
    John Barrow Island
    John Barrow Island is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut.It is an elongated island located midway in the Penny Strait between Bathurst Island and Devon Island....

    , Canada, one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and named after Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
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