John Earle
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- John Earle (bishop)John Earle (bishop)John Earle was an English bishop.-Life:He was born at York, but the exact date is unknown. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, but moved to Merton, where he obtained a fellowship...
(c.1601–1665), English bishop - John Earle (divine)John Earle (divine)-Life:Earle was born in London on 31 December 1749. He was educated at the English College, Douay, and became one of the officiating priests at the chapel of the Spanish ambassador in Dorset Street, Manchester Square, London, where he died on 15 May 1818.-Works:...
- John Earle (professor)John Earle (professor)John Earle M.A., LL.D. was a British Anglo-Saxon language scholar. He was twice Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Earle wrote more than a dozen scholarly books. He is perhaps best known as the author of Two Saxon Chronicles Parallel , and Anglo-Saxon...
(1824–1903), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford - John Earle (Australian politician)John Earle (Australian politician)John Earle was an Australian politician and the first Labor Premier of Tasmania.- Early life :Born into a farming family of Cornish descent in Bridgewater, Tasmania, Earle left home at 17 to work as a blacksmith's apprentice in a Hobart foundry...
(1865–1932) - John B. EarleJohn B. EarleJohn Baylis Earle was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, nephew of Elias Earle and cousin of Samuel Earle....
(1766–1836), U.S. Representative from South Carolina - John Milton EarleJohn Milton EarleJohn Milton Earle was an American businessman, abolitionist, and statesman who founded the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1829....
(1794–1874), American businessman and abolitionist - John Earle (American football)John Earle (American football)John Earle is a retired American football player. Earle played five seasons in the NFL and two seasons in the CFL for the Baltimore Stallions.-Life after football:...
, Former NFL/CFL player - Jack EarleJack EarleJacob Rheuben Ehrlich was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Due to acromegalic gigantism, Earle was one of the world's tallest humans at the time of his death, standing at 7 ft 7½ inch. tall. For 14 years, he traveled with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, then became...
, American silent film actor