John Richardson
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Politics
- John Richardson (governor)John Richardson (governor)John Richardson was a British colonial governor. He was Deputy Governor of Anguilla from 1735 until 1741....
(1679 -1741), Deputy Governor of Anguilla - John G. RichardsonJohn G. RichardsonJohn G. Richardson is a Maine politician. A Democrat, Richardson sought the . He withdrew from the race after questions raised about signatures collected by 4 campaign volunteers put his campaign's eligibility for Clean Elections funding at risk...
(born 1957), former Speaker of the Maine House and current candidate for Governor. - John S. RichardsonJohn S. RichardsonJohn Smythe Richardson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born on the Bloomhill plantation, near Sumter, South Carolina, Richardson pursued an academic course in Cokesbury, South Carolina, and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1850.He studied law.He was admitted...
(1828–1894), United States Congressman from South Carolina, 1879–1883 - Sir John Larkins Cheese RichardsonJohn Larkins Cheese RichardsonSir John Larkins Cheese Richardson was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and a cabinet minister.-Military career:Richardson was born in India, where he was in the Army, and was known as Major Richardson.- Political career:...
(1810–1878), Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council, 1868–1879 - John Richardson (Canadian MP) (1932–2010), Canadian politician
- John Peter Richardson IIJohn Peter Richardson IIJohn Peter Richardson II was the 59th Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.-Early life and career:Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon...
(1801–1864), United States Representative from South Carolina - John Peter Richardson IIIJohn Peter Richardson IIIJohn Peter Richardson III was the 83rd Governor of South Carolina from 1886 to 1890.Richardson was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina to John Peter Richardson II, a former Governor of South Carolina, and Juliana Augusta Manning. After graduating from South Carolina College in 1849,...
(1831–1899), Governor of South Carolina - John Richardson (Ontario MPP)John Richardson (Ontario MPP)John Richardson was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented York East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1904 as a Liberal member....
(born 1844), Ontario farmer and politician - John Richardson, Jr.John Richardson, Jr.John Richardson, Jr. was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from 1969 to 1977.-Biography:John Richardson, Jr. was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard University...
, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977) - John Richardson (Australian politician)John Richardson (Australian politician)John Ingles Richardson is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Forest Hill in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 2002....
(born 1938), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Sports
- John Maunsell RichardsonJohn Maunsell RichardsonJohn Maunsell Richardson JP DL , was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s.John Richardson was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge.-Grand Nationals:Richardson won the 1873...
(1846–1912), First class cricketer, Member of Parliament and twice winner of the English Grand National - John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856)John Richardson was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1878 and 1883.Richardson was born in Duckmanton, Derbyshire and became a bricklayer...
(1856–1940), First class cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club - John Richardson (cricketer)John Richardson (cricketer)John Allan Richardson was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played seven matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1936 and 1947, and once for the Gentlemen v Players in 1934...
(1908–1985), First class cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
- John Richardson (American football)John Richardson (American football)John Edward Richardson is a former professional American football player who played defensive tackle for seven seasons for the Miami Dolphins and the St. Louis Cardianls John was a graduate of Kearny High School . He was a member of the 1966 College Football All-America Team....
(born 1945), American football player for the Miami Dolphins
Others
- John Richardson (Quaker)John Richardson (Quaker)John Richardson was an English Quaker minister and autobiographer.-Early life:John Richardson was born in 1667, probably in the village of North Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, where his father, William Richardson , a shepherd, had been converted to Quakerism by William Dewsberry or Dewsbury in...
(1667–1753) - Sir John Richardson (naturalist)John Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
(1787–1865), Arctic explorer and naturalist - Sir John Richardson (judge) (1771–1841), judge in the Court of Common Pleas
- John Richardson (author)John Richardson (author)John Richardson was a British Army officer and the first Canadian-born novelist to achieve international recognition....
(1796–1852), Canadian novelist - John Richardson (actor)John Richardson (actor)John Richardson is an English actor, who appeared in movies from the 1950s until the 1990s.He appeared in many Italian films, including Mario Bava's Black Sunday...
(born 1934) - John Richardson (convict)John Richardson (convict)John Matthew Richardson was an Australian convict who accompanied several exploring expeditions as botanical collector.-Biography:...
(died 1882), Australian convict who accompanied several exploring expeditions as botanical collector - John Richardson (special effects designer) (born 1946), British designer of visual effects, Academy Award winner of 198770th Academy AwardsThe 70th Academy Awards were noted for their high ratings and the 11 wins obtained by the Best Picture Titanic. Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the sixth time, and received an Emmy award for his performance....
- John Richardson (Bishop of Bedford) (born 1937), Church of England bishop
- John Richardson (translator)John Richardson (translator)Doctor John Richardson was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1615 until his death.John Richardson matriculated as a sizar from Clare College, Cambridge in 1578...
(died 1625), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1615 to 1625 - John Richardson (art historian)John Richardson (art historian)John Richardson is a British art historian and Picasso biographer.-Life and work:John Patrick Richardson was born as the elder son of Sir Wodehouse Richardson, D.S.O., K.C.B., Quarter-Master General in the Boer War, and founder of London and the British Empire's Army & Navy Stores...
(born 1924), art historian, Picasso biographer - John Richardson (businessman)John Richardson (businessman)John Richardson, , was born in Scotland, the son of Thomas Richardson, merchant in Portsoy and his first wife Helen Stewart of Towiemore and by 1774 was working for Phyn & Ellice, a Scottish fur trading company out of Schenectady, New York...
(died 1831), Canadian businessman - John M. Richardson (born 1938), American University professor, system dynamics and Sri Lanka scholar
- John H. Richardson (1913–1998), C.I.A. Station Chief in Saigon in early 1960s, see Albanian SubversionAlbanian SubversionThe Albanian Subversion is one of the earliest and most notable failures of the Western covert paramilitary operations behind the Iron Curtain. Based on wrong assessments about Albania, and thinking that the country was ready to shake off its Stalinist regime, the British SIS and the American CIA...
- John Richardson (orientalist), Oxford editor of A Dictionary; Persian, Arabic and English (1717)
- John Richardson (comics), artist and writer of comic books, see 2000 AD (comics)
- John Wigham RichardsonJohn Wigham RichardsonJohn Wigham Richardson was one of the great figures of British industrial life, and a leading shipbuilder on Tyneside during the late 19th and early 20th century.-Career:...
(1837–1908), British shipbuilder - John Richardson (Archdeacon of Nottingham) (1849–1924), priest in the Church of England
- John Richardson (Archbishop of Fredericton) (1868–1938), Anglican Church of Canada bishop
- John Grubb RichardsonJohn Grubb RichardsonJohn Grubb Richardson was a major Irish industrialist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry, in what is now Northern Ireland...
(died 1891), major Irish industrialist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry - John Richardson (Dean of Bradford) (born 1950), priest in the Church of England
- John Richardson (drummer)John Richardson (drummer)John Richardson is an American drummer who works in rock and alt-country with such artists as Gin Blossoms, Badfinger and Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett.-Early career:...
(born 1964), an American rock drummer from Illinois
See also
- Jack Richardson (disambiguation)
- Jon Richardson (disambiguation)