John Barton
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John Barton may refer to:
- John Barton (director)John Barton (director)John Bernard Adie Barton CBE is a theatrical director. He is the son of Sir Harold Montagu and Lady Joyce Barton. He married Anne Righter, a university lecturer, in 1968....
(born 1928), English theatre director and founding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company - John Barton (engineer)John Barton (engineer)Sir John Barton was an eighteenth-century engineer.He created a micrometer, which he called the "Atometer", for measuring small distances using a differential-screw technique, a Ruling Engine, and patented a method of creating metal ornaments engraved with parallel lines, using diffraction to...
(1771–1834), engineer noted for his engravings using his Ruling Engine - John Barton (footballer)John Barton (footballer)John Barton was an English footballer. He played at international level once for England while on the books of Blackburn Rovers....
(1866–1910), English international football player - John Barton (footballer born 1953)John Barton (footballer born 1953)John S. Barton is an English former professional footballer. He played professionally, as a full-back, for Everton and Derby County before moving into non-league football and management....
, English football player - John Barton (poet)John Barton (poet)-Life:John Barton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1957 but was raised in Calgary. He studied at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Quebec, Victoria University, and Columbia University in New York....
(born 1957), Canadian poet - John Barton (Quaker)John Barton (quaker)John Barton was one of the nine English Quaker members of the "Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" set up in 1787 by William Wilberforce and two other Anglicans . Their efforts ultimately led to the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, 1807 by British Parliament on 25 March...
(1755–1789), abolitionist - John Barton (rugby league)John Barton (rugby league)John Barton is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s for Great Britain, and Wigan - John Barton (theologian)John Barton (theologian)The Revd Professor John Barton is the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture. He is a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy and a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
(born 1948), theologian and professor - John Barton (writer)John Barton (writer)John Barton was an English writer on Lollardy.Barton appears to have flourished in the reign of Henry V, to whom he dedicated his 'Confutatio Lollardorum.' A manuscript copy of this work is preserved in the library of All Souls' College, Oxford, written in a hand which Henry Octavius Coxe assigned...
, 15th century writer on Lollardy - John Barton (basketball), Canadian basketball player and former member of the Canada national men's basketball team
- John J. BartonJohn J. BartonJohn J. Barton served one term as mayor of Indianapolis. During his time in office, plans were made for the construction of the Indiana Convention Center...
(1906–2004), Mayor of Indianapolis - John Rhea BartonJohn Rhea BartonJohn Rhea Barton was an American orthopedic surgeon remembered for describing Barton's fracture.- Biography :...
(1794–1871), American orthopedic surgeon - John Kennedy BartonJohn Kennedy BartonJohn Kennedy Barton was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy in the late 19th century.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Barton graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1873...
(1853–1921), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
Fictional characters
- John Barton (Emmerdale), a fictional character in British soap Emmerdale
- John Barton, a fictional character in Mrs. Gaskell's short story Mary BartonMary BartonMary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester during the 1830s and 1840s and deals heavily with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class.-Plot summary:...
See also
- John de BartonJohn de BartonJohn de Barton , was a judge, otherwise called de Ryton and de Fryton, a Yorkshire gentleman, is with Ralph Fitzwilliam, the king's lieutenant in Yorkshire, a member of the itinerary court constituted by the first commission of Trailbaston for Yorkshire, for which Hemingford gives as date 1304 . A...
(13th-century–14th-century), 14th century judge