John Day
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- John Day (merchant) (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1497–1498), English merchant, author of a letter to the "Lord Grand Admiral" referring to the existence of the lost book Inventio FortunataInventio FortunataInventio Fortunata , "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents... - John Day (printer)John Day (printer)John Day was an English Protestant printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, sermons, and translations of psalms...
(c. 1522–1584), English Protestant printer, also known as John Daye - John Day (dramatist)John Day (dramatist)John Day was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.-Life:He was born at Cawston, Norfolk, and educated at Ely. He became a sizar of Caius College, Cambridge, in 1592, but was expelled in the next year for stealing a book...
(1574–c. 1640), English dramatist - John Day (carpenter)John Day (carpenter)John Day is the first recorded death in an accident with a submarine. Day was an English carpenter and wheelwright. With the financial support of Christopher Blake, an English gambler, Day built a wooden "diving chamber" without an engine...
(died 1774), first recorded death in a submarine - John Day (Nova Scotia legislator)John Day (Nova Scotia legislator)John Day was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport township from 1765 to 1770 and Halifax town from 1774 to 1775 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly....
(died 1775), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia - John Day (judge)John Day (judge)John Day was a Liberian politician and jurist who served as the 2nd Chief Justice of Liberia from 1854 until his death in 1859....
(1797-1859), Liberian politician and judge - John Day (trapper)John Day (trapper)John Day was an American hunter and fur trapper in the old Oregon Country--the area then jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain, including present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, western Montana and southern British Columbia.Day was born in Culpeper County, Virginia and came west...
(1770–1820), American hunter and trapper - John Barham Day (1794–1860), English jockey and trainer, see Epsom OaksEpsom OaksThe Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early June....
- John Day (architect)John Day (architect)John Day was an Irish architect and builder active in the southeast of Ireland in the nineteenth century. He was related to architects William Day and Martin Day , both of County Wexford.-References:...
, nineteenth-century Irish architect from County Wexford - John Day (botanist)John Day (botanist)John Day was an English orchid-grower and collector, and is noted for producing some 4000 illustrations of orchid species in 53 scrapbooks over a period of 15 years. These scrapbooks were donated to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1902 by his sister, Emma Wolstenholme.Day was born in the City of...
(1824–1888), Victorian orchid collector and illustrator - John Charles DayJohn Charles DaySir John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day was amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation, the first being William Shee...
(1826–1908), English judge - John B. DayJohn B. DayJohn Bailey Day was the founding owner of the independent New York Metropolitans in 1880 and leased the Polo Grounds for them to play in, which was the first baseball venue in Manhattan, New York City. In 1883 his New York Gothams/Giants of the National League began play at the same site...
(1847–1926), manager of the New York Giants in 1899 - John Day (RAF officer)John Day (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir John Romney Day KCB, OBE, ADC, BSc is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and a military advisor to BAE Systems.-Early life and education:...
(born 1947), senior RAF officer - John Day (Old Testament scholar)John Day (Old Testament scholar)John Day is an English Old Testament scholar. He is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He is the editor of In search of pre-exilic Israel and wrote God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea. He is also Fellow, Tutor in Theology, and Dean of...
(born 1948), professor of Old Testament Studies - John Day (Australian politician)John Day (Australian politician)The Hon. John Howard Dadley Day MLA is the current Member for Kalamunda in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 34th Parliament in 1993 and has been re-elected at every state election since.- Early life :...
, Western Australian politician - John Day (Holocaust denier), see Fascism (book)Fascism (book)Fascism is a 1995 book edited by Roger Griffin. It is a reader, in the Oxford Readers series, which assembles the writings of various authors on the topic of fascism and the far-right...
- John Day (computer scientist)John Day (computer scientist)John D. Day is a computer scientist, an Internet pioneer, and a historian. He has been involved in the development of the communication protocols of Internet and its predecessor ARPANET since 1970s, and he was also active in the design of the OSI reference model...
ARPANET pioneer, early RFC contributor - Johnny DayeJohnny DayeJohnny Daye is an American soul music singer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who released six singles between 1965 and 1968. In 2007 he came out of retirement to sing on two tracks on Robert Peckman's first solo CD, Stirrin’ Up Bees....
, Soul singer - Jon Day (Jonathan Baker), member of The Charlatans
Locations
- John Day, OregonJohn Day, OregonJohn Day is a city located about north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which had been named for a Virginian member of the 1811 Astor Expedition, John Day...
, a city in Grant County, Oregon, U.S. - John Day DamJohn Day DamThe John Day Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River in the northwestern United States. The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides. The John Day Lock has the highest lift of any U.S. lock...
on the Columbia River - John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentJohn Day Fossil Beds National MonumentJohn Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon. Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived in the...
- John Day RiverJohn Day RiverThe John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the third longest free-flowing river in the conterminous United States. There is extensive use of its waters for irrigation. Its...
, a tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Oregon - John Day River (northwestern Oregon)John Day River (northwestern Oregon)The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. The river is one of two tributaries of the Columbia in Oregon to bear the name "John Day River". The other John Day River, east of the Cascade Range, is much longer and more...
, a different tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon