John Hawkins (disambiguation)
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John Hawkins may refer to:
- Sir John HawkinsJohn HawkinsAdmiral Sir John Hawkins was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer and controller of the Royal Navy, he rebuilt older ships and helped design the faster ships that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588...
(1532–1595), English Admiral - John Hawkins (diplomat), in charge of British embassy in Paris in 1626-1627
- Sir John Hawkins (author)John Hawkins (author)Sir John Hawkins was an English author and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole. He was part of Johnson's various clubs but later left The Literary Club after a disagreement with some of Johnson's other friends. His friendship with Johnson continued and he was made one of the executors...
(1719–1789), music historian - John Hawkins (1772–1855) British inventor of the physiognotracePhysiognotracePhysiognotrace: The physiognotrace is an instrument designed to trace a person's physiognomy, most specifically the profile in the form of a silhouette: it is also known as physionotrace in French. The instrument is a descendant of the pantograph, a drawing device that magnifies figures.-History:A...
- John Hawkins (British composer) (born 1949), British classical composer
- John Hawkins (Canadian composer)John Hawkins (Canadian composer)John Hawkins was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist. He notably won the 2nd-century Week Composition Competition in 1967 for his Eight Movements for Flute and Clarinet and received the Jules Léger Prize in 1983 for Breaking Through which was commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC...
(1944–2007), Canadian classical composer - John Hawkins, co-composer of the 1964 musicalMusical theatreMusical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Canterbury Tales - John Hawkins (geologist)John Hawkins (geologist)John Hawkins was a geologist, traveller and writer,He was the youngest son of Thomas Hawkins of Trewinnard, St Erth, Cornwall, M.P. for Grampound, by Anne, daughter of James Heywood of London...
(1761–1841), Cornish traveller and geologist - John Clifford HawkinsJohn Clifford HawkinsJohn Clifford Hawkins was a prominent African American politician in New York City during the early 20th century.-Background:Hawkins was born in Middleburg, North Carolina on March 29, 1879, the son of John and Sara Hawkins. In 1903, he graduated from Lincoln University...
(born 1879), lawyer, politician - John Heywood Hawkins (1802–1877) son of the geologist, British Member of Parliament for MitchellMitchell (UK Parliament constituency)Mitchell, or St Michael was a rotten borough consisting of the town of Mitchell, Cornwall. From the first Parliament of Edward VI, in 1547, it elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.-History:The borough encompassed parts of two parishes, Newlyn East and St Enoder...
1830–1831, NewportNewport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport , which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina....
1833–1841 - John Hawkins AndersonJohn Hawkins AndersonJohn Hawkins Anderson was a member of the Canadian Senate.A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate on 23 October 1867 by a royal proclamation of Queen Victoria following Canadian Confederation earlier that year. He represented the senatorial division of Nova Scotia until his death.- References :...
(died 1870), member of the Canadian Senate - John Hawkins HagartyJohn Hawkins HagartySir John Hawkins Hagarty was a Canadian lawyer, teacher, and judge.Born in Dublin, Ireland, Hagarty was educated at Trinity College, Dublin for a year before emigrating to Upper Canada in 1834. He was a student-at-law in the law office of George Duggan in Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1840...
(died 1900), Canadian lawyer - John Parker HawkinsJohn Parker HawkinsJohn Parker Hawkins was a Union Army brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War. In 1866, after being mustered out of the Union Army volunteer force, he was appointed to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.-Biography:Hawkins was born in...
(1830–1914), U.S. Civil War brigadier general - John A. HawkinsJohn A. HawkinsJohn A. Hawkins is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge...
, professor of linguistics at the University of Cambridge and UC Davis - Big HawkBig HawkJohn Edward Hawkins , better known as H.A.W.K. or Big Hawk was an American rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw's rap group the Screwed Up Click.-Biography:...
, real name John Hawkins, rapper from Houston, Texas
See also
- Jack Hawkins (disambiguation)Jack Hawkins (disambiguation)Jack Hawkins may refer to:* Jack Hawkins , English actor* birth name of Jack Hedley , English actor* Jack Hawkins , Australian rules footballer...