WebJohn Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longest serving justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices …

WebSir Edward Coke SL (/ k ʊ k / "cook", formerly / k uː k /; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician who is considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.. Born into an upper-class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was …

WebJohn Nicholas Gray (South Shields, 17 april 1948) is een prominente Britse politiek filosoof en schrijver. Hij was hoogleraar European Thought (Europees Denken) aan de London School of Economics and Political Science Academische …

WebJohn Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy and the history of ideas. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Gray contributes regularly to The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and …

WebCharles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (20 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III. During his lifetime, he was also known as "the Young Pretender" and "the …

WebJohn Ruskin, né le 8 février 1819 à Bloomsbury à Londres, mort le 20 janvier 1900 à Coniston (), est un écrivain, poète, peintre et critique d'art britannique.. Fils unique d'une riche famille, il est éduqué à domicile, avec une insistance particulière sur l'art et la religion. Il poursuit son éducation en dilettante, en tant qu'auditeur libre à Oxford.

WebJohn Napier Wyndham Turner PC CC QC (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition from 1984 to 1990.. Turner practised law before being elected as a …

WebSir John Alexander Macdonald GCB PC QC (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation , he had a …

WebThomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge.He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even …

WebJohn Smith QC (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death from a heart attack in May 1994.. Smith first entered Parliament in 1970 and, following junior ministerial roles as Minister of State for Energy (1975–1976) and Minister …