John Byrom or John Byrom of Kersal or John Byrom of Manchester FRS (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet, the inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand and later a significant landowner. He is most remembered as the writer of the lyrics of Anglican hymn "Christians, awake, salute the happy morn", which was supposedly a Christmas gift for his …

John Machin (bapt. c. 1686 – June 9, 1751) was a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London. He is best known for developing a quickly converging series for pi in 1706 and using it to compute pi to 100 decimal places. History. John Machin served as secretary of ...

Sir John Soane RA FSA FRS (/ s oʊ n /; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works.He received a knighthood in 1831. ...

Life. Montagu was an owner of a coal mine. Montagu went on the grand tour with Pierre Sylvestre.On 17 March 1705, John was married to Lady Mary Churchill, daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.. On 23 October 1717, Montagu was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was …

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding.His memoirs of the early reign of George II were too revealing to be published in his …

Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band.. Growing up in Concord, California, Mydland took up music while in elementary school.After graduation, he played with a number of bands and recorded one …

Gloucester College, Oxford, was a Benedictine institution of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, from the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century. It was never a typical college of the University, in that there was an internal division in the college, by staircase units, into parts where the monasteries sending monks had effective authority.

Freemasons' Hall in London is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England, as well as being a meeting place for many Masonic Lodges in the London area. It is located in Great Queen Street between Holborn and Covent Garden and has been a Masonic meeting place since 1775.. Parts of the building …

Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California.Formed in 1967, the group originally consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist John Kay, lead guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, drummer Jerry Edmonton and keyboardist Goldy McJohn.The band's final lineup featured Kay, keyboardist Michael Wilk (since 1982, and …

Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. ... Some 8,000 students use the building which is located at LJMU's City Campus on Byrom Street. The five storey, 6,493 m 2 (69,890 sq ft) building was completed in November 2009 ...