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# John Jones, Talysarn

John Jones, Talysarn (1 March 1796 – 16 August 1857), was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, regarded as one of the greatest preachers in the history of Wales. Because the name "John Jones" was one of the most common in Wales at the time, he is usually differentiated by others of the same name by the use of the suffix "Talysarn", denoting the village where he lived.

## Life

John Jones was born in a house called Tan-y-castell, in Dolwyddelan, and brought up in a farming family but which also had many connections with Nonconformist religion. He was a monoglot Welsh speaker, and the only formal education he received was at the Sabbath school.
As a young man around 1820 he was engaged as a labourer building Thomas Telford's road from London to Holyhead (now known as the A5), and was heard by his fellow workers preaching on religious matters as he walked to work. In 1822 he moved to Talysarn to find work in the quarry, but was increasingly devoting himself to preaching. He was ordained in 1829, and would become widely known by the name "John Jones, Talysarn", after his adopted home village.
He married Frances (Fanny) Edwards around this time and left the quarry as they kept a shop together – although in practice it was she who understood business and kept the shop, so that he could devote time to matters of religion.
Between 1850 and 1852 he was a joint owner of the Dorothea Quarry but did not like this occupation.
He died on 16 August 1857 and was buried at the parish graveyard in Llanllyfni. In the funeral procession were 8 doctors, 65 ministers, 70 deacons, 200 choristers and around 4,000 others with a further 2,000 who joined en route.

## His work

In an age when Nonconformist preaching had been riven by doctrinal differences, John Jones spoke plainly on matters that concerned the common people. They considered him one of their own, which was the foundation of his widespread appeal. Martyn Lloyd-Jones described him as "a thorough gospel man", and found him very influential.
He was also a singer, and composed the hymn tune Llanllyfni.

## Genealogy

John Jones was a member of a large family which has gone to some trouble, before and since, to record its genealogy. Both his father and mother were descended from the poet Angharad James. In the mid-nineteenth century several of his brothers and sisters and their offspring emigrated to the area around Cambria, Wisconsin, United States.
# John Jones (Bedford politician)

John Jones (1761–1842) was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Bedford in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1810 and from 1820 to 1821.
He was born in Montreal, the son of John Jones, of Welsh descent. While young, he lived for a time in New York state and came to Quebec with his parents at the beginning of the American Revolution. Jones rejoined the British troops, was taken prisoner at Saratoga and was released at the end of the war. He settled at William Henry with his family. In 1786, he married Marie-Magdelaine Heney. Jones served in the militia for the Eastern Townships during the War of 1812 and later reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He also was a potash inspector at William Henry. Jones did not run for reelection in 1810; his election in 1820 was overturned the following year. He died at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Jones' brother Robert Jones also served in the Lower Canada assembly. His son Robert served in the assembly for the Province of Canada.
# John Louis Emil Dreyer

John Louis Emil Dreyer (13 February 1852 – 14 September 1926), also Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer, was a Danish astronomer who spent most of his career working in Ireland. He spent the last decade of his life in Oxford, England.

## Life

Dreyer was born in Copenhagen. His father, Lieutenant General John Christopher Dreyer, was the Danish Minister for War and the Navy. When he was 14 he became interested in astronomy and regularly visited Hans Schjellerup at the Copenhagen observatory. He was educated in Copenhagen, taking an MA in 1872. While the same university later awarded him a PhD, in 1874. But in 1874, at the age of 22, he went to Parsonstown, Ireland. There he worked as the assistant of Lord Rosse (the son and successor of the Lord Rosse who built the Leviathan of Parsonstown telescope).
During 1878 he moved to Dunsink, the site of the Trinity College Observatory of Dublin University to work for Robert Stawell Ball. In 1882 he relocated again, this time to Armagh Observatory, where he served as Director until his retirement in 1916. In 1885 he became a British citizen. In 1916 he and his wife Kate moved to Oxford where Dreyer worked on editing the works of Tycho Brahe.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916 and served as the society's president from 1923 until 1925. He died on 14 September 1926 in Oxford, where he is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery.
A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him.

## Works

Dreyer compiled the New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, basing it on William Herschel's Catalogue of Nebulae, as well as two supplementary Index Catalogues. The NGC and IC catalogue designations are still widely used.
Dreyer was also a historian of astronomy. In 1890 he published a biography of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, and in his later years he edited Tycho's publications and unpublished correspondence. These were published in a 15-volume edition, Opera Omnia, the last volume of which was published after his death.
His book History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler (1905), is currently printed with the title A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler.
He co-edited the first official history of the Royal Astronomical Society along with Herbert Hall Turner, History of the Royal Astronomical Society 1820–1920 (1923, reprinted 1987).

## Arms

Coat of arms of John Louis Emil Dreyer :
* NotesCertified 20 November 1896 by Arthur Edward Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.
* CrestAn arm ____ the hand gauntleted Proper grasping a trident bend sinisterways Argent shaft Proper.
* EscutcheonPer fess Argent and Gules chaperonne Azure in chief a trefoil slipped and inverted Vert and in base three roundels each charged with a quatrefoil Argent.
* MottoUden Arbeide Ingen Lykke
# John Louis Lay

John Louis Lay (January 14, 1833 – April 17, 1899) was an American inventor, and a pioneer of the torpedo.

## Biography

Lay was born in Buffalo, New York. He was appointed 2nd assistant engineer in the Union Navy on July 8, 1862, and was promoted to 1st assistant engineer on October 15, 1863. He designed the spar torpedo which was used by Lieutenant William B. Cushing to destroy the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on October 27, 1864. After the fall of Richmond in 1865, Lay was sent in advance of Admiral David D. Porter's fleet to remove obstructions from the James River.
Lay resigned from the navy on May 22, 1865, and was then employed by the Peruvians to fortify the harbor of Callao with fixed mines and suspended torpedoes, in order to prevent the Spanish fleet from entering. Lay returned to the United States in 1867, where he began work on the design and building of a locomotive (self-propelled) torpedo.
Lay's first design, the Lay Torpedo or Lay Dirigible (1872) was a surface-running cylindrical vessel with conical ends, powered by a reciprocating engine fuelled by compressed carbon dioxide gas. Two cables were paid out from the torpedo to the controlling ship or shore station which allowed the operator to steer it by means of electrical signals. It had a length of 7.6 m and a diameter of 600 mm and with an effective range of 1.25 miles, speed of 6 knots, 100-pound dynamite load and 2,800-pound total weight. The Lay torpedo was one of several designs tested by U.S. Navy at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. It was adopted by the U.S. Navy, that was reluctant to purchase and use Whitehead torpedoes in 1872.
Lay torpedoes were also acquired by Peru for use in the War of the Pacific, but proved unsuccessful. On 28 August 1879 at Antofagasta the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar, while engaging shore batteries and the Chilean ships Abtao, Magallanes and Limarí, launched a Lay torpedo only to have it reverse course. The ship Huascar was saved when an officer jumped overboard to divert it.
In 1880, he produced an improved version – the Lay-Haight Torpedo. This used a 3-cylinder Brotherhood engine fuelled by carbon dioxide (a mixture of carbonic acid and calcium), to increase its speed to 8 knots, with a range of 2,300 meters. Having passed the initial tests, the governments of the United States and the Russian Empire bought its manufacturing rights. Lay himself set up a manufacturing plant in Russia where more than 10 large torpedoes were reportedly manufactured. However, it never had successful application.
Lay's inventions made him a rich man, but he lost it all in speculation, and he spent his final years in poverty. He died at Bellevue Hospital, New York City, in April 1899.
# John Methuen Coote

John Methuen Coote (13 March 1878 – 4 October 1967) was a British colonial administrator who served in the East Africa Protectorate. He is known for a stand-off with the Belgians over the location of the border between the Belgian Congo and the British territories.

## Family

John Methuen Coote was born on 13 March 1878 in Cambridge, England. His parents were Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote, 12th Baronet, and Jean Trotter. On 24 September 1912 he married Leonore Wray Trench, daughter of John Townsend Trench and Leonora Wray. Their children were Joanna Frances Coote (1913–2003) and Diana Jean Coote (1914–2004).

## Career

Coote joined the Uganda administration as an assistant collector on 24 November 1905. In December 1908 he returned to Uganda from leave in Europe and was again posted to the Bukedi District. Almost as soon as he arrived the District Commissioner, Sydney Ormsby, died. Coote took over as District Commissioner at Mbale.
At the end of May 1909 a runner brought him orders to report to Entebbe. There he was told to go to Mbarara and there take charge of a mixed force of Sikhs, King's African Rifles and Police as Political Officer. With this force he was to establish a post on Lake Kivu and to administer the surrounding district. Coote did not waste time. He left Entebbe on 7 June and the expedition left Mbarara on 11 June.
German East Africa, British East Africa and the Belgian Congo all adjoined the area around Lake Kivu, but the borders were not well defined. The Germans had ceded the plain of Ufumbiro near Rutshuru to the British despite its clearly being in Belgian territory. Coote notified the Belgians on 26 June 1909 that he was taking possession of the area. The Belgian soldier Frederik-Valdemar Olsen travelled there from the Lake Albert region, arrested two British soldiers camped at Kurezi, and created three redoubts that blocked all access by the British. Coote decided to repossess Kurezi but was stopped in a marshy region and ran low of food. Olsen refused to meet Coote until he withdrew, which Coote would not do, and a stalemate ensued for ten months while the Belgian, German and British governments agreed on their respective borders in the region. The Kivu border question was eventually settled in May 1910.
Coote resigned on 2 January 1912. On 6 October 1915 he was appointed Political Officer, South Kavirondo. In 1917 he was Liaison Officer with the Belgians after they had occupied Tabora. On 18 November 1918 he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa. Coote died on 4 October 1967 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.

## Publications

* Coote, John Methuen (1917), Army correspondence book
* Coote, John Methuen (1955), John Methuen Coote Correspondence
* J.M. Coote (1956), "The Kivu Mission, 1909-10", Uganda Journal, 20
# John Rodgers Airport

John Rodgers Airport may refer to:
* Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (IATA: HNL), originally John Rodgers Airport when opened in 1927
* Kalaeloa Airport (IATA: JRF), originally John Rodgers Field at Naval Air Station Barbers Point
# Alexandra Ward, Ipswich

Alexandra Ward is a ward in the central area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.
It is designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 007 by the Office for National Statistics. It is composed of 6 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.

## Ward profile, 2008

Alexandra Ward is located in Ipswich town centre. In 2005 it had a population a little under 7,500. A high proportion of its residents living alone and it also has a high proportion of younger people.

## Notable buildings in Alexandra Ward

* Neptune Inn, Fore Street

### Churches

* St Clement's Church
* St Lawrence Church
* St Mary at the Elms

## Councillors

The following councillors were elected since the boundaries were changed in 2002 Names in brackets indicates that the councillor remained in office without re-election.
| Date | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| May 2002 | Penelope Breakwell | Maureen Carrington-Brown | Jane Chambers |
| May 2003 | (Penelope Breakwell) | (Maureen Carrington-Brown) | Jane Chambers |
| June 2004 | (Penelope Breakwell) | Louise Gooch | (Jane Chambers) |
| May 2006 | Phillip Green | (Louise Gooch) | (Jane Chambers) |
| May 2007 | (Phillip Green) | (Louise Gooch) | Jane Chambers |
| May 2008 | (Phillip Green) | Louise Gooch | (Jane Chambers) |
| May 2010 | Ken Bates | Nigel Cheeseman | (Jane Chambers) |
| May 2011 | (Ken Bates) | (Nigel Cheeseman) | Harvey Crane |
| May 2012 | (Ken Bates) | Adam James Leeder | (Harvey Crane) |
| May 2014 | John Cook | (Adam James Leeder) | Jane Riley |
| May 2015 | (John Cook) | (Adam James Leeder) | Jane Riley |
| May 2016 | (John Cook) | Adam James Leeder | (Jane Riley) |
| May 2018 | John Cook | (Adam James Leeder) | (Jane Riley) |
| May 2019 | (John Cook) | (Adam James Leeder) | Jane Riley |
| Sept 2019 | (John Cook) | (Adam Rae) | Jane Riley |
| May 2021 | (John Cook) | Adam Rae | (Jane Riley) |
| May 2022 | John Cook | (Adam Rae) | (Jane Riley) |
| May 2023 | (John Cook) | (Adam Rae) | Jane Riley |
| May 2024 | (John Cook) | Adam Rae | (Jane Riley) |
# Alexander Zaytsev

Alexander Zaytsev is the name of:
* Alexander Zaytsev (artist) (1903–1982), Russian painter and art educator
* Alexander Zaytsev (pilot) (1911–1965), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater) (born 1952), Russian figure skater
* Alexander Zaitsev (astronomer) (1945–2021), Russian scientist in radar astronomy and SETI
* Alexander Zaytsev (chemist) (1841–1910), Russian chemist
* Alexander Zaitsev (chess player) (1935–1971), Russian chess grandmaster
# John S. McCain

John S. McCain may refer to:

## People

* John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945), United States Navy admiral
* John S. McCain Jr. (1911–1981), United States Navy admiral and son of John S. McCain Sr.
* John S. McCain III (1936–2018), United States Navy captain, American statesman, politician, and son of John S. McCain Jr.

## Ships

* USS John S. McCain, a U.S. Navy ship name
** USS John S. McCain (DL-3), a Mitscher-class destroyer in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1978
** USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy since 1994
# John Ravenscroft

John Ravenscroft may refer to:
* John Ravenscroft (engineer), engineer and engine designer for British manufacturer TVR
* John Ravenscroft (horticulturalist), British founder of Bridgemere Garden World
* John Ravenscroft (composer) (c. 1665 – 1697), English violinist and composer
* John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, English radio broadcaster known as John Peel
* John Stark Ravenscroft (1772–1830), American bishop of the Episcopal Church
# John O'Meara

John O'Meara may refer to:
* John Corbett O'Meara (born 1933), United States federal judge
* John O'Meara (politician) (1856–1904), Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand
* John J. O'Meara (1915–2003), Irish classical scholar and historian of ancient and medieval philosophy
* Johnny O'Meara (1929–2011), Irish rugby union player
# John O'Molony

John O'Molony may refer to:
* John O'Molony (1591–1651), Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Irish Confederate
* John O'Molony (1617–1702), Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Jacobite
# Alexander Leslie-Melville

Alexander Leslie-Melville may refer to:
* Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven (1749–1820), Scottish Whig politician
* Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven (1817–1889)
* Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven (1924–2012), Scottish peer and soldier
* Alexander Leslie-Melville, Lord Balgonie (1831–1857), British soldier
# Alexander Stevens

Alexander Stevens may refer to:
* Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), American politician
* Alexander Henry Stevens (1834–1916), American banker
* Alexander Hodgdon Stevens (1789–1869), American surgeon
* Alexander Stevens, alias of J. Peters
# John Richardson (poet)

John Richardson (20 August 1817 – 30 April 1886) was an English poet. Living near Keswick all his life, he contributed to local cultural life, and published poetry, some in the local dialect.

## Life

He was born at Stone House in Naddle Vale, near Keswick, Cumberland, in 1817, one of seven children of Daniel Richardson and his wife Mary née Faulder, who were natives of the Vale. He was educated under the Reverend Edward Wilson, who taught the school of St John's in the Vale and was incumbent of its little church.
On leaving school Richardson followed his father's trade as a mason, and eventually as a builder. He rebuilt the church of St John's in the Vale, the parsonage, and the schoolhouse. About 1857 he became master of the school, where he taught until partially disabled by a paralytic seizure about a year before his death. He died on the fell side, near his residence, Bridge House, on 30 April 1886, and was buried at the church of St John's in the Vale on 4 May.
Aged 24 he married Grace Birkett, who, with eight of their family of ten children, survived him.

## Writings

Many of his writings, which are numerous, both in prose and verse, are in the vernacular of the district of Cumberland in which he had spent his life.
He published Cummerland Talk: Being Short Tales And Rhymes In The Dialect of That County, Together With A Few Miscellaneous Pieces In Verse (volume 1 1871, volume 2 1876).
Richardson read seven papers to the Keswick Literary Society, which were printed in the Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science. In 1879 and 1880 he contributed to the West Cumberland Times a series of sketches, "Stwories 'at Granny used to tell".
He also contributed to various newspapers pieces of poetry and prose, some of them in the Cumberland dialect. Most of his compositions are characterised by humour and pathos. As a poet and songwriter he had a great local reputation, and his literary work often proved of conspicuous merit.
# John Richardson (rugby union)

Stanley John Richardson (1 April 1947 — 5 December 2019) was a Welsh rugby union international.
Richardson was born in the village of Blaencwm and attended Treherbert Secondary Modern School.
A prop, Richardson earned two Test caps for Wales. The Aberavon player was selected on the 1978 tour of Australia and in the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground came on as a substitute prop. He replaced Graham Price, who had suffered a jaw broken from a punch by Wallaby Steve Finnane. His other appearance, which he started, was against England in the last round of the 1979 Five Nations, a resounding win which secured Wales the championship and Triple Crown.
# Aletoutou

Aletoutou is a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin.
# Alexei Roibu

Alexei Roibu (born 17 November 1954) is a Moldovan lawyer and security official with the rank of brigadier general, who served as interior minister from January 2011 to July 2012.

## Early life and education

Roibu was born in Sadaclia, Cimișlia District, on 17 November 1954. He holds a bachelor's degree, which he received from the State Agrarian University of Moldova in 1976. From 1984 to 1985 he attended committee of state security in Minsk. He graduated from the International University of Moldova in 1998.

## Career

Roibu started his career in the Cimislia district where he served from 1976 to 1984. Then he worked in intelligence and security sector from 1984 to 2002. On 29 March 2002, he became first director of the centre for combating economic crimes and corruption and his tenure lasted for two years. From 2004 to 2009 he worked as a lawyer. In December 2009, he was named general manager of the border guard service and served there until January 2011. He was brigadier general when he assumed the post. On 14 January 2011, Roibu was appointed interior minister to the cabinet led by prime minister Vlad Filat. Roibu was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova in the cabinet. His term ended on 24 July 2012 when he was removed from office. He was succeeded by Dorin Recean in the post.
# John Sams

John Sams may refer to:
* John B. Sams, United States Air Force general
* John Sams (cricketer), English cricketer
# John Samsen

John R. 'Dick' Samsen (November 29, 1927 – November 6, 2020) was an aero engineer turned product designer; Ford designer 1952–1955, co-designer of 1955 Ford Thunderbird and Chrysler designer 1955–1976.
Most notable for his work on the 1955 Thunderbird and the Plymouth Barracuda models, Samsen published a documentary DVD "We Dreamed the Dream Cars", a history of American car designing. Aerospace engineer, industrial designer, and artist, John Samsen's thirty-five-year career included design work on the first Thunderbird and two experimental cars at Ford, and the co-design of Barracuda, Fury, Road Runner, Imperial, Duster, and many other projects at Chrysler Corp.
Besides doing free-lance and consultant work for several other corporations, Samsen used his skills to produce acrylic and watercolor paintings and digital fine art. His work has received awards in shows and many pieces are in private collections. In 1978, John experienced a metanoia, a transformation of consciousness, and wrote the book Gems Among the Stones, the story of his life and awakening. Samsen was married to Mary "Tucky" Samsen, a nursing educator. They resided in Hilton Head, SC.
# John Russell's Regiment of Guards

John Russell's Regiment of Guards (later called the King's Royal Regiment of Guards) was an English infantry regiment formed following the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660.
The regiment served as a second regiment of foot guards, mirroring the form and function of Lord Wentworth's Regiment. It was commanded by John Russell. Upon the death of Lord Wentworth in 1665, the two regiments were amalgamated into the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.
# John Tinker

John Tinker may refer to:
* Joe Tinker (politician) (John Joseph Tinker, 1875–1957), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leigh 1923–1945
* John Tinker (colonial administrator) (1700–1758), governor of the Bahamas 1741–1758
* John Tinker, lead plaintiff in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, a U.S. Supreme Court case on student freedom of speech
* John Tinker (TV producer) (born 1958), American television producer/writer
* John Tinker (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1725–1767)