James Parker
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James Parker may refer to:
- Jim Parker (chiropractor), founder of Parker College of Chiropractic and Parker Seminars
- Jim Parker (composer)Jim Parker (composer)Jim Parker is a British composer.After graduating as a silver medallist at the Guildhall School of Music, Parker played with leading London orchestras and chamber groups as well as being a key part of The Barrow Poets for whom he provided both original instrumental music and music to accompany the...
(born 1934), British composer - Jim Parker (American football)Jim Parker (American football)James Thomas "Jim" Parker was a college and professional American football player in the 1950s and '60s. He is a member of the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame.-College career:...
(1934–2005), American professional football player - James Parker (cement maker)James Parker (cement maker)James Parker was a British clergyman and cement manufacturer who invented one of the pioneering new cements of the late eighteenth century.In 1791, he was granted a patent "Method of Burning bricks, Tiles, Chalk"...
(pre 1780–after 1807), "Roman" cement inventor - James Parker (judge)James Parker (judge)Sir James Parker was a British barrister who became Vice Chancellor of the High Court.Parker was born in Glasgow, the son of Charles Stuart Parker and his wife Mary Rainey. He was educated at Glasgow Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1829, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn...
(1803-1852) British Vice-chancellor, father of James Parker (rower) - James Parker (Massachusetts)James Parker (Massachusetts)James Parker was an American politician. He represented Massachusetts's and districts in the United States House of Representatives, from 1813 to 1815, and 1819 to 1821 elected as a Democratic-Republican. He also served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Parker died in Gardiner, Maine on...
(1768–1837), United States Congressman from Massachusetts - James Parker (New Jersey)James Parker (New Jersey)James Parker was a United States Representative from New Jersey.-Biography:Parker was born in Bethlehem, New Jersey and moved to Perth Amboy after the Revolution. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City in 1793.Parker engaged in the management and settlement of...
(1776–1868), United States Congressman from New Jersey - James Parker (rower)James Parker (rower)James Edward Parker was an English rower who won several events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls, the amateur sculling championship of the River Thames....
(born 1842) English rower, son of James Parker (judge) - James Parker (US Army officer) (1854–1934), Major General in the United States Army
- James Ervan ParkerJames Ervan ParkerJames Ervan Parker is an American Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Huntsville, Alabama Sub-chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Parker lives in Madison, Alabama, his home since 1985.-Early career:Parker received his first guitar from Jimmy Gilmer of The Fireballs...
(born 1942), US Singer-Songwriter - James Stewart ParkerStewart ParkerJames Stewart Parker was a Northern Irish poet and playwright.He was born in Sydenham, Belfast, of a Protestant working class family. While still in his teens, he contracted bone cancer and had a leg amputated...
(1941–1988), English playwright and writer - James S. ParkerJames S. ParkerJames Southworth Parker was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University in 1887. He taught at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in 1887 and moved to...
(1867–1933), United States Congressman from New York - James "Quick" Parker (born 1958), Canadian Football League player
- James Parker (priest)James Parker (priest)James Parker is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He had earlier been a priest of the Anglican church before he converted to Catholicism. On June 28, 1982 he was formally ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, with the approval of the pope...
, priest of the Anglican and later Roman Catholic Church - James W. ParkerJames W. ParkerJames W. Parker was the uncle of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Great-Uncle of Quanah Parker, last chief of the Comanches. A man of Scots-Irish descent, he was a member of the large Parker frontier family that settled in east Texas in the 1830s...
(1797–1865), legendary Texas settler - James Aubrey ParkerJames Aubrey ParkerJames Aubrey Parker is a United States federal judge.Born in Houston, Texas, Parker received a B.A. from Rice University in 1959 and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1962...
(born 1937), U.S. federal judge - James Parker (Labour politician)James Parker (Labour politician)James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...
(1863–1948), British Labour politician, MP for Halifax - James Parker (rugby player), former All Black
- James Parker (tennis), American tennis player of the 1960s, see 1965 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
- Jimmy ParkerJimmy ParkerJimmy Parker is a former Belgian International rugby player who currently plays his trade for the Brussels Barbarians.He was captain of the Brussels Barbarians for the 1994-95 season.He is interviewed here...
, rugby player - Red ParkerRed ParkerJimmy "Red" Parker is an American football coach. From 1961 to 1965, he served as the head football coach at Arkansas A&M, where he compiled a 29–19–2 record. From 1966 to 1972, he coached at The Citadel in South Carolina. He compiled a 46–37 record there. From 1973 to 1976,...
, Jimmy "Red" Parker, college football coach - James J. Parker, one of the two perpetrators of the 2001 Dartmouth MurdersDartmouth MurdersThe Dartmouth Murders were the double homicide of Dartmouth College professors Half Zantop and his wife Susanne Zantop , who were killed at their home in Etna, New Hampshire , on January 27, 2001...
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