John Barclay
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John Barclay may refer to:
- John Barclay (poet) (1582–1621), Scottish satirist and Latin poet
- John Barclay (Berean) (1734–1798), Scottish theological writer
- John Barclay (clergyman)John Barclay (clergyman)John Barclay was a Church of Scotland clergyman.Barclay was born in Scotland and trained for the ministry there arriving in Kingston, Upper Canada in 1821. There he became embroiled in an ongoing conflict with the Church of England in the person of the Reverend George Okill Stuart...
(1795–1826), Canadian Church of Scotland clergyman - John Barclay (cricketer)John Barclay (cricketer)John Robert Troutbeck Barclay was an English cricketer, who played internationally once for Hong Kong.John Barclay was born in Bonn, Germany. He was educated at Eton and was an acclaimed schoolboy cricketer...
(born 1954), cricketer - John Barclay (rugby union) (born 1986), Scottish international rugby union player, playing for Glasgow
- John Barclay (anatomist)John Barclay (anatomist)John Barclay FRSE FRCPE FRCSE FLS MWS was an eminent Scottish comparative anatomist, extra-mural teacher in anatomy, and director of the Highland Society of Scotland....
(1758–1826), anatomist - John Barclay, Captain in Danish-Norwegian military, 1643 to 1645, thought to have been the first male member of Clan BarclayClan Barclay-Origins of the clan:Since the eighteenth century, Barclay historians, noted for their low level in medieval scholarship, have assumed the Scottish family Barclay is a branch of one of the Anglo-Norman Berkeley family of Berkeley in Gloucestershire...
- John Barclay, 1791–1792 Mayor of Philadelphia
- John Barclay, survivor of the shipwreck of HMS BirkenheadHMS Birkenhead (1845)HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead or steam frigate Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy...
in 1852 - John Barclay (marine)John Barclay (marine)John Barclay was a British Royal Marines general.Barclay entered that corps in 1755 as a second lieutenant, and became first lieutenant in 1756. He served throughout the seven years' war, at first in the Mediterranean, then in the expedition to Belle Isle in 1760, and lastly on the coast of...