20-1024: James or Jim Henderson may refer to: Academics [ edit ] James Blacklock Henderson (1871–1950), Scottish inventor, engineer, and professor James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson (born 1944), American indigenous law scholar James G. Henderson (born 1945), professor at Kent State University James Henderson (surgeon) (1829–1865), British physician, surgeon, and author Politicians [ edit ] James Douglas Henderson (1927–2020), Alberta MLA from 1963 to 1975 James Henderson (Irish politician) (1846–1924), Lord Mayor of Belfast James Henry Dickey Henderson (1810–1885), United States Representative from Oregon James M. Henderson (1921–1995), American businessman and politician J. Pinckney Henderson (1808–1858), American politician, first governor of Texas James W. Henderson (1817–1880), American politician, fourth governor of Texas James Henderson Jr. (1942-2022), American politician, member of
40-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Blacklock Henderson Sir James Blacklock Henderson GCVO (5 March 1871 – 7 April 1950) was a Scottish inventor, naval architect, and professor of applied mechanics. Born the eldest son of James Henderson, headmaster of Whitehall School, Glasgow, James B. Henderson was educated by his father and at Allan Glen's School in Glasgow and then at
60-692: The North British Daily Mail and for a publishing company, before setting up his own business. In 1855, he launched the Glasgow Daily News , the first daily penny newspaper in Britain, and The Weekly News and General Advertiser . However, neither succeeded for long, and his business collapsed. He moved to England and worked at the Leeds Express and Manchester Guardian . At the Guardian , he
80-623: The Household Monthly Magazine . In 1871, as a spin-off from the Weekly Budget , Henderson started the Young Folks magazine, which was again highly successful. It published, in serial form, three novels by the initially-unknown Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (first published in 17 instalments, from October 1881), The Black Arrow (1883). and Kidnapped (1886). They were initially published under
100-589: The Liberal Party candidate in the Dulwich by-election , but was defeated by the Conservative candidate, John Blundell Maple . Henderson's three sons became involved in the business. His son Nelson (1865–1943) – who also played rugby for London Scottish F.C. and Scotland – took over several of the magazines and later became chairman of the family company, James Henderson & Sons Ltd, which
120-472: The University of Glasgow and the University of Berlin . From 1894 to 1898, he was a lecturer in physics at Yorkshire College, Leeds . From 1898 to 1901, he was head of the scientific department at Barr and Stroud , Glasgow. In 1898, he married Annie Margaret Henderson. From 1901 to 1905, he was a lecturer on electrical engineering and a university assistant in engineering at Glasgow University. In 1905, he
140-730: The pseudonym "Captain James North". Other stories in Young Folks were written by Richard Quittenton ("Roland Quiz"; 1833–1914) and Walter Viles ("Walter Villiers"; 1850–1884), with illustrations by John Proctor ("Puck"; 1836–1914). Another contributor to Young Folks was Alfred Harmsworth , who wrote nearly 80 articles for the magazine and later founded the Daily Mail . Henderson also published Funny Folks , from 1874 to 1894, in later years edited by Charles Pearce . Writer Denis Gifford considered Funny Folks to be
160-2081: The Arizona State Senate Jim Henderson (Ontario politician) (1940–2020), Canadian politician Barry Henderson (James Stewart Barry Henderson, born 1936), Scottish member of the House of Commons Sports [ edit ] Big James Henderson (born 1965), American powerlifter, preacher and motivational speaker James Henderson (cricketer, born 1975) , South African cricketer James Henderson (cricketer, born 1918) (1918—2004), Scottish cricketer and educator James Henderson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Scottish footballer (Rangers, Arsenal) James Henderson (footballer, born 1870) (1870–?), Scottish footballer (Liverpool) James Henderson (footballer, born 1871) (1871–?), Scottish footballer (Bury) James Henderson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), English footballer (Reading, Bradford City, Leeds City) James Henderson (Newcastle United footballer) , English footballer James Milne Henderson (1891–1917), Scottish rugby union player and British Army officer Mac Henderson (James McLaren Henderson, 1907–2009), Scottish rugby union player Skip Henderson (James Henderson, born 1965), American college basketball player Jim Henderson (baseball) (born 1982), Canadian professional baseball pitcher Jim Henderson (footballer) , Scottish footballer Others [ edit ] James Henderson (artist) (1871–1951), Canadian artist James Henderson (businessman) (born 1964), English public relations executive James Henderson (minister) (1820–1905), Presbyterian minister in Victoria and South Australia James Henderson (priest) (1840–1935), Archdeacon of Northumberland James Henderson (publisher) (1823–1906), British publisher of newspapers, comics, books and postcards James A. Henderson , chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc. James Henderson (moderator) (1797–1874), Scottish minister of
180-480: The Free Church of Scotland Jim Henderson (sportscaster) (born 1947), American sportscaster Jimmy Henderson (musician) (1921–1998), jazz trombonist and bandleader Jim Henderson (broadcaster) (1918–2005), New Zealand writer and radio broadcaster ( Radio Pacific ) See also [ edit ] Jamie Henderson (disambiguation) (born 1979), American football player [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
200-497: The end of the following year the Weekly Budget had a claimed circulation of 150,000, rising to 300,000 in subsequent years. Henderson and his family moved to Dulwich in 1864. He had a large villa, Adon Mount, built for himself, and developed neighbouring fields into a residential area. He also started the South London Press and Evening Mercury newspapers, and several other magazines including The Key , The Orb , and
220-482: The first British comic , though at first it tackled topical and political subjects along the same lines as Punch . The magazine was heavily illustrated, with cartoons by John Proctor among others, and benefitted from innovations in the use of cheap paper and photo-zincography printing. Another publication by Henderson was Scraps , a compendium of items aimed at children, many from foreign sources, and published between 1883 and 1910. When Harmsworth published
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#1732848508628240-400: The idea of 'check helm.' He was granted a patent in 1913 for an automatic steering device, in which the control action was dependent both on the deviation from the course and the rate of change of deviation. The basis of the invention was a constrained gyroscope used to measure the angular velocity of the ship, for which Henderson had been granted a secret patent in 1907. ... In 1928, Henderson
260-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Henderson&oldid=1225621962 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
280-588: The similar Comic Cuts a few years later, Henderson sued him for plagiarism . Henderson also published the popular magazine Nuggets , which featured cartoons and stories about a fictional family of Irish immigrants in London, the Hooligans, which would now be considered examples of anti-Irish bigotry . Other journals published by Henderson during his lifetime included Penny Pictorial , Prize Paper , and Magnet . In 1887, Henderson stood for election to Parliament as
300-586: Was Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He was also the inventor of many improvements in gunnery used by the Royal Navy. Post-WWI: Awarded £12,500 by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors for improvements in optical instruments for use on oscillating platforms. It was in connection with work on improving the steering of torpedoes that Sir James B. Henderson introduced
320-622: Was appointed a Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich . He was the author of many scientific papers published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society and several other academic journals. His knighthood was announced on 1 January 1920 and conferred at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 1920. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 at Toronto. For several years he
340-457: Was formally established in 1899. Another brother, Winfred Stanley Henderson (1869–1941) was managing director of the company. James Henderson retired to Worthing in Sussex, in about 1900. He died there in 1906, aged 82. The South London Press was sold to outside interests in 1907, and in 1910 the Weekly Budget was sold to American publisher Randolph Hearst . Hendersons continued as
360-596: Was influential in developing the popular press and comics in Britain . He established James Henderson & Sons Ltd , which published many newspapers and magazines as well as books and postcards. Henderson was born in Laurencekirk , near Montrose in Scotland. After working for his father, a saddle maker, he took a post with the local newspaper, the Montrose Standard . He then moved to Glasgow where he worked on
380-540: Was nominated a member of the Second Class of The Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan for his part in training Japanese naval officers at Greenwich. This was noted in 'The Collected Papers of William Burnside Vol 1., who was nominated at the same time. James Henderson (publisher) James Henderson (26 November 1823 – 24 February 1906) was a British newspaper and magazine proprietor and publisher, who
400-872: Was sent into the Lancashire towns to find out whether there was a demand for the daily newspaper to be circulated there. He found that there was little demand for a daily newspaper, but that "what was wanted was a weekly paper which, whilst giving a certain amount of news, should contain a considerable proportion of light amusing reading." Accordingly, Henderson founded his own journal, The Weekly Budget (originally The North British Weekly Budget ), in Manchester in January 1861. The newspaper contained both news items and fiction, and sold well. Its success led Henderson to move to Red Lion Court in Fleet Street in London in 1862, and by
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