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19-500: John Richards may refer to: Law [ edit ] John Richards (Salem witch trials) (died 1694), one of the judges of the Salem witch trials John Richards (Attorney General) (1790–1872), Irish judge John E. Richards (1856–1932), California Supreme Court justice John K. Richards (1856–1909), Ohio Attorney General John Goddard Richards (1794–?), Irish barrister and justice of

38-573: A fit of apoplexy , in Boston on April 2, 1694. He had married Ann Winthrop, the widowed daughter-in-law of founder John Winthrop ; they had no children. John F. Richards John F. Richards (November 3, 1938 – August 23, 2007) was a historian of South Asia and in particular of the Mughal Empire . He was Professor of History at Duke University in North Carolina , and a recipient in 2007 of

57-602: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Richards (Salem witch trials) John Richards was born in England , and traveled with his parents in 1630 to North America as part of the first major wave of migration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony . In 1644 Ricards was enrolled in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company , which he would remain involved with for

76-631: The Salem area of Essex County . Phips created a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer, to which Richards was appointed. This court oversaw the conviction and execution of nineteen individuals in the infamous Salem witch trials . When the Superior Court of Judicature was formed as the province's high court, Richards was also appointed to it. This court disposed of a great many more witchcraft cases, acquitting many; its witchcraft-related convictions in 1693 were vacated by Governor Phips. He died, reportedly from

95-581: The Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award. He participated in and encouraged a multi-disciplinary, multi-regional approach to studies. John Richards was born on November 3, 1938, in Exeter, New Hampshire . His parents, Frank F. Richards and Ella Higgins Richards, subsequently had two more children. Richards graduated from the University of New Hampshire as valedictorian in 1961 and on

114-979: The House of Commons from England John Fletcher Richards (1818–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman John L. Richards , mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1886 John Richards (Australian politician) (c. 1842–1913), writer on mining and politician in South Australia John Richards (Canadian politician) (1857–1917), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island John Gardiner Richards Jr. (1864–1941), governor of South Carolina John Richards (scholar) (born 1944), Canadian politician and scholar Religion [ edit ] John Harold Richards (1869–1952), Anglican priest John Richards (bishop of St David's) (1901–1990), Bishop of St David's John Richards (bishop of Ebbsfleet) (1933–2003), Bishop of Ebbsfleet Sports [ edit ] John R. Richards (1875–1947), American football coach at

133-519: The Mughals to be an "early modern" empire, rather than the medieval one that most commentators believed it to be. It was this belief that led him into studies of world trade and state finances, as well as early modern world environmental history. In 2003, he published The Unending Frontier: Environmental History of the Early Modern World (2003). Richards had worked at Duke University since 1977. He

152-859: The Queen's household in the United Kingdom John Baker Richards , governor of the Bank of England, 1826–1828 John F. Richards (1938–2007), historian of South Asia John S. Richards , American librarian John Richards, founder and chairman of the Apostrophe Protection Society John Richards, Australian writer and podcaster, known for Boxcutters , Outland , and Night Terrace See also [ edit ] Jonathan Richards (disambiguation) Jack Richards (disambiguation) John Richard (born 1934), Canadian Chief Justice [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

171-684: The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Ohio State University John Richards (racing driver) (born 1948), American former racing driver John Richards (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer Other [ edit ] John Richards (soldier) (1669–1709), Irish artillery officer John Richards (actor) , English stage actor John Inigo Richards (1731–1810), English landscape painter John Morgan Richards (1841–1918), American businessman and entrepreneur John Francisco Richards II (1896–1918), World War I aviator John Richards (Royal Marines officer) (1927–2004), lieutenant-general of

190-498: The colonial government should acquiesce to the crown demands, and was consequently voted from office in 1684. That year, the colonial charter was revoked. In 1686 the Dominion of New England was established, with Joseph Dudley as its first governor, and Sir Edmund Andros as its second. He served as a judge under Dudley's brief administration, but was apparently opposed to Andros' unpopular rule, in which he played no part. The dominion

209-504: The colony exhibit more religious tolerance and adhere more closely to the Navigation Acts , both of which the colony's hardline administration had resisted doing. Richards and Dudley were unsuccessful in their negotiations with the Lords of Trade, because the colonial government had specifically denied them authority to agree to changes in the colonial charter. Richards was of the opinion that

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228-654: The leading historians of the Mughal Empire in the United States", according to David Gilmartin , and he went on to write a volume of The New Cambridge History of India titled The Mughal Empire (1993). Other works by Richards on the Mughal period include The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India (1987) and Kingship and Authority in South Asia (1998). The impact of the Mughal empire on world events caused him to consider

247-601: The peace Music [ edit ] Johnny Richards (1911–1968), jazz musician and composer John Richards (musician) (born 1966), British musician and academic John Richards (radio personality) , radio disc jockey at KEXP in Seattle Politics [ edit ] John Richards (Pennsylvania politician) (1753–1822), United States congressman from Pennsylvania John Richards (New York politician) (1765–1850), United States congressman from New York John Richards (British politician) (1780–1847), Member of

266-406: The rest of his life. A resident of Dorchester for most of his life, he operated a mill, and frequently served as on the colony's general court (as its assembly was known). The colony did not have a residency requirement, and he usually represented communities (such as Hadley that were distant from Boston , where the assembly met. In 1679 and 1680, however, he was chosen to represent Boston, and

285-537: The same day he married his high school sweetheart, Ann Berry. The couple moved to California and, in 1968, to Madison when he received an appointment at the University of Wisconsin . He was awarded a PhD in History by the University of California, Berkeley , in 1970. His thesis, later published at Mughal Administration in Golconda (1975), was written under the direction of Thomas R. Metcalf . This established him as "one of

304-407: 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=John_Richards&oldid=1076938035 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

323-453: Was elected speaker in 1680. From 1680-84 he served as one of the colony's assistants, whose council served as the upper body of the assembly and as the colony's highest court. In 1681 Richards was appointed along with Joseph Dudley to represent the colony in London in an attempt to address royal concerns over the colony's administration. King Charles II had, upon his restoration, insisted that

342-626: Was heavily involved with administration of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and in reforming the troubled American Institute of Pakistan Studies . He was also in the vanguard of establishing the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies , the first meeting of which took place at Duke University in 2003 and of which he was the founding president. Richards died of cancer at home in Durham, North Carolina , on August 23, 2007, days before he

361-524: Was overturned in 1689 when Andros and Dudley were arrested in the wake of the Glorious Revolution . The old colonial administration was restored, and Richards was once again made an assistant. In 1692 Sir William Phips arrived in the colony bearing the new charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay , and a commission as governor. Phips' arrival occurred during the height of a witchcraft scare in

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