John Ward (1679?–1758) was an English teacher, supporter of learned societies, and biographer, remembered for his work on the Gresham College professors, of which he was one.
20-2106: John Ward may refer to: Academia [ edit ] John Ward (academic) (1679–1758), English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric John Clive Ward (1924–2000), British physicist John Manning Ward (1919–1990), Vice-Chancellor and history professor at the University of Sydney John Mason Ward (1921–2014), British chemist John Milton Ward IV (1917–2011), musicologist and Professor of Music at Harvard University John Sebastian Marlowe Ward (1885–1949), British historian, Freemason and spiritualist John William Ward (professor) (1922–1985), professor of English and history, and president of Amherst College Arts [ edit ] John Ward (actor) (1704–1773), English actor John Ward (American actor) (1923–1995), American actor John Ward (composer) (1590–1638), English composer John Ward (painter) (1798–1849), English marine artist John Ward (potter) (1938–2023), British potter John Powell Ward (born 1937), English poet and academic John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), American sculptor John Stanton Ward (1917–2007), English painter Johnny Ward (actor) (born 1987), Irish actor Johnny Ward (travel blogger) (born 1983), Irish world traveller Military [ edit ] John Ward (Medal of Honor) (1848–1911), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient John Ward (RAF officer) (1918–1995), British airman, member of Polish resistance during Warsaw Uprising John Hubert Ward (1870–1938), British army officer and courtier Public officials [ edit ] John Ward (1779–1855) , British Member of Parliament for Leominster John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781–1833), British statesman, 1st Earl of Dudley John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (1704–1774), British peer and politician John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725–1788), British peer and politician John Ward (banker) (c. 1650–1726), British MP, Lord Mayor of London, Governor of
40-526: A Lebanon attorney who later was Governor of Ohio . After he was admitted to practice, he was Corwin's law partner. In 1845, Ward, a Whig , was elected Warren County's seventh Prosecuting Attorney, an office once held by Governor Corwin. He served from 1846 to 1850. From 1853 to 1854, he represented Warren County in the Fiftieth General Assembly , the first held under the new state constitution adopted in 1851. He served only one two-year term in
60-623: A Baptist minister, by his wife, Constancy Rayner, he was born in London about 1679. For some years he was a clerk in the navy office, studying in spare time with the assistance of John Ker, who kept an academy, first in Highgate and afterwards in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell . He left the navy office in 1710, and opened a school in Tenter Alley, Moorfields , which he kept for many years. In 1712 he became one of
80-538: A publication now in the public domain : " Ward, John (1679?-1758) ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Durbin Ward Jesse Durbin Ward (February 11, 1819 – May 22, 1886) was an Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher, and American Civil War officer. Ward was born in Augusta, Kentucky . His mother, Rebecca Patterson, named him in honor of
100-697: The Dissertations of Maximus of Tyre , issued under the supervision of Ward, and the De Natura Animalium of Claudius Aelianus , edited by Abraham Gronovius , who acknowledges the assistance he received from Ward. On 20 May 1751 the University of Edinburgh conferred on Ward the degree of LL.D. He afterwards became a member of the Gentlemen's Society at Spalding . On the establishment of the British Museum he
120-597: The United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. After the war ended, President Andrew Johnson named him United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio . In 1870, he was elected a senator in the Ohio General Assembly . At Lebanon, Ward founded The Lebanon Patriot , a Democratic paper first published on January 16, 1868. Warren County being ardently Republican,
140-613: The Bank of England John Ward (Conservative politician) (1925–2010), Conservative MP for Poole, 1979–1997 John Ward (diplomat, died 1890) (1805–1890), British diplomat in Germany John Ward (economist) (born 1942), British trade unionist and opera administrator John Ward (loyalist) (1753–1846), businessman and politician in New Brunswick John Ward (Minnesota politician) (born 1950), retired educator and member of
160-1770: The Episcopal Diocese of Erie Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] John Ward (cricketer, born 1946) (born 1946), Australian cricketer John Ward (Derbyshire cricketer) (born 1948), English cricketer for Derbyshire John Ward (Hampshire cricketer) (active 1877), English cricketer for Hampshire John Ward (Kent cricketer) (active 1800–1806), English cricketer in Kent John Ward (New Zealand cricketer) (1937–2021), New Zealand cricketer John Ward (umpire) (born 1962), Australian cricket umpire Other sports [ edit ] John Ward (1920s footballer) (active 1925–26), English footballer John Ward (American football, born 1907) (1907–1907), American football player and coach John Ward (American football, born 1948) (1948–2012), American football player John Ward (Australian footballer) (1928–2017), Australian rules footballer John Ward (broadcaster) (1930–2018), American radio broadcaster John Ward (footballer, born 1951) (born 1951), English footballer and manager John Ward (outfielder) (active 1884), American baseball outfielder John Ward (pitcher) (1862–1899), American baseball pitcher John Ward (rugby) (1873–1939), English rugby player John Montgomery Ward (1860–1925), American baseball player John T. Ward Jr. (1945–2021), American horse trainer Johnny Ward (rugby league) (c. 1941–2019), English rugby player Jay Ward (baseball) (John Francis Ward, 1938–2012), American baseball player and coach Other [ edit ] John Ralph Hansford Ward , known as Hansford Ward (1817–1903), also his son with
180-1281: The Maine House of Representatives and President of the Maine Senate John Guthrie Ward (1909–1991), British ambassador to Argentina and Italy John M. Ward (1865–1948), Member of the Maine House of Representatives Sir John MacQueen Ward (born 1940), Scottish businessman T. John Ward (born 1943), United States federal judge, Eastern District of Texas John Ward (died 1501), Lord Mayor of London buried in St Paul's Cathedral Religion [ edit ] John Ward (archbishop of Cardiff) (1929–2007), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, 1983–2001 John Ward (auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles) (1920–2011), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles John Ward (bishop of Leavenworth) (1857–1929), Roman Catholic Bishop of Leavenworth, 1911–1929 John Ward (priest) (died 1860), English Anglican Dean of Lincoln John Ward (prophet) (1781–1837), Irish preacher and prophet John Ward (vicar) (1629–1681), English vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon John C. Ward (1873–1949), bishop of
200-576: The Minnesota House of Representatives John Ward (South Carolina politician) (1767–1816), intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801–1802 John Ward (trade unionist) (1866–1934), English politician, trade union leader and soldier John Durbin Ward (1819–1886), Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher and American Civil War officer John Elliott Ward (1814–1902), American diplomat and politician John F. Ward (1904–1973), Speaker of
220-672: The Rev. John Price Durbin (1800–1876), a noted Methodist preacher, who was a school mate of hers. Around 1823, the family moved to Fayette County, Indiana , in the southeastern part of that state. Josiah Morrow, the historian of Warren County , wrote of Ward: He attended for two years Miami University in Oxford, Ohio , one county east of Fayette and across the state line, then taught school in Warren County and settled there. He studied law under Judge George J. Smith (1799–1878) and Thomas Corwin ,
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#1732858808189240-462: The earliest members of a society composed principally of divines and lawyers, who met periodically in order to read discourses upon the civil law or upon the law of nature and nations. On 1 September 1720 he was chosen Gresham Professor of Rhetoric . Ward was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 30 November 1723. He was often elected a member of the council, and in 1752 he was appointed one of
260-629: The editions of 1746 and 1752; the works of George Benson ; and the second edition of Martin Folkes 's Table of English Gold Coins . He translated into Latin the eighth edition of Richard Mead 's Discourse of the Plague (1723), edited William Lily 's ' Latin Grammar in 1732, and contributed numerous papers to the Philosophical Transactions . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
280-569: The latter to Republican Christopher Wolcott .) In 1860, he supported Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas for President. When President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight in the Civil War , Ward was the first in his congressional district to enlist. He entered the army as a private, declining a commission. He rose to be a major in the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and saw action at Mill Springs , Corinth , Stones River , Hoover's Gap , and Chickamauga . At Chickamauga , his left arm
300-612: The legislature. During that time, he sponsored legislation for the state to abandon the unprofitable Warren County Canal that connected Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal at Middletown . Upon his retirement from the legislature, he opened a law office in Cincinnati, Ohio , but continued to live at Lebanon. Ward switched to the Democratic Party about this time and was its nominee for Congress in 1856 and Attorney General in 1858. (He lost
320-399: The same name, ship owners and captains of South Australia See also [ edit ] Death of John Ward , Irish traveller shot dead in 2004 Jack Ward (c. 1553–1622), English pirate and Barbary corsair Jonathan Ward (disambiguation) John Warde (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
340-479: 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_Ward&oldid=1223811535 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Ward (academic) Son of John Ward,
360-515: The vice-presidents. In August 1733 he made a journey through Holland and Flanders to Paris. He was elected on 5 February 1736 a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries , of which he became director on 15 January 1747. In April 1753 he was appointed vice-president of that society. He also joined another society formed by a number of noblemen and gentlemen for the encouragement of learning. Among the works printed at their expense were John Davies 's edition of
380-601: Was elected one of the trustees. He died in his apartments in Gresham College on 17 October 1758, and his remains were interred in the dissenters' burial-ground, Bunhill Fields . His works include: Several manuscript compilations by him are preserved in the British Museum. He also rendered assistance in the publication of Jacques Auguste de Thou 's History (1728); Robert Ainsworth 's Latin Dictionary , 1736, and also
400-404: Was wounded and permanently crippled. Ward was appointed colonel of the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on March 1, 1864. He resigned his commission on November 8, 1864. On January 13, 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Ward for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general , to rank from October 18, 1865, for his "gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Chickamauga," and
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