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3 unusual facts about John White


John White, 1st Baron Overtoun

He declined to stand as the Liberal candidate for Dunbartonshire in 1889 but took an active part in supporting John Sinclair candidature in the 1892 general election, where 50 years of Conservative domination in the constituency was broken.

After his death citizens of Glasgow erected a statue of him at Cathedral Square, Glasgow.

Persoonia hirsuta

First collected by John White in the vicinity of Port Jackson (Sydney) in 1794, Persoonia hirsuta was described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in his 1805 work Synopsis Plantarum.


1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

Tottenham won the match 5–1 thanks to goals by Jimmy Greaves (2), John White and Terry Dyson (2).

American Pie Presents: Beta House

John White stars as Erik Stifler, a college freshman who pledges the Beta House fraternity led by his cousin, Dwight Stifler (Steve Talley).

Aylmer Bourke Lambert

Contributors included Governor Arthur Phillip, Surgeon-General John White, Colonel William Paterson, Major Robert Ross, Major Francis Grose and Philip Gidley King.

Glen Milliner

Along with former Tasmanian Labor minister John White, Milliner was a director of the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation, the since-shuttered company at the centre of the political scandal that led to the resignation of Tasmanian deputy premier Bryan Green.

Grevillea

The timber from which the veneer was made, referred to as 'beef wood', was sent from Port Jackson by Surgeon-General John White, who arrived in the new penal colony of Australia with the First Fleet.

Gusty Spence

Flanked by his PUP colleagues Jim McDonald and William "Plum" Smith, as well as Ulster Democratic Party members Gary McMichael, John White and Davy Adams, Spence read out the statement from Fernhill a former Cunningham family home on their former Glencairn estate in Belfast's Glencairn area, an important training centre for members of Edward Carson's original Ulster Volunteers.

Johnny Adair

He invited the five other brigadiers from the Inner Council to attend along with leading loyalist Michael Stone and politicians John White and Frank McCoubrey.

Marian B. Tasco

She was elected to the seat in 1987, defeating two other challengers in the Democratic primary, after incumbent Democratic Councilman John White resigned from Council that January.

Roanoke Island

John White, father of the colonist Eleanor Dare, and grandfather to Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, left the colony to return to England for supplies.


see also

Cecil White

Unk White (Cecil John White, 1900–1986), Australian cartoonist

Eriocaulon scariosum

Based on specimen information "communicated from New South Wales in 1792, by John White, M. D.", this species was formally described using this name and in 1819 that was published scientifically by James E. Smith, London, in The Cyclopaedia.

John George Cochrane

Here, after a residence of some years, he entered into partnership with John White, and the firm of White, Cochrane Co. carried on an extensive business in Fleet Street, until they became involved in the major trade ruin which followed the failure of Archibald Constable.

John W. Brownson

He was the son of Dr. John White Brownson (1774–1824) and Laura (Chipman) Brownson (1782–1867), daughter of Chief Justice of Vermont Nathaniel Chipman (1752–1843).

John White Brownson (March 12, 1807 Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont – September 5, 1860 Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin) was an American politician from New York.

Lost Colony DNA Project

John White, whose daughter, son-in-law, and grandchild Virginia Dare, were among the colonists, believed this message meant they had gone to Croatoan Island where their friend Manteo was Chief of the Indians.

Music of Newfoundland and Labrador

Radio programs such as Irene B. Mellon and The Big Six, the television shows All Around The Circle (1964) and Ryan's Fancy, collections such as Gerald S. Doyle's Old Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland, musicians including accordionists Ray Walsh, Wilf Doyle, Omar Blondahl, John White and the McNulty Family, and scholars including Maud Karpeles also contributed to the preservation of Newfoundland and Labrador music.

Nathan Cooley Keep

Ultimately, John White Webster, a professor of chemistry at the Medical School, was convicted and hanged for the murder of George Parkman, prominent physician and member of the Boston Brahmin elite.

Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
Bernard Charlie Lilley (1946)
Albert John White (1946)

Scouting sex abuse cases

In 1999 David John White, a scout leader in the Porirua suburb of Whitby, pleaded guilty to eight charges of indecently assaulting scouts at his home between 1984 and 1998.

Waddilove High School

Waddilove High School is a Methodist High School in Marondera, Zimbabwe, established in 1891 by Methodist Missionary John White.