Category: Biography
Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Black US ragtime composer and pianist. As a teenager he studied harmony and travelled round the Southern states playing in bars and brothels. Influenced …
Ben Jonson Ben Jonson, (1572-1637). English dramatist and poet. As a youth he was apprenticed to a bricklayer but ran away to Flanders as a soldier. About 1595 he …
Inigo Jones Inigo Jones, (1573-1652). English architect and stage designer. He visited Italy and was greatly influenced by Palladio’s classical style of architecture. In 1605 he began to design …
St John the Baptist St John the Baptist, (fl. 1st century AD). Jewish prophet. He spent some years in a monastic community in the desert before becoming known as …
St John the Apostle St John the Apostle, (fl. 1st century AD). One of the 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ. He and his brother James, sons of a fisherman, …
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson, (1709-84). British poet, essayist, and lexicographer. The son of a bookseller, he made his reputation by the poem London (1738) and the magazine The Rambler, …
Amy Johnson Amy Johnson, (1903-41). British aviator. In 1930 she became the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, and was awarded the CBE for her achievement. …
Jasper Johns Jasper Johns (1930— ). US painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, whose style anticipated the Pop art movement of the 1950s. After service in the US army, Johns …
