Miner, Jack — orig. John Thomas Miner born April 10, 1865, Dover Centre, Ohio, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1944, Kingsville, Ont., Can. Canadian naturalist. After moving to Canada in 1878, he established a bird sanctuary in 1904 on his farm in Kingsville, Ont. Banding… … Universalium
Jack Mary Ann — is a folk hero whose legendary exploits in the Wrexham area of Wales in the 1920s and 1930s are celebrated in a series of jokes and tales transmitted in local oral tradition. Jack was a coal miner. Jack s nickname comes from the common practice… … Wikipedia
jack — jack1 /jak/, n. 1. any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods. 2. Also called knave. Cards. a playing card bearing the picture of a soldier or… … Universalium
Jack — /jak/, n. a male given name, form of Jacob or John. * * * I Any of more than 150 species of fishes (family Carangidae, order Perciformes) found in temperate and tropical portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and occasionally in… … Universalium
miner — /muy neuhr/, n. 1. Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, esp. a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores. 2. a mechanical device used in mining: a miner for extracting ores from the ocean floor. 3. any of several Australian … Universalium
Jack — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino ELECTRICIDAD Dispositivo de conexión o conmutación usado para enlazar el cableado de un circuito. * * * (as used in expressions) Benny, Jack Dempsey, Jack Gibson, Eleanor J(ack) Eleanor Jack Jack, el… … Enciclopedia Universal
Jack Delano — (August 1, 1914 ndash; August 12, 1997) was an American photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and a composer noted for his use of Puerto Rican folk material.Delano was born in Kiev, Ukraine and moved, with his parents and… … Wikipedia
Jack Whitten — (born 1939) is an American abstract painter. Biography Whitten was born in Bessemer, Alabama, the son of a seamstress, twice widowed. His father, a coal miner, died while Whitten was a child. Planning a career as an army doctor, Whitten entered… … Wikipedia
Jack Coghill — (2009) John B. Jack Coghill (* 24. September 1925 in Fairbanks, Alaska) ist ein US amerikanischer Politiker (Independence Party). Er war von 1990 bis 1994 unter Gouverneur Walter Hickel Vizegouverneur des … Deutsch Wikipedia
Coal Miner Jack — see Savitsky, John … Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators
