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	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (John Q-John Z) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	John Steell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir John Steell ( 1804 - 1891) was a Scottish sculptor.
		A number of the public statues there are by him, including the one of the Duke of Wellington outside Register House and that of Sir Walter Scott at the Scott Monument.
		sir john steell was married to Elizabeth Graham daughter of John Graham they had several children only 3 lived to be adults.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Steell (103 words)

	Art Notes
		One of the finest portraits in the gallery is that by John Lavery, of a lady and child.
		John Steell, a wood-carver of note in Edinburgh, whose elder son, the late Sir John Steell, R.S.A., sculptor to the Queen for Scotland, also attained to eminence in Art.
		Steell's artistic tendencies were early developed, for at thirteen he showed the model of a greyhound at the R.S.A. exhibition.
	www.btinternet.com /~j.lillie/artnote2.htm (1037 words)

	DUNDEE - Online Information article about DUNDEE
		Morgan hospital, a structure in the Scots Baronial style, situated immediately to the north of Baxter Park, was founded in 1868 by John Morgan, a native of Dundee, for the board and education of a hundred boys, sons of indigent tradesmen, but was acquired by the school board and transformed into a secondary school.
		In that year the town fell into the hands of the English, and it was whilst engaged in besieging the castle in 1297 that Wallace withdrew to fight the battle of Stirling Bridge.
		Robert Nicoll (1814-1837), the poet, kept a circulating library in Castle Street; and William Thom (1798-1848), the writer of The Rhymes of a Handloom Weaver, was buried in the Western Cemetery.
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	EDINBURGH - Online Information article about EDINBURGH
		St John's Episcopal church at the west end of Princes Street was the scene of the ministrations of Dean Ramsay, and St Paul's Episcopal church of the Rev. Archibald Alison, father of the historian.
		John Knox's house at the east end of High Street is kept in excellent repair, and contains several articles of furniture that belonged to the reformer.
		Sir John Steell's equestrian statue of the duke of Wellington stands in front of the Register House, and in Princes Street Gardens are statues of Livingstone, Christopher North, Allan Ramsay, Adam Black and Sir J. Simpson.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EDINBURGH.html (9513 words)

	Doig Genealogy - Robert Doig, maltman of Dundee, Scotland
		John Doig (D006, by C006) was christened 2 Jan 1698 in Dundee; witnesses John Steell and James Gower.
		John Milne (E005, by D003) was christened 29 Apr 1733 in Dundee; witnesses John Doeg, maltman, uncle, and John Robb.
		John Doig (E010, by D006) was christened 25 July 1731 in Dundee; he was named after his uncle John Goold, taylor in London and Mr.
	www.doig.net /ROBX1620.html (2062 words)

	Sign Information
		They selected John Steell, a renowned sculptor from Edinburgh, to create a bronze replica of his marble of Scott (1845), the first such monument to a Scot to be created by a native artist.
		Steell was born in Aberdeen, and was the son of a wood carver.
		Steell’s effigy of Scott in Central Park eliminates the Gothic stone canopy - which critics have likened to “a spire without a cathedral” - of the original on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=9765 (670 words)

	Nile bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The source of the Nile was unknown until the 19th century, when John Hanning Speke was the first to identify it as Lake Victoria.
		John Alsop King (1788 - 1867) was a former governor (1857 - 1859) of New York in the USA.
		John Heywood (1497-1580) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs.
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	John Rainey
		John RAINEY, a planter, was born about 1702 in Princess Anne or Northumberland County., VA. He married Elizabeth (last name unknown)about 1735 in Northumberland, VA. Son, John purchased land in Haw Fields, Caswell County, NC (Orange County) 1762, and son William purchased land in 1782.
		Court of June 1757: John RAINEY was witness to letter of atty for John Campbell and Alex McCulloch,.
		John RAINEY, planter, was b ca 1710 in Princess Anne or Northumberland Co., VA. He mar prob 1730-1740 in Northumberland Co. VA.
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	Scott Monument - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kemp had feared his lack of architectural qualifications and reputation would disqualify him, but his design (which was similar to an unsuccessful one he had earlier submitted for the design of Glasgow Cathedral) was popular with the competition's judges, and in 1838 Kemp was awarded the contract to construct the monument
		John Steell was commissioned to design a monumental statue of Scott to rest in the space between the tower's four columns.
		Steell's statue, make from white Carrara marble, shows Scott seated, resting from writing one of his works with a quill pen.
	www.free-definition.com /Scott-Monument.html (362 words)

	The Character Statues
		John Knox, George Buchanan), does not feature directly as a character in Scott's fiction or poetry, although he is mentioned at various times.
		While assistant to Sir John Steell, he did statues of ‘Science’, ‘Learning’ and ‘Labour’ for the Scottish National Memorial to the Prince Consort in Charlotte Square.
		Others include ‘Sir John Steell when sculptor to Her Majesty for Scotland’; (1887) and ‘Napier of Murchiston’ (1898) both now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /scottmon/pages/hisnovels/statues/charles.htm (307 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At his death, in 1784, the property went to his son, General John Ramsay, who, dying in 1845 left this mansion and a large fortune to Mrs.
		The crimes which the Jury found proven against James Ramsay were, the stealing four oxen and a quey from John Carswell, tenant in South Cults, in the parish of Saline, and a bee-hive out of the gardens of Pitfirrane.
		Ramsay’s education continued at St John’s College, Cambridge, and in 1816, the same year that he gained his B.A., he was ordained as curate of Redden, Somerset.
	www.eddieramsay.com /1713-1784.htm (2714 words)

	The WWW Official Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The City Chambers, in which the City Council meets, was built in 1753 as a Royal Exchange to the design of John Adam, the intention being to provide merchants and businessmen with a centre for the conduct of their commercial affairs.
		The sculpture, by Sir John Steell, originally stood in St Andrew Square but, because of inconvenience to traffic, was moved to its present location.
		John Knox, the great Scottish reformer, was interred here, but the exact site of his grave is no longer known.
	www2.ebs.hw.ac.uk /edweb/edc/guide/highst.html (2484 words)

	Famous Lauder Artists
		June 1803, the third son of John Lauder of Silvermills (d:28/7/1838) the tannery proprietor there and a Burgess of Edinburgh, and his wife Helen Tait (d.1850).
		Robert is described in some earlier reference books as a subject and portrait painter but his death certificate states ‘historical painter.’ Robert attended the famous Edinburgh Academy, and subsequently went to London.
		Whilst in London he exhibited at the Royal Academy and competed in the Westminster Hall competition of 1847, sending his Christ walking on the Sea, which was subsequently purchased by Lady Burdett-Coutts.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/lauder7.htm (583 words)

	Carrick Chess Club
		However, Steel lost to John Bryden and drew two games while Siegrun won her other games and so, the trophy was hers once again.
		Ali, a pupil at St Cuthbert's Primary School, now goes on to qualify for the finals for primary 5 at Edinburgh in May. She is also a member of Carrick Chess Club who went to Greenwood Academy last week and drew with the En Passant team.
		Carrick’s monthly blitz was won by John Bryden for the seniors with 7½ out of 8, and Gregor Steven (9 out of 9!) for the juniors.
	www.maybole.org /Community/Organisations/chess/chessclub.htm (4780 words)

	UK Auctioneers - Online catalogue of antique auction houses in the UK
		The full-sized bust was the work of Sir John Steell (1804-1891) who was appointed Queen Victoria's Sculptor in Scotland, and created many of the public statues in Edinburgh.
		On Lady Rutherfurd's death in October 1852, Steell was commissioned by her husband to sculpt her portrait bust in marble and Steell made a death mask to assist in the process.
		Steell's depiction of Lady Rutherfurd as a Roman matron was probably in view of her husband's erudition and love of the antique; Lord Rutherfurd's first design for his wife's tomb was for a marble copy of an antique cinerary urn upon an altar.
	www.ukauctioneers.com /News.aspx?key=34 (1243 words)

	Old Calton Cemetery
		Sergeant Major John McEwan of the 65th Illinois Volunteer Rifles Lieutenant Colonel William Duff of the 2nd Illinois Artillery Robert Ferguson of the 57th New York Infantry Volunteers Robert Steedman of the 5th Maine Infantry Volunteers James Wilkie of the 1st Michigan Cavalry.
		Sir John was responsible for many of the statues you see today in the centre of Edinburgh - Sir Walter Scott beneath his monument in Princes Street, The Duke Of Wellington opposite the Balmoral Hotel, Prince Albert in Charlotte Square and many more.
		On either side of the the memorial to John Morton (died 1739 aged 61), stands two well rounded ladies - symbolising the fruitfulness of the Word of God.
	www.headstones.fsnet.co.uk /ocalton.htm (200 words)

	Sir John Steell (1804-91), sculptor, a biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Despite his fame and friendship with John Mossman in Glasgow (Mossman's statue of George A. Clark, Paisley was cast at Steell's foundry, 1884) he received only one commission for a monument in the city, the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Monument (Crimean War), in Glasgow Cathedral (1859).
		However, the city once posessed his earliest arhitectural sculpture, a group representing a widow, an orphan, the Goddess Ceres and a rustic youth, which had been carved for the Scottish Widows Fund Life Assurance Society in Edinburgh, and relocated to their Glasgow Building at 141 Buchanan Street, 1860 (dem.
		Steell was knighted in 1876, after the unveiling of the monument to the Prince Consort in Edinburgh.
	www.glasgowsculpture.com /pg_biography.php?sub=steell_j (432 words)

	Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish History Timeline: Early 19th Century; 1800-49 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Veitch born - Philosopher, poet and historian
		John Campbell Hamilton Gordon (1st Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair) born - Governor-General of Canada and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
		John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell (7th Duke of Argyll) died - Brother of George William Campbell (1766 - 1839), the 6th Duke and son of John Campbell (1723 - 1806), the 5th Duke
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/timeline1849.html (2702 words)

	The Character Statues
		Disturbed by Harry's "vanity and wrath" and his inability to stay out of fights, she rejects his suit although she does in fact love him, especially since he has defended her from attempted abduction by the Duke of Rothesay and his villainous accomplice Sir John Ramorny.
		Catharine is appalled by the violence and brutality of the age, and consents to marry Harry Gow only after he hangs up his broadsword.
		Others include ‘Sir John Steell when sculptor to Her Majesty for Scotland’; (1887) and ‘Napier of Murchiston’(1898) both now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /scottmon/pages/hisnovels/statues/maidof_perth.htm (309 words)

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		JOHN WILLIAM4 MCELHANEY (WILLIAM H.3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born January 13, 1815 in White Co., TN, and died November 1859 in Franklin, AR.
		JOHN HENRY5 MCELHANEY (CHARLES MADISON4, WILLIAM H.3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born March 05, 1854 in Aurora, Madison, AR, and died June 01, 1893.
		JOHN WALTER6 CLARK (NANCY CATHERINE5 UPTON, MARTHA4 BOWEN, LEVICIA3 MCELHANEY, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born February 24, 1878 in Washington Co., AR, and died September 01, 1959 in Peaster, TX.
	home.comcast.net /~ruthwferriss/mcelhaneygeneaology.html (11621 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Steell, John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was the son of John Steell, a carver and gilder, who moved to Edinburgh in 1807.
		Steell, however, remained in Scotland in order to promote a native school of sculpture.
		His technical excellence in both bronze and marble and his imaginative compositions put him in the forefront of Victorian monumental sculptors in the 19th century.
	www.artnet.com /library/08/0811/T081138.asp (337 words)

	Math: Philadelphia Rare Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Steell dedicated the book to the scholars at Trinity College, Dublin, which would seem to suggest connection there; but little seems to have been written about him, other than, perhaps, the short notice that Robert Watt gave of him in Bibliotheca Britannica (Edinburgh, 1824).
		Steell died in 1726, apparently having published only this one treatise.
		Recent full speckled calf by Grace in the 18th-century style, with round spine, raised bands accented by gilt rules, and gilt center devices in compartments; covers with concentric compartments tooled in gilt with gilt corner devices.
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	The Siege of Thebes: Notes
		244-85 Lydgate's excursus on the duties of kingship is consistent with the advice John Gower gives in the Prologue and Book 7 of his Confessio Amantis and with precepts Lydgate sets out early, in Troy Book, and late in his career, in his translation of the Pseudo-Aristotelian Secreta Secretorum.
		Allen sees two of Lydgate's explicit themes as "the maintenance of cordial relations among those in positions of power and the mutual cooperation between monarch and populace, with the initiative borne by the monarch" (p.
		Pearsall, John Lydgate, suggests that the peace Henry negotiated was "the fulfilment of the whole historical teaching of the Thebes-story" (p.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/teams/thebnts.htm (8390 words)

	Your UK - Scott Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At the same time John Steell, later Sir John and H.M. Sculptor for Scotland, had been declared winner of a competition to select the sculptor of the statue of Sir Walter Scott to be included in the monument.
		In the autumn of 1844 the last stone was placed in the pinnacle by Kemp's young son, Thomas.
		Sir John Steell's statue of Sir Walter Scott is executed in Carrara marble and is more than double life-size.
	www.your-uk.com /?a=poi.view&id=332 (324 words)

	The Scotsman - Opinion - Letters - Colossal statue of Victoria out of place
		When he enlarged the Royal Institution in 1832-5, he intended to complete the north and south elevations with two statues of Minerva, the appropriate ornament for what he called a "temple of the Muses".
		The sculptures were commissioned in 1837 from John Steell, but on Victoriaâs accession, Britain succumbed to what the Spectator in 1838 described as "Reginamania", a craze for depictions of the new Queen.
		Playfairâs drawings of Minerva were cast aside, and Steell began sittings with the Queen, represen-ted as Britannia.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /letters.cfm?id=808142003 (406 words)

	Sir John Steell ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		John Sartain, Portrait of John A. Sutter, 1850
		John Faber the Younger, St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, 1754
		John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
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	Overview of Sir John Steell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although born in Aberdeen, Steell moved to Edinburgh at a young age.
		These include the equestrian statues of the Duke of Wellington outside Register House, which was dubbed ' the Iron Duke in bronze by Steell ', Alexander and Bucephalus in front of the City Chambers, together with the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the centre of the Scott Monument.
		Steell is buried in the Old Calton Cemetery (Edinburgh).
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/people/famousfirst300.html (116 words)

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