John Farrar (July 1, 1779 – May 8, 1853) was an American scholar. He first coined the concept of hurricanes as “a moving vortex and not the rushing forward of a great body of the atmosphere”, after the Great September Gale of 1815. Farrar remained Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University between 1807 and 1836. During this time, he introduced modern mathematics into the curriculum. He was also a regular contributor to the scientific journals.
Life and works
After attending Phillips Academy, Andover, and graduating from Harvard in 1803, Farrar then studied theology at Phillips Academy, and in 1805 was appointed Greek tutor at Harvard. Farrar was chosen Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1807. He retained the chair till 1836, when he resigned in consequence of a painful illness that finally caused his death. His second wife, Eliza Ware Farrar (née Rotch), was Flemish. She married him in 1828. She authored several children's books.
Rev. John Farrar (1802–1884) was a Methodistminister. He was Secretary of the annual British Methodist Conference on fourteen occasions, and was twice its elected President. Farrar was tutor and governor of several Wesleyan colleges. These included the early Wesleyan training college at Abney House, near London; and British Methodism's first purpose-built college at Richmond, now Richmond University.
Life
Farrar, the third and youngest son of the Rev. John Farrar (d.1837), a Wesleyan minister, was born at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 29 July 1802. On the opening of Woodhouse Grove School, Yorkshire, for the education of the sons of ministers, on 12 January 1812, he became one of its first pupils. On leaving school, he was employed as a teacher in an academy conducted by Mr. Green at Cottingham, near Hull. In August 1822, he entered the Wesleyan ministry, and spent his four years of probation as second-master in Woodhouse Grove School. He was afterwards resident minister successively at Sheffield, Huddersfield, Macclesfield and London, until in 1839 he was appointed tutor and governor of Abney House Training College in Stoke Newington, London, the larger part of whose grounds had recently become an arboretum and cemetery, Abney Park Cemetery.
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Politicians from across the political spectrum are remembering former National MP Nikki Kaye...DavidFarrar on the life and politics of Nikki Kaye 'She fought valiantly'. Sir John Key pays tribute to Nikki Kaye after MP's passing 'She was wonderful' ... .
The progress was reported by JohnFarrar, airport manager, to the Journal Gazette today. Basically, the improvements mean that the facility will be able to "handle any commercial jet in the business as far as weight is concerned," according to Farrar.
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JohnTravolta starred in "Grease." ... John Farrar, Newton-John's music producer, wrote it specifically for the movie, and it did, in fact, earn the production an Oscar nomination for best original song.
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JohnFarrar, manager of the Coles County Airport, discussed various aspects of the airport Monday as guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting at the Sheraton Inn ... After that, Farrar said, the number of passengers using airlines began to increase.
___ FICTION. 1. REDSKY MOURNING, by Jack Carr... LAST WEEK. — ... 1. 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... CAMINO GHOSTS, by John Grisham ... WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE, by John Ganz. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) How discontent at the end of the 20th century led to our era of polarization and extremism.
