John Jackson
Politician
1851 – 1919
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Who was John Jackson?
Sir John Jackson was a Unionist Member of Parliament for Devonport, from 1910–18, retiring from politics when his constituency was merged into another.
Born at York, he worked in Newcastle before studying engineering at Edinburgh University under Peter Guthrie Tait. On Tait's death in 1901 Jackson endowed a research fund named after him.
John Jackson married Ellen Julia Myers in 1876. They had five daughters.
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- Born
- Feb 4, 1851
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 14, 1919
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on July 23, 2013
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