John Sheehan (1812–1882) was an Irish journalist, writer and barrister.
13-653: Creasy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812–1878), English historian George Creasy (1895–1972), Royal Navy officer Gerald Creasy (1897–1983), British colonial administrator Kenneth Creasy (1932–1992), American politician Robert Creasy (1939–2005), American computer scientist Rosalind Creasy (born 1939), American landscape designer and author Sara Creasy (born 1968), Australian author Stella Creasy (born 1977), British Labour Co-operative politician Fictional characters [ edit ] Marcus Creasy in
26-732: A number of historical books including The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Creasy was knighted in 1860 and spent the next decade and a half in Ceylon as Chief Justice of Ceylon (1860 to 1875). He then returned in poor health to England and died in London on 17 January 1878. While in Ceylon, he served as president of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1861 to 1864. In July, 1864 Creasy founded
39-503: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creasy&oldid=1125622906 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Edward Shepherd Creasy Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (12 September 1812 – 17 January 1878)
52-923: A wealthy Anglo-Indian officer, and spent some years in travelling on the continent. He eventually retired to the London Charterhouse , where he died on 29 May 1882. Sheehan's major literary work was included in John Doran 's edition of the Bentley Ballads (1858), and in his own edition of the same work (1869). William Makepeace Thackeray knew Sheehan well, and he is believed to be the original of Captain Shandon in Pendennis . Two other Irish friends, William John O'Connell and Andrew Archdeckne, suggested Costigan and Foker respectively. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from
65-699: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Sheehan (journalist) Sheehan was the son of an hotel-keeper at Celbridge , County Kildare , where he was born. He was sent to the Jesuit college at Clongoweswood , where Francis Sylvester Mahony was his tutor for a time. About 1829 he entered Trinity College Dublin , but did not graduate. In 1830 Sheehan joined the Comet Club of young Irishmen, with Samuel Lover , Joseph Stirling Coyne , Robert Knox who became editor of The Morning Post , and Maurice O'Connell . The club issued pamphlets attacking
78-546: The Morning Herald , contributing also poems and sketches to Bentley's Miscellany and other magazines. In 1852 Sheehan was proprietor and editor of The Independent of London and Cambridge. Subsequently, in Temple Bar and elsewhere he often wrote under the signatures of "The Irish Whiskey-Drinker" and "The Knight of Innishowen". Shortly after 1868 Sheehan married the widow of Colonel Shubrick, or Shrubrick,
91-469: The Colombo Rowing Club . Creasy's best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). The reason that Creasy gives for the significance of many of the fifteen battles is that they denied Eastern peoples access to European soil. Other battles are seen as "decisive" because they shaped the development of Britain, which was the world's leading power at
104-448: The Man on Fire novel and sequels John Creasy in the 1987 Man on Fire film John Creasy in the 2004 Man on Fire film See also [ edit ] Creasey (surname) Creasy Airport , in unincorporated Galveston County, Texas, United States [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Creasy . If an internal link intending to refer to
117-460: The tithe system; the first, The Parson's Horn Book , which appeared in two parts with etchings by Lover, was popular. The club then issued The Comet , a satirical weekly paper opposing the Church of Ireland , with the first number appearing on 1 May 1831. Sheehan was appointed sub-editor. In a few weeks it had reached a circulation of several thousand copies, and until its closure at the end of 1833
130-533: The time of writing. Other works are: Old Love and the New (1870) was a novel. With John Sheehan and Robert Gordon Latham , Creasy took part in contributing to Bentley's Miscellany , the political squibs in verse known as the Tipperary Papers . This biography of an English academic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a British historian or genealogist
143-692: Was an English historian and jurist. The son of a land agent, he was born in Bexley , Kent , England , and educated at Eton College (where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1831) and King's College, Cambridge . He was called to the Bar in 1837 and appointed assistant judge at the Westminster sessions court. In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London and wrote
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#1732798557039156-540: Was called in 1835. He shortly afterwards came to London. In 1836–7 he was in Paris and Madrid as representative of The Constitutional newspaper. In 1839 Sheehan matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge , though he took no degree. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1841, and was called to the bar in 1846. After a short career as a barrister he concentrated again on journalism. He was parliamentary reporter of
169-467: Was influential. The government in the autumn of 1833 ordered the arrest of Thomas Browne, the editor The Comet , and Sheehan, for libel. They were defended by Daniel O'Connell and Robert Holmes , but were each sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined. The fine was then remitted, and the term of imprisonment was only partly served. Sheehan, on his release, studied for the Irish Bar , to which he
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