31-885: John Hall may refer to: Academics [ edit ] John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal John F. Hall (1951–2023), professor of classics at Brigham Young University John Lesslie Hall (1856–1938), American literary scholar John Whitney Hall (1916–1997), American historian of Japan Military [ edit ] John Hall (British Army officer) (1795–1866), British military surgeon John L. Hall Jr. (1891–1978), United States Navy officer John Herbert Hall (1899–1978), British World War I flying ace John Hall (RAF officer) (1921–2004), British World War II flying ace Politics [ edit ] U.S. [ edit ] John Hall (Kentucky politician) (1939–2016), member of
62-790: A Presbyterian missionary to the Jews in the city. He joined the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and received support for his work from the New York City Mission and Tract Society. After several successful years, he came into conflict with the leaders of the mission, who felt that he had become unmanageable. This escalated even further when he made a request to the Fifth Avenue Church to be ordained. A committee appointed to review his suitability rejected his application and questioned his integrity;
93-485: A new pastor. He was offered the job and accepted, moving his family from Dublin to New York later that year. His initial salary was $ 6000 in gold and this was subsequently increased to $ 15,000. By 1872 the Fifth Avenue church on the corner of 19th Street was no longer large enough to accommodate the growing congregation, and plans were made to build a new one further up-town. Newspaperman Robert E. Bonner identified
124-654: A school in the district was Mrs Emily (Bolton) Irwin (1816–1904), a widow with three children. Hall boarded with her relatives, and they nursed him back to health. A friendship developed between Emily Irwin and Hall and they eventually married in 1852. Hall's work as a missionary came to the notice of the congregation of the First Church in Armagh; they invited him to be their pastor, and he was installed in June 1852. The southern and western areas of County Armagh had suffered in
155-601: A secular government committee. From about 1862 he edited a monthly magazine called the Evangelical Witness ; this featured contributions from leading churchmen, and it became an influential publication. In 1862 wine merchant Alexander Findlater provided a site in Rutland Square (now Parnell Square ) plus the funding for a new Presbyterian church in Dublin. One condition was that John Hall be appointed as
186-423: A senior member of the church even employed a private detective to follow and report on his activities. Hall supported Warszawiak and considered he was being victimised, as did others in the church. Eventually Warszawiak was cleared of wrongdoing, but a damaging split had occurred within the church. Many of Hall's supporters from the early days had died or been replaced by this period. The board of trustees felt that it
217-483: A site on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Fifth Street and made a large financial contribution towards the construction costs. The new church was opened in 1875. Hall's fears that the Church would be debt-burdened were not realised when other wealthy members made large contributions. Another fundraising scheme was the "sale" of the pews in the new church. Among the parishioners was the family of Theodore Roosevelt ; Hall presided over
248-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Hall (NYU President) John Hall Magowan (1829–1898) was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church , New York City , from 1867 until his death in Bangor, County Down , Ireland. The landmark New York church, that still stands today on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street , was built during his tenure. John Hall
279-729: The Popish Plot allegations in 1678. He was also domestic chaplain to Charles II. Hall was elected bishop of Bristol, but continued to hold his mastership. He was consecrated in Bow Church on 30 August 1691; the MP Thomas Foley had earlier pressed the new king in July 1689 to have him as the new Bishop of Winchester . He chiefly resided at Oxford, where in 1695 he built a new Master's Lodge. He died there in February 1710, and
310-2172: The 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers John Hall (sport shooter) (1906–1978), British Olympic shooter Writers [ edit ] John Hall (English playwright) (died 2001), English playwright John Halle (died 1568), called also John Hall of Maidstone, English surgeon, known as a medical writer and poet John Hall (poet) (1627–1656), English poet, essayist and pamphleteer J. C. Hall (poet) (John Clive Hall, 1920–2011), English poet and editor John Vine Hall (1774–1860), English bookseller and religious writer John Elihu Hall (1783–1829), lawyer, writer, and publisher in Philadelphia and Maryland N. John Hall (born 1933), American biographer John S. Hall (born 1960), American poet and performer John R. Hall (author) (born 1975), American author and co-founder of Greenwood & Hall Other [ edit ] John Hall (American businessman) (1932–2021), CEO of Ashland John Hill (actor) (born 1977), American musical theater actor John Hall (artist) (1739–1797), British engraver and painter John Hall (English businessman) (born 1933), land and sports entrepreneur John Hall (Canadian artist) (born 1943), Canadian painter John Hall (judge) (1767–1833), North Carolina Supreme Court justice John Farnsworth Hall (1899–1987), Australian conductor and violinist John James Hall (1845–1941), clock restorer John Smythe Hall (1853–1909), Canadian lawyer, politician, and editor John Thomson Hall (1841–1883), Australian violinist Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet (died 1776) John Maxwell Hall (1884–1966), British colonial administrator, judge, and author John Hall, Ohio radio broadcaster and voice talent at WIZE John Hall, keyboard player for Canadian rock band Prism See also [ edit ] Jack Hall (disambiguation) Sir John Hall (disambiguation) Jon Hall (disambiguation) John Halle (disambiguation) Johnny Hall (disambiguation) John H. Hall (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
341-460: The Commonwealth, and also was ejected; his nephew John Spilsbury, a dissenting minister at Kidderminster , became his heir. John Hall was admitted to Merchant Taylors' School in June 1644, and went on to Pembroke College, Oxford , where he was under the tuition of another uncle, Edmund Hall . Hall became a scholar of Pembroke in 1650, and graduated B. A. in 1651, and M.A. in 1653, when he
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#1732776644856372-732: The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland John Hall (bishop) (1633–1710), English churchman and academic John Hall (Presbyterian pastor) (1829–1898), Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City John Hall (Archdeacon of Salop) (born 1941) John Hall (priest) (born 1949), British Anglican Church leader John Hall (Archdeacon of Killaloe) (1626–1691), Church of Ireland priest Science [ edit ] John Hall (physician) (1575–1636), William Shakespeare's son-in-law and medical author John Hall (engineer) (1765–1836), English engineer and millwright John H. Hall (gunsmith) (1781–1841), American inventor of
403-648: The Great Famine, but the worst was over by the time Hall arrived. He travelled extensively, holding prayer meetings and sermons in remote locations, gradually increasing the size of his congregation. In 1855 he put his experience of journalism to good use, editing the Children's Missionary Herald of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland . He continued this for five years, passing the responsibility for
434-1834: The Kentucky Senate John Hall (Maryland politician) (1729–1797), delegate to the Continental Congress John Hall (New York politician) (born 1948), U.S. Representative from New York, and founder of American rock band Orleans John Hall (West Virginia politician) (1805–1881), Virginia politician and West Virginia founder John C. Hall (1821–1896), Wisconsin State Senator John D. Hall (politician) (1957–2005), North Carolina State Representative John Hicklin Hall (1854–1937), Oregon politician John Hubert Hall (1899–1970), governor of Oregon John Manning Hall (1841–1905), Connecticut state senator and representative John Michael Hall , Pennsylvania politician John W. Hall (1817–1892), governor of Delaware U.K. [ edit ] John Hall (MP for Dunwich) (died 1548) John Hall (1632–1711) , British MP for Wells, 1671–1679 and 1680–1685 John Hall (Buckingham MP) (1799–1872), British general and MP for Buckingham, 1846–1859 John Hall (Labour politician) (1896–1955), MP for Gateshead West, 1950–1955 John Hall (Wycombe MP) (1911–1978) John Carey Hall (1844–1921), British diplomat John Hathorn Hall (1894–1979), British colonial administrator John Richard Clark Hall (1855–1931), English barrister and Old English scholar Elsewhere [ edit ] John Hall (New South Wales politician) (1856–1921) John Hall (New Zealand politician) (1824–1907) John Hall (Victorian politician) (1884–1949) Religion [ edit ] John Hall (minister) (c. 1559–1627), Moderator of
465-1286: The M1819 Hall breech-loading rifle John H. Hall (inventor) (1932–2014), inventor of integrated circuits John L. Hall (born 1934), American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics John D. Hall (sound engineer) , American sound engineer J. Storrs Hall , engineer and scientist Sports [ edit ] Cricket [ edit ] John Hall (cricketer, born 1815) (1815–1888), English first-class cricketer John Hall (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1925), English cricketer John Hall (cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1979), English cricketer John Hall (cricketer, born 1934) , English cricketer John Hall (cricketer, born 1950) , English cricketer Football [ edit ] John A. Hall (American football) (1877–1919), American football player and coach John Hall (1930s footballer) , winger who played for Burnley John Hall (footballer, born 1944) , Bradford City A.F.C. footballer John Hall (footballer, born 1994) , Adelaide United FC footballer John Hall (placekicker) (born 1974), American football kicker Johnny Hall (Samoan footballer) (born 1991), Samoan footballer Other sports [ edit ] John Hall (baseball) (1924–1995), for
496-673: The Wellesley College plus chairman of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and member of the Board of Church Erection. Hall was also a director of the Union Theological Seminary of New York . In 1891 a dispute arose between the seminary and The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church over the appointment of Charles Augustus Briggs , who was later accused of heresy. This caused a split between
527-466: The deprivation and poverty. The area was predominantly Catholic, and the local priests mistrusted the Presbyterian missionaries and questioned their motives. Hall's work included school inspections, preaching, distributing religious literature and establishing Sunday-schools. One scheme involved creating industrial schools where women could be taught new skills such as knitting and needlework. Much of
558-562: The double funeral of Roosevelt's first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, and his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, on February 17, 1884 at the church. Despite his heavy workload, Hall was involved with several activities outside the Fifth Avenue Church, these included being the chancellor of the University of New York – a post he held for ten years; he was a trustee for the Princeton Theological Seminary and
589-408: The effort was non-denominational, with financial contributions from Methodists, Episcopalians, Quakers and Catholic teaching staff. During this period Hall started writing poems and articles for weekly newspapers, a practise that he continued for many years. As a missionary, Hall travelled over a wide area, working long hours, and his health suffered as a consequence. One of the ladies who established
620-484: The head of the project committee. The new Mary's Abbey was opened in 1864. In 1865 Hall became a Doctor of Divinity when he was awarded an honorary degree by the American University of Washington and Jefferson; in later years he received further degrees from Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin. During his time in Dublin, Hall was the chaplain at Mountjoy Female prison . He also devoted time to
651-599: The man had occasionally attended church and that he had tried to help him. In 1892 a Polish Jew named Hermann Warszawiak arrived in New York from Scotland with letters of introduction to Hall. Warszawiak, who had initially trained to be a religious leader in the Jewish faith, had been christened by Scottish missionary Daniel Edwards in 1889. After theological studies in Edinburgh, he moved to New York and proposed to become
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#1732776644856682-528: The publication to his colleague, Matthew Kerr, in 1860. He was also involved with the temperance movement, speaking and writing on the subject. All but one of his five children were born during his tenure at Armagh. (see Family ) In 1858 Hall became the associate pastor in Mary's Abbey, Dublin, joining Dr William B. Kirkpatrick. In 1861 he was appointed to the Commissioners of National Education (Ireland) ,
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744-439: The two organisations, and because of this Hall resigned from the seminary. On November 29, 1891, a man fired three shots at Hall after he had left the church and was entering his parsonage next door. They missed their target, and the man, a 47-year-old German, John George Roth, was apprehended. He had formerly been in an asylum and became angry with Hall after he failed to get a reply to letters that he had sent him. Hall said that
775-646: The various institutes for the orphans, the deaf and the blind. In 1867 Hall attended the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America with the Rev. Dr. James Denham of Derry. Hall spent about eight weeks in America, and during that time he gave talks and preached in several churches, including the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, where a vacancy existed for
806-401: Was also elected fellow. He was chosen Master of Pembroke on 31 December 1664, and appointed to the college living of St Aldate's, Oxford , which he held in commendam till his death. He took his degree of B.D. in 1666, and of D.D. in 1669. He became Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford on 24 March 1676. He preached bitterly against Catholic at St. Mary's on 5 November at the time of
837-516: Was born in Ballygorman, County Armagh , Ireland on July 31, 1829. His was the eldest son of William Hall and Rachel McGowan – descendants of Scottish Presbyterians. His education began in a local school before he attended Belfast College in 1841. In 1845 he entered theological college under Dr. John Edgar and Dr Henry Cooke . In 1848 his father died; despite financial hardships his mother insisted he complete his religious studies and in 1850 he
868-462: Was known as the last of the English bishops to hold to traditional Puritan views. He was son of John Hall, vicar of Bromsgrove , Worcestershire , and Anne his wife, and was born at his father's vicarage on 29 January 1633. His extended family held presbyterian views; an uncle, Thomas Hall , was an ejected minister in 1662. His brother-in-law, John Spilsbury, held the vicarage of Bromsgrove under
899-526: Was ordained a Presbyterian missionary. During his time at college, Hall supplemented his income by teaching at a girls' school. From 1849 he spent three years as a student missionary in Connaught, a west coast province of Ireland that had been badly affected by both the Great Famine and the fever; small tenant farmers were being evicted by landlords and many of the young men were emigrating to escape
930-565: Was time for a change and forced Hall into a position where he felt he had to resign. However, a backlash from within the church reversed the decisions; Hall was reinstated and six members of the board of trustees resigned instead. In 1898 Hall began to struggle with his health and he was advised to visit England to seek some rest. He stayed at Buxton and, perhaps feeling the end was near, returned to Ireland to see his sisters. He managed to make it to Dublin and visited his old church in Rutland Square. He wanted to get to his old home in Ballygorman but
961-482: Was too weak and died in Bangor on September 17. His body was returned to New York and the funeral service held in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on October 4, 1898. Emily and John Hall had five children; they were: Hall's wife Emily had three sons from her first marriage to John Irwin (1800–1842), they were: John Hall (bishop) John Hall (1633–1710) was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford , and Bishop of Bristol . He