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James Watson Webb (September 24, 1945 – October 22, 2018), [1] was an Appalachian poet, playwright, and essayist. He was a founding member of the Appalachian Writers Cooperative [2] and program manager of Appalshop's radio station, WMMT. [3] Webb died on October 22, 2018. [4] WMMT and Appalshop celebrated his life and legacy over the winter ...
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia , Secretary of the Navy , Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs , Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs [ 2 ] and is a retired Marine Corps officer.
James Webb Huston (October 26, 1953 – April 14, 2016) was an American author and lawyer, best known for his popular military and legal thrillers. A graduate of TOPGUN, he served as a naval flight officer and worked in naval intelligence [1] before going on to become a New York Times best-selling author.
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968.
James Charles Napier Webb (13 January 1946 – 9 May 1980) was a Scottish historian and biographer. He was born in Edinburgh , and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge . He is remembered primarily for his books The Harmonious Circle , The Occult Underground (originally titled Flight from Reason ), and The Occult Establishment .
James Webb was born in 1906 and lived in rural Granville County, on the northern border of North Carolina. His father was the superintendent of Granville County Schools. Webb attended UNC-Chapel Hill.
James Ruffin Webb (October 4, 1909 – September 27, 1974) was an American screenwriter. [1] He was best known for writing the screenplay for the film How the West Was Won (1962), which garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award .
Author Charles Webb, whose first novel The Graduate inspired the 1967 film, died June 16 in Eastbourne, England of a blood condition, according to his friend, journalist Jack Malvern. The Graduate ...