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James Kerr (1 August 1737 – 17 September 1782) was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked under the East India Company service in India. While in India, he described several species of plants and described the insect that produces lac resulting in the genus Kerria named after him.
James Semple Kerr AM (6 July 1932 – 15 October 2014) was an architectural historian and heritage practitioner in Australia, who was prominent in the drafting of the original Burra Charter and its subsidiary documents, and developing standards for conservation practice, particularly in relation to conservation assessments and management reports such as conservation management plans.
James Kerr, Scottish engineer and co-founder of locomotive builders Kerr Stuart; James Kerr (surgeon) (1732-1782), Scottish surgeon and naturalist in India; James Lennox Kerr (1899–1963), British author; Jim Kerr (born 1959), Scottish musician with the group Simple Minds; James S. Kerr, Scottish music publisher; James Semple Kerr (1932–2014 ...
Kerr was born near Danville, Kentucky, [1] the son of a Baptist minister. Reared in Missouri, Kerr fought in the War of 1812 and was later sheriff of St. Charles County, Missouri. In 1818, he married Angeline Caldwell, the daughter of James Caldwell, Missouri's first House Speaker.
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James Spiers Kerr (1841-1893) was a Scottish music publisher who started his working life as a Shipsmith, [1] but became a musician, a pianoforte maker, dealer and tuner, and a music seller, as well as founding a music publishing business, which still provides copies of his important collection of four books of Scottish violin music, known as the Merry Melodies.
John Kerr (7 April 1894 – 8 July 1978), sometimes known as James Kerr or Jock Kerr, [1] [3] was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford and Blackburn Rovers. [2] [4] [5] In 1946, he was one of the founders of Gretna and was a member of the club's committee. [3]
His eldest son, also James Kerr (1875–1938), became proprietor of the Grey River Argus. [6] Kerr Jr. became proprietor of the Hutt and Petone Chronicle in 1912, and the Kerrs moved to Petone. [7] [8] Kerr Jr. was an unsuccessful candidate for the United Party when he stood in the Hutt electorate in the 1929 by-election and 1931 election. [9] [10]