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John Joly (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ l i /; 1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) was an Irish geologist and physicist known for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. He is also known for developing techniques to more accurately estimate the age of a geological period, based on radioactive elements present in minerals, the uranium–thorium dating.
John Jolly (Cherokee: Ahuludegi; also known as Oolooteka) was a leader of the Cherokee in Tennessee, the Arkansaw district of the Missouri Territory, and Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). After a reorganization of the tribal government around 1818, he was made Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation–West .
John Kevin Maine (born May 8, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played for the Baltimore Orioles , New York Mets and Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted and threw right-handed .
John Nash (7 March 1828 – 13 October 1901), often billed as 'Jolly' John Nash, was an English music hall singer and comedian who was noted for his "laughing songs".
The Cherokee were led by Chief John Jolly (also known as Oolooteeskee). In 1809, Sam Houston came to live with the Cherokee. He later married Jolly's niece, [3] Diana Rogers Gentry. [16] They cultivated corn and assimilated ways of Anglo-Europeans, such as establishing a constitution and treaties, as well as printing a newspaper called the ...
After a last deployment USS John F. Kennedy with CVW-17 and returning to NAS Oceana in December 2004, VF-103 retired their F-14B Tomcats and began transition to the F/A-18F Super Hornet and transfer to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7). Following their transition to the F/A-18F, the squadron was officially re-designated as VFA-103 in February 2005.
Rogers was the son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Due (née Emory) and a relative of previous Cherokee Nation West principal chiefs John Jolly. He was born in Burke County, Georgia, in 1779. He commanded a Cherokee unit during the Creek War under General Andrew Jackson, reaching the rank of captain. He married Elizabeth Coody.
He was the son of Chief Bloody Fellow (Talotisky, known also as Aaron Price) and Betsy Watts (Wurteh), who was the mother of Chief John Jolly (Due), Chief Bob Benge (known as "the Bench"), and George Gist (Sequoyah). [1] Tahlonteeskee was the older brother (or possibly a half-brother) of John Jolly.