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John Shaw Billings (April 12, 1838 – March 11, 1913) was an American librarian, building designer, and surgeon [1] who modernized the Library of the Surgeon General's Office in the United States Army.
Billings, John D., Hard Tack and Coffee: Or the Unwritten Story of Army Life, George M. Smith & Co., 1887, digitized by Digital Scanning Institute, 2001, ISBN 1-58218-628-6, Billings, John D., Hard Tack and Coffee: or The Unwritten Story of Army Life Free ebook at Archive.org; Hardtack and Coffee public domain audiobook at LibriVox
John Billings may refer to: John Billings (Australian physician) (1918–2007), family planning pioneer; John Shaw Billings (1838–1913), American librarian, building designer, and surgeon; John Shaw Billings (editor) (1891–1975), his grandson, first editor of Life magazine
John Billingsley (/ ˈ b ɪ l ɪ ŋ ɡ z l i /, born May 20, 1960) [1] is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. Early life and education
Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings (April 15, 1916 – May 28, 1981) was an American businessman known for his close and long-time friendship with John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Billings was a preparatory school roommate of Kennedy, an usher at his wedding, and a campaigner for his successful 1960 presidential bid.
John Billings was born in Melbourne and was educated at Xavier College, and at the University of Melbourne where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree. [1]In 1953, he began work on a method of natural family planning, involving observation of several indicators of fertility and infertility, gradually focusing on the changes to cervical mucus patterns of sensation.
Leon Rippy (born October 30, 1949) is an American actor. Active on screen since 1983, Rippy has appeared in numerous films and recurring roles on television. He is best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series Saving Grace, saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the series Deadwood and militiaman John Billings in The Patriot (2000).
Billings descended from U.S. Senator James Henry Hammond (1807–1864). His grandfather (also John Shaw Billings) was an Army medical doctor during the Civil War.After the war, he established an Army medical library with the first modern bibliographical system for medical knowledge.