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John Kirby

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Also known as John Joseph Kirby, Jr., John Joseph Kirby Jr., John Joseph Kirby, John Kirby, Jr., John Kirby Jr.

American lawyer (1939-2019)

Person · Open Library

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24

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  • The American ruling class
  • Address delivered at the annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, New Orleans, April, 1903
  • Additional Observations on the Treatment of Certain Severe Forms of Hemorrhoidal Excrescence
  • Four Died Trying
  • Cricket Book of Lists in Colour

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Winchester
Active from
1908-12-31
Active to
1952-06-14
jazzswing
Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12,849
Total plays
64,809

Tags

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John Kirby (December 31, 1908 – June 14, 1952), was a jazz double-bassist who played the trombone as well as tuba. Kirby was born in Winchester, Virginia. In 1926 he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, a town he is still linked to by some. He played with Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson (where during the early 1930s, he performed some amazingly complicated tuba work on a number of Henderson's recordings) before starting his own band in 1937. His John Kirby's Sextet "The Onyx Club Boys" (usually incl

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Recent publications · Crossref

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Quotes

  • “We will always insist, as a matter of statutory requirements and policy, on a variety of end use requirements.”
  • “So, just before I kick off on those issues, I do want to start off by extending our thoughts to the victims of the horrible terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey, this morning.”
  • “It’s very difficult to look at these images and the human cost. It’s difficult, and I apologise.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Family name
Kirby
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Falls Church
Occupation
lawyer
Educated at
Merton College
Award
Rhodes Scholarship
Number of children
3
Show 2 more facts
date of birth
1939-10-22
date of death
2019-10-02
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