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1. acss.org.uk › news › obituary-professor-john-henneObituary: Professor John Henneberry FAcSS FRTPI MRICS, 1952 ...

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   Nov 21, 2021 · John Henneberry died of a heart attack on 28th July 2021, leaving behind his widow Rosemary, their two sons and partners, and a grandson much longed for and born shortly after John’s death.

2. www.publicrecordsearch.co.uk › types-of-recordsUK Death Records Are Easy To Locate Using Public Records

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   An online search of the General Register Office (GRO) on the other hand, can help you find death records between 1837 to 1957 and 1984 to 2019 for free. It gives you the name of the person registered, age at death, and the year of their registration. However, the name of the spouse or parent is not indicated.

3. eprints.whiterose.ac.uk › 204402 › 4An appreciation. Professor John Henneberry.

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   In Memoriam. Professor John Henneberry FAcSS FRTPI MRICS. 1952 to 2021. John Henneberry grew up in the Lake District and went to school there. From there he went up to Cambridge, initially to read Economics, but he transferred to Land Economy for the second part of the tripos, graduating in 1974.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › John-Henry-folk-heroJohn Henry | Song, Background, & Facts | Britannica

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   Sep 24, 2024 · John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.”

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5. kids.kiddle.co › Joseph_HenaberyJoseph Henabery facts for kids - Kids encyclopedia

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   Henabery died on February 18, 1976, aged 88, at the Motion Picture Country House in Los Angeles, California. Filmography. Director. Actor. The Race War (1915) with Bessie Buskirk.

6. balladofamerica.org › this-old-hammerThis Old Hammer: About the Song - Ballad of America

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   Lyrics. chorus: This old hammer killed John Henry. But it won’t kill me, Lord. No, it won’t kill me. verses: When John Henry was a baby on his mama’s knee. He picked up a hammer and steel. He said “This hammer’s gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord. This hammer’s gonna be the death of me”

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   How did John Henry die?

   • John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.”

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   Who was John Henry?

   • John Henry was a former slave who worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the years following the Civil War. He was one of a thousand or so men who spent nearly three years drilling a hole through Big Bend Mountain in Talcott, West Virginia.

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   How many John Henrys are there?

   • There are two John Henrys, the actual man and the legend surrounding him. Defining the first is a matter of assembling facts. He was born a slave, worked as a laborer for the railroads after the Civil War, and died in his 30s, leaving behind a young pretty wife and a baby. Pinning down the second, the legend, is not so easy.

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   Why did John Henry die with his hammer in his hand?

   • It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.” Writers and artists see in John Henry a symbol of the worker’s foredoomed struggle against the machine and of the Black man’s tragic subjugation to and defiance of white oppression.

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   Why is John Henry famous?

   • When his boss introduced a steam-drill that threatened the jobs of the workers, John Henry engaged the machine in a contest to prove that it was no match for man. From the moment these events occurred, the legend grew in story and song as it moved about the country. Work songs that invoked the spirit of John Henry came into prominence.

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   What does John Henry symbolize?

   • Accessed 18 October 2024. John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than the machine did but died ‘with his hammer in his hand.’ Writers and artists see in John Henry a symbol of the worker’s foredoomed struggle against the machine.

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8. www.ibiblio.org › john_henry › analysisJohn Henry - The Story - The Man - The Public's Library and ...

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   There are two John Henrys, the actual man and the legend surrounding him. Defining the first is a matter of assembling facts. He was born a slave, worked as a laborer for the railroads after the Civil War, and died in his 30s, leaving behind a young pretty wife and a baby. Pinning down the second, the legend, is not so easy.