Sir John Pender KCMG GCMG FSA FRSE (10 September 1816 – 7 July 1896) was a Scottish submarine communications cable pioneer and politician. [1] Pender was born in the Vale of Leven, Scotland, the son of James Pender and his wife, Marion Mason. He was educated at Glasgow High School.

Sir John Pender was a pioneer of telegraphic communications whose work transformed the nature of the British Empire and of international diplomacy and commerce. He was born in Dunbartonshire, the son of a textile merchant, and gained …

John Patrick Pender (born 19 November 1963) is an Irish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.

2021年5月13日 · A new exhibition telling the little-known story of Sir John Pender, whose pioneering vision to connect the world changed the way we communicate forever, kicks off on 17 May 2021 at the ‘Museum of Global Communications’, PK Porthcurno. John Pender rose to dominate the world of submarine telegraphy.

2016年9月23日 · John Pender was born on 10th September 1816 in the village of Bonhill in the Vale of Leven, just 24 miles to the northwest of Glasgow. He was the middle child of seven of James Pender and Marion. née Mason.

In 1913, John Arthur Pender was convicted of murdering a woman and her young child and sentenced to death in a second trial following a hung jury in his first trial. When the Oregon Supreme Court later upheld his conviction, it also conceded …

John was born North Queensland, Australia in the mid-eighties. He grew up in the outback and spent the most of his childhood on cattle properties and working in the beef and seafood industries. In the late 2000s, John moved to Sydney and started pursuing a career in the health and fitness Industry.

2018年3月31日 · John Pender made his first fortune in the calico printing industry in Manchester.His association with Greenwich began in 1857, when Glass, Elliot & Co acquired the Enderby Wharfsite from Messrs Enderby Brothers to armour half of the cable ordered by the Atlantic Telegraph Co.

Sir John Pender is one of the most influential people in global communications and is often referred to as the ‘Cable King’ in recognition of his contribution to the laying of undesea communications cables that wired and connected the world.