1720?-1790 Scottish navigator who invented the sextant. Apprenticed to a shipmaster, Campbell joined the English navy. He advanced in rank to become the commander of several ships. In 1757 Campbell recommended that John Hadley's...

John Campbell is the name of: British political figures John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (died 1933) John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680–1743) John Campbell of Cawdor (1695–1777), minor British politician John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun...

His plate may be full, but it's well organized From food for the palate to food for thought, he's a galloping gourmet If Hollywood put out a casting call for a harried-executive-type, John Campbell wouldn't have a prayer. For starters,...

2003 was a breakout year for the outspoken Irvine Assemblyman, former auto dealer and occasional Business Journal commentator. With the state budget deficit exploding and the Gray Davis administration imploding, John Campbell was transformed from a mere minority party gadfly into a driving...

U.S. and Iraqi troops found 14 weapons caches and detained 140 suspects in a week, focusing on mainly Shiite eastern Baghdad in the initial phase of a security sweep to end the violence in the capital, the military said Sunday.More than 7,400 patrols and 34...

Rep. John Doolittle is garnering tepid public support from his California GOP colleagues in the latest sign of his slumping political fortunes as he aims for re-election while under criminal investigation.Doolittle, a nine-term conservative who represents a heavily Republican district in northernmost California, is under...