John Austin (highwayman) John Austin (highwayman) John Austin (died 7 November 1783) was an English footpad who became the last person to be hanged at the Tyburn gallows outside London. He was sentenced to death for the murder of a labourer called John Spicer from Kent. The Recorder of London, James Adair, described it as a "robbery with violence" that involved "cutting and wounding [...] in a cruel manner." This hanging would mark the end of Tyburn, a village then in the county of Middlesex, being a place of executions for almost 600 years. Austin was brought from Newgate prison in the City
John Austin Clark Baroque, where he is currently acting as producer and artistic director. John Austin Clark John Austin Clark (born 1983) is an American music director, producer and keyboardist born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He is one of the founders and current artistic director of the Louisville period ensemble Bourbon Baroque. Clark holds a Master of Music degree in harpsichord performance from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Clark attended Louisville Collegiate School in Kentucky. He is an alumni of the Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts. In 2007