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Albert Williams (other)
Albert Williams may refer to: *Albert Lynn Williams (1911–1982), American business executive; president of IBM in the 1960s *Albert Clifford Williams (1905–1987), Welsh Labour Party politician *Albert Rhys Williams (1883–1962), American journalist, labor organizer, and publicist *Albert Williams (baseball) (born 1954), Major League Baseball player from Nicaragua *Albert Williams (trade unionist) (1927–2007), British trade union leader *Albert Williams (American football) (born 1964), American football linebacker *Albert Smiley Williams (1849–1924), American politician, mayor of Nashville, Tennessee *Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, British Army officer and courtier *Albert Williams, African-American man lynched by a mob in Chiefland, Florida, see Lynching of Albert Williams *Alby Williams (born 1916), Australian rules footballer See also *Bertie Williams (1907–1968), Welsh footballer *Bert Williams (other) Bert Williams (1874–1922) was an American entertainer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Lynn Williams
Albert Lynn Williams (March 17, 1911 – 1982) was an American business executive who was president of IBM from May 1961 until March 1966. Born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, Williams attended Beckley College and became a Certified Public Accountant. He worked for IBM in sales positions from 1938 until 1942, when he was promoted to a position at IBM corporate headquarters in New York City. According to the IBM corporate website, Williams was elected IBM Controller in November 1942, IBM Treasurer in 1947, and Vice President and Treasurer in 1948. The IBM Board of Directors elected him a member in July 1951. In 1954, he was elected Executive President and, in May 1961, president of IBM. Williams became a member of the IBM Board's Executive and Finance Committee in 1956. He chaired the President Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy, appointed by Richard Nixon on 21 May 1970. External linksIBM Archives: Albert L. Williams 1911 births 1982 deaths Directors of IBM I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Clifford Williams
Albert Clifford Williams, BEM (28 June 1905 – 1987) was a Welsh Labour Party politician and miner at Rose Heyworth Colliery in Abertillery. He went to a primary school in Blaina, Monmouthshire but started work in the mines at the age of 14. Williams became a National Union of Mineworkers official in 1934. In 1952 he became a Justice of the Peace and he was a member of hospital boards for thirty years. He was also Chairman of Usk River Board for ten years. Williams was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1957. A Monmouthshire County Councillor, he became a County Alderman in 1964 and served until 1974 when Aldermen were abolished. In April 1965 he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the safe Labour seat of Abertillery in a by-election after the death of sitting MP Llywelyn Williams. He was re-elected to the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Rhys Williams
Albert Rhys Williams (September 28, 1883 – February 27, 1962), commonly known by his middle name, pronounced "Reece," was an American journalist, labor organizer, and publicist. He is most famous for writing memoirs in favor of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia: he had been both a witness and a participant. Early life He was born in Greenwich, Ohio, on September 28, 1883, to David Thomas Williams, a Congregationalist minister, and Esther Rees (Rhys). Both of his parents were immigrants from Wales. All of Rhys's brothers (he was the second of four) followed in the footsteps of their father and became ministers. Of them, David Rhys Williams (one of two youngest) had a long and distinguished career in the Unitarian ministry. At the end of the 1880s the family settled in the New York State resort community. In 1897, Albert graduated from high school in Hancock, New York. Then, he worked for some time in a lumber yard in Apex, New York. Later, he moved to Ohio where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Williams (baseball)
Albert Hamilton Williams DeSouza is an Afro-Nicaraguan former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from until , all for the Minnesota Twins. Williams was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. He pitched two seasons in the Pirates minor league system, but was released by Pittsburgh because the Nicaraguan Government would not grant him a visa to leave the country to play baseball in the United States. This prompted Williams to sign up with the Sandinista rebels and he was engaged in jungle fighting against the forces of Anastasio Somoza from 1977 through 1978 during the Nicaraguan Revolution. In 1979, Williams had to be smuggled out of Nicaragua and was signed a contract to play in the Inter-American League, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Williams (trade Unionist)
Albert Williams (12 February 1927 – 28 November 2007) was a British trade unionist. Born in Stockport, Williams left school at the age of fourteen and completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer with the Manchester Corporation. During World War II, he served in India and South East Asia, remaining in the forces until 1948. He then returned to Manchester, finding work as a bricklayer, and joined both the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW) and the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).Jim Jump,Albert Williams: Quick-witted trade union leader, ''The Independent'', 12 December 2007 Williams became known as a militant trade union activist, becoming a branch secretary and a regional delegate in quick succession, and was elected to the AUBTW's executive council in 1958. He was the union's youngest ever executive council member, and this despite the union's right-wing leadership. In 1959, Williams was elected to the national executive of the CPGB, serving o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Williams (American Football)
Albert Donnel Williams (born September 7, 1964) is a former American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the World League of American Football (WLAF). He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL, and the San Antonio Riders of the WLAF. Williams played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ... (UTEP). References 1964 births Living people American football linebackers Players of American football from San Antonio Pittsburgh Steelers players Players of American football from Virginia UTEP Miners football players {{linebacker-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Smiley Williams
Albert Smiley Williams (1849–1924) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1904 to 1906. Early life Williams was born in Davidson County, Tennessee on November 15, 1849. Career Williams served as Mayor of Edgefield (now part of East Nashville) from 1876 to 1877, and of Nashville from 1904 to 1906.John Allison, ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with Portratis'', Volume 1, Southern Historical Association, 1905, p. 5/ref>William Henry McRaven, ''Nashville, Athens of the South'', Ingram Content Group, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 27/ref> He was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star The Order of the Eastern Star is a Freemasonry, Masonic List of fraternal auxiliaries and side degrees, appendant Masonic bodies, body open to both men and women. It was established in by lawyer and educator Rob Morris (Freemason), Rob Morris, .... Personal life and death Williams was married to Amanda Rear on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Henry Wilmot Williams
Major General Sir Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, (7 February 1832 – 29 October 1919) was a British Army officer and courtier. Early life and family Albert Henry Wilmot Williams was born on 7 February 1832, the second son of Captain James Wilmot Williams (died 1845), of Herringston in Dorset, and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Magenis, daughter of Richard Magenis, of County Down, a member of Parliament, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Cole, daughter of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen.J. Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1833), vol. 1, p. 614 The family were long-established members of the English landed gentry and the elder Williams had inherited his father's estate in 1757. The younger Williams had four siblings: Edward Wilmot Williams, JP, DL (b. 1826), sometime an officer in the Bengal Cavalry and husband of a daughter of the 2nd Viscount Guillamore; Ashley George Wilmot Williams (b. 1834), who married, and lived at Cad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynching Of Albert Williams
Albert Williams was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob in Chiefland, Florida Chiefland is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,316 at the 2020 census. Chiefland calls itself the "Gem of the Suwannee Valley" and was incorporated in 1929. History A village of the Timucua people was once locat ..., on July 21, 1927. John R. Steelman, who wrote his PhD dissertation on "mob action in the South", listed Albert Williams, and cited a local newspaper: "Albert Williams, charged with assault on a turpentine operator, was shot to death by a mob. The trouble is said to have arisen over a debt which Williams owed the white man." References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Albert 1927 in Florida 1927 murders in the United States Lynching deaths in Florida Murdered African-American people People murdered in Florida Race-related controversies in the United States Racially motivated violence against African Americans Levy Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alby Williams
Albert Joseph Williams (born 3 August 1916, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family Albert Joseph Williams was born at Carlton, Victoria Carlton is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 3 km north of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne Local government areas of Vic ... on 3 August 1916. He married Doris Vivienne Jackman (1918–1964) in 1940. Notes References * World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Albert Joseph Williams (VX87070), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''. External links * * Albert Williams, at ''The VFA Project'' 1916 births Year of death missing Australian rules footballers from Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club players Oakleigh Football Club players People from Carlton, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1916-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertie Williams
Albert Williams (4 March 1907 – 1968) was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward. He made over 210 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War. Career Bertie Williams was born in Merthyr, and played for Merthyr Town. Alex Raisbeck signed Bertie Williams in August 1926 for Bristol City. He made his debut in the Second Division at inside right in a 3-1 win at South Shields on 24 December 1927. Williams made 14apps scoring 4gls in 1927-28. Bertie Williams made a single appearance for Wales v Northern Ireland in February 1930. Bertie Williams joined Sheffield United for £1,400 in January 1932. Honours Sheffield United *FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ... runners up 1936 References 1907 births 1968 deaths Footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Williams (other)
Bert Williams (1874–1922) was an American entertainer. Bert Williams or Bertie Williams may also refer to: * Bert Williams (Australian footballer) (1873–1955), Australian rules footballer * Bert Williams (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1974), Welsh professional footballer *Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920) (1920–2014), English professional footballer *Bertie Williams (1907–1968), Welsh footballer *Bertie Williams (Aboriginal activist), co-founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972 * Bertram Williams (sport shooter) (1876–1934), Canadian sport shooter, known as Bert See also *Albert Williams (other) * Bert Williams Leisure Centre * Bertram Williams-Ellis * Herbert Williams (other) * Hubert Williams, pilot *Robert Williams (other) Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to: Entertainment Film * Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) (1894–1931), American stage and film actor * Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
