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Bill Coleman (choreographer)
William, Will or Bill Coleman may refer to: Business * William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), American pioneer and businessman * William Coffin Coleman (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company * William T. Coleman III, CEO of Veritas * William Frank Kobina Coleman, Ghanaian engineer and director-general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation * William C. Coleman (1901–1976), US railroad executive Entertainment * Bill Coleman (trumpeter) (1904–1981), jazz trumpeter * Bill Coleman (artist) (1922–1993), Australian artist * William Stephen Coleman (1829–1904), English painter and book illustrator * Will Coleman (storyteller) Cornish film-maker, author, and musician Politics * William Coleman (politician) (1878–?), house painter, labor activist, and Socialist politician from Milwaukee * William D. Coleman (politician) (1842–1908), president of Liberia * William Henry Coleman (1871–1943), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tell Coleman
William Tell Coleman (1824–1893) was an American pioneer in the settlement of California. Early life William Tell Coleman was born in Cynthiana in Harrison County, Kentucky on February 29, 1824. He was educated at St. Louis University in Missouri. Committees of Vigilance In 1849, Coleman arrived in California and eventually settled in San Francisco, where he engaged in the shipping and commission business. Coleman was a leading figure in both the 1851 and 1856 Committees of Vigilance, which usurped civic power in order to drive out the Democratic Party machine and ostensibly to establish law and order. Under Coleman, these committees ignored ''habeas corpus'', conducted secret trials, lynchings, and deportations, and raised a militia. The 1856 Committee of Vigilance disbanded, but after transferring power to the new People's Party, which soon merged with the Republican Party and controlled San Francisco until 1867. Shipping After opening a branch in New York City, Coleman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Emmette Coleman
William Emmette Coleman (June 19, 1843 – April 4, 1909), also known as W. E. Coleman, was an American clerk, Orientalist, spiritualist and writer. Biography Coleman was born in Shadwell, Virginia. He was an assistant librarian of Richmond Public Library (1854–1857). He became a spiritualist at age sixteen. He married Wilmot Bouton in 1871; she died in 1882. In 1869 he became assistant chief clerk for General Canby. He was made chief clerk in the Quartermaster office at the Presidio of San Francisco in 1883. Coleman is best remembered for his criticism of Helena Blavatsky and the claims of Theosophy. He argued in his writings that Blavatsky had plagiarized her ideas from other sources and had stolen quotations.Lavoie, Jeffrey D. (2012). ''The Theosophical Society: The History of a Spiritualist Movement''. BrownWalker Press. pp. 262-264. His article "The Sources of Madame Blavatsky's Writings" was published in an appendix to Vsevolod Solovyov's ''A Modern Priestess of Isi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lantz V
__NOTOC__ Lantz may refer to: People * Lantz (surname), a surname of German and Swedish origin * Lantz (given name) Places Canada *Lantz, Nova Scotia Spain * Lantz, Spain, Navarre United States * Lantz, West Virginia * Lantz Arena in Charleston, Illinois * Lantz Corners, Pennsylvania * Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia *Lantz Hall Lantz Hall is a historic building located at Massanutten Military Academy, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It was built in 1907–1909, and is a 3 1/2-story, seven bay by three bay, brick faced frame building in the Late Gothic Revival st ..., in Virginia * Lantz Mill, in Virginia * Lantz-Zeigler House, in Maryland See also *'' Lantz v. Coleman'', a Connecticut superior court case in the United States * Lanz (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Coleman
William Peter Coleman (15 December 1928 – 31 March 2019) was an Australian writer and politician. A widely published journalist for over 60 years, he was editor of '' The Bulletin'' (1964–1967) and of '' Quadrant'' for 20 years, and published 16 books on political, biographical and cultural subjects. While still working as an editor and journalist he had a short but distinguished political career as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1968–1978 for the Liberal Party, serving both as a Minister in the State Cabinet and in the final year as Leader of the New South Wales Opposition. From 1981–1987 he was the member for Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives. Early life Coleman was born in Melbourne, the son of Stanley Charles Coleman, an advertising agent, and Norma Victoria Tiernan. Moving to Sydney, he was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and at the University of Sydney under philosophers John Anderson and John Passmore. Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thaddeus Coleman III
William Thaddeus Coleman III (born 1947) is a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army during the Clinton administration. Biography Coleman was born in Boston on April 20, 1947, the son of William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. and his wife Lovida. He was educated at Williams College (B.A., 1970), and Yale Law School ( J.D., 1973). During his first year at law school, he was befriended by fellow law student Bill Clinton and the two were roommates during their second year of law school. After completing law school, he served as a clerk for federal District Judge Edward T. Gignoux. Coleman was admitted to the bar of Georgia in 1974, and has practiced law since then, most recently in Philadelphia. In the 1990s, when Bill Clinton became President of the United States, he appointed Coleman General Counsel of the Army. Coleman was the subject of a minor scandal in 1997 when he was accused of sexual harassment. An investigation into the allegations by the Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Higgins Coleman
William Higgins Coleman (18 July 1812 – 12 September 1863) was an English botanist. Life Coleman was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B. A. in 1836, M.A. in 1838, and was ordained deacon and priest by Kaye, bishop of Lincoln, in 1840. Becoming a master at Christ's Hospital, Hertford, he was engaged from 1840 to 1847 with the Rev. R. H. Webb in preparing the ''Flora Hertfordiensis'' (London, 1849). In 1847 he became assistant-master in the grammar school, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Coleman died at Burton-on-Trent. Works In 1834, Coleman was author, in conjunction with John William Colenso, of ''Examples in Arithmetic and Algebra'' (Cambridge). The ''Flora Hertfordiensis'' contains an "Introduction on the Physical Geography and Botanical Divisions of the County", by Coleman, written in 1846, which is the first case in which a county flora was distributed into river-basin districts; and appendices (1) on this system, embodying the substance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (historian)
William Coleman (1934–1988) was a distinguished historian of science with a core interest in the history of zoology and evolutionary theory. Coleman also studied the relationship between science and social and political schools of theory. The William Coleman Dissertation Fellowship is named in his honor. Career Coleman was a distinguished professor in his field. During the course of his career he taught at both Johns Hopkins University (1961–1978) and achieved the title of Professor of History of Science and Humanistic Studies. In 1971, Coleman received a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and spent a year at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Although he ultimately returned to Johns Hopkins University when his fellowship ended, Coleman was awarded a second fellowship in 1977 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and again returned to the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (editor)
William Coleman (February 14, 1766 – July 13, 1829) was the first editor of ''The New York Evening Post'' (today known as the ''New York Post''), chosen by founder Alexander Hamilton.William Coleman '''' (alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org) (2004), Retrieved October 21, 2010 Background Coleman was born in , on February 14, 1766. He studied law with |
William Caldwell Coleman
William Caldwell Coleman (October 17, 1884 – January 12, 1968) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Education and career Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Coleman received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard University in 1905 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1909. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1909 to 1927. During this time, he was also an instructor at the University of Maryland Law School from 1914 to 1917, Secretary of the Maryland Educational Survey Committee in 1916, and was a Private in the United States Army during World War I in 1918. Federal judicial service Coleman received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on April 6, 1927, to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, to a new seat authorized by 44 Stat. 1346. He was nominated to the same position by President Coolidge on December 6, 1927. He was confirmed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (judge)
William Coleman (1704 – January 11, 1769) was a merchant, lawyer, municipal official, and judge in colonial Philadelphia. Coleman was born in Philadelphia, where he was educated and studied law. His parents were Quakers; his mother, Rebecca Bradford, had arrived in the new colony of Pennsylvania as a child in 1683, and his father, also William Coleman, was a carpenter and one of the earliest members of the Carpenter's Company of Philadelphia. After he was admitted to the bar, Coleman held a variety of municipal offices, beginning as Town Clerk and Clerk of the City Court. He became a Judge of various local courts including the Orphan's Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Quarter Sessions. In 1758 he was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was also a merchant, in partnership with Thomas Hopkinson. He was also active in Philadelphia's emerging cultural institutions. By 1727 Coleman was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and member of Franklin's Junt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (equestrian)
William "Will" Coleman III (born May 8, 1983 in Locust Valley, New York) is an American equestrian. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual eventing and Team eventing. At the age of six, Coleman's family moved to Charlottesville, VA where he started riding. His first horse was a Shetland pony that arrived in the bed of a pickup truck. Coleman soon started riding in the hunt fields of Virginia Piedmont Hunt where he learned the fundamentals of horse back riding. His father was his first show jumping coach, being an avid fox hunter and horseman in his own right. As his love for eventing grew he started training with Olympic veterans Karen and David O’Connor regularly. After graduating from Woodberry Forest School in 2001, Coleman took an apprenticeship with the O’Connors. In 2001 at the age of 18, Coleman was gold medalist at the North American Young Rider's Championship. When he turned 19 he moved up to the three-star level and finished 8th on his horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (basketball)
William Coleman (born November 16, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Mid-South Echoes of the American Basketball Association. College career In May 2011, Coleman graduated with a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. In the same year, he was awarded the 2011 Conference USA Spirit of Service Award for his contributions in community service and having good academic standing. Professional career On August 10, 2011, he signed with French club Le Mans Sarthe for the 2011–12 season. On August 19, 2012, he signed with Greek club Kavala for the 2012–13 season. On August 14, 2013, he signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica. On March 27, 2014, he left Budućnost and signed with Macedonian club Rabotnički for the rest of the season. On August 6, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Israeli club Hapoel Holon. On November 6, 2014, he parted ways with Hapoel. Five days later, he signed with Greek club Panionios for the rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
