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Bill Edgar (golfer)
William or Bill Edgar may refer to: * William Edgar (politician) (1858–1948), Australian politician * Bill Edgar (American football) (1898–1970), American football player * William Edgar (engineer) (born 1938), British mechanical engineer * William Edgar (apologist) (born 1944), American Christian apologist {{Hndis, Edgar, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edgar (politician)
William Haslem Edgar (21 January 1858 – 6 June 1948) was an Australian politician. He was born at St Arnaud to Irish-born engineer Edward Edgar and Mary, ''née'' Haslem. He attended St Arnaud Public School and Stawell Grammar School before working in a Melbourne warehouse for five years. He married his first wife, Elizabeth Cecelia Bingley, around 1887. He worked as a draper in Dunolly and served on the borough council from 1885 to 1886 before moving to Melbourne in around 1888 to work as an estate agent. In 1902 he was elected to Malvern City Council, serving as mayor from 1906 to 1907 and leaving the council in 1909. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1904 as the non-Labor member for Melbourne West, holding the seat until his defeat in 1913. During this period he was minister without portfolio from 1909 to 1912 and Minister for Public Works and Health from 1912 to 1913. After running unsuccessfully in a Legislative Council by-election for East Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Edgar (American Football)
Alexander Willis Edgar (September 17, 1898 - December 18, 1970) was a professional American football player for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Akron Pros. He attended high school in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania and The Kiski School. He attended college Bucknell University, University of Pittsburgh and Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries t .... See also * 1923 Buffalo All-Americans season * 1923 Akron Pros season References Players of American football from Iowa Players of American football from Pennsylvania 1898 births 1970 deaths Buffalo All-Americans players Akron Pros players Washington & Jefferson Presidents football players Washington & Jefferson College alumni Bucknell University alumni University of Pittsburgh alum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edgar (engineer)
William Edgar CBE (born 1938) is a British mechanical engineer, who was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2004. He is a graduate from Strathclyde University and Birmingham University with an MSc in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. In 1990, he became Chief Executive of the National Engineering Laboratory. He gave the George Stephenson Lecture on "The challenges of offshore oil and gas deepwater". He was Director of Seaforth Engineering, which built the Underwater Training Centre at Fort William, Scotland and the National Hyperbaric Centre at Aberdeen. He was a Group Director of the John Wood Group, was Chairman of the J.P. Kenny Group for ten years, and on the board of Subsea UK. He was appointed CBE in the 2004 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2004 were appointments by some of the Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |