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Bill Fox (other)
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Bill Fox may refer to: * Bill Fox (goldminer) (1827–1890), New Zealand gold prospector and miner * Bill Fox (musician), American musician with The Mice * Bill Fox (politician) (1899–1994), New Zealand Labour Party politician * Bill Fox (baseball) (1872–1946), Major League Baseball infielder See also *William Fox (other) *Billy Fox (other) Billy Fox may refer to: * Billy Fox (politician) (1939–1974), Irish Fine Gael politician * Billy Fox (boxer) (1926–1986), American light heavyweight boxer See also * Billie Fox, married name of English actress and singer Billie Piper *William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fox (goldminer)
William Fox (c.1827–9 April 1890) was a New Zealand gold prospector and goldminer. He was born in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... on c.1827. After his discovery of gold in the Arrow River in Otago in 1862 the mining township that sprang up was briefly known as Fox's, before becoming Arrowtown. References 1820s births 1890 deaths New Zealand miners New Zealand gold prospectors Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923) People of the Otago Gold Rush {{NewZealand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fox (musician)
Bill Fox is a Cleveland musician who fronted the garage pop band The Mice and released 2 solo albums before abruptly leaving the music industry in 1998. After a cult following built over many years, music royalties enticed Fox to semi-reluctantly return to music in 2007. He released a third solo album in 2012. Early career Bill Fox was the lead singer and guitarist of the three-piece Cleveland, Ohio garage pop band The Mice from 1984 to 1988. The band released one single, one EP and one LP before Fox unexpectedly and suddenly exited the band, much to the dismay of his brother and bandmate Tommy Fox. The band was one of the most successful indie bands on the burgeoning Ohio power pop scene at the time, and has been cited as an influence by the Dayton, Ohio band Guided by Voices. Solo career and exit from music In the 1990s, Fox released two solo folk albums. The Lo-fi recordings on these albums were often made in his apartment using a 4-track cassette recorder using a microp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fox (politician)
William Arthur Fox (28 September 1899 – 9 October 1994) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a Cabinet minister in the Second Labour Government of 1957–1960. Biography Early life and career Fox was born in London on September 28, 1899. During World War I he served in the Royal Navy Mercantile Marine Reserve aboard the SS ''Tainui''. He migrated to New Zealand in 1922. He married Dorothy Mary Sullivan in 1928 with whom he had two sons. He was a long-time trade unionist and was a prominent member of the Federated Cooks and Stewards Union, of which he became Auckland secretary from 1930 to 1937. He was also the assistant national secretary from 1937 to 1941 before becoming national general secretary from 1941 to 1955. He then proceeded to serve as vice-president of the Federation of Labour from 1948 to 1955. He was also chairman of the Wellington Trades Council. He frequently stood up to Federation of Labour president Fintan Patrick Walsh, both disliking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fox (baseball)
William Henry Fox (January 15, 1872 – May 7, 1946) was a Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... second baseman. He played for the Washington Senators in 1897 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1901. He also played at College of the Holy Cross. He played in the minor leagues from 1894 through 1913 and managed in 1908–1910, 1912–1913 and 1915. External links 1872 births 1946 deaths Baseball players from Worcester County, Massachusetts Washington Senators (1891–1899) players Cincinnati Reds players Major League Baseball second basemen Minor league baseball managers Hartford Bluebirds players Waterbury Brassmen players Waterbury Indians players Toronto Canucks players Rome Romans players Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fox (other)
William Fox may refer to: Entertainment * William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of movie studio Fox Film Corporation * William Fox (actor) (1911–2008), English comedy actor * William Fox (born 1939), birth and early professional name of James Fox * William Price Fox (1926–2015), American novelist and essayist * William Fox (organist), English organist Politics * William Foxe (1480–1554), MP for Ludlow * William Fox (MP for City of York), 14th century Member of Parliament (MP) for City of York * William Fox (pamphleteer) (fl. 1791–1794), abolitionist * William Johnson Fox (1786–1864), British politician * William Fox (politician) (1812–1893), Premier of New Zealand * William H. Fox (1837–1913), Massachusetts lawyer, jurist, and politician Sports * William Fox (footballer), Irish international footballer active in the 1880s * William Victor Fox (1898–1949), English footballer and cricketer * William Fox (wrestler) (1912–1999), English freestyle sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |