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Bill Cameron (other)
William Cameron may refer to: * William Cameron (Australian politician) (1877–1931), New South Wales politician * William Cameron (explorer) (1833–1886), British surveyor who discovered the Cameron Highlands * William Cameron (Canadian politician) (1847–1920), Nova Scotian politician * William Cameron (poet) (1751–1811), Scottish poet and minister of the Church of Scotland * William Bleasdell Cameron (1862–1951), survivor of the Frog Lake Massacre, journalist and author * William E. Cameron (1842–1927), American politician * William Gordon Cameron (1827–1913), British soldier and colonial administrator * William Cameron (priest) (1688–1765), Irish Anglican priest * William George Cameron (1853–1930), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia * William John Cameron (1907–1990), Scottish minister * William J. Cameron (1878–1955), Canadian newspaper editor * Willie Cameron (1883–1958), Scottish football player and manager (Blackburn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron (Australian Politician)
William Cameron (6 July 1877 – 6 May 1931) was an Australian politician. Life and career Cameron was born at Rouchel Brook, south-east of Scone, to grazier Donald Cameron and Elizabeth, ''née'' McMullen. After serving in the Boer War, he settled near Scone as a grazier and became active in the local community, serving on the Upper Hunter Pastoral Protection Board, the Graziers' Association and Upper Hunter Shire Council and supporting the New England New State Movement. He was well known in the district as a cricketer, a clever leg-spin bowler and big-hitting batsman. He toured Ceylon with a New South Wales cricket team led by Mick Waddy in 1914. He was the leading bowler on the tour, taking 36 wickets at an average of 6.80. In 1918 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Upper Hunter. He was one of the members of Maitland while proportional representation was used from 1920 to 1927, and represented Upper Hunter again f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Cameron
William Smith Cameron (2 December 1883 – 14 October 1958) was a Scottish football player and manager whose position was mainly as an inside forward, though he was versatile and also played in the centre, on the wing and at half back during his career. Playing career Cameron's playing career, during which he acquired the nickname 'Kilty', was largely characterised by short periods at several clubs in northern England and south-west Scotland. Born at Mossend, Lanarkshire, though much of his early life was spent in Coatbridge where his father worked in the local ironworks,Cameron, Kilty (1916) Hamilton Academical Memory Bank he moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron Forbes
William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as Governor-General of the Philippines, governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932. He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes, president of the Bell Telephone Company, who was part of the Boston Brahmin family that made its fortune trading in China, and wife Edith Emerson, a daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was grandson Sarah Hathaway and John Murray Forbes and Lidian Jackson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. After education at the Milton Academy and Boston's Hopkinson School and graduation from Harvard in 1892, he embarked on a business career, eventually becoming a partner in J. M. Forbes and Company. Primary sources * Forbes, William Cameron. ''Report of the President's Commission for the Study and Review of Conditions in the Republic of Haiti: March 26, 1930'' (US Government Printing Office, 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron Edwards
William Cameron Edwards (7 May 1844 – 17 September 1921) was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian. He was born in Clarence Township in Russell County, Ontario, the son of William Edwards and Ann Cameron, received basic schooling in Ottawa at the District Grammar School Lisgar Alumni Association. A History of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, 1843–1903. 1904. and, at a young age, began work in the timber industry at Thurso, Quebec. He founded W.C. Edwards & Company which built large sawmills at Rockland and New Edinburgh. Up until 1920, Edwards' company also operated a sawmill on the Petite-Nation River in Quebec at North Nation Mills, north of Plaisance. In 1885, he married Catherine Wilson. A Liberal, he was five times elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Ontario electoral district of Russell. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1887, and was re-elected in 1888, 1891, 1896 and 1900. On 17 March 1903 he was appointed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron Coup
William Cameron Coup (August 4, 1836 – March 4, 1895) was a Wisconsin businessman who partnered with P. T. Barnum and Dan Castello in 1870 to form the "P. T. Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus". Previously Barnum had a museum at a fixed location in New York City and the traveling circus allowed him to bring his curiosities to more paying customers. Coup's innovations were the circus train to transport the materials from town to town. He also came up with the concept of adding a second ring in 1872 and a third ring to the circus in 1881 to allow more people to view the events. Biography He was born in 1837 in Mount Pleasant, Martin County, Indiana. His father purchased a tavern, which was not what William wished to do with his life. He worked in a country newspaper office as a "devil". However, this was not to his liking either. Coup went to see a show and decided to apprentice himself to the show. In 1853, he joined E. F. & J. Mabie Circus, where he secured sideshow privile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Cameron
William Alexander Cameron (December 5, 1896 – January 28, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans between 1923 and 1925. Born in Timmins, Ontario, Cameron won the Stanley Cup in 1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ... with the Canadiens. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1896 births 1972 deaths Buffalo Bisons (IHL) players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Hamilton Tigers (IHL) players Kitchener Millionaires players Montreal Canadiens players New York Americans players Pittsburgh Athletic Association ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Timmins Stanley Cup champions St. Paul Saints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cameron (philanthropist)
Bill Cameron, (October 11, 1924 – March 13, 1993) was a Canadian inventor, engineer and founder of the Neil Squire Society. He designed many devices to help people with disabilities including a Sip-and-puff communication system, and a robot arm called M.O.M (Manipulative Obedient Machine). In his life, Cameron was awarded many honors for his work with persons with disabilities. Born October 11, 1924 in California, Cameron moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada where he spent his childhood. When World War II broke out, he immediately signed up at CFB Petawawa. Unfortunately, once there he developed a sinus condition and it was decided that it would be too cold for him in Europe. He was given a medical discharge. Having dual citizenship, Cameron then joined the U.S. Marine Corps to fight in the Pacific. He served overseas during the war as well as in post-war Japan. Upon his return to Canada, Cameron enrolled in the engineering program at the University of Saskatchewan but engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cameron (mystery Author)
Bill (W. H.) Cameron (born November 19, 1963, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American author. Publishing History Bill Cameron's first novel, ''Lost Dog'' (2007), was a Left Coast Crime Rocky Award nominee and a finalist for the 2008 Spotted Owl Award for best mystery in the Pacific Northwest. His second novel, ''Chasing Smoke'' (2008), received a starred review from ''Library Journal'' and was a finalist for the 2009 Spotted Owl Award. It was also an IndieBound Notable Next for January 2009. Cameron's third novel, ''Day One'', was published by Tyrus Books in 2010, and features the return of his series character, Skin Kadash. ''Day One'' was a finalist for the 2011 Spotted Owl Award and was included in the Best of 2010 list by the Portland Mercury. His fourth novel, ''County Line'' was published by Tyrus Books/F+W Crime in June 2011. ''County Line'' received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. ''County Line'' was named a Favorite of 2011 by the Portland, Oregon mystery bookstor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cameron (journalist)
William Lorne Cameron (January 23, 1943 – March 12, 2005) was a Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and author. Cameron was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and grew up in Vancouver, La Jolla, California, and Ottawa, Ontario. A Gemini Award and National Magazine Award winner, he was a writer, author, documentary reporter/producer, TV current affairs host/interviewer, radio broadcaster, newspaper columnist and reporter and TV news anchor. Early career In 1965, Cameron abandoned his studies in English literature at the University of Toronto to pursue an acting career in New York where he began freelancing for CBC Radio as an arts and entertainment critic/reviewer. He returned to Toronto and a new job at the ''Toronto Star'' as a columnist and member of the editorial board when he was 25 years of age. In 1970, Cameron was part of a group of young researchers with Senator David Croll's Senate Committee studying poverty in Canada. The four resigned from their jobs, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cameron (footballer)
William Charles Cameron (5 August 1928 – 22 April 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1928 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Maffra Football Club players 2021 deaths {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cameron (explorer)
William Cameron (1833-1886) FGS, FRGS was the explorer whose name is commemorated in the Cameron Highlands. Brother of John Cameron, of Singapore, William was born in Glasgow, educated at its High School, and first worked there as an accountant. He emigrated to Australia, where he studied geology and the goldfields before returning to Scotland where he reported on the gold discovered at Kildonan, Sutherland. From discussions with miners he wrote reports for the ''North British Daily Mail'' which led to a Royal Commission on the Truck Acts. He then went to report as a war correspondent with the French army on the Franco-German War, but was arrested as a spy, condemned to death, and only freed after strenuous diplomatic representations. For a time, he then worked in finance in London. He then went to Singapore where his brother was proprietor of the ''Straits Times''. Around 1880 he went surveying alone in Pahang, and later in Selangor and Perak. His 'practical knowledge of minera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |