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Bill Chambers (film Critic)
William or Bill Chambers may refer to: Sportspeople *Will Chambers (born 1988), Australian rugby league player * Bill Chambers (American football) (1923–1983), American football offensive lineman *Bill Chambers (basketball) (1930–2017), NCAA college record holder for rebounds * Bill Chambers (footballer) (1906–1978), English footballer *Bill Chambers (baseball) (1888–1962), Major League pitcher * William Chambers (footballer), English footballer Politicians * William Chambers (Welsh politician) (1809–1882), son of William Chambers (industrialist) * William Chambers (MP) (died 1559) *William Chambers (publisher) (1800–1883), lord provost of Edinburgh * William Clarke Chambers (1862–19??), railway contractor and politician Others *William Chambers (architect) (1723–1796), Born to Scottish parents in Sweden, architect, based in London * William Chambers (industrialist) (1774–1855), see Glamorgan Pottery * William Frederick Chambers (1786–1855), British doctor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Chambers
William Chambers (born 26 May 1988) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who previously played for the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. After winning two titles with the Melbourne Storm, he retired from Australia's NRL in 2021. He previously played at for the Melbourne Storm and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League and Australia at international level in rugby league. He had played his entire NRL career until the end of the 2019 NRL season at the Storm, winning the 2012 and 2017 Grand Finals with them. He has played for Queensland in the State of Origin series, Prime Minister's XIII and the Indigenous All Stars. Chambers also played rugby union for the Queensland Reds, Munster and Suntory Sungoliath. Early life Chambers was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia into a family of Indigenous Australian ( Yolngu) descent but moved to the remote Northern Territory town of Nhulunbuy at 2 years of age. He began pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chambers (industrialist)
William or Bill Chambers may refer to: Sportspeople *Will Chambers (born 1988), Australian rugby league player *Bill Chambers (American football) (1923–1983), American football offensive lineman *Bill Chambers (basketball) (1930–2017), NCAA college record holder for rebounds * Bill Chambers (footballer) (1906–1978), English footballer *Bill Chambers (baseball) (1888–1962), Major League pitcher * William Chambers (footballer), English footballer Politicians * William Chambers (Welsh politician) (1809–1882), son of William Chambers (industrialist) * William Chambers (MP) (died 1559) *William Chambers (publisher) (1800–1883), lord provost of Edinburgh * William Clarke Chambers (1862–19??), railway contractor and politician Others *William Chambers (architect) (1723–1796), Born to Scottish parents in Sweden, architect, based in London * William Chambers (industrialist) (1774–1855), see Glamorgan Pottery *William Frederick Chambers (1786–1855), British doctor and Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Film Critics Association
The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) is an organization of film critics from Toronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of the FIPRESCI. History The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization of Toronto-based broadcasters and journalists who critique films and provide commentary on them. Members represent all major print and electronic outlets in the city. They have juried festivals all over the world, from Cannes to Berlin, Venice to Toronto. The TFCA began presenting awards in 1998, and the dinner around them has grown to be a major annual event in the Canadian film calendar accompanied by a significant cash prizes, including a $100,000 purse, sponsored by Rogers, for the director of the best Canadian film. The founding members of the TFCA—those who attended the first meeting in August 1997 at the board room of the National Film Board of Canada—were Cameron Bailey ('' Now Magazine''), Norm Wilner (freelance), Liam Lacey (''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Chambers (film Critic)
William or Bill Chambers may refer to: Sportspeople *Will Chambers (born 1988), Australian rugby league player * Bill Chambers (American football) (1923–1983), American football offensive lineman *Bill Chambers (basketball) (1930–2017), NCAA college record holder for rebounds * Bill Chambers (footballer) (1906–1978), English footballer *Bill Chambers (baseball) (1888–1962), Major League pitcher * William Chambers (footballer), English footballer Politicians * William Chambers (Welsh politician) (1809–1882), son of William Chambers (industrialist) * William Chambers (MP) (died 1559) *William Chambers (publisher) (1800–1883), lord provost of Edinburgh * William Clarke Chambers (1862–19??), railway contractor and politician Others *William Chambers (architect) (1723–1796), Born to Scottish parents in Sweden, architect, based in London * William Chambers (industrialist) (1774–1855), see Glamorgan Pottery * William Frederick Chambers (1786–1855), British doctor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Chambers (musician)
Bill Chambers is an Australian country musician and former member of the Dead Ringer Band. Chambers's albums ''Sleeping with the Blues'' and ''Cold Trail'' were nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Country Album. He is best known as being the father of Kasey Chambers. He lives in Ourimbah, NSW Central Coast. Career Bill Chambers was born in Southend, South Australia and married his wife Diane at age 20. Together they had two children, Nash in 1974 and Kasey in 1976. Shortly after the birth of Kasey in 1976, Chambers moved his family to central Australia's Nullarbor Plain and earned a living by hunting and trapping rabbits and foxes that raided Nullarbor poultry farms, then selling the pelts. Bill home schooled Nash and Kasey, and taught them American folk and country music by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rogers, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt and Gram Parsons, as well as Australian country artists Slim Dusty, Buddy Williams and Tex Morton. In 1986, Bill moved the family to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lea Chambers
William Lea Chambers (4 March 1852 – 26 August 1933) was a United States federal judge. Biography He was born on March 4, 1852 in Columbus, Georgia. He was appointed Chief Justice of Samoa c.1897, where the English, Germans and Americans were sharing political influence under a tripartite agreement. He was soon forced to adjudicate between rival local claimants to the kingship of Samoa, ruling on a legal technicality in favour of Chief Tanu. A civil war ensued, which had to put down by British naval intervention, severely worsening relations between England and Germany, who had favoured the other claimant. Chambers was eventually pressured into resigning his post c.1900. In March 1913, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation. He died in 1933 and was buried in Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Maryland Beallsville is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chambers (milliner)
William Chambers (born 1979) is a British milliner Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter. Historically, milliners, typically women shopkeepers, produced or imported an inventory of g ... who creates handmade hats and headpieces sold through department stores. References External links Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, William British milliners Living people 1979 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Chambers
William Frederick Chambers, KCH (1786–1855) was a British physician. Chambers was the eldest son of William Chambers, a political servant of the East India Company, and a distinguished oriental scholar, who died in 1793, by his marriage with Charity, daughter of Thomas Fraser, of Balmain, Inverness-shire. Sir Robert Chambers (1737–1803) was his uncle. He was born in India in 1786, came to England in 1793, was educated at Bath grammar school and at Westminster School; from which he was elected to a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA (1808), MA (1811) and MD (1818). On leaving Cambridge he studied medicine at St. George's Hospital, the Windmill Street School of Medicine, and in Edinburgh. He was an inceptor candidate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, 22 December 1813, a candidate 30 September 1818, a fellow 30 September 1819, censor (police of the Royal College of Physicians) 1822 and 1836, consiliarius 1836, 1841, and 1845, and an ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamorgan Pottery
The Glamorgan Pottery was situated on the banks of the River Tawe, Swansea, Wales, from 1814 until 1838, producing various earthenware products. It is not to be confused with the Cambrian Pottery, also of Swansea, which made fine porcelain Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises main ..., also from 1814, usually known as "Swansea porcelain". Its founder, George Haynes and previous manager of the adjacent Cambrian Pottery, opened the works in 1814, having fallen out with Cambrian owner Lewis Weston Dillwyn. The wares produced were largely for domestic use, and often marked "B B & I", for Baker, Bevans and Irwin, the initials of the proprietors. The pottery was Offered for sale and purchased in 1838 by Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, son of Lewis Weston Dillwyn. He closed the pottery in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chambers (architect)
__NOTOC__ Sir William Chambers (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy. Biography William Chambers was born on 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to a Scottish merchant father. Between 1740 and 1749 he was employed by the Swedish East India Company making three voyages to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration. Returning to Europe, he studied architecture in Paris (with J. F. Blondel) and spent five years in Italy. Then, in 1755, he moved to London, where he established an architectural practice. In 1757, through a recommendation of Lord Bute, he was appointed architectural tutor to the Prince of Wales, later George III, and in 1766 also, along with Robert Adam, Architect to the King, (this being an unofficial title, rather than an actual salaried post with the Office of Works). He wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Chambers (American Football)
William Joseph Chambers (October 17, 1923 – September 29, 1983) was an American football offensive lineman in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He played two seasons for the New York Yankees (1948–1949). He played collegiately for Alabama, Georgia Tech and UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St .... References 1923 births 1983 deaths Players of American football from Los Angeles American football offensive tackles Alabama Crimson Tide football players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players UCLA Bruins football players New York Yankees (AAFC) players {{offensive-lineman-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Clarke Chambers
William Clarke Chambers (December 17, 1862 – February 1, 1958) was a Canadian railway contractor, farmer and politician in Ontario. He represented Wellington West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1919 and from 1924 to 1926 as a Conservative. The son of Andrew Chambers and Lucy Clarke, he was born in Wroxeter and grew up on the family farm. He was educated at public schools in Blanchard and Harriston. Chambers worked on various construction projects for the Grand Trunk Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway, the Temiskaming and Northern Railway, the Canadian Northern Railway, the Manitoulin & North Shore Railway and the Canada Atlantic Railway. He was superintendent for construction of an electric railway in Niagara Falls and worked on the construction of a water filtration plant for Toronto. Chambers was also employed in lumber and mining, being one of the original owners of the Nipissing Mine The Nipissing Mine is an aband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
