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Bill Connor (composer)
William Connor (1909–1967) was a British journalist. William Connor may also refer to: *William D. Connor (1864–1944), Lieutenant-Governor of Wisconsin * William C. Connor (1832–?), Irish soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William Connor (gymnast) (1869–1964), British Olympic gymnast * William Herbert Connor (1895–?), salesman and political figure in Ontario *William Connor, a character from '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' *William Durward Connor (1874–1960), U.S. Army general * William E. Connor II, American-born, Hong Kong-based businessman and car collector * Bill Connor (American football) (1899–1980), American football player *Bill Connor (trade unionist) Sir William Joseph Connor (born 21 May 1941), usually referred to as Bill Connor, is a former British trade unionist, Labour politician and General Secretary of USDAW Bill Connor was a former leader of the Labour group on West Lancashire Council. ... (born 1941), British trade unionist and politician See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Connor
Sir William Neil Connor (26 April 1909 – 6 April 1967) was an English newspaper journalist for the ''Daily Mirror'' who wrote under the pen name of "Cassandra". Biography William Connor wrote a regular column for over 30 years between 1935Dennis Griiffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1492–1992'', London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 199 and 1 February 1967 with a short intermission for the Second World War, his column restarting after the war with the words "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, it is a powerful hard thing to please all of the people all of the time." He took his pen-name from Cassandra in Greek mythology, a tragic character who is given the gift of prophecy by Apollo but is then cursed so that no one will ever believe her. The very popular column helped the ''Mirror''s readership to grow to the highest in its history during the 1950s. His columns were simply written, in keeping with his working class readership, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |