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Bill Thompson (Canadian Football)
Bill Thompson may refer to: Politics * William Hale Thompson (1868–1944), known as Big Bill Thompson, Mayor of Chicago * Bill Thompson (Wyoming politician) (1937–2018), member of the Wyoming State House of Representatives * Bill Thompson (South Dakota politician) (born 1949), South Dakota State House of Representatives * Bill Thompson (New York politician) (born 1953), New York City Comptroller and Democratic nominee for mayor * Bill Thompson (Ohio politician), Ohio House of Representatives * Bill Thompson (Arkansas politician), long-serving state legislator Sports * Bill Thompson (Australian footballer) (1876–1965), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy * Bill Thompson (racing driver) (1906–1945), 3-time winner of the Australian Grand Prix in the 1930s * Bill Thompson (Scottish footballer) (1921–1988), for Portsmouth and Bournemouth, manager in England and the Netherlands * Bill Thompson (English footballer) (1940–2011), for Newcastle, Rotherham and Darlington * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hale Thompson
William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", Reynolds, Paul (November 29, 2009)"US-UK 'Special Relationship' Not So Special Any More" ''BBC''. Retrieved June 13, 2022. he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical mayors in American history, mainly for his open alliance with Al Capone. However, others recognize the effectiveness of his political methods and publicity-oriented campaigning, acknowledging him as a "Political Chameleon" and an effective political machine.Bukowski, Douglas. Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. ''Time'' magazine said in 1931, "chief credit for creating 20th Century Politics Chicago Style" should go to William Thompson. Thompson was known for his over-the-top campaigning and uncensored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Thompson (basketball)
William Thompson was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League during the 1941–42 season and averaged 3.7 points per game. References American men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Guards (basketball) Basketball players from Toledo, Ohio Toledo Jim White Chevrolets players {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forde Thompson
William Forde "Bill" Thompson is an academic who has worked in Canada, Sweden and Australia. He is a distinguished professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where he was chair of the psychology department between 2009 and 2013. His research focuses on music, emotion, expertise, and performance. From 2007 to 2009, he was president of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. He was an associate editor at ''Music Perception'', former editor of '' Empirical Musicology Review'' (2008–2010), and chief investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, US, Thompson holds a BSc in psychology from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) and an MA and PhD in psychology from Queen's University (Kingston, Canada). He is the author of '' Music, Thought, and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of Music'', Oxford University Press S 2009 (1st edition), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Thompson III
Bill Thompson III (March 3, 1962 – March 25, 2019) was the publisher and editor of ''Bird Watcher's Digest'' and the author of numerous books on birds and nature. He is also the author of ''Bird Watching For Dummies'' (1997, John Wiley & Sons), and author of 18 different state bird watching books in the ''Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide'' series from Cool Springs Press (2005). He is the lead author for ''Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges'' published by Houghton Mifflin (2005). He was the editor of ''All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures'' by Roger Tory Peterson (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). His most recent book is "The New Birder's Guide to Birds of North America" (2014, Houghton Mifflin Company). He wrote the ''Bill of the Birds'' blog and created a regular podcast for bird watchers called ''This Birding Life''. He was an avid birder and musician and traveled widely performing, speaking, leading field trips, and consulting on ecoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Thompson (bishop)
William Avery Thompson (1946–2020) was an American Anglican bishop. A key figure in the Anglican realignment in the United States, he was the longtime rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, which left the Episcopal Church for oversight by the Church of Uganda in 2004. He became a leader in the Common Cause Partnership, which in 2009 emerged as the Anglican Church in North America, and in 2009 was elected the first bishop of the ACNA's Diocese of Western Anglicans. Education and early career Thompson was born in 1946. He was raised in the Episcopal Church at All Saints, Long Beach. In 1966, while a student at Stanford University, Thompson was recommended by All Saints' vestry as a postulant for ordained ministry. After graduating, he received his M.Div. from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in 1971 and was ordained to the priesthood. Thompson returned to All Saints in 1973 to serve as curate; in 1975, at the age of 28, he was elected the church's sixth rector. Thompson ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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