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Francis Williams (basketball)
Francis Williams may refer to: * Francis Williams (headmaster) (1830–1895) Anglican priest and headmaster in South Australia *Francis Williams (musician) (1910–1983), American jazz trumpeter *Francis Williams (poet) (1702–1770), scholar and poet born in Kingston, Jamaica * Francis Xavier Williams (1882–1967), American entomologist * Francis Cromwell alias Williams, MP for Huntingdonshire *Francis Williams, Baron Francis-Williams (1903–1970), British newspaper editor and public relations advisor to British prime minister Clement Attlee * Francis Williams (politician), member of the Florida House of Representatives See also *Frances Williams Frances Williams (1904 – 1978) was a composer and conductor, particularly known for her choral works. She was born in Waunfawr in Caernarvonshire, Wales. In 1913, she emigrated to the United States with her family who settled in Seattle, Wash ... * Frank Williams (other) * {{human name disambiguation, Williams, Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (headmaster)
Rev. Francis Williams (1830 – 21 July 1895) was headmaster of St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia. History Williams was born in Oxford, England and educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1854, and MA in 1860. He was ordained deacon in 1852 and priest in 1853 in the Diocese of Rochester. He came to South Australia in 1861 without fanfare to take a position with St Peter's College as third master; in 1873 he was appointed second master, and subsequently bursar. At the end of 1881, after allegations of Ritualism and subsequent divisions in the College Council, W. Bedell Stanford, who had been appointed Head Master by Bishop Short in 1879, resigned. Williams was persuaded to postpone his planned holiday to England, and was made acting Head, and in 1882 was formally appointed to the position. In April 1886 Williams and a College man-servant suffered from a severe attack of typhoid fever, but no student or other staff mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (musician)
Francis Williams (September 20, 1910, McConnell's Mill, Pennsylvania - October 2, 1983, Houston, Texas) was an American jazz trumpeter. Career Williams's first gigs were with Frank Terry's Chicago Nightingales in the 1930s. In 1940 he moved to New York City, and in the first half of the decade played in the bands of Fats Waller, Claude Hopkins, Edgar Hayes, Ella Fitzgerald, Sabby Lewis, and Machito. From 1945 to 1949, and again in 1951, he played and recorded extensively as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra. Williams worked primarily with Latin jazz ensembles and New York theater bands in the 1950s and 1960s, and played with Clyde Bernhardt and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in addition to working with his own quartet. Near the end of his life he worked with Panama Francis. Personal life Williams was a single father and had one son, actor Greg Morris. Death Williams died on October 2, 1983 in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (poet)
Francis Williams (–1770) was a scholar and poet born in Kingston, Jamaica, who travelled to Europe and became a citizen of Britain. In the 1720s, he returned to Jamaica, where he set up a free school for the children of Free black people in Jamaica. Early life and family Francis Williams was born around 1700 to John and Dorothy Williams, a free black couple in the Colony of Jamaica. John Williams had been freed in 1699 by the will of his former master.''Journals of the Assembly of Jamaica'', Vol. 2, 19 November 1724, pp. 509–512. The Williams family's status as free, property-owning black people set them apart from other Jamaican inhabitants, who were at the time mostly British colonists and enslaved Africans. Eventually, the Williams family property expanded to include both land and slaves. Though it was rare for black people in the 18th century to receive an education, Francis Williams and his siblings were able to afford schooling due to their father's wealth. Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Xavier Williams
Francis Xavier Williams (6 August 1882, Martinez, California – 16 December 1967, Chula Vista, California) was an American entomologist. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from St. Ignatius College (now known as the University of San Francisco) in 1903, a BA from Stanford University, his MA from the University of Kansas in 1912 and his Doctorate of Science from Harvard University in 1915. He participated as entomologist in a 17-month (1905–1906) expedition to the Galápagos Islands, collecting about 4,000 insects, including many new species. In 1917, he moved to Honolulu to work for 32 years for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Before he left, he gave his collection of nearly 8000 specimens and his library of 649 books and journals to the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Cromwell
Francis Williams ( – 5 August 1598), also known as Francis Cromwell, of Huntingdonshire, was an English landowner and politician. He was elected MP for Huntingdonshire in 1572 and was appointed Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1587. Early life Francis Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell, was the second son of Sir Richard Williams ''alias'' Cromwell (–1544) of London, Stepney and Hinchingbrooke and Frances Murfyn (–), daughter of Thomas Murfyn and his second wife, Elizabeth Donne. Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1565. His estates, which were mainly in Huntingdonshire, included the site of St Neots Priory, the manors of St Neots, Hardwick, and Grafham, as well as lands in the parish of Wintringham. He also owned property in Aldermanbury, London. Career Fairly active in local affairs, he played a role subordinate to that of his elder brother, Sir Henry Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell. He served as JP, Court of quarter sessions in Hunti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Huntingdonshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Knights of the Shire (apart from 1654 to 1659, when it returned three); when elections were contested, the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system was used. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was divided between the new single-seat county divisions of Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency), Huntingdon and Ramsey (UK Parliament constituency), Ramsey with effect from the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, Huntingdon and Ramsey were re-united and the constituency was reconstituted, returning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
