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George Williams (mayor)
George Williams may refer to: Academics *George Williams (priest) (1814–1878), English academic and antiquary * George C. F. Williams (1857–1933), American medical doctor, genealogist and historian * George G. Williams (1902–2000), professor of English and creative writing at Rice University *George Huntston Williams (1914–2000), professor of Unitarian history at Harvard University * George H. Williams (educator) (1918–2003), president of American University *George Christopher Williams (1926–2010), American biologist * George E. Williams (geologist), Australian geologist *George Williams (lawyer), Australian legal academic Entertainment *George Augustus Williams (1814–1901), British landscape painter * George A. Williams (actor) (1854–1936), American actor of the silent film era *George Emlyn Williams (1905–1987), Welsh dramatist and actor *George Williams (musician) (1917–1988), arranger/composer for big bands *George Brigars Williams (1929–2016), Ghanaia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (priest)
George Williams (1814–1878) was an English cleric, academic and antiquary. Early life Born at Eton on 4 April 1814, Williams was son of Edward Williams, a bookseller and publisher there. He was educated on the foundation at Eton College, in the first form of the lower school in 1820, and was admitted scholar on 15 September 1829. On 14 July 1832 he was admitted to a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, and was a fellow from 14 July 1835 to 1870. He graduated B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, was admitted ''ad eundem'' at Oxford on 10 June 1847, and proceeded B.D. at Cambridge in 1849. Chaplain abroad In 1837 Williams was ordained, and on 22 September 1838 he was appointed by Eton College to the perpetual curacies of Great Bricet and Wattisham, which he held until Michaelmas 1840. He was appointed by Archbishop William Howley to accompany Bishop Michael Alexander as chaplain to Jerusalem, and was there from 1841 to May 1843. He then served as chaplain at St. Petersburg (1844–5) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (British Politician)
Lieutenant-Colonel George Williams (1765 – 19 December 1850) was a British army officer and Liberal politician. Background Williams was born in St Johns, Newfoundland, of Welsh descent, grandson of George Williams of Silverdale near Swansea. His father George Williams the younger was one of three brothers, and was chief magistrate of Newfoundland in 1765; and Griffith Williams (died 1790), an army officer and author of ''An account of the island of Newfoundland'', was his uncle. The third brother, John, was a merchant in St Johns. His mother, who married his father in 1762, was Mary or Marie Monier, from Jersey. Military career Griffith Williams served under General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga Campaign in 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and George Williams went with him and joined the army as a twelve-year-old volunteer. He was granted a commission as an ensign in the 62nd Regiment of Foot, replacing an officer mortally wounded at the Battle of Freeman's F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1881)
George Williams (10 February 1881 – 13 May 1946) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1881 births 1946 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1881-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1879)
George Owen Williams (September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was a semi-professional footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion as a half back. He was capped by Wales at international level. Personal life Williams served as a rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ... on 27 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Career statistics See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) References Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I 1879 births 1916 deaths Men's association football wing halves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1862)
George Williams (born 1862) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1893 and 1898, playing 6 matches. He played his first match on 18 March 1893 against Scotland and his last match on 19 February 1898 against Ireland. At club level, he played for Chirk Chirk ( cy, Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire, and later Clwy .... See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) References 1862 births Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers Chirk AAA F.C. players Place of birth missing Year of death missing Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Wales-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams III
George Roger Williams III (born December 8, 1975) is a former American football defensive lineman who last played for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League. Williams spent a total of seven seasons with the SaberCats; prior to this, he spent three years in the NFL. Williams was born in Roseboro, North Carolina. He attended nearby Lakewood High School, where he played football; he continued to play football at North Carolina State University. Williams played for a total of four years at NC State; while he was not selected in the NFL Draft, he was ultimately signed by the New York Giants. Williams spent a total of three years with the Giants. While he never started a game for the team, he received substantial playing time; he appeared in 29 of the Giants' 32 regular season games in 1999 and 2000. Williams was on the team's roster when they advanced to Super Bowl XXXV, where they lost to the Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (American Football)
George Williams was an American football coach. As head coach of Kansas Wesleyan in 1916, his team failed to win a game. They gave up an average of just over 40 points per game while scoring only three points for the entire season. Coaching career Williams was the sixth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas and he held that position for the 1919 season. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 0–8 and his team was outscored 327–3 by opponents. Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching records Head coaching record References Year of birth missing[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hara Williams
George Hara Williams (November 17, 1894 – September 12, 1945) was a Canadian farmer activist and politician.Dale-Burnett, LisaWilliams, George (1894–1945), ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, accessed February 12, 2008 Biography Born in Binscarth, Manitoba, Williams attended Manitoba Agricultural College after serving in World War I. Upon graduating, he moved to Saskatchewan to become director of livestock and equipment in the province for the Soldier Settlement Board. He began farming himself and joined and became an organizer for the Farmers Union of Canada in 1923. He served as president of its successor, the United Farmers of Canada, from 1929 to 1931, and steered it towards political action. Williams brought a militant class struggle perspective to the organization.Conway, John Frederick, The West: The History of a Region in Confederation', James Lorimer & Company, 1994, page 127 He was also involved with the Marxist Farmers' Educational League and was founder and secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George S
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (Michigan Politician)
George Williams was born on 24 September 1869 in Oswestry, which has at various times in history been part of either Wales or Shropshire, England. Sometime before 1884 he immigrated to Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. He was educated there, and began working on the railways at an early age, eventually becoming a General Agent of the Copper Range Railroad. Williams was a Republican and was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1915 to 1916 for the 32nd district, which comprises Houghton County, Keweenaw County and Ontonagon County Ontonagon County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, the population was 5,816, making it Michigan's third-least populous county. The co .... George died March 31, 1934, in Green Bay, WI. He was buried next to his wife, Salina, in Houghton, MI. References *''Daily Mining Gazette-Houghton'' April 3, 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Norris Williams
George Norris Williams (13 October 1866, Ōkaihau New Zealand – 9 July 1949, Dawson City) was the acting commissioner of Yukon from 13 October 1916 to 1 Apirl 1918, when the previous commissioner, George Black, was fighting in World War I. Before serving as the commissioner, he was an elected member of the Yukon Council. He was a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers The Yukon Order of Pioneers is a fraternal order founded on December 1, 1894 at Forty Mile, Yukon for the purposes of establishing a police force and a fraternal group whose primary concern would be the welfare, security and well-being of its m .... His occupation was once listed as 'miner'. In his career, he approved the ''Workers Compensation Ordinance '', which protected Yukon workers. Notes Commissioners of Yukon Members of the Yukon Territorial Council 1866 births 1949 deaths {{Yukon-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
