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Harry Williams (other)
Harry Williams may refer to: Business * Harry Palmerston Williams (1889–1936), American businessman * Harry E. Williams, founder of the Williams Manufacturing Company * Harry Williams, owner and operator of Hedonism Resorts * Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Music * Harry Williams (songwriter) (1879–1922), American composer and lyricist * Harry Williams (1927–1991), Aboriginal Australian singer who sung in the musical duo Harry and Wilga Williams * Harry Williams, singer of American R&B band Bloodstone Sports Association football * Harry Williams (footballer, born 1875) (1875–?), English footballer with Small Heath * Harry Williams (footballer, born 1883) (1883–?), English footballer with Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Manchester United * Harry Williams (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1980), English footballer with Sunderland, Chesterfield, Manchester United and Brentford * Harry Williams (footballer, born 1929), English foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Palmerston Williams
Harry Palmerston Williams (October 6, 1889 – May 19, 1936) was a Louisiana businessman and co-owner of the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation that dominated air racing in the United States during the so-called Golden Age of Aviation. Early years Williams was born on October 6, 1889, in Patterson, Louisiana to Francis Bennett Williams and Emily Williamson Seyburn. His father was a prominent Louisiana industrialist and civic leader. Williams was educated at Lawrenceville Academy, Lawrenceville, New Jersey and at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. In 1906, like his brothers, he entered his father's lumber business, initially operating a dredge in south Louisiana swamps for $50 a month. In World War I, he served as a lieutenant in the Engineers Corps. After the war, Williams became active in politics, becoming the Mayor of Patterson, as well as serving as the president of police jury in St. Mary Parish and state highway commissioner. Business career Williams' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Williams (third Baseman)
Harry Williams was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1920s. Williams played for the Baltimore Black Sox in 1920 and 1921. In four recorded career games, he posted three hits in 15 plate appearances. References External links *Baseball statistics and player information froBaseball-Reference Black Baseball StatsanSeamheads Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Baltimore Black Sox players Baseball third basemen {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Williams (other)
Henry Williams may refer to: Politicians * Henry Williams (activist) (born 2000), chief of staff of the Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign * Henry Williams (MP for Northamptonshire) (died 1558), Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire * Henry Williams (alias Cromwell) (died 1604), MP for Huntingdon * Henry Williams (died 1636) (c. 1579–1636), English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624 *Henry Williams (MP for Radnorshire), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659 *Sir Henry Williams, 2nd Baronet (1635–1666), British Member of Parliament for Brecon and Breconshire * Henry Williams (Massachusetts politician) (1805–1887), United States Representative from Massachusetts * Henry Williams (New Zealand politician) (1823–1907), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * Henry Williams (Victorian politician) (died 1910), Australian politician *Henry D. Williams (1893–1934), American polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, ''Spy Game'', ''Phone Booth'', '' Man on Fire'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', ''Déjà Vu'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' The Martian'', ''Antz'', ''The Tigger Movie'', ''Chicken Run'', the ''Shrek'' franchise, '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', ''Flushed Away'', ''Arthur Christmas'', '' Early Man'', and ''Catch-22''. He is the older brother of composer Rupert Gregson-Williams. Education Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College School in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child chorister at the school and later attended Stowe School, a boarding independent school in the civil parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the Guildhall School of Music and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Ruíz-Williams
Enrique (Harry) Ruíz-Williams was a Cuban-born exile living in the United States who was second in command of the heavy weapons battalion of Brigade 2506 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion. During the invasion, Williams unsuccessfully attempted a point-blank range assassination of Fidel Castro. Williams infamously set a quota during the invasion that each man of his unit should kill at least fifteen enemy combatants. After the failed invasion, Williams became a close friend of Robert (Bobby) F. Kennedy, and worked with Kennedy and Allen Dulles to release the remaining members of the invasion that were still held in Cuban prisons. Early life and mining Williams was born in Cuba in 1922. His father was in the mining business, and was a civil engineer. His father was also at some point the Minister of Public Works. Williams was trained at the Colorado School of Mines, and graduated in 1945. He was a certified mining engineer by trade. Williams eventually became the general ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry And Jack Williams
Harry and Jack Williams are sibling British television screenwriters and producers, best known as the creators of the BBC Drama '' The Missing'' and its spinoff '' Baptiste''. They are the sons of writer-director Nigel Williams and producer Suzan Harrison. Career The Williams started out writing comedy, including '' Roman’s Empire'' and ''Honest''. Jack also moonlighted as a script editor, while Harry had some small acting roles. They expanded to drama series, such as ''Hotel Babylon'', '' Wild at Heart'' and '' Call the Midwife''. Their animated sitcom '' Full English'', was released in 2012, and other than '' Fried'' in 2015, the Williams would shift towards primarily writing thrillers. In 2014, the first series of ''The Missing'', an international co-production between the BBC and Starz, was broadcast. The second series was announced in December that year and production began in February 2016. Subsequently, the character of Julien Baptiste was given his own series. With Tché ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Craven Williams
Harry Craven Williams, MBE was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 20th century. Williams was educated at the University of Wales and ordained in 1934. Crockfords 1967/8 p1351: London, OUP, 1955) After a curacy at St Mary, Swansea he was a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War II. When peace returned he held incumbent at St Jude, Swansea then St Paul, Sketty. He was the Archdeacon of Gower The archdeacon of Gower is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Gower, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. The archdeaconry comprises the six deaneries of Clyne, Cwmtawe, Gower, Llwchwr, Penderi a ... from 1969 to 1979. References Archdeacons of Gower 20th-century Welsh Anglican priests Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Members of the Order of the British Empire Welsh military chaplains {{Welsh-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Long Way To Tipperary
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (or "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary") is an English music hall song first performed in 1912 by Jack Judge, and written by Judge and Harry Williams, though authorship of the song has long been disputed. It was recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack. It became popular as a marching song among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war. Welcoming signs, in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, "You've come a long way" in reference to the song. Authorship Jack Judge was an Englishman whose parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary. Judge met fellow Englishman Harry Williams (Henry James Williams, 23 September 1873 – 21 February 1924) in Oldbury, Worcestershire at the Malt Shovel public house, where Williams's brother Ben was the licensee. Williams was severely disabled, having fallen down cellar steps as a child and badly broken both legs. He had deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Williams (priest)
Harry Abbott Williams (10 May 1919 – 30 January 2006) was a British Church of England priest, monk, theologian and academic. After serving two curacies, he was chaplain of Westcott House, Cambridge. He then moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow and lecturer and was later Dean of Trinity College Chapel. In 1972, he left academia and entered religious life as a monk with the Community of the Resurrection. Early life Williams was born on 10 May 1919 in Rochester, Kent, England. His father was a captain in the Royal Navy who had to retire early because he could not secure the required promotion in order to remain in the navy until retirement age. His mother fell in love with a neighbour's son who was much younger than herself. Though it may not have been consummated, the affair led to tensions within the family. Eventually, the guilt experienced by Williams' mother led her to become an evangelical fundamentalist. She was described by her son as a "keen Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Williams (rugby Union)
Harry Anthony Hall Williams (born 1 October 1991) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a tight-head prop for Top 14 side Montpellier. At International level, Williams made his England debut against Argentina on 10 June 2017. Early life Williams was born on 1 October 1991 and grew up in Crystal Palace in South London, where his father worked as a bricklayer and his mother as a landscape gardener. He attended Whitgift School in Croydon along with fellow professional rugby players Elliot Daly and Marland Yarde. After leaving school he spent six months at North Shore Rugby Football Club in New Zealand, before enlisting on an English and sports science degree at Loughborough University, where he also joined the student Rugby Club. Career While still a student, Williams was a member of the Wasps academy, but it was not until he spent a season each first at Nottingham and then at Jersey Reds that he was picked regularly in the squad. In 2015, he was scouted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Williams (golfer)
Harry Llewellyn Carlington Williams (12 July 1915 – 22 December 1961) was an Australian amateur golfer. He won the Australian Amateur in 1931 and 1937. Early life Williams was born on 12 July 1915 in Elsternwick, Melbourne, the son of Eric Llewellyn Williams and his wife Emma Madge Dagmar, née Halfey. He started playing golf at Elsternwick Golf Club, later moving to Commonwealth Golf Club and to Victoria Golf Club in 1931. His father died of pneumonia in 1933 at the age of 39, and money inherited from his father together with his mother's independent income, meant that Williams could play golf full time. Golf career In August 1931, at the age of 16, Williams won the Victorian Amateur Championship, beating Mick Ryan in the final. The following month he won the Australian Amateur at The Australian Golf Club, beating George Thompson 3&2 in the final. He won again in 1937, on the same course, beating Tom Tanner by one hole in the final. Williams was also runner-up twice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Williams (cricketer)
Harry Williams was an English cricketer active from 1923 to 1931 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He was born in Highgate, Middlesex on 30 October 1903 and died in Koping, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... on 2 June 1989. He appeared in seven first-class matches scoring 104 runs with a highest score of 27. He took five wickets with a best performance of two for 29. Notes 1903 births 1989 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
