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John L. Williams (wine)
John L. Williams may refer to: * John L. Williams (American football) (born 1964), American football player * John L. Williams (Welsh nationalist) (1924–2004), Welsh nationalist activist and politician * John Leonard Williams (1940–2019), Australian rules footballer * John Lewis Williams (rugby union, born 1882) or Johnny Williams (1882–1916), Welsh rugby player * John Lewis Williams (rugby union, born 1940), Australian rugby player * John Lloyd Williams (botanist and musician) (1854–1945), Welsh botanist, author, and musician * John Lloyd Williams (politician) (1892–1982), British Member of Parliament * John Lloyd Williams (RAF officer) (born 1894), British air force officer See also * John Williams (other) * John Lloyd Williams (other) John Lloyd Williams may refer to: * John Lloyd Williams (botanist and musician) John Lloyd Williams (10 July 1854 – 15 November 1945) was a Welsh botanist, author, and musician. He was one of the founders of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leonard Williams
John Leonard Williams (13 April 1940 – 9 October 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ... in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Williams's son Mark played for Carlton and Footscray.Hillier, p. 174. References Sources * Hillier, K. (2004) ''Like Father Like Son'', Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. . External links *John William's profileat Blueseum 1940 births 2019 deaths Carlton Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis Williams (rugby Union, Born 1882)
John Lewis Williams (3 January 1882 – 12 July 1916) was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice. Williams began his first class rugby career with Newport RFC, playing for them from 1899 to 1903. He joined Cardiff RFC after moving to the town, and spent the rest of his career with the team. Shortly after joining Cardiff, he was invited to play for the Wales national rugby union team in 1906. He continued to represent Wales until 1911 becoming the country's top points scorer. Shortly after retiring, he enlisted in World War I, and was wounded in the Battle of the Somme, dying in France on 12 July 1916. Early life John Lewis Williams was born the son of Edward Lewis Williams in Llwyncelyn, Whitchurch, Glamorgan in 1882. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School, where he played association football, rather than r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis Williams (rugby Union, Born 1940)
John Lewis Williams (born 1940) is a former Australian rugby union player who represented for the Wallabies three times.Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 697: Williams, John Lewis (1940 – ) Early life Williams was born on 28 May 1940 in Sydney and attended Newington College (1953–1958).Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 216 Post-school he became a member of the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club backline as a winger. He played in the only Drummoyne Grand Final team in 1961 and then switched to Randwick. Representative career He played his test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (association football) ... against South Africa in 1963 and "scored one of the most famous tries in international rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lloyd Williams (botanist And Musician)
John Lloyd Williams (10 July 1854 – 15 November 1945) was a Welsh botanist, author, and musician. He was one of the founders of the Welsh Folk-Song Society ( Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru), established in 1906 to promote the collection and study of traditional Welsh folk songs, and became the first editor of the society's journal. Biography Williams was born at Plas Isa, Llanrwst, a house that had once been owned by the 16th-century translator, William Salesbury. He was the first of seven children; his parents were Robert Williams, a quarryman, and his wife Jane. Although largely uneducated herself, Jane Williams had an interest in botany which she passed down to her son. In 1873, having first worked as a pupil teacher, he became a student at Bangor Normal College. In 1875, he was appointed head of the Board School at Garndolbenmaen. While working there, he indulged his love of music by writing operas for the school to perform. He married Elizabeth Jones of Criccieth, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lloyd Williams (politician)
John Lloyd Williams (1892 – 31 December 1982) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland. Williams was educated in Machynlleth, and then at the Central Labour College in London. He worked as a journalist, and joined the Labour Party. From 1938 until 1945, he served on Glasgow Corporation. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1945 to 1950, when he was defeated by the Conservative Walter Elliot. Williams challenged Elliot again in 1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ... but was unsuccessful. References External links *J. L. Williams MP Papers, National Library of Wales 1892 births 1982 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 Scottish Labour MPs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lloyd Williams (RAF Officer)
Captain John Jordan Lloyd Williams (born 1894; date of death unknown) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He served in the Royal Air Force until the mid-1930s, and was later appointed Chief Constable of Cardiganshire. Early and background Lloyd Williams was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, one of 11 children born to John Jordan Lloyd Williams, then headmaster of Oswestry School, and his wife Ellen Augusta Crawley (née Vincent). His grandfather was the Reverend Evan Williams, vicar of Nantcwnlle, Wales. He was educated at Oswestry and Ruthin Schools (where his father was headmaster from 1909), and from the age of seventeen he worked in the office of his uncle, Hugh Vincent, a solicitor, in Bangor. In 1919, his widowed mother, with the assistance of several of her daughters, founded Moreton Hall School in Oswestry. World War I Lloyd Williams was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Denbighshire Hussars, a Yeomanry cavalry unit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (other)
John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist. John, Johnnie, or Johnny Williams may also refer to: People Businessmen * John Williams (football executive) (born 1939 or 1940), English football executive * John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953), American winemaker * John C. Williams (economist) (born 1962), president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York * John H. Williams (businessperson), American businessperson * John Henry Williams (baseball) (1968–2004), son of baseball player Ted Williams * John Osborn Williams (1886–1963), Canadian businessperson * John P. Williams Jr. (1941–2019), president of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce * John Stanton Williams (1814–1876), American shipowner and businessperson Clergymen * John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest * John Williams (archbishop of York) (1582–1650), British Anglican archbish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
