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W. B. Gill
William, Will, Bill, or Billy Gill may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Ward Gill (1823–1894), English painter, brother of Edmund Marriner Gill * William Henry Gill (composer) (1839–1923), Manx composer * William Gill (dramatist) (1842–1919), American actor and playwright; author of Broadway's first hit musical, ''Adonis'' * William Gill (photographer) (1854–1912), British photographer * W. Walter Gill (William Walter Gill, 1876–1963), Manx scholar, folklorist and poet * Will Gill (born 1968), Canadian artist Sports * Billy Gill (1876–1930), Australian rules footballer * Bill Gill (soccer) (1919–?), Canadian soccer goalkeeper * William Gill (boxer) (fl. 2007–2009), American boxer Others * William Gill (sea captain) (1795–1858), Manx master mariner * William Wyatt Gill (1828–1896), English missionary * William Gill (explorer) (1843–1882), British explorer and intelligence gatherer, companion of William Mesny * William H. Gill (1886–1976), U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ward Gill
William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will (given name), Will, Wills (given name), Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill (given name), Bill, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play Douglas (play)#Theme and response, ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gill (sea Captain)
William Gill (1795 – 25 January 1858) was a Manx merchant navy officer who served as commanding officer of numerous Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessels. Gill was the first recognised captain of the line, retiring with the rank of Commodore. He is also known as the captain who first charted an approach to the (then) treacherous River Mersey, which subsequently became known as the Victoria Channel.''The Mona's Herald.'' Wednesday, 5 February 1858 Early life William Gill was born in Ramsey, Isle of Man in 1795. Upon finishing his education he was apprenticed to a ship's carpenter, but his ambition was to go to sea. Career From 1814 Capt. Gill commanded vessels trading between the Isle of Man, Scotland, England and Ireland. Prior to the introduction of steam, he was Master of the clipper packets which sailed between Douglas and Liverpool. Such vessels he commanded at this time included the ''Earl St. Vincent,'' the ''Douglas,'' the ''Mona Castle'' and the ''Duchess of Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William R
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smith Gill
Colonel William Smith Gill Order of the Bath, CB Volunteer Officers' Decoration, VD Deputy Lieutenant, DL (16 February 1865 – 25 December 1957) was a Scottish Volunteer Force officer and paint manufacturer. Early life Born at Old Machar, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Gill was the son of Alexander Ogston Gill (1832–1908) and his wife, Barbara Smith Marr (1843-1898).D. Williamson, "The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer" in ' ''Genealogist’s Magazine'', vol. 20 (1981), pp. 192–199 and 281–282 Career In the 1880s, Gill became an officer of the Aberdeen Volunteers, and between 1908 and 1910 he was Colonel Commanding the Highland Division Royal Engineers (Territorial Force). By 1896, Gill was a partner with his father in Farquhar & Gill, paint manufacturers. In 1925, Gill was appointed as a Deputy lieutenant of Aberdeen. Gill died in 1957 at Dalhebity in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, aged 92. He was buried in Peterculter Cemetery, Aberdeen. Marriage and issue On 30 June 1898, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Gill (ethnographer)
William Henry Gill (1861–1944) was an Australian ethnographer, collector of Aboriginal artefacts, and art dealer. Ethnographic activities Gill was prolific in recording information about Australian Aboriginal culture and artefacts in Tasmania and mainland Australia. His papers were compiled by the Mitchell Library and constitute an important early ethnographic record. He was particularly concerned with the customs of Aboriginal people of the Dieri, Wonkonguru and Yaurorka tribes of the Lake Eyre region of South Australia and corresponded with George Aiston, a police officer stationed to the north and east of Lake Eyre, Central Australia. He also corresponded with C. L. Willes about early Tasmanian records and Tasmanian aborigines and with Daisy Bates. Art dealer Gill also ran a business as a fine art dealer, with connections to artists including Norman Lindsay, George Washington Lambert, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton. He ran the Fine Art Society, in Melbourne, Victoria, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gill (explorer)
Captain William John Gill (10 September 1843 – 11 August 1882) was an English explorer and British army officer. He was born in Bangalore, India, the second child and elder son of the army officer, artist and photographer Major Robert Gill (1804 - 1879) and his wife Frances Flowerdew Gill (née Rickerby) (1817 - 1887). Biography Early life and education William Gill's father, Robert Gill, served in the 44th Madras Native Infantry and married William's mother, Frances Rickerby, in 1841. Robert Gill was on furlough in Bangalore when William was born there on 10 September 1843. The following autumn, Robert Gill was appointed by the East India Company to copy the murals in the Buddhist rock-cut temples at Ajanta in the Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. This was in response to a petition by the Royal Asiatic Society to the Court of Directors of the East India Company to make copies of the frescoes before they were destroyed by decay and tourism. The Gill family lived for some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wyatt Gill
William Wyatt Gill (27 December 1828 – 11 November 1896) was an English missionary, active in Australia and the South Pacific region after 1851. Early life Gill was born in Bristol, England, son of John Gill of Barton Hill and his wife Jane, daughter of Richard Wyatt. Educated in Kingsland Congregational Chapel, Bristol, he became a member at the age of 14 and had an early interest in the ministry. After three years study at Highbury College, London, and a year of study at New College, University of London (B.A., 1850), he was discouraged from missionary work, but his eagerness to accompany Rev. Aaron Buzacott to the Cook Islands met with approval and in June 1851 he was accepted by the London Missionary Society. On 11 July he was ordained at Spa Fields Chapel and on 15 November he arrived at Hobart Town in the mission ship ''John Williams'' where he began his missionary work in Australia. Missionary work Gill accompanied Buzacott and Henry Hopkins on missionary work a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakio Bika Vs
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Early life and apprenticeship Chiba was born on February 11, 1979, in Machida, Tokyo. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school when he was a junior high school ninth-grade student in 1993 under the guidance of shogi professional at the rank of 6-kyū. He was promoted to 1-dan in 1995 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2000 after winning the 27th 3-dan league (April 2000September 2000). Shogi professional Promotion history Chiba's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Chin ...: 1993 * 1-dan: 1995 * 4-dan: October 1, 2000 * 5-dan: April 1, 2004 * 6-dan: September 16, 2010 * 7-dan: February 6, 2018 Personal life Chiba's wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Marriner Gill
Edmund Marriner Gill (1820–1894) was an English landscape painter favouring waterfalls. He was the son of portrait painter Edmund Ward Gill (1794–1854) and brother to painters William Ward Gill (1823–1894) and George Reynolds Gill (1827–1904). He was a student at the Royal Academy and produced watercolours and oils of the English, Welsh and Scottish countrysides, being much influenced by David Cox after meeting him in Birmingham in 1841. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 1886, and lived variously in London, Ludlow and Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population .... External links E M Gill(AskArt)On the Lledr, North Wales(oil on canvas, 1864 - V&A) 1820 births 1894 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gill (boxer)
William, Will, Bill, or Billy Gill may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Ward Gill (1823–1894), English painter, brother of Edmund Marriner Gill * William Henry Gill (composer) (1839–1923), Manx composer * William B. Gill (1842–1919), American actor and playwright; author of Broadway's first hit musical, ''Adonis'' * William Gill (photographer) (1854–1912), British photographer * W. Walter Gill (William Walter Gill, 1876–1963), Manx scholar, folklorist and poet * Will Gill (born 1968), Canadian artist Sports * Billy Gill (1876–1930), Australian rules footballer * Bill Gill (soccer) (1919–?), Canadian soccer goalkeeper * William Gill (boxer) (fl. 2007–2009), American boxer Others * William Gill (sea captain) (1795–1858), Manx master mariner * William Wyatt Gill (1828–1896), English missionary * William Gill (explorer) (1843–1882), British explorer and intelligence gatherer, companion of William Mesny * William H. Gill (1886–1976), U.S. Army g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gill (soccer)
Bill Gill (born April 15, 1919, date of death unknown) was a Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He was a member of the Montreal Stelco squad who won the national title in 1952. In 1952, the year he led Stelco to the national title over Westminster Royals FC, Gill won the McLagan Trophy as Montreal's most valuable player. In 1953, he joined Montréal Hakoah FC and led his new club to the Canadian final, but this time lost the three-game series to Westminster. References External links * / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame The Canada Soccer Hall of Fame honours people and institutions for their contributions to Canadian soccer. It was founded in 1997 by the Ontario Soccer Association and was originally located in Vaughan, Ontario. As of 2019, the Canada Soccer Hal ... 1919 births Year of death missing Canadian soccer players Soccer players from Montreal Association football goalkeepers {{Canada-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
