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William Atkins (author)
William, Bill or Billy Atkins may refer to: * William Atkins (doctor) (fl. 1694), English quack and supposed curer of gout * William Atkins (Jesuit) (1601–1681), English Jesuit * William Atkins (architect) (1811–1887), Irish architect * William Atkins (priest) (died 1892), Dean of Ferns * William Atkins (Australian politician) (1836–1920), Australian politician * William Sydney Atkins (1902–1989), founder of Atkins, engineering consultants * Billy Atkins (American football) (1934–1991), American football player and coach * Bill Atkins (cricketer) (born 1938), former English cricketer * Bill Atkins (footballer) William Mark Atkins (born 9 May 1939 in Solihull) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. He made league appearances for six different clubs, including two spells and ... (born 1939), former professional footballer * Bill Atkins (Georgia politician) (born 1933), American politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkins (doctor)
William Atkins ( 1694) was an English quack of the Restoration period. He gained some fame and wealth for his supposed cure of gout, the subject of his only published work: ''A Discourse Shewing the Nature of the Gout'' (1694). Life Atkins originally lived on Old Bailey, but later moved to Whitechapel and then, by 1694, to Old Jewry. He worked as a doctor, handing out flyers advertising his medical abilities. According to one biographer, these bills "exceeded all others in extravagant assertions and impudence." Atkins professed to be able to, with his "renovating elixir", restore "pristine youth and vigour to the patient, however old or decayed". Atkins did not shy away from extravagant claims in his advertisements. Among the ailments he claimed to have the cure for were mental disability and infertility. He even recounted a tale in which he revived a woman from a "fit of the dead-palsy", after which she returned to perfect motor control. He described himself as a modern-day Solom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkins (Jesuit)
William Atkins (1601–1681), was an English Jesuit. Atkins was born in Cambridgeshire in 1601. He became a secular priest, and was sent on the English mission in 1631. Four years later he entered the Society of Jesus. In 1653 he was chosen rector of the ‘College of St. Aloysius,’ which at that period comprised the counties of Lancaster and Stafford. Father Atkins was one of the most remarkable of the victims of Titus Oates's plot. In 1679 he was living at Wolverhampton, being almost an octogenarian, and for six years he had been completely paralysed, bedridden, and nearly speechless. Nevertheless, he was charged with high treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ... in inciting the people to rebellion. The pursuivants dragged him from his bed, and, forcing him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkins (architect)
William Atkins (c.1811–1887) was an Irish architect of the Victorian era. He was born in County Cork, and was reputedly apprenticed to architect (and his uncle by marriage) George Richard Pain. Works In 1846 Atkins received one of the largest public commissions in Cork city, to build the Cork City and County Asylum. This commission, commonly and latterly known as Our Lady's Hospital, Cork, was received from the Board of Works. It was being angled for, at the time, by the more established Cork architect Thomas Deane who was then engaged in the building of Queen's College Cork. Built in a revival Gothic style between 1846 and 1853, this is popularly held to have the longest corridor in all of Europe. The building was partly converted into an apartment development known as "Atkin's Hall". Atkins' other works include: *Funerary Chapel (1845) at Mount Jerome Cemetery Dublin, the first Puginian Gothic church in Dublin. * St Mary's Priory in Cork (1850), which is in a Ruskinian neo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkins (priest)
William Atkins was Dean of Ferns from 1863 until 1879: his wife Elizabeth died on 13 February 1887.''Deaths'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... (London, England), Saturday, 19 February 1887; pg. 1; Issue 32000 Notes Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ferns 1892 deaths Year of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkins (Australian Politician)
William Atkins (17 January 1836 – 26 November 1920) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1902 to 1904, representing the seat of Murray. Atkins was born in Birdhill, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Mary (née Green) and Stephen Hastings Atkins. After emigrating to Australia, he initially lived in Tasmania. He moved to Victoria in 1871, and then to Western Australia in 1880. From 1880 to 1885, Atkins was the manager of the timber station at Jarrahdale. In 1891, he went into partnership with Robert Oswald Law as a railway contractor, and their firm helped to build the Perth– Pinjarra section of the South Western Railway and also a line from Brunswick to Collie Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly-built dogs, with pointed snouts. Man .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sydney Atkins
Sir William Sydney Albert Atkins (6 February 1902 – 15 August 1989) was the founder of Atkins, one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering consultancies. Life Born in London and educated at the Coopers Company School and University College, London, William Atkins trained as draughtsman at E. Graham Wood, a firm of structural engineers. Atkins worked for various firms, including Dorman Long, in junior roles before being appointed Chief Engineer at ''Smith Walker'' in 1928. He then acquired ''London Ferro-Concrete'', a subsidiary of ''Smith Walker'' making reinforced concrete, from his employers. In 1938 he established WS Atkins as an engineering consultancy, severing his connections with ''London Ferro-concrete'' in 1950 when it was bought by a new management team. He established his reputation as an engineering consultant by designing a new steelworks at Port Talbot and on the back of this built his firm into one of the largest such consultancies in the United Kingdom. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Atkins (American Football)
William Ellis Atkins (November 19, 1934 – November 5, 1991) was an American football defensive back and punter from Auburn University who played for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League, and in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, the New York Titans/Jets, and the Denver Broncos. He was an AFL All-Star in 1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 .... On January 8, 1966, Atkins was named the head coach of the Troy State Trojans football team. In 1968, he coached Troy State to an NAIA National Championship and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year. Atkins finished at Troy State with a 44–16–2 record before leaving in 1971. He is the second-most winningest coach in Troy history, only behind Larry Blakeney. Atkins' son, au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Atkins (cricketer)
Gerald Atkins (born 14 May 1938), known as Bill Atkins, is a former English first-class cricketer. Atkins was a left-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. Atkins made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1957 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. Atkins served in the British Army, and it was for a Combined Services team that he made his first-class debut for against Warwickshire in 1958. He played a further first-class match the following season for the team against Somerset. The season following that, he made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey. He played 17 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Kent in 1961. In his 18 first-class matches for the University, Atkins scored 338 runs at a batting average of 11.65, with a high score of 49. While playing first-class cricket, he also continued to play Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire, representing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Atkins (footballer)
William Mark Atkins (born 9 May 1939 in Solihull) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. He made league appearances for six different clubs, including two spells and 200 appearances with Halifax Town. His first spell with Halifax ended in March 1967 when he moved to Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ... in a swap-deal with David Shawcross. References * 1939 births Men's association football forwards English Football League players Swindon Town F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Living people Footballers from Solihull English men's footballers {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |