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William Barton (game Designer)
William Barton may refer to: United Kingdom * William Barton (hymnologist) (1598–1678), English hymnologist * William Barton (English cricketer) (1777–1825), English cricketer, played mainly for Middlesex * Sir William Barton (British politician) (1862–1957), British Liberal Politician * William Barton (priest), Archdeacon of Totnes, 1385–1407 * William Barton (postmaster) (c. 1796–1874), British soldier and Ceylonese public servant United States * Will Barton (born 1991), American basketball player * William Barton (writer) (born 1950), U.S. science fiction writer * William Barton (heraldist) (1754–1817), designer of the Great Seal of the United States * William Barton (soldier) (1748–1831), American Revolutionary War, known for capturing an enemy general * William Edward Barton (1868–1955), U.S. Representative from Missouri * William P. C. Barton (1786–1856), American physician * William T. Barton (born 1933), American politician Other * William Barton (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (hymnologist)
William Barton (1598?–1678), was an English hymnologist. Life Barton must have been born "about 1598" from his recorded age at death (eighty). Late in life Barton was vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester. He is probably to be identified with the William Barton who was vicar of Mayfield, Staffordshire, at the opening of the civil wars, and who is described in a certificate presented to the House of Lords 19 June 1643 as "a man of godly life, and able and orthodox in his ministry", and as "having been forced to desert his flock and family by the plundering cavaliers of Staffordshire". In Cole's ''Athen. Cantab'', he is described as a "conforming Puritan". From Oliver Heywood's "Obituaries" we learn the time of his death: "1678. Mr. William Barton of St. Martin's in Leicester died in May, aged 80". Works His verse-translation of the Psalms was first published in 1644. It was reprinted and altered in 1645, 1646, 1651, 1654, and later. The text having been revised for "the last time" by it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (English Cricketer)
William Barton (16 January 1777 – 7 January 1825) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for a large number of sides during the period between 1795 and 1817. Barton was born at Finsbury in Middlesex in 1777. He is first known to have played cricket for a Middlesex side in 1793 before making his first-class debut in 1795, playing for Middlesex against an MCC side at Lord's Old Ground. He made a total of 37 appearances in first-class matches, including 13 for England sides. He played first-class matches for sides representing Middlesex four times, Surrey three times and once each for Kent and Hampshire sides.William Barton CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-04-10. Barton is known to have scored 801 runs, with a highest score of 69, and taken at least seven wickets in his career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (British Politician)
Sir Andrew William Barton (5 August 1862 – 9 July 1957) was a British Liberal politician and businessman. Family Barton was born on 5 August 1862 near Glasgow, the son of Robert Barton, a mining engineer from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and his wife Annie (née Gray).''Who was Who'', OUP 2007''The Times House of Commons, 1910''; Politico's Publishing, 2004 46 In 1895, he married Jessie Cuthbertson, the daughter of James Boyd a Manchester merchant. They had one daughter. Jessie Barton died in 1915 and Barton married again in 1918. His second wife was Olive Ruth Bryson who had been Matron of the Balmoral Red Cross Hospital in Flanders. They too had one daughter. In religion Barton was a Presbyterian. Education Barton was educated at the High School of Glasgow, among whose most notable former pupils were Liberal prime minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Conservative prime minister and Liberal Coalition partner, Bonar Law . He later graduated from the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (priest)
William Barton was Archdeacon of Totnes The Archdeacon of Totnes or Totton is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of one of the oldest archdeaconries in England. It is an administrative division of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter and under the oversight of the Bishop suf ... from 1415 until 1421. References Archdeacons of Totnes 14th-century English clergy 15th-century English people {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (postmaster)
Captain William Barton JP (c.1796 - 14 May 1874) was a British soldier and a Ceylonese public servant, the fifth Postmaster General of Ceylon (1859-1867). In 1811 Barton was gazetted as an ensign in the 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and in 1813 was transferred to the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, where he was promoted to Lieutenant and Captain in 1815. He served in the Napoleonic Wars and was wounded in the Battle of Quatre Bras. In 1826 he participated in the British expedition to Portugal in the First Miguelist War, under the command of General Sir William Henry Clinton. He resigned his commission from the military in July 1833. In 1843 he was employed in the Ceylon Commissioner of Roads' department, entering the Ceylon Civil Service on 11 October 1845, where he was appointed the Police magistrate in Matara, the acting assistant Government agent in Matara in 1847, the Police magistrate in Negombo in 1847, the acting assistant Government agent and Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Barton
William Denard Barton III (born January 6, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Memphis, where he was named the Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2012. He was selected 40th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and played for the Idaho Stampede of the NBA G League before being traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2015, where he eventually became their franchise leader in three-pointers made. He was traded to the Washington Wizards in 2022. High school career Barton, the No. 6-rated player in the nation in 2010, attended four schools in five years. He started his basketball career at Baltimore City College, a public college preparatory high school, for two years before reclassing and transferring to National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Maryland, to repeat his sophomore year. Barton then enrolled at Baltimore's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (writer)
William Renald Barton III (born September 28, 1950) is an American science fiction writer. In addition to his standalone novels, he is also known for collaborations with Michael Capobianco. Many of their novels deal with themes such as the Cold War, space travel, and space opera. Barton also has written short stories that put an emphasis on sexuality and human morality in otherwise traditional science fiction. His short fiction has appeared in ''Asimov's'' and '' Sci Fiction'', and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Sidewise Award, and the HOMer Award, and three of his novels (''The Transmigration of Souls'', ''Acts of Conscience'', and ''When We Were Real'') were finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award with ''Acts of Conscience'' winning a special citation in 1998. Barton has recently begun to self-publish his fiction for the Kindle. Bibliography *''Hunting on Kunderer''; August 1973, On a jungle world populated by dinosaur-like predat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (heraldist)
William Barton (April 11, 1754 – October 21, 1817) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, scholar, and the designer (with Charles Thomson) of the Great Seal of the United States. Early years Barton was born April 11, 1754 in Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania. His father, Rev. Thomas Barton was an Irish immigrant from Carrickmacross who had opened a school near Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1751. His mother was Esther Rittenhouse, sister of astronomer David Rittenhouse, for whom William would later write a biography. William's brother, Benjamin Smith Barton, Benjamin, would later become known for his work as a botanist. William grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1775, with the American War of Independence under way, he went to England, where he studied heraldry. During his time in Europe, he also met some of his maternal relatives in the Netherlands. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1779 and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, setting up a practice i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barton (soldier)
William Barton (1748–1831) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who retired with the rank of colonel. He later served as adjutant general of the Rhode Island militia. Early years and enlistment Barton was born in Warren, Rhode Island on May 26, 1748. He worked as a hatter in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1771, he married Rhoda Carver. In 1775, he enlisted in the Continental Army as a corporal. He fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Revolutionary War service On August 2, 1775 he was appointed the adjutant of Richmond's Rhode Island Regiment. He was promoted to captain on November 1, 1775. In late June and early July 1777, as a major in the Rhode Island state troops, he planned and led a raid on British headquarters, capturing Major General Richard Prescott. On the night of July 10–11, with 38 men and six officers in five whaleboats, Barton crossed Narragansett Bay, passed unobserved by three British frigates, and, landing about halfwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edward Barton
William Edward Barton (April 11, 1868 – July 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, cousin of Courtney Walker Hamlin. Born in Pickens District (now County), South Carolina, Barton and in 1869 moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Crawford County, near Bourbon. He attended the public schools and the Steelville Normal and Business Institute, Steelville, Missouri. He was employed as a farm hand, miner, and in a railroad office. He taught school near Bourbon, Missouri from 1889 to 1892. He graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri in 1894. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Houston, Missouri. He served as delegate to the State judicial conventions in 1896 and 1906. During the Spanish–American War, he served as a sergeant in Company M, Second Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He served as prosecuting attorney of Texas County in 1901 and 1902. He served as judge of the 19th judicial circuit from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
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 should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
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] |
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