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William Birch (organist) (1811–1891), Engl ...
William Birch, Bill Birch or Billy Birch may refer to: * Bill Birch (born 1934), New Zealand politician * Bill Birch (footballer) (born 1944), English and Australian footballer and coach * Billy Birch (1831–1897), American minstrel performer * William Birch (Australian cricketer) (1849–1897), Australian cricketer * William Birch (English cricketer) (1863–1940), English cricketer * William Birch (footballer) (1887–1968), English footballer * William Birch (painter) (1755–1834), English and US miniature painter, enameler and engraver * William Birch (settler) (1842–1920), English settler in North Island, New Zealand * William Fred Birch (1870–1946), American politician * William John Birch William John Birch (1811–1891) was an English rationalist writer. Background and early life He was the son of Jonathan Birch (died 1848, at age 76) of St Pancras, London, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Morrice (died 1822), daughter of William Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Birch
Sir William Francis Birch (born 9 April 1934), usually known as Bill Birch, is a New Zealand retired politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1999 in the fourth National Government. Early life Birch was born in Hastings on 9 April 1934, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Birch. He was educated at Hamilton's Technical High School and through Wellington Technical Correspondence School. He was trained as a surveyor, and established a business in Pukekohe, a small town south of Auckland. Birch quickly became involved in various Pukekohe community organisations. He served on Pukehohe's borough council from 1965 to 1974, and was deputy mayor from 1968 to 1974. In 1953, Birch married Rosa Mitchell, and the couple went on to have four children. Member of Parliament Birch first entered parliament in the and would remain an MP for the next twenty-seven years. At first, Birch stood in , succeeding the retiring National Party MP and Speaker of the New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Birch (footballer)
West Adelaide Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club currently playing in the South Australian State League 1. Traditionally named Hellas, the club was founded by members of the Greek community of Adelaide. West Adelaide became a founding member of the National Soccer League in 1977 and a year later became the first Adelaide team to be crowned national champion when it won the 1978 National Soccer League after a 1–1 draw in the final round match with Adelaide City in the local derby. One of the most successful clubs in South Australia, West Adelaide competed in the national league for 19 seasons, interrupted briefly by two short periods in which it was relegated back to state competition. In the late 1990s, the club renamed itself the Adelaide Sharks in an effort to attract support beyond its traditional base in the Greek community. At the end of the 1998–99 National Soccer League season, the club was overcome by financial turmoil and entered administration. West withdr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Birch
William Birch (February 1831 – 21 April 1897) was a minstrel performer in the United States. An 1889 obituary referred to him as one of the oldest, best known, and most popular of the "Negro Minstral fraternity". Early life Birch was born in Utica, New York, and began performing at age 13. Career He performed with others at gold mining camps in California. He was on the ship ''Central America'' and was rescued at sea. He then performed in New York City before returning to California as his career waned. He performed in blackface along with others in San Francisco in a theater where the Pacific Stock Exchange was later located. His performances in San Francisco included free-wheeling improvisation on current events. He was on the ship ''SS Central America'' and was rescued by the ''S.S. Ellen'' before it sank. His wife was also rescued and managed to tuck away her pet canary and take it to safety as well. Death Birch died at home on 21 April 1897 from to paralysis of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (Australian Cricketer)
William Thomas Birch (26 October 1849 – 18 August 1897) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1868 and 1878. Birch had a long association with the Hobart City Council and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers References External links * 1849 births 1897 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Hobart {{Australia-cricket-bio-1840s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (English Cricketer)
William Birch (10 February 1863 – 11 December 1940) was an English cricketer. Birch was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Isleworth, Middlesex. Birch made two first-class appearances for Middlesex in the 1887 against Surrey at Lords Lords may refer to: * The plural of Lord Places *Lords Creek, a stream in New Hanover County, North Carolina * Lord's, English Cricket Ground and home of Marylebone Cricket Club and Middlesex County Cricket Club People *Traci Lords (born 1 ..., and Oxford University at Chiswick Park Cricket Ground. He scored 6 runs in his two matches and took 2 wickets at an average of 47.50. He died at the town of his birth on 11 December 1940. References External linksWilliam Birchat ESPNcricinfoWilliam Birchat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Birch, William 1863 births 1940 deaths People from Isleworth English cricketers Middlesex cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (footballer)
William Birch (1887–1968) was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Grimsby Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Rotherham County Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United. History The club w .... References * 1887 births 1968 deaths People from Rainford English footballers Blackpool F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Reading F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Eccles United F.C. players Association football outside forwards {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (painter)
William Russell Birch (9 April 1755 – 7 August 1834) was an English miniature painter, enameler, and landscape engraver and designer. Life Birch was born in Warwickshire, the son of Anne, née Russell, and physician Thomas Birch. He spent his early childhood in Warwick and was apprenticed to a jeweler, Thomas Jeffreys, and to Sir Joshua Reynolds. The enamelist Henry Spicer trained Birch in the art of enamel painting. Birch exhibited enamel portraits at the Royal Academy from 1781 to 1794. In 1785, he received a medal from the Royal Society of Arts. As an engraver he is best known in England for his ''Délices de la Grande Bretagne,'' consisting of thirty-six plates of ancient buildings in Norwich and elsewhere, published in 1791. After emigrating to Philadelphia in 1794 he made portrait enamels of many people including copies of portraits of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart. The engraving series he made in 1800 of Philadelphia vistas was so extremely popular it result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (settler)
William John Birch (February 1842 – 12 May 1920) was an English settler in New Zealand. He leased with his brother a large area in inland Patea, central North Island, for a sheep run. Early life Birch was born in February 1842 in Oxfordshire, England. He was the second son of William John Birch of Pudlicote House, Oxfordshire, England. His father had inherited wealth, but lost much of it in poorly-performing investments. After schooling in England and Germany, Birch took a two-year course at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. He came to New Zealand on the ''Wild Duck'' in February 1860. Birch initially was in Wellington. He took a position in the Hawke's Bay area, with the runholder Ashton St Hill, by the Tukituki River. He rose from cadet to manager there. Azim, William's elder brother, had joined the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot, becoming an ensign in 1855. The regiment took part in the Crimean War, and in August 1857 left for India. Azim sold out his co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fred Birch
William Fred Birch (August 30, 1870, Newark, New Jersey – January 25, 1946, Glen Ridge, New Jersey) was an American politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1918 to 1919. Early life and education Birch was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 30, 1870. He moved with his parents to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, in 1872 and to Dover, New Jersey, in 1874. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the New Jersey State Model School at Trenton and from Coleman’s Business College at Newark in 1887. Career He engaged in the manufacture of boilers and smokestacks at Dover. Birch was a member of the Dover Common Council for several years and city recorder from 1904 to 1909. He served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1910 to 1912. Birch was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Capstick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
