William Copeland (professor)
William Copeland may refer to: * William Copeland (brewer) (1834–1902), Norwegian-American brewer * William Copeland (umpire) (1929–2011), Australian test cricket umpire * William Fowler Mountford Copeland (1872–1953), British horticulturist * William L. Copeland (1846–1885), state legislator and police officer in Arkansas * William H. Copeland (1848–1931), Ohio state legislator * William Taylor Copeland William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament. Family and business The family traces its descent back to John of Copeland ...

William Copeland (brewer)
William Copeland (10 January 1834 – 11 February 1902) was a Norwegian-American brewer. In 1869 he established the Spring Valley Brewery in Yamate, Yokohama, Japan. Spring Valley Brewery was one of Japan's first beer breweries, and in 1907 became the founding production facility of Kirin Brewery Company, one of Japan's largest domestic beer producers. Early life Copeland was born Johan Martinius Thoresen in Arendal in Norway. In the 1840s, Copeland worked for five years as an apprentice to a German brewmaster a few blocks from his home before immigrating to the United States and changing his name to William Copeland. Work in Japan Moving to Yokohama, Japan in 1864, Copeland first worked in the dairy business and then set himself up as a brewer in 1869 with the Spring Valley Brewery. It was located at the site of a natural spring next to the Amanuma Pond below the Yamate foreign residential neighborhood, where he dug a 210-meter cave into the side of a hill and used its low fixe ...
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William Copeland (umpire)
William Copeland may refer to: * William Copeland (brewer) (1834–1902), Norwegian-American brewer * William Copeland (umpire) (1929–2011), Australian test cricket umpire * William Fowler Mountford Copeland (1872–1953), British horticulturist * William L. Copeland (1846–1885), state legislator and police officer in Arkansas * William H. Copeland (1848–1931), Ohio state legislator * William Taylor Copeland William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament. Family and business The family traces its descent back to John of Copeland ...

William Fowler Mountford Copeland
William Fowler Mountford Copeland (13 February 1872 – 17 January 1953) was a British amateur horticulturist. He was attended Trinity College, Cambridge.''Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900'' He was the son of Richard Pirie Copeland and grandson of William Taylor Copeland William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament. Family and business The family traces its descent back to John of Copeland .... husband of Beatrice Augusta Mary Geddes and father of Mary Beatrice, 1912–2003; Irene Emily, 1914–1996; and John Richard Geddes, 1917–1946, after whom were named the varieties of daffodils 'Mrs. William Copeland', 'John Evelyn', 'Irene Copeland' and 'Mary Copeland' respectively. References Copeland Daffodils British horticulturists 1872 births 1953 deaths {{Biologist-stub ...
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William L
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 ...
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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 ...
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