William Cornish (civil Servant)
William Cornish may refer to: *William Cornish (legal scholar) (1937–2022), Australian legal scholar and academic *William Robert Cornish (1828–1896), British physician * William R. Cornish (1890–1969), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta *William Cornysh, also spelt Cornish (1465–1523), English composer and dramatist *Willie Cornish (1875–1942), American jazz musician *William Crocker Cornish, co-founder of Cornish and Bruce Cornish & Bruce was a railway contracting company in Victoria, Australia in the mid nineteenth century. The partnership comprised William Crocker Cornish, a building contractor born in Cornwall, England,John Maxwell'Cornish, William Crocker (1815� ...

William Cornish (legal Scholar)
William Rodolph Cornish (9 August 1937 – 8 January 2022) was an Australian legal scholar and academic who was based in the United Kingdom. He was Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge from 1995 to 2004. Early life and education Born in South Australia on 9 August 1937, Cornish graduated with a law degree at the University of Adelaide in 1960 and then came to England to carry out postgraduate study; he completed a Bachelor of Civil Law degree at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1962. David Vaver and Lionel Bently (eds.), ''Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: Essays in Honour of William R. Cornish'' (Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. xii, 289. Career In 1962, Cornish was appointed Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics (LSE) and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn the following year. He moved from the LSE to Queen Mary College, London, in 1969 to be Reader of Law, but returned to the LSE in ...
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William Robert Cornish
William Robert Cornish (also W. R. Cornish, 1828 – 19 December 1896) was a British physician who served in India for more than thirty years, and became the Surgeon-General—head of medical services—in the Madras Presidency. During the Great Famine of 1876–78, Cornish, then Sanitary Commissioner of Madras, argued for generous famine relief, which put him at odds with Sir Richard Temple, Famine Envoy for the Government of India, who was promoting '' reduced rations''. Some of Cornish's innovations made their way into the Indian Famine Codes of the late 19th century. Education Cornish was born in Butleigh, near Glastonbury in 1828. After picking up some medical skills from local practitioners (in Somerset county), Cornish proceeded to St George's Hospital, London in 1850 for his medical education. At St. George's, he won a scholarship in Anatomy and Materia medica and prizes in Chemistry and Botany. At the end of his medical training, he took the competitive examinatio ...
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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 ...
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William Cornysh
William Cornysh the Younger (also spelled Cornyshe or Cornish) (1465 – October 1523) was an English composer, dramatist, actor, and poet. Life In his only surviving poem, which was written in Fleet Prison, he claims that he has been convicted by false information and thus wrongly accused, though it is not known what the accusation was. He may not be the composer of the music found in the ''Eton Choirbook'', which may alternatively be by his father, also named William Cornysh, who died c. 1502. The younger Cornysh had a prestigious employment at court, as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal; and being responsible for the musical and dramatic entertainments at court and during important diplomatic events such as at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520; and visits to and from the courts of France and the Holy Roman Empire, which he fulfilled until his death. He died in 1523, his birth date unknown. Musical works The ''Eton Choirbook'' (compiled c. 1490–1502) conta ...
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Willie Cornish
William Cornish (August 1, 1875January 12, 1942) was an early jazz musicianknown for his being very active on the New Orleans scene playing, leading bands, and teaching music for decades. Career He was a member of Buddy Bolden's pioneering New Orleans style band, playing valve trombone, from about the late 1890s until 1903 or 1905, with a short break when he fought in the Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (cloc .... He was also an early member of the Eureka Brass Band. When he had a stroke which paralysed his left side before the summer of 1931, he contrived a way of holding his trombone in place with a strap so that he could continue playing. References 1875 births 1942 deaths American jazz trombonists Male trombonists Jazz musicians fr ...
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