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William Dean (missionary)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Dean may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Dean Howells (1837–1920), American novelist and playwright * Bill Dean (1921–2000), British actor * Billy Dean (born 1962), American country music singer ** ''Billy Dean'' (album), his 1991 album Sports * William Dean (Hampshire cricketer) (c. 1882–?), Australian cricketer * William Henry Dean (1887–1949), English water polo player * Dixie Dean (William Dean, 1907–1980), English footballer * William Dean (Somerset cricketer) (1926–1994), English cricketer * Bill Dean (baseball) (), American baseball player * Will Dean (rower) (born 1987), Canadian rower * Will Dean (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer Others * William Dean (priest) (died 1588), English priest and martyr * William Dean (engineer) (1840–1905), British railway engineer * William Reginald Dean (1896–1973), British applied mathematician * William F. Dean (1899–1981), United States Army general * William D. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells (; March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels ''The Rise of Silas Lapham'' and '' A Traveler from Altruria''. Biography Early life and family William Dean Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville, Ohio (now known as Martins Ferry, Ohio), to William Cooper Howells and Mary Dean Howells, the second of eight children. His father was a newspaper editor and printer who moved frequently around Ohio. In 1840, the family settled in Hamilton, Ohio,Lynn, 36 where his father oversaw a Whig newspaper and followed Swedenborgianism. Their nine years there were the longest period that they stayed in one place. The family had to live frugally, although the young Howells was encou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reginald Dean
William Reginald Dean (1896–1973) was a British applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist. His research interests included Stokes flow, solid mechanics, and flow in curved channels. The Dean number bears his name. Dean carried out pioneering work in the study of fluid flow at low Reynolds numbers, by applying methods from elasticity theory. Some of his more famous results include solutions for secondary flow in curved tubes, for the perturbation to shear flow near a wall caused by a gap in the wall, and for flow in a corner. Dean was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent five years at Imperial College, and was later a fellow of Trinity College. During the war he undertook mathematical work as part of the ''Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section of M.I.D.'' He also held the Goldsmid Chair in Applied Mathematics at University College London (from which he retired in 1964), and a chair at the University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UAr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William The Dean
William the Dean was a 13th-century bishop of Dunkeld. He had been a dean of the diocese of Dunkeld, and was elected to the bishopric when news of the death of bishop-elect Hugo de Strivelin arrived from Rome. William soon travelled to Continental Europe for his consecration, and on the orders of the pope, was consecrated by Cardinal Ordonius, bishop of Tusculum. All of this happened by 13 December 1283, when it is related in a letter of Pope Martin IV. Unusually for bishops of Dunkeld, very little is known of his episcopate. The only thing we know he did after consecration was visit the shrine of Saint Cuthbert at Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county *Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in No ... in 1285. As his successor Matthew de Crambeth is confirmed as bishop of Dunkeld in April 1288, it can be pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dean Chocolates
William Dean Chocolates is an artisan chocolate maker in the Belleair Bluffs section of Largo, Florida, Largo in Pinellas County, Florida. Their chocolate truffles are hand-painted in delicate designs including the marble swirl of purple, bronze and red on the PB&J, a purple dotted port wine with Common fig, fig, and a lavender truffle in a butterfly shape. The business is owned by chocolatier Bill Brown who founded it in 2007. It is named for his father (William) and grandfather (Dean). Valrhona chocolate is used as well as authentic ingredients, some exotic. The ''Tampa Bay Times'' called it "a rising star in the world of hand-crafted chocolates" that has won more than 60 national awards including best in show at the New York Chocolate Show and 11 gold medals at the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon. Whoopi Goldberg is a fan and helped publicize the startup. William Dean Chocolates' coconut and lemongrass truffles are pictured in a scene of ''The Hunger Games (film), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dean (missionary)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Dean may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Dean Howells (1837–1920), American novelist and playwright * Bill Dean (1921–2000), British actor * Billy Dean (born 1962), American country music singer ** ''Billy Dean'' (album), his 1991 album Sports * William Dean (Hampshire cricketer) (c. 1882–?), Australian cricketer * William Henry Dean (1887–1949), English water polo player * Dixie Dean (William Dean, 1907–1980), English footballer * William Dean (Somerset cricketer) (1926–1994), English cricketer * Bill Dean (baseball) (), American baseball player * Will Dean (rower) (born 1987), Canadian rower * Will Dean (footballer) (born 2000), English footballer Others * William Dean (priest) (died 1588), English priest and martyr * William Dean (engineer) (1840–1905), British railway engineer * William Reginald Dean (1896–1973), British applied mathematician * William F. Dean (1899–1981), United States Army general * William D. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Dean (politician)
Bill Dean is an American politician serving as the state representative for the 74th District of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Republican. The district includes Madison County as well as portions of Clark County and Greene County. Life and career Dean is a lifelong resident of Xenia, Ohio and has been a licensed plumber for over thirty years. For the past twenty-six years, Dean has owned and operated Dean's Plumbing, based in Xenia and serving southwest Ohio. He has been married for over forty years and is the father of ten. His son-in-law, Ron Hood, is credited for encouraging Dean to run for office. Ohio House of Representatives In 2016, Dean filed to run for the 74th District of the Ohio House of Representatives to replace Bob Hackett, who was term limited. Dean was one of four to file for the Republican primary in a district that leaned overwhelmingly Republican. Against his three opponents, Dean went on to win the nomination with nearly 38% of the vote. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Dean (entrepreneur)
Will Dean (born 1980) is an entrepreneur who founded and was CEO of endurance event company Tough Mudder Tough Mudder is an endurance event series in which participants attempt obstacle courses. It was co-founded by Will Dean and Guy Livingstone. The obstacles often play on common human fears, such as fire, water, electricity and heights. The fi ... and co-founded Immersive Gamebox (previously Electric Gamebox), where he is currently CEO. Born in Sheffield in 1980, Dean is a native of Nottinghamshire, in England's East Midlands. He studied at Bristol University in the UK. Dean completed an MBA at Harvard Business School. During his time at Harvard, he created obstacle course racing company Tough Mudder. He left Tough Mudder in 2019 focusing full-time on Electric Gamebox. Dean published a book about his time at Tough Mudder, ''It Takes a Tribe'', in 2017. He was named on Crain's annual "40 Under 40" list in 2012, ranked #2 in Fortune's '40 Under 40: Ones to Watch' list, rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Dean Anderson
Billy Dean Anderson (July 12, 1934 – July 7, 1979) was an American criminal. He was jailed and paroled three times, and his 20 year crime career included armed robbery and prison escapes. He was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1975. Despite his unlawful behavior, Anderson became somewhat of a folk hero among those in his native Tennessee, even more so after he was shot and killed by FBI officers while evading arrest. Early life Anderson was born in the Pall Mall, a community in Fentress County, Tennessee, the same Wolf River valley where World War I hero Alvin C. York hailed. Little is known about his early life. While this is reported in many articles the FBI disputes these claims and his birthplace has been unconfirmed. He attended Rotten Fork Elementary School, where he preferred to fill his notebooks with sketches rather than homework. However, he was believed not to have been a troublesome youth,''Killings: Folk Justice in the Upper South'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William D
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 F
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] |
William Dean (engineer)
William Dean (8 January 1840 – 24 September 1905) was an English railway engineer. He was the second son of Henry Dean, who was the manager of the Hawes Soap Factory in New Cross, London. William was educated at the Haberdashers' Company School. He became the Chief Locomotive Engineer for the Great Western Railway from 1877, when he succeeded Joseph Armstrong (engineer), Joseph Armstrong. He retired from the post in 1902 and was replaced by George Jackson Churchward. He designed famous steam locomotive classes such as the GWR 3252 Class, Duke Class, the GWR 3300 Class, Bulldog Class and the long-lived GWR 2301 Class, 2301 Class. Apprenticeship He was apprenticed at the age of fifteen to Joseph Armstrong at the Great Western Railway's Wolverhampton Wolverhampton railway works, Stafford Road Works. During his eight-year apprenticeship he attended Wolverhampton Working Men's College in the evening, excelling in mathematics and engineering. Upon completion of his apprentice years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
