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William Dixon (other)
William, Willie, Bill or Billy Dixon may refer to: Law and politics *William Dixon (Assemblyman) (1808–1887), English-born Wisconsin politician *William W. Dixon (1838–1910), U.S. Representative from Montana *William Dixon (Australian politician) (1860–1935), Australian politician * William C. Dixon (1904–1997), American government antitrust lawyer and judge on the Ohio Supreme Court Religion * William Henry Dixon (priest) (1783–1854), Church of England clergyman and antiquary *William T. Dixon (1833–1909), American educator and Baptist minister in Brooklyn, New York *William Gray Dixon (1854–1928), Scottish Presbyterian minister * William Taylor Dixon (1879–1959), American minister and independent faith missionary to China * William Dixon (priest) (born 1939), Dean of Barbados Sports * William Dixon (cricketer) (1856–1938), New Zealand cricketer * Billy Dixon (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1956), English footballer (Grimsby Town, Barrow AFC) * Billy Dixon (footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dixon (Assemblyman)
William Dixon (October 27, 1808October 9, 1887) was an English American immigrant, farmer, and Republican politician. He served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Richland County. Biography Dixon was born on October 27, 1808, in Beverley, England. He married Philia Carswell in 1830. He immigrated to Oneida County, New York, in 1834. He later owned a farm in Exeter, New York, before renting one in Buena Vista, Richland County, Wisconsin, and eventually owning another in Ithaca, Wisconsin, in 1855. He died on October 9, 1887, and was buried in Bear Valley Cemetery in Bear Valley, Wisconsin. Political career Dixon was a member of the Assembly during the 1859 and 1872 sessions. Other positions he held include Chairman of the Town Board (similar to city council) of Ithaca. He was a Republican. References External links * at Find a Grave Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Dixon (footballer, Born 1941)
Billy Dixon (born 12 February 1941) is an Irish former association footballer who played as a forward. He began his career at Home Farm F.C. and after playing for Waterford United F.C. he signed for Drumcondra F.C. where he made his debut in a 5-5 draw with Shamrock Rovers in 1963. He scored in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup wins over Danish side B 1909 of Odense (twice) and Bayern Munich. He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in June 1966 and scored on his debut. He earned one League of Ireland XI while at Milltown and 12 in total and scored 4 goals in 10 appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Dixon scored the winner in his only FAI Cup final in 1967. He scored twice while playing for Rovers when they represented Boston as Boston Rovers in the summer of 1967 United Soccer Association. He was placed on the transfer list in July 1971 after five years at Glenmalure Park. Dixon signed for Drogheda United F.C. soon after with Joe Haverty and scored on his debut against Rovers. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dickson (other)
William Dickson may refer to: *William Dickson (Australian politician) (1893–1966), member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales *William Dickson (bishop) (1745–1804), Bishop of Down and Connor, 1784–1804 * William Dickson (MP) (1748–1815) British Army commander and Member of Parliament * William Dickson (congressman) (1770–1816), American congressman from Tennessee * William Dickson (Falklands settler) (died 1833), administrator of Fort Louis in the Falklands in 1833 *William Dickson (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1910), Scottish footballer * William Dickson (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2002), Northern Irish footballer * William Dickson (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1947), Northern Irish councillor and shooting survivor *William Dickson (Nova Scotia politician) (1779–1834), politician in Nova Scotia * William Dickson (RAF officer) (1898–1987), British Chief of the Air Staff, 1953–1956 * William Dickson (Upper Canada) (1769–1846), lawyer, businessm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Lovers
The Four Lovers was a band formed in 1956 that was the result of vocalist Frankie Valli joining The Variatones (Tommy DeVito, lead guitar; James Gregorio Valeo, then Henry Majewski, rhythm guitar; Frank Cottone, accordion; and Billy Thompson, drums) in 1954. The Four Lovers achieved minor success before a name change to The Four Seasons in 1960. During those five years, group members also included Nicolas DeVito (vocals, electric bass), Hugh Garrity (vocals, guitar), Charles Calello (bass), Nick Massi (bass, vocals), Bob Gaudio (keyboards, vocals), and Philip Mongiovi (drums) History RCA, 1956–1958 The Four Lovers' big break came in early 1956 when backing up a female singer's audition for two New York record men. One of the two record men, Peter Paul, was suitably impressed enough to become their manager. A week later, they were themselves auditioning for RCA. RCA signed them up that day and the group selected a new name, The Four Lovers. The group that ended up recording as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dixon Manuscript
The William Dixon manuscript, written down between 1733 and 1738 in Northumberland, is the oldest known manuscript of pipe music from the British Isles, and the most important source of music for the Border pipes. It is currently located in the A.K. Bell Library, Perth, Scotland. Little is known of William Dixon's biography, except what has been learned from this manuscript, and from parish records in Northumberland. The man The only direct evidence for the author's identity comes from the manuscript itself, giving his name and two others, Parcival and John, who may have been his sons. It also gives dates from 1733 to 1738. Many of the tunes in the manuscript were, and some remain, current in Northumberland, or are named after places in the region. Baptismal records for that county show that a William Dixson was christened in Stamfordham, Northumberland, in 1678, and that Parsivall and John, sons of William Dixson, were baptised nearby at Fenwick, near Stamfordham, in 1708 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Dixon
William Robert “Bill” Dixon (October 5, 1925 – June 16, 2010) was an American composer, improviser, visual artist, activist, and educator. Dixon was one of the seminal figures in free jazz and late twentieth-century contemporary music. His was also a prominent voice arguing for artist's rights and insisting, through words and deeds, on the cultural and aesthetic richness of the African American music tradition. He played the trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano, often using electronic delay and reverb. Biography Dixon hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. His family moved to Harlem, in New York City, in 1934. He enlisted in the Army in 1944; his unit served in Germany before he was discharged in 1946. His studies in music came relatively late in life, at the Hartnette Conservatory of Music (1946–1951), which he attended on the GI Bill. He studied painting at Boston University and the WPA Arts School and the Art Students League. From 1956 to 1962, he worked at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. Next to Muddy Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–World War II sound of the Chicago blues.Trager, Oliver (2004). ''Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia''. Billboard Books. pp. 298–299. . Dixon's songs have been recorded by countless musicians in many genres as well as by various ensembles in which he participated. A short list of his most famous compositions includes "Hoochie Coochie Man", " I Just Want to Make Love to You", "Little Red Rooster", "My Babe", "Spoonful", and "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover". These songs were written during the peak years of Chess Records, from 1950 to 1965, and wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Macneile Dixon
William Macneile Dixon (1866 – 31 January 1946) was a British author and academic. Biography Dixon was born in India, the only son of the Reverend William Dixon and attended Methodist College Belfast. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was twice Vice-Chancellor's Prizeman in English verse, Downes' Prizeman, and Elrington Prizeman, and graduated First-Class, with the First Senior Moderatorship (Trinity College, Dublin), Moderatorship, in the Modern Literature School, and Second Class, with the Junior Moderatorship, in the Mental and Moral Science School in 1890. He also took considerable part in the public life of the University: he was President of the University Philosophical Society, auditor of the College Historical Society, and chairman of the students' committee for celebrations of the college's tercentenary. In 1891 he was appointed Professor of English Literature in Alexandra College, Dublin, and was also a Dublin University Extension Lecturer; and in 1894 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Dixon
William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American Reconnaissance, scout and buffalo hunter, bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls, Texas, Adobe Walls, fired a buffalo rifle shot at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, and for his actions at the "Buffalo Wallow Fight" became one of eight civilians ever to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. Early life Dixon was born in Ohio County, West Virginia, Ohio County in the panhandle region of West Virginia, on September 25, 1850. Of European descent, he was orphaned at age 12 and lived with an uncle in Missouri for a year before setting out on his own. He worked in woodcutters' camps along the Missouri River until he started working at age 14 as an ox driver and a muleskinner for a government contractor in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a skilled marksman and occasionally scouted for eastern excursionists brought by the railroads. In 1869 he joined a venture in hunting and trapping on the Salin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hepworth Dixon
William Hepworth Dixon (30 June 1821 – 26 December 1879) was an English historian and traveller from Manchester. He was active in organizing London's Great Exhibition of 1851. Early life Dixon was born on 30 June 1821, at Great Ancoats in Manchester to Abner Dixon of Holmfirth and Kirkburton in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Mary Cryer. His uncle, Elijah Dixon, was the reform campaigner and manufacturer. He spent his boyhood in the hill country of Over Darwen, being schooled by a great-uncle, Michael Beswick. As a lad he became clerk to a Manchester merchant named Thompson. Man of letters Early in 1846 Dixon decided on a literary career. He was for two months editor of the ''Cheltenham Journal''. While there he won two main essay prizes in Madden's ''Prize Essay Magazine''. In the summer of 1846, he was advised by Douglas Jerrold to move to London. He entered the Inner Temple, but was not called to the bar until 1 May 1854 and never practised. About 1850 Dixon became a depu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Dixon (footballer, Born 1905)
William Harrison Dixon (6 May 1905 – 23 February 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Billy 1905 births 1956 deaths Footballers from Grimsby English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Middlesbrough F.C. players Craghead United F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Boston Town F.C. players Bridlington Town A.F.C. players English Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
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] |
