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William English (other)
Bill English (born 1961) was the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand. William English or Bill English may also refer to: *William English (physician) (fl. 1350), English physician *William English (poet) (died 1778), Irish poet *William Hayden English (1822–1896), American politician ** William E. English (1850–1926), U.S. Representative from Indiana, son of William Hayden English *William John English (1882–1941), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross *Bill English (musician) (1925–2007), American jazz drummer *Bill English (computer engineer) (1929–2020), contributor to the development of the computer mouse *Bill English (actor) (born 1983), American actor See also *English law (other) *William English Kirwan (born 1938), chancellor of USM *William English Walling William English Walling (1877–1936) (known as "English" to friends and family) was an American labor reformer and Socialist Republican born into a wealthy family in Louisville, Kentucky. He founded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English
Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former National Party politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and minister of finance from 2008 to 2016 under John Key and the Fifth National Government. A farmer and public servant before entering politics, English was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in as the National Party's candidate in the Wallace electorate. He was elevated to Cabinet in 1996 and in 1999 was made minister of finance, although he served for less than a year due to his party's loss at the 1999 general election. In October 2001, English replaced Jenny Shipley as the leader of the National Party (and consequently as Leader of the Opposition). He led the party to its worst defeat at the 2002 general election, and as a consequence, in October 2003 he was replaced as leader by Don Brash. In November 2006, after Brash's resignation, Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William English (physician)
William Grisaunt, also called William English ( fl. 1350), was an English physician. Grisaunt as a young man taught philosophy at Oxford University, and in 1299 was either fellow or student of Merton College. He incurred the suspicion of having practised magic, and when of mature age left England and studied medicine at Montpelier. He afterwards settled at Marseilles, where he acquired great fame as a physician; he is said in his practice to have paid special attention to the nature and cause of the disease and to the constitution of the patient. Grisaunt is commonly stated to have been the father of Grimoald or Grimoard (1309-1370), abbot of St. Victor at Marseilles, who became pope as Urban V in 1362. In a contemporary chronicle (Chr. Angliæ ab anno 1328 usque ad annum 1388, p. 52, Rolls Ser.) Urban, who is there called Gillerinus, is said to have been the son of an Englishman. But his latest biographer (Magnan, Histoire d'Urbain V see also Bower, Lives of the Popes, vii. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William English (poet)
William English (died 1778) was an Irish poet. English was a native of Newcastle West, County Limerick. After teaching schools at Castletownroche and Charleville, he finally entered the Augustinian order. He died at Cork on 13 January 1778 and was buried in St. John's churchyard. As a Gaelic poet of humble life English acquired considerable reputation. His best-known ballad, "Cashel of Munster", was translated by Sir Samuel Ferguson Sir Samuel Ferguson (10 March 1810 – 9 August 1886) was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant. He was an acclaimed 19th-century Irish poet, and his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history can be seen ... in ''Lays of the Western Gael'' (1865), pp. 209–10. References Year of birth missing 1778 deaths 18th-century Irish-language poets Writers from County Limerick Augustinian friars Irish male poets Irish educators 18th-century Irish educators 18th-century Irish male writers People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hayden English
William Hayden English (August 27, 1822 – February 7, 1896) was an American politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1853 to 1861 and was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1880. English entered politics at a young age, becoming a part of Jesse D. Bright's conservative faction of the Indiana Democratic Party. After four years in the federal bureaucracy in Washington, from 1845, he returned to Indiana and participated in the state constitutional convention of 1850. He was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1851 and served as its speaker at the age of twenty-nine. After a two-year term in the state house, English represented Indiana in the federal House of Representatives for four terms from 1853 to 1861, working most notably to achieve a compromise on the admission of Kansas as a state. English retired from the House in 1861, but remained involved in party affairs. In the American Civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William E
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 John English
William John English VC (6 October 1882 – 4 July 1941) was an Irish born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details English was educated at Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, Kent from 1894 to 1898 and Campbell College, Belfast from 1898 to 1899. The following year he went to South Africa and in November joined the Scottish Horse, a yeomanry regiment raised for service in South Africa. He served in the ranks until he was commissioned in March 1901. He was 18 years old, and a lieutenant in the 2nd Scottish Horse during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 3 July 1901 at Vlakfontein, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC: Following the end of the war, he went to the United Kingdom and received the decoration in person from the Prince of Wales during a large coronation parade of colonial troops in London on 1 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English (musician)
William English (August 27, 1925 – March 4, 2007) was an American jazz drummer. Early life English played early in his career with rhythm and blues musicians in the 1950s, including Sonny Thompson and Amos Milburn. He then worked with Julian Dash, Bennie Green, and Erskine Hawkins in the mid-1950s before becoming a house drummer at New York's Apollo Theatre. Late in the 1950s he worked with his own ensemble, and in the 1960s played with Earl Hines, Prestige Blues Swingers, Gene Ammons, Quincy Jones, Joe Newman, Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, and Eddie Jefferson. He remained active into the 1970s, working with Eric Dixon Eric "Big Daddy" Dixon (March 28, 1930 – October 19, 1989) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. Dixon's professional career extended from 1950 until his death in 1989, during which time he was credited ... among others. References ;Footnotes ;General references * Barry Kernfeld, "Bill English". '' The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English (computer Engineer)
William Kirk English (January 27, 1929July 26, 2020) was an American computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse while working for Douglas Engelbart at SRI International's Augmentation Research Center. He would later work for Xerox PARC and Sun Microsystems. Early life English was born on January 27, 1929, in Lexington, Kentucky. The only son of Harry English and Caroline (Gray) English, he had two half-brothers from his father's previous marriage. Harry English was an electrical engineer who managed coal mines and Caroline was a homemaker. William, or Bill as he was known, attended a boarding school in Arizona and then studied electrical engineering at the University of Kentucky. Career English served in the US Navy until the late 1950s, including postings in northern California and Japan. He then joined the Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s to work on magnets, and built one of the first all-magnetic arithmetic units with Hewitt Crane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English (actor)
Bill English is an actor. He is known as playing the role of Joel in the ABC television series ''Cavemen''. Early life and education English was raised Honeoye Falls, New York, a small village outside of Rochester, New York. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. Career English has performed on Broadway with Anne Heche and Alec Baldwin in ''20th Century''. In February 2012, he took over the lead role of Billy Crocker in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes. He starred in ''Cavemen in 2007 and had guest roles on '' Melrose Place'' (CW), '' Person of Interest'' (CBS) among others. English had the role of Chris in the 2012 film ''The Last Day of August ''The Last Day of August'' is a 2012 American film drama about four friends recovering from the physical and psychological damage of a car accident. An independent feature film, it was directed by Craig DiFolco with a screenplay written by DiFolco ...''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Law (other)
English Law, English Bill, English Act, or ''variation'', may refer to: * Law of the United Kingdom * English law, the ''law of England and Wales'' * Common law, the body of laws descended from England * Legal English, the specialized English used in courts of law and legal writing * English Bill (1858), a bill proposed by William Hayden English in the United States Congress * English Language Unity Act, the bill introduced to define English as the official language of the United States * Charter of the French Language (Bill 101), the act of law banning and proscribing uses of English in Quebec * Pleading in English Act 1362, the law of England making English instead of courtly French the language of the courts of England * The secular laws of jurisdictions in which Amish communities exist ("English" being the non-Amish), see Amish life in the modern world See also * Lawrence English (born 1976) Australian composer * Bill English (born 1961) New Zealand Prime Minister * William Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William English Kirwan
William English "Brit" Kirwan (born April 14, 1938) is an American university administrator and mathematician who is chancellor emeritus of the University System of Maryland (USM) and professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Most recently, Kirwan served as chancellor of USM from 2002 to 2015. Previously, Kirwan worked at the University of Maryland, College Park from the 1960s to 1990s as a professor, administrator, and eventually president and was president of the Ohio State University from 1998 to 2002. A native of Kentucky, Kirwan completed three degrees in mathematics, attending the University of Kentucky for his bachelor's degree and Rutgers University for his master's and doctorate degrees. Beginning in 1964, Kirwan was a mathematics professor at Maryland. After over 15 years on the faculty, including four years as head of the mathematics department, Kirwan joined Maryland's administration, beginning as chief academic officer in 1981. Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
