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William Fletcher (other)
William Fletcher may refer to: *William Fletcher (Irish judge) (1750–1823), Irish politician and justice of the Court of Common Pleas *William Fletcher (valet) (c. 1775–1839), servant of Lord Byron *William A. Fletcher (Michigan judge) (1788–1852), Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * William Fletcher (English politician) (1831–1900), British Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1879–80 *William Roby Fletcher (1833–1894), English-born Australian Congregational minister and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide * William I. Fletcher (1844–1917), American librarian, bibliographer and indexer *William Fletcher (engineer) (1848–1918), British author and steam traction engine designer *William Fletcher (rugby union) (1851–1895), English rugby international *William Fletcher (priest) (died 1926), Welsh Anglican priest * William Bartlett Fletcher Sr. (1862–1957), admiral in the United States Navy *William Fletcher (cricketer) (1866–1935), English cric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (Irish Judge)
William Fletcher (1750–1823) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and became a justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). He was a man of strong opinions, which were forcefully expressed. He felt especially strongly about the condition of Ireland in his time, and a highly political address he delivered to a grand jury in 1814 caused much controversy and public comment.Ball p.338 The Fletcher family He was the son of George Fletcher and Mary Meyler, eldest daughter of Stephen Meyler. He was born in Dublin, but the principal family residence was at Garr, near Rhode, County Offaly, and his father also had an estate at Clane in County Kildare.Burke p.393 William himself later bought a house on Merrion Square in Dublin city centre, and an estate at Donnybrook, south of Dublin city. The Fletchers of Garr, who came to Ireland from Scotland in the 1690s, were a junior branch of the well-known Fletcher family of Saltoun, East Lothian, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bartlett Fletcher Sr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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, Liam, 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 German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Fletcher
William Fletcher (born 24 December 1989) is a British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Education Fletcher studied at Durham University as a member of Hild Bede, graduating with a Modern Languages degree in 2011. Rowing career He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Jono Clegg and Chris Bartley. He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette Lac d'Aiguebelette is a natural lake in the commune of Aiguebelette-le-Lac, within the department of Savoie, France. Geography Description With a surface area of 5.45 km2 and a depth of 71 meters it is one of the largest natural lakes of Fr ... in France, where he won a silver medal as part of the lightweight double scull with Richard Chambers. He and Richard Chambers placed seventh in the men's lightweight double sculls ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Fletcher
William Thomas Fletcher is an American mathematician. Education He received the B.S.(magna cum laude) and M.S. degrees (major in mathematics) from North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Durham, NC in 1956 and 1958 respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Idaho in 1966. Early career In 1957 Dr. Fletcher accepted his first teaching position in the department of mathematics at LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee, where he served as chairman until 1972. For the ten-year period 1962–72 Fletcher pursued summer employment as a mathematical applications computer programmer in industry, business, and government at IBM Mohansic Laboratory (Yorktown Heights, NY), Western Electric (Hopewell, NJ), the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, CA), and the US Departments of Commerce (Washington, DC), Agriculture (St. Paul, Minn), and Energy (Livermore, CA). NCCU In 1972 Fletcher returned to NCCU as professor and chairman of the mathematics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whigham Fletcher
William Whigham Fletcher (11 August 1918 – 4 April 2001) was a Scottish biologist and academic author. He was Professor of Botany at Strathclyde University. He specialised in crop protection and was one of the first to study the environmental impact of herbicides. Life Fletcher was born on 11 September 1918. He was brought up in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire and was both school captain and dux of Airdrie Academy. In 1937 he went to Glasgow University to study Botany. As with many his studies were interrupted by the Second World War. He saw the war coming and joined the Territorial Army in the summer of 1939. Due to this he was immediately mobilised at the outbreak of war and served in first the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and then the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Italy, Syria and Greece. He resumed his studies in 1945 and graduated in 1947. He then did postgraduate studies at both Glasgow University under Prof Carl Browning, Lodz University in cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (physician)
William Fletcher (born 11 October 1872 in Lemsford, Hertfordshire, died 18 September 1938) was an English medical doctor who in 1907 published the results of an experiment showing beriberi could be prevented by eating unpolished rice. Life Fletcher was the son of the Rev. John Price Alcock Fletcher, rector of Burbage, Leicestershire, and Mary Ann Darker Banks. He was educated at Leamington College, and graduated from Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge in 1883 with a degree in natural sciences. He was granted a scholarship to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he qualified as MB BCh in 1896. He became a resident at the Metropolitan Hospital, then practiced medicine in Coventry. He joined the Malayan Medical Service in 1903. He was posted to the State of Perak, then to the State of Selangor as district surgeon. In 1907 he joined the Institute for Medical Research at Kuala Lumpur as assistant to Dr. Henry Fraser and Dr. (Ambrose) Thomas Stanton. They demonstrated that beriberi is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (rower)
William Alfred Littledale Fletcher, DSO (25 August 1869 – 14 February 1919) was both a successful English oarsman and coach, and soldier. Fletcher was born at Holly Bank, Green Lane, Wavertree, near Liverpool, the eldest son of Alfred Fletcher, a Director of the London and North-Western Railway. He was educated at Cheam School and Eton. He went up to Christ Church, Oxford where he rowed to win the Ladies' Challenge Plate and the Thames Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1889. In 1890 he stroked the Oxford Eight in the Boat Race to end a Cambridge run of four victories. He rowed in the 1891, 1892 and 1893 Boat Races. With Vivian Nickalls he won the Silver Goblets at Henley in 1892 and 1893 and both the Pairs and the Fours at Oxford. He rowed in winning Leander Club crews at Henley. He was a member of the Oxford Varsity Water Polo team and was on the Committee of Vincent's Club. Having access to considerable private wealth, Fletcher became a rowing coach. He had learned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (cricketer)
William Fletcher (16 February 1866 – 1 June 1935) was an English first-class cricketer, who played six matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1892. Born in Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Fletcher was a right arm fast bowler, who took nine wickets at 24.66, with a best of four for 45 against the M.C.C. He scored 100 runs, batting right-handed, with a top score of 31* in the same game, for an average of 12.50. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI in 1893. Fletcher died in Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd. It is east of Harrogate. History Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenares ..., Yorkshire in June 1935. References External linksCricinfo Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (priest)
William Henry Fletcher was a Welsh Anglican priest in the first third of the 20th century who rose to become Archdeacon of Wrexham. Fletcher was educated at Shrewsbury and Christ Church. He was Curate of Holy Trinity, Shrewsbury from 1876 to 1878; Vicar of Criftins from 1878 to 1882; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Shrewsbury from 1883 to 1888; Vicar of Oswestry from 1888 to 1891; Vicar of Wrexham from 1891 to 1907; Rural Dean of Wrexham from 1891 to 1907; and Rector of Marchwiel from 1907 until his appointment as Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ....‘FLETCHER, Ven. William Henry’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201accessed 12 Feb 2016/ref> He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (valet)
William Fletcher (c. 1775–1839), Lord Byron's valet, was often the butt of humour by his famous master. Life Fletcher was born sometime in the mid 1770s in Southwell. His parents' names are not known, but a Byron letter of January 1809 noted his valet's father had died and left some property. A Southwell farmer called Richard Fletcher was buried on 14 January and might have been he. A William Fletcher, a ‘servingman’, had married ‘spinster’ Sarah Bye ‘both of Southwell’ on 23 July 1804 at Southwell Minster. At Southwell, the Fletchers had a son, William, in March 1805, but he died as a baby the following July. A second son, George, was born in May 1806. Fletcher served the Byron family from about 1804, at first as a footman and groom. Around October 1806, Byron’s valet Frank Boyce was sacked and later tried and transported for theft. Fletcher became Byron's valet soon after that and remained so until the poet's death in 1824. A third child, William, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (rugby Union)
William Fletcher (1851-1895) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875. Early life William Fletcher was born on 10 December 1851 in Kensington. He attended Marlborough College and went on to study at the University of Oxford. Rugby union career At Oxford, Fletcher won four blues (1872, 1873 (2), 1874) and played in the first varsity match against Cambridge University in 1872. Fletcher made his international debut on 3 March 1873 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow in the Scotland vs England match. He played his final match for England on 8 March 1875 at Edinburgh in the Scotland vs England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... match. Career Fletcher became a merchant in London. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, William 1851 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fletcher (engineer)
William Fletcher (1848–1918) was an English writer and steam traction engine designer. William Fletcher was a leading designer of Victorian and Edwardian steam traction engines. some twenty of his engines survived in preservation, including ''Maynarch'' (Wallis & Steevens, 1883); ''Excelsior'' (Clayton & Shuttleworth No 34980, 1902), ''Peggy'' (Clayton & Shuttleworth, 904) and ''Victoria'' (Davey Paxman - 1907). Many of Fletcher's original build books and drawings are held at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), University of Reading, Berkshire, UK. Chronology *1848: Fletcher was born on 23 April 1848, at West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire. *1863: Apprenticeship with Marshall and Sons, Gainsborough. *1870: Draughtsman with Alexander and Sons, Cirencester. *1872: Assistant manager and chief draughtsman with Wallis & Steevens, Basingstoke. *1873: Married to Jessie Brown, daughter of a Baptist minister, Cirencester. *1874: Birth of Fletcher's 1st child; a daughter Lilian, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
