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William Holland (footballer)
William, Will, Bill, or Billy Holland may refer to: Politicians * William Holland (merchant), English merchant and MP for Dartmouth * William Holland (politician) (1782–?), Irish-born farmer and politician in Nova Scotia * William H. Holland (politician) (1841–1907), member of the Fifteenth Texas Legislature * William Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham (1849–1927), British industrialist and politician Sportsmen Baseball * Will Holland (baseball) (1862–1930), baseball player * Billy Holland (baseball) (1874–?), pitcher, Negro league career 1894–1908 * Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher) (Elvis William Holland, 1901–1973), pitcher, Negro leagues career 1920–1941 * Bill Holland (left-handed pitcher) (William David Holland, 1915–1997), pitcher, Major League career 1939 Other sports * Bill Holland (sprinter) (1874–1930), track and field athlete * Bill Holland (1907–1984), American racing driver * Bill Holland (basketball) (1914–2000), American professional basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holland (merchant)
William Holland (born 1478 or later, died 1547 or later) was an English merchant and administrator in Dartmouth, Devon. On three occasions he was briefly a member of parliament. As a merchant, Holland specialized in trading with Spain. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for the borough of Dartmouth in 1529, 1539 and 1542. He felt the impact of the worsening relations with Spain caused by the years of the English Reformation begun by Henry VIII in the early 1530s. In 1537, his rival John Trevanion John Trevanion (1613–1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643. He was a royalist officer who was killed in action in the English Civil War. Trevanion was the son of Charles Trevanion of Ca ... reported Holland to Thomas Cromwell for causing the plundering of two ships at Dartmouth, and Trevanion said he had ‘caused much trouble’. His enemies included Sir John Fulford, whose servants tried to attack him in 1538 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holland (basketball)
William James Holland (April 10, 1914 – February 26, 2000) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Warren Penns, Cleveland White Horses, and Detroit Eagles The Detroit Eagles were a professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan. Managed by Dutch Dehnert, they played in the National Basketball League from 1939 to 1941, then became a barnstorming team. The team folded during the 1942–43 ... and averaged 5.2 points per game. References 1914 births 2000 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players from Pennsylvania Centers (basketball) Cleveland White Horses players Detroit Eagles players Forwards (basketball) Edinboro Fighting Scots men's basketball players Elmira Colonels (basketball) players People from Greenville, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Mercer County, Pennsylvania Warren Penns players {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William L
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 Jacob Holland
Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished zoologist and paleontologist, as well as an ordained Presbyterian minister. Life Holland was born August 16, 1848 in Jamaica, West Indies, the son of Rev Francis R Holland and his wife, Eliza Augusta Wolle. He spent his early years in Salem, North Carolina, later attending Nazareth Hall, a Moravian boys' school in Pennsylvania, followed by Amherst College, (A.B., 1869), and Princeton Theological Seminary (1874). At Amherst Holland's roommate was a student from Japan, causing Holland to become interested in Japanese and to learn that language well before it was a common pursuit in the United States. In 1874 he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to become pastor of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church in the city's Oakland neighborhood. At this time Holland was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holland (stained Glass Maker)
William Holland (1809 – September 27, 1883) was a 19th-century British maker of stained glass and other decorative pieces. His work is represented in churches and stately homes across southern England, Wales, and Ireland. Holland of Warwick windows can be identified by his mark "Guil Holland Vaivic. Puix " written on a scroll in Latin in the lower right hand corner. Holland's stained glass reflects the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society and the Gothic Revival work of Thomas Willement. Willement revived in the early 19th century, the method used at York Minster to build the Great East Window in 1400 wherein coloured pieces are leaded and the lead then becomes part of the design, appearing as black lines in the window. Studio and business Holland founded his firm in Warwick at 3 Priory Rd at the intersection with St John's Road, as "Holland , William and Son, St John's , Warwick . Designers and Producers. Stained glass of the twelfth century representing scriptural ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holland (publisher)
William Holland (1757 to 1834 in London) was a leading London print seller and radical publisher who was fined £100 and imprisoned in 1793 for a year for seditious libel. Biography Holland's antecedents are obscure, though David Alexander suggests he may have been of Irish origin, as hinted by his pseudonym ''Paddy Whack''. Holland began selling prints in a shop at 66 Drury Lane in 1782 and published a number of prints during the 1784 election. He move to new premises at 50 Oxford Street in 1788, where he charged 1s for admittance to his 'Museum of Graphic Genius'. Holland's successful business grew and his list included works by Frederick George Byron, George Murgatroyd Woodward, and John Nixon, as well as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson. A radical, he was prosecuted in 1793 on charges of seditious libel for selling a copy of Thomas Paine's ''Letter Addressed to the Addressers'' and imprisoned in Newgate Prison where he encountered Lord George Gordon and other radica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holland (diarist)
William Holland (9 May 1746 – 17 April 1819) is now best remembered for his diary, which he kept from 1799 to 1818. The diary chronicles his life as the vicar of Over Stowey, Somerset. In a similar fashion to the diary of Thomas Turner, Holland's diary is a personal consideration of the workings of country life during a time of considerable national tension. The diary is broad in scope, with limited discussion of national events such as the Napoleonic Wars occurring alongside treatment of local matters. Not all of the diary's original 99 volumes survive; particularly, entries written both before and after the current known time-span of the diary are thought to have existed. Extracts from Holland's diary were published by C.F. Johnston in 1984. In 2003, the book ''Paupers & Pig Killers: The Diary of William Holland'', ed. Jack Ayres, was published by Sutton Publishing The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Holland
Billy Holland (born 3 August 1985) is an Irish former rugby union player, who spent his entire career playing for his native province of Munster, whilst also earning a single international cap for Ireland. He played primarily as a lock, though also played flanker occasionally, and represented Cork Constitution in the All-Ireland League. Professional career Munster Holland made his full debut for Munster against Scarlets on 22 September 2007, having made his non-competitive debut against Saracens in a friendly on 7 September. He was part of the Munster team that narrowly lost to New Zealand on 18 November 2008, in the opening game of the new Thomond Park. He made his Heineken Cup debut in Munster 2009–10 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Northampton Saints on 10 April 2010. Holland started for Munster in their historic 15–6 victory over Australia on 16 November 2010. He signed a new two-year contract with Munster in March 2012. Holland led Munster A to victory in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holland
Willard Holland (December 18, 1907 – May 19, 1984)) was an American race car driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1949 and finished second in 1947, 1948 and 1950. He also was runner up in the 1947 American Automobile Association (AAA) National Championship. Background Holland was born on December 18, 1907, the son of major league baseball player Willard Holland. He was excellent at skating and tried out for the 1932 Olympics. Racing career Holland was getting better results in big car (now sprint car) in 1937. He recorded his first win on July 30, 1938 at Mineola, New York. He won three times in 1939 and nine times in 1940. Holland finished second to Joie Chitwood in the 1940 AAA Eastern championship and he won the championship in 1941. No racing happened in the United States between 1942 and 1945 due to World War II. In 1946, Holland won 15 Eastern and 1 Midwestern "big car" (now sprint car) races to finish fourth in the AAA national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holland (politician)
William Holland (born 1782) was an Irish-born farmer and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1840. He was born in Armagh, where he married Miss Reilly. In 1812, Holland and his family boarded a ship bound for New York City. The vessel was captured by a British war ship and taken to Halifax. At that point, Holland decided to settle at Wilmot in Annapolis County Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal. History Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapoli .... He was a promoter of the Methodist church in the area. After his term in the provincial assembly, he returned to the operation of his farm. References Calnek, W. A. ''History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia : Including Old Port Royal & Acadia'' (1999) 1782 births Year of death mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holland (sprinter)
William Joseph Holland (March 3, 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts – November 20, 1930 in Malden, Massachusetts) was an American track and field athlete. At the age of 26, Holland, a medical student at Georgetown University, won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter dash race at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, with a time of 49.6 seconds, just 2 tenth of a second behind Gold medal winner U.S. teammate Maxie Long."Track & Field," ''1900 Olympics'', DatabaseOlympics (databaseSports.com, 2002-2006). Holland placed fourth in the 200-meter dash, winning his semifinal heat with a time of 24.0 seconds before finishing fourth of four in the hotly contested final, in which his estimated time of 22.9 seconds was identical to that of the bronze medalist Stan Rowley and 0.1 seconds slower than the second place man, Norman Pritchard Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1875 – 30 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holland (left-handed Pitcher)
William David Holland (June 4, 1915 – April 5, 1997) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators during the 1939 season. Listed at 6'1", 190 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Varina, North Carolina and died in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Holland posted a 0-1 record with two strikeouts and an 11.25 ERA in 4.0 innings pitched In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin .... External links Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from North Carolina 1915 births 1997 deaths People from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Sportspeople from Wake County, North Carolina {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
