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William Holmes
William, Bill, or Billy Holmes may refer to: Sports * Bill Holmes (ice hockey) (William Orser Holmes, 1899–1961), Canadian ice hockey player * Bill Holmes (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2020), English footballer * Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1922), English footballer with Manchester City who became manager of Clapton Orient * Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1951) (1951–1988), English footballer with Hereford United, Wimbledon and other clubs * Billy Holmes (Australian footballer) (1890–1942), Australian footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy * William Holmes (English cricketer) (1885–1951), English cricketer * William Holmes (New Zealand cricketer) (1849-1885), New Zealand cricketer * William Holmes (cyclist) (born 1936), British Olympic cyclist * William Holmes (footballer) (1889–1933), footballer who played for Stoke Politicians * Bill Holmes (trade unionist) (1873–1961), British Labour Party politician and trade unionist * William Holmes (poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Holmes (ice Hockey)
William Orser Holmes (February 9, 1899 – March 14, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre who played 51 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Americans between 1925 and 1930. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1921 to 1936, was spent in various minor leagues. Born in Portage la Prairie, a city in the Central Plains Region, Manitoba, Central Plains Region of Manitoba. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1899 births 1961 deaths Buffalo Majors players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey centres Cleveland Indians (IHL) players Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Manitoba London Panthers players London Tecumsehs players Montreal Canadiens players New Haven Eagles players New York Americans players Niagara Falls Cataracts players Pittsburgh Shamrocks players Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) players Sportspeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holmes (British Army Medical Officer)
William Holmes (1762–1834), M.D., J.P., was Surgeon-General to the British Forces in Canada; a magistrate and landowner at Quebec. Early life Born at Stewartstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of William Holmes (d.1789) of Bray Island, Donaghmore, County Tyrone; formerly a Captain in the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot. His mother, Martha Stewart (1732–1805), was the daughter of Rev. Robert Stewart (1687–1746) of Gortnaglush, County Tyrone; Minister of Carland and "a man of considerable property". Robert Stewart was a grandson of Colonel Robert Stewart, of Irry and a first cousin of Andrew Stewart oStuart Hall Stewartstown, County Tyrone, ''de jure'' 7th Baron Castle Stewart. Military career His mother's first cousin, George Stewart (grandfather of Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White), served as Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Ireland, and later President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Under the auspices of this relation Holmes entere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Henry Holmes (musician)
William Henry Holmes (or W. H. Holmes; 8 January 1812 – 23 April 1885) was an English pianist and composer, and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. Life He was born in Sudbury, Derbyshire in 1812, son of a musician. He entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1822, the year it opened, and he gained two of the first medals given by the Academy, for composition and the piano. He became Sub-professor at the academy in 1826, and later Professor of the Piano, remaining in the post for more than fifty years. His pupils included Charlotte Alington Barnard, William Sterndale Bennett, George Alexander Macfarren, Walter Cecil Macfarren and James William Davison. Holmes performed as a virtuoso pianist for many years. He composed symphonies, concertos, sonatas, songs and an opera. He died in 1885, and was buried at Brompton Cemetery Brompton Cemetery (originally the West of London and Westminster Cemetery) is a London cemetery, managed by The Royal Parks, in West Brompton in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Holmes
William Henry Holmes (December 1, 1846 – April 20, 1933), known as W. H. Holmes, was an American explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, scientific illustrator, cartographer, mountain climber, geologist and museum curator and director. Biography Early life and education William Henry Holmes was born on a farm near Cadiz, in Harrison County, Ohio, to Joseph and Mary Heberling Holmes on December 1, 1846. One of his forebears was the Rev. Obadiah Holmes, who emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts in 1638. William Henry Holmes graduated from the McNeely Normal School, Hopedale, Ohio in 1870 and afterward briefly taught drawing, painting, natural history, and geology at the school. In 1889 the school awarded him an honorary A.B. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. Later, in 1918, Holmes received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. for his work and achievements. U. S. Geological Surveys Hayden Survey In 1871, he went to Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hardy Holmes
William Hardy Holmes was an Anglican Bishop. Born on 25 June 1873 and educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was ordained in 1897, and began his career with a curacy at Christ Church, Derry. He then held incumbencies at Kilbarron and Ballyshannon. In 1916 he became Archdeacon of Raphoe and in 1921 of Derry. Raised to the episcopate in 1932 as Bishop of Tuam he was translated to Meath in 1938. He died on 26 May 1951.The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ..., Monday, 28 May 1951; pg. 6; Issue 52012; col C ''Deaths'' Notes 1873 births 1951 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Raphoe 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry Anglican bishops of Meath Place of birth missing {{Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holmes (film Editor)
William Holmes (February 23, 1904 – February 2, 1978) was an American film editor. He won an Oscar for Best Film Editing at the 14th Academy Awards for his work on the film '' Sergeant York''. He worked on 56 different films from 1925 to 1942. Selected filmography * '' Flying Luck'' (1927) * ''Dugan of the Dugouts'' (1928) * ''Romance of a Rogue'' (1928) * '' Thundergod'' (1928) * '' A Perfect Gentleman'' (1928) * '' The Aviator'' (1929) * ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) * ''Hardboiled Rose'' (1929) * '' Million Dollar Collar'' (1929) * '' Hold Everything'' (1930) * '' The Life of the Party'' (1930) * '' The Second Floor Mystery'' (1930) * '' Three Faces East'' (1930) * '' Illicit'' (1931) * ''Manhattan Parade'' (1931) * ''Svengali'' (1931) * '' Alias the Doctor'' (1932) * ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932) * ''Dark Victory'' (1939) * '' Sergeant York'' (1941) * ''They Died with Their Boots On ''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Holmes
Lizzie Holmes (, Hunt; after first marriage, Swank; after second marriage, Holmes; pen name, May Huntley; December 21, 1850 – August 8, 1926) was an American anarchist, writer, and organizer of Chicago's working women during the late 19th century in the United States. She was a key figure in Chicago's labor movement in the years just preceding the Haymarket affair, during which she worked with and played a leading role in a range of unions including the Knights of Labor and the International Working People's Association. Prior to becoming a labor organizer, she worked as a school teacher and music instructor in Ohio. In addition to her work as a labor organizer, Holmes served as a writer and editor in various radical and anarchist newspapers. She worked as the assistant editor of ''The Alarm'', and she published articles in ''Lucifer, the Light-Bearer'', ''Freedom'', and ''Free Society.'' In contrast to some of her anarchist contemporaries, she was also willing to publish in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holmes (actor)
William Holmes is an American actor known for '' Daughter of the Sun God'' (1962), ''The Bushwhackers'' (1951), and ''In Old Amarillo'' (1951). Career Holmes, heir to the Fleischmann's Yeast fortune, wanted to be an actor, so his father footed the bill for him to star in the early 1950s film ''Daughter of the Sun God''. The movie was so bad, however, that it took nearly a decade for it to be released. By that time, the actor was already out of the business. In 1950, he acted in the musical ''Careless Rapture'' at the Dudley Hippodrome in Dudley, West Midlands, England, with Barry Sinclair, Mary Allen, Arthur Hosking, Muriel Barron, Joan Norman, and Charles Gillespie in the cast. Louella Parsons wrote that Holmes would have the top role in the film ''Cocobolo'', directed by Henry Herts and produced by Robert Peters. In 1953, Hedda Hopper reported "he has a children's book to be published, and will do a TV adventure series". Personal life Holmes was romantically attached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Holmes (academic)
William Holmes D.D. (5 April 1689 – 4 April 1748) was an English academic, Vice-Chancellor and Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford), Regius Professor of Modern History of the University of Oxford. He was also Dean of Exeter between 1742 and 1748. Life Holmes was born on 5 April 1689 in the parish of St Swithin, in the City of London, the son of Thomas and Margaret Holmes of London, England. He began his education at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Merchant Taylors' School, London, on 12 September 1701 and went up to St John's College, Oxford, on 11 June 1707, Matriculation, matriculating on 2 July. In 1710, he became a Oxbridge Fellow, Fellow and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on 16 May 1711, and was awarded the Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Master of Arts degree on 9 April 1715. In 1721 Holmes was appointed as a Proctor#Oxford University, proctor of the University. He took the Bachelor of Divinity degree on 13 April 1722 and the Doctorate of Divin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
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 Norman Holmes
Sergeant William Norman Holmes (born 1896, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Between 11 March and 8 July 1918, while serving as an observer/gunner in No. 62 Squadron RAF, flying the Bristol F.2b fighter, he accounted for eight enemy aircraft; one Fokker D.VII, three Fokker Dr.I and four Albatros D.V. For his first three victories his pilot was Second Lieutenant S. W. Symons, for the fourth and fifth, Sergeant Frank Johnson, and for the last three one each with Captain Thomas L. Purdom, Lieutenant Douglas Savage and Captain William Ernest Staton. He was awarded the Military Medal The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award ... on 12 June 1918. References 1896 births Year of death missing Royal Flying Corps soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
