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William Jordan (MP For Sandwich)
William, Will, Bill, or Billy Jordan may refer to: Politicians * William Jordan (MP for Sandwich) (fl. 1381–1391), Member of Parliament for Sandwich *William Jordan (died 1720), Member of Parliament for Reigate *Hamilton Jordan (William Hamilton Jordan, 1944–2008), American politician, chief of staff to President Carter * William E. Jordan (1883–?), American politician, socialist state legislator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin *Bill Jordan (politician) (1879–1959), New Zealand diplomat and politician, MP and high commissioner * William Worthington Jordan (1849–1886), South African trader, founder of the Boer republic of Upingtonia Sports * Hen Jordan (William Henry Jordan, 1894–1948), American baseball player *William Jordan (rower) (1898–1968), American Olympic gold medalist rower *Billy Jordan (1908/09–2000), Irish professional footballer *Bill Jordan (Australian footballer) (1906–1995), Australian rules footballer * Bill Jordan (American football), college football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jordan (MP For Sandwich)
William, Will, Bill, or Billy Jordan may refer to: Politicians * William Jordan (MP for Sandwich) (fl. 1381–1391), Member of Parliament for Sandwich *William Jordan (died 1720), Member of Parliament for Reigate *Hamilton Jordan (William Hamilton Jordan, 1944–2008), American politician, chief of staff to President Carter * William E. Jordan (1883–?), American politician, socialist state legislator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin *Bill Jordan (politician) (1879–1959), New Zealand diplomat and politician, MP and high commissioner * William Worthington Jordan (1849–1886), South African trader, founder of the Boer republic of Upingtonia Sports * Hen Jordan (William Henry Jordan, 1894–1948), American baseball player *William Jordan (rower) (1898–1968), American Olympic gold medalist rower *Billy Jordan (1908/09–2000), Irish professional footballer *Bill Jordan (Australian footballer) (1906–1995), Australian rules footballer * Bill Jordan (American football), college football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chester Jordan
William Chester Jordan (born April 7, 1948) is an American medievalist, in which field he is a Haskins Medal winner. He is currently the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. He is also a former Director of the Program in Medieval Studies at Princeton. Jordan has studied and published on the Crusades, English constitutional history, gender, economics, Judaism, and, most recently, church-state relations in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Biography Jordan earned his PhD at Princeton, where he was a student of Joseph R. Strayer, in 1973. He was Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies from 1994 to 1999. In 1996, he won the annual Charles Homer Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America for his outstanding work on the Great Famine, published in ''The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century''. He was elected the Second Vice-President of the Medieval Academy of America in 2012.Medieval Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jorden
William John Jorden (May 3, 1923 – February 20, 2009) was a diplomatic correspondent for ''The New York Times'', United States Ambassador to Panama, and author. Jorden studied at Yale University, receiving a bachelor's degree in international relations in 1947. His university studies were punctuated by service in the Army during World War II, during which he learned Japanese at Yale and the University of Michigan. He received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1948. On completion of his studies, he worked for the '' New York Herald Tribune'', the ''Associated Press'' and, from 1952, ''The New York Times''. He covered the Far East for the early part of his journalism career, including assignments in Japan and Korea. Later, he was Moscow bureau chief for ''The Times''. His marriage to linguist Eleanor Harz ended in divorce. He was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1958. In 1961, two years after returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lancelot Jordan
Captain William Lancelot Jordan DSC & Bar, DFC (3 December 1896 – 20 August 1925) was a South African World War I flying ace credited with 39 victories. Early life William Lancelot Jordan was born in Georgetown (now George), Cape Colony, the youngest son of Mrs. J. E. Jordan.Rootsweb.ancestry.com Pg. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2009. Jordan later moved to London. Military service Jordan enlisted in the (RNAS) as a mechanic in September 1916, and subsequently volunteered to fly as a gunner. He received his pilot's training in 1917 and was posted to RNAS[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
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] |
Bill Jordan (outdoorsman)
Bill Jordan is the creator of the Realtree and Advantage brands of camouflage and the host of the ''Monster Bucks'' video series and the ''Realtree Outdoors'' television show. He has made numerous appearances on outdoor television shows and has produced and assisted many up and coming leaders in the hunting industry. His slogan for Realtree being "Family, Friends and the Outdoors" signifying the importance of hunting and fishing in communities across the United States. Biography Jordan grew up in a rural home outside of Columbus, Georgia where he was the youngest of three siblings. Jordan's father, Leon, owned a boat dealership close to Lake Oliver. Jordan went to Columbus High School where he was a star athlete in track, basketball, and football. He received a scholarship from the University of Mississippi for football. Ole Miss appealed to him the most because good hunting and fishing was a short drive away. Jordan graduated from college in 1973, but injuries kept him from doin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jordan, Baron Jordan
William Brian Jordan, Baron Jordan, (born 28 January 1936), known as Bill Jordan, is a British economist and Labour politician. The son of Walter and Alice Jordan, he was educated at the Barford Road Secondary Modern School in Birmingham. Jordan was President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), and then its successor, the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU), from 1986 to 1994. During the same time, he was a member of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council. In 1995, he became General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), a post he held until 2002. He was also a long-serving Governor of the London School of Economics from 1987 to 2002, and of the BBC from 1988 to 1998. Jordan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1992 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William-Jordan
William II Jordan ( ca, Guillem Jordà; oc, Guilhèm Jordan) (died 1109) was the count of Berga beginning in 1094, the count of Cerdanya beginning in 1095, and regent of the County of Tripoli beginning in 1105. He was the son of Count William I of Cerdanya and Sança, daughter of Count Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona. William accompanied the Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles, army of Raymond IV of Toulouse, one of the leaders of the First Crusade, to the Holy Land. Raymond died in the east in 1105, leaving his young son Alfonso-Jordan as lord of Mons Peregrinus and Tartus, Tortosa (of Syria) and nominal Count of Tripoli (which had not yet been captured by the crusaders). Since Alfonso-Jordan was still a child, Raymond's soldiers chose William-Jordan as regent. Meanwhile in Toulouse, Raymond's elder son Bertrand of Toulouse, Bertrand was ruling in his absence. After Raymond's death the barons of Toulouse chose Alfonso to replace Bertrand, who, now overthrown, travelled to the east, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Jordan (American Lawman)
William Henry Jordan (1911–1997) was an American lawman, United States Marine and author. Biography Born in 1911 in Louisiana, he served for over 30 years with the United States Border Patrol. He also served with the United States Marine Corps Reserve during World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the Marine Reserve as a colonel. Jordan is credited with developing the 'Jordan' or 'Border Patrol' style of holster. The Jordan rig is rigid and unmoving, always holding the gunbutt in precisely the same relationship to the gun hand. The revolver's trigger guard is completely exposed, and the gun is held away from the back portion of the holster by a plug of leather, allowing the trigger finger to enter the guard as the draw is begun. Jordan also collaborated with Walter Roper in the design of wooden grips intended for heavy-calibre double-action revolvers, which are now made by Herrett's Stocks as the "Jordan Trooper". Jordan always favored a double-action revolver for la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jordan (actor)
William C. Jordan (born October 13, 1937) is an American film and television actor. He played Major Jake Gatlin in season one of the television series ''Project UFO'', among other roles in films and television series. Personal life Jordan was born in Milan, Indiana. As a high school student, under the name Bill Jordan, Jordan was a member of the famous 1954 Milan High School basketball team that won the 1954 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) State Tournament. It was this 1954 Milan "Indians" basketball team on which the movie '' Hoosiers'' was loosely based. Jordan is a graduate of Indiana University. During his career as an actor, Jordan rented an upscale apartment in Hollywood, while owning a large home in Arrowhead, California. Filmography Film * '' Nothing But a Man'' (1964) - Teenager * ''To Catch a Pebble'' (1970) * '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) - Bent * ''Deathmaster'' (1972) - Monk * '' Rage'' (1972) - Major Cooper * '' Blue Demon y Zovek en La invasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Jordan
Will Jordan (born Wilbur Rauch, July 27, 1927 – September 6, 2018) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance to, and impressions of, television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan. Early life Born in the Bronx, Rauch grew up in Flushing, Queens. His father was a pharmacist and his mother owned a hat store. Jordan graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. Career As Ed Sullivan In his act, Jordan came up with the catch-phrase, "Welcome to our Toast of the Town 'Shoooo'", which became a stereotypical joke for nearly every Sullivan impersonator after that, usually as the more generic "Really Big 'Shoooo'" (or "shoe"). Jordan appeared as Sullivan in the Broadway production of the musical '' |
William Jordan (writer)
William Jordan ( fl. 1611), Cornish dramatist, lived at Helston in Cornwall, and is supposed to have been the author of the Cornish language mystery or sacred drama ''Gwreans an Bys: the Creacon of the World''. The oldest manuscript is in small folio in the Bodleian Library (N. 219); with it is a later copy; another is in the British Museum (Harl. 1867), together with a translation made by John Keigwin; and a fourth was in 1858 in the possession of John Camden Hotten; a fifth copy, perhaps the same as the fourth, was in 1890 in the possession of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute and a sixth belonged to William Copeland Borlase. ''The Creation of the World'' was inaccurately edited with Keigwin's translation by Davies Gilbert in 1827. In 1863, Mr. Whitley Stokes published in the ''Transactions of the Philological Society'' an edition consisting of a new transcript of Bodleian MS. N. 219, with an original translation and notes. Jordan's name appears at the end of the Bodl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
