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William Maxwell (MP)
William Maxwell may refer to: Arts *William Maxwell (engraver) (c. 1766–1809), printer of the ''Sentinel of the Northwest Territory'' newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio *W. B. Maxwell (William Babington Maxwell, 1866–1938), British novelist *William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), Scots-Irish novelist *William James Maxwell (1843–1903), Scottish-born sculptor in Australia *William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), American editor and writer Education * William Maxwell (educator) (1784–1857), seventh President of Hampden–Sydney College *William Henry Maxwell (1852–1920), superintendent of public schools in New York City Medicine * William Maxwell (physician) (1581–1641), Scottish physician * William Maxwell (physician) (1769–1826), Scottish physician Military *William Maxwell (Continental Army general) (1733–1796), Irish-born American soldier from New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War * William C. Maxwell (1892–1920), American pilot in the United States Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maxwell (engraver)
William Maxwell (c. 1766 – September 10, 1809) was the first engraver to publish a newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio. The paper was called the ''Centinel of the Northwest Territory'', and the first issue was published on Saturday, November 9, 1793. The motto of the paper was "Open to all parties–but influenced by none". He used a portable wood printing press, which he took with him to Lexington, Kentucky and set up a business. In 1793 he left for Cincinnati and began his weekly newspaper, which consisted of four pages and had a limited circulation. The printing press he used was much like the one invented by Johann Gutenberg. In 1796 he printed ''Laws of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio'' in Cincinnati, a two-hundred and twenty-five page book with one-thousand issues printed. Subsequently known as " Maxwell's Code", this was the first book printed in the Northwest Territory. Maxwell represented Hamilton County, Ohio at the first meeting of the Ohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maxwell (railroad Executive)
William Maxwell (February 11, 1794 – November 22, 1856) was an American business executive and politician, president of Erie Railroad from 1842 to 1843. Biography Early years and education Guy Maxwell was the father and founder of the Maxwell family. He managed banks, dug canals, and was adopted as a chief into a tribe of the Seneca Indians.Edward Harold Mott Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie'' Collins, 1899. p. 461-62 William Maxwell, Guy Maxwell's third son, was born at Tioga Point, now Athens, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1794. His parents moved that year to Newtown Point, now Elmira. He was educated in local schools, and studied law in the office of Fletcher Mathews, a distinguished member of the bar at that time. District Attorney of Tioga County In 1822 he was the District Attorney of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Tioga County, of which Chemung County was then a part; in 1829 he was the surrogate of the county, and was a member of the Assembly in 1828 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Maxwell
Billy Joe Maxwell (July 23, 1929 – September 20, 2021) was an American professional golfer. Maxwell was born in Abilene, Texas. He played college golf at North Texas State College and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships (1949–1952). Maxwell also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951. After an impressive amateur career, he served in the Army and turned pro in 1954. Maxwell won seven times on the PGA Tour. He also played on the 1963 Ryder Cup team and was elected to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. He has a twin brother, Bobby, who was also a golfer. He resided in Jacksonville, Florida where, along with former PGA touring pro, Chris Blocker, he owned and operated Hyde Park Golf Club, a Donald Ross designed course. Amateur wins :''This list is probably incomplete'' *1951 U.S. Amateur *1953 Mexican Amateur Professional wins (10) PGA Tour wins (7) PGA Tour playoff record (1–2) Other wins (3) ''this list is probably incomplete'' *1956 Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sutherland Maxwell
William Sutherland Maxwell (November 14, 1874 – March 25, 1952) was a well-known Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Baháʼí Faith. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to parents Edward John Maxwell and Johan MacBean. Life Education After attending the High School of Montreal, at the age of 18 he started working for his brother's office in the Sun Life Building in Montreal. In 1895 he left for Boston where he spent three years in the office of Winslow and Wetherel; in the evenings he would study at the Boston Architectural Club. At the Boston Architectural Club he met Constant-Désiré Despradelles, Professor of Design at MIT (1892–1912), who exposed him to the Beaux-Arts architecture style. In 1898 he returned to his brother Edward's office for fifteen months, after which he spent a year and a half in Paris, where he was accepted as a student in the atelier of Jean-Louis Pascal at the École des Beaux-Arts, under whom Despradelles had also studied. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maxwell (journalist)
Sir William Maxwell (1860 – 23 December 1928) was a British journalist, soldier, writer and civil servant.Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997) ''Historical Dictionary of War Journalism,'' p. 196./ref> Early life Maxwell was born in 1860 in Workington, Cumberland of Irish-born parents William and Mary Maxwell, his father was an Insurance Agent. Maxwell was described in 1881 as a "Reporter on Newspaper". War correspondent Maxwell was a war correspondent for the London ''Standard'', covering the Anglo-Egyptian victory at Battle of Omdurman (1898). He forwarded reports to London from South Africa throughout the Second Boer War (1899–1902). He survived enteric fever and reported the Siege of Ladysmith. He followed Lord Roberts' campaign from the capture of Bloemfontein through battles at Lydenberg and the Komatipoort. In 1905, he resigned from the ''Standard,'' becoming a foreign correspondent for the London ''Daily Mail'' during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maxwell, 5th Earl Of Nithsdale
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Bill Maxwell
William Maxwell (12 April 1882 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Charles Frederick Maxwell (1849–1889), and Eliza Jane Maxwell (1852–1925), née Mooney, William Maxwell was born at Caulfield, Victoria on 12 April 1882. Education He was educated at Scotch College, in St Kilda, formerly known as the ''Hofwyl School'', an entirely different institution from the ''Scotch College'', then in East Melbourne, now in Hawthorn. Football Recruited from Collegians in 1909, he played his first match for Melbourne against Essendon on 10 July 1909. His second, and last match for Melbourne, in which he kicked his only VFL goal, was against Geelong on 21 August 1909. Military service Maxwell served as a lieutenant with the 38th Battalion during World War I. He left Australia on 20 June 1916 on the HMAT ''Runic'' (A54). He was wounded in the Battle of Messines on 7 June 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maxwell (footballer)
William Sturrock Maxwell (21 September 1876 – 14 July 1940) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer and amateur cricketer. He played for hometown club Arbroath F.C., Arbroath, Dundee F.C., Dundee, Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian, Stoke City F.C., Stoke, Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Third Lanark A.C., Third Lanark and Bristol City F.C., Bristol City. He also gained one Cap (sport), cap for the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1901–02 Scottish Division One, 1901–02 season,Scotland – List of Topscorers RSSSF and later, while at Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, he was the Football League Second Division, Second Division topscorer with 27 goals in the 1905–06 Football Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Maxwell
William John Maxwell was a United States Navy officer who served as the 18th Naval Governor of Guam. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1874, but was not commissioned as an ensign until 1883. He served aboard many ships before becoming one of the inaugural members of the General Board of the United States Navy. Afterward, he commanded both and . After becoming governor in 1914, Maxwell instituted a number of reforms, including establishing the Bank of Guam and the Guam Insular Patrol Force. He also reorganized the tax system and stressed the building and improvement of new roads. His plans to give Guamanians United States citizenship was rejected by then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Guam became the center an international relations incident when the German made port there asking for coal at a time when the United States remained neutral in World War I. Maxwell refused to break neutrality by providing fuel and supplies, forcing the ship to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Herries Maxwell
William Jardine Herries Maxwell (4 March 1852 – 31 July 1933) was a Liberal Unionist politician in Scotland. Maxwell was the son of Wellwood Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle and his wife Jane Home Jardine. Maxwell was elected at the 1892 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, but lost it very narrowly in 1895, when his Liberal Party opponent had a majority of only 13 votes. He regained his seat in 1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ..., but stood down at the 1906 general election. References External links * 1852 births 1933 deaths Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1900–1906 {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Maxwell (administrator)
Sir William George Maxwell (9 June 1871 – 22 August 1959) was a British colonial administrator in British Malaya and the Straits Settlements.OxfordDNBEntry for ''Maxwell, Sir (William) George'' Retrieved 9 January 2014 Biography He was the eldest son of Sir William Edward Maxwell and Lilias Grant Mackay. Sir George entered the service of the Perak Government as a junior officer in 1891. He then progressed to Assistant District Magistrate and Registrar of Courts in Kinta Valley (Perak). He was also the Assistant Secretary to the Government of Perak, Acting Collector of Land Revenue in Larut, Registrar of Titles and Warden of Mines in Northern Perak and Acting Senior Magistrate for Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Perak. In 1904, he was transferred to the Civil Service of Straits Settlements and was Acting Commissioner of the Court of Requests in Singapore. He was posted as the District Officer of Dinding, Perak, Solicitor General (1906). On 9 July 1909 the Bangkok Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edward Maxwell
Sir William Edward Maxwell, (5 August 1846 – 14 December 1897) was a British colonial official who served as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements and Governor of the Gold Coast, then a British colony. Early days Born on 5 August 1846, William Edward Maxwell was the son of Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, the Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements. Career Straits Settlements Maxwell followed his father into the legal profession, and also served in the courts of the Straits Settlements. In 1883, Maxwell was appointed the Commissioner of Land Titles in the Straits Settlements, to be a Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of those Settlements. In 1889, he was appointed the Resident of Selangor. He became the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements in 1892, and was acting governor from 30 August 1893 to 1 February 1894. Anglo-Ashanti War In 1895, Maxwell was promoted to the governorship of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Under his governorship the British d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
