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William McGuire (editor)
William McGuire may refer to: *William Anthony McGuire (1881–1940), American screenwriter and dramatist * William Henry McGuire (1875–1957), Canadian senator * William J. McGuire, American social psychologist *William W. McGuire (contemporary, born 1948), American physician; former CEO of UnitedHealth Group *William Francis McGuire, American actor * Billy and Benny McGuire, "World's Heaviest Twins" * William McGuire (editor) (1917–2009), editor with Princeton University Press * William McGuire (footballer) ( fl. 1881), Scottish international football player *William McGuire (judge), one of the three first judges of the Mississippi Territory The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. T ... * William T. "Bill" McGuire, a man murdered by his wife in 2004 See also * Bill McGuire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Anthony McGuire
William Anthony McGuire (July 9, 1881 – September 16, 1940) was an American playwright, theatre director, and producer and screenwriter, including ''The Kid From Spain'' (1932) starring Eddie Cantor. McGuire earned an Oscar nomination for the 1936 film ''The Great Ziegfeld'', the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1936. Born in Chicago, Illinois, McGuire made his Broadway debut in 1910 as author of the play ''The Heights''. He went on to write, direct, and produce ''Twelve Miles Out'' (1925) and ''If I Was Rich'' (1926) and write and direct '' Rosalie'' (1928), ''Whoopee!'' (1928), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1928), and '' Show Girl'' (1929). McGuire is quoted by the gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky as saying of his profession and milieu, "Broadway's a great street when you're going up. When you're going down -- take Sixth Avenue."Skolsky, Sidney, Times Square Tintypes (1930: Ives Washburn), dedication page. McGuire died of uremia Uremia is the term for high levels of urea in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry McGuire
William Henry McGuire (May 31, 1873 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian senator who represented East York for 30 years. Biography Early life and education William Henry McGuire was born May 31, 1873, on a family farm near Peterborough, Ontario, one of the 14 children of John and Ellen McGuire of Seymour Township. He attended high school in Campbellford, Ontario, and was assisted in attaining higher education by an older brother, Father Michael McGuire, who was a Roman Catholic priest in the area. William "Billy" McGuire graduated from the University of Toronto in 1903 and studied law at Osgoode Hall. Career He practiced as a lawyer first in Niagara Falls, and then in Toronto, and was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King on December 20, 1926 and served East York until his death on October 31, 1957, an impressive total of 30 years, 10 months and 12 days. Senator McGuire was influential in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
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 W
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 Francis McGuire
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] |
Billy And Benny McGuire
Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 – March 26, 2001), known together as The McGuire Twins, were American professional wrestlers listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' as the "World's Heaviest Twins" ( and , respectively). Stage careers Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the twins began using the stage name McGuire, as it was easier for ring announcers to pronounce; they gained popularity as tag team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows. In wrestling The twins often used a finishing move called the "Tupelo Splash", which involved one of the twins diving belly-first onto a prone opponent; they would follow this with "The Steamroller", where the twin would roll back and forward over the opponent. Deaths Billy McCrary died on July 14, 1979, at the age of 32, following a motorcycle accident in Niagara Falls en route to a ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' museum. Benny lived for almost 22 more yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McGuire (editor)
William McGuire may refer to: *William Anthony McGuire (1881–1940), American screenwriter and dramatist * William Henry McGuire (1875–1957), Canadian senator * William J. McGuire, American social psychologist *William W. McGuire (contemporary, born 1948), American physician; former CEO of UnitedHealth Group *William Francis McGuire, American actor * Billy and Benny McGuire, "World's Heaviest Twins" * William McGuire (editor) (1917–2009), editor with Princeton University Press * William McGuire (footballer) ( fl. 1881), Scottish international football player *William McGuire (judge), one of the three first judges of the Mississippi Territory The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. T ... * William T. "Bill" McGuire, a man murdered by his wife in 2004 See also * Bill McGuire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McGuire (footballer)
William McGuire (born 24 March 1860) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward. Career Born in Beith, McGuire played club football for Beith Thistle, Beith and Darwen, and made two appearances for Scotland in 1881 (a 6–1 victory over England and a 5–1 win against Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...).Famous Players. William McGuire, Beith F.C. The Scottish Referee, 24 February 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club He was the only serving Beith player to have been selected for international duty. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McGuire (judge)
William McGuire was an American judge, one of the first three judges in the Mississippi Territory. He arrived in Mississippi in the fall of 1799, appointed as chief justice, to assist governor Winthrop Sargent as one of three judges who were to write up the set of laws for the new territory. However, McGuire went back to his home in Virginia after only a couple of weeks or months. After his return from Mississippi he practiced law, and was appointed superintendent at the Harpers Ferry Armory. He died in 1820, from effects of a wound he received at age 16, when he was wounded in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, 1781. Biography William Edward McGuire was born into a supposedly ancient family originally from North Central Ireland dating back to the 13th century. Edward McGuire (the "founder" of the US family branch), born 1720, arrived in Frederick County, Virginia, sometime before 1747, the year he was given a land grant. His son William was born in 1765, likewise in Frederick County. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Territory
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. The eastern half was redesignated as the Alabama Territory until it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819. The Chattahoochee River played a significant role in the definition of the territory's borders. The population rose in the early 1800s from settlement, with cotton being an important cash crop. History The United States and Spain disputed these lands east of the Mississippi River until Spain relinquished its claim with the Treaty of Madrid, initially signed in 1795 by the two countries' representatives. The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 from these lands, in an area extending from 31° N latitude to 32°28' North — or approximately the southern half of the present states of Alabama and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie McGuire
Melanie Lyn McGuire (''née'' Slate; born October 8, 1972) is an American former nurse who was convicted of murdering her husband on April 28, 2004, in what media dubbed the "suitcase murder". She was sentenced to life in prison on July 19, 2007, and is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey. She will not be eligible for parole until she is 101 years old. Early life and education Melanie Lyn Slate grew up in Ridgewood and Middletown Township, New Jersey, attending Middletown High School South. She enrolled at Rutgers University with a double major in math and psychology and graduated in 1994. She graduated, second in her class, from the Charles E. Gregory School of Nursing (now Raritan Bay Medical Center) in 1997 with a nursing diploma. She married United States Navy veteran William T. "Bill" McGuire (born September 21, 1964) in 1999. Murder By April 2004, the McGuires had been married for five years. Melanie was a nurse at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
