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William Monroe (other)
William or Bill Monroe may refer to: * Bill Monroe (1911–1996), American bluegrass musician * Bill Monroe (1900s infielder) (c. 1877–1915), Negro league baseball player * Bill Monroe (1920s infielder), Negro league baseball player * Bill Monroe (journalist) (1920–2011), American journalist and NBC News correspondent * William Newton Monroe (fl. 1879–1881), founder of Monrovia, California * William Monroe, for whom William Monroe High School in Virginia was named in 1925 * William T. Monroe, United States Ambassador to Bahrain in 2004–2007 *William Monroe, character in the 2020 film '' Inheritance'' See also * William Monroe Trotter (1872–1934), American banker and activist **William Monroe Trotter House, a Boston landmark *William Munroe (other) William Munroe may refer to: * William Munroe (American soldier) (1742–1827), American soldier in the American Revolutionary War * William Munroe (pencil maker) (1778–1861), first American pencil maker * William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Monroe
William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky. He described the genre as "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound." Early life Monroe was born on his family's farm near Rosine, Kentucky, the youngest of eight children of James Buchanan "Buck" and Malissa (Vandiver) Monroe. His mother and her brother, James Pendleton "Pen" Vandiver, were both musically talented, and Monroe and his family grew up playing and singing at home. Bill was of Scottish and English heritage. Because his older brothers Birch and Charlie already played the fiddle and guitar, Bill was resign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Monroe (1900s Infielder)
William S. Monroe (March 16, 1878 – March 16, 1915) was an American infielder in baseball's Negro leagues. He was also known by the nickname of "Money." During a 19-year career from 1896 to 1914, he played on many of the greatest teams in black baseball. He was a good hitter and slick fielding third base and second baseman who was compared to major league star Jimmy Collins. Monroe played all four infield positions, but spent his prime seasons at third base and second base. Monroe was known for his showmanship, and entertained crowds with feats such as catching " Texas Leaguers" behind his back and kicking ground balls to make them bounce into his hands. In a 1952 ''Pittsburgh Courier'' newspaper poll to select the greatest Negro league ballplayers of history, Monroe was named as the third-team second baseman behind Jackie Robinson and Bingo DeMoss. He was one of 94 Negro league candidates initially recommended by the National Baseball Hall of Fame's screening committee for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Monroe (1920s Infielder)
William "Meiji" Monroe was an American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... baseball second baseman in the Negro leagues. He played with Baltimore Black Sox in 1927. References External links anSeamheads Baltimore Black Sox players Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Baseball second basemen {{Negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Monroe (journalist)
William Blanc Monroe Jr. (July 17, 1920 – February 17, 2011) was an American television journalist for NBC News. He was the executive producer and fourth moderator of the NBC public affairs program ''Meet the Press'' (1975–84), succeeding Lawrence E. Spivak, the program's co-founder and third moderator. Life and career Monroe was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Tulane University there in 1942. During World War II, Monroe served in the United States Army Air Forces in Europe. Early in his career, Monroe served as the first news director for WDSU-TV, an NBC affiliate, in his hometown of New Orleans. In 1959, Monroe's team at WDSU-TV won a George Foster Peabody Award. His news reporting on NBC's Today show, won a Peabody in 1973. He was also a prominent figure in arguing for greater press access to courtrooms and legislative chambers. For some years prior to his assuming the moderator's chair, Monroe served as one of four regular weekly panelists on ''Meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Newton Monroe
William Newton Monroe (1841–1935) was a school teacher, banker, hotel manager, mayor, council member, real estate developer, broker, railroad contractor and railroad superintendent and a founder of the city of Monrovia, California. In 1875 Lucky Baldwin's Los Angeles Investment Company began subdividing and selling parcels from many of his ranchos. In 1883, 240 acres (970,000 m²) of Rancho Santa Anita were sold to William Monroe for $30,000. Additional parcels of Rancho Santa Anita were sold to Edward F. Spence, John D. Bicknell, James F. Crank, and Jeremiah F. Falvey. The men then joined their properties to form the Monrovia Tract with the first subdivision being the Town of Monrovia. In 1935 Monroe died at the age of 94. He is buried in Live Oak Memorial Park on Duarte Road in Monrovia. Vocation Monroe served in the American Civil War with the 1st Iowa Cavalry Company I and the 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Company D. He earned the ranks of Lieutenant & 1st Lieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monroe High School
William Monroe High School is a high school in Stanardsville, Virginia. The current principal is Katie Brunelle. History William Monroe High School serves as the only public secondary school in Greene County. The school's namesake, William Monroe, immigrated to this area from Great Britain in 1749. His will provided that the interest from his estate be used for the free education of the area youth. When Greene County was formed from Orange County Orange County most commonly refers to: *Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area Orange County may also refer to: U.S. counties *Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando *Orange County, Indiana *Orange County, New ... in 1838, the Greene Humane Society was incorporated to administer the portion of the fund that was allotted to the county. William Monroe High School was opened in 1925 as a one-story frame building with eight classrooms surrounding an auditorium. In 1934, two additional classrooms ... [...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] |
Inheritance (2020 Film)
''Inheritance'' is a 2020 American thriller film directed by Vaughn Stein from a screenplay by Matthew Kennedy. The film stars Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford and Patrick Warburton. ''Inheritance'' was released on May 22, 2020, by Vertical Entertainment. It received generally negative reviews from critics. Plot In 2008, Archer Monroe, the patriarch of a wealthy and powerful political family in New York City, dies. His estate is divided among his family: Catherine, his wife; William, his younger son, a politician running for re-election; and Lauren, his elder daughter, the Manhattan district attorney. Family attorney Harold Thewlis privately shows Lauren her father's posthumous video message he left her. In the video, he says he has a secret to tell her that she must take to her grave. He directs her to a secret underground bunker on the family's property. There she finds a captive man who identifies himself as Morgan Warner, who says he has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monroe Trotter
William Monroe Trotter, sometimes just Monroe Trotter (April 7, 1872 – April 7, 1934), was a newspaper editor and real estate businessman based in Boston, Massachusetts. An activist for African-American civil rights, he was an early opponent of the accommodationist race policies of Booker T. Washington, and in 1901 founded the ''Boston Guardian,'' an independent African-American newspaper he used to express that opposition. Active in protest movements for civil rights throughout the 1900s and 1910s, he also revealed some of the differences within the African-American community. He contributed to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Trotter was born into a well-to-do family and raised in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. J. M. Trotter a Recorder of Deeds and Virginia Trotter were his parents. He earned his graduate and post-graduate degrees at Harvard University, and was the first man of color to earn a Phi Beta Kappa key there. Seeing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monroe Trotter House
The William Monroe Trotter House is a historic house at 97 Sawyer Avenue, atop Jones Hill in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. It was the home of African-American journalist and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter (1872–1934). He and his wife Geraldine Louise Pindell moved into the two-story wood-frame home when they were married in June 1899. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its association with Trotter, whose activism was influential in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Description The Trotter House is a -story balloon-framed wooden structure, resting on a rubble granite foundation. It is set high on Jones Hill, where Trotter wrote that he could see "from the sitting room window all over the country as far as Blue Hill and from my bed-room window over all the bay down to ... Deer Island." A single-story porch extends across the width of the main (southern) facade, with stair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
