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William Oliver (actor)
William Oliver may refer to: Arts * William Oliver (artist, born 1804) (1804–1853), English landscape painter * William Oliver (artist, born 1823) (1823–1901), English figurative and genre painter * William Oliver (songwriter) (1800–1848), Newcastle upon Tyne–born songwriter *W. H. Oliver (William Hosking Oliver, 1925–2015), New Zealand writer and poet Politics * William Oliver (Alberta politician) (1860–1951), mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada * William Oliver (Northern Ireland politician) (1912–1973), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Belfast Dock * William Olyver, 15th-century MP for Gloucester *William Bacon Oliver (1867–1948), American congressman * William M. Oliver (1792–1863), American lawyer and politician *Bill Oliver (politician), Canadian politician Other *Sir William Oliver (British Army officer) (1901–1981), British general *Sir William Oliver (businessman) (1885–1962), Scottish business advisor * William Oliver (footballer) (1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oliver (artist, Born 1804)
William Oliver (1804–1853) was an English landscape artist who painted in oils but chiefly in watercolours, painting views in England, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Tyrol, being especially fond of the Pyrenees. He was not related to William Oliver Williams (1823–1901) who also used the professional name of William Oliver. Life and family Oliver was born about 1804 in Sudbury, Suffolk. In 1840 he married his former student Emma Sophia Eburne (1820–1885) and they had two children: William Redivivus Oliver (1843–1908) and Emma Caroline Oliver (1844–1903). Oliver died on 2 November 1853 at Langley Mill House, Halstead, Essex. The death certificate gave the cause of death as 'hypertrophy of the heart'. Career Oliver began to exhibit in 1829 when he sent to the Society of British Artists (now the Royal Society of British Artists) ''A Beach Scene in Kent'' and ''Fish Boat''. During the period 1829–1852 he exhibited over 30 works at this venue, with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Oliver (politician)
William George Oliver is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. , September 23, 2014. He represents the electoral district of Kings Centre
Kings Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It drew mos ...
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William Pearly Oliver
William Pearly Oliver (February 11, 1912 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia – May 26, 1989 in Lucasville) worked at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church for twenty-five years (1937–1962) and was instrumental in developing the four leading organizations to support Black Nova Scotians in the 20th century: Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1945), the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (1967), the Black United Front (1969) and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia (1983). He was instrumental in supporting the case of Viola Desmond. Oliver was awarded the Order of Canada in 1984. His wife Pearleen Borden Oliver was also a strong advocate for social justice. Early years Oliver's great-great-grandfather was one of about 2,000 Black Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia after the War of 1812. From 1880 to 1934, his grandfather, William Oliver, served as "caretaker of the Ladies Seminary and later College Hall at Acadia University". His parents were Clifford Ol ... [...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 Oliver (physician)
William Oliver ( – 17 March 1764) was a British physician and philanthropist, and inventor of the Bath Oliver. He was born at Ludgvan, Cornwall, and baptised on 27 August 1695, described as the son of John Oliver the owner of the Trevarno Estate. His family, originally seated at Trevarnoe in Sithney, resided afterwards in Ludgvan, and the estate of Treneere in Madron, which belonged to him, was sold in 1768 after his death. When he decided to erect a monument in Sithney churchyard to the memory of his parents, Alexander Pope wrote the epitaph and drew the design of the pillar. He was admitted a pensioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge on 17 September 1714, graduated M.B. in 1720, and M.D. in 1725, and to complete his medical training, entered at Leiden University on 15 November 1720. On 8 July 1756 he was incorporated at Oxford, and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 January 1729–30. Medical career Oliver practised for a time at Plymouth, on return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oliver (footballer)
William Oliver (born 1892 – date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur as an outside left. Career Oliver began his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1908, before joining Walthamstow Grange the following year. The outside left re-joined ''Spurs'' in 1913 and made two appearances for the White Hart Lane club, before leaving for the second time in 1915. Personal life In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, Oliver was one of the first footballers to enlist in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was deployed to the Western Front Western Front or West Front may refer to: Military frontiers *Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (Russian Empire), a majo ... in November 1915. After just 15 days of active service, he returned to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oliver (businessman)
Sir William Oliver FRSE (1885–1962) was a 20th-century Scottish business advisor and the first Professor of Organisation of Industry and Commerce. Life Oliver was born in Edinburgh in 1885. He was educated at George Watson's College. He then studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh (specialising in electrical engineering) before joining Parsons Peebles Ltd. working on power plant design and creation. In 1919 he began lecturing in the Organisation of Business and Commerce, the cost being underwritten by Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and other city business interests. In 1925 the University of Edinburgh made him their first Professor of Organisation of Business and Commerce. He held this role until 1953 when he was replaced by Professor Norman Charles Hunt. It was then under the umbrella of the Faculty of Arts. Hee left Pasons Peebles Ltd around 1920 and joined Mitchell Graham & Co Ltd where he eventually became Managing Director. In 1938 he founded the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Oliver (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Pasfield Oliver (8 September 1901 – 26 February 1981), was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955 to 1957. Early life Oliver was born in Teddington, Middlesex, the son of Royal Navy captain Pasfield Victor Oliver and Charlotte Winifred Richards. He was educated at King's College School, Cambridge, Radley College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career After passing out from Sandhurst, Oliver was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 December 1920.Sir William Oliver Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. After being promoted to |
William M
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 Oliver (artist, Born 1823)
William Oliver Williams (1823–1901) was an English figurative and genre artist based in London who specialised in paintings of young women. He used the professional name William Oliver. He has sometimes been mistakenly referred to as 'William Oliver the Younger' or 'William Oliver II'. He was, however, not (as implied) related to the artist William Oliver (1804–1853). Life and family Oliver was born in Worcester in 1823, the son of the surgeon William Williams and his wife Jane (maiden name Oliver).London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1932 for William Oliver Williams, Camden, St Pancras Parish Chapel, 30 December 18521881 England Census for William O Williams, London, Kensington, Brompton 18b He married Jane Elizabeth Hughes in the district of St Pancras in London in 1852. Two of their sons, Oliver 'Rhys' Williams and Reginald Arthur Williams, also became established artists, with the professional names of Oliver Rhys and Reginald Arthur re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bacon Oliver
William Bacon Oliver (May 23, 1867 – May 27, 1948) was a Congressman from Alabama. He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama bar, and set up a practice in Tuscaloosa. He became dean of the law school of the University of Alabama in 1909, serving until 1913, then ran successfully for Congress in 1914, and remained there for eleven Congresses, not standing for reelection in 1936. He then served as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1939 to 1944, at which time he retired. He died in 1948, and is buried in the Eutaw Cemetery in Eutaw. The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west-central Alabama in the southeastern United States. The river rises in the extreme southern edges of the Appalachian Highlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester (UK Parliament Constituency)
Gloucester is a constituency centred on the cathedral city and county town of the same name, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Richard Graham of the Conservative Party. History A borough of Gloucester was established by 1295 that returned two burgesses as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. Its population meant this was a situation not leading to an outright rotten borough identified for abolition under the Reform Act 1832 however on more fair (far more equal representation) national changes in 1885, representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Profile Since 1979 Gloucester has been a bellwether constituency by passing between representatives of the two largest parties in the same way as the government. After nearly three decades as a Conservative seat, it was held by Labour from 1997 to 2010 before returning to a Conservative on a swing of 8.9%. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
