William Patton (other)
William Patton may refer to: *William Patton (preacher) (1798–1879), American preacher *William Weston Patton (1821–1899), his son, American abolitionist *William Hampton Patton (1853–1918), American entomologist *William Patton (architect), English-born, American architect of churches including Church of Our Saviour (Placerville, California) *Will Patton (born 1954), American actor *Billy Joe Patton (1922–2011), American amateur golfer See also *William Patten (other) *William Paton (other) *William Patton Thornton Dr. William Patton Thornton (February 6, 1817 – October 10, 1883) was a physician, educator, author, and politician. Education and career Thorton graduated from Kemper's Medical College in St. Louis and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelp ...

William Patton (preacher)
William Patton (August 23, 1798 - September 9, 1879), was a pastor, abolitionist, and the son of Revolutionary War colonel and the first Postmaster of Philadelphia Robert Patton. He was the father of the abolitionist William Weston Patton. Career He graduated at Middlebury College in 1818, and, after studying at Princeton theological seminary, was ordained. During twenty-six years of his life he was pastor of churches in New York city. From 1834-37, he was secretary of the American Education Society. He spent the latter part of his life in New Haven, Connecticut, engaged in literary and ministerial work. He was the first to suggest the idea of the World Evangelical Alliance, which he did in a letter to Rev John Angell James, of England, in 1843. He attended the convention in London in August 1846, that organized the alliance. He was a founder of the Union Theological Seminary, and first proposed its establishment. He made fourteen visits to Europe between 1825 and 1879. He w ...
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William Weston Patton
William Weston Patton (October 19, 1821 – October 21, 1889), was an abolitionist, academic administrator, and scholar. He served as the fifth president of Howard University, and one of the contributors to the words of "John Brown's Body". He was the son of Rev. William Patton and the grandson of Anglo-Irish Congregationalist immigrant and Revolutionary War soldier Major Robert Patton. Abolitionism Patton took an earnest part in the anti-slavery movement, and was chairman of the committee that presented to President Lincoln, September 13, 1862, the memorial from Chicago asking him to issue a proclamation of emancipation. In 1887, Patton read a paper before the Maryland Historical Society entitled "President Lincoln and the Chicago Memorial on Emancipation" recalling the actual dialogue with President Lincoln at that meeting in 1862. The original copy of that paper is held in the Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University. He was vice-president of the Northwestern sanit ...
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William Hampton Patton
William Hampton Patton (March 10, 1853 – December 26, 1918) was an American entomologist. Biography Patton was born on March 10, 1853, at Waterbury, Connecticut, to William and Sarah Frances Patton. He graduated from Waterbury High School in 1870 and prepared for college at the Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He entered Yale University in 1872 and received a colloquy appointment during his senior year and graduated in 1876. As a post-graduate, he served as an assistant in zoology to Professor Addison Emery Verrill at Yale for two years. Patton worked as a special agent at the United States Entomological Commission at Washington, D. C. from 1879 to 1881. Drawn by Patton's work in the ''Canadian Entomologist'' journal, the U. S. Entomological Commission chairman Dr. Charles Valentine Riley hired Patton as an assistant. In his work, Patton specialized in the Hymenoptera order of insects. Patton left his work in Washington to take care of his ill father. When ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named for the commonwealth in which it was established. By 1882, Pennsylvania Railroad had become the largest railroad (by traffic and revenue), the largest transportation enterprise, and the largest corporation in the world. Its budget was second only to the U.S. government. Over the years, it acquired, merged with, or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies. At the end of 1926, it operated of rail line;This mileage includes companies independently operated. PRR miles of all tracks, which includes first (or main), second, third, fourth, and sidings, totalled 28,040.49 at the end of 1926. in the 1920s, it carried nearly three times the traffic as other railroads of comparable length, such as the Union Pacific and Atchison, T ...
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William Patton (architect)
William Patton may refer to: * William Patton (preacher) (1798–1879), American preacher * William Weston Patton (1821–1899), his son, American abolitionist * William Hampton Patton (1853–1918), American entomologist * William Patton (architect), English-born, American architect of churches including Church of Our Saviour (Placerville, California) *Will Patton (born 1954), American actor *Billy Joe Patton William Joseph Patton (April 19, 1922 – January 1, 2011) was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament. Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1 ... (1922–2011), American amateur golfer See also * William Patten (other) * William Paton (other) * William Patton Thornton (1817–1883), American physician and educator {{hndis, Patton, William ...
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Church Of Our Saviour (Placerville, California)
The Church of Our Saviour is a historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church located at 2979 Coloma Street, in Placerville, El Dorado County, California, in the United States. The church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California. On November 17, 1977, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour. It was designed by English-born architect William Patton. With History The Church of Our Saviour was originally organized by the Rev. Charles Caleb Peirce on July 20, 1861, in the midst of the California Gold Rush. Our Saviours’ first services were conducted by The Rev. Mr. Peirce in the Old Court House in Placerville. The Rev. Mr. Peirce (he stated that he disliked being called "Father") expected to find a parish called "Saint Mary's Episcopal Church," that was allegedly begun in 1857. Unfortunately, the parish could not be found. There is no record of its demise. The new congregation continued to use the Court House ...
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Will Patton
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies''. He also appeared in the films ''Remember the Titans'', ''Armageddon'', '' Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''The Punisher'', and '' Minari''. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: '' No Way Out'' (1987) and ''The Postman'' (1997), as well as having a guest role in seasons 3 and 4 of Costner's Paramount Network series ''Yellowstone''. He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play '' Fool for Love'' and the Public Theater production of ''What Did He See?'' Early life Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest of three children. His father is Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor who was a Lutheran minister and served as a chaplain at Duke University. Patton was raised on a farm, where his parents ran a foster home for wayward teenagers. Career Patton won two ...
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Billy Joe Patton
William Joseph Patton (April 19, 1922 – January 1, 2011) was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament. Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943. In the 1954 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Patton came within one stroke of being in a three-man playoff with Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. His final round 71 included a hole-in-one on the par-3 6th hole and a double bogey on the par-5 13th hole, when he tried to reach the green in two and put his ball into Rae's Creek. Patton won several amateur tournaments including the North and South Amateur three times and the Southern Amateur twice. He also won the Carolinas Open twice. Patton played on five Walker Cup teams; 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, and 1965 and was captain of the 1969 team. He played on the Eisenhower Trophy team in 1958 and 1962. Patton was awarded the Bob Jones Award by the United States Golf Association in 1 ...
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William Patten (other)
William Patten may refer to: *William Waynflete (William Patten, c. 1398–1486), bishop of Winchester, 1447–1486, and Lord Chancellor of England, 1456–1460 *William Patten (historian) William Patten (c. 1510 – after 1598) was an author, scholar and government official during the reigns of King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. Early career William Patten (b. circa 1510 – d. in or after 1598) was born in London, the son o ... (c. 1510 – after 1598), English historian and teller of the English exchequer * William Patten (zoologist) (1861–1932), American biologist and zoologist * William J. Van Patten (1848–1920), Vermont businessman and politician * Gilbert Patten (William George Patten, 1866–1945), writer See also * William Patten Primary School in London * Bill Patten (other) * William Patton (other) * William Paton (other) {{hndis, Patten, William ...
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William Paton (other)
William Paton may refer to: *William Andrew Paton (1889–1991), American accountant and a founder of the American Accounting Association * William J. Paton, Scottish footballer who played for Motherwell * Willie Paton, Scottish footballer who played for Rangers * William Paton (ecumenist) (1886–1943), General Secretary of the National Christian Council of India, Burma and Ceylon between 1922 and 1927 *Sir William D.M. Paton (1917–1993), British pharmacologist, son of the above See also * William Patton (other) *William Patten (other) William Patten may refer to: *William Waynflete (William Patten, c. 1398–1486), bishop of Winchester, 1447–1486, and Lord Chancellor of England, 1456–1460 *William Patten (historian) William Patten (c. 1510 – after 1598) was an author, sc ...