William Pell
William Pell may refer to: * William Pell (tenor), American opera singer * William Pell (minister), English nonconformist minister * William Pell (footballer), English footballer * William Ferris Pell William Ferris Pell (September 1779 – October 28, 1840) was an American horticulturist. Early life Pell was born in New York in September 1779. He was the son of shipping merchant Benjamin Pell (–1828) and Marianna (née Ferris) Pell (1757-17 ...

William Pell (tenor)
William R. Pell (August 16, 1947 – July 26, 2003) was an American opera singer who had a major international career during the 1980s and 1990s. He began his career as a baritone in the early 1970s before transitioning into the dramatic tenor repertoire in 1975. He was particularly admired for his interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner. Early years Born in Denver, Colorado, Pell attended high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the youth played basketball while taking voice lessons at the urging of his mother, Helen Pell. He then studied at the Peabody Conservatory (1965–1967) and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington (1967–1970). While at IU he performed in student productions of ''Andrea Chénier'' (Roucher), '' Deidamia'' (Fenice), ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (Haly), and ''Love on Trial'' (Count Asdrubale). After graduation, Pell was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he sang with an Army ensemble and band. Pell then moved to New York City, ...
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William Pell (minister)
William Pell (1634–1698) was an English nonconformist minister, ejected in 1662, a tutor of Durham College subsequently imprisoned for illegal preaching. Life The son of William Pell, he was born at Sheffield in 1634. After passing through the grammar school at Rotherham, Yorkshire, he was admitted as sizar at the age of seventeen on 29 March 1651 to Magdalene College, Cambridge. There his tutor was Joseph Hill. He graduated M.A., was elected scholar 2 June 1654 and fellow 3 November 1656. He received orders from Ralph Brownrig, bishop of Exeter, probably at Sunning, Berkshire. He held the sequestered rectory of Easington, County Durham, and a tutorship in the college at Durham recently founded by Oliver Cromwell. At the Restoration Durham College collapsed, and Clark, the sequestered rector of Easington, was restored. Pell was appointed to the rectory of Great Stainton, Durham, which he held until ejected in 1662. After ejection he preached in conventicles, and was imprisone ...
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William Pell (footballer)
William Henry Pell (1883 – 9 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Glossop. Personal life Pell served as a private in the Northamptonshire Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the Western Front on 9 May 1915. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial The Le Touret Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the former commune of Richebourg-l'Avoué, in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. The memorial lists 13,389 names of British and Commonwealth soldiers with no known grave who were kill .... References English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I 1915 deaths Sportspeople from Northamptonshire Kettering Town F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players British military personnel killed in World War I Northamptonshire Regiment soldiers Men's association football wing halves English men's footballers Military perso ...
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