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William Peters (mayor)
William, Willie, Willy, or Bill Peters may refer to: Arts and entertainment *William Peters (painter) (1742–1814), British painter *William Theodore Peters (1862–1904), American poet and actor * William Wesley Peters (1912–1991), American architect *Willy Peters (1915–1976), Swedish actor and director *William Peters (journalist) (1921–2007), American journalist and documentary filmmaker *William Peter McGivern (a.k.a. Bill Peters, 1918–1982), American novelist and television scriptwriter Law and politics *William Peters (lawyer) (1702–1786), American lawyer and judge in colonial Philadelphia * William Thompson Peters (1805–1885), American politician *William H. Peters (1825–?), American politician in Wisconsin *William Peters (Australian politician) (1903–1978), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council * William Peters (diplomat) (1923–2014), British diplomat and founder of Jubilee 2000 * William Peters (mayor) (fl. 1963–1965), South African politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peters (painter)
Matthew William Peters (1742 – 20 March 1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as "William" when he started signing his works as "W. Peters".Simon, Robin. "Matthew William Peters". Life Peters was born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, the son of Matthew Peters (born at Belfast, 1711), a civil engineer and member of the Royal Dublin Society; by Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of George Younge of Dublin. The family moved from England to Dublin when Peters was young, where his father "advised on the improvement of loughs and rivers for navigation". and published two treatises on the subject. Peters received his artistic training from Robert West in Dublin; in 1756 and 1758 he received prizes from the first School of Design in Dublin. In 1759, he was sent by the Dublin Society to London to become a student of Thomas Hudson and won a premium from the Society of Arts. The group also paid for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peters (diplomat)
William Peters (28 September 1923 – 23 March 2014), also known as Bill Peters, was a British diplomat who co-founded the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign. Peters was born at Morpeth, Northumberland. The highlight of his career after retirement was his co-founding, with Martin Dent of Keele University, of the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign, which went on to become the Make Poverty History movement. He studied Greats at Balliol College, Oxford, but his studies were interrupted by World War II when he saw active service with the 9th Ghurkha rifles. After the war he completed his undergraduate studies in 1948 and went on to further study at the LSE and SOAS. Peters then joined the Colonial Service with a posting to the Gold Coast in 1950 where he worked to prepare for the transition to independence. In 1977, he became British Ambassador to Uruguay. He went on to work as High Commissioner in Malawi before retiring from the Foreign Office in 1983. A few years after retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Peters
Willie Peters (born 1 March 1979) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Hull Kingston Rovers in the Betfred Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer. Peters played in the 1990s and 2000s for the South Sydney Rabbitohs as a . He had also previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons as well as in England for Gateshead, Widnes and Wigan. Background Willie Peters was born in Sydney, Australia. Playing career While playing for Souths in the 1990s, coach Craig Coleman declared that Peters could be the next Peter Sterling. In 1999, Peters joined Gateshead before joining Wigan in 2000. Peters played for the Wigan Warriors at scrum half back in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens R.F.C. In 2001, Peters joined St. George playing with the club for two seasons before returning to Souths in 2003. Peters played his two final seasons in Australia with South Sydney where the club finished wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Peters (ice Hockey)
William Robert Peters (born January 13, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former college player. He has served as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL), Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), as well as the Canada men's national ice hockey team . Early life and career Peters was born in Three Hills, Alberta, where he spent the first ten years of his life living on a cattle and grain farm. He then moved to Killam, where he began playing both ice hockey and baseball. At age 15, Peters broke his knee when he was run over on his bicycle by a car, an injury that hindered his intention to play professionally. He played two seasons for the Augustana Vikings, and one for the Red Deer College Kings, during which he won the 1989 Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference championship under future mentor Mike Babcock. After this, he began his managerial career coaching Killam's Junior B team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peters (sport Shooter)
William Pietersz (18 February 1925 – 24 October 1992) was a Colombian sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1925 births 1992 deaths Colombian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Colombia Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics 20th-century Colombian people {{Colombia-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Peters (footballer)
Bill Peters (26 March 1898 – 6 December 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1898 births 1957 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players {{AFL-bio-1898-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Cape Town
The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past, the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role. The current mayor is Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA) Current office This is a list of mayors of Cape Town in South Africa: City of Cape Town (December 2000–present) Historic offices Metropolitan Local Councils (June 1996–December 2000) Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC) * Attie Adriaanse (2000) ( NNP) * Rev William Bantom (1996 - 2000) ( NNP) City of Cape Town Municipality (Central Substructure) * Nomaindia Mfeketo (1998 - 2000) (ANC) * Theresa Solomons (1996 - 1998) (ANC) City of Tygerberg Municipality (Tygerberg Substructure) * Clifford Sitonga (1999 - 2000) (ANC) * Lukas Olivier (1996 - 1999) ( NNP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peters (mayor)
William, Willie, Willy, or Bill Peters may refer to: Arts and entertainment *William Peters (painter) (1742–1814), British painter *William Theodore Peters (1862–1904), American poet and actor * William Wesley Peters (1912–1991), American architect *Willy Peters (1915–1976), Swedish actor and director *William Peters (journalist) (1921–2007), American journalist and documentary filmmaker *William Peter McGivern (a.k.a. Bill Peters, 1918–1982), American novelist and television scriptwriter Law and politics *William Peters (lawyer) (1702–1786), American lawyer and judge in colonial Philadelphia * William Thompson Peters (1805–1885), American politician *William H. Peters (1825–?), American politician in Wisconsin *William Peters (Australian politician) (1903–1978), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council * William Peters (diplomat) (1923–2014), British diplomat and founder of Jubilee 2000 * William Peters (mayor) (fl. 1963–1965), South African politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Peters (Australian Politician)
William Charles Peters (15 April 1903 – 21 February 1978) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1959 and 1978. He was a member of the Labor Party. Peters began his working life as a hatter and joined the Felt Hatters Union when he was 16 years old. His union interest eventually overtook his career as a hatter and he was secretary of the union for 36 years from 1936 to 1972. He contested a by-election in 1946 for the state seat of Ashfield for the Labor Party but was defeated by the Liberal incumbent Athol Richardson.Richardson had resigned to contest a federal seat. When he was unsuccessful he then re-contested Ashfield. He again contested Ashfield at the 1947 election but was again defeated by Richardson. Six years later he was elected to Ashfield Council where he served for 24 years including two years as mayor from 1962 to 1964. In 1959, George Neilly George Henry Neilly (3 March 1917 – 6 May 1987) was an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Theodore Peters
William Theodore Peters (1862 – 1904 in Paris)Robert Kelsey Rought ThorntonWilliam Theodore Peters (1862–1904) footnote on page 257 in ''Ernest Dowson Collected Poems'', A&C Black, 2003. was an American poet and actor. Associated with 1890s decadent movement, decadence, he was a friend of Ernest Dowson, who dedicated a poem to him, "To William Theodore Peters on His Renaissance Cloak". In October 1892, he commissioned Dowson to write the play that would ultimately become ''the Pierrot of the Minute'', for him to act in. Peters also authored an epilogue to the play, spoken by the character of Pierrot. This was included in Peters' book of verse, ''Posies Out of Rings and Other Conceits'', a "quaint little salmon pink volume", which was published by John Lane (publisher), John Lane and the Bodley Head in 1896.Muddiman, Bernard. ''The Men of the Nineties''. Pages 97-100. H. Danielson, 1920. Peters also wrote a children's book, 'The Children of the Week', illustrated by Clinton Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
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 Thompson Peters
William Thompson Peters (May 30, 1805 – July 24, 1885) was an American politician. Peters, son of John T. Peters, for many years a judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and Elizabeth (Caulking) Peters, was born in Hebron, Conn., May 30, 1805, and entered Yale College from Hartford, then his father's residence. He graduated from Yale in 1825. On December 7, 1826, he married Etha L. Town, daughter of Ithiel Town, the well-known architect of New Haven. He remained in New Haven, pursuing medical studies with Dr. William Tully, and received the degree of M.D. from the college in 1830. Soon after this he founded the drug-store in New Haven, long known as Apothecaries' Hall. In 1851, owing to ill health, he removed to Cheshire, Conn, where he engaged in farming, though also prominent in political affairs. He was elected a member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1857, and represented the town of Cheshire in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1861 and 1873. He also filled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |