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William Simpson (author)
William Simpson may refer to: Politicians *William T. Simpson (1886–1980), New York politician *William Dunlap Simpson (1823–1890), Governor of South Carolina from 1879 * William John Simpson (1851–1901), journalist and political figure in Quebec Others * William Simpson (teacher), first headmaster (1823–1828) of Bootham School *William Simpson (artist) (1823–1899), Scottish war artist and correspondent * William Simpson (portrait artist) (1818–1872), an African American artist and civil right activist in the 19th century *William Simpson (judge) (1894–1966), Australian Supreme Court judge *William Simpson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s *William Simpson (trade unionist) (1920–2001), Scottish trade unionist and political activist *W. Douglas Simpson (William Douglas Simpson, 1896–1968), Scottish architecture and archaeology academic and writer *William Gayley Simpson (1892–1991), American racial activist and author *William Henry S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Gayley Simpson
William Gayley Simpson (1892 – 1991) was an American white supremacist activist and author associated with William Luther Pierce and the National Alliance. Early life The oldest of three children, he was born July 23, 1892, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Lafayette College and graduated in 1912 with Phi Beta Kappa standing and as valedictorian. He attended Union Theological Seminary, graduating in 1915, magna cum laude. Career From the fall of 1918 until the spring of 1919 he was associate director of the National Civil Liberties Bureau, now the American Civil Liberties Union.William Gayley Simpson: Toward The Rising Sun. New York: Vanguard Press. Biographical sketch by Jerome Davis. After living in a small religious community for over 10 years, a period of his life he would come to refer to as his "Franciscan" days, Simpson repudiated his previous Christian moorings and embraced the philosophical worldview of Friedrich Nietzsche. Simpson believed that the teachings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William R
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 Kelly Simpson
William Kelly Simpson (January 3, 1928 – March 24, 2017) was an American professor of Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian literature, and Afro-Asiatic languages at Yale University.The Cambridge University Catalogue. (2009)The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited Retrieved on 08-03-2009. He was one of several co-directors of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Yale University Expedition to Abydos, Egypt, which conducts archaeological excavations of ancient sites. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1983. Personal life Simpson was born on January 3, 1928, in New York City, to Kenneth F. Simpson (1895-1941) and Helen-Louise Knickerbacker Porter (1893-1981). He married Marilyn Ellen Milton (1931—1980), a granddaughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller Jr. William and Marilyn have two children: * Laura Knickerbacker Simpson (1954-2012) * Abigail Rockefeller Simpson (born 1958), married Todd Mydland. Simpson died on March 24, 2017, at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Ritchie Simpson
Sir William John Ritchie Simpson (27 April 1855 – 20 September 1931) was a Scottish physician and specialist in tropical medicine. Early years William John Ritchie Simpson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of John Simpson. He attended school in Jersey. He was admitted to the University of Aberdeen, and graduated in 1876 as Bachelor of Medicine, Master of Surgery. He seems to have been a medical assistant in a Huddersfield practice, and around 1878 worked at the Haydock Lodge Retreat. Simpson moved to Kent, where he was Medical Officer for a district of the Dover poor law union and a public vaccinator. Simpson also worked the Samaritan Convalescent Home in Dover. In 1800 he obtained his M.D. from Aberdeen and obtained a certificate in Sanitary Science (later Doctor of Public Health) from Cambridge. Physician and health officer In 1880 Simpson was appointed medical officer of health for Aberdeen. In 1886 he resigned from this position so he could study at King's Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William James Simpson
James Simpson (born 16 March 1954 in Melbourne) is an Australian-British-American medievalist currently serving as the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. Education * Educated at Scotch College (1966–1971) * Arts Degree with Honours at Melbourne University, Melbourne (1976) * Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford 1980 * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge (1996) Career Simpson has worked in academia in Australia, the UK, and the US, where he has taught medieval literature. He was a University Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge (1989-1999), Fellow and College Lecturer at Girton College, University of Cambridge (1989–1999) and Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge (1999–2003). He then worked at Harvard University (2003-) where he was appointed "Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English" (2004-). Awards *Paget Toynbee Dante Alighieri Prize, Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hood Simpson
General William Hood Simpson (May 18, 1888 – August 15, 1980) was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. He is best known for being the Commanding General of the Ninth United States Army in northwest Europe during World War II. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he was ranked 101st out of 103 in the class of 1909, Simpson served in the Philippines, where he participated in suppression of the Moro Rebellion, and in Mexico with the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916. During World War I he saw active service in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on the Western Front on the staff of the 33rd Division, for which he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Citation Star. Between the wars he served on staff postings, attended the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College, and commanded the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. During World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Simpson
William Henry Simpson (c. 1840 – 5 March 1873) was a prominent jockey in the early days of South Australia, who has been called "the colonial Chifney" and "the Fred Archer of South Australia". History Simpson was taught to ride by the noted trainer William Malcolm (c. 1813 – 25 November 1858) of "Wymondbury" at The Reedbeds, and was riding professionally when quite young. For some years he was employed by the Fisher brothers, then after they stopped racing was hired by other owners, among them Gabriel Bennett, Richard Holland and Thomas Ryan, and probably had more successes than any other contemporary jockey. On 30 December 1864 during the first heat for the Ladies' Purse at Thebarton, Simpson was riding J. Filgate's horse "Bacchus", and soon after the start the horse ran close to one of the posts, and Simpson was thrown violently to the ground. It was believed Simpson lost concentration while looking around to see how his younger brother, aspiring jockey George Simpson (pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Simpson (trade Unionist)
Sir William James Simpson (20 May 1920 – November 2001), often known as Bill Simpson, was a Scottish trade unionist and political activist. Simpson grew up in Falkirk and attended Falkirk Technical School before becoming an apprentice moulder. During World War II, he served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, but he returned to his trade at the end of the war. Becoming active in the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers (NUFW), he was elected to its council in 1955.SIMPSON, Sir William (James) , '''' At the start of 1968, the NUFW merged with the |
William Dunlap Simpson
William Dunlap Simpson (October 27, 1823December 26, 1890) was the 78th governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous governor, Wade Hampton, resigned to take his seat in the U.S. Senate, until 1880. That year Simpson resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Born in Laurens District, South Carolina, in 1823, he was educated at South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina), completing his studies in 1843, and spent one term at Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Laurens with his partner (and father-in-law) Henry Clinton Young. As of 1860, Simpson enslaved 31 people at his properties in Laurens. He served in the South Carolina legislature in the 1850s and early 1860s, and in the Confederate States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1865. After the Civil War, Simpson returned to practice law in Laurens until 1876, when he ran successfully for the post of lieutenant governor. That year Democrats regain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Simpson (rugby League)
William "Billie"/"Billy"G. Simpson (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 166), as a , i.e. number 2 or 5.Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. Playing career Challenge Cup Final appearances William Simpson played , i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books. County Cup Final appearances William Simpson played , i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Simpson (judge)
William Ballantyne Simpson (12 June 1894 – 24 November 1966) was an Australian soldier, barrister, Army officer, administrator and Supreme Court judge. Early life Simpson was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. He was educated at Fort Street Boys' High School. His father was a barrister and William enrolled in Law at Sydney University.Horner, JolyonSimpson, William Ballantyne (1896 - 1966)''Australian Dictionary of Biography''. Retrieved 2011-10-08 In December 1916 Simpson deferred his Law studies and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. In January 1918 he was sent to the Western Front where he served as a driver. He returned to Australia in April 1919 and was discharged from the A.I.F. Civilian life Simpson resumed his Law studies at Sydney University in 1919. He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the Bar in 1920. In his practice as a barrister he specialised in legal actions related to motor-vehicle accidents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
