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William Spencer (MP)
William Spencer may refer to: Politicians * William Spencer (MP for Bristol), MP of Bristol 1467 * William Spencer (MP for Ipswich) (by 1473–1529 or later), MP for Ipswich 1510 * William Spencer (Sheriff) (c.1496–1532), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1531 * William Spencer (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon 1584–1586 * William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer (1591–1636), British peer and MP for Brackley 1614 and Northamptonshire 1620–22 & 1624–27 * William Spencer (settler) (1825–1901), early settler and MP in Western Australia * William B. Spencer (1835–1882), U.S. Representative from Louisiana * William R. Spencer, Suffolk County Legislator, New York Fictional characters * Bill Spencer, Jr., a fictional character from the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Bill Spencer, Sr., a fictional character from the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' Sports * William Spencer (athlete) (1900–1983), American Olympic athlete * William Spencer ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Spencer (MP For Bristol)
William Spencer may refer to: Politicians * William Spencer (MP for Bristol), MP of Bristol (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol 1467 * William Spencer (MP for Ipswich) (by 1473–1529 or later), MP for Ipswich 1510 * William Spencer (Sheriff) (c.1496–1532), High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1531 * William Spencer (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon 1584–1586 * William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer (1591–1636), British peer and MP for Brackley 1614 and Northamptonshire 1620–22 & 1624–27 * William Spencer (settler) (1825–1901), early settler and MP in Western Australia * William B. Spencer (1835–1882), U.S. Representative from Louisiana * William R. Spencer, Suffolk County Legislator, New York Fictional characters * Bill Spencer, Jr., a fictional character from the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * The Bold and the Beautiful secondary characters#Bill Spencer, Bill Spencer, Sr., a fictional character from the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Spencer (baseball)
William Spencer (born 1914), nicknamed "Pee Wee", was an American Negro league third baseman who played in 1939 and 1940. A native of Mississippi, Spencer made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 with the Toledo Crawfords The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recrea ..., and remained with the team the following season as it moved to Indianapolis. References External links anSeamheads 1914 births Date of birth missing Place of birth missing Year of death missing Toledo Crawfords players Baseball third basemen Baseball players from Mississippi {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub ... [...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 Spencer (silent Film Actor)
William J. Spencer was an American silent film actor. Spencer starred in 14 films between 1915 and 1921. He starred in films such as The Twinkler in 1916. Filmography *'' The Legend of the Poisoned Pool'' (1915) (as William J. Spencer) *'' The Honor of the District Attorney'' (1915) *'' To Melody a Soul Responds'' (1915) *''The Twinkler'' (1916) *'' The Return of James Jerome'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''A Sister to Cain'' (1916) (as W.J. Spencer) *''The Gulf Between'' (1916/I) (as W.J. Spencer) *''The Redemption of Helene'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''A Reformation Delayed'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''Two News Items'' (1916) *''The Law's Injustice'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''The Lost Bracelet'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''Peggy Leads the Way'' (1917) Pop Hicks *''High Gear Jeffrey High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George Spencer
(William) George Spencer (1790–1866) was an English schoolmaster and tutor, known as a mathematical writer. Life Born at Derby in 1790, he was the son of Matthew Spencer (1762–1827), schoolmaster at Derby, by his wife Catherine Taylor; Thomas Spencer (1796–1853) was his younger brother. He was educated at his father's school in Derby. After assisting his father he began, at the age of 17, to take private pupils in algebra, Euclid, astronomy, physics, and other mathematical subjects, and continued to teach throughout life. As an educator he was noted as a follower of Johann Pestalozzi, and for his teaching of girls, who made up at least half of his students, without difference of syllabus. Illness forced him to give up school teaching around 1825, however, and he moved to Nottingham, taking up the lace business. He then returned to Derby, to work as a tutor. Spencer acted as secretary to the Derby Philosophical Society. A dissenter who had quarrelled with the local Methodist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Spencer (navigational Instrument Maker)
William Spencer (c. 1751 – c. 1816) was an English mathematical instrument maker of the 18th and 19th centuries. Spencer entered into a partnership with Samuel Browning to form the company of Spencer & Browning after he apprenticed with instrument maker Richard Rust. When Ebenezer Rust joined the partnership, the resultant firm was known as Spencer, Browning & Rust. The company manufactured navigational instruments for both domestic and international markets. Apprenticeship William Spencer, son of Anthony Spencer, was born in around 1751 in England. On 4 November 1766, at the approximate age of fifteen, William Spencer signed a seven-year contract of indenture (''pictured'') to Richard Rust, "Citizen and Grocer" of London, England. The contract indicated that his father Anthony Spencer was a shoemaker of the parish of Church Minshull in the County Palatine of Chester, now simply known as Cheshire. In consideration of the sum of ten pounds paid by William's father, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Spencer (judge)
The Honorable William Spencer (August 6, 1782 –January 19, 1871) was an American lawyer, judge, postmaster, and representative in the Vermont Legislature from Corinth in Orange County. Early life and education He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Ashbel Spencer and Abigail Birdwell. He was a college graduate, although the specifics of his education are unknown. Career He formed the law firm Spencer & Vilas with Levi Baker Vilas whose son William Freeman Vilas was a U.S. Senator and Postmaster General under President Cleveland. He was the 11th Judge of the Orange County Court. He studied law in the office of Samuel Miller Esq. of Middlebury, Vermont, and Judge Mattocks of Peacham, Vermont, probably Samuel Mattocks or John Mattocks. In 1804, he was admitted to the bar of the county court, and in 1807, to the Supreme Court. In 1804, he opened his law practice in Corinth, Vermont, where he lived. He was Chief Justice of Orange County from 1820-1824 and then an assistant ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robert Spencer
William Robert Spencer (9 January 176922/23 October 1834) was an English poet and wit from the Spencer family. Life He was the younger son of Lord Charles Spencer and his wife Mary Beauclerk. He was the grandson of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough on his father's side and Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere on his mother's. Born in Kensington Palace, Spencer was educated at Harrow School and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1786, though he left the university without receiving a degree. Spencer's wit made him a popular member of society. He belonged to the Whig set of Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan and was frequently a guest of the prince of Wales. He did not desire a public life, being content as a writer of "occasional" verse and ''vers de société''. In 1796 he published an English version of Bürger's '' Leonore'', and in 1802 he burlesqued German romance in his ''Urania'', which was produced on the stage at Drury Lane. Among his best-known piec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Browning Spencer
William Browning Spencer (born 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror (genre), horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous. Awards and honors His novel ''Résumé With Monsters'' won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995. His first novel, ''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' and twice in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction''. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX. Bibliography Novels *''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', Permanent Press (1990) *''Résumé With Monsters'', Permanent Press (1995). Reprint: Dover Publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spencer (cross-country Skier)
Bill Spencer (born March 23, 1956) is an American cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre classical event at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts .... References External links * 1956 births Living people American male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Spencer (biathlete)
William Allen Spencer (June 23, 1936 – December 3, 2020) competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics on the United States Biathlon Team. Bill Spencer died on Thursday, December 3, 2020. He was 84 years old. Early life Spencer was born in Russellville, Alabama. His family later moved to Salt Lake City where he attended South High School. He was a 1959 Collegiate All-American skier at the University of Utah where he was also a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He graduated from Utah in 1961 and served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1984, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. From 1963 to 1968, he was assigned to Ft. Richardson in Alaska with his wife Judy, a son and two daughters. He completed two tours of duty in the Vietnam War as an infantry officer, earning three Bronze Star Medals (one with Valor), three Air Medals (one with Valor), and three Army Commendation Medals. As an athlete National Championships Spencer won both the U.S. Biathlon Championships and the Canadian Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929–30 Kangaroo Tour Of Great Britain
The 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the fourth Kangaroo tour, and took the Australia national rugby league team all around England and also into Wales. The tour featured the ninth Ashes series (rugby league), Ashes series which comprised four Test match (rugby league), Test matches and was won by Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain. The team sailed on the ''SS Orsova (1909), SS Orsova'' via the Panama Canal and played an exhibition game in New York before arriving in England. Touring squad A total of 28 footballers were selected to go on the tour: 13 from clubs of Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership, 4 from clubs of the Toowoomba Rugby League, 3 from clubs of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership, 3 from clubs of the Ipswich Rugby League and 5 from elsewhere in country New South Wales and Queensland. In Sydney on 24 July 1929, the day before the Kangaroos were to sail to England, Queensland's Tom Gorman (rugby league), Tom Gorman was named captain of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
