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William Warner (other)
William or Bill Warner may refer to: *William Warner (poet) (c. 1558–1609), English poet *William H. Warner (1812–1849), officer in the U.S. Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers * William Smith Warner (1817–1897), American politician *William Warner (Missouri politician) (1840–1916), American politician * William Warner (cricketer) (1844–1871), English cricketer * William John Warner or Cheiro (1866–1936), Irish astrologer and palmist * William Warner (Conservative politician) (1867–1950), British Army officer and politician * Bill Warner (American football) (1881–1944), American football player and coach *W. Lloyd Warner (1898–1970), American anthropologist *William W. Warner (1920–2008), American author, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1977 *Bill Warner (motorcyclist) (1969–2013), American motorcycle racer * William Warner (Michigan politician, born 1806) (1806–?), American politician * William Warner (Michigan politician, born 1812) (1812–1868), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (poet)
William Warner (1558?9 March 1609) was an English poet and lawyer. Life William Warner was born in London about 1558. In his later published work, ''Albion's England'', Warner describes his father accompanying explorer Richard Chancellor on a voyage to Russia in 1553 and dying on a voyage to The Guianas in 1557. The 17th century historian Anthony Wood states that Warner was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, but there are no records to support this, or that he took a degree there. He practised in London as an attorney, and gained a great reputation among his contemporaries as a poet. He married Anne Dale in 1599 and their son William was born at Ware, Hertfordshire in 1604. Warner died suddenly at Great Amwell in Hertfordshire on 9 March 1609.''Parish Registers of Great Amwell, Hertfordshire'', Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (Hertford), "1608/1609: Mr. William Warner a man of good yeares and of honest reputation; by his profession an Attornye at the common plight: au ... [...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 Smith Warner
William Smith Warner (February 1, 1817 – January 6, 1897) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Warner was born on February 1, 1817, in Hector, New York. He settled in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1849. He died in Fond du Lac on January 6, 1897. Career Warner was a member of the Assembly during the 1878 session. While a member, he was identified as an Independent Democrat. He was defeated for re-election as a Democratic candidate by John C. Petersen John C. Petersen (November 2, 1842 – July 10, 1887) was an American butcher and farmer from Appleton, Wisconsin who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Outagamie County. He was elected in 1878 as a Greenbacker, and was re-e .... Other positions Warner held include Postmaster, City Attorney and an alderman of Appleton, and justice of the peace. References Politicians from Appleton, Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin city council members Wisconsin postmas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (Missouri Politician)
William Warner (June 11, 1840 – October 4, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician based in Kansas City, Missouri. He became mayor of Kansas City in 1871, serving a one year term. He later represented Missouri in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Warner was born in Shullsburg, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. His parents died in his youth, and he was raised by his sister, Mary Ann Warner Webb and her husband, Daniel Webb III. He studied law at Lawrence University and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and admitted to the bar in 1861. He enlisted in 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was mustered out at the close of the Civil War in Madison, Wisconsin with the rank of major. He married Sophia Frances Bullen on August 7, 1866. They had six children. Political career Warner then moved his practice to Kansas City, where he served as city attorney in 1867, circuit attorney in 1868, and as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (cricketer)
William Sidney Oke Warner (29 August 1844 – 22 October 1871) was a Welsh-born English cricketer who played in 13 first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University between 1865 and 1868. He was born at Swansea, Glamorgan and died at Salisbury, Wiltshire. Warner was educated at home in Devon by his clergyman father and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. He had played a lot of cricket for the Gentlemen of Devon team as a right-handed middle-order batsman, but failed to make much impression on Cambridge cricket in either 1865 or 1866. In 1867, however, he scored 43 in his first match against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He then retained his place in the first eleven all the way through to the University Match against Oxford University when, top-scoring for his side in each innings with 27 and 34 not out, he played a big part in a Cambridge victory. He played again regularly in 1868 and made his highest first-class score, 50, in the match against Surrey. His final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Warner
William John Warner (also known as Count Louis Hamon according to some sources), popularly known as Cheiro (1 November 1866 – 8 October 1936), was an Irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century. His sobriquet, Cheiro, derives from the word ''cheiromancy'', meaning palmistry. He was a self-described clairvoyant who said he learned palmistry, astrology, and Chaldean numerology in India. He was celebrated for using these forms of divination to make personal predictions for famous clients and to foresee world events. Personal life and background The son of William Warner and Margaret Thompson Warner, Cheiro was born William John Warner in the village of Rathdown, outside Dublin, Ireland. He took the name Count Louis Hamon (or Count Leigh de Hamong). As mentioned in his memoirs, Cheiro acquired his expertise in India. As a teenager, he travelled to the Bombay port of Apollo Bunder. There, he met his guru, an Indian Chitpavan Brahmin, who took him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (Conservative Politician)
Brigadier-General William Ward Warner, (14 March 1867 – 21 March 1950) was a British Indian Army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who rose to become a brigadier-general in the newly created Royal Air Force towards the end of the First World War. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Warner served in India. He retired from the Indian Army in 1907 but rejoined the British Army early in 1915 after the outbreak of World War I. His first post was as a staff officer in the Directorate of Military Aeronautics and in 1916 he became the Assistant Adjutant-General at the Directorate. From 1919 to 1922 he was a member of London County Council for Fulham. From 1924 to 1929 he was the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire. In later life he was Chairman of the General Hydraulic Company A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Warner (American Football)
William Jay Warner (January 24, 1881 – February 12, 1944) was an American football player and coach. Warner graduated from Cornell University in 1903 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Following his playing career at Cornell University, Warner was the head football coach at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, Colgate University, Saint Louis University, and the University of Oregon. He also coached football at Sherman Institute—now known as Sherman Indian High School—in Riverside, California. Warner was the brother of famed football coach Pop Warner. In 1902, Bill and Glenn both played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden. It was during this event, that Warner played in the first professional indoor football game as his Syracuse squad upset the heavily favored "New York New York most commonly refers to: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
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 should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Warner (motorcyclist)
William Walter "Bill" Warner (February 11, 1969 – July 14, 2013) was an American motorcycle racer who set a land speed record on a conventional motorcycle in 2011. He was killed in a motorcycle racing crash in 2013. Warner was born in Little Falls, New York. He studied marine biology and chemistry at the University of Tampa. Warner was a tropical fish farmer in Wimauma, Florida. On July 17, 2011, riding a highly modified turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa, Warner set a new world motorcycle land speed record of from a standing start to at the Loring Timing Associations Land Speed Race, at the Loring Commerce Centre (the former Loring Air Force Base) in Limestone, Maine. Bill Warner began land speed racing his unfaired, normally aspirated Yamaha V-max in March 2007, with a run in Maxton, North Carolina, which placed him in the East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) Maxton 200 MPH Club. He purchased an unfaired turbo Suzuki Hayabusa in 2008, and quickly set the fastest unfaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (Michigan Politician, Born 1806)
William Warner (born 1806) was an American politician in Michigan. Early life Warner was born in 1806 in Connecticut. Career Warner moved from Connecticut and settled on a farm in Dexter, Michigan Territory in 1824. Warner also worked in the lumber and hardware businesses. On November 5, 1850, Warner was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ... where he represented the Washtenaw County district from February 5, 1851 to 1852. References 1806 births People from Dexter, Michigan Farmers from Michigan Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives 19th-century American legislators Year of death missing People from Michigan Territory 19th-century Michigan politicians {{Michigan-politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warner (Michigan Politician, Born 1812)
William Warner (January 28, 1812July 1868) was a Michigan politician. Early life and education Warner was born in Pittsford, Vermont on January 28, 1812. Warner graduated from Middlebury College. Warner initially studied for the ministry, but abandoned this pursuit due to health considerations. Career Warner served for several years as the treasurer of the University of Vermont. Warner was connected with the Vermont Central Railroad until 1855, when he arrived in Detroit. In 1860, Warner got involved with the lumber business until 1860, when he got involved with the Detroit Bridge and Iron Works. On November 4, 1862, Warner was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ..., where he represented the Wayne County 1st distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
