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Wix (name)
Wix is both an English surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Wix Garner (1897–1978), American college football coach * Green Wix Unthank (1923–2013), American federal judge ;Surname * Don Wix (born 1946), American politician * Edward Wix (1802–1866), British archdeacon * Florence Wix (1883–1956), English-born American character actress * Henry Otto Wix (1866–1922), German-born American painter * Katy Wix (born 1980), British actress * Samuel Wix (1771–1861), English cleric and controversialist See also * Paul "Wix" Wickens (born 1956), English keyboardist * Wix (other) * Wicks (surname) Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician * Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author * Brian Wicks (born 1940), Australian ... {{surname, Wix English-language surnames Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wix Garner
Charles Wix Garner (January 29, 1897 – February 5, 1978) was an American sports coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. History Western Illin ... in Macomb, Illinois for five seasons, from 1942 to 1943 and 1945 to 1947, compiling a record of 13–21–4. Head coaching record Football References 1897 births 1978 deaths American football quarterbacks American men's basketball players Baseball outfielders Basketball coaches from Illinois Northern Illinois Huskies baseball players Northern Illinois Huskies football players Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball players Western Illinois Leathernecks athletic directors Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Wix Unthank
Green Wix Unthank (June 14, 1923 – June 25, 2013) was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, from 1980 to 1988, when he took senior status. A veteran of World War II, he went to college and to law school after the war. He served as a judge of Harlan County Court, had a private practice for several years, and also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Education and career Unthank was born on June 14, 1923 in Tway, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Harlan County. He was the son of Green W. Unthank and Estelle (née Howard) Unthank, who were both teachers in the Harlan County public school system. After graduating from Loyall High School in 1940, Unthank enlisted in the United States Army, serving during World War II as a paratrooper in the 509th Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart, the latter due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wix
Don Wix (born May 14, 1946, in Carrollton, Georgia) was a member of the Georgia General Assembly in the U.S. state of Georgia. Wix is a Democrat who represented District 33, which encompasses parts of southern Cobb County, from 1997 to 2010. Wix graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1968 with a BBA degree. He is the son of Reverend J. Edwin Wix, longtime pastor of Austell Austell is a city in Cobb and Douglas Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,713. History The area that is now Austell was frequented by game ...'s Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, and Mrs. Trumie Paris Wix, a teacher in Cobb County and Paulding County schools, both of whom are deceased. References Living people People from Austell, Georgia University of Georgia alumni Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives 1946 births People from Carrollton, Georgia 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Wix
Ven. Edward Wix (1802–1866) was an English clergyman best known as an Anglican missionary in Canada. Early life Edward Wix was the eldest son of Samuel Wix (1771-1861), a noted controversialist and high churchman, and his wife Frances Walford (1781-1851). Edward Wix was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School in London. He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a B.A. in 1824, and was ordained as a priest in 1825. In Nova Scotia Wix served in the Diocese of Nova Scotia under Bishop John Inglis, initially as the Bishop's chaplain. According to the records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (S.P.G.), Wix was in Halifax from 1826 to 1830, although he traveled to England in 1828, where he recovered from typhus, married and completed his M.A.. He became Archdeacon of Newfoundland in 1830, arriving in St. John's on June 18 of that year. In Newfoundland Wix first went to Newfoundland with Bishop John Inglis in 1827 in his role as the Bishop's chaplain. H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Wix
Florence Wix (16 May 1883 – 23 November 1956) was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s. Biography Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix would make her screen debut in the 1924 film ''Secrets'', starring Betty Compson and Noah Beery. While some sources indicate that she appeared in over 100 films, the American Film Institute Database only has her listed in 48. Some of the more notable films she appeared in include: '' Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'' (1939), starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, and Claude Rains; William Wyler's 1942 classic drama, ''Mrs. Miniver'', starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; and 1947's comedy, '' The Farmer's Daughter'', starring Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, and Ethel Barrymore. Her final screen appearance would be in ''The Story of Three Loves'' (1953). Wix died on 23 November 1956 in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Otto Wix
Henry Otto Wix (1866–1922), also known as Otto Wix, was a German-born landscape and portrait painter who emigrated to the United States in the late 1890s. He studied in New York, but visited Hawaii in 1907 and 1908–9. About 1910, he moved to San Francisco, but visited Hawaii again in 1912. He also made several sketching trips to Mexico. Wix's marriage ended in divorce, resulting in depression and alcoholism. He died by his own hand in Santa Barbara, California on March 13, 1922. Wix is best known for his landscapes in watercolor. The Honolulu Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ... are among the public collections holding paintings by Henry Otto Wix. References Sources * Hughes, Edan, ''Artists in Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Wix
Katy Victoria J Wix (born 28 February 1980) is a Welsh actress, writer, author and artist. She is best known for her television roles as Carole in '' Stath Lets Flats,'' Mary in '' Ghosts'' and Jules in ''Big Boys''. She has also appeared as a series contestant on '' Taskmaster'' and as a recurring character in the science fiction mini-series '' Torchwood: Children of Earth'' in 2009. She has written two series of her own sitcom for ''BBC Radio 4'', '' Bird Island'' and a sketch show for Channel 4, ''Anna & Katy''. In 2017 her painting was chosen for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. She has written two books of monologues and in 2021 she published her first work of non-fiction, ''Delicacy''. Early life Wix was born and grew up in Cardiff. She attended the University of Warwick in Coventry before going on to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Career In 2007, Wix joined the cast of sitcom ''Not Going Out'' as recurring character Daisy and then went on to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wix
Samuel Wix (1771–1861) was an English cleric and controversialist. Life Born in London on 9 February 1771, he was the second son of Edward Wix of St. Peter's, Cornhill. He was educated at Charterhouse School under Samuel Berdmore, and was admitted at the Inner Temple (16 August 1783). He studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted pensioner on 8 November 1791, and elected scholar on 6 December 1792. He graduated B.A. in 1796 and M.A. in 1799. Wix was ordained deacon in 1798 and priest in 1800. After holding a number of curacies, he was presented in 1802 to the living of Inworth, Essex. Six years later he was elected hospitaller and vicar of St Bartholomew's the Less in London. He was also for a time president of Sion College. A fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London. He died at the vicarage, St. Bartholomew's, London, on 4 September 1861. A tablet to his memory was erected in the church by the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul "Wix" Wickens
Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell, Kevin Coyne and many others. Wickens has been a member of the Paul McCartney Band since 1989. Career In the early 1980s Wickens was a member of Woodhead Monroe, a band that issued two singles distributed by Stiff, "Mumbo Jumbo" and "Identify." Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989. Since then, Wickens has served as the musical director for many of McCartney's tours. He continues to tour with McCartney (as his keyboardist, occasional guitarist and backing vocalist), and of the four musicians in McCartney's touring band, he has worked with McCartney the longest by a considerable margin. Wickens played on albums by Tommy Shaw of the American rock band Styx, the Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Nik Kersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wix (other)
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Wix may refer to: Computing * WiX (Windows Installer XML Toolset), a software toolset * Wix.com, an Israeli software company providing cloud-based web development services Places * Wix, Essex, United Kingdom * Vicques, Switzerland, formerly Other uses * Wix (name), a given name and surname * Wix Wickens or Wix (Paul Wickens, born 1956), keyboardist See also * Wicks (other) * Wickes (other) * Wicks (surname) Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician * Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author * Brian Wicks (born 1940), Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicks (surname)
Wicks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Wicks (1915–2006), English politician * Ben Wicks (1926–2000), British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author * Brian Wicks (born 1940), Australian rules footballer * Camilla Wicks (1928–2020), American violinist * Chad Wicks (born 1978), American wrestler * Charles E. Wicks (1925–2010), American professor of chemical engineering * Charles W. Wicks (1862–1931), American businessman and politician * Corrinne Wicks (born 1968), English actress * Dontayvion Wicks (born 2001), American football player * Eric Wicks (born 1985), American football player * Frederick Wicks (1840–1910), English author and inventor * Joe Wicks (born 1985), English fitness coach * John Wicks (singer) (1953–2018), English record producer and songwriter * John Wicks (drummer) (born 1971) American drummer and songwriter. * Josh Wicks (born 1983), American soccer player * Les Wicks (born 1955), Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
