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Willett (name)
Willett is a surname of English origin. Notable people with this name include: Many « Willetts » are actually descendants of the French-Canadian family name « Ouellet » or « Ouellette ». Surname A–E * Adam Willett (born 1982), American boxer * Akito Willett (born 1988), West Indian cricketer * Alan Willett (c. 1956–1999), American murderer * Allan Willett (1936–2015), Lord Lieutenant of Kent * Chad Willett (born 1971), Canadian television and film actor * Cynthia Willett, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University * Danny Willett (born 1987), English golfer * Don Willett (born 1966), Supreme Court of Texas justice * Ed Willett (1884–1934), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Elquemedo Willett (born 1953), West Indian test cricketer * Ernie Willett (1919–1985), English footballer H–P * Hurd Curtis Willett (1903–1992), American meteorologist * Janice Willett, British television producer * Jason Willett, American rock musician * Jincy Willett, Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in ''DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 ''DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Somers-Willett
Susan B.A. Somers-Willett is the author of two books of poetry: ''Quiver'' (Virginia Quarterly Review Series, University of Georgia Press, 2009) and ''Roam'' (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards, SIU Press, 2006). She is also the author of a book of scholarly criticism, ''The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America'' (University of Michigan Press, 2009), which was the first scholarly monograph on the poetry slam and which focuses on African American performance in slam and spoken word poetry. Somers-Willett holds an A.B. from Duke University and an M.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught at Carnegie Mellon University, Montclair State University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities. She currently works at the University of Texas at Austin. Select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabin Willett
Peter Sabin Willett, known as Sabin Willett, (born March 6, 1957) is an American lawyer and novelist, a partner with the Philadelphia-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, formerly a partner at Bingham McCutchen. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts. He is perhaps best known as a defense lawyer A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various jur ... for several Uyghur people, Uighur prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. Education Willett was educated in England at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, Holt, and at Harvard College and Harvard Law School. *Gresham's School: graduated with three Advanced Level (UK), A-levels, 1975 *Harvard College: Bachelor of Arts ''magna cum laude'', 1979 *Harvard Law School: Juris Doctor ''cum laude'', 1983 Novels by Sabin Willett *''The Deal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Willett
Ron Willett (birth registered fourth 1944) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at club level for Castleford ( Heritage No. 486), as a goal-kicking , or .David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. Background Ron Willett's birth was registered in Pontefract district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career County League appearances Ron Willett played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1964–65 season. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances Ron Willett played left-, i.e. number 4, and scored 2-goals in Castleford's 4-0 victory over St. Helens in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965, played left-, i.e. number 4, and scored a goal in the 7-2 victory over Swinton in the 1966 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodger Willett, Jr
Rodger Willett Jr. (born 16 September 1962) is an athlete from the United States who competes in compound archery. Willett was born in Hampton, Virginia. He took up archery in 1987 and first represented the United States senior team in 2007. He has since been ranked number one in the world and has won individual and team golds at the Arizona Cup, as well as an individual World Cup final (including three of the four qualification stages) and a team World Archery Championships The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA). The first competition held under that title took place in 1931. Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the ... title. Rodger Willett Jr. is an avid hunter, and over the years has successfully hunted world class elk, deer and turkey. Today, he his hunting efforts primarily on predator hunting, focusing on helping his neighbors with their coyote problem, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Willett
Ray Willett (born 22 August 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. Willett, recruited from Greensborough and Northcote High School, played in Collingwood's 1960 finals series despite playing only three home and away games. He kicked two goals in their preliminary final win and in just his sixth league game played as a full-forward in the 1960 VFL Grand Final. Collingwood would lose the grand final and it was the first time Willett has finished on a losing side. A ruckman, he played a further eight games in 1961 but then had to move to the country Victorian town of Strathallan due to his teaching career. He played for Rochester in 1962 and won the Michelsen Medal, given to each season's "Best and Fairest" in the Bendigo Football League. Willett, who was also a premiership player with Rochester, returned to Collingwood briefly in 1964. In his first game back he kicked six goals, against F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Willett
Peter Willett is an Emeritus Professor of Information Science at the University of Sheffield, England. Life and education Willett was born 20 April 1953, obtained an Honors degree in Chemistry from Exeter College, Oxford in 1975 and then went to the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield where he obtained an MSc in Information Studies in 1976. He obtained a PhD in the same department in 1979. Willett's publication list Career His entire career has been in the Sheffield Information Studies, Information School, where he heads a research group studying computational techniques for the processing of chemical and biological information, and has over 480 publications describing this work. Measured in 2020, he had an h-index of 86. Work Willett is best known for his contribution to information retrieval and cheminformatics. Honours He was the recipient of the 1993 Herman Skolnik Award of the American Chemical Society, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Willett (cricketer)
Michael David Willett (21 April 1933 – 24 January 2002) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1955 to 1967. He was awarded his county cap in 1962, and had a benefit season in 1969. Mike Willett was a hard-hitting batsman who played for Surrey for several years before establishing himself in the team: between his first-class debut in 1955 and the end of the 1960 season he played only 25 matches, reaching 50 once. He made a century in his first match in 1961 and finished the season with 1593 runs at an average of 30.63.''Wisden'' 2003, pp. 1661–62. His most productive season was 1964, when he made 1789 runs at 45.87 and finished ninth among English players in the first-class averages. He hit the fastest century of the 1964 season against Middlesex, reaching 100 in 80 minutes, while in equalling his highest score of 126 against Hampshire he hit his second 50 in 30 minutes. Willett missed most of the 1965 season after a cartilage operation and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael J
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinus Willett
Colonel Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York City from 1807 to 1808. Willett is best known for his actions during the American Revolution, where he served as an important Patriot leader in colonial New York before enlisting in the Continental Army and serving in numerous campaigns in the Revolutionary War throughout the Northwest. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Willett underwent an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker before enlisting in the provincial militia after the French and Indian War broke out in 1754. He participated in the Ticonderoga campaign and the British capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758, before falling sick and being transferred to Fort Stanwix in order to recuperate. After the end of the conflict, he entered King's College in New York in 1772 and graduated in 1776. A prominent member of the Sons of Liberty, Willett enlisted in the 1st New York Regiment in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Willett
Private First Class Louis Edward Willett (June 19, 1945 – February 15, 1967) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during the Vietnam War as a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Richmond Hill, New York of Irish and French Canadian extraction, Willett was a graduate of Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York, withdrew from SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, Bronx, New York in 1965, was drafted while working as a lineman for the telephone company. Medal of Honor citation His Medal of Honor citation reads: :For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. PFC Willett distinguished himself while serving as a rifleman in Company C, during combat operations. His squad was conducting a security sweep when it made contact with a large enemy force. The squad was immediately en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
