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William Atkinson may refer to: Politicians *William Atkinson (British Columbia politician) (1868–1939), politician in British Columbia, Canada * William Yates Atkinson (1854–1899), Governor of Georgia, USA *William P. Atkinson (1901–1980), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * William Albert Atkinson (1876–1948), provincial politician from Alberta *Gordon Atkinson (Australian politician) (William Gordon Atkinson, 1941–1984), Australian farmer and politician * William D. Atkinson (1861–1945), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Sportsmen *Bill Atkinson (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player *Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer *Bill Atkinson (Australian footballer) (1876–1966), Australian footballer *Will Atkinson (born 1988), English footballer Writers * William Atkinson (translator) (died 1509), English translator *William Atkinson (poet) (1757–1846), English poet Others *William Atkinson (architect) (1774/5–1839) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkinson (British Columbia Politician)
William Atkinson (September 4, 1868 – February 1, 1939) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwack in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 as a Conservative. He was born in Whitby, Ontario, the son of Joseph Atkinson and Isabella Burns, and was educated in Seaforth. In 1917, Atkinson married Mabel C. Ross. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Atkinson died in Chilliwack Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoor ... at the age of 70. References 1868 births 1939 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkinson (architect)
William Atkinson (1774/5–1839) was an English architect best known for his designs for country houses in the Gothic style. He undertook almost fifty commissions, broadly distributed in the north of England and the Scottish lowlands, London and the surrounding counties, with occasional excursions to Herefordshire, Staffordshire, and Ireland. His Gothic oeuvre fitted between playful 18th-century eclecticism and the more rigorous archaeological approach of the later Gothic revival. Early life Atkinson was born at Bishop Auckland, County Durham. He was probably the son of a William Atkinson who worked during the 1760s as a builder at nearby Auckland Castle, the palace of the bishops of Durham. The younger Atkinson began work as a carpenter and in the mid-1790s came to the attention of the prominent architect James Wyatt, then making alterations to the castle, who took him as a pupil. In July 1796 Atkinson, aged twenty-two, entered the Royal Academy Schools where in 1797 he won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Atkinson (musician)
Will Atkinson (31 January 1908 – 30 July 2003) was a noted traditional musician from northern Northumberland. He started off as a player of the English diatonic accordion, but was best known as a harmonica or ''moothie'' player. His playing was distinguished by a very clear sense of rhythm, with a definite lilt. He was a major figure in Northumbrian music. He was also the composer of several tunes that have entered the tradition and are played at gatherings and sessions. Biography Atkinson was born in Crookham, Northumberland in 1908. He worked as a shepherd and as a rabbit-catcher until his retirement, also working at times maintaining road signs. From his youth, until the end of his long life, he was very active and influential in traditional music circles, on both sides of the Border. He had twin sons, of whom George, who died in 1987 aged 53, was also a musician, a noted Northumbrian piper.Obituary, Northumbrian Pipers' Society Magazine, vol. 8, 1987. Will died on 30 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Atkinson
Bill Atkinson (born March 17, 1951) is an American computer engineer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. Atkinson was the principal designer and developer of the graphical user interface (GUI) of the Apple Lisa and, later, one of the first thirty members of the original Apple Macintosh development team, and was the creator of the MacPaint application. He also designed and implemented QuickDraw, the fundamental toolbox that the Lisa and Macintosh used for graphics. QuickDraw's performance was essential for the success of the Macintosh GUI. He also was one of the main designers of the Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces. Atkinson also conceived, designed and implemented HyperCard, an early and influential hypermedia system. HyperCard put the power of computer programming and database design into the hands of non programmers. In 1994, Atkinson received the EFF Pioneer Award for his contributions. Education He received his undergraduate degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkinson (teacher)
Sir William Atkinson (born 9 April 1950) is a Jamaican-born British head teacher who 'turned around' Phoenix High School, a secondary school near White City, London. He also contributed to Channel 4's ''The Unteachables'', and was the inspiration behind Lenny Henry's character in the 1999 BBC TV series '' Hope and Glory''. He is a graduate of King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ... (MA, 1980) he also helped students with their lives. References 1950 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London Heads of schools in London Knights Bachelor {{UK-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Atkinson (designer)
William "Bill" Atkinson (1916-1995) was an American architect and fashion designer working in the American sportswear style. Early life Atkinson was born in Troy, New York, in 1916. He studied architecture and landscaping at Cornell University and worked for MGM as a set designer and Chrysler before launching a private architectural practice in 1945. He won the Prix de Rome for architecture in 1940. He was also a keen nature and fashion photographer. Fashion career During World War II Atkinson made a skirt for his first wife out of bandanas as a way of getting around government rationing, which led to requests for similar garments and in 1950, he started a firm called Glen of Michigan in collaboration with a contractor. He designed sportswear (an American term for separates and relaxed dressing, rather than activewear for sports) collections for the Milwaukee-based firm, as well as heading up its childrenswear and junior lines. However Atkinson also offered actual sporting cloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka. He wrote an estimated 100 books, all in the last 30 years of his life. He was mentioned in past editions of ''Who's Who in America'', in ''Religious Leaders of America'', and in similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900. Life and career William Walker Atkinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862, to Emma and William Atkinson. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverly, New Jersey, in October 1889, and they had two children. Their first child died young. The second later married and had two daughters. Atkinson pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edwin Atkinson
William Edwin Atkinson (1862–1926), also known as W.E. Atkinson, was a Canadian painter of landscape, a founding member of the Canadian Art Club in 1907, whose work was influenced by Impressionism combined with aesthetics drawn from the Barbizon school and the Hague School. "He delights in quiet communion with peaceful pastoral scenes", wrote E. F. B. Johnston in 1912. Biography Atkinson, born in England, moved with his family to Oshawa, Ontario as a child because his father opened an English Drug Store in the town. He attended the University of Toronto, studying chemistry, and worked as a pharmacist before he made the decision to be an artist. He trained at Ontario School of Art in 1881 where he studied with Robert Harris (painter), then in 1883-1884, attended at the Pennsylvania Academy, studying with Thomas Eakins. While in Philadelphia, he roomed with George Agnew Reid. In 1889, he travelled to Paris, France, to study at the Académie Julian and took private lessons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stephen Atkinson
William Stephen Atkinson (September 1820 – 15 January 1876, Rome) was a British lepidopterist who worked for much of his life in India. William was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas D. Atkinson, of Chesterton, in Suffolk. He became interested in nature at Cannock Chase, when his father became Vicar of Rugeley. He started collecting British Lepidoptera. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1839 and passed out as 26th wrangler in 1843. He then studied to become a civil engineer, but was offered the position of principal at Martiniere College and went to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in November 1854. He was married to Miss Montford daughter of the Vicar of East Winch. In Calcutta he joined The Asiatic Society and later became its secretary. He became interested in the Lepidoptera of Bengal and started breeding moths and communicated with Henry Tibbats Stainton. In 1857 he became a member of the Entomological Society. In 1860 he became Director of Public Instruction in Bengal and mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Atkinson (architect, Baptised 1780)
Peter Atkinson (baptised 1780 – 13 January 1843) was an English architect. Biography Atkinson was educated in his profession by his father, Peter Atkinson (1735–1805). In 1801, he became his father's partner, and after his father died, he took over the business. Matthew Phillips (c. 1781–1825) became his partner from 1805 until 1819. A former pupil, Richard Hey Sharp, (1793–1853) succeeded Phillips until 1827, after which Atkinson's sons, John Bownas Atkinson (1807–1874) and William Atkinson (1811–1886) assisted their father. For many years Atkinson had been a steward and surveyor to the corporation of York. He erected many churches in the service of the church commissioners. During the last years of his life he resided abroad - he died in Calcutta on 13 January 1843. Works Among Atkinson's surviving works are: * Rectory at Middleton on the Wolds, Yorkshire, c. 1810 * Council Chamber at York Guildhall 1810–1811. * The new Ouse Bridge over the River Ouse, begun in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atkinson (poet)
William Atkinson (1757–1846), was an English cleric, academic, poet and pamphleteer. Life He was born at Thorp Arch, in the ainsty of the city of York, in 1757, the son of Christopher Atkinson, rector of Thorp Arch and sometime master of Macclesfield Grammar School, and his wife Jane Johnson; Miles Atkinson was an elder brother. He was admitted a sizar of Jesus College, Cambridge, 29 December 1775, graduating B.A. in 1780. He was elected a Fellow of his college, and proceeded to the degree of M.A. in 1783. Having taken holy orders, Atkinson was appointed lecturer at the parish church of Bradford, in Yorkshire. Subsequently, in 1792, he was presented by the lord chancellor to the rectory of Warham All Saints, in Norfolk. He died at Thorpe Arch 30 September 1846. Works Atkinson published a small volume of ''Poetical Essays'', Leeds, 1786, which was sarcastically reviewed by "Trim" ( Edward Baldwyn), in ''A Critique on the Poetical Essays of the Rev. William Atkinson'', Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Yates Atkinson
William Yates Atkinson (November 11, 1854 – August 8, 1899), was the 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898. Early life Atkinson was born in the Oakland community in Meriwether County, Georgia on November 11, 1854. He graduated from the University of Georgia with an LL.B in 1877. He married Susan Cobb Milton, granddaughter of Florida Governor John Milton, in 1880. Political life After graduating from the University of Georgia, Atkinson began practicing law in Newnan. Atkinson was the solicitor of the Coweta Superior Court circuit. He then represented Coweta County as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1886–94), where he was the speaker, or presiding officer, during the last two years. As a state representative, he introduced a bill that established the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, which later became Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was also the Georgia Democratic Party state chair from 1890 to 1892. Atkinson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
