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William Avery (aviator)
William Avery may refer to: * William Avery (Massachusetts politician), a signatory of the Dedham Covenant * Bill Avery (born 1942), Nebraska politician and professor * William Avery (aviator) (died 1942), who piloted glider aircraft of Octave Chanute * William Avery (basketball) (born 1979), American professional basketball player * William Avery, co-founder of W & T Avery Ltd. * Sir William Beilby Avery (1854–1908), philatelist, son of William Avery, and senior partner of W & T Avery Ltd. * William H. Avery (politician) (1911–2009), governor of Kansas * William H. Avery (engineer) (1912–2004), American aeronautics engineer * William Tecumsah Avery (1819–1880), former member of the United States House of Representatives * William Waightstill Avery William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864) was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Avery (Massachusetts Politician)
William Avery (circa 1622-March 18, 1686) represented Dedham, Massachusetts, in the Great and General Court. He was also a selectman, serving eight terms beginning in 1664. Avery was a blacksmith, medical doctor, and original proprietor of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Avery was the first educated physician in Dedham, though it is not known when exactly he began practicing. He sold some land to Joshua Fisher. He was a member of the First Church and Parish in Dedham. Avery built his house next to the Old Avery Oak, which was named for his family. With his wife, Margret, he emigrated from England. After her death in 1678 he moved to Boston where he became a bookseller. His second wife was Mrs. Mary Tapping (). She died in 1707. He had a son, also named William, who was a blacksmith. With his wife, Margret, he emigrated from England. After her death in 1678 he moved to Boston where he became a bookseller. Avery died on March 18, 1686, and is buried at the King's Chapel Burying Ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Avery
William P. "Bill" Avery (born February 7, 1942) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served two terms in the Nebraska Legislature, from 2007 to 2015. Avery is a retired adjunct professor of political science who specializes in international trade and foreign relations. Born in Harnett County, North Carolina, he received his BS and M.A. from the University of Tennessee and his PhD from Tulane University. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was elected to the Legislature in 2006 representing Nebraska's 28th legislative district. He served on the Education Committee and the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, which he chaired. In 1991, Avery was elected to the Common Cause Common Cause is a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C., with chapters in 35 states. It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, a Republican, who was the former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Avery (aviator)
William Avery may refer to: * William Avery (Massachusetts politician), a signatory of the Dedham Covenant * Bill Avery (born 1942), Nebraska politician and professor * William Avery (aviator) (died 1942), who piloted glider aircraft of Octave Chanute * William Avery (basketball) (born 1979), American professional basketball player * William Avery, co-founder of W & T Avery Ltd. * Sir William Beilby Avery (1854–1908), philatelist, son of William Avery, and senior partner of W & T Avery Ltd. * William H. Avery (politician) (1911–2009), governor of Kansas * William H. Avery (engineer) (1912–2004), American aeronautics engineer * William Tecumsah Avery (1819–1880), former member of the United States House of Representatives * William Waightstill Avery William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864) was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He provided many budding enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers, with help and advice, and helped to publicize their flying experiments. At his death he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine. Biography Born in Paris, Chanute was the son of Elise and Joseph Chanut, professor at the Collège de France. He emigrated with his father to the United States of America in 1838, when the former was named Vice-President at Jefferson College in Louisiana. Octave attended private schools in New York. Civil engineer (railroads) Octave Chanute began his training as a budding civil engineer in 1848. He was widely considered brilliant and innovative in the engineering profession. During his career he designed and constructed the United States two biggest stockyards, Chicago Stock Yards (1865) and Kansas City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Avery (basketball)
William Franklin Avery Jr. (born August 8, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Avery, at 6 ft 2 in (1.90 m), was the starting point guard on the 1998–99 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, where he averaged 14.9 points and 5.0 assists per game his sophomore year. After winning 32 straight games, Duke lost in the National Championship game to the University of Connecticut. Avery, along with Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, became one of the first players under Mike Krzyzewski to leave Duke before graduating. Professional career NBA Avery was selected 14th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1999 NBA Draft after his sophomore year. He averaged 2.7 points per game and 1.4 assists per game in 142 NBA games over three seasons with the Timberwolves. Israel and Europe Avery was not signed by any NBA teams after his 3-year contract with the Timberwolves expired in 2002, so he moved his career overseas. Avery played with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W & T Avery Ltd
W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowel. Its name in English is ''double-u'',Pronounced in formal situations, but colloquially often , , or , with a silent ''l''. plural ''double-ues''. History The classical Latin alphabet, from which the modern European alphabets derived, did not have the "W' character. The "W" sounds were represented by the Latin letter " V" (at the time, not yet distinct from " U"). The sounds (spelled ) and (spelled ) of Classical Latin developed into a bilabial fricative between vowels in Early Medieval Latin. Therefore, no longer adequately represented the labial-velar approximant sound of Germanic phonology. The Germanic phoneme was therefore written as or ( and becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beilby Avery
Sir William Beilby Avery, 1st Baronet (26 April 1854 – 28 October 1908"Death of Sir W.B. Avery, Bart." in ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. XVII, No. 203, November 1908, pp. 256-7.) was a British philatelist who was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921 as one of the ''fathers of philately''. His grandfather was the elder brother in W. & T. Avery, weighing machine makers of BirminghamWho Was Who in British Philately , 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2011. and until he retired Sir William managed a great expansion of that business. Baronetcy Avery, member of ...[...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 Tecumsah Avery
William Tecumsah "Tom" Avery (November 11, 1819 – May 20, 1880) was an American slave owner, politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee, and Confederate Army officer. Biography Avery was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee on November 11, 1819, the son of Nathan and Rebecca Jones Rivers Avery. He attended the common schools, graduated from old Jackson College near Columbia, Tennessee in Maury County. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1840 and engaged in the practice of law. He married Emma Chastelette Jones in December 1852. They had three children, William Thomas, Harry Edwin, and Emma Blythe. Career In 1843, Avery was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congress. He served from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. During the Civil W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Waightstill Avery
William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864) was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the Provisional Confederate Congress. He was an outspoken advocate of higher education, graduate of the University of North Carolina and member of the Board of Trustees of the university. Early life Born at Swan Ponds in Burke County, North Carolina, he was the brother of Isaac E. Avery, the son of Isaac Thomas Avery, and the grandson of Waightstill Avery. In 1837 Avery graduated from the University of North Carolina and delivered the valedictory address at the graduation ceremony. In 1846 Avery married Mary Corinna Morehead, the daughter of Gov. John Motley Morehead. At Marion, N.C. in the fall of 1851, Avery was beaten with a cowhide whip by Samuel Fleming, a merchant from Burnsville, who was a participant in a lawsuit in which Avery appeared as legal counsel for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
