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William Cocks (other)
William Cocks may refer to: *William W. Cocks (1861–1932), American politician * William Alfred Cocks (1892–1971), English clockmaker and Northumbrian pipemaker * William Pennington Cocks (1791–1878), English surgeon naturalist * Bill Cocks (1936–2011), Australian footballer See also *William Cox (other) William Cox, Will Cox, Bill Cox, or Billy Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician * Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix *Will Cox ... * William Coxe (other) {{hndis, Cocks, William ... [...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] |
William Alfred Cocks
William Alfred Cocks (1892-1971) was a master clock maker from Ryton, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of the North-east of England, and particularly in the Northumbrian smallpipes and half-long pipes. He assembled a large collection of historic bagpipes, their music, and related materials, which forms the core of the collection now housed at the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. He was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1920, remaining a member until his death. In 1928, he was one of the earliest members of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society, being elected one of the technical advisers, with responsibility for smallpipes. He became a Vice-President of the Society in 1938. When an exhibition of historic pipes was held in the Black Gate Museum in 1961, most of the exhibits were from Cocks's collection. He was a pipemaker and author: his ''Tutor For The Northumberland Half Long Pipes'' was published by the Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pennington Cocks
William Pennington Cocks (1791–1878) was an English people, English surgeon naturalist principally interested in marine fauna. He was born in Devon. Owing to ill-health, when he was still only 51, he retired to Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth in Cornwall. He Species description, described the nudibranch ''Aeolidiella alderi'' and the sea anemone ''Anthopleura ballii''. Publications partial list *List of Echinodermata procured in Falmouth and neighbourhood from 1843 to 1849 ''Trans. Penz. Nat. Hist. Ant. Soc''. 1 :292. *''Common objects of the sea-shore'' Falmouth. *''Nudibranchiate Mollusca'' Quarto pp. 8. Falmouth. *''Chitons'' Quarto pp. 12. Falmouth.''Salt Water Mollusca'' Quarto pp. 16. Falmouth. *''Hints for facilitating the Records of Natural History'' Quarto. Falmouth. Thirty papers, many undated, are listed in Boase and Courtenay (1874) Boase, G. Clement., Courtney, W. Prideaux , 1874 ''Bibliotheca cornubiensis: A catalogue of the writings, both manuscr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
