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William Davidson (engineer), William Davidson
William or Bill Davidson may refer to: Businessmen * Bill Davidson (businessman) (1922–2009), Michigan businessman and sports team owner ** William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, named in honor of Bill Davidson * William Davidson (lumberman) (1740–1790), Scots-Canadian pioneer Politics * Sir William Davidson of Curriehill (1614/15–c. 1689), Scottish merchant and member of the Privy council * William Davidson (congressman) (1778–1857), member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina * William Davidson (Pennsylvania representative) (1783–1867), Pennsylvania politician * William Davidson (conspirator) (1781–1820), Jamaican-born British radical executed for his part in the Cato Street Conspiracy * William McCartney Davidson (1872–1942), Canadian journalist, politician, and author * William H. Davidson (lieutenant governor) (fl. 1836–1838), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois * William Davidson (British Columbia politician) (fl. 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Davidson (businessman)
William Morse Davidson, (December 5, 1922 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman. He was President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass. He was also owner of several North American professional sports teams and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, Davidson was principal owner of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association, the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the co-owner of the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League. Davidson also owned the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League. His Pistons won the NBA Finals in 1989, 1990, and 2004; his Shock won the WNBA Finals in 2003, 2006 and 2008; his Vipers won the 1997 Turner Cup; and his Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2004 Stanley Cup. Early life and education A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Davidson (American Football, Born 1935)
Bill "Bull" Davidson (January 21, 1935 – May 2, 1999) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1971 to 1978, compiling a record of 51–32–1. Davidson coached his 1975 team to a perfect season during its first year at the NCAA Division I level and was later inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Playing career Davidson attended high school at Manila, Arkansas where he played baseball and basketball since Manila did not have a football team at the time. In 1953, he enrolled at Arkansas State and went out for the football team. During his career as a player, he lettered three times as a center and linebacker. Coaching career After graduating from college, Davidson coached high school football and earned a 28–7 record at Earle, Arkansas from 1957 to 1959 and a 28–5–1 record at Jonesboro High School from 1960 to 1962. He took the offensive coordinator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Leslie Davidson
William Leslie Davidson (1848–1929) was a Scottish philosopher.William Leslie Davidson. ''Oxford Reference''. Retrieved 7 October 2015. Early life Davidson was born and raised in , a village in the north-east of , near . He was educated at before embarking on ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Davidson (filmmaker)
William Davidson (1928-2009) was a Canadian director, producer and writer whose career included work with the National Film Board of Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and independent features. He is noted for directing the early English-Canadian movie '' Now That April's Here'' (1958) and producing the TV series ''The Forest Rangers'' (1963–65) and ''Adventures in Rainbow Country'' (1970-71). Career Davidson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts, Davidson had some early experience in Toronto in theatre, radio and journalism. He joined the National Film Board in 1948. He directed and edited a number of films for the Board, including the series ''On the Spot'', ''Faces of Canada'' and ''Canada Carries On''. In 1955 he returned to Toronto, where he worked for the CBC as a producer-director, during which time he amassed credits on more than 1,000 live, taped and filmed TV programs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mackay Davidson
Prof William Mackay Davidson FRSE RSM (1909-1991) was a Scottish pathologist, haematologist and expert on human chromosomes. He was born in Aberdeenshire on 4 September 1909 and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He studied Medicine at Aberdeen University and graduated MB ChB in 1934. He began lecturing in Pathology at Aberdeen University the following academic year. As a member of the Territorial Army he was immediately called up at the onset of the Second World War in September 1939 and served with the 153rd Field Ambulance attached to the Highland Division. He was Mentioned in Dispatches. In 1940 he was captured at St Valery-en-Caux as part of the famous British surrender to Rommel on the northern French coast. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. After a brief return to Aberdeen University he was offered the post of Senior Lecturer in Haematology at King's College Hospital Medical School in London in 1948 and in 1957 was granted a full Professorship t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William B
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 Davidson (bishop)
William Davidson (July 20, 1919 - May 8, 2006) was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas, serving as diocesan from 1966 to 1980. Early life and education Davidson was born on July 20, 1919, in Miles City, Montana. He studied at the Montana State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1940. He then taught Vocational Agriculture in Sidney, Montana, until 1943 when he enrolled at Berkeley Divinity School to train for the priesthood. He earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1946. On June 3, 1942, he married Mary Shoemaker and together had four children. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by Berkeley Divinity School in 1966, and an honorary Doctor of Laws from the Lexington Theological Seminary in 1978. Ordained ministry Davidson was ordained deacon on August 23, 1946, in St Peter's Pro-Cathedral and then a priest on April 25, 1947, by the Bishop of Montana Henry H. Daniels. In 1946 he became vicar in charge of churches in Townsend, Montana, Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayak Bill
Bill Davidson (1947–2003) was born on 12 October 1947 in Alberta, Canada, and grew up in an orphanage. Bill was a pioneer in the Canadian rock climbing-scene during the 1970s. After an early free ascent of the North America Wall of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, in 1970, Bill returned to his native Alberta where he introduced extreme climbing to the Canadian Rockies. Around 1975, Bill suffered a near-fatal fall and left the climbing scene. On a visit to British Columbia, he purchased a green and white double Frontiersman kayak, reduced his belongings to what he could carry with him, and traveled the north coast of British Columbia establishing campsites on many remote islands. "Kayak" Bill often spent winters in Sointula on Malcolm Island where he became a self-taught "outsider" artist—painting fanciful watercolors during the winter months and selling his paintings to purchase supplies for his kayaking travels. Kayak Bill Davidson died in December 2003, while camping in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Davidson (MCC Cricketer)
William Davidson (1811 – 12 May 1894) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1832 to 1837. He was born in England and died in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. He made his first-class debut in 1832 and appeared in four matches as an unknown handedness batsman whose bowling style is unknown, playing for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and an England XI. He scored 22 runs with a highest score of 9 * and took no wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...s. References Bibliography * 1811 births 1894 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Non-international England cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1810s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Davidson (Sussex Cricketer)
William Watkins Davidson (20 March 1920 – 26 May 2015) was an English cricketer. Bill Davidson was born at Poplar, London, and was educated at Brighton College before going up to Wadham College, Oxford, to study theology. In the Second World War he served in the Army in Burma and Malaya.''Wisden'' 2016, p. 204. A wicket-keeper and tail-end right-handed batsman, Davidson made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club against Gloucestershire in 1947. He made fifteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University at The University Match at Lord's in 1948. In his sixteen first-class appearances for the university, Davidson scored 65 runs at an average of 6.50, with a high score of 18 not out. Behind the stumps he took 22 catches and made 5 stumpings. In 1948 Davidson made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the County Championship. He made four further first-class appearances for the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Davidson (Scottish Footballer)
William Davidson (born 1883) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left, featuring for Queen's Park, Falkirk, Airdrieonians and St Mirren in the Scottish Football League, and for Middlesbrough and Everton in the English Football League, competing exclusively in the top division of both systems. He was a member of the Falkirk teams that finished league runners-up in the 1907–08 and 1909–10 seasons, and experienced the same fate with Everton in 1911–12. He came from a well-off background and chose to play as an amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ... for much of his career, a freedom which allowed him to join the Pilgrims exhibition team which toured North America in the autumn of 1909 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Davidson (sailor)
William Phythian Davidson (1876 – 15 April 1939) was a British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member on the ''Mouchette'' which finished second of two teams competing in the 12 metre class. At the time, only the helmsman A helmsman or helm (sometimes driver) is a person who steering, steers a ship, sailboat, submarine, other type of maritime vessel, or spacecraft. The rank and seniority of the helmsman may vary: on small vessels such as fishing vessels and yacht ... and mate were awarded silver medals, while the crew received bronze medals. However, Davidson is credited as having received a silver medal in the official Olympic database. References External links * * 1876 births 1939 deaths British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1908 Summer Olympics – 12 Metre {{UK-yachtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |