William Eccles (other)
William Eccles may refer to: * William Eccles (physicist) (1875–1966), British physicist and pioneer in the development of radio communication * William Eccles (MP) (1794–1853), British Radical politician * William Eccles (cricketer) (1838–1900), English cricketer, cricket administrator and British Army officer * William J. Eccles William John Eccles (July 17, 1917 – October 2, 1998) was a Canadian historian and academic, specialising in the history of New France. Early life and education Born in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, his family immigrated to Canada in ...

William Eccles (physicist)
William Henry Eccles FRS (23 August 1875 – 29 April 1966) was a British physicist and a pioneer in the development of radio communication. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Following graduation from the Royal College of Science, London, in 1898, he became an assistant to Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian radio entrepreneur. In 1901 he received his doctorate from the Royal College of Science. Eccles was an advocate of Oliver Heaviside's theory that a conducting layer of the upper atmosphere could reflect radio waves around the curvature of the Earth, thus enabling their transmission over long distances. Originally known as the Kennelly–Heaviside layer, this region of the Earth's atmosphere became known as the ionosphere. In 1912 Eccles suggested that solar radiation was responsible for the observed differences in radio wave propagation during the day and night. He carried out experiments into atmospheric disturbances of radio waves and used wave detecto ...
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William Eccles (MP)
William Eccles (1794 – 17 June 1853) was a British Radical politician. Eccles was elected Radical MP for Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ... at the 1852 general election but was unseated shortly in 1853 due to bribery. He died just a few months later. References External links * UK MPs 1852–1857 1794 births 1853 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub ...
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William Eccles (cricketer)
William Hall Eccles (24 March 1838 – 18 April 1900) was an English first-class cricketer, cricket administrator and British Army officer. The son of William Eccles, he was born in March 1838 at Davenham, Cheshire. Eccles was commissioned into the British Army as an ensign with the Rifle Brigade in February 1855, receiving a promotion to lieutenant in June of the same year. He saw action during the Crimean War, during which he was described as "an intrepid character". He later purchased the rank of captain in May 1861. Eccles retired from active service in October of the same year, before resigning his commission fully in April 1868. A keen cricketer, Eccles had an association with cricket in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. He served as the honorary secretary of Hampshire County Cricket Club from 1867 to 1869, having replaced George Ede. In addition to his role as an administrator, Eccles was also played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866 ...
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