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William Knox (loyalist)
William Knox may refer to: Australia * William Dunn Knox (1880–1945), Australian artist * William Knox (Victorian politician) (1850–1913), Australian politician - House *William Knox (Queensland politician) (1927–2001), Australian state politician - Legislative Assembly United Kingdom * William Knox (Scottish poet) (1789–1825), Scottish poet and journalist * William Knox D'Arcy (1849–1917), British entrepreneur * William Knox (footballer), Scottish professional footballer * William Knox (footballer, born 1904), Scottish professional footballer *William Knox (MP) (1826–1900), MP for Dungannon *William Knox (British Army officer) (1847–1916), British general *William Knox (bishop) (1762–1831), Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora *William Knox (artist) (1862–1935), British artist of marine paintings and scenes of Venice *William Knox (cricketer) (1903–1954), Scottish cricketer *Bill Knox (1928–1999), Scottish author *Willie Knox (born 1937), Scottish professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dunn Knox
William Dunn Knox (1880–1945) was an Australian artist. Knox was born in Adelaide and trained at the National Gallery of Victoria school, Melbourne, under Lindsay Bernard Hall 1917–21. In 1918 he became a member of the Victorian Artists Society, later on the council and in 1919 was elected to the Australian Art Association, later on the council. Knox's first exhibition was in 1918 at the Australian Art Association, Melbourne. Gallery that hold his paintings include: the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Art Gallery of South Australia The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in Adelaide. It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has a collection of ..., Adelaide and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. ReferencesWilliam Dunn Knox (1880–1945)at Eva Breuer Art Dealer Additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knox (cricketer)
William Knox (20 November 1903 — 11 June 1954) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. Knox was born at Paisley in November 1903. A club cricketer for Kelburne, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Yorkshire at Harrogate in 1938. Batting twice in the match as a middle order batsman, he was dismissed without scoring by Ellis Robinson in Scotland's first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for the same score by Frank Smailes Thomas Francis Smailes (27 March 1910 – 1 December 1970) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and one Test match for England. He was one of Yorkshire's main players in the club's outstand .... Knox died at Paisley in June 1954. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, William 1903 births 1954 deaths Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
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] |
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the actual bombs. The Army component of the project was designated the Manhattan District as its first headquarters were in Manhattan; the placename gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project. Along the way, the project absorbed its earlier British counterpart, Tube Alloys. The Manhattan Project began modestly in 1939, but grew to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly US$2 billion (equivalent to about $ billion in ). Over 90 percent of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jacob Knox Jr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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, Liam, 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 German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William F
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] |
Frank Knox
William Franklin Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Born in Boston, he attended Alma College and served with the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. After the war, he became a newspaper editor in Grand Rapids, Michigan and state chairman of the Republican Party. He was a leading supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive candidate for president in 1912. He advocated U.S. entrance into World War I and served as an artillery officer in France. The 1936 Republican National Convention nominated a ticket of Alf Landon and Knox, and they were defeated by Roosevelt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Knox
William Jess Knox (born 9 September 1937) is a Scottish former football player and manager, who played as a wing half. As a player, he appeared in the Scottish Football League for Raith Rovers and Forfar Athletic and in the Football League for Barrow. He went on to have a successful managerial career in Scottish junior football with Auchinleck Talbot, winning the Scottish Junior Cup five times, including three consecutive wins. Playing career Willie Knox was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, on 9 September 1937. He played in local junior football with Annbank United before beginning his senior career with Raith Rovers in 1955. He was with Raith for three years, making 13 league appearances in the top division of the Scottish Football League and playing alongside a young Jim Baxter. He was signed for Third Lanark in 1958 by manager Bob Shankly, but made no league appearances for them. He briefly played in England, joining Barrow in 1959 and playing a single Football League mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Knox
William Knox (1928 – March 1999) was a Scottish author, journalist and broadcaster, best known for his crime novels and for presenting the long-running STV series ''Crimedesk''. Born in Glasgow, Knox became the youngest journalist for a Glasgow newspaper at age 16. He went on to report on crime, on motoring, and to become a news editor. He began writing crime novels in the 1950s. Knox often wrote under pseudonyms, frequently for the American market. These included Michael Kirk, Robert MacLeod and Noah Webster. He published over 50 crime novels, including several series, notably the "Thane and Moss" books. In the 1970s, he was approached by Scottish Television to present a series asking for public assistance in solving crimes in the central Scotland area. Knox presented the fifteen-minute slot for over ten years, always signing off with the promise that any calls to the police "can be in confidence". At this time he also made a series of short programmes called ''Tales of Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knox (artist)
William Knox may refer to: Australia * William Dunn Knox (1880–1945), Australian artist * William Knox (Victorian politician) (1850–1913), Australian politician - House *William Knox (Queensland politician) (1927–2001), Australian state politician - Legislative Assembly United Kingdom * William Knox (Scottish poet) (1789–1825), Scottish poet and journalist * William Knox D'Arcy (1849–1917), British entrepreneur * William Knox (footballer), Scottish professional footballer * William Knox (footballer, born 1904), Scottish professional footballer *William Knox (MP) (1826–1900), MP for Dungannon *William Knox (British Army officer) (1847–1916), British general *William Knox (bishop) (1762–1831), Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora * William Knox (artist) (1862–1935), British artist of marine paintings and scenes of Venice *William Knox (cricketer) (1903–1954), Scottish cricketer *Bill Knox (1928–1999), Scottish author *Willie Knox (born 1937), Scottish profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knox (Victorian Politician)
William Knox (25 April 1850 – 25 August 1913) was an Australian businessman and politician. Life and career Knox was born in Melbourne and his family later moved to Horsham and Ballarat. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and joined the State Bank of Victoria in 1866 and worked in various country branches. In January 1884 he married Catherine Mary McMurtrie. In 1885, he became secretary of BHP and in 1888, his yearly salary was increased from £75 to £1,500. He effectively ran the complex organisation of a company that became Australia's biggest company and the world's biggest silver miner. He resigned as secretary in 1893 to become managing director of the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company, but was immediately appointed to BHP's board, a position he retained until 1910. Knox was a councillor on Malvern Shire from 1892 to 1910 and its president from 1892 to 1895. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council to represent South Eastern Province in 1898 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knox (bishop)
The Rt Rev William Knox (14 June 1762 – 10 July 1831) was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1794 to 1803 when he was translated to Derry. Life He was the fourth son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. At the age of about sixteen he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where in 1781 he graduated B.A. In 1786 he became rector of Pomeroy in the diocese of Armagh, after which he obtained the rectory of Callan in the Diocese of Ossory, and became chaplain to the Irish House of Commons. On 21 September 1794 Knox was consecrated bishop of Killaloe in St Peter's Church, Dublin, by the Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by the Bishops of Limerick and Kilmore. In 1803 he was translated to the see of Derry, where he was enthroned on 9 September of that year. He died on 10 July 1831. Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. & Roy, I. (1996) ''Handbook of British Chronology''. Cambridge: CUP , He published sermons. Family Knox married in 1785 Anne, daughter of James Spencer, by wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
