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William Parry (other)
William or Bill Parry may refer to: Sports *William Parry Crake (1852–1921), or William Parry, Wanderers footballer *Bill Parry (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1923), Welsh international footballer *Bill Parry (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1964), English footballer for Leeds United *Bill Parry (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2009), Welsh footballer for Gillingham * Bill Parry (umpire) (1890–1955), English cricket umpire Politicians *Bill Parry (politician) (1878–1952), from New Zealand *William John Parry (1842–1927), Welsh businessman, politician and author *William Parry (c. 1517–c. 1569), MP for Carmarthen Boroughs * William Thomas Parry (1837–1896), Welsh American politician in Wisconsin Others *William Parry (spy) (died 1585), Welsh conspirator *William Parry (priest) (1687–1756), English priest and antiquarian *William Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1705) (1705–1779), Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station *William Parry (artist) (1743–1791), Welsh a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry Crake
William Parry Crake (11 February 1852 – 1 December 1921), sometimes known as William Parry, was an English amateur footballer who won the inaugural FA Cup with the Wanderers in 1872 and played for the English XI against Scotland in the representative matches between 1870 and 1872. By profession, he was a merchant in India. Family and education Crake was born in Madras, India where his father had been in business. He was educated at Harrow School between 1866 and 1870. At Harrow, he was a member of the school football team in 1868 and 1869; he also played cricket for the school in his last two years. On 2 April 1881, he married Emily Noble Chase in Madras; they had two sons: * Ralph Hamilton Crake (1882–1952), who became a Lieutenant Colonel in the King's Own Scottish Borderers and was awarded the D.S.O. He played two first-class cricket matches, the first in 1901 and the last in 1921. * Eric Hamilton Crake (1886–1948), who made one first-class cricket appearance for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1705)
Admiral William Parry (1705 – 29 April 1779) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Promoted to post captain on 1 October 1744, Parry was given command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Kingston'' in February 1755 and saw action at the Battle of Minorca in May 1756 during the Seven Years' War. Promoted to rear-admiral on 21 October 1762, he went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1766 and, having been promoted to vice-admiral on 24 October 1770, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands Station The Leeward Islands Station originally known as the Commander-in-Chief at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands was a formation or command of the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at English Harbour, Antigua, L ... in 1772. He was promoted to full admiral on 29 January 1778. Parry married Lucy Brown, daughter of Commodore Charles Brown.Sharman, p. 24 References Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Parry (His Dark Materials)
Will Parry is one of the protagonists in Philip Pullman's trilogy ''His Dark Materials'', along with Lyra Belacqua. He first appears in the series at the start of the second novel, ''The Subtle Knife'', and continues through to the final book, ''The Amber Spyglass''. Introduced as a 12-year-old boy, he meets and befriends Lyra in the world of Cittàgazze and teams up with her in order to uncover the mysteries of Dust and the disappearance of his father many years previously. He takes possession of the Subtle Knife which he uses to aid Lord Asriel in his bid to destroy the Authority. Description Will is the only son of the explorer John Parry and Elaine Parry, a woman who suffers from mental health problems, and whom he has taken care of since he was young, due to her condition. Will is unable to remember his father, a former Royal Marine, who has not been heard of since he vanished on an expedition to the Arctic when Will was only a baby, and who we later learn has wandered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (photojournalist)
William Parry (born 1969) is a British photojournalist. Parry is based in London and has lived and worked in the Middle East for many years. He has written for the ''Washington Review'' of Middle East Affairs, The Guardian, The Independent, The Middle East, Times Higher Education Supplement, and electronic news organisations Electronic Intifada and New Matilda. In February 2008, Parry went to Bethlehem to write an article about the after effects of Banksy's project "''Pictures on Walls''" about the Israeli West Bank barrier The Israeli West Bank barrier, comprising the West Bank Wall and the West Bank fence, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. It is a contentious element of the Israeli–Palestinian .... Books * ''Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine''. . References Living people British photojournalists 1970 births Photographers from London {{UK-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Parry (mathematician)
William Parry FRS (3 July 1934 – 20 August 2006) was an English mathematician who worked in dynamical systems, and, in particular, ergodic theory. In particular, he studied subshifts of finite type nilflows. Life Bill Parry was born in Coventry in the Warwickshire (now the West Midlands), England, the sixth of seven children. Although he failed the eleven-plus exam, Parry was persuaded by his mathematics teacher at Coventry Junior Technical School, specialising in metalwork and woodwork, to aim for university. To get appropriate tuition, he had to travel to Birmingham Technical College. He won a place at University College London. Following an MSc at the University of Liverpool, he returned to London to study at Imperial College with Yael Dowker, obtaining his PhD in 1960, with thesis ''Ergodic and mixing transformations''. Having served in lecturing positions at Birmingham University and the University of Sussex, Parry was appointed to a readership at the recentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
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 Parry-Okeden
William Edward Parry-Okeden (13 May 1841 – 30 August 1926) was a public servant, Police Commissioner and Protector of Aborigines (1895-1903), as well as a horseman, in Queensland, Australia. He stood tall. Early life William Edward Parry-Okeden was born on 13 May 1841, the son of David Parry-Okeden (c.1810–9 August 1895), a Royal Navy officer who had served during the Battle of Navarino, and Rosalie Caroline Dutton. The family had descended from the Okedens of Dorset, England, and the Parrys from Wales. He was born at ''Maranumbela'', his father's station, Snowy River, in the Monaro District of New South Wales. Education commenced at the Diocesan Grammar School. By the age of 14 he had already participated as a volunteer police officer in the Ballarat riots. Having served three years as an articled clerk to a solicitor in Melbourne, he relinquished the law and joined his father in squatting pursuits in Queensland in 1861, including managing the Burrandownan Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (explorer)
Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was an Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906. In 1827, Parry attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82° 45' N, setting a record for human exploration Farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at 83° 20' N by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875. Early life Parry was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of Caleb Hillier Parry and Sarah Rigby. He was educated at King Edward's School. At the age of thirteen he joined the flagship of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis in the Channel fleet as a first-class volunteer, in 1806 became a midshipman, and in 1810 received promotion to the rank of lieutenant in the frigate ''Alexander'', which spent the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (tutor)
William Parry (1754–1819) was a Welsh Congregational minister and tutor. Life Parry was born on 25 November 1754 at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, where his father was a deacon of the Baptist congregation. Around 1760 the family moved to London; his father was in the woollen business, and lived in Stepney. On the advice of Samuel Brewer, Parry entered Homerton Academy on 8 February 1774, as a candidate for the Congregational ministry. He was received into the church at Stepney on 29 April 1774, soon afterwards preached with success at Gravesend in Kent, and declined an invitation from the church there. In 1780 Parry finished his course, left Homerton, and was ordained to the ministry at Little Baddow in Essex. While there he kept a school, and helped to organise a benevolent society.The Benevolent Society for the Relief of Necessitous Widows and Children of Protestant Dissenting Ministers in the Counties of Essex and Herts, established at Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (artist)
William Parry (2 May 1743 – 12 February 1791) was a Welsh artist. Primarily a portrait painter, he attracted extensive patronage in Wales due to his connections with Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet. He was the son of John Parry, a blind harpist who held a key position in the household of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet of Wynnstay, Denbighshire, the wealthiest and most powerful Welshman of the time. At the age of sixteen he enrolled at William Shipley's drawing academy, later becoming a pupil to Joshua Reynolds. In late 1769 or early 1770 he returned to Wales, where the Wynnstay estate had lately been inherited by the third baronet's son, an art lover who had just returned from his Grand Tour. He also received commissions for chalk and painted portraits from others in the Welsh gentry. Sir Watkin funded Parry's own Grand Tour in 1770–5, during which he produced full-scale copies of paintings by Raphael and Correggio. In 1776 he was elected an Associate of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parry (priest)
William Parry ( bap. 2 May 1687 – 14 September 1756) was a Church of England priest and antiquarian. Life Parry was baptised at St. John's Church, Hereford, England. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 19 February 1706 and obtaining degrees of BA in 1709, MA in 1712 and BD in 1719. He was a Fellow of Jesus College from 1714 to 1727. Parry was ordained deacon on 29 May 1712 and priest on 21 September 1712, both ordinations being carried out by the Bishop of Oxford, William Talbot, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. On 27 September 1712, he was appointed rector of Tellisford, Somerset, resigning in 1715. From 1726 onwards, he was rector of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, and was buried there after his death on 14 September 1756. He had elegant handwriting, admired by his contemporaries for its resemblance to well-executed typography. He transcribed some manuscripts located now in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and wrote out a copy of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Parry (footballer, Born 1873)
Bill Parry (1873–1923) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 16 March 1895 against Ireland. At club level, he played for Newtown Excelsior. See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their first official match on 25 March 1876, four years after England ... References 1873 births 1923 deaths Welsh footballers Wales international footballers Place of birth missing Date of death missing Association footballers not categorized by position {{Wales-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
