William Pugh (other)
William Pugh may refer to: *William Pugh (computer scientist) (born 1960), American computer scientist *William Pugh (game designer) *William Pugh (geologist) (1892–1974) * William T. Pugh (1845–1928), American politician *Gwilym Puw Captain Gwilym Puw (sometimes anglicised as William Pugh) (c. 1618 – c. 1689) was a Wales, Welsh Catholic and Cavalier poet and Cavalier, Royalist officer from a prominent Recusant family from the Creuddyn Peninsula in north Wales. He was a prol ...

William Pugh (computer Scientist)
William Worthington Pugh Jr. (born 1960) is an American computer scientist who invented the skip list and the Omega test for deciding Presburger arithmetic. He was the co-author of the static code analysis tool FindBugs, and was highly influential in the development of the current memory model of the Java language. Pugh received a Ph.D. in computer science, with a minor in acting, from Cornell University. In 2012 he became professor emeritus of the University of Maryland's department of computer science in College Park. He is on the technical advisory board for the static analysis company Fortify Software Fortify Software, later known as Fortify Inc., is a California-based software security vendor, founded in 2003 and acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010, Micro Focus in 2017, and OpenText in 2022. Fortify offerings included Static application secu .... External links Website American computer scientists Living people University of Maryland, College Park faculty 1960 ...
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William Pugh (game Designer)
William Pugh (born 1994/1995) is a British game designer best known for his work on ''The Stanley Parable''. Early life and career William Pugh's parents are art teachers. He developed an interest in video games after playing a Nintendo 64 during a hospital visit when he was six. He studied at the Leeds College of Art for two weeks, but dropped out to work on video games. Pugh taught himself video game environment design through working on modifications, or mod (video gaming), mods, of video games by Valve Corporation, Valve. He made Level (video gaming), levels for ''Team Fortress 2'', campaigns for ''Left 4 Dead 2'', and puzzles in ''Portal (video game), Portal''. His work earned him a Saxxy Awards, Saxxy Award, a fan-voted award for ''Team Fortress 2''-based creations. Pugh first heard of the Source engine mod of ''Half-Life 2'' known as ''The Stanley Parable'' from ''Minecraft'' creator Markus Persson's Twitter feed. Pugh wanted to work on a larger project and so co ...
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William Pugh (geologist)
Sir William John Pugh (28 June 1892 – 18 March 1974) was a British geologist who was director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. He was born in Westbury, Shropshire, the only son of coal merchant John Pugh and educated at Welshpool County School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated BA in Geography in 1914. However, he was inspired to study geology by Professor Owen Thomas Jones. In 1915, they presented their first joint study (of the geology of the area around Machynlleth) to the Geological Society of London. During World War I, he served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a staff officer, rising to the rank of major. He was awarded OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours, the French Croix de Guerre and was twice mentioned in despatches. After the war he returned to University College as Professor of Geology from 1919 to 1931, acting as Dean of the ...
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William T
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 ...
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