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William Reeves (colourman)
William, Bill or Billy Reeves may refer to: *William Reeves (animator) (born 1959), Canadian animator and technical director *William Reeves (bishop) (1815–1892), Church of Ireland bishop and antiquarian * William Reeves (Australian cricketer) (1881–1962), Australian cricketer * William Reeves (New Zealand cricketer) (1857-1932), New Zealand cricketer * William Reeves (finance) (born 1963/64), co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management *William Reeves (journalist) (1825–1891), father of William Pember Reeves * Bill Reeves (1875–1944), English cricketer * Bill Reeves (basketball) (1904–1983), American professional basketball player * Bill Reeves (footballer) (1888–1940), Australian rules footballer *Billy Reeves (born 1965), British songwriter and broadcaster * Billy Reeves (footballer) (born 1996), English soccer player * William Conrad Reeves (1838–1902), lawyer, academic and legal figure on the island of Barbados *William Pember Reeves William Pember Reeves (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (animator)
William "Bill" Reeves (born May 5, 1959) is a Canadian animator and technical director known for working with John Lasseter on the animated shorts '' Luxo Jr.'' and '' The Adventures of André and Wally B.'' After obtaining a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completing a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Reeves was hired by George Lucas as a member of Lucasfilm's Computer Division, Computer Graphics Group. He was one of the founding employees of Pixar when it was sold in 1986 to Steve Jobs. Reeves is the inventor of the first motion blur algorithm and methods to simulate particle motion in CGI. Bill Reeves created particle systems allowing for the realistic articulation of random elements like smoke and fire.Sito, Tom. Moving Innovation: a history of computer animation. Massachusetts. MIT Press. 2013. pgs. 158-59. Lasseter and Reeves received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (Oscar) in 1988 for their work on the film ''Tin Toy''. Thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (bishop)
William Reeves (16 March 1815 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private keeper of the Book of Armagh and at the time of his death was President of the Royal Irish Academy. Early life Born at Charleville, County Cork, on 16 March 1815, Reeves was the eldest child of Boles D'Arcy Reeves, an attorney, whose wife Mary was a daughter of Captain Jonathan Bruce Roberts, land agent to the 8th Earl of Cork. This grandfather had fought at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, and Reeves was born at his house in Charleville. From 1823, Reeves was educated at the school of John Browne in Leeson Street, Dublin, and after that at a school kept by Edward Geoghegan. In October 1830, he entered Trinity College Dublin, where he quickly gained a prize for Hebrew and was elected a Scholar in classics in 1833. In his third year, he became a scholar and went on to graduate BA in 1835. He procee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (composer)
William, Bill or Billy Reeves may refer to: *William Reeves (animator) (born 1959), Canadian animator and technical director *William Reeves (bishop) (1815–1892), Church of Ireland bishop and antiquarian * William Reeves (Australian cricketer) (1881–1962), Australian cricketer * William Reeves (New Zealand cricketer) (1857-1932), New Zealand cricketer * William Reeves (finance) (born 1963/64), co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management *William Reeves (journalist) (1825–1891), father of William Pember Reeves *Bill Reeves (1875–1944), English cricketer * Bill Reeves (basketball) (1904–1983), American professional basketball player *Bill Reeves (footballer) (1888–1940), Australian rules footballer *Billy Reeves (born 1965), British songwriter and broadcaster * Billy Reeves (footballer) (born 1996), English soccer player * William Conrad Reeves (1838–1902), lawyer, academic and legal figure on the island of Barbados *William Pember Reeves William Pember Reeves (10 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (Australian Cricketer)
William Reeves (1881 – 13 September 1962) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1907 and 1910. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers to have represented Vi ... References External links * 1881 births 1962 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (New Zealand Cricketer)
William Pember Reeves (10 February 1857 – 16 May 1932) was a New Zealand politician, cricketer, historian and poet who promoted social reform. Early life and career Reeves's parents were William Reeves, who was a journalist and politician, and Ellen Reeves, ''née'' Pember. They had migrated from Britain to Canterbury Province in 1857, arriving three weeks before he was born. He was educated at a private prep school in Christchurch, the local high school and, from 1867 to 1874, Christ's College Grammar School. Before entering politics, Reeves was a lawyer and journalist. He was editor of the ''Canterbury Times'' in 1885 and the ''Lyttelton Times'' (1889–1891). Cricket Reeves played in five first-class cricket matches for Canterbury from 1879 to 1888. A batsman, his highest score was 54, Canterbury's top score in the match, when Canterbury beat Otago by four runs in February 1883. Political career Reeves represented the Christchurch electorate of St Albans in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (finance)
William Huntington Reeves (born 1963/64) is an American businessman and the co-founder of the hedge fund, BlueCrest Capital Management. Early life Reeves has a BA in English from Yale University, and an MA in Philosophy from New York University. Career Reeves is a former trader of JP Morgan and Chase Company. In 2000, he co-founded BlueCrest Capital Management BlueCrest Capital Management is a British-American hedge fund which was founded by British billionaire Michael Platt and American William Reeves in 2000. The New York City-based company has registered offices in Geneva, Singapore, Boston, Con ... with Michael Platt. In 2009, he and Platt owned 75% of BlueCrest. In 2010, he was reported to have a net worth of £375 million. References 1960s births Living people Stock and commodity market managers American hedge fund managers American investors American stock traders Yale College alumni New York University alumni {{US-business-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reeves (journalist)
William Reeves (10 February 1825 – 4 April 1891) was a New Zealand 19th century journalist and politician. He was the father of the author and politician the Hon. William Pember Reeves. Reeves was born in 1825 in Clapham, Surrey, England. He represented the Avon electorate from an to 1868, when he resigned as the November 1867 death of his business partner, Crosbie Ward, prevented him from attending the upcoming parliamentary session in Wellington. He contested the Selwyn electorate in 1871 against Edward Cephas John Stevens and had a majority of one vote. He was Resident Minister for the Middle (South) Island in the 3rd Fox Ministry in 1871–1872. The dominant topic for the 1875 election was the abolition of the Provinces. Reeves favoured the retention of the provincial system of government, whilst Cecil Fitzroy, 20 years his junior, was an abolitionist. Fitzroy narrowly won the election in the Selwyn electorate by 14 votes. On 21 October 1884, Reeves was appointe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Reeves
William Reeves (22 June 1875 – 22 March 1944) was an English cricketer, who at the conclusion of his playing career became an umpire, officiating in five Test Matches. According to Dudley Carew he was "the Sam Weller of umpires, quick of retort, ingenious of smile, unfailing in friendliness". R.C. Robertson-Glasgow wrote: "If silence or dullness fell upon the game, there was Bill Reeves to put it right." Playing career Bill Reeves was a medium-pace bowler and a useful hard-hitting batsman who played for Essex from 1897 to 1921, having begun by joining the groundstaff at Leyton Cricket Ground, which was then the county's headquarters. His best years with the bat were 1905 and 1906. In the former season he reached 1,000 runs for the only time, with 1174 at an average of 29.35, and scored two of his three hundreds. His career highest score of 135 came against Lancashire in only two hours. He also scored 71 out of 90 in 50 minutes against the powerful Yorkshire side, assisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Reeves (basketball)
William Orville Reeves (December 5, 1904 – December 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the National Basketball League. He played college basketball at Canterbury College (then called Central Normal College) for four years. Reeves was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in New Castle, Indiana. While it honors men and women associated with high school, college, and professional basketball in Indiana, an emphasis is placed on the athlete's high .... References 1904 births 1983 deaths Akron Firestone Non-Skids players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indiana Canterbury Knights basketball players Guards (basketball) {{1900s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Reeves (footballer)
William Reeves (22 March 1888 – 23 August 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1888 births 1940 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players People from Castlemaine, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1888-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Reeves
Billy Reeves (born 7 June 1965) is an English songwriter, musician, record producer and broadcaster. In 1996 he formed the London-based indie-band Theaudience, (featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor on vocals). Theaudience quickly established themselves in the Camden scene of 1997. They scored two top 30 (UK) hits - " A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed" and " I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" - and a top 20 (UK) eponymous album, before Reeves left the band following a disastrous Glastonbury 1998 performance. Prior to theaudience, Reeves had briefly been drummer for the bands Blow Up and The Grooveyard, and later formed indie band Congregation while working at the band's label Fire Records in the early 1990s. Reeves signed to Sony Records with a new act ('Yours') in 1999. He also ran the club ('Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception') which provided The Darkness with their first London show. Around this time he also had a brief stint in Los Angeles producing new artist demos for Rondor Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Reeves (footballer)
William David Reeves (born 18 December 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for side Leek Town. He began his career at Port Vale in April 2015, and later went out on loan to Witton Albion, Hyde United and Stafford Rangers. He was released by Port Vale in May 2018 and joined Leek Town via Stafford Rangers later in the year. Career Port Vale Reeves graduated through the Port Vale Academy to sign professional forms in April 2015. He joined Northern Premier League Division One North side Witton Albion on a one-month loan in November 2015. His loan was extended after he established himself in the first team and he went on to make 14 appearances, scoring one goal in a 5–0 win over Harrogate Railway Athletic on 2 January. He then joined Hyde United on a one-month loan in February 2016. He also made 14 appearances for Hyde, as the club were relegated out of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. On 16 September 2016, he returned to Witton Albio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
