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William Rice (soldier)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Rice may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William S. Rice (1873–1963), American woodblock print artist and art educator * William "Bill" Rice (1931–2006), American artist, writer, actor, and director * William Rice (food journalist) (1938–2016), American food journalist * Bill Rice (born 1939), American songwriter Business and industry * William Rice (1788) (1788–1863), American merchant and public servant * William Marsh Rice (1816–1900), American businessman, founder of Rice University * William B. Rice (1840–1909), American industrialist from Massachusetts * W. Thomas Rice (1912–2006), American railroad tycoon Law and politics * William Rice (MP) (died 1588), English politician * William W. Rice (1826–1896), American statesman, representative from Massachusetts * William Hyde Rice (1846–1924), Hawaiian-American businessman and politician * William Gorham Rice (1856–1945), American state and federal government official * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William S
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] |
William Gorham Rice
William Gorham Rice Sr. (December 23, 1856 – September 10, 1945) was an American state and federal government official from Albany, New York, and civic activist engaged in the reform of the civil service system. He was a biographer of Grover Cleveland, and became an authority on carillons in America and Europe and authored three books on the topic.New York TimesCol. William C. Rice, Cleveland's Ex-Aide September 12, 1945 Biography William Gorham Rice was born December 23, 1856 in Albany, New York, to William A. Rice (1820–1906) and Hannah ( Seely) Rice (1835–1911). Rice was a direct patrilineal descendant of Edmund Rice, an early English immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2015. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations(CD-ROM)/ref> Rice attended the Albany Academy, graduating in 1875. He married Harriet Langdon Pruyn (1868–1939) on February 10, 1892 in Albany, daughter of Congressman John V. L. Pruyn. They had one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Rice
Billy Rice (12 September 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland – 26 June 2008) was a football player who played for Australia in their 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ... qualification campaign. References 1938 births 2008 deaths Australian men's soccer players Emigrants from Northern Ireland to Australia Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Men's association football defenders Australia men's international soccer players {{Australia-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rice (rower)
John Wylie "Colonel" Rice (February 18, 1881 – February 12, 1941) was an American-Canadian rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s .... He was a member of the Argonaut Rowing Club, which won the silver medal in the men's eight. Only two teams, however, competed in the event. References External linksWilliam Rice's profile at Sports Reference.com 1881 births 1941 deaths Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Canadian male rowers Canadian people of American descent Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William North Rice
William North Rice (1845–1928) was an American geologist, educator, and Methodist minister and theologian concerned with reconciliation of science and religious faith. Early life and education William North Rice was born November 21, 1845 in Marblehead, Massachusetts to the Rev. William Rice and Caroline Laura (North) Rice. He prepared for college at Springfield High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1865 with a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, serving as class valedictorian. His interest in religious ministry began early with an invitation to preach at Grace Church in Boston shortly after his graduation in 1865. In 1867 after studies at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, he earned the first PhD in the United States to be awarded in the field of Geology. Upon graduation from Yale, he was offered a faculty position at Wesleyan University, but he opted to undertake post-doctoral studies in Germany for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
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] |
William Rice (librarian)
William Rice (1821–1897) was a Methodist Episcopal minister, author, and from 1861 to his death in 1897, the President and Executive Director of the Springfield City Library Association. He was an important public figure in nineteenth-century Springfield, Massachusetts. Early life and education He was born March 10, 1821, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to William Rice and Jerusha Warriner. William Rice Sr. was a respected businessman and public servant who began a long tradition of Methodism in the Rice family. He was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early settler in Massachusetts. Jerusha Warriner was the daughter of David Warriner and was descended from William Warriner, a founder of Springfield. William Rice II studied in the Springfield public schools and at Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy, graduating in 1840. He was a vocal abolitionist beginning early in his life. He had organized an Anti-Slavery Society while a student at Wesleyan Academy, and had been disciplined. He rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harrison Rice
William Harrison Rice (October 12, 1813 – May 26, 1862) was a missionary teacher from the United States who settled in the Hawaiian Islands and managed an early sugarcane Sugar plantations in Hawaii, plantation. Life William Harrison Rice was born on October 12, 1813, in Oswego, New York, on the shore of Lake Ontario. His father was Joseph Rice and mother Sally Rice. On September 29, 1840, he married Mary Sophia Hyde Rice, Mary Sophia Hyde, who was born on October 11, 1816. Her father was Jabez Backus Hyde, a missionary to the Seneca nation in western New York State near current-day Buffalo, New York, and mother was Jerusha Aiken Hyde. Reverend Hyde performed the wedding ceremony. The Rices sailed in the ninth company of list of Missionaries to Hawaii, missionaries to Hawaii from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions on the ship ''Gloucester'', leaving from Boston on November 14, 1840, and arriving to Honolulu on May 21, 1841. Also in this company were John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chauncey Rice
William Chauncey Rice (September 11, 1878 – December 16, 1941) was an American academic and lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Early life and education He was born in Neponset, Boston, the second of five children of the Rev. Charles Francis Rice and Miriam Owen Jacobs. His siblings included Horace Jacobs Rice and Paul North Rice. His middle name comes from his mother's family; his great uncle was a gold prospector named Abijah Chauncey Owen. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1901, where he was a member of the Eclectic Society and Phi Beta Kappa. He received an AM in Government from Yale University in 1902, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1908. Also at Harvard University, He wrote a dissertation entitled "The Decline of the Federalist Party in New England" in 1912. At Harvard, he was a University Scholar in History. Career He practiced law in Boston from 1908-1941. He was first with the firm, Tyler & Young, and then with Channing, Corneau & Frothingham. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hyde Rice
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 "Bill" Rice
William Rice (August 17, 1931 – January 23, 2006) was an American actor, artist, and member of the no wave avant-garde art scene in Manhattan's East Village for many years. Early life and education He was born in Vermont and graduated from Middlebury College. Career After graduating from Middlebury, Rice moved into an apartment on Third Avenue in Manhattan in 1953. A painter, film actor, and an unaffiliated scholar, Bill Rice was one of the central figures in the various bohemian enclaves that gathered and overlapped in the Lower East Side of the 1960s. Among his diverse achievements, Rice worked with noted Gertrude Stein expert Ulla Dydo on ''Gertrude Stein: The Language That Rises: 1923–1934'' (2003), an essential study of the author's writing process, using her notebooks and manuscripts. Death Rice died in Manhattan of lung cancer on January 23, 2006. Filmography Film Television Worksby Bill Rice, ''Evocation I'' and ''Evocation II'', ''BOMB Magazine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
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] |
