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William Ryan (other)
William Ryan may refer to: *Will Ryan (William F. Ryan, 1949–2021), American voice actor and singer *Will Ryan (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball coach * William A. Ryan (1919–2001), politician from Michigan *William B. Ryan (1908-1975), American politician, lawyer, and judge *William D. Ryan (1861–1949), American labor unionist *William F. Ryan (1907–1954), American checkers player *William Fitts Ryan (1922–1972), congressman from New York *William H. Ryan (1860–1939), U.S. Representative from New York and Abbeyland *William H. Ryan Jr., former Delaware County District Attorney and acting Pennsylvania Attorney General *William Patrick Ryan (1867–1942), Irish author and journalist *William Ryan (53rd Congress) (1840–1925), represented New York's 16th District in the Fifty-third United States Congress *William Ryan (Canadian politician) William Michael Ryan (22 November 1887 – 4 January 1938) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Ryan
William Frank Ryan (May 21, 1949 – November 19, 2021) was an American voice actor, musician and singer. He provided the voice of Petrie in the 1988 animated film ''The Land Before Time''. He was also known for his voice work as Eugene Meltsner in the Christian radio drama ''Adventures in Odyssey'' and Grubby in ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''. Life and career Ryan was born on May 21, 1949 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He became established by singing about the American West. In summer 1966, Ryan's earlier band, Wead, played a gig in Wellington, Ohio. In late 1970s, he teamed up with Phil Baron as Willio and Phillio. They had regular gigs on television, radio and comedy clubs and universities throughout the U.S.. They later paired up again voicing characters of best friends Teddy Ruxpin (Baron) and Grubby the Octopede (Ryan) in the Teddy Ruxpin book and tape series as well as the 1986–87 television show ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''. In August 2002, Willio and Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reach The Rock
''Reach the Rock'' is a 1998 American comedy drama film directed by William Ryan and starring William Sadler and Alessandro Nivola. It was the last film to be written and produced by John Hughes before his death. Premise A small-town troublemaker (Alessandro Nivola), directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief ( William Sadler) engage in a battle of wills and wit. Cast * William Sadler as Quinn * Alessandro Nivola as Robin * Bruce Norris as Ernie * Brooke Langton as Lise * Norman Reedus as Danny * Karen Sillas as Donna * Richard Hamilton as Ed Production Writer/producer John Hughes originally offered the ''Reach the Rock'' script to director Chris Columbus at the same time he offered him ''Home Alone''. Columbus opted to direct the latter. The soundtrack featured a compilation of Chicago-based post-rock artists, among them Tortoise and associated acts Bundy K. Brown, The Sea and Cake and John McEntire. It was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Ryan (other)
Willie Ryan may refer to: * Willie Ryan (jockey) (born 1964), flat racing jockey from Ireland * Willie Ryan (Limerick hurler) (1894–?), Irish hurler for Limerick * Willie Ryan (rower) (born 1953), Irish Olympic rower * Willie Ryan (Tipperary hurler) Willie Ryan (born 29 December 1984 in Toomevara, County Tipperary) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Toomevara and has been a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team since 2006. Playing career Club Ryan ... (born 1984), Irish hurler for Toomevara and Tipperary See also * William Ryan (other) {{hndis, Ryan, Willie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (sailor)
William Ryan (born 23 December 1988) is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion in the Men's 470 class with Mathew Belcher. Ryan represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He and teammate Mathew Belcher won the silver medal in the 470 class. Ryan and Belcher returned for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where they won the gold medal in the 470 class. Ryan is a 5 time 470 world champion together with Mathew Belcher. Ryan's sister is Jaime Ryan who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with him. She sailed in the Women’s 49er FX event. Earlier years Will Ryan experienced sailing when only two days old when he watched the 1988 Sydney to Hobart race in his grandfather's boat with his family. In his early years he was inspired by his grandfather and sailed in an old Sabot (dinghy) on Lake Macquarie in NSW. At the age of 11, Ryan competed in his first race with the Toronto Amateur Sailing Club. He then competed in the Laser Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (psychologist)
William J. Ryan, Jr. (c. 1924 – June 7, 2002) was a psychologist and author best known for his criticism of "blaming the victim" first published in his 1971 book of the same title. Ryan's work is considered a major structuralist rebuttal to the Moynihan Report. Moynihan's report had placed most of the blame for African-American poverty rates on the rise of single-parent households rather than on racism and discrimination, while Ryan's response was that Moynihan was blaming victims for their victimhood. Ryan spent the majority of his career at Boston College. Life and career Ryan was raised in Everett, Massachusetts. After joining the Army Air Corps during WWII, he received a PhD from Boston University in 1958. Ryan worked at the Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School before arriving at Boston College, where he was Professor of Psychology from 1969 to 1998. Ryan married Phyllis Milgroom in 1951 and lived in Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (Irish Politician)
William Ryan (21 September 1921 – 2 January 1994) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician from County Tipperary. He was a senator from 1961 to 1989. Born in Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, Ryan was elected in 1961 to the 10th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel. He was re-elected eight times, until he stood down at the 1989 election to the 19th Seanad. Ryan also stood as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Tipperary South constituency at three successive general elections: 1965, 1969, 1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. .... He was unsuccessful on each occasion. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, William 1921 births 1994 deaths Fianna Fáil senators Members of the 10th Seanad Members of the 11th Seanad Members of the 12th Seanad Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sea Deluge Theory
The Black Sea deluge is the best known of three hypothetical flood scenarios proposed for the Late Quaternary history of the Black Sea. It is one of the two of these flood scenarios which propose a rapid, even catastrophic, rise in sea level of the Black Sea during the Late Quaternary.Yanko-Hombach, V., Mudie, P., and Gilbert, A. S., 2011, ''Was the Black Sea catastrophically flooded during the post-glacial? Geological evidence and impacts'', in Benjamin, J. et al. (eds.), ''Underwater Archaeology and the Submerged Prehistory of Europe'': Oxbow Books, p. 245–262. History In 1997, William Ryan, Walter Pitman, Petko Dimitrov, and their colleagues first published the ''Black Sea deluge hypothesis''. They proposed that a catastrophic inflow of Mediterranean seawater into the Black Sea freshwater lake occurred around 7600 years ago, . As proposed, the Early Holocene Black Sea flood scenario describes events that would have profoundly affected prehistoric settlement in eastern Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (geologist)
William Ryan may refer to: *William D. Ryan (1861–1949), American labor unionist *William Fitts Ryan (1922–1972), congressman from New York *William H. Ryan (1860–1939), U.S. Representative from New York and Abbeyland *William H. Ryan Jr., former Delaware County District Attorney and acting Pennsylvania Attorney General *William Ryan (53rd Congress) (1840–1925), represented New York's 16th District in the Fifty-third United States Congress *William Ryan (Irish politician) (1921–1994), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, senator 1961–1989 *William Ryan (film director), director of ''Reach the Rock'' and ''Flubber'' *William Ryan (geologist), proponent of the Black Sea deluge theory *William Ryan (psychologist) (c. 1924–2002), author of the 1971 book ''Blaming the Victim'' *William Ryan (sailor) (born 1988), Australian sailor *William Ryan (Canadian politician) (1887–1938), Canadian Member of Parliament *William Ryan (footballer), English professional footballer who play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (footballer)
William Ryan was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career with Football League First Division side Burnley, and made one appearance for the club in the 2–1 victory over Derby County at Turf Moor on 3 October 1892. He did not play again, but remained on the staff at Burnley until November 1894 when he left to join nearby Padiham Padiham ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west .... References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Burnley F.C. players Padiham F.C. players English Football League players Place of birth missing {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (Canadian Politician)
William Michael Ryan (22 November 1887 – 4 January 1938) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and became a barrister and journalist. Ryan attended University of St. Joseph's College where he earned a Master of Arts degree, then King College Law School where he earned a Bachelor of Civil Law. He became a journalist for New Brunswick newspaper the ''Telegraph-Journal'' and '' Regina Leader''. He was first elected to Parliament at the St. John—Albert riding in the 1935 general election after unsuccessful campaigns there in 1926 and 1930. Ryan died in Saint John on 4 January 1938 before completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament, on the same day that another House of Commons member, George Perley, died. See also *Politics of Canada The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Ryan (basketball)
William Francis Ryan III (born July 8, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is the former head coach of the Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team. Early life and education Ryan is a native of Platteville, Wisconsin. He began his college basketball career at Wisconsin–Platteville. He helped the team win two Division III championships in 1998 and 1999. Ryan transferred to Milwaukee and played his senior season under Bruce Pearl. Ryan graduated from Milwaukee in December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in educational studies and youth leadership. Coaching career Ryan served on his father's staff at Wisconsin as director of basketball operations and video coordinator from 2002 to 2007. He was head coach of the Wisconsin Swing AAU club in 2005. He was an assistant at North Dakota State under Saul Phillips from 2007 to 2014. Ryan helped the team reach the NCAA tournament twice, and in his final season the Bison won a school-record 26 games and defeated Oklahoma. Ryan followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ryan (53rd Congress)
William Ryan (March 8, 1840February 18, 1925) was an American banker and businessman who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1893 1895. Biography Born in County Tipperary in Ireland (then a part of the U.K.) on March 8, 1840, Ryan immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Stanwich (now Greenwich, Connecticut) in 1844. He attended the local schools, worked on farms near Greenwich and taught school. In the spring of 1859, he went to the Rocky Mountains and engaged in prospecting and mining until 1861, when he settled in Port Chester, New York. Ryan was a successful farmer, merchant and banker. Political career A Democrat, he served in local office including school board member. He was Town Supervisor of Rye from 1883 to 1885. In 1886, he was appointed Undersheriff of Westchester County and he served until 1889. He was a member of the New York State Assembly ( Westchester Co., 2nd D.) in 1891 and 1892. Ryan was elected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
