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William Watkins (author)
William or Bill Watkins may refer to: People Politics * William H. Watkins (politician) (1827–1888), an elected delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention * William Henry Watkins (1862–1924), British co-operative activist * William J. Watkins, Sr. (1803-1858), Black abolitionist and educator * William Keith Watkins (born 1951), U.S. federal judge * William Wirt Watkins (1826–1898), Arkansas politician Sports * Bill Watkins (baseball) (1858–1937), Canadian baseball manager * Walter H. Watkins, head coach of the Auburn college football program, 1900–1901 * William Richard Watkins (1904–1986), English cricketer * Billy Watkins (rugby) (c. 1910–1972), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s * William Watkins (footballer), English footballer who played for Burnley between 1898 and 1902 * Bill Watkins (cricketer, born 1923) (1923–2005), Welsh cricketer Other people * Billy Watkins (musician) * William Watkins (cleric), Welsh cleric * Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
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] |
Bill Watkins (cricketer, Born 1923)
Bill Watkins DFC (18 January 1923 – 15 March 2005) was a Welsh cricketer and decorated World War II aviator. Watkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm leg break googly. He was born at Swansea, Glamorgan. World War II service Watkins served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, enlisting when he was 18 in 1941 and serving with 514 Squadron at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. During the course of the war he took part in 31 missions over Germany in his Lancaster bomber, earning him by war's end the Distinguished Flying Cross. Post World War II service Following the end of the war, Watkins left the Royal Air Force and returned to his native Swansea, where he worked as a metallurgist for British Aluminium and ALCOA. Watkins played a single first-class match for Glamorgan in 1950 against Hampshire at St. Helen's. A keen sportsman, he also had trials with the rugby league club Wigan. Watkins died at Killay, Glamorgan on 15 March 2005. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkins Ltd
William Watkins Ltd one of the first tugboat owning companies in the world, was founded by John Rogers Watkins in 1833.Thames Tugs William Watkins Ltd 1833-1950, A brief history Already during the companies' early years their paddle tugboats, often sail-assisted, were seen in ports all over the world. The most well known of the tows that William Watkins undertook was that of , Cleopatra's Needle from |
William Watkins (architect)
William Watkins (1834–1926) was an architect who worked in Lincoln, England, and is particularly noted for his Terracotta Revival Architecture. Career Watkins was articled to the Worcester architect Henry Day between 1854 and 1859, and he then worked as principal assistant to the Lincoln architect Henry Goddard between 1860 and 1864. He set up his own practice St Edmond's Chambers, Silver Street, Lincoln in 1864 and was living at Leyland House Lincoln in 1881. Between 1877 and 1883 he was in partnership with William Scorer. Two of his sons, William Gregory Watkins and Bromley and Watkins, Henry (or Harry) Garnham Watkins also became architects. William Gregory (1869-1859) was articled to his father and became a partner with his father in 1897. Harry Garnham Watkins (1870/1-1956), joined the practice of Albert Nelson Bromley, formed the partnership of Bromley and Watkins from 1912 to 1928, and was to become a leading architect in Nottinghamshire. Frank Peck (1863-1931) was ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkins (entomologist)
William Watkins (1849–1900) was an English entomologist. He was an insect dealer who began trading exotic butterflies in 1874 in Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la .... In 1879 established a natural history supplies and specimen dealership and moved to 36 The Strand, London, in partnership with Arthur Doncaster, and the dealership became Watkins & Doncaster. The partnership was dissolved after only a year but the business retained his name.Salmon, Michael A., Marren, Peter, and Harley, Basil, (2000) The Aurelian Legacy: British butterflies and their Collectors, University of California Press, p.403-4 In 1937 ownership passed to Frederick Metté an expert on bird eggs. References * Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Turner Watkins
William Turner Watkins was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and of The Methodist Church, elected in 1938. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist pastor, as a university professor, and as an editor. Birth and family William was born 26 May 1895 in Maysville, Georgia, a son of Howell Davis and Sarah Jane (née Cochran) Watkins. William married Frances Edith Hancock 21 January 1914. They had children Howell Jackson, Lamar Hancock, William Turner Jr., Luther Tate, and John Scott. Education William earned the Ph.B. degree in 1926 from Emory University. He then studied at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (1926–27) and at Yale Divinity School (1927–28). Ordained, academic and editorial ministries The Rev. William Turner Watkins entered the ordained ministry of the North Georgia Annual Conference of the MECS in 1914. He served various appointments as pastor between 1914 and 1930. In 1930 he became the professor of church history in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Watkins
William John Watkins (born 1942) is a science fiction writer and poet. In the 1970s and 1980s he was known for novels, but in the last decade he has primarily been a short story writer and poet. In 2002 he won the Rhysling Award for short poem for ''We Die as Angels''. Watkins was a professor of humanities and one of the founding faculty members of Brookdale Community College in New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ..., from which he retired in 2008. His middle-name is commonly written as "Jon." Bibliography Books * * * ''Clickwhistle'' (1973) * ''The Litany of Sh'reev'' (1976) (with Gene Snyder) * ''What Rough Beast'' (1980) * ''The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer'' (1985) (Legrange League) * ''Going to See the End of the Sky'' (1986) (Legrange League) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Watkins (Seagate)
William D. Watkins is the former CEO of Seagate Technology, the world's largest manufacturer of hard drives. Watkins was appointed as the company's CEO in 2004 and served in this position until January 2009. He was appointed as CEO of BridgeLux, an emerging solid state lighting company in Silicon Valley, in January 2010. Between June 2000 and July 2004, Watkins served as president and chief operating officer and was responsible for Seagate's global hard disk drive operations. He was elected to Seagate's board of directors in 2004. Watkins joined Seagate in 1996 as part of the company's merger with Conner Peripherals. While at Conner, he established the Conner Disk Division and managed its success through the merger with Seagate. Biography Watkins's early life was marked by frequent moves. His father, a field manager in the oil industry, relocated the family every five years, from Venezuela to Canada to Wyoming, eventually settling in Pampa, Texas (USA). After graduating from P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkins (cleric)
William Watkins (fl. 1750–1762) was a cleric and writer, based in Breconshire. Little is known about his life other than that he spent some time at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and worked around Hay-on-Wye Hay-on-Wye ( cy, Y Gelli Gandryll), simply known locally as "Hay" ( cy, Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales; it was historically in the county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as "the t .... As a writer Watkins authored ''A Treatise on Forest Trees'' (1753), the earliest published book about trees in Wales. Watkins had a wife and daughter, but both died from smallpox in 1752. References Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 18th-century births 18th-century deaths 18th-century Welsh writers 18th-century British male writers 18th-century Welsh clergy Place of birth unknown {{Wales-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Watkins (musician)
Billy Watkins (1927-2010) was a gospel and song singer who later became a Christian minister. He was also founder of the gospel singing group, The Zion Travelers. He recorded for the Arwin, Challenge, Chess, Era, Imperial, Kent and Victor labels. Background Watkins was born to parents Bartha Lillard Watkins and Priscilla Kinard on July 25, 1927. When he was 11 years old, he and his family The family moved to California. A short time later Watkins was working in a barber shop shining shoes. While working there he met Nat King Cole who would have a significant influence on him. He was also a member of the gospel group, The Zion Travelers. Music career The Zion Travelers Known as Bartha L. Watkins, he was a member The Zion Travelers, a group that was formed in 1944 and first recorded in late 1947. Watkins was one of the lead singers. The other was L.C. Cohen. Other members were Tenors, L.W. Van and Garland Fate Mason, baritone singer Wesley Sherman and bass singer Felton Vernon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Watkins (footballer)
William Watkins was an English professional association footballer who played as an inside forward. He played 42 games and scored seven goals in the Football League for Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ... between 1898 and 1902. References * English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Burnley F.C. players Trawden Forest F.C. players English Football League players Trawden F.C. players Year of death missing Year of birth missing Place of birth missing {{England-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Constitutional Convention
The Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857 drafted the Oregon Constitution in preparation for the Oregon Territory to become a U.S. state. Held from mid-August through September, 60 men met in Salem, Oregon, and created the foundation for Oregon's law. The proposal passed with a vote of 35 for adoption to 10 against. Oregon then became the 33rd state of the Union on February 14, 1859.Oregon: The Oregon Question. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on March 2, 2008. History Background In June 1846 the was decided with the United States gaining sole possession of all disputed land south of the 49th degree of latitude.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
