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Willison
Willison is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Willison (born 1977), American academic; former Executive Director of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping * David Willison (1919–2009), British soldier *David Willison (pianist) (born 1936), English pianist *George F. Willison (1896–1972), writer and editor who specialized in American history *Herbert Willison (1872–1943), English solicitor and Liberal Party, later Liberal National politician * Jackson Willison (born 1988 ), New Zealand rugby union footballer * John Willison (1680–1750), Scottish clergyman * John Stephen Willison (1856–1927), Canadian newspaperman, author, and businessman * Kevin Willison (born 1958), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Leigh Willison (born 1969), Australian rules football player *Marjorie Willison, Canadian author of books on gardening and a radio personality *Simon Willison, co-creator of the Django web framework *Walter Willison (born 1947), American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willison (pianist)
David Willison (born 13 February 1936) is an English pianist. Between 1961 and 1999 he was the regular accompanist of the baritone Benjamin Luxon in recitals and recordings. David Willison's earliest performing experience was in the piano trio formed with his brothers John, a violinist and Peter, cellist. This group played nationwide for several years, and performed a series of Wigmore Hall concerts. Willison studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and after winning the first London Accompanying Scholarship, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He met Benjamin Luxon in 1961 while they were both students at the Guildhall. Their partnership began almost immediately with recitals, the first of their many live broadcasts for the BBC taking place in 1965. Their performances (more than 700) were heard in every British Festival and as far afield as Japan and in concert halls throughout Britain, Europe and the USA. They recorded for Argo, Decca and Chandos with a repertoire from Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Willison
Lieutenant General Sir David Willison, (25 December 1919 – 24 April 2009) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers from 1939 to 1963, after which he served in a series of military intelligence roles until his retirement from the army in 1975. Willison then became Director-General of British Intelligence until 1978. Family and private life Willison was born in Camberley, England, on 25 December 1919. Before attending Wellington College, Willison lived in Egypt, where his father, Brigadier A. C. Willison, served. Willison was married twice: first, in 1941, to Betty Vernon Bates, with whom he had three children (a son and two daughters);Debrett's People of Today 1994 after Betty's death, he married Trisha Clitherow in 1994.Obituary: Lieutenant General Sir David Willison< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Willison
Herbert Willison (1872 - 30 November 1943) was an English solicitor and Liberal Party, later Liberal National politician. Family and education Willison was born in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire. He received his education in Northamptonshire and Birmingham. He was married to Frances Mary Pearson and they had two daughters.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Career Willison was admitted as a solicitor in 1901 and practised in Birmingham. He achieved a reputation as an advocate throughout the English Midlands. He established himself with the firm of Philip Baker & Co. who were solicitors to many large enterprises and societies. Politics Birmingham Willison first stood for Parliament at the 1922 general election as Liberal candidate in the Birmingham Deritend division, coming third in a three-cornered contest. Nuneaton At the 1923 general election, Willison switched his candidacy to the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire. In a three-cornered contest, Willison defeated the sitting Conserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Willison
Jackson Dan Kingi Willison (born ) is a New Zealand rugby union player. His regular playing position is as a centre. Willison played for the in Super Rugby from 2009 to 2012, and was part of the title winning Chiefs in 2012. He has also played for the in Super Rugby and Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup. In 2012 he was selected for the Māori All Blacks end of year tour. For 2013 Willison was initially included in the Chiefs, before being delisted by coach Dave Rennie while he sought to contract Counties-Manukau midfielder Bundee Aki. Blues coach John Kirwan acted quickly to sign Willison and move him to Auckland. At the start of 2014, it was announced that he would leave the after the 2014 Super Rugby season to join French Top 14 side Grenoble on a two-year contract. On 8 January 2016, Willison joined Aviva Premiership team Worcester Warriors for the 2015–16 season. On 15 January 2018, Willison signs for local rivals Bath ahead of the 2018–19 season. At conclusion of his con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Willison
John Willison (1680 – 3 May 1750) was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature. Life His father was laird of a small property near Stirling, where John Willison was born. He was inducted to the parish of Brechin as minister in 1703. In 1718 he moved to a charge in Dundee. His treatise on the sanctification of the Lord's day was in response to the policies of James VI and the Episcopal clergy. It provoked a reply from James Small, an Episcopalian, which was answered by Willison in his ''Letter from a Parochial Bishop to a Prelatical Gentleman''. After this, he wrote a devotional work: ''A Sacramental Directory''. Small replied to his earlier ''Letter'', upon which Willison published ''An Apology for the Church of Scotland''. He then moved on to political topics with ''A Letter to an English Member of Parliament''. After the ejection of Ebenezer Erskine and his fellow-ministers for opposition to patronage, Willison attacked their e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Willison
Brian Willison (born May 6, 1977) is owner and senior IT consultant at B. Willison & Associates. He is the former Executive Director of the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM) at The New School and Program Management Officer at World Health Organization. Biography Early life Brian Willison was born in Moorestown, New Jersey. He attended the Moorestown Friends School (Moorestown, New Jersey) in its Lower and Middle school programs. After transferring, Willison graduated from The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) in 1995. He attended Washington University in St. Louis where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts and engineering in 1999. Willison received his master's degree from the Parsons School of Design in 2005. In 2012, he received an ExEd degree from MIT Sloan School of Management. Career Willison has worked in the fields of new media, publishing, marketing, and software development for companies located in St. Louis, Missouri, Philade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willison Railway Station
Willison railway station is located on the Alamein line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the eastern Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, and opened on 8 June 1908 as Golf Links. It was renamed Willison on 23 July 1936. History Willison station was not part of the original Outer Circle line. It was provided for the convenience of members of the Riversdale Golf Club, which was originally adjacent to the site. It has been said that influential club members did not appreciate having to walk to either Riversdale or Hartwell, and pressed for a closer alternative. That almost certainly explains why Willison was built so close to Riversdale, being only 400 metres away. The club moved from the site in 1927 and, on 23 July 1936, the station was renamed Willison, after A. J. Willison, a former member of Camberwell Council. The station was originally served by the so-called ''Deepdene Dasher'', which ran a shuttle on the remnant of the Outer Circle line between Ashburton and Deepdene. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Willison
Simon Willison is a British programmer, co-founder of the social conference directory Lanyrd, and Director of Architecture at Eventbrite. Originating from the UK, he currently resides in San Francisco, California. Simon is a co-creator of the Django Web framework and is a frequent public speaker. Currently (November 2022) he is working on the Datasette project and other related projects. Career Simon started his professional web development in 2000 as a web master and developer for the UK based website Gameplay, where he was instrumental in creating File Monster, a large games related file download site. In 2001 he left to attend the University of Bath. Whilst studying, he worked part-time for Incutio where he developed the Incutio XML-RPC Library, a popular XML-RPC library for PHP (used in WordPress and Drupal). During this time Simon started his web development blog. In developing the software for his blog, Simon built one of the first implementations of pingback. Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stephen Willison
Sir John Stephen Willison, FRSC (November 9, 1856 – May 27, 1927) was a Canadian newspaperman, author, and businessman. Born near Hills Green, Huron County, Canada West, the son of Stephen Willison, a blacksmith, and Jane Abram, Willison left school at the age of 15. After working as an assistant teacher and a clerk, he started working in journalism with the ''London Advertiser'' in 1881 and then with the ''Globe'' in 1883. In 1886, he reported from the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario. While in Ottawa he became friends with future Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier. In 1890, Willison was appointed editor of the ''Globe''. In 1900, he was elected president of the Canadian Press Association and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1903, his book ''Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal party: a political history'' was published. In 1902, he left the Globe and went to work at ''The Toronto Evening News''. In 1908, he was appointed the Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Willison
Leigh Matthew Willison (born 14 October 1969) is a former Australian rules football player. Willison played for in the Australian Football League (AFL) as well as and in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Playing career Willison played three matches for during the 1993 AFL season. He played one season for in 1994 before joining the following year. Between 1995 and 2002 he played 122 WAFL matches for the Sharks, including the 1998 premiership-winning Sharks team. In 1998 Willison played one match for Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ... against South Australia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Willison, Leigh 1969 births Geelong Football Club players East Perth Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Willison
Marjorie Willison is an author of books on gardening and a radio personality who answers gardeners' questions during regular appearances on "Maritime Noon", a show broadcast in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on CBC Radio One. She was born in Hanna, Alberta, and studied at the University of Alberta (occupational therapy) and Dalhousie University, obtaining an M.Sc. in ecology. She married Martin Willison in 1978 and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The .... They have two children, Meghan and Kate. References Living people Canadian gardeners Dalhousie University alumni People from Hanna, Alberta Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-radio-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willison Coupler
SA3 couplers (also known as СА3 or СА-3 couplers per the typical foundry stamp on top of these couplers, meaning "Советская Автосцепка, 3" in Russian or "Soviet Auto-latch 3" in English) or Willison coupler and Russian coupler are railway couplings used primarily in Russia and states influenced or not influenced by the former Soviet Union, such as Finland, Iran, Poland and Mongolia. Russian railways originally used buffers and chain couplers during Imperial era, however these had several disadvantages: their draft load was limited, they were susceptible to buffer lock, and they were not semiautomatic like the North American Janney couplers. Conversion to Janney couplers (as Japan and Australia had) was considered, as was development of a new design. The Willison coupler was patented in 1916 by John Willison from Derby, England. The Knorr-Bremse company bought it and it started to be used in Germany for some heavy trains and some suburban trains in Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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