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Sam Wilson
Samuel Wilson (1766–1854) was an American meat packing baron alleged to be the original "Uncle Sam". Samuel Wilson may also refer to: Politics *Sir Samuel Wilson (Portsmouth MP) (1832–1895), Irish-Australian pastoralist and politician *Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson (1873–1950), British colonial governor * Samuel Davis Wilson (1881–1939), American mayor of Philadelphia *Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845–1923), American Confederate veteran, politician and judge *Sammy Wilson (politician) (born 1953), Northern Irish politician Sports *Samuel Wilson (footballer) (born 1983), Nicaraguan footballer * Sammy Wilson (footballer, born 1931) (1931-2014), Scottish footballer *Sammy Wilson (footballer, born 1937), Northern Irish footballer Other * Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1937), British neurologist who first described Wilson's disease in 1912* * Samuel J. Wilson (1828–1883), Presbyterian academic and pastor * Samuel Grayson Wilson (born 1949), U.S. federal judge * Samuel B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wilson
Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854) was an American meat packer who lived in Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam". Biography Wilson was born in the historic town of Arlington, Massachusetts (known as Menotomy at the time, township of West Cambridge), to parents Edward and Lucy Wilson. Wilson is a descendant of one of the oldest families of Boston; through direct heritance of his grandfather Robert Wilson, originally from Greenock, Scotland, he was Scottish with a Massachusetts background. As a boy, he moved with his family to Mason, New Hampshire. Continental Army While living in Mason at the young age of fourteen, Wilson joined the Continental Army on March 2, 1781. His duties while enlisted consisted of guarding and caring for cattle, and mending fences, as well as slaughtering and packaging meat; guarding meat was a priority during the war. It was not uncommon for enemies to tamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wilson (Portsmouth MP)
Sir Samuel Wilson (7 February 1832 – 11 June 1895) was an Irish-born Australian pastoralist and politician, and later a British Member of Parliament. Wilson was born in Ballycloughan, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1832. He was educated at Ballymena and at first intended taking up civil engineering. For three years he worked for a brother-in-law obert Chesney a linen manufacturer, but in 1852 decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne in May 1852 and worked on the goldfields, but a few months later decided to join two brothers who had preceded him to Australia, and had a pastoral property in the Wimmera. He was made manager of one of their holdings, and selling a small property he had in Ireland, with his brothers bought Longerenong station for £40,000. He dug waterholes and made dams on the property which much improved and increased its carrying capacity. Yanko station in the Riverina was then purchased and much improved. In 1869 Wilson bought his brothers' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Herbert Wilson
Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson (31 October 1873 – 5 August 1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924. He did much to popularise Association football, football, offering a Wilson Cup for football. Wilson was born in Dublin in 1873, the son of Dr. James Wilson. After attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he entered the Royal Engineers in 1893. He married Marie Ada Garbarino Gervers, daughter of Francis Theodore Gervers. His sister-in-law Theodora Chevalier Gervers married Sir Albert Hastings Markham. References External links * 1873 births Military personnel from Dublin (city) 1950 deaths Civil servants from Dublin (city) Governors of Jamaica Governors of Trinidad and Tobago Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George British Army generals of World War I Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Davis Wilson
Samuel Davis Wilson (August 31, 1881 – August 19, 1939) was an American politician; he served as the 86th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1936 until his death in 1939. Early life and career Wilson was born in Boston in 1881. He was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy. Career He moved to Philadelphia in 1905 and by 1927 found work as an assistant to the city controller Will B. Hadley. This brought him in contact with Philadelphia political community. In 1930, he worked as a campaign manager for the Republican Gifford Pinchot’s gubernatorial campaign. This elevated his profile, leading him to a successful candidacy for city controller in 1931. He explored a run for the governor’s mansion in 1931 as a Democrat but dropped out and supported George Earle, who won the election. He entered the 1935 race for mayor as a Republican after the Democratic Party selected John B. Kelly Sr., a former Olympic rower and the father of Grace Kelly. With the unusually strong challenge from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Franklin Wilson
Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845-1923) was an American Confederate veteran, politician and judge. Early life Samuel Franklin Wilson was born on April 18, 1845, in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was of English descent. During paternal great-great-uncle, Zachary Wilson, was a signatory of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. His father was Samuel Wilson and his mother, Nancy Moore. He had seven siblings. During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served under Colonel William B. Bate and General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Confederate States Army. He lost an arm at the Battle of Chickamauga. After the war, Wilson graduated from the University of Georgia in 1868. He received a law degree from Cumberland University. Career Wilson practised the law in Gallatin, Tennessee. Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879, sitting on the judiciary committee. He was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1879, and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Wilson (politician)
Samuel Wilson (born 4 April 1953) is a Northern Irish politician, serving as Chief Whip of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Commons since 2019. Wilson has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Antrim since 2005. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 1998 to 2003 and for East Antrim from 2003 until 2015. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1986 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2001, the first person from the DUP to hold the office. He has also served as Minister of Finance and Personnel and Minister of the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive. Personal life Wilson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Alexander Wilson, pastor of Bangor Elim Pentecostal Church. Both of his parents died of Alzheimer's disease. He was educated at Methodist College in Belfast, and then went on to study Economics and Politics at both Queen's University of Belfast and Stranmillis University College. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wilson (footballer)
Samuel Israel Wilson Rostrán (born April 9, 1983) is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays for UNAN Managua in the Nicaraguan Primera División. Club career Samuel Wilson was born in Chinandega Nicaragua, he is an Afro-Nicaraguan. He started his career at local team Chinandega and played for Walter Ferretti and Scorpión and had a short spell abroad with Atlético Olanchano in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras. He has been with Estelí since the 2006–07 season. On 12 January 2014, Wilson scored his 100th goal in a league game against his first club, Chinandega. International career Wilson made his debut for Nicaragua in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has, as of December 2013, earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Wilson (footballer, Born 1931)
Sammy Wilson (16 December 1931 – 8 November 2014) Celticfc.net; accessed 18 November 2014. was a Scottish footballer, who played professionally for St Mirren, , , and . Although he only spent two years wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Wilson (footballer, Born 1937)
Samuel J. Wilson (30 November 1936 – 30 October 2022) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Dromore, County Down on 30 November 1936, Wilson played for Crusaders, Glenavon, Falkirk, Dundee and Coleraine. He also earned twelve caps for the Northern Ireland national team The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1920, all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Foo .... Wilson later became a farmer, auctioneer and estate agent. References 1936 births 2022 deaths Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Men's association football forwards Northern Ireland men's international footballers NIFL Premiership players Scottish Football League players Crusaders F.C. players Glenavon F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Coleraine F.C. players Expatriate men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (December 6, 1878 – May 12, 1937) was an American-born British neurologist. His research of hepatolenticular degeneration led the disease to be named after him as Wilson's disease. He was the father of British Assyriologist James Kinnier Wilson. Biography He was born in Cedarville, New Jersey. A year after Wilson's birth, his father died and his family moved to Edinburgh. In 1902 he graduated with an M.B. from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and during the following year he received his B.Sc. in physiology. Afterwards he traveled to Paris, where he studied with neurologists Pierre Marie (1853–1940) and Joseph Babinski (1857–1932). In 1905 he relocated to London, where he worked as registrar and pathologist at the National Hospital, Queens Square. Later, he was appointed professor of neurology at King's College Hospital. Wilson specialized in clinical neurology, and made important contributions in his studies of epilepsy, nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel J
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of '' Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His geneal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Grayson Wilson
Samuel Grayson Wilson (born 1949) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1974. He was an assistant commonwealth's attorney of Roanoke, Virginia from 1974 to 1976, and was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Virginia in 1976. He was a United States magistrate judge of the Western District of Virginia from 1976 to 1981, returning to private practice in Roanoke, Virginia from 1981 to 1990. Federal judicial service On March 6, 1990, Wilson was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia vacated by Judge Glen Morgan Williams. Wilson was confirmed by the United States Senate The United States Senate is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
