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William Archer (jockey, Born 1826)
William or Bill Archer may refer to: * William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician * William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia * William Beatty Archer (1793–1870), Illinois politician and businessman * William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), Tasmanian architect, naturalist, and politician * William Archer (jockey, born 1826) (1826–1889), British jockey who rode in 9 Grand Nationals * William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist especially interested in Protozoa and Desmids * William Archer (New South Wales politician) (1831–1925), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish dramatic critic and translator of Ibsen * William Archer (jockey, died 1878), British jockey killed in a fall at Cheltenham * William Andrew Archer (1894–1973), American economic botanist and plant collector * William Archer (Toronto politician) (1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (British Politician)
William Archer ('' né'' Eyre) (4 June 1677 – 30 June 1739), of Coopersale, in Theydon Garnon, Essex, and Welford Park, Berkshire, was an English lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1739. Early life Archer was born William Eyre on 4 June 1677. He was the second, but first surviving, son of William Eyre of Holme Hall and Highlow Hall, Derbyshire, and Catherine Gell, daughter of politician Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet. As his uncle Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet died in 1719 without any children, the Gell family estate passed to William's brother, John Eyre, who assumed the surname Gell. After his brother's death in 1739, the lands of Hopton Hall were inherited by John's eldest son, and Archer's nephew, Philip Eyre Gell, who was High Sheriff of Derbyshire. Career He entered Gray's Inn in 1696 and was called to the bar in 1705. He became a bencher in 1724. Archer was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for at a by-election on 6 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William S
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-Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beatty Archer
William Beatty Archer (January 30, 1793 – August 9, 1870) was an Illinois politician and businessman. Archer was a member of the Illinois General Assembly from 1825 until 1843, during which time he also served on the state Board of Canal Commissioners and unsuccessfully ran for higher office twice. He also founded the city of Marshall, Illinois, was a captain in the Black Hawk War, and supported Abraham Lincoln's vice presidential nomination at the first Republican National Convention in 1856. Early life Born in Scott County, Kentucky, Archer moved to Illinois with his family in 1817, settling on a farm in modern-day Clark County. Career After Clark County was formed in 1819, Archer briefly served on the county's commissioners' court and circuit court before being elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1824. He continued to serve in the General Assembly until 1843, with terms in both the House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. He ran for a Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (architect)
William Archer (1820–1874) was an Australian architect, naturalist, grazier, politician and member of the prominent Archer family. He was the second son of Thomas Archer, a prominent pastoralist and politician himself. A keen interest in architecture led to him going to London to study architecture when he finished school, where he studied under William Rogers and Robert Stephenson. During his life he built many colonial buildings across Tasmania, served as a member of both the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Tasmanian Legislative Council and made significant contributions to botany, with several native Tasmanian plants named after him. Despite this he died penniless at his brothers house Fairfield on 15 October 1874. Life Archer was born in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) into the influential local Archer family, owners of the Brickendon Estate and Woolmers Estate, a closely knit and pious Anglican family to Thomas (1780–1850), a banker and landholder, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (jockey)
William or Bill Archer may refer to: * William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician * William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia * William Beatty Archer (1793–1870), Illinois politician and businessman * William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), Tasmanian architect, naturalist, and politician * William Archer (jockey, born 1826) (1826–1889), British jockey who rode in 9 Grand Nationals * William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist especially interested in Protozoa and Desmids * William Archer (New South Wales politician) (1831–1925), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish dramatic critic and translator of Ibsen * William Archer (jockey, died 1878), British jockey killed in a fall at Cheltenham * William Andrew Archer (1894–1973), American economic botanist and plant collector * William Archer (Toronto politician) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (naturalist)
William Archer (6 May 1830 (1827?) – 14 August 1897) was an Irish naturalist and microscopist especially interested in Protozoa and Desmids. Life He was born in Magherahamlet, County Down, the eldest son of Rev Richard Archer, vicar of Clonduff. He was one of the twelve founder (1849) members of the Dublin Microscopical Club. Between 1858 and 1885 he wrote over 230 scientific papers in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Dublin, the vast majority are short notes on desmids collected in Ireland. Sometimes the same article was published in two or more journals. He was a Member of the Dublin University Zoological Association and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875. He was appointed Librarian of the National Library of Ireland The National Library of Ireland (NLI; ga, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the Republic of Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (New South Wales Politician)
William Archer (10 February 1831 – 6 July 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to John and Eliza Archer, and was a pageboy at Kensington Palace before joining the navy. He arrived in Sydney in 1857 and went to the gold rush at Rockhampton. He then returned to New South Wales and became a horse trader at Clarendon, then joining an ironmongers' company in the 1860s and finally becoming a railway contractor. From 1874 to 1920 he served on Burwood Council with two periods as mayor (1879–82, 1912–13). During the 1890 maritime strike he contracted to the government from the Mount Kembla coal mine. Archer was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1898 to 1904, representing Burwood; he was generally an independent member, although he had some dealings with both the Free Trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (critic)
William Archer (23 September 185627 December 1924) was a Scottish writer, theatre critic, and English spelling reformer based, for most of his career, in London. He was an early advocate of the plays of Henrik Ibsen, and was an early friend and supporter of George Bernard Shaw. Life and career Archer was born in Perth, the eldest boy of the nine children of Thomas Archer and his wife Grace, ''née'' Morrison. Thomas moved frequently from place to place seeking employment, and William attended schools in Perth, Lymington, Reigate and Edinburgh. He spent parts of his boyhood with relatives in Norway where he became fluent in Norwegian and became acquainted with the works of Henrik Ibsen. Archer won a bursary to the University of Edinburgh to study English literature, moral and natural philosophy, and mathematics. When the family moved to Australia in 1872, he remained in Scotland as a student. While still at the university he became a leader-writer on the ''Edinburgh Eveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (jockey, Died 1878)
William or Bill Archer may refer to: * William Archer (British politician) (1677–1739), British politician * William S. Archer (1789–1855), U.S. Senator and Representative from Virginia * William Beatty Archer (1793–1870), Illinois politician and businessman * William Archer (architect) (1820–1874), Tasmanian architect, naturalist, and politician * William Archer (jockey, born 1826) (1826–1889), British jockey who rode in 9 Grand Nationals * William Archer (naturalist) (1830–1897), Irish naturalist and microscopist especially interested in Protozoa and Desmids * William Archer (New South Wales politician) (1831–1925), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * William Archer (critic) (1856–1924), Scottish dramatic critic and translator of Ibsen * William Archer (jockey, died 1878), British jockey killed in a fall at Cheltenham * William Andrew Archer (1894–1973), American economic botanist and plant collector * William Archer (Toronto politician) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Andrew Archer
William Andrew Archer (1894–1973) was an American economic botanist, ethnobotanist, taxonomist, plant explorer, and herbarium curator. He was born in Torreon, Mexico to American parents. Archer studied at New Mexico State College, earning his B.S. in biology, and completed a Ph.D. in botany and mycology at the University of Michigan in 1925. Most of his professional career was spent at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), including his position as Curator of the United States National Arboretum Herbarium from 1938 to 1964. After his retirement from the USDA, Archer was appointed Research Associate in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). His career was marked by extensive collecting trips to Central and South America and to Africa. He spoke English, Portuguese and Spanish. Hıs ashes were scattered in a woodland area in Prince George's County, Maryland. Biography Before attending school he served in the New Mexico Infantry from 1916 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Archer (Toronto Politician)
William Lee Archer, (1919–2005) was a Toronto politician and lawyer. Archer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to William L. Archer, an Anglican minister, and Caroline MacGregor. After the death of his father the family moved to Toronto, where William found work at the age of 15 as an office boy before moving to the Imperial Bank of Canada, where he was a junior from 1937 until 1940, when he joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He became a sub-lieutenant in 1942 and retired as a lieutenant-commander at the end of World War II. He attended McGill University following the war and then studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to be bar in 1953, became Queen's Counsel in 1962. In politics, Archer was active with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada on the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and served as president of the national Progressive Conservative Youth Federation from 1947 to 1948. He was first elected to Toronto City Council for Ward 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |