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William Henry
Willie, Billy, Bill, Will or William Henry may refer to: Politicians *William Henry (gunsmith) (1729–1786), American gunsmith and Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress *William Henry (brother of Patrick Henry) (1734–1785), American member of Colonial Virginia House of Burgesses *William Henry (congressman) (1788–1861), American legislator from Vermont *William Alexander Henry (1816–1888), Canadian Supreme Court justice *William Wirt Henry (1831–1900), American lawyer, politician and historian in Virginia *William H. Henry, Socialist Party of America Executive Secretary during late 1920s *William Thomas Henry (1872–1952), Canadian politician; Legislative Assembly of Alberta member *William Henry, Libertarian nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in the 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election Royalty *William Henry, Prince of Orange (1650–1702), future King William III of England *William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1684–1718), member of German royalty * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry (gunsmith)
William Henry (May 19, 1729 – December 15, 1786) was an American gunsmith, engineer, politician, and merchant from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1784, 1785, and 1786. Henry is also noted for his contributions in the development of the first steam engines. Biography William Henry was born near Downingtown, Pennsylvania to a family of Scotch-Irish American, Scots-Irish extraction. Prior to his service in the Continental Congress, Henry was a gunsmith and provided rifles to the British during the French and Indian War: Henry himself, serving as armorer, accompanied troops on John Forbes (General), John Forbes's successful mission to retake Fort Duquesne in 1758. By 1760, according to Scott Paul Gordon, Henry had largely abandoned his occupation of gunsmith and had become a successful ironmonger and merchant in Lancaster. Henry later served in many positions of public responsibility, including Assistant Commissary General to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henry (basketball)
William Gambrell Henry (December 27, 1924 – January 1, 1985) was an American professional basketball player. Henry played for one season with the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–49) in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) before splitting the following season with the Pistons and Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He recorded career totals of 613 points and 103 assists. Although he played professionally, Henry is better known for his college basketball career at Rice University. At Rice, Henry played three varsity seasons (1942– 45). A , 215 lb center, Henry was twice selected as a consensus NCAA All-American, once in 1944 and again in 1945. As a senior in 1944–45, he led the Owls to an undefeated Southwest Conference season and only lost one game all season. He scored 280 points in 12 conference games that year, good for a 23.3 points per game average. He was also one of the biggest players in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry (missionary)
William Henry (1770–1859) was an Irish missionary for the London Missionary Society. Early life William Henry was born in Sligo, Ireland in 1770, the son of George and Sarah Henry. He trained as a carpenter and joiner and worked in the Sligo shipyards. As a young man, he joined in the persecution of itinerant Methodist preachers but in 1791 was converted and joined the Calvinistic Methodist group known as the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. They arranged for Henry's tuition under John Walker (1769–1833), John Walker, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. The Connexion supported the London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed tradition, Reformed in outlook, with ..., founded in 1795 by Thomas Haweis, chaplain to the Countess. The Society purchased the ship Duff (1794 ship), ''Duff'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace The Brave
''Wallace the Brave'' is a humorous comic strip written and drawn by Will Henry and syndicated through Andrews McMeel Syndication. It debuted on the company's GoComics website in 2015. In March 2018 it began appearing in over 100 newspapers worldwide. Background Will Henry, the pen name of liquor store co-owner William Henry Wilson, previously drew a strip called ''Dormmates'' for the ''Connecticut Daily Campus'', the daily student newspaper at the University of Connecticut. After graduation he created the comic strip '' Ordinary Bill'', which depicted a beach bum cartoonist and ran in his hometown newspaper '' The Jamestown Press'', but found the subject matter too limiting. ''Wallace the Brave'' is elaborated from sketches of a child Henry began to make after working on ''Ordinary Bill''. He has claimed both Bill Watterson's ''Calvin and Hobbes'' and Richard Thompson's ''Cul de Sac'' as influences on the strip's style. The fictional setting of Snug Harbor incorporates elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wilson Allen
Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 29, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author of historical fiction and a screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen. Biography Henry Wilson Allen was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His older brother Robert Allen was an animator who worked for MGM. Before he began his writing career he worked variously as a stablehand, shop clerk, and gold miner. In 1937 he began working as a contract screenwriter for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. While his early work was for Harman and Ising's "Barney Bear" series, his longest collaboration was with director Tex Avery. Allen was credited as story artist on many classic Avery shorts, included ''Swing Shift Cinderella'', '' Northwest Hounded Police'', and '' King-Size Canary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest 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 or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include 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-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Fitz Henry
William Ernest Fitz Henry (or FitzHenry) (1903–1957) was an Australian journalist with '' The Bulletin''. History Fitz Henry worked for a while for '' The Lone Hand'' before joining ''The Bulletin'' as an office boy. He served as secretary to three editors: S. H. Prior, J. E. Webb, and David Adams. He was responsible for paying for unsolicited contributions, for which ''The Bulletin'' was noted, and as such came into contact with most of Sydney's Bohemian, literary and artistic community. He was author of an incomplete and as yet unpublished history of ''The Bulletin''. He wrote the introduction to ''The Books of The Bulletin'' (1955). He died at his desk.Wilde, William H., Joy Hooton and Barry Andrews (eds.) ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' 2nd edition; Oxford University Press, Melbourne. He was an active supporter of the Book Collectors Society of Australia, founded in 1944. Bibliography *Fitz Henry, W. E. (1955). Some Bulletin books and their authors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Henry (journalist)
William Mellors Henry (August 21, 1890 – April 13, 1970) was an American writer and reporter who lived and worked primarily in Los Angeles, California. He was primarily known for his daily ''Los Angeles Times'' column, "By the Way", which appeared from 1939 to 1971. He died nine days before he was to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom; he was awarded it posthumously. Early life Henry was born in San Francisco to Margaret Wendell Henry and Dr. John Quincy Adams ("J.Q.A.") Henry. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1907, where Dr. Henry worked as a temperance advocate and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Henry graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1909, and accompanied his father on a missionary trip to Australia and New Zealand the following year. He attended the University of Sydney, and eventually enrolled at Occidental College in 1912, playing football and track, and performing in the glee club at Occidental until his graduation in 1914. Career In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest 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 or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include 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-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arnon Henry
William Arnon Henry (June 16, 1850 – November 24, 1932) was an American academic and agriculturist from Ohio. Henry studied at the National Normal University and Ohio Wesleyan University before becoming a principal of two high schools. After continuing his education at Cornell University from 1876 to 1880, Henry was appointed a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin. There, he led the growth of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, becoming its first dean in 1891. He remained at the university until 1907, when he was named a professor emeritus. Biography William Arnon Henry was born in Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16, 1850. As a child, he helped on the family farm and attended a public school in Defiance, Ohio, Defiance. Henry attended the National Normal University, teaching to earn money to pay for tuition. He matriculated at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1869, studying there for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry (priest)
William Henry (died 1768) was an Anglo-Irish Anglican priest, who became Dean of Killaloe and Fellow of the Royal Society. Life Henry graduated Dublin Master of Arts (MA Dubl) at Trinity College, Dublin in 1748, and Bachelor of Divinity (BD) and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1750. He was the friend and chaplain to Josiah Hort, through whom he was collated to the benefice of Killesher in County Fermanagh, 1 October 1731. He later became rector of Urney, County Tyrone, in 1734. Henry was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London on 20 February 1755, and became Dean of Killaloe 29 November 1761. His promotion as dean he owed to the patronage of the Shelburnes, John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, a connection via Hort and the linen manufacture of Ballymote. Henry died in Dublin on 13 Feb. 1768, and was interred at St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street there. He was an advocate for temperance, and for civil and religious liberty. Works Henry ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
