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William Morrow
William or Bill Morrow may refer to: Politics *William W. Morrow (1843–1929), Republican U.S. Representative from California, 1885–1891 and Federal judge *William Morrow (South Australian politician) (1872–1934), member of South Australian Legislative Council *Bill Morrow (Australian politician) (1891–1980), Labor Party Senator from Tasmania, 1947–1953 *Bill Morrow (California politician) (born 1954), U.S. Republican politician from the state of California *Bill Morrow (Canadian politician) (fl. 2006) Arts *W. C. Morrow (1854–1923), American writer *William Morrow (screenwriter) (1907–1971), comedic screenwriter Sports *William M. Morrow (1866–1944), American football player and World War I army general *Bill Morrow (footballer) (1928–2002), Australian footballer for Melbourne *William Morrow (footballer) (1851–1922), Irish footballer Religion *William Morrow (priest) (1869–1950), Anglican Provost of Chelmsford *William D. Morrow, General Superintendent of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
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] |
William Morrow (South Australian Politician)
William Morrow (15 September 1872 – 3 July 1934) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1915 to 1934, representing three successive conservative parties, the Liberal Union, Liberal Federation and Liberal and Country League. History William Morrow was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria in 1872, and had early experience as a "printer's devil" and machine operator. He moved to Queensland, where he learned the craft of a tailor, then moved to Port Pirie, South Australia, in 1891. Entering into partnership as tailors and outfitters on Alexander Street with William J. Paull, whom he bought out 12 months later. In 1899, he built new premises at the corner of Ellen and David streets, where the Commonwealth Bank and other businesses were later situated. He sold his business to H. W. "Bert" Overland and left Port Pirie in 1915. Politics Morrow was elected councillor for North Ward of the Corporate Town of Port Pirie in 1904, and he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrow (Australian Politician)
William Morrow (22 October 1888 – 12 July 1980) was an Australian trade unionist, politician and peace activist. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1947 to 1953, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) until his resignation in 1953 and unsuccessful bid for re-election as an independent. Morrow was born in Rockhampton, Queensland. He left school at the age of 10 and joined his father on Queensland Railways, working as a train driver in Far North Queensland. He was active in the labour movement from a young age and was a long-serving officeholder in the Australian Railways Union (ARU). Morrow moved to Tasmania in 1936 as ARU state secretary, where he oversaw a revitalisation of the union. He was expelled from the ALP in 1938 following conflict with the state government, but was readmitted in 1942. Morrow was elected to the Senate at the 1946 federal election. An outspoken socialist and pacifist, his opposition to attempts to ban the Communist Party and Australian invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrow (California Politician)
William Phillip "Bill" Morrow (born April 19, 1954) is an American politician who served in both houses of the California State Legislature, representing certain parts of San Diego County, California, San Diego and Orange County, California, Orange Counties. Early life Born and raised in Southern California, Morrow graduated from Ganesha High School in Pomona, CA. He went to earn his Associate's degree, A.A. in 1974 at Mt. San Antonio College, where he had served as student government, Student Body President. He transferred to University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1976. Morrow earned his Juris Doctor, J.D. from Pepperdine University, Pepperdine School of Law in 1979. He served in the United States Marine Corps, Marines as a Judge Advocate. After retiring from the military in 1987, Morrow practice of law, practiced law as a small business lawyer, attorney. Political life Morrow was elected to the California State Assembly to represent th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrow (Canadian Politician)
The Liberal Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 federal election, and won 103 seats to form the Official Opposition against a Conservative minority government. The party had previously been in power since 1993. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information about others may be found here. Newfoundland and Labrador Bill Morrow (Avalon) William G. "Bill" Morrow is a lawyer. For 17 years, he and his wife Judy Morrow have their own practice, Morrow and Morrow in Bay Roberts with his 2 sons Neil and Aaron. He also practised as in-house legal counsel for the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Group of Companies. He served as board chair of the Avalon Health Care Institutions Board from 1994 to 2003, and as a volunteer board member with the Provincial Health Care Association. He was defeated in the 2006 election, winning 14,318 votes to Fabian Manning's 19,132. Gerry Byrne ( Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte) Gerry Byrne has been t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow (screenwriter)
William S. Morrow (August 16, 1907 – February 5, 1971) was a comedic screenwriter and producer who wrote scripts for radio, films and television. Career He launched his writing career with Jack Benny in 1938 and for 25 years was Bing Crosby's top writer. He arrived in Los Angeles with Ed Beloin from Chicago to work on Jack Benny's writing staff, and he remained with the comedian until entering the Armed Forces in 1942. During his time with Jack Benny, he wrote for two of Benny’s films, '' Love Thy Neighbor'' (1940) and '' Buck Benny Rides Again'' (1940), as well as for the star vehicle '' Tales of Manhattan'' (1942). Released from the Armed Forces in 1945, he joined Bing Crosby and not only worked on his radio shows but on his films and television shows as well. His first assignment with Crosby was as co-producer and writer for '' Philco Radio Time'' and he continued in this role through the crooner’s subsequent radio series: '' The Bing Crosby – Chesterfield Show'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William M
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 Morrow (footballer)
William George Morrow (5 October 1928 – 4 October 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 2003 he was selected in Prahran Prahran ( , also colloquially or ), is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a population ...'s Team of the Century. Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrow, Bill 1928 births 2002 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Prahran Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow (footballer)
William Morrow (15 November 1851 – 22 January 1922) was an Irish footballer who played in the 1880s, most notably for Moyola Park. He was a winner of the inaugural Irish Cup and earned three caps for Ireland. After initially playing rugby and later cricket in Mountpottinger, Morrow took up football late, and was about thirty years old when he signed for Ulster F.C., his first club. After a year at Ballynafeigh Park he signed for Moyola Park in 1881. With the Castledawson side he would win the inaugural Irish Cup in 1881. Morrow was team captain and the only goalscorer in the final, a 1-0 win against Belfast side Cliftonville, netting the 75th minute winner at the Cliftonville Cricket Ground, Belfast in front of 1,500 spectators. Morrow played three times for Ireland making his debut February 1883 in a 7-0 loss away to England at the Aigburth Cricket Ground. He would make history a month later when he scored the equalising goal that secured Ireland’s first ever draw, 1- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow (priest)
William Edward Reginald Morrow (5 March 186911 February 1950) was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1894 for the Curacy of West Ham Parish Church, where he remained as Senior Curate until 1904. After this he held incumbencies at North Woolwich, All Saints Forest Gate, Clifton, Bristol and Wandsworth before his appointment as the inaugural Provost of Chelmsford. In 1918 he married Lucy Matilda Watney, the eldest daughter of the brewer, Norman Watney of Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. I ..., Kent, and they had no children. Lucy died on 2 January 1923.Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William D
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] |
William Morrow (physician)
Sir Arthur William Morrow, (12 July 1903 – 22 August 1977) was an Australian physician and specialist in gastroenterology. He served terms as president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and of the Australian Club. Early life Bill Morrow was born at East Maitland, New South Wales, the only child of Arthur John Morrow and Helonar (née Harkin). Morrow attended Newington College (1919–1921) and was cox of the school's First VIII that won the Head of the River regatta in 1921. In the same year, he won the Wigram Allen Scholarship, awarded by Sir George Wigram Allen, for general proficiency, with Hubert Cunliffe-Jones receiving it for classics. At the end of 1921, he was named Dux of the College and received the Halse Rogers and Schofield Scholarships. Morrow was awarded an exhibition in the Leaving Certificate and went up to the University of Sydney in 1922 from whence he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with first-class honours in 1927. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
