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William Webster (Hawaii)
William Webster may refer to: Sportsmen *William Webster (baseball) (1896–?), American Negro leagues baseball player * William Webster (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1948), Scottish cricketer * William Webster (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1931), English cricketer * William Webster (cricketer, born 1910) (1910–1986), English cricketer, footballer, stockbroker and administrator * Billy Webster (1909–?), English soccer player *Bill Webster (American football) (1903–1981), American football player Law and politics *William L. Webster (born 1953), former Missouri state representative and attorney general * William Webster (Australian politician) (1860–1936), Australian politician * William Maule McDowell Webster (1885–1958), Australian trade unionist and NSW Labor Party president *William H. Webster (born 1924), American judge, FBI director and CIA director * William Bennett Webster (1798–1861), doctor, amateur geologist and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (baseball)
William Webster (June 1, 1896 – death unknown) was an American Negro league catcher between 1915 and 1933. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Webster made his Negro leagues debut in 1915 with the St. Louis Giants. He went on to enjoy a long career with several teams, and made his final appearance in 1933 for the Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933), Indianapolis ABCs/Detroit Stars. References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads 1896 births Year of death missing Place of death missing Bacharach Giants players Chicago American Giants players Dayton Marcos players Detroit Stars players Indianapolis ABCs players Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933) players Lincoln Giants players St. Louis Giants players Baseball catchers {{Negro-league-baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gourlay Webster
William Gourlay Webster (September 25, 1884 – February 18, 1965) was a civil engineer, land surveyor and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented London in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 as a Progressive Conservative. The son of Reverend Andrew F. Webster and Annie Gourlay, he was born in Toronto and was educated in Orillia and at the University of Toronto. Webster practised as a civil engineer in Dunnville and Brantford from 1907 to 1914. In 1912, Webster received his commission as an Ontario Land Surveyor. He served overseas as a lieutenant with the Canadian Engineers during World War I; then, from 1919 to 1927, he operated his own construction company. From 1927 to 1932, Webster worked on levees in Missouri. In 1933, he became the founder and president of the Webster Air Equipment Company in London. His son John B. Webster later became company president. Webster served in the provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio A minister w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William G
William is a male given name of Germanic 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, 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 given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (chemical Engineer)
William Webster (1855-1910) was an English chemical engineer credited with developments in gas detection, sewage treatment and medical use of x-rays. A gifted artist and musician, Webster also helped found the Blackheath Concert Halls and the adjacent Conservatoire in Blackheath in south-east London during the 1890s. Career Webster was the son of William Webster, a successful building contractor who grew wealthy from constructing major civil engineering and building projects in London. The family lived from 1869 in Wyberton House in Lee Terrace, Blackheath. The younger William Webster trained as a chemical engineer. A fellow of the Chemical Society, he patented a system to detect hydrogenous gases in mines in 1876, and later developed a system for the electrolytic purification of sewage (patent application filed on 22 December 1887; US patent awarded on 19 February 1889), trialled in 1888 at the Crossness Southern Outfall works which had been built by his father's firm in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (builder)
William Webster (May 1819 – 1 February 1888) was a British builder who worked with architects and engineers such as Gilbert Scott and Joseph Bazalgette and is especially associated with several embankments of the River Thames. Career Born in the small Lincolnshire village of Wyberton in 1819, Webster apprenticed to the Boston, Lincolnshire builder Mr. Jackson. Immediately following his apprenticeship, Webster became a builder in Wyberton and was initially involved in the refurbishment and renovation of a number of churches in Lincolnshire (working with Sir Gilbert Scott on Algakirk church) and the surrounding counties as well the building of Boston's Exchange Building. Between 1856 and 1857, Webster was commissioned to build the Cambridge Lunatic Asylum at Fulbourn. Following the completion of this project his next was the building of the Three Counties Asylum, near Hitchin. Moving to London in 1860, his first projects in the capital included contracts for the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fritz Medal
The John Fritz Medal has been awarded annually since 1902 by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) for "outstanding scientific or industrial achievements". The medal was created for the 80th birthday of John Fritz, who lived between 1822 and 1913. When AAES was dissolved in 2020, the administration of the Fritz medal was transferred to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), and is currently coordinated by AIME member society, the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME). Background The John Fritz Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize for engineering." This prestigious award is given annually for notable scientific or industrial achievements. It is granted to living people, but also posthumous. Since its initiation in 1902, there were six years when it was not awarded. The John Fritz Medal board once consisted of sixteen representatives is four national societies in the fields of civil engineering, min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (engineer)
William Webster may refer to: Sportsmen *William Webster (baseball) (1896–?), American Negro leagues baseball player * William Webster (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1948), Scottish cricketer * William Webster (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1931), English cricketer * William Webster (cricketer, born 1910) (1910–1986), English cricketer, footballer, stockbroker and administrator * Billy Webster (1909–?), English soccer player *Bill Webster (American football) (1903–1981), American football player Law and politics *William L. Webster (born 1953), former Missouri state representative and attorney general * William Webster (Australian politician) (1860–1936), Australian politician * William Maule McDowell Webster (1885–1958), Australian trade unionist and NSW Labor Party president *William H. Webster (born 1924), American judge, FBI director and CIA director * William Bennett Webster (1798–1861), doctor, amateur geologist and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (theologian)
William Webster (December 1689 – 4 December 1758) was a British priest in the Church of England and a theological writer. Life Born at Cove, Suffolk in December 1689, was the son of Richard Webster (d. 1722), by his wife Jane, daughter of Anthony Sparrow; his father was a nonjuring clergyman, who later submitted and became vicar of Poslingford. Webster was educated at Beccles, and was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 2 March 1708. He graduated B.A. in 1712, M.A. in 1716, and D.D. in 1732. Webster was ordained deacon on 24 June 1713 as curate of Depden in Suffolk, and priest on 26 February 1716 as curate of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London. Leaving St. Dunstan's in 1731, he was appointed in August 1732 to the curacy of St Clement, Eastcheap, and in February 1733 was presented to the rectory of Depden. In July 1740 he was instituted to the vicarages of Ware, Hertfordshire and Thundridge, which he retained till his death, resigning his rectory and curacy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett Webster
William Bennett Webster (January 18, 1798 – April 4, 1861) was a medical doctor, amateur geologist and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented King's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1855 to 1861. He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia, the son of Doctor Isaac Webster and Prudence Bentley. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ..., later returning to Kentville around 1822. In 1826, Webster married Wilhelmina Moore. He helped found the Nova Scotia Medical Society in 1854. He also laid out the plan for the main streets of Kentville. Webster died in office at Halifax at the age of 63. His geological collection was donated to the provincial museum. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webster (cricketer, Born 1876)
William Webster (28 June 1876 – 11 April 1948) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and stockbroker. Webster was born at Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ... in June 1876. A club cricketer for Aberdeenshire Cricket Club, Webster made his debut for Scotland national cricket team, Scotland in first-class cricket against the touring South Africa national cricket team, South Africans at Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh in 1907. He played first-class for Scotland until 1912, making five appearances. Playing in the Scottish side as an all-rounder, he scored 102 runs at an batting average (cricket), average of 12.75; he made one half century, a score of 65 against Ireland cricket team, Ireland in 1909. With his right-arm Fast bowling, fast-medium bowling, he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
