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William Harwood (civil Servant)
William Harwood may refer to: * William Harwood (photographer) (1883–1976), Welsh photographer and postcard collector * William R. Harwood, American author and skeptic * C. William Harwood (1948–1984), American conductor * Bill Harwood (1920–1980), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Harwood, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harwood (photographer)
William Harwood (6 April 1883 – 1976) was a photographer and keen collector of postcards of the region surrounding Criccieth, Wales, part of the United Kingdom. Biography William Harwood came onto the scene too late for the "Golden Age" of postcards, but from 1926 to 1958 he produced probably the finest quality postcards of Criccieth and the surrounding area in North Wales in terms of composition that have ever been produced. Born on 6 April 1883 in Stalybridge, Cheshire, the fifth child of a cotton mule spinner, he initially became an assistant librarian but studied photography and spent a great deal of his spare time travelling about the Stalybridge area taking photographs. In 1913 he married Miss Bertha Shaw and the couple had two daughters, Edith and Margaret. For a while he worked as a photographic representative and then in 1925 he and the family moved to Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, where he rented London House, a shop with living accommodation aboveand it opened as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William R
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-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |