|
Anna Williams (footballer)
Anna Williams may refer to: * Anna Williams (poet) (1706–1783), Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson * Anna Williams (enslaved person) (born c. 1791), American enslaved woman who successfully sued for freedom * Anna Maria Williams (1839–1929), New Zealand teacher and school principal * Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), pioneering female doctor and bacteriologist * Anna Willess Williams (1857–1926), American teacher and philosophical writer best known as the model for George T. Morgan's silver dollar design * Anna Williams (politician) (born 1980), American politician serving in the Oregon House of Representatives * Anna Eliza Williams (1873–1987), British supercentenarian who was the oldest person in the world * Anna-Lynne Williams (born 1978), lead singer of the band Trespassers William * Anna Williams, one of the intended victims of serial killer Dennis Rader, "The BTK Strangler" * Characters of the Tekken series#Anna Williams, Anna Williams (''Tekken''), a fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Williams (poet)
Anna Williams by Frances Reynolds Anna Williams (1706 – 6 September 1783) was a Welsh poet. She was a close companion of the writer Samuel Johnson, who said he was "very desolate" when she died. Cataracts left Williams blind or visually impaired in the 1740s, when Johnson took her under his wing and helped to support her. She joined his household until her death, apart from an interval of six years. In return, Williams supervised Johnson's household management and expenses. Besides poetry, she wrote an unfinished dictionary of philosophical terms and translated and published a French biography of the emperor Julian. Life Early life She was born at Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire to Zachariah Williams (1668/73–1755), a scientist and physician, and his wife, Martha. Her father provided her with a wide artistic and scientific education, Italian and French. In 1726–27, the family moved to London, staying at the Charterhouse, where Anna helped her father while he experimented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Williams (enslaved Person)
Anna "Ann" Williams (born c. 1791 – d. unknown) was an enslaved woman who successfully sued for freedom for herself and her children before the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Her lawsuit and her infamous jump from the window of the F Street Tavern heightened public awareness of the terror and suffering caused by the slave trade in the United States. Life Williams was born into slavery in around the Bladensburg, Maryland area. Williams was originally enslaved at a plantation in Bladensburg. She was married; they had six children. In November 1815, Williams was sold to Georgia slave traders and forcibly separated from her family. During this period, she jumped from the third-floor window of the F Street Tavern in Washington, D.C. The action became highly publicized, with Abolitionist writers sharing the story as an example of the human indignities of the slave trade. Williams fractured her arms and broke her back due to the fall, but she survived. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Williams
Anna Maria Williams (25 January 1839 – 5 May 1929) was a New Zealand teacher and school principal. She was born in Waimate North Waimate North is a small settlement in Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. It is situated between Kerikeri and Lake Ōmāpere, west of the Bay of Islands. It was one of the earliest centres of European settlement and features the second-o ..., Northland, New Zealand, in 1839. References 1839 births 1929 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers People from the Bay of Islands {{NewZealand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Wessels Williams
Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954) was an American pathologist and public-health physician who worked at the first municipal diagnostic laboratory in the United States. She used her medical training from the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary for research rather than clinical practice, and over the course of her career, she contributed to the development of vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tests for many diseases, including diphtheria, rabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza, and meningitis. Notably, a strain of diphtheria-causing bacteria that Williams isolated and cultivated—later named Park-Williams No. 8—was instrumental in producing an antitoxin that helped bring the disease under control. Williams also developed the standard diagnostic test for rabies, coauthored several widely used medical texts, and was among the first American women to make lasting contributions to laboratory medicine. In 1932, she became the first woman elected chair of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Willess Williams
Anna Willess Williams (August 15, 1857 – April 17, 1926) was a teacher and philosophical writer best known as the model for George T. Morgan's silver dollar design, popularly known as the Morgan dollar. Morgan dollar In 1876, George T. Morgan began creating a series of new coin designs at the behest of Director of the Mint, Dr. Henry R. Linderman.Van Allen & Mallis, p. 75 Morgan opted to use the profile of an American girl to depict the Goddess of Liberty instead of simply creating an imaginary figure for the obverse of his new design. After he rejected several possible candidates, Morgan's friend, artist Thomas Eakins, recommended Anna Williams of Philadelphia. Eakins knew Williams through her father, Henry Williams, and she had posed for several of Eakins's paintings. Williams reluctantly sat for five modelling sessions with Morgan in November 1876 after being convinced to do so by friends. Morgan was impressed with her profile, stating that it was the most perfect he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Williams (politician)
Anna K. Williams (born 1980) is an American politician. She is a Democrat who represented the 52nd district in the Oregon House of Representatives. Biography Anna Williams was born in 1980 in Wyoming. She attended the University of Kansas, where she earned a BS in Psychology in 2002 and a master's degree in Social Welfare Administration in 2005. In 2009, she moved to Hood River, Oregon where she lives with her husband and two sons. She works remotely for Simmons University as an adjunct professor and academic advisor. Political career In 2018, Williams ran for the District 52 seat in the Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, the upper house being the Oregon State Senate. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of .... She won the Democratic primary with 76.9% of the vote, and defeated Republican incumbent Jeff Helfrich in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Eliza Williams
, the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 154 British persons who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age. This number includes emigrants who died in other nations. The oldest known British person ever is Ethel Caterham, who is currently living at the age of , and is additionally the oldest living person in the world. The oldest man from the United Kingdom is Henry Allingham, who died in 2009 at the age of 113 years and 42 days. 100 oldest British people ever Notes Biographies Betsy Baker Betsy Ann Baker (née Russell; born August 20, 1842 – October 24, 1955) was born in Great Brington, Northamptonshire in England, immigrated to the United States, settled in Nebraska, and became the world's oldest person. She lived for 65 years in Johnson County, where she was called "the Queen mother of the Johnson County Fair" in 1953. At age 107, she received a congratulatory letter from president Harry S. Trum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lynne Williams
Anna-Lynne Williams (born February 8, 1978), better known by the stage name Lotte Kestner, is an American singer and songwriter. She started her musical career as vocalist for the indie rock band Trespassers William in 1997, and adopted the Lotte Kestner name in 2007 for solo recordings. She was also a member of the duo Ormonde. Early life Anna-Lynne Williams was born on February 8, 1978, and grew up in Laguna Hills, California. Career Williams provided guest vocals on " The Leaving Song Pt. II", the second single from AFI's 2003 album ''Sing the Sorrow''. Her parts were recorded in an hour at Hollywood's Cello Studios and it was the first time that Williams was asked to do vocal session work. Williams is featured on "Hold Tight London" from the Chemical Brothers' 2005 Grammy-winning album, '' Push the Button''. She has collaborated with numerous other artists, including Mark Burgess, Courtney Marie Andrews, Robert Deeble, Damien Jurado, Anomie Belle, Motopony and Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Rader
Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), better known as the BTK Strangler or simply BTK, is an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least ten people in Wichita, Kansas, Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women. His victims were often attacked in their own homes, then bound, sometimes with objects from their homes, and either suffocated with a plastic bag or manually ligature strangulation, strangled with a ligature. In addition, he stole keepsakes from his female victims, including underwear, driver's licenses, and personal items. Rader often sent taunting letters to police and media outlets, describing his crimes in detail. In 2004, after a thirteen-year hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters, leading to his 2005 arrest and subsequent guilty plea. He is currently serving ten consecutive life imprisonment, life sentences at the El Dorado Correctional Fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of The Tekken Series
Bandai Namco Entertainment's ''Tekken'' media franchise is known for its diverse cast of characters hailing from various nationalities, all coming together to compete in the King of Iron Fist tournament. In addition to the human characters, ''Tekken'' also features non-human characters for comic relief, such as the bear Kuma, his love interest Panda, the boxing kangaroo Roger, and the dinosaur Alex. Certain characters like Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan, and Jun Kazama have their own alternative versions. Each character has their own goals for participating in the tournament. Character appearances Only four characters have been playable in all eight main ''Tekken'' games to date: Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix and Yoshimitsu. Of the four, only Nina and Paul are playable in all the side games as well. King and Kuma have also been playable in all the main games, but as two different characters. Four characters, Anna Williams, Kazuya Mishima, Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Actress
''The Actress'' is a 1953 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play ''Years Ago''. Gordon also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, and Teresa Wright, and features Anthony Perkins in his film debut. The film is basically a series of vignettes involving Ruth, her parents, her best friends, and the college boy romantically pursuing her. Although Gordon did become an accomplished Academy Award-winning actress and a successful writer, the film ends without the audience seeing Gordon achieve her goals. ''The Actress'' was nominated for an Academy Award, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White. Tracy won the Golden Globe Award for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Best Motion Picture Actor in a Drama, and he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, BAFTA for Best Foreign Actor. Simmons was named National Board of Review Award for Best Actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Williams (footballer)
Anna Williams may refer to: * Anna Williams (poet) (1706–1783), Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson * Anna Williams (enslaved person) (born c. 1791), American enslaved woman who successfully sued for freedom * Anna Maria Williams (1839–1929), New Zealand teacher and school principal * Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), pioneering female doctor and bacteriologist * Anna Willess Williams (1857–1926), American teacher and philosophical writer best known as the model for George T. Morgan's silver dollar design * Anna Williams (politician) (born 1980), American politician serving in the Oregon House of Representatives * Anna Eliza Williams (1873–1987), British supercentenarian who was the oldest person in the world * Anna-Lynne Williams (born 1978), lead singer of the band Trespassers William * Anna Williams, one of the intended victims of serial killer Dennis Rader, "The BTK Strangler" * Characters of the Tekken series#Anna Williams, Anna Williams (''Tekken''), a fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
