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Bill Wilkinson (comics)
William, Willy, Bill, or Billy Wilkinson may refer to: Law and politics *William Wilkinson (diplomat) (died 1836), British Consul to Wallachia and Moldavia *William Arthur Wilkinson (1795–1865), British MP for Lambeth *William Wilkinson (New South Wales politician) (1858–1946), Australian politician and doctor Sports Cricket *William Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1857) (1857–1946), Australian-born physician and cricketer *William Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1859) (1859–1940), English cricketer *William Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1881) (1881–1961), English cricketer and footballer *William Wilkinson (Australian cricketer) (1899–1974), Australian cricketer Other sports *William Wilkinson (footballer) (fl. 1890s), English football goalkeeper *Bill Wilkinson (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian college ice hockey coach *Bill Wilkinson (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball player * Bill Wilkinson (athlete) (born 1934), English distance runner * Billy Wilkinson (born 1951), Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilkinson (diplomat)
William Wilkinson (died 1836) was an Englishman appointed as the Levant Company's representative in Bucharest in October 1813; Florescu, Radu R. (2021), ''The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities'', Centre for Romanian Studies, pp. 94 & 95, His agency was terminated in 1816. Despite support for his candidacy from Prince Ioan Caragea, the then hospodar of Wallachia, Wilkinson failed in his attempt to secure appointment as British Consul in Bucharest in 1818. He wrote a book ''An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia: With Various Political Observations Relating to Them'' (1820). It was one of the books on which Bram Stoker took notes before writing ''Dracula'', and the Romanian name Dracula was taken from it. Wilkinson was later posted to Syros Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Wilkinson
William Wilkinson (born 4 April 1951) is a Scottish former professional footballer who began his career in 1967–68 playing for Dumbarton. His career breakthrough came in the 1971–72 season, making 23 appearances and contributing to Dumbarton's promotion to Scottish Football League Division One. Over the following two seasons, Wilkinson made 51 appearances before moving to Alloa Athletic in Division Two, where he scored 6 goals in 120 appearances. He later moved to Brisbane, Australia, where he played in the National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ... with Brisbane City. Wilkinson's son, Barry, returned to Scotland to join Dumbarton and spent two years with the club from 1998 to 2000. References External linksBilly Wilkinsonat Aussie Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilkinson (priest)
William David George Wilkinson was an Anglican priest. Wilkinson was born in 1897 and educated at Jesus College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1920, and priest in 1921. After a curacy at Pembroke Dock he held incumbencies at Crickhowell, Landore and Oystermouth. He was Archdeacon of Brecon from 1955 to 1969.'Church News' The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ... Monday, 12 May 1969 Issue 57557, p. 12 References 1897 births Year of death unknown Archdeacons of Brecon 20th-century Welsh Anglican priests Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford {{ChurchinWales-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wilkinson
Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel William Alexander Camac Wilkinson, (6 December 1892 – 19 September 1983) was a highly decorated British Army officer and English cricketer. Australian born, he served with the British Army in both the World War I, First and Second World Wars. After the Second World War he spent some time in Graz, Austria, as Senior Military Government Officer in the Allied-administered Austria, occupation forces. He also had a first-class cricket career lasting 27 years. He was regarded as one of the most consistent batsmen of his day, despite playing much of his career with a damaged right hand. The injury occurred when he was shot during the First World War, and he narrowly avoided having the hand amputated. Personal life Born in Sydney on 6 December 1892, he was the son of Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex cricketer William Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1857), William Wilkinson, who was at that time in practice as a doctor in the city. With his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Wilkinson
Sir William Henry Wilkinson (traditional Chinese: 務謹順, simplified Chinese: 务谨顺; May 10, 1858The Foreign Office list and diplomatic and consular year book for 1917, Foreign Office, Great Britain. – 1930) was a British sinologist who served as Consul-General for the United Kingdom in China and Korea. He was also a playing card collector and card game enthusiast. British Diplomatic Service Books *''Where Chineses Drive: English Student-Life at Peking (London, 1885)''"Those Foreign Devils!" A Celestial on England and Englishmen by Hsiang-fu Yuan (translated by Wilkinson; London and New York, 1891) *'' The Game of Khanhoo'' (London, 1891) *''A Manual of Chinese Chess'' (Shanghai, 1893) *'' Chinese Origin of Playing Cards'' (1895) *''The Corean government: constitutional changes, July 1894 to October 1895. With an appendix on subsequent enactments to 30th June 1896'' (1896) *''Bridge Maxims'' (1918) *''Mah-Jongg: a memorandum'' (1925) His Collection of Playing Cards Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birkinshaw Wilkinson
William Birkinshaw Wilkinson (23 May 1854 – 11 January 1927), commonly referred to as W. B. Wilkinson, was a South Australian businessman, a member of the Royal Geographical Society. History Born and educated in England, Wilkinson emigrated from Pendleton, City of Salford to South Australia around 1875 after his doctor ordered him to seek a warmer climate. On arrival, he found employment with the National Bank of Australasia, and a year later joined John Francis Davey in founding Davey & Wilkinson of Redhill and Crystal Brook. After three years, Davey retired and the firm became part of Ferry, Moore, and Wilkinson. In 1879 Wilkinson moved to Adelaide to manage the company's head office. He embarked on a world tour between 1882 and 1884, and on his return became senior partner in a firm titled Wilkinson, Harrison, & Porter with Walter Harrison and W. Hedley R. Porter, whom he knew from his days with the National Bank. In 1895 he left for London, where he stayed for six years, ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Wilkinson (trade Unionist)
William Henry Wilkinson (1850 – 25 April 1906) was a British trade unionist. Born in Haslingden, Wilkinson became a cotton weaver in 1864. He was a founder member of the Haslingden Weavers' Association, and was appointed as its general secretary in 1879. At the time, the Blackburn Weavers' Association were on strike, opposing wage reductions of 10%. Realising that, if the Blackburn Weavers lost, the cuts would be likely to be applied in Haslingden too, Wilkinson raised large sums - around £140 per week - to support the Blackburn Weavers. Thanks to this, the strike was won, and Wilkinson came to prominence in textile trade unionism."Memorial notices: Mr W. H. Wilkinson", ''Manchester Guardian'', 26 April 1906 The secretaryship was a part-time post, and Wilkinson continued to work as a weaver and, occasionally, as an overlooker, until 1880 when he became clerk of the North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association. Its secretary, Thomas Birtwistle Thomas Birtwistl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cleaver Wilkinson
William Cleaver Wilkinson, D.D. (October 19, 1833, in Westford, Vermont – April 25, 1920, in Chicago) was a Baptist preacher, professor of theology, professor of poetry, and literary figure. He popularized the " Three W's and the Five W's". He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1857 and the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1859. After his graduation, he visited Great Britain and on his return in November 1859, he became pastor of the Wooster Place Baptist church in New Haven, Connecticut. On account of ill health, he resigned his pastorate in 1861 and took a walking tour of England. On his return in 1863, he became professor ad interim of modern languages in the University of Rochester. Not long after he accepted the pastorate of the Mount Auburn Baptist church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Resigning this pastorate in 1866, he opened a private school at Tarrytown, New York. In 1872, he was elected professor of homiletics and pastoral theology at Rochester Theological Seminar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilkinson (architect)
William Wilkinson (1819–1901) was a British Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect who practised in Oxford, England. Family Wilkinson's father was a builder in Witney in Oxfordshire. William's elder brother George Wilkinson (architect), George Wilkinson (1814–1890) was also an architect, as were William's nephews Clapton Crabb Rolfe, C.C. Rolfe (died 1907) and Harry Wilkinson Moore, H.W. Moore (1850–1915). Career Most of Wilkinson's buildings are in Oxfordshire. His major works include the Macdonald Randolph Hotel, Randolph Hotel in Oxford, completed in 1864. He was in partnership with his nephew H.W. Moore from 1881. In his long career Wilkinson had a number of pupils, including Henry James Tollit, H.J. Tollit (1835–1904). Works Churches In 1841, at the age of only 22, Wilkinson designed a new Church of England parish church, Holy Trinity at Lew, Oxfordshire. His other work on churches included: *St Leonard's parish church, Eynsham: restoration, 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wilkinson (athlete)
William Wilkinson (born 4 August 1934) is a former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career Wilkinson was selected by England to represent his country in athletics events. He was late to athletics and gained his England debut during 1965 (aged 31) and when running for St Albans. He was selected for the 5,000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships but had to withdraw through injury. Later the same year he represented England in the 3 miles event, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is .... He was a member of the Saltwell Harriers Athletics Club and later the Bromsgrove and Redditch Club. Personal life Wilkinson moved to live in Birmingham and was an electricity generating board e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arthur Wilkinson
William Arthur Wilkinson (1795 – 13 April 1865) was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1857. He unsuccessfully contested Sunderland at the 1847 general election and at a by-election in December that year. He was elected at the 1852 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lambeth, but was heavily defeated at the 1857 general election by William Roupell.Craig, p. 12. He then contested Reigate Reigate ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'', and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The ea ... at the 1859 general election,Craig, p. 252. before standing again in Lambeth at a by-election in May 1862 following the resignation of Roupell, who defeated him in 1857 and had fled to Spain amidst allegations of forgery. However, he came a poor third, with less than 10% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Wilkinson (baseball)
William Carl Wilkinson (born August 10, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A left-handed pitcher, Wilkinson played for Major League Baseball's (MLB) Seattle Mariners in 1985, and from 1987 to 1988. During his career, he had a 5–8 record, 4.56 earned run average (ERA) and 103 strikeouts in 113⅓ innings pitched. Career In the 1983 MLB draft, Wilkinson was selected in the fourth round by the Mariners, with the 87th overall pick. On June 13, 1985, he made his MLB debut with the Mariners, and took the loss against the Kansas City Royals after allowing four earned runs in five and two-thirds innings. Five days later, Wilkinson lost in his only other appearance during the 1985 season, which was also a start; he allowed five earned runs and recorded only one out. In his two MLB starts, Wilkinson was 0–2 with a 13.50 earned run average. He was the fifth-youngest player in the American League in 1985. Following his start against the Rangers, the Mariners dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
