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Billy Bennett (other)
William Bennett (born 1943) is an American conservative pundit, political theorist and former Secretary of Education. William, Bill, or Billy Bennett may also refer to: Academia *William Bennett (headmaster) (1858–1934), teacher and teachers' representative in South Australia * W. E. Bennett (William E. Bennett), American academic * William G. Bennett (architect) (1896–1977), Australian architect *Sir William H. Bennett (surgeon) (1852–1931), British surgeon * William R. Bennett Jr. (1930–2008), American physicist * William W. Bennett (educator) (1821–1887), American president of Randolph–Macon College from 1877 to 1887 Music *William Bennett (flautist) (1936–2022), British flute player * William Bennet (musician) (c. 1767–1833), English musician *William Bennett (oboist) (1956–2013), San Francisco Symphony oboist *William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), British composer *Willie P. Bennett (1951–2008), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter *William Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett
William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as the third United States secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush. Early life and education Bennett was born July 31, 1943, to a Catholic family in Brooklyn, the son of Nancy (''née'' Walsh), a medical secretary, and F. Robert Bennett, a banker. His family moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Gonzaga College High School. He graduated from Williams College in 1965, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Society, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in political philosophy in 1970. He also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, graduating in 1971. Career Educational institutions Bennett was an associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University from 1971 to 1972 and then becam ... [...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 Bennett (ice Hockey)
William Bennett (born May 31, 1953) is an American former ice hockey left winger. Career Bennett played 31 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Hartford Whalers between 1978 and 1980. After leaving the NHL, he played with the Wichita Wind, Hershey Bears, and Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig .... He was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2024. Personal life Bennett's father, Harvey Bennett Sr., two of his brothers, Curt Bennett and Harvey Bennett Jr., also played in the NHL. Brother, John Bennett, played in the WHA and brother, Jim Bennett, played in the IHL. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1953 births Living people American men's ice hockey left wingers Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bennett (footballer)
William Bennett (born 12 April 1948) is a former Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...er who played for Carlton in the VFL during the 1960s. A forward from the Victorian town of Maffra, Bennett played 11 games with Carlton which included the 1968 Grand Final. Lining up at centre half-forward, Bennett's side finished victors by three points in what would be his last league game. External links *Blueseum profile 1948 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club premiership players Maffra Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) People from Maffra VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett (cricketer)
William Antony Burlton Bennett (25 November 1807 – 20 February 1886) was an English cricketer who played for MCC between 1832 and 1845 and once for Kent County Cricket Club in 1844. Bennett played twelve matches in all following his debut for The Bs at Lord's in 1831 against an All-England team. He was born in Calcutta, India, and died in Westminster.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 57–58.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket. Originally called the Association of Cricket Stati .... Retrieved 2020-12-21.) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, William 1807 births 1886 deaths Cricketers from Kolkata English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Kent crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bennett (footballer, Born 1955)
Billy Bennett Billy Bennett (born 5 July 1955) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. During a career spanning almost 20 years, he made more than 400 league appearances for a total of five different clubs. Career As a youth, Bennett played for Invergowrie Boys' Club before joining Scottish Football League First Division side Heart of Midlothian in 1973. He made his debut for the team in a friendly match away at Queens Park on 29 October 1973, scoring Hearts' fourth goal in a 5–1 victory. It was over a year before Bennett made another senior appearance, when he again scored in a 3–0 Hearts win over Berwick Rangers in the final of the East of Scotland Shield. He made his league debut for Hearts on 16 November 1974 in the 1–3 defeat away at Arbroath. Bennett left Hearts in the summer of 1976 to sign for Third Division outfit Berwick Rangers. In two seasons with The Borderers, he played 69 league matches and scored 8 goals. At the start of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bennett (footballer, Born 1878)
William Ambrose Bennett (24 June 1878 – 16 April 1953) was an English professional footballer who played mainly as an outside right. He made 70 appearances in the Football League playing for Small Heath. Personal life William Ambrose Bennett was born in the Aston registration district of Warwickshire on 24 June 1878. He is variously reported as having attended Dixon Road Board School and Oakley Road School, both in Small Heath. He was a keen participant in sports other than football: he was captain and later president of Coventry Golf Club, played golf and hockey to county standard, and also played cricket, tennis and table tennis. He became a freemason. Bennett married Annie Louisa Taylor in 1906, at which time he was working as an engineer and living in Small Heath. He set up in business as a heating engineer in Coventry three years later. The couple had a son who followed him into the heating business. Bennett was actively involved with the company until his death, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bennett (footballer, Born 1871)
William Bennett (born 1943) is an American conservative pundit, political theorist and former Secretary of Education. William, Bill, or Billy Bennett may also refer to: Academia *William Bennett (headmaster) (1858–1934), teacher and teachers' representative in South Australia * W. E. Bennett (William E. Bennett), American academic * William G. Bennett (architect) (1896–1977), Australian architect *Sir William H. Bennett (surgeon) (1852–1931), British surgeon * William R. Bennett Jr. (1930–2008), American physicist * William W. Bennett (educator) (1821–1887), American president of Randolph–Macon College from 1877 to 1887 Music *William Bennett (flautist) (1936–2022), British flute player * William Bennet (musician) (c. 1767–1833), English musician *William Bennett (oboist) (1956–2013), San Francisco Symphony oboist *William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), British composer *Willie P. Bennett (1951–2008), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter *William Bennett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett (football Manager)
William Bennett Barracks is a Cuban professional football manager and former player. Career As a player, Bennett played as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i .... From 1996 until 2000, he was head coach of the Cuba national team. From 2004 until 2005, he coached the Dominican Republic national team. References External links * Profileat Soccerpunter.com * Living people Cuban men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Cuban football managers Cuba national football team managers Dominican Republic national football team managers Cuban expatriate football managers Cuban expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic Expatriate football managers in the Dominican Republic Place of birth missing (living people) Year of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett (footballer)
William Bennett was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. Born in Leyland, Lancashire, he was spotted by Football League First Division side Sheffield United while playing non-league football with Leyland Motors. He moved to Sheffield in February 1921, but was released in January 1922 after failing to make a first-team appearance. Bennett subsequently rejoined Leyland Motors, but his stay was short-lived as he joined Chorley in March 1922. At the end of the season, he was signed by Football League Third Division North outfit Nelson. He initially played in the reserve team, but was called up to the first-team for the match against Rochdale on 25 November 1922 due to an injury to regular inside forward Arthur Wolstenholme. Bennett did not make an impact on the match as Nelson fell to a 1–2 defeat, and he returned to the reserves for the remainder of the campaign. In March 1923, he again re-signed for Leyland Motors where he stayed until September 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennett (clergyman)
William Bennett ( – 7 November 1857) was a British born Methodist minister of whom little is known before 1800. Bennett became known to history when the British Wesleyan Conference sent him as a missionary to Nova Scotia. His work as a missionary in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ... was important to the development of the Methodist Church in the Maritimes. References Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''''British North American Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (1840-41) Vol. 1'' Canadian Methodist ministers 1770s births 1857 deaths {{Canada-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bennet (bishop)
William Bennet (4 March 1746 – 16 July 1820) (spelled William Bennett on his memorial in Cloyne Cathedral) was Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, and an antiquary. He was born in the Tower of London and educated at Harrow School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was a senior tutor for many years. One of his pupils was John Fane, who appointed Bennet as his chaplain upon taking up the post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1790. Bennet then became Bishop of Cork and Ross until 1794 when he became Bishop of Cloyne. He died in Montagu Square, London, and "His exertions while preaching a charity sermon at St Michael, Cornhill, exacerbated by a recent attack of gout, are supposed to have hastened his death." He was buried in Plumstead, at that time in Kent. He was a scholar and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1790. He was particularly interested in tracing the Roman roads of Britain, and Bishop Bennet Way is a horse-riding, walking and cycling route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
