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Billy Gibson (other)
William Gibson (born 1948) is an American-Canadian science fiction author. William Gibson may also refer to: Sports *Will Gibson (1869–1911), Scottish footballer with Sunderland *Billy Gibson (boxing) (1876–1947), boxing promoter and manager * William Gibson (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), Irish footballer who played for Sunderland AFC * William Gibson (1920s footballer), Scottish football player * William Gibson (footballer, born 1926) (1926–1995), Scottish footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers * William Gibson (ice hockey) (1927–2006), Canadian hockey player * Bill Gibson (basketball) (c. 1928–1975), American basketball coach * Willie Gibson (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1992), Scottish footballer who played for Newcastle United * Willie Gibson (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer for Hearts, Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers and Cowdenbeath * Billy Gibson (footballer, born 1981), Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle * Willie Gibson (footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans, a "combination of Low-life, lowlife and high tech"—and helped to create an iconography for the Information Age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" for "widespread, interconnected digital technology" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (1982), and later popularized the concept in his acclaimed debut novel ''Neuromancer'' (1984). These early works of Gibson's have been credited with "renovating" science fiction literature in the 1980s. After expanding on the story in ''Neuromancer'' with two more novels (''Count Zero'' in 1986 and ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'' in 1988), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (Liberal Party Of Canada Politician)
William Gibson (August 7, 1849 – May 4, 1914) was a Canadian politician. From 1891 to 1900, he served as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Lincoln and Niagara. Born in Peterhead, Scotland, the son of William Gibson and Lucretia Gilzean, he was educated in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1870. Gibson was a contractor and engineer involved in the construction of the St. Clair Tunnel, the Welland Canal, the Victoria Bridge and several bridges on the Grand Trunk Railway. He operated a limestone quarry near Beamsville, Ontario and was also president of the Bank of Hamilton, the Hamilton Gaslight Company and the Keewatin Power Company. On 11 February 1902, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada () is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, they compose the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (playwright)
William Gibson (November 13, 1914 – November 25, 2008) was an American playwright and novelist. He won the Tony Award for Best Play for '' The Miracle Worker'' in 1959, which he later adapted for a film version in 1962. Early life and education Gibson graduated from the City College of New York in 1938. He was of Irish, French, German, Dutch, Russian, and Greek ancestry. Work as playwright Gibson made his Broadway debut with '' Two for the Seesaw'' in 1958, a critically acclaimed two-character play, which starred Henry Fonda and, in her own Broadway debut, Anne Bancroft. It was directed by Arthur Penn. Gibson published a chronicle of the vicissitudes of rewriting for the sake of this production with ''The Seesaw Log'', a nonfiction book. His most famous play is '' The Miracle Worker'' (1959), the story of Helen Keller's childhood education, which won him the Tony Award for Best Play after he adapted it from his original 1957 telefilm script. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (producer)
William Alfred Gibson (1869 – 6 October 1929) was an Australians, Australian film producer and exhibitor best known for his collaboration with Millard Johnson (producer), Millard Johnson. He was one of the producers of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1906) and helped establish Amalgamated Pictures. Biography William Gibson (Film Pioneer) William Gibson was a significant figure in the early days of the film industry, known for his contributions to film production, exhibition, and the development of the Australian film industry. Born in London, England, Gibson was the son of William Gibson Sr., a soldier, and Matilda (née Day). Before venturing into the world of cinema, Gibson worked as a chemist for William Johnson, supplying chemicals to early film exhibitors. His background in chemistry and his connections within the industry eventually led him to become directly involved in film exhibition and production. Early Career and Partnership with Millard Johnson Gibson's for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hamilton Gibson
William Hamilton Gibson (October 5, 1850July 16, 1896) was an American illustrator, author and naturalist. Biography Gibson was born in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, of an old, distinguished New England family; one of his great-great-grandfathers was the jurist Richard Dana (1699–1772), who was the great-grandfather of the famous author Richard Henry Dana Jr. The financial failure and in 1868 the death of Gibson's father, a New York broker, put an end to his studies in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and made it necessary for him to earn his own living. From the life insurance business, in Brooklyn, he soon turned to the study of natural history and illustration, he had sketched flowers and insects when he was only eight years old, had long been interested in botany and entomology, and had acquired great skill in making faux flowers. His first drawings, of a technical character, were published in 1870. He rapidly became an expert illustrator and a remarkably able wood-engraver, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (Dean Of Ferns)
William Gibson was Dean of Ferns from 1932 until 1936. Gibson was educated at the Royal University of Ireland and ordained in 1893. After a curacy at Saint Martin, Jersey, he became the incumbent at Ballycarney. After this he was Vicar of Adamstown then Rector of New RossCrockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p484: Oxford, OUP, 1929 until his appointment as dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean * Dean Sw .... References Alumni of the Royal University of Ireland Deans of Ferns {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson Sloan
William Gibson Sloan (4 September 1838 in Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland – 4 September 1914 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands) was a Plymouth Brethren evangelist to the Faroe Islands and Shetland. Life William Gibson Sloan was born to Nathanael and Elisabeth Sloane (Sloan) of Bridgend, Dalry. Experiencing an evangelical conversion at age 23, Sloan became a Colporteur for the Religious Tract and Book Society of Scotland. The society sent Sloan to work in Shetland and Orkney. While in Shetland, Sloan came into contact with local Plymouth Brethren, and began to discuss and reconsider theological matters such as Believer's baptism and communion. Although a member of the Church of Scotland, Sloan became convinced that the baptism of a believer by immersion was the only correct form of baptism, and was thus baptised himself in 1864 at a local Baptist Church in Shetland. Sloan left the Church of Scotland at that point, but did not formally identify himself as a Baptist, as he no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (minister)
William Gibson (1808–1867), Irish presbyterian divine, son of James Gibson, a merchant in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, was born there on 8 May 1808. Education He attended school in his native town and in the Belfast Academical Institution, where he took the medal for classics in 1829. His collegiate training was obtained partly in Belfast and partly in Edinburgh. Presbyterian minister In 1833 he was licensed, and in 1834 ordained minister of First Ballybay, Co. Monaghan. In 1835 a pamphlet which he wrote on ‘The Position of the Church of Ireland and the Duty of Presbyterians in reference to it’ had a wide circulation. In 1840 he became colleague to the Rev. Samuel Hanna, D.D., in Rosemary Street Church, Belfast. In 1842 he was the chief means of establishing the ‘Banner of Ulster,’ a newspaper devoted principally to the interests of Irish presbyterianism. In 1847 he was appointed the General Assembly's Professor of Christian Ethics. In 1859 he became Moderator of the General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (bishop)
William Gibson (2 February 1738 – 2 June 1821) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District from 1790 to 1821. He was previously president of the English College, Douai from 1781 to 1790. Biography Born in Stonecroft, near Hexham, Northumberland on 2 February 1738, the son of Jasper Gibson and Margaret Gibson (née Leadbitter). He was sent for his education to Douai and served as president of the college from 1781 to 1790. Gibson was ordained to the priesthood in 1764. Following the death of his older brother Matthew on 17 May 1790, William was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District and Titular Bishop of ''Achantus'' on 10 September 1790. He was consecrated to the Episcopate at Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (priest)
William Gibson DD (1717 - 1754) was a Canon of Windsor from 1746 to 1754''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Archdeacon of Essex from 1747 to 1752. Family He was born in 1717, the son of Bishop Edmund Gibson of London. Career He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated BA in 1737, MA in 1740, BD and DD in 1751. He was appointed: *Rector of Thorley, Hertfordshire *Rector of Gilston, Hertfordshire *Rector of St Botolph Bishopsgate 1743 - 1752 *Rector of St Martin Ludgate 1741 - 1743 *Prebendary of Rugmere in St Paul’s 1741 - 1743 *Prebendary of Kentish Town in St Paul’s 1742 - 1746 *Prebendarty of Chamberlainwood in St Paul’s 1742 - 1746 *Archdeacon of Essex 1747 - 1752 He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibson (martyr)
William Gibson (1548 – 29 November 1596) was a layman from Ripon in Yorkshire, England, a member of a noble Scottish family, who was executed at York for professing the Roman Catholic faith. He is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church. With him also suffered George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; William Knight of South Duffield and (after a short reprieve) Henry Abbot of Howden, also in Yorkshire. Life Gibson was the son of Lord George Gibson II (+1590) of Goldingstones, Fife, Scotland, a judge of the High Court of Scotland, who was a "free baron" under charter of King James IV of Scotland. His great-uncle and namesake, Bishop William Gibson, Dean (Christianity), Dean of Restalrig, had been one of the leading Catholic clergymen in Scotland prior to the Scottish Reformation. He frequently represented King James V to the Holy See, and, with the support of Cardinal (Catholic), Cardinal David Beaton, his writings in defence of the Catholic faith had earned him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kennedy Gibson
William Kennedy Gibson (1 October 1876 – 9 December 1949) was an Irish footballer and political activist. Football career Although born in Glasgow, Gibson's family were from Belfast, and Gibson moved there at a young age.Shamrock on Blue Scots Football Worldwide Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 10 December 2006 He was noted as a talented footballer who played for while still at school.Neal Garnham, ''Association football and society in pre-partition Ireland'', pp.153-158 He also spent time in the north-eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
