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Billy Smith (painting)
William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: Academics * William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic * William Smith (antiquary) (c. 1653–1735), English antiquary and historian of University College, Oxford * William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), English classical scholar and Anglican Dean of Chester * William Smith (Episcopal priest) (1727–1803), Scottish-born first provost of University of Pennsylvania * William Pitt Smith (1760–1796), American physician, educator and theological writer * William Andrew Smith (1802–1870), American college president and clergyman * William Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893), English editor and publisher of dictionaries * William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), Scottish philologist, physicist, archaeologist and Biblical critic * William Benjamin Smith (1850–1934), American professor of mathematics at Tulane University * William Ramsay Smith (1859–1937), Australian anthropologist * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smith (Master Of Clare College, Cambridge)
William Smith, Doctor of Divinity, D.D. (1556–1615) was an English academic. Smith was born in Princes Risborough and educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1573, graduating Bachelor of Arts, B.A in 1578 and Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), M.A in 1581. He was Fellow of Kings from 1576 to 1586. Smith was ordained a priest in the Church of England and was Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, Chaplain to Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth then James VI and I, King James. He held Rector (ecclesiastical), incumbencies at Kingston, Cambridgeshire, Kingston, Halstead, Little Bardfield, Barfield and Willingham, Cambridgeshire, Willingham. He was Master (college), Master of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare Hall, Cambridge from 1598 until 1612; List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge during 1602; and List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge, Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1612 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both Will Smith filmography, the screen and Will Smith discography, music industries, List of awards and nominations received by Will Smith, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Smith first gained recognition as part of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums which contained five Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 20 singles—"Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song), Summertime", "Ring My Bell (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song), Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room"—from 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hart-Smith
William Hart-Smith (23 November 1911 – 15 April 1990) was a New Zealand/Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His family moved to New Zealand in 1924. He had about "seven years of formal schooling" in England, Scotland and New Zealand before getting work at 15. His first job was as a radio mechanic. In 1936 he emigrated to Australia, working in commercial radio, and then the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He then did army service, returned to ABC, and resigned spending a year in the Northern Territory, becoming a freelance writer. Hart-Smith was connected with the Jindyworobak Movement and had some of his work, such as ''Columbus Goes West'' (1943), published by them. However he spent only a decade in Australia, returning to New Zealand in 1946. From 1948 to 1954 he taught in adult education. He spent several years in Perth from the late 1960s, associating with younger poets including Andrew Lansdown, Hal Colebatch and Lee Knowles. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Twigg-Smith
William Twigg-Smith (né Smith; November 2, 1883 – April 21, 1950) was a New Zealand-born painter, illustrator and musician, who lived most of his life in Hawaii. During World War I, he was one of the first artists to serve in the American Camouflage Corps. After the war, he worked full-time as an illustrator for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association. He also had solo shows, featuring his landscapes of the region. Several of his works are held by the Honolulu Museum of Art. Early life Twigg-Smith was born, the third of four children, in Nelson, New Zealand to Frederick Charles Smith (1847 - 1905) and Alice Madeline Smith (née Thomas) (1858 - 1884). He left home for the U.S. to study art at age 16 at the Art Institute of Chicago under Harry M. Walcott. In 1916, Twigg-Smith moved to Hawaii. He worked with Lionel Walden and D. Howard Hitchcock on creating the Pan-Pacific Carnival dioramas, which were exhibited in 1917. In September 1916, Twigg-Smith held his first art exhib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
