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Francis Williams (consul)
Francis Williams may refer to: *Francis Williams (headmaster) (1830–1895) Anglican priest and headmaster in South Australia *Francis Williams (musician) (1910–1983), American jazz trumpeter *Francis Williams (polymath) ( – ), scholar and poet born in Kingston, Jamaica *Francis Xavier Williams (1882–1967), American entomologist *Francis Williams (alias Cromwell), MP for Huntingdonshire *Francis Williams, Baron Francis-Williams (1903–1970), British newspaper editor and public relations advisor to British prime minister Clement Attlee *Francis Williams (politician) (1914–1999), member of the Florida House of Representatives See also *Frances Williams (other) *Frank Williams (other) * {{hndis, Williams, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (headmaster)
Rev. Francis Williams (1830 – 21 July 1895) was headmaster of St Peter's College, Adelaide, St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia. History Williams was born in Oxford, England and educated at Hurstpierpoint College and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1854, and MA in 1860. He was ordained deacon in 1852 and priest in 1853 in the Diocese of Rochester. He came to South Australia in 1861 without fanfare to take a position with St Peter's College as third master; in 1873 he was appointed second master, and subsequently bursar. At the end of 1881, after allegations of Ritualism and subsequent divisions in the College Council, W. Bedell Stanford, who had been appointed Head Master by Bishop Short in 1879, resigned. Williams was persuaded to postpone his planned holiday to England, and was made acting Head, and in 1882 was formally appointed to the position. In April 1886 Williams and a College man-servant suffered from a severe attack of typhoid fever, but n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (musician)
Francis Williams (September 20, 1910, McConnell's Mill, Pennsylvania - October 2, 1983, Houston, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz trumpeter. Career Williams's first gigs were with Frank Terry's Chicago Nightingales in the 1930s. In 1940 he moved to New York City, and in the first half of the decade played in the bands of Fats Waller, Claude Hopkins, Edgar Hayes, Ella Fitzgerald, Sabby Lewis, and Machito. From 1945 to 1949, and again in 1951, he played and recorded extensively as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra. Williams worked primarily with Latin jazz ensembles and New York theater bands in the 1950s and 1960s, and played with Clyde Bernhardt and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in addition to working with his own quartet. Near the end of his life he worked with Panama Francis. Personal life Williams was a single father and had one son, actor Greg Morris. Death Williams died on October 2, 1983, in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (polymath)
Francis Williams ( – ) was a Jamaican polymath, scholar, astronomer and poet who was one of the most notable free black people in Jamaica. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, into a slaveholding family, Williams subsequently travelled to England where he officially became a British subject. After returning to Jamaica, he established a free school for free people of colour in Jamaica. His portrait is considered to be the earliest known example in the canon of western art to have been commissioned by a known Black person to record their own intellectual achievements. Due to poor archival conditions, most information about Williams comes from a lengthy racist attack on him by his white contemporary Edward Long, and from the portrait itself, which displays some of Williams' library and shows that he had observed the return of Halley's Comet which confirmed Newton's laws of motion. The portrait was purchased by Long after Williams' death. Early life Francis Williams was born in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Xavier Williams
Francis Xavier Williams (6 August 1882, Martinez, California – 16 December 1967, Chula Vista, California) was an American entomologist. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from St. Ignatius College (now known as the University of San Francisco) in 1903, a BA from Stanford University, his MA from the University of Kansas in 1912 and his Doctorate of Science from Harvard University in 1915. He participated as entomologist in a 17-month (1905–1906) expedition to the Galápagos Islands, collecting about 4,000 insects, including many new species. In 1917, he moved to Honolulu to work for 32 years for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Before he left, he gave his collection of nearly 8000 specimens and his library of 649 books and journals to the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, that is among the largest List of natural history museums, museums of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (alias Cromwell)
Francis Williams ( – 5 August 1598), also known as Francis Cromwell, of Huntingdonshire, was an English landowner and politician. He was elected MP for Huntingdonshire in 1572 and was appointed Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1587. Early life Francis Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell, was the second son of Sir Richard Williams ''alias'' Cromwell (–1544) of London, Stepney and Hinchingbrooke and Frances Murfyn (–), daughter of Thomas Murfyn and his second wife, Elizabeth Donne. Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1565. His estates, which were mainly in Huntingdonshire, included the site of St Neots Priory, the manors of St Neots, Hardwick, and Grafham, as well as lands in the parish of Wintringham. He also owned property in Aldermanbury, London. Career Fairly active in local affairs, he played a role subordinate to that of his elder brother, Sir Henry Williams, ''alias'' Cromwell. He served as JP, Court of quarter sessions in Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams, Baron Francis-Williams
Edward Francis Williams, Baron Francis-Williams (10 March 1903 – 5 June 1970), known as Frank Williams, was a British newspaper editor, political advisor and author. Early life Born in St Martin's, Shropshire, Williams studied at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Middleton, before entering journalism.''Dod's Parliamentary Companion'', Vol.134, p.104 He worked on the ''Bootle Times'' and then the '' Liverpool Courier'', and was convinced of socialism by the conditions he saw. He moved to London to take up a post as a financial journalist on the ''Evening Standard'', but soon moved to the '' Daily Herald'', a paper with views closer to his own. Breakout Editor of the ''Daily Herald'' In 1936, he accepted the editorship of the '' Daily Herald'', serving until 1940. Political involvement In 1941, he became Controller of Press Censorship and News at the Ministry of Information, and for his work he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1945. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Williams (politician)
Francis Williams (November 20, 1914 – February 3, 1999) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the C .... Williams died on February 3, 1999, at the age of 84. References 1914 births 1999 deaths Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Florida Legislature {{Florida-FLRepresentative-Democratic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Williams (other)
Frances Williams may refer to: * Frances Williams (composer) (1904–1978), American composer * Frances E. Williams (1905–1995), American actress and activist * Mary Frances Williams Mary Frances Williams (born June 26, 1955) is an American politician. She serves as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Jan. 15, 2019. On November 8, 2018, she defeated the Republican Sam Teasley in a closely contested election ... (born 1955), American politician * Frances Harriet Williams (1898–1992), American activist * Frances Williams Preston (1928–2012), American music executive * Frances Williams (convict) (–1801), early settler of Australia See also * Francis Williams (other) * {{hndis, Williams, Frances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
