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George Williams (javelin Thrower)
George Williams may refer to: Academics *George Williams (priest) (1814–1878), English academic and antiquary * George C. F. Williams (1857–1933), American medical doctor, genealogist and historian * George G. Williams (1902–2000), professor of English and creative writing at Rice University * George Huntston Williams (1914–2000), professor of Unitarian history at Harvard University * George H. Williams (educator) (1918–2003), president of American University *George Christopher Williams (1926–2010), American biologist * George E. Williams (geologist), Australian geologist *George Williams (lawyer), Australian legal academic Entertainment *George Augustus Williams (1814–1901), British landscape painter * George A. Williams (actor) (1854–1936), American actor of the silent film era *George Emlyn Williams (1905–1987), Welsh dramatist and actor *George Williams (musician) (1917–1988), arranger/composer for big bands * George Brigars Williams (1929–2016), Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (priest)
George Williams (1814–1878) was an English cleric, academic and antiquary. Early life Born at Eton on 4 April 1814, Williams was son of Edward Williams, a bookseller and publisher there. He was educated on the foundation at Eton College, in the first form of the lower school in 1820, and was admitted scholar on 15 September 1829. On 14 July 1832 he was admitted to a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, and was a fellow from 14 July 1835 to 1870. He graduated B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, was admitted ''ad eundem'' at Oxford on 10 June 1847, and proceeded B.D. at Cambridge in 1849. Chaplain abroad In 1837 Williams was ordained, and on 22 September 1838 he was appointed by Eton College to the perpetual curacies of Great Bricet and Wattisham, which he held until Michaelmas 1840. He was appointed by Archbishop William Howley to accompany Bishop Michael Alexander as chaplain to Jerusalem, and was there from 1841 to May 1843. He then served as chaplain at St. Petersburg (1844–5). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (British Politician)
Lieutenant-Colonel George Williams (1765 – 19 December 1850) was a British army officer and Liberal politician. Background Williams was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, of Welsh descent, grandson of George Williams of Silverdale near Swansea. His father George Williams the younger was one of three brothers, and was chief magistrate of Newfoundland in 1765; and Griffith Williams (died 1790), an army officer and author of ''An account of the island of Newfoundland'', was his uncle. The third brother, John, was a merchant in St. John's. His mother, who married his father in 1762, was Mary or Marie Monier, from Jersey. Military career Griffith Williams served under General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga Campaign in 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, and George Williams went with him and joined the army as a twelve-year-old volunteer. He was granted a commission as an ensign in the 62nd Regiment of Foot, replacing an officer mortally wounded at the Battle of Freeman's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1881)
George Williams (10 February 1881 – 13 May 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1881 births 1946 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1881-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1879)
George Owen Williams (September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was a Welsh semi-professional footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion as a half back. He was capped by Wales at international level. Personal life Williams served as a rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme on 27 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Career statistics See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their 1876 Scotland v Wales football match, first official match on 25 ... References Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I 1879 births 1916 deaths Men's association football wing halves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (footballer, Born 1862)
George Williams (1862–?) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1893 and 1898, playing 6 matches. He played his first match on 18 March 1893 against Scotland and his last match on 19 February 1898 against Ireland. At club level, he played for Chirk. See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their 1876 Scotland v Wales football match, first official match on 25 ... References 1862 births Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers Chirk AAA F.C. players Place of birth missing Year of death missing Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Wales-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams III
George Roger Williams III (born December 8, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman for three seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack. Williams also played professionally for seven seasons with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League (AFL). Williams was born in Roseboro, North Carolina. He attended nearby Lakewood High School, where he played football; he continued to play football at North Carolina State University. Williams played for a total of four years at NC State; while he was not selected in the NFL draft, he was ultimately signed by the New York Giants. Williams spent a total of three years with the Giants. While he never started a game for the team, he received substantial playing time; he appeared in 29 of the Giants' 32 regular season games in 1999 and 2000. Williams was on the team's roster when they advanced to Super Bowl XXX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (American Football)
George Williams was an American football coach. As head coach of Kansas Wesleyan in 1916, his team failed to win a game. They gave up an average of just over 40 points per game while scoring only three points for the entire season. Coaching career Williams was the sixth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889. In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory. In 1858 ... and he held that position for the 1919 season. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 0–8 and his team was outscored 327–3 by opponents. Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hara Williams
George Hara Williams (November 17, 1894 – September 12, 1945) was a Canadian farmer activist and politician.Dale-Burnett, LisaWilliams, George (1894–1945), ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, accessed February 12, 2008 Biography Born in Binscarth, Manitoba, Williams attended Manitoba Agricultural College after serving in World War I. Upon graduating, he moved to Saskatchewan to become director of livestock and equipment in the province for the federal Soldier Settlement Board. He began farming himself and joined and became an organizer for the Farmers Union of Canada in 1923. He served as president of its successor, the United Farmers of Canada, from 1929 to 1931, and steered it towards political action. Williams brought a militant class struggle perspective to the organization.Conway, John Frederick, The West: The History of a Region in Confederation', James Lorimer & Company, 1994, page 127 He was also involved with the Marxist Farmers' Educational League and was founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George S
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Williams (Michigan Politician)
George Williams was born on 24 September 1869 in Oswestry, which has at various times in history been part of either Wales or Shropshire, England. Sometime before 1884 he immigrated to Marquette in the Upper Peninsula The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula b ... of the U.S. state of Michigan. He was educated there, and began working on the railways at an early age, eventually becoming a General Agent of the Copper Range Railroad. Williams was a United States Republican Party, Republican and was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1915 to 1916 for the Michigan's 32nd Senate district, 32nd district, which comprises Houghton County, Michigan, Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan, Keweenaw County and Ontonagon County, Michigan, Ontonagon County. George died March 31, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Norris Williams
George Norris Williams (13 October 1866, Ōkaihau, New Zealand – 9 July 1949, Dawson City) was the acting commissioner of Yukon from 13 October 1916 to 1 April 1918, when the previous commissioner, George Black, was fighting in World War I. Before serving as the commissioner, he was an elected member of the Yukon Territorial Council The Yukon Territorial Council was a political body in the Canadian territory of Yukon, prior to the creation of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Although not a full legislature, the council acted as an advisory body to the Commissioner of Yukon, and .... He was a member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers. His occupation was once listed as 'miner'. In his career, he approved the ''Workers Compensation Ordinance '', which protected Yukon workers. Notes Commissioners of Yukon Members of the Yukon Territorial Council 1866 births 1949 deaths New Zealand emigrants to Canada {{Yukon-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
