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William Allen (California Architect)
William Allen may refer to: Politicians United States *William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio *William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio *William Allen (loyalist) (1704–1780), wealthy merchant, chief justice of Pennsylvania's provincial Supreme Court, and founder of Allentown, Pennsylvania * William Allen (Montana politician) (1871–1953), member of the Montana House of Representatives and lieutenant governor * William C. Allen (politician) (1814–1887), American businessman and politician in Wisconsin * William F. Allen (Delaware politician) (1883–1946), American businessman and politician * William F. Allen (New York politician) (1808–1878), American judge and politician *William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906), American businessman and royal advisor in the Kingdom of Hawaii * William H. Allen (politician) (c. 1851–?), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen (congressman)
William Allen (August 13, 1827 – July 6, 1881) was a United States Representative from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War, serving two terms from 1859 to 1863. Early life and career Allen was born near Hamilton, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. As a young man, he taught school, then studied law. Allen was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Greenville, Ohio, in 1850. He was the prosecuting attorney of Darke County from 1850 until 1854. Congress Allen was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863), where he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Thirty-seventh Congress). Later career and death He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862 and resumed the practice of law. He became affiliated with the Republican Party at the close of the Civil War and was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas A court of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Justices Of The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following is a list of justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court which are broken down by pre- and post-statehood appointments. Historically, only three individuals have declined appointment to the Court which all occurred during the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Provincial Congress period: William Reed in 1775, Robert Treat Paine in 1776, and James Warren (politician), James Warren in 1777. Justices initially served a lifetime role until (in most cases) they either died or resigned. In the modern era, mandatory retirement has been a requirement when a given justice reaches the age of 70. This has been in place since 1976 when Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro stepped down. Current justices Superior Court of Judicature (1692–1780) * Chief justices Associate justices Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1780–present) Notes References Further reading * {{Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Lists of people from Massachus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Allen (artist)
William Henry Allen (1894–1988) was a British artist and printmaker who was active in New Zealand between 1925 and the 1940s, when he returned to Britain. Allen was born in England in 1894 and studied at the Royal College of Art in London with his friend Robert Nettleton Field. They both immigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, as part of the La Trobe scheme in 1925. Together they formed the Six and Four Art Club at Dunedin School of Art. Allen became art master at Nelson College Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand, a feat achieved in part thanks to its original inception as a private school. It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it r ... in 1933, remaining there for more than 10 years, before returning to England. Allen was an influence on other artists including Alexander Hare McLintock and Stewart Maclennan. He also served as vice-president of the New Zealand Society of Artists, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen (Utah Architect)
William Robert Allen (January 1, 1849 – October 11, 1928) was an early 20th-century architect in Utah. His most important work, the Davis County Courthouse, is no longer extant, yet a number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Allen received training through the International Correspondence Schools which was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but allowed him to receive training and continue work in Utah. He nearly monopolized architecture in Davis County, and was irritated to find others' works. He criticized another's work as a "It has a Queen Anne front and a jackass behind". Works * John George Moroni Barnes House (1869), Kaysville, Utah, NRHP-listed * John R. Barnes House (1869), Kaysville, NRHP-listed * Kaysville Presbyterian Church (1887), Kaysville * Kaysville Academy (1888) * Kaysville City Hall (1889), Kaysville * Farmer's Union Building (1890), Layton, Utah, NRHP-listed * Governor Henry Blood House (c.1896), Kaysville, NRHP-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen (biographer)
William Allen (January 2, 1784 – July 16, 1868) was an American biographer, scholar and academic. He served as president of both Dartmouth University and Bowdoin College. Biography William Allen was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1784. He graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge in 1802 and after a few years of work became assistant librarian at Harvard. He became Pastor of Pittsfield 1810; President of Dartmouth University, 1817; and President of Bowdoin College 1820-1839. He was largely responsible for establishing the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College in 1820. He resigned in 1839, and died at Northampton in 1868. He prepared his ''American Biographical and Historical Dictionary'' (1809), the first work of general biography published in the United States. In 1810 he succeeded his father as pastor of the Church in Pittsfield. Allen was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814. He was chosen president of Dartmouth University in 1818 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen (actor)
William Allen (died 1647) was a well-known American actor of the Caroline era, a period of time by the kingdom of King Charles I and the flourishing of the English theatre. He was very famous because of his contribution to important companies at that time, Queen Henrietta's Men and the King's Men, During the cultural and political turbulence Allen played a significant role in American stages. Allen’s career spanned the height of England's theatrical Golden Age, the period during which William Shakespeare’s plays were still performed, and the works of later dramatists like James Shirley and Philip Massinger were also gaining prominence. Early Career and Membership in Queen Henrietta's Men Allen was a member of Queen Henrietta's Men, a successful film company started in 1625 by the Queen, wife of King Charles I. The company became successful professionally when the American acting theater was started. When the company's film was getting famous in 1636 Allen played successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Allen
William John Allen was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He represented Hastings North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ... from 1898 to 1902. References See also * 9th Parliament of Ontario Year of death missing Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs People from Hastings County 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Torrance Allen
William Torrance Allen was a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Ontario. He represented Simcoe West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1917 by-election until the 1923 Ontario general election The 1923 Ontario general election was the 16th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Conservative Par .... References See also * 14th Parliament of Ontario * 15th Parliament of Ontario Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Place of death unknown Year of death unknown Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario People from Simcoe County {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shepherd Allen
William Shepherd Allen (22 June 1831 – 15 January 1915) was an English Liberal politician. He also worked as a farmer and served as an MP in New Zealand. Biography Allen was born in Manchester. Cheadle. Allen was educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He graduated with a BA in law and history in 1854, and an MA in 1857. In 1869, Allen married Elizabeth Penelope Candlish, the daughter of John Candlish MP for Sunderland. Their eldest son William was later MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Another son, Colonel Sir Stephen Allen, (1882–1964) was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, local body politician, and mayor of Morrinsville. He served in World War I and in the Territorial Army, and was administrator of the colony of Western Samoa (now Samoa) 1928–31. He was a devout Methodist and wrote several religious papers. In 1865 Allen was elected as member of parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme as a member of the Liberal Party. He held this seat until 1886 when he broke with his party over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnston Allen
William Johnston Allen (1835 – 12 June 1915) was an Irish-born Australian politician. Biography William Johnston Allen was born in Belfast, Ireland, the eldest child of Ruth Sayers Johnston and soap manufacturer William Bell Allen, later a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, as the member for Williams from 1860 until 1864. His father arrived in Sydney in 1841, and his mother brought William and his sister Eliza Allen, in 1844. When he grew older, William joined his father in the soap and candle business. On 21 April 1868 he married Edith Isabella Crew; they had eight children. Legislative Assembly William unsuccessfully stood for election to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Paddington, in 1880 for the then two member district, 1882, and 1887 as a member of the Protectionist Party. His brother Alfred also stood for Paddington in 1887 but for the Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party (FTP), officially known as the Free Trade and Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edward David Allen
William Edward David Allen OBE (6 January 1901 – 18 September 1973) was a British scholar, Foreign Service officer, fascist politician and businessman, best known as a historian of the South Caucasus—notably Georgia. Career Born into, on his father's side, an Ulster-Scots family in London and brought up in Hertfordshire, he was educated at Eton College (1914–1918), where he began to learn Russian and Turkish. He published his first book, ''The Turks in Europe'', when he was eighteen. He was a special correspondent for '' The Morning Post'' during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the Rif War (1925). In the pre-Second World War years, he travelled a lot and conducted extensive research on the history of the peoples of the Caucasus and Anatolia. In 1930, along with Sir Oliver Wardrop, he founded the Georgian Historical Society; the Society published its own journal, ''Georgica'', dedicated to Kartvelian studies. His mother financed his personal enterprises unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bell Allen
William Bell Allen (1812 – 5 December 1869) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was the son of farmer William Allen and Mary Bell. In 1835 he married Ruth Johnston; they had four children. In 1841 the family migrated to Sydney, where Allen established a soap and candle business. By the 1860s he was producing 300 tons of soap a year and exporting to New Zealand. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Williams, serving until his defeat in 1864. Allen died at Waverley in 1869. His sons William, and Alfred Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ..., both later served in the Legislative Assembly. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, William Bell 1812 births 1869 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
