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William Berry (executioner)
William Berry may refer to: * William Berry (Roundhead) (c. 1605–1669), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War, member of the First Protectorate Parliament * William Berry (pioneer) (1619–1654), first settler of Hampton, New Hampshire * William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879–1954), British newspaper publisher * William Berry (genealogist) (1774–1851), English genealogist * William D. Berry (artist) (1926–1979), Alaskan artist * William D. Berry (political scientist), professor at Florida State University * William H. Berry (1852–1928), treasurer of Pennsylvania * William Berry (Maine settler) (1753–1824), American Revolutionary War soldier and Baptist deacon in Buckfield, Maine * William Berry (naval architect) (1865–1937), British naval architect * William Berry (footballer, born 1867) (1867–1919), Scottish footballer * William Berry (footballer, born 1934), English footballer * William Berry (journalist) (1835–1903), New Zealand journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (Roundhead)
Sir William Bury (–1669) fought for the Parliamentary causes during the English Civil War and was a colonel in the New Model Army during Interregnum (England), Interregnum. He was also a Member of the First Protectorate Parliament, and held various Commonwealth (England), Commonwealth government offices. Biography Bury was only son of William Bury (died 28 March 1617), of the Friars, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Emma, his wife, the youngest daughter of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, and Elizabeth (''née'' Cope). He was baptised at Grantham on 3 June 1605. Bury entered at Gray's Inn on 18 May 1631. He was found guilty of High Treason for taking up arms against King Charles I of England, Charles I, April 21, 1643 (see Declaration of Lex Talionis). The same year he had been appointed to collect subsidy from Lincolnshire, He was named in despatches of the Committee of Both Kingdoms 1644–1645, and was one of the commissioners for the reduction of Belvoir Castle in June 1649. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (footballer, Born 1934)
William Berry (born 4 April 1934) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third level of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1897 as Mans .... References 1934 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Mansfield Town F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Mansfield {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Berry (speedway Promoter)
William John Berry (16 October 1944 – 3 August 2012), better known as John Berry, was a speedway promoter, team manager, and writer who revived the Ipswich Witches in 1969 and managed the England national speedway team during three spells, from 1975 to 1976, 1977 to 1978 and again from 1984 to 1985. Biography Berry was born in Westminster Hospital in 1944 and grew up in Edmonton.Berry, John (2004) ''Confessions of a Speedway Promoter'', Retro Speedway, , p. 13, 17, 229 He was educated at the Edmonton County Grammar School before studying for a degree in Food Technology. His first business venture was a fish and chip shop in London's East End. Along with his school friend turned business partner Joe Thurley, Berry brought speedway back to Ipswich in 1969 by building a new track at Foxhall Stadium inside the old one which had been covered in tarmac for stock car racing.Watson, Stuart (2012)Tributes flooding in for Ipswich Witches’ legendary speedway promoter John Berry", ''Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan And Dean
Jan and Dean were an American rock music, rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). In the early 1960s, they were pioneers of the California Sound and vocal surf music styles later popularized by the Beach Boys. Among their most successful songs was 1963's "Surf City (song), Surf City", the first surf song ever to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US. Their other charting top 10 singles were "Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song), Baby Talk" (1959), "Drag City (song), Drag City" (1963), "Dead Man's Curve (song), Dead Man's Curve" (1964; inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008,) and "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (1964). In 1972, Torrence won the Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Album Cover for the psychedelic rock band Dobie Gray, Pollution's first eponymous 1971 album, and was nominated three other times in the same catego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (artist)
William Augustus Berry (born September 29, 1933, Jacksonville, Texas; died January 3, 2010, Columbia, Missouri) was an author, artist, and professor of art, known for his illustrations and colored pencil drawings. Professional career Berry earned a BFA at the University of Texas, Austin in 1955 and an MFA from the University of Southern California in 1957. Subsequently, he worked as an illustrator and painter in New York City. In 1968, Berry began teaching art at the University of Texas, Austin, where he became the first Art Director of '' Texas Monthly Magazine''. While teaching at UT Austin, he wrote his seminal textbook: ''Drawing The Human Form'', a book widely adopted by art departments across the country and cited as "excellent" by art historian Ernst Gombrich. From 1974 to 1978, Berry taught graphic design and illustration at Boston University, School of Visual Arts. In 1978, he became Professor of Art at the University of Missouri in Columbia where he was given the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (cricketer)
William Ewart Berry (12 October 1897 – 24 April 1949) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset in one match in 1926. Until the publication of a book on Somerset cricketers in 2017, Berry was believed to be "Wilfred Ernest Berry", born in Hertford on the same date and with an unknown date of death in 1951. He was in fact born in Bridgwater, Somerset, where he also died. Berry made one first-class appearance for Somerset during the 1926 season, playing against Hampshire at the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth. In the only innings in which he batted, as a tailender, he scored one run, and finished the innings not out. Berry bowled a total of four overs in the match, conceding 34 runs. Life and career One of five sons of a Bridgwater grocer, Berry was educated at West Buckland School West Buckland School is a private co-educational day and boarding school in West Buckland, Devon in the English public school tradition. It comprises a senior school, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (journalist)
William Berry (c.1835 – 2 October 1903) was a New Zealand journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on c.1835. He was born to Margaret Garden and her husband William Berry. Around the year 1847, aged 12, he was apprenticed in the composing room of ''The Scotsman'' newspaper. There he gained experience in different aspects of journalism. On 5 July 1860, he married Henrietta Younger at Edinburgh. In 1863, Berry was engaged by the ''Daily Southern Cross'' newspaper in Auckland, New Zealand, as a war correspondent. He arrived at Auckland on 26 January 1864. He later became a sub-editor on the ''Southern Cross''. In 1868, he resigned from the ''Southern Cross''. From 1868 until 1874, he was an editor of the ''Thames Advertiser''. He moved to Auckland in 1875 as an editor of the ''New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (footballer, Born 1867)
William Hall Berry (20 August 1867 – 5 February 1919) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national team. Berry, an inside right, joined Queen's Park from local club Rawcliffe as a teenager and remained with the Glasgow club for the remainder of his football career. He won the Scottish Cup with the club in 1890 and won four caps Caps are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to: Science and technology Computing * CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java ... for the Scotland national team between 1888 and 1891. His younger brother, Davidson, also played for Queen's Park and was also a Scottish internationalist. References External links *International statsat Londonhearts.com 1867 births 1919 deaths Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Queen's Park F.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (pioneer)
William Berry (c. 1605 or 1610 – June 28, 1654) was the first settler at Sandy Beach, Rye, New Hampshire. Early life William Berry was born 1605 in Norfolk, England, the son of Johan and Susannah Berry. He was in service to Captain John Mason in 1631, when Mason sent 58 men and 22 women to the Piscataqua River in North America. Among them were William Berry, William Seavey, Francis Rand, and William or Anthony Brackett.Palmer, Ansell W., ed. Piscataqua Pioneers: Selected Biographies of Early Settlers in Northern New England, pp. 385-6, Piscataqua Pioneers, Portsmouth, NH, 2000. . The following were returned as belonging to Sandy Beach in 1688: William Berry, John Berry, John Marden, John Foss 1st, John Foss Jr., John Odiorne, Anthony Brackett, Francis Rand, Thomas Rand, William Wallis, James Randall, William Seavie, James Berry, Samuel Ran, John Seavie, Anthony Libbie, and Joseph Berry. William also was sent to manage one of John Mason’s plantations Adult life William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (naval Architect)
Sir William John Berry, KCB (1865 – 5 April 1937) was a British naval architect. A member of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, he was Director of Naval Construction The Director of Naval Construction (DNC) also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and Directorate of Naval Construction and originally known as the Chief Constructor of the Navy was a senior principal civil officer res ... from 1924 to 1930. References * https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/06/archives/sir-william-berry-navy-constructor-director-of-warship-building-for.html * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-206046 1865 births 1937 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British naval architects People from Sheerness Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich {{UK-navy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Berry (Maine Settler)
William Berry (March 6, 1753 – August 29, 1824) was a Maine-born soldier during the American Revolution. Early years Born in Falmouth, Maine, a grandson of Captain George Berry, he was one of the earliest settlers of Buckfield, Maine having settled there thirteen years before the incorporation of the town. Marriage He married Joanna Doane in 1774. They had 11 children, five sons (Levi, William, George, Obadiah and Zerri) and six daughters (Mary olly Dorcas, Joanna, Elizabeth, Sally, and Remember). American Revolutionary War record Corporal in Captain Benjamine Hooper's Company marched 1/25/1776 rolls made up to 5/30/1776 at Falmouth. Private. Capt. William Crocher's Company. Col. Mitchell's Regiment. roll muster made up from 8/31/1776, discharged 11/23/1776, Return of Capt. Samuel Knights Company in Falmouth pay due 11/1776- William Berry enlisted 7/8/1776. Private . Capt. John Brachett marched in response to alarm of 4/19/1775 to headquarters. Service 5 days. Post war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
