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William Brooks
William Brooks may refer to: * William Thomas Brooks (1889–1943), police officer that led 1923 Victorian police strike * William Brooks (Australian politician) (1858–1937), New South Wales politician * William Brooks (footballer) (1873–?), English footballer * William Brooks (died 1782), founder of English gentlemen's club Brooks's * William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw (1853–1929), English nobleman * William Brooks of Blackburn (1762–1846), cotton supplier * William Collin Brooks (1893–1959), British journalist, writer and broadcaster * William Cunliffe Brooks (1819–1900), British lawyer and politician * William Edwin Brooks (1828–1899), Irish civil engineer and ornithologist * Bucky Brooks (William Eldridge Brooks, Jr., born 1971), American football player and sportswriter * Bill Brooks (coach) (William J. Brooks, 1922–2010), American baseball and basketball coach * William Keith Brooks (1848–1908), American zoologist * William L. Brooks (1832–1874), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brooks (Australian Politician)
William Brooks (31 December 1858 – 14 October 1937) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Tiverton, Devon to lacehand James Brooks and Mary Ann Williams. He attended boarding school locally and began work as a compositor, migrating to Cape Colony in 1880 where he served in the Basuto Gun War. In 1884 he migrated to Sydney, working first as a compositor for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' before running his own printing business. From 1919 to 1927 he served on Sydney City Council, and from 1911 to 1924 he was the president of the Master Printers' Association. From 1917 to 1934, Brooks served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, representing first the Nationalist Party and then the United Australia Party. He died in Double Bay Double Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 4 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Victorian Police Strike
The 1923 Victorian police strike occurred in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In November 1923, on the eve of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, half the police force in Melbourne police strike, went on strike over the operation of a supervisory system using labor spies, labour spies, nicknamed "spooks". Riots and looting followed as crowds poured out of the main Flinders Street railway station on the Friday and Saturday nights and made their way up Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Elizabeth and Swanston Street, Swanston streets, smashing shop windows, looting, and overturning a tram. Reasons for the strike The strike started late in the evening of 31 October 1923 – the eve of Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival – when a squad of 29 constables at Russell Street Police Headquarters refused to go on duty, citing the continued use of spies by management. The Victoria Police force at the time was understaffed, lowly paid in comparison with other state police forces, and had no indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Penny Brookes
William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment. Brookes was born, lived, worked and died in the small market town of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. He was apprenticed to his father, Dr William Brookes, and later studied in London, England; Paris, France and Padua, Italy, before returning home to Much Wenlock in 1831. Brookes was a social reformer, who campaigned to give opportunities for what he termed "every grade of man" to expand their knowledge and become mentally and physically fit. He established the Wenlock Agricultural Reading Society (WARS) in 1841 to provide the opportunity of acquiring knowledge but especially to provide opportunities for the working classes. He promoted athletic exercises, ranging from running to football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brookes (other)
William Brookes may refer to: *William Penny Brookes William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of ... (1809–1895), English surgeon * William Brookes (New South Wales politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * William Brookes (Queensland politician) (1825–1898), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly See also * William Brooks (other) {{hndis, Brookes, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brooks (other)
Bill Brooks may refer to: * Bill Brooks (coach) (1922–2010), American baseball and basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington * Bill Brooks (wide receiver) (born 1964), former wide receiver in the National Football League * Bill Brooks (American football coach) (1945–2007), American football coach at Canisius College * Bill Brooks (actor), American voice actor See also * William Brooks (other) * Bill Brookes, rugby league footballer of the 1900s * Billy Brooks William McKinley Brooks III (born July 22, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He attended attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in sp ... (born 1953), American football player * Brooks Field (Wilmington), UNC Wilmington baseball stadium, officially the Bill Brooks Field * Bud Brooks (1930–2005), American football player for the University of Arkansas in the 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks Farm
The William Brooks Farm, also known as the Washington Stanley Farm, is a farmsite located at 3521 Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. History Washington Stanley was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont in 1807. There he married a young wife, Lydia, and in 1826 moved with his wife and widowed mother to this site. He built a log cabin and began farming. Washington and Lydia Stanley had six children over the next 15 years, and when Lydia died, Stanley remarried Catherine Elisha Barringer in Macomb, Michigan, on 16 Feb 1842. In 1852, Stanley built the two-story fieldstone house that sits on the site. Stanley died in 1873 and the farm passed to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Frank Ford. The Fords continued to farm the property, and in 1911 their daughter, Alta Ford Peabody, sold the farm to William Brooks. The Brooks family used it as a dairy until 1960, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith Observatory And Dr
Smith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England ** List of people with surname Smith, including fictional characters * Smith (artist) (born 1985), French visual artist Arts and entertainment * Smith (band), an American rock band 1969–1971 * ''Smith'' (EP), by Tokyo Police Club, 2007 * ''Smith'' (play), a 1909 play by W. Somerset Maugham * ''Smith'' (1917 film), a British silent film based on the play * ''Smith'' (1939 film), a short film * '' Smith!'', a 1969 Disney Western film * ''Smith'' (TV series), a 2006 American drama * ''Smith'', a 1932 novel by Warwick Deeping * ''Smith'', a 1967 novel by Leon Garfield and a 1970 TV adaptation Places North America * Smith, Indiana, U.S. * Smith, Kentucky, U.S. * Smith, Nevada, U.S. * Smith, South Carolina, U.S. * Smith Village, Oklahoma, U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Brooks
William Frederick Brooks (March 1, 1863 – March 19, 1928) was an American businessman and politician. Brooks was born in Battle Creek, Michigan and he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his family, in 1875. Brooks graduated from Central High School in Minneapolis. Brooks received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Institute of Technology, Worcester, Massachusetts (new Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1884. Brooks was involved with the lumber and paper businesses in Minneapolis. Brooks served in the Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Minnesota Legislature, Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any State legislature (Unite ... from 1919 until his death in 1928 and was a Republican. References 1863 births 1928 deaths People from Battle Creek, Michigan Businesspeople from Minneapolis Politicians f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William T
William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, 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 (given name), Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill (given name), Bill, Billie (given name), Billie, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German language, 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 ''Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robert Brooks
William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 – May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer, mainly noted as being one of the most prolific discoverers of new comets of all time, second only to Jean-Louis Pons. Early life William Robert Brooks was born in Maidstone, England, the son of Caroline (''née'' Wickings) and William Brooks, a Baptist minister who emigrated to Marion, New York. He developed his interest in astronomy during a boyhood voyage to Australia, when he observed a navigator making measurements with a sextant. The following year, he built his very first telescope at the age of 14. Using his own diagrams and sketches, Brooks gave his first public lecture at the age of 17 at his fathers church. As a young man he worked in the Shepherd Iron Works in Buffalo, New York, gaining considerable mechanical and draughtsmanship skills: he went on to become a portrait photographer in Phelps before turning his attention to astronomy full-time. Brooks had a good knowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, 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 (given name), Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill (given name), Bill, Billie (given name), Billie, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German language, 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 ''Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Crawshaw
Baron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County Palatine of Lancaster and of Whatton in the County of Leicester is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 August 1892 for Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet. He notably served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1884. Brooks had already been created a baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, of Crawshaw Hall and Whatton House, on 9 February 1891. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 1997. The family seat is Whatton House near Loughborough in Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw .... Barons Crawshaw (1892) * Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw (15 May 1825 – 5 February 1908) * William Brooks, 2nd Baron Crawshaw (16 October 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
