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William Cocks (other)
William Cocks may refer to: *William W. Cocks (1861–1932), American politician *William Alfred Cocks (1892–1971), English clockmaker and Northumbrian pipemaker *William Pennington Cocks (1791–1878), English surgeon naturalist *Bill Cocks (1936–2011), Australian footballer See also *William Cox (other) *William Coxe (other) {{hndis, Cocks, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England 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, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are 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-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alfred Cocks
William Alfred Cocks (1892-1971) was a master clock maker from Ryton, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of the North-east of England, and particularly in the Northumbrian smallpipes and half-long pipes. He assembled a large collection of historic bagpipes, their music, and related materials, which forms the core of the collection now housed at the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. He was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1920, remaining a member until his death. In 1928, he was one of the earliest members of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society, being elected one of the technical advisers, with responsibility for smallpipes Smallpipes may refer to one of two kinds of bagpipes: * The Northumbrian smallpipes * The Scottish smallpipes See also * Border pipes The border pipes are a type of bagpipe related to the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe. It is perhaps confusabl .... He became a Vice-President of the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pennington Cocks
William Pennington Cocks (1791–1878) was an English surgeon naturalist principally interested in marine fauna. He was born in Devon. Owing to ill-health, when he was still only 51, he retired to Falmouth in Cornwall. He described the nudibranch ''Aeolidiella alderi'' and the sea anemone ''Anthopleura ballii ''Anthopleura'' is a genus of sea anemones, of the family Actiniidae. Etymology Anthopleura is Greek; anthōs, flowers and pleura, ribs. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoR ...''. Publications partial list *List of Echinodermata procured in Falmouth and neighbourhood from 1843 to 1849 ''Trans. Penz. Nat. Hist. Ant. Soc''. 1 :292. *''Common objects of the sea-shore'' Falmouth. *''Nudibranchiate Mollusca'' Quarto pp. 8. Falmouth. *''Chitons'' Quarto pp. 12. Falmouth.''Salt Water Mollusca'' Quarto pp. 16. Falmouth. *''Hints for facilitating the Records of Natural History'' Quarto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Cocks
Bill Cocks (15 December 1936 – 17 August 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cocks, Bill 1936 births 2011 deaths Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Hawthorn Football Club players Swan Districts Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cox (other)
William Cox, Will Cox, Bill Cox, or Billy Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician * Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix *Will Cox (actor), Australian actor associated with Independent Theatre, an Adelaide theatre company *William R. Cox (1901–1988), writer of short stories and Western and mystery novels Military * William Cox (British general) (1776–1864), British general of the peninsular war, in Siege of Almeida *William Ruffin Cox (1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States *William Reginald Cox (1905–1988), British Army officer *William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS ''Chesapeake'' Law *William Cox (Nova Scotia lawyer) (1921–2008), past president of the Canadian Bar Association * William Harold Cox (1901–1988), U.S. federal judge *William Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
