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William Templeton (other)
William Templeton may refer to: * William Templeton (mayor) (1853–1898), sixth mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *William Templeton (screenwriter) William Pettigrew Templeton (7 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter who contributed a string of episodic dramas for American prime time television during the Golden Age of Television in the 1950s and 1960s ... (1913–1973), Scottish screenwriter and playwright * William Paterson Templeton (1876–1938), Scottish Unionist Party politician * Bill Templeton (1927–2005), Australian politician {{hndis, Templeton, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Templeton (Canadian Politician)
William Templeton (March 27, 1853 – January 16, 1898) was the sixth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving only one term in 1897. A butcher and grocer, he operated a grocery store in the first brick building in Vancouver. Templeton also was a member of the Vancouver City Council and school board and had once run unsuccessfully for the mayor's seat before being elected in 1897. He was defeated in the next election in January 1898 and died shortly after. He is commemorated with a street and school named in his honour. Early life and business Templeton was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1853. He came to Vancouver in January 1886, when the settlement was named Granville. Later that year, he entered the grocery business, building a store on the corner of Hastings and Carrall Streets. After the building was destroyed in a fire, also the same year, Templeton and his partner Joseph Northcott commissioned a new brick building to be built on the corner lot that they had just purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Templeton (screenwriter)
William Pettigrew Templeton (7 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter who contributed a string of episodic dramas for American prime time television during the Golden Age of Television in the 1950s and 1960s. Early life At 20 Templeton wrote the one-act play ''The King's Spaniel'', which ran at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. In 1937, his first three-act play ''Circus Murder'', was picked up and produced by Jevan Brandon Thomas at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, then exported to London by the producer Esme Church for a run at the West End's Noël Coward Theatre (1938) under the title ''The Painted Smile''. Theatre critic W.A. Darlington of ''The Daily Telegraph'' called it a'' "cleverly created illusion."'' After being decommissioned from the RAF after World War II, Templeton wrote several West End plays in succession including: *(1946) ''Exercise Bowler'' (Arts then transferred to the Scala Theatre) produced by Alec Clunes *(1948) ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Templeton (British Politician)
William Paterson Templeton (8 November 1876 – 4 July 1938) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. He was a member of the Orange Order. A native of Camlachie, Glasgow, Templeton was a wood turner by trade. Before entering Parliament, Templeton was the first organising secretary of the Unionist Workers' League and a speaker for the Tariff Reform League. He contested Ross and Cromarty in 1911 and sat as Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1924 until 1929. He was unsuccessful in Glasgow Shettleston at a 1930 by-election and sat for Coatbridge from 1931 until 1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart .... In 1934, he, alongside Captain Herbert Moss MP and former Glasgow town councillor Thomas MacKenzie, was convicted of contravening the Lotteries Act 1710 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
