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William Batty
William Batty or William Battie may refer to: * William Batty (performer) (1801–1868), British circus proprietor and equestrian performer * William Batty (mayor) (1823–1893), English jeweller, clockmaker and local politician * William Battie (1703–1776), English physician * William Batty, stagename of Noah Mickens, ringmaster * Billy Batty (1886–after 1922), an English footballer {{hndis, Batty, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Battie
William Battie (sometimes spelt Batty;) 1 September 1704 – 13 June 1776) was an English physician who published, in 1758, ''A Treatise on Madness'', a highly influential book on the use of institutionalisation and shock therapy as methods of treating mental illness. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1764. Biography Battie was born in 1704, the son of a vicar, Reverend Edward Battie, in Modbury, Devon. He studied at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. In 1737, he completed his degree, moved to London and was admitted as a Candidate of the Royal College of Physicians, becoming a Fellow in the following year. In 1951, Battie was appointed as the first chief physician of the newly-established St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, built in response to overwhelming demand and concern about perceived abuse at the nearby Bethlem Royal Hospital. Battie was also the proprietor of a large private asylum, through which he acquired a substantial fortune. He died follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Batty (performer)
William Batty (1801–1868) was an equestrian performer, circus proprietor, and longtime operator of Astley's Amphitheatre in London. Batty was one of the most successful circus proprietors in Victorian England and helped launch the careers of a number of leading Victorian circus personalities, such as Pablo Fanque, the versatile performer and later circus proprietor (best known today from his mention in The Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"), and W.F. Wallett, one of the most celebrated clowns of the era. Also, while in operation for only two years, Batty's most lasting legacy is probably Batty's Grand National Hippodrome, also known as Batty's Hippodrome, an open-air amphitheatre he erected in 1851 in Kensington Gardens, London, to attract audiences from the Crystal Palace Exhibition nearby. Biography Batty was an equestrian performer as early as 1828, and by 1836 he was operating his own circus. In that year, Pablo Fanque was performing with him in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Batty (mayor)
William Batty (18231893) was a Manchester jeweller, clockmaker and Lord Mayor of Manchester.Manchester Faces and Places, Vol 1, No 1, 10 October 1889, JG Hammond and Co, Corporation Street, Manchester, pages 2-4 Early life William Batty was born in 1828, the youngest son of Rev. James Batty, a nonconformist congregationalist minister in the village of Dent, West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1835 James Batty had built the Zion Chapel in Dent, to house his nonconformist parishioners. Business career William Batty began as a watchmakers' apprentice in the nearby town of Kirkby Lonsdale. He later moved to Manchester, initially living in a small room in a flat on Deansgate and working as a tradesman, repairing watches for local watch retailers. In 1853 opened his own shop at 10 Albert Place, Bridge Street, near the then-new Albert Bridge, and specialised in selling “high-class watches”. In 1862 he opened large premises on Manchester's primary retail street, Market Street, selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Noah Mickens
Noah Howard Mickens (born February 18) is an American performance artist, showman, and writer from Portland, Oregon, primarily known for his contributions to vaudevillian revival, and as a ringmaster and master of Ceremonies for several theatrical circus troupes. His stage persona, ''William Batty'' currently serves as the ringmaster of the Wanderlust Circus, as well as the emcee of numerous vaudevillian and bohemian events in the area. Mickens has worked in a variety of performance media: scrap-metal percussion, singing, butoh, drama, circus arts, rock opera, and fashion modeling. Several of his collaborative projects have been combinations of two or more of the aforementioned art forms. Mickens has also performed as composer, director, and producer of numerous theatrical productions, as well as show promoter and publicist for various venues in the Portland area, including Someday Lounge, Dante's, The Jasmine Tree, and the Rotture-Branx venue complex. Early life Mickens ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
