other people WilliamPryor multiple issues notability December 2010 primarysources December 2010 BLP sources December 2010 William Marlborough Pryor born January 29, 1945 is a United Kingdom British writer . Pryor was born in Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough in 1945, to Mark Gillachrist Marlborough Pryor , Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge , and Sophie n e Raverat , daughter of Jacques Raverat and his wife Gwen Raverat Gwen n e Darwin granddaughter of Charles Darwin . His younger sister Lucy born 1948 is a painter known professionally as Lucy Raverat . In 1969 he married Teresa Mary Kerrison, daughter of Roger Kerrison of Sloley Lodge. ref Burke s Landed Gentry of Great Britain ref They had a daughter Lydia born 1970 , who married Simon Bostock. Pryor was educated at Eton College and studied Moral Sciences i.e. philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge ref http bathhappening.wordpress.com happeners williampryor ref WilliamPryor became a beat poet and dadaist under the influence of Alexander Trocchi . Citation needed date May 2011 Pryor became a serial entrepreneur, starting the Airlift Book Company and The Green Catalogue. In 2002 he wrote a memoir of his addictions The Survival of the Coolest which was published the following year. Pryor has stated his intention to turn this into a film with himself as executive producer. In 2004 he published the book Virginia Woolf & the Raverats A Different Sort of Friendship about the relationship between his maternal grandparents and Virginia Woolf . ref cite book title Virginia Woolf & the Raverats a different sort of friendship editor WilliamPryor publisher Clear Press year 2003 isbn 1904555020 ref References references External ... Pryor, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pryor, William Category 1945 births Category Living people ..., Cambridge England writer stub ... more details
WilliamPryor may refer to WilliamPryorwriter born 1945 , British writerWilliam H. Pryor, Jr. born 1962 , American politician, lawyer, and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Will Pryor , American Dreams character See also William Wain Prior 1876 1946 , Danish Major General and the Commander in chief of the Royal Danish Army, 1939 1941 William Matthew Prior , nineteenth century artist Billy Prior , fictional character hndis Pryor, William ... more details
other people WilliamPryor Infobox officeholder name WilliamPryor office Judge of the United States ... University of Louisiana, Monroe br Tulane University William Holcombe Bill Pryor, Jr. born April ... and Victoria Pryor. Pryor s father, William Holcombe Pryor, Sr. is a former band director and now ... judiciary political donations William Pryor.php Campaign Contributions Made by WilliamPryor s start ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pryor, William H., Jr. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Pryor, William H., Jr. Category 1962 births Category Alabama Attorneys General Category ... of appeals judges appointed by George W. Bush pl William H. Pryor ... General of the State of Alabama from 1997 to 2004. Background Born in Mobile, Alabama to William Holcombe Pryor, Sr. and his wife, Laura Louise n e Bowles , Pryor was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic ... career Pryor served as a law clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1987 to 1988. Pryor worked as a private attorney from 1988 1995, serving as adjunct professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University from 1989 1995. Pryor ... States. Pryor was elected in 1998 and reelected in 2002. At reelection, Pryor garnered ... 2011 Pryor received national attention in 2003 when he called for the removal of Alabama Chief Justice ... the Alabama Judicial Building. Pryor said that although he agreed with the propriety of displaying .... Pryor personally prosecuted Moore for violations of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, and the Alabama ... Eleventh Circuit nomination and confirmation Pryor was nominated to the Eleventh Circuit by President ... senior status . Originally, William H. Steele judge William H. Steele had been nominated to the seat ... in two civil rights cases as a magistrate judge. His nomination was withdrawn in January 2003. Pryor ... by the Republican Party, Senate Democrats refused to allow Pryor to be confirmed. Due to a Filibuster ... more details
File Letchworth.JPG thumb upright WilliamPryor Letchworth. WilliamPryor Letchworth May 26, 1823 &ndash December 1, 1910 was an United States American businessman notable for his charitable work. Early years William was born in Brownville, New York on May 26, 1823, the fourth of eight children born to Josiah and Ann Hance Letchworth. Raised as a Quaker , Letchworth learned the values of hard work, charity, and development of the intellect from his family. At age 15, Letchworh was hired as a clerk position clerk at Hayden & Holmes, a saddlery and hardware company. Letchworth succeeded at his tasks and in business in general, and by age 22 was partner at Pratt & Letchworth, a company involved in the malleable iron business. Glen Iris Estate Although successful, Letchworth found the day to day operations of business burdensome. He sought refuge from the business world and decided to build a home. He settled on the location while as a tourist gazing at the view in what the Seneca Indians called the Sehgahunda Valley through which the Genesee River flowed. In 1859 he purchased his first tract of land near Portage Falls . Letchworth hired noted landscape architect William Webster to design the grounds of the estate, which Letchworth named Glen Iris. He bequeathed his convert 1000 acre km2 0 adj on estate to New York in 1906, which now forms the heart of Letchworth State Park . Charity ... links http www.ilovethefingerlakes.com history famous people letchworth.htm Biography of WilliamPryor Letchworth http www.letchworthparkhistory.com glimpse1.html WilliamPryor Letchworth http www.letchworthparkhistory.com ... Persondata . NAME Letchworth, WilliamPryor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1823 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1910 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Letchworth, WilliamPryor Category American manufacturing businesspeople Category 1823 births Category 1910 deaths US business bio 1820s stub pl William P. Letchworth ... more details
Pryor is a surname, which can refer to Anduele Pryor , Dutch football player Arthur Pryor , American trombonist and bandleader Cactus Pryor , Texan humorist and broadcaster David Pryor , former U.S. Senator from Arkansas, father of Mark Pryor Francis Pryor , British archaeologist Greg Pryor , American baseball player Marina Prior , Australian singer whose name is often misspelled as Pryor Mark Pryor , U.S. Senator from Arkansas Michael Pryor , Australian author Richard Pryor , US comedian, actor, writer Roger Pryor , Virginia secessionist and New York state judge Snooky Pryor , Afro American blues musician Terrelle Pryor , American football player The American Dreams Pryor Family fictional Pryor family from American Dreams surname de Pryor fr Pryor ko nl Pryor pt Pryor ... more details
William Schmidt is an American television writer and producer. He won a Christopher Award for the television film Evil in Clear River in 1988, and was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for Darrow film Darrow in 1992. He is sometimes credited as Bill Schmidt. Selected credits Charmed 2000 2006 co executive producer, writer Carniv le 2003 2005 supervising producer, co executive producer, writer Falcon Crest 1984 1985 writer Knight Rider 1982 TV series Knight Rider 1982 1983 writer External links imdb name id 0773251 name William Schmidt Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schmidt, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schmidt, William Category Living people US tv producer stub ... more details
William Aikman 1824 1909 was an United States American writer and pastor . According to his work The Future of the Colored Race in America , he was pastor of the Hanover Street Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware . Works The Future of the Colored Race in America Being an article in the Presbyterian quarterly review of July, 1862 External links gutenberg author id William Aikman name William Aikman Wikisource Author William Aikman Persondata NAME Aikman, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Writer, pastor DATE OF BIRTH 1824 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1909 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aikman, William Category 1824 births Category 1909 deaths US writer stub ... more details
BLP sources date August 2010 William Brodrick is a British novelist, famous in particular for his novel The Sixth Lamentation , which was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. He also won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger award in 2009 for his novel A Whispered Name . He was an Augustinians Augustine friar before he changed vocations and became a barrister and writer. ref http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment books reviews the sixth lamentation by william broderick 599803.html The sixth Lamentation review ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brodrick, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brodrick, William Category Living people Category 1960 births Category British writers de William Brodrick ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer image imagesize name William Gilmour caption pseudonym birth name birth date birth place death date death place occupation short story writer, novelist nationality period genre Lost World genre Lost race , Fantasy fiction fantasy subject website William Gilmour is a writer of Lost World genre lost race Fantasy fiction fantasy short stories and novels. A key figure in the Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche community, ref cite web last Hale first Laura authorlink coauthors title A History of Male Involvement in the Fan Fiction Community work The Fanfic Symposium publisher date url http www.trickster.org symposium symp183.htm doi accessdate 2008 06 07 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080604034522 http www.trickster.org symposium symp183.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 06 04 ref he published Tarzan pastiches in the magazine Burroughs Bulletin . ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Vern Coriell s Burroughs Bulletins Original Series Part I Volumes 1 25 work ERBZine publisher date url http www.erbzine.com mag15 1530.html doi accessdate 2008 06 07 ref His lost race novel, The Undying Land was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1985. ref cite book last Chalker first Jack L. authorlink Jack L. Chalker coauthors Mark Owings title The Science Fantasy Publishers A Bibliographic History, 1923 1998 location Westminster, MD and Baltimore publisher Mirage Press, Ltd. pages 331 year 1998 ref Notes Reflist External links isfdb name id William Gilmour name William Gilmour Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gilmour, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gilmour, William Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American fantasy writers Category American short story writers Category American novelists ... more details
other persons William Sharp Image William Sharp writer Project Gutenberg eText 19028.jpg thumb William Sharp William Sharp 12 September 1855 12 December 1905 was a Scotland Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona MacLeod , a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime. He was also an editor of the poetry of Ossian , Walter Scott , Matthew Arnold , Algernon Charles Swinburne and Eugene Lee Hamilton . Biography Sharp was born in Paisley Scotland Paisley and educated at Glasgow Academy and the University of Glasgow , which he attended 1871 1872 without completing a degree. In 1872 he contracted typhoid . During 1874 5 he worked in a Glasgow ... Sharp, WilliamWriter Category 1855 births Category 1905 deaths Category People educated at Glasgow ... asexual attachment to Edith Wingate Rinder, another writer of the consciously Celtic Edinburgh ... 1908 play as FM References William Sharp Fiona Macleod A Memoir 1910, 1912 Elizabeth A. Sharp William Sharp Fiona Macleod , 1855 1905 1970 Flavia Alaya The Sexual Tensions of William Sharp A Study of the Birth .... Meyers Sharp s sexual orientation is a question still to be resolved, but some evidence in William ... wikiquote Wikisource1911Enc Sharp, William poet William Sharp wikisource author William Sharp gutenberg author id William Sharp name William Sharp http www.rjstewart.net other authors.htm The Little Book of the Great Enchantment Biography of William Sharp by Steve Blamires RJ Stewart Publications ... Guide to the William Sharp Papers at The Bancroft Library http hdl.handle.net 10065 342 The Letters of William Sharp Fiona Macleod , ed. William Halloran 2002 , available as part of SAS Space. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sharp, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ... from Paisley de William Sharp fr William Sharp it William Sharp no William Sharp pl William Sharp pisarz pt William Sharp sv William Sharp ... more details
William Beal 9 September 1815, Sheffield 20 April 1870, Aigle , Switzerland was an English religious writer . Life William Beal was born 9 September 1815 in Sheffield, the son of William Beal, a Wesleyan minister. He was educated at King s College, London , and Trinity College, Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. in 1841. ref Venn id BL834W name Beal, William ref In the same year he was ordained deacon . Headmaster of Tavistock Grammar School from 1837 to 1847, he was made vicar of Brooke near Norwich in 1847. The degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the university of Aberdeen . He is best known as the promoter of harvest home s for country districts in 1854. At Norwich he was vice president of the People s College , and corresponding member of the Working Men s Congregational Union . He died in 1870. He was the editor of the West of England Magazine . Works An Analysis of Palmer s Origines Liturgic , 1850 The Nineveh Monuments and the Old Testament A Letter to the Earl of Albemarle on Harvest Homes. A First Book of Chronology , 1846 ed., with preface Certain godly Prayers originally appended to the Book of Common Prayer References reflist Cite DNB wstitle Beal, William Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beal, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English religious writer DATE OF BIRTH 9 September 1815 PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield DATE OF DEATH 20 April 1870 PLACE OF DEATH Aigle, Switzerland DEFAULTSORT Beal, William Category 1815 births Category 1870 deaths Category 19th century English people Category Alumni of King s College London Category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Category English Christian ministers Category English religious writers Category 19th century writers sv William Beal ... more details
William Hussey is an England English author who lives in Skegness , Lincolnshire . As a child William loved horror comics, which inspired his writings today. His father owns a ghost train in Skegness. Publications Hussey has to date written three horror stories two adult books and the first of the first of the Witchfinder trilogy. Witchfinder Dawn of the Demontide 4 March 2010, Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 273190 6 ref cite web url http ukcatalogue.oup.com product education 9780192731906.do?zoneCode HPZC001 title Witchfinder Dawn of the Demontide work OUP catalogue accessdate 12 April 2010 ref References reflist External links http www.witchfinderbooks.co.uk Witchfinder books website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hussey, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hussey, William Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people UK writer stub ... more details
William Burt 23 August 1778 1 September 1826 was an English miscellaneous writer, son of Joseph Burt of Plymouth . He was educated at Exeter grammar school, and afterwards articled to a banker and solicitor at Bridgwater . Finally he practised at Plymouth as a solicitor until his death on 1 September 1826. He edited the Plymouth and Dock Telegraph for several years. Works Twelve Rambles in London, by Amicus Patri 1810 Desultory Reflections on Banks in general, and the System of keeping up a False Capital by Accommodation 1810 The Consequences of the French Revolution to England considered, with a view of the Remedies of which her situation is susceptible 1811 A Review of the Mercantile, Trading, and Manufacturing State, Interests, and Capabilities of the Port of Plymouth 1816 Preface to and Notes on N. T. Carrington s Poem Dartmoor 1826 Christianity a Poem, in Three Books, with Miscellaneous Notes 1835 Observations on the Curiosities of Nature 1836 References DNB Use dmy dates date September 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Burt, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English writer and solicitor DATE OF BIRTH 23 August 1778 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1 September 1826 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Burt, William Category English writers Category English solicitors Category People from Plymouth Category 1778 births Category 1826 deaths Category 19th century English people Category 19th century writers England writer stub England law bio stub ... more details
William Chappell 20 November 1809 20 August 1888 was an England English writer on music , a partner in the London musical firms of Chappell & Co. and later, Cramer & Co. He was the eldest son of Samuel Chappell d. 1834 , who co founded the business. William Chappell is particularly noteworthy for his starting the Percy Society and the Musical Antiquarian Society both in 1840 , and his publication of the standard work Popular Music of the Olden Time 1855 1859 an expansion of a collection of national English airs made by him in 1838 1840. The modern revival of interest in English folk song s owes much to this work, which has since been re edited by Professor H. E. Wooldridge 1893 . Chappell was in partnership with the Beale family in the firm of Cramer & Co. from the 1840s until 1861 ref http oasis.lib.harvard.edu oasis deliver hou00272 Chappell, W. William , 1809 1888, compiler , Harvard College Library ref . His brother, Thomas Patey Chappell d. 1902 largely extended the publishing business of Chappell & Co. , and started 1859 the Monday and Saturday Popular Concerts at St James Hall , which were successfully managed by a younger brother, Samuel Arthur Chappell , till they came to an end towards the close of the century. References references 1911 External links IMSLP id Chappell, William cname William Chappell Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chappell, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 20 November 1809 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 20 August 1888 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chappell, William Category English non fiction writers Category 1809 births Category 1888 deaths Category English folk song collectors England writer stub ru , ... more details
William Frederick Whitehead born 1931 is a Canada Canadian writer, actor and filmmaker. He was the partner of the late Canadian writer Timothy Findley , ref name uoguelph cite web url http www.uoguelph.ca mediarel archives 004625.html title Timothy Findley s theatre collection donated to U of G date 2004 03 03 accessdate 2007 06 14 work University of Guelph Campus News archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071030073450 http www.uoguelph.ca mediarel archives 004625.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 10 30 ref with whom he co wrote several works including the television documentaries Dieppe 1942 and The National Dream Building the Impossible Railway . He studied biology and theatre arts at the University of Saskatchewan receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1953 and a Master of Arts postgraduate Master of Arts degree in 1955. He moved to Ontario in 1957 to become an actor and producer. He is an award winning writer of documentaries, including over 100 episodes of the CBC Television series The Nature of Things . He was also closely associated with the CBC Radio series Ideas radio show Ideas . Whitehead currently lives in Stratford, Ontario . In March 2004, approximately two years after Findley s death, Whitehead donated a collection of Findley s theatre memorabilia to the University of Guelph . ref name uoguelph References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Whitehead, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian writer DATE OF BIRTH 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Whitehead, William Category 1931 births Category Canadian science writers Category Canadian people of English descent Category LGBT writers from Canada Category Gay writers Category Living people Category University of Saskatchewan alumni Category Canadian television writers Canada writer stub ... more details
Humphrey, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Novelist, short story writer, nature writer ...Refimprove date June 2010 William Humphrey June 18, 1924 August 20, 1997 was an American novelist who wrote about small town family life in rural Texas. Biography Born in Clarksville, Texas in 1924, Humphrey moved with his mother to Dallas at aged 13 after his father was killed in a car accident. He attended Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas , but did not graduate from either school. Humphrey taught at Bard College in New York where he mentored playwright and author Sherman Yellen prior to retiring from academia to write full time. He died of cancer in 1997, at the age of 73, in Hudson, New York . ref cite news title William Humphrey, 73, Writer Of Novels About Rural Texas obituary author Gussow, Mel newspaper The New York Times date August 21, 1997 url http www.nytimes.com 1997 08 21 arts william humphrey 73 writer of novels about rural texas.html accessdate June 21, 2010 ref Career The author of thirteen books, including five novels, collections of short stories and a memoir, Humphrey s first novel, Home from the Hill novel Home from the Hill , was made into an 1960 MGM film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker . His second novel, The Ordways , was reviewed by the New York Times as Funny, vivid and moving, this is a fine piece of work and a delight to read, and was compared to the writings of William Faulkner and Mark Twain . Bibliography Books Home from the Hill novel Home from the Hill 1957 The Ordways 1965 Proud ... William Humphrey New York Times Obituary http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 276376 William Humphrey William Humphrey Encyclop dia Britannica IMDb name 0401968 William ... Humphrey, William Category People from Red River County, Texas Category American novelists Category ... writers Category Bard College faculty Category Writers from Texas it William Humphrey scrittore ... more details
Sir William Mure 1594 1657 was a Scottish writer and politician. Life The son of Sir William Mure of Rowallan, his mother was Elizabeth, sister of the poet Alexander Montgomerie . He was a member of the Scottish parliament in 1643, and took part in the English campaign of 1644. He was wounded at the battle of Marston Moor , but a month later was commanding a regiment at Newcastle. Works He wrote Dido and Aeneas a translation 1628 of Robert Boyd university principal Boyd of Trochrig s Latin Hecatombe Christiana The True Crucifixe for True Catholikes 1629 a paraphrase of the Psalms the Historie and Descent of the House of Rowallane A Counter buff to Lysimachus Nicanor The Cry of Blood and of a Broken Covenant 1650 besides much miscellaneous verse and many sonnets. A complete edition of his works was edited by William Tough for the Scottish Text Society 2 vols., 1898 . Mure s Lute Book , a musical document of considerable interest, is preserved in the Laing collection of manuscripts in the library of the university of Edinburgh. 1911 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mure, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1594 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1657 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mure, William Category 1594 births Category 1657 deaths Category Scottish writers ... more details
Walter William Fell 1761 2 27 March 1848, Shap was an English writer. ref name ODNB C. W. Sutton, http www.oxforddnb.com.ipac.cambridgeshire.gov.uk view article 9263 Fell, Walter William 1761 2 1848 , rev. Megan A. Stephan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 9 March 2011 ref Life William Fell was probably born near Brampton, Cumberland . He was a schoolmaster successively at Manchester , Wilmslow , and Lancaster, Lancashire Lancaster , and was an industrious writer for the press. After his retirement he lived at Clifton, Westmoreland Clifton , near Lowther, Westmorland . He died in March 1848 at Shap , aged 86, ref name ODNB predeceased by his wife Dorothy and son Edward. ref http www.northofthesands.org.uk westmoreland parish 33 clifton North of the Sands Westmorland Family Papers Clifton Parish ref He left his substantial property to the children of his elder brother, John Fell of Swindale Head, thereby disinheriting his only surviving son, Henry, who lived in Denmark . Works Hints on the Instruction of Youth anonymous , Manchester, 1798 Hints on the Causes of the High Prices of Provisions , Penrith, 1800 A System of Political Economy , Salford, 1808 Remarks on Mr. Lancaster s System of Education, in which his erroneous statements and the defects in his mode of tuition are detected and explained , Warrington, 1811 A Sketch of the Principal Events in English History , Warrington, 1811 2nd edition 1813 References reflist DNB wstitle Fell, William Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fell, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1758 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1848 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fell, William Category 1758 births Category 1848 deaths Category 18th century English people Category 19th century English people Category 18th century writers Category 19th century writers Category People from Cumberland Category English writers ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Frederick William Thomas born in Providence, Rhode Island Providence , Rhode Island , 1806, died in Washington, D.C. , 1866 was an American writer. His works include The Emigrant, Or, Reflections While Descending the Ohio 1832 , a book of poetry about the Ohio River region Clinton Bradshaw or, The Adventures of a Lawyer 1835 famous for its courtroom scene East and West 1836 , set in western Pennsylvania and Howard Pinckney 1840 , a detective story. He maintained a correspondence with Edgar Allan Poe and became his closest confidante. ref Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe His Life and Legacy . New York Cooper Square Press, 1992. ISBN 0684193701. p. 128 ref References reflist External links wikiquote Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomas, Frederick William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1866 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomas, Frederick William Category American writers Category 1806 births Category 1866 deaths US poet 1800s stub ... more details
Other persons William Nicholson refimproveBLP date May 2011 William Nicholson FRSL born 12 January 1948 is a British people British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist and has been nominated twice for an Academy ... william nicholson golden hour review title The Golden Hour by William Nicholson review date 8 October ... A native of Lewes, Sussex, William Nicholson was raised in a Catholic family in Gloucestershire. By the time he reached his tenth birthday, he had decided to become a writer. He was educated at Downside ... cite web url http www.quercusbooks.co.uk blog 2011 06 23 interview william nicholson title Intervew William Nicholson publisher quercusbooks.co.uk accessdate 1 April 2012 ref Career At the start ... works to his credit, ref name all movie cite web url http www.allmovie.com artist william nicholson p167072 title William Nicholson biography publisher Allmovie last Buchanan first Jason accessdate 25 ... First Knight 1995 and Grey Owl film Grey Owl 1999 . He later worked as a writer on the Academy Awards ... Firelight . Film and TV nominations and awards William Nicholson s first nomination came in 1989 ... wrote the film Elizabeth The Golden Age , from an earlier script by Michael Hirst writer Michael Hirst ... Nicholson is also a writer who comes from a long line of celebrated nonconformists, including ... in Among the Bohemians Experiments in Living 1900 1939 William Morrow and Company , 2002 . Books ... Official Website imdb name 629933 William Nicholson http willnichforum.proboards61.com index.cgi Fansite isfdb name id William Nicholson name William Nicholson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nicholson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nicholson, William Category English film directors ... Category Living people de William Nicholson Schriftsteller es William Nicholson escritor fr William Nicholson crivain fi William Nicholson ... more details
William Bartholomew 1793 1867 was an English libretist , composer , and writer. He made his living as a chemist , but is best remembered as the translator text author for the premieres of many of Felix Mendelssohn s works in England most notably the anthem Hear My Prayer 1845 and the oratorio Elijah oratorio Elijah for its premiere at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1846. As a composer, he produced several hymn s, The Nativity oratorio, and children s songs. He was married to the composer and organist Ann Mounsey . ref http books.google.com books?id xzV gKfp REC&pg PA113&lpg PA113&dq 22William Bartholomew 22 221793 22 221867 22&source bl&ots 152ZgPDRIZ&sig OmskfhApZB4hHZWKF7X6g4InlTI&hl en&ei 9HRSTN3UCsO88gaS PGnBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 5&ved 0CCIQ6AEwBDgK v onepage&q 22William 20Bartholomew 22 20 221793 22 20 221867 22&f false Words and music By John Williamson ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bartholomew, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1793 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1867 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bartholomew, William Category 1793 births Category 1867 deaths Category English composers Category English oratorio and passion librettists UK composer stub UK writer stub ... more details
Edward William Thomson February 12, 1849 1924 was a Canada Canadian journalist and writer . He was born in Peel County, Ontario Peel County , Ontario , the grandson of Edward William Thomson , a member of the York militia who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada . When Thompson was 14, he was sent to Philadelphia to work in a mercantile office he enlisted in the Union Army in October 1864 at 15 , and saw action during the American Civil War as a trooper in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry. ref name garvin John W. Garvin, http digital.library.upenn.edu women garvin poets thomson.html E.W. Thomson , Canadian Poets Toronto McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916 , 158. ref Thomson returned to Canada when discharged in August, 1865. He saw combat again the next year, at the Battle of Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids . ref name garvin Thomson took up civil engineering in 1867, and worked as a Land surveying Surveyor from 1872 to 1878. In 1878, at the invitation of publisher George Brown , he became an editorial writer for The Globe and Mail The Toronto Globe . In 1891 he joined the staff of The Youth s Companion , and worked there for the next 11 years. ref name garvin He wrote a book of short stories, Old Man Savarin and Other Stories 1895 , and one of poetry, The Many Mansioned House and Other Poems 1909 . References Portal box Poetry biography Portal box Canada Ontario references External links http digital.library.upenn.edu women garvin poets thomson.html E.W. Thomson in Canadian Poets Biography & 5 poems Thunderchild s Lament, The Mandan Priest, The Canadian Rossignol In May , The Canadian Rossignol In June , From Peter Ottawa http www.archive.org details oldmansavarinsto00thomiala ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, Edward William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Thomson, Edward William Category 1849 births Category 1924 deaths Category Canadian short story writers Category Canadian poets Canada writer stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 William Wogan 1678 24 January 1758 was a religious writer, the son of Ethelred Wogan, the Rector of Gumfreston and Vicar of Penally , Pembroke. Born in Gumfreston, Wogan was known for his piety, and was on intimate terms with many of the evangelical leaders of the time such as George Whitefield and John Wesley . His manuscript correspondence with Sir Robert Southwell was purchased by the British Museum. In his retirement at Ealing he wrote a large number of religious works. ref name wogan.info http www.wogan.info ancient Ethelred text5.htm HtmlPedigree text Bot generated title ref History He was educated at Bishop Gore School Swansea Grammar School , Westminster School in 1694 where he became Captain , and Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College in 1700. In 1718 he married Catherine Stanhope a friend and protegee of Lady Elizabeth Rawdon, 13th Baroness Hastings Elizabeth Hastings , and by her who died on 19 June 1726 he had an only daughter, who was married to Robert Baynes , rector of Stonham Aspal , Suffolk. From about 1727, William lived at Ealing in Middlesex, but died at his daughter s house at Stonham Aspal , and was buried at Ealing on 29 January. He was secretary to the Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran ref http wesley.nnu.edu john wesley letters 1737.htm Wesley s Letters 1737 Bot generated title ref . References reflist colwidth 30em Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wogan, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English writer DATE OF BIRTH 1678 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 January 1758 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wogan, William Category 1678 births Wogan Category 1758 deaths Wogan Category English religious writers Wogan england writer stub ... more details
File WriterWilliam Gallagher.jpg thumb WriterWilliam Gallagher signing autographs at Big Finish Day 2011 William Gallagher is a writer and journalist. He has written Doctor Who audio plays for the Big Finish Productions Big Finish range, the stage play Manhattenhenge 2008 2009 and the Rhubarb Radio series Attachment 2009 . His book on Alan Plater s The Beiderbecke Affair will be published by the British Film Institute in 2012. br br From 2005 2010 he wrote and presented http web.me.com william.gallagher William Gallagher podcast.html UK DVD Review link to final episode and video , a podcast that peaked in the top 25 of all iTunes podcasts in all categories worldwide BBC News reports ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi entertainment tv and radio 4734729.stm title Entertainment & 124 Moyles show tops UK podcast chart publisher BBC News date 2005 08 01 accessdate 2012 04 16 ref . br br He has written for publications including The Independent , The Los Angeles Times ref cite web url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com latimes access 699776701.html?FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&date Sep 26 2C 2004&author William Gallagher&pub Los Angeles Times&edition &startpage E.3&desc WIRED WORLD 3B Cell can name that tune in title WIRED WORLD Cell can name that tune in publisher Pqasb.pqarchiver.com date 2004 09 26 accessdate 2012 04 16 ref . His journalism appears in Radio Times magazine and http www.radiotimes.com ... Affair British Film Institute Writer, book 2012 Doctor Who Wirrn Isle Big Finish Scriptwriter ... William Gallagher podcast.html title podcast publisher Web.me.com date accessdate 2012 04 16 ref Dark ... William Gallagher official site http www.bigfinish.com Big Finish Productions http ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gallagher, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Writer and journalist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gallagher, William Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Living people Category ... more details
William Bagwell Floruit fl. 1655 , was a London merchant and writer on astronomy. Life The inscription on his portrait in 1659 gives his age as 66, so that he was probably born in 1593. ref Granger, Biog. Hist, of England, iii. 121 ref According to his own account in The Mystery of Astronomy made Plain , he was a merchant, had travelled and traded widely overseas losses led to his being sent to prison for debt. In 1654 he had been in and out of prison for twenty years. After being set at liberty in 1654 Bagwell was put by some friends in good employment. Works In confinement he wrote an Arithmetical Description of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes the manuscript is in the British Museum . ref MS Sloane 652 ref In he 1655 published The Mystery of Astronomy made Plain, a simplification of his more elaborate treatise. Philip Bliss , in a note to Anthony Wood ref Fasti ii. 221. ref states that he dedicated his Sphinx Thebanus or Ingenious Riddle, 1664, to the physician Humphry Brook as patron. In 1645 he had published The Distressed Merchant, and Prisoners Comfort in Distress, a piece of doggerel , which was caricatured in Wil Bagnal s Ghost, or the Merry Devill of Gadmunton in his Perambulations of the Prisons of London, by E. Gayton, Esq., 1655, and in Will Bagnalls Ballet, in Wit Restored, 1658. Bagwell also published another short poem, entitled An Affectionate Expostulation for the Pious Employment both of Wit and Wealth. In 1652 there was published, by order of Oliver Cromwell ... of the Committee for the Accompts of the Commonwealth of England with William Bagwell and John Brockedon ... and Paymaster there in the year 1643 but this William Bagwell may be another person. References reflist Cite DNB wstitle Bagwell, William Attribution DNB wstitle Bagwell, William Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bagwell, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bagwell, William Category 1590s births Category ... more details
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