William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, GBE, CH, FRS (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963) was an English motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Trust and Nuffield College, Oxford, as well as being involved in his role as President of BUPA in …

William Morris (Walthamstow, 24 de marzo de 1834-Londres, 3 de octubre de 1896) fue un arquitecto, diseñador y maestro textil, traductor, poeta, novelista y activista socialista británico.Asociado con el movimiento británico Arts and Crafts, fue uno de los principales promotores de la reactivación del arte textil tradicional, manteniendo, recuperando y …

William Morris ("Willie") Bioff (October 12, 1900 – November 4, 1955) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure who operated as a Chicago pimp and corrupt union leader between the 1920s and the 1940s. Using his position as head of the movie production workers' union, Bioff helped Chicago Outfit boss Frank Nitti successfully extort millions of dollars from Hollywood …

William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.Vanderbilt became the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885, passing on a substantial part …

While the earliest (15th-century) references place the Morris dance in a courtly setting, it appears that the dance became part of performances for the lower classes by the later 16th century; in 1600, the Shakespearean actor William Kempe Morris danced from London to Norwich, an event chronicled in his Nine Daies Wonder (1600).. Almost nothing is known about the folk dances of …

William Chester Minor (also known as W. C. Minor; 22 June 1834 – 26 March 1920), was an American army surgeon, psychiatric-hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher.. After serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Minor moved to England.Affected by delusions, he shot a man who he believed had broken into his room, and was consequently …

William James (Nueva York, 11 de enero de 1842-Nueva Hampshire, 26 de agosto de 1910) fue un filósofo y psicólogo estadounidense con una larga y brillante carrera en la Universidad de Harvard, donde fue profesor de psicología, así como fundador de la psicología funcional.Era hermano mayor del escritor Henry James. [1

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William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1957) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author, artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry. ... his many awards, Bill has won 6 Emmys, 3 Annies and an Academy award for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris ...

William Holman Hunt OM (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolism. These features were influenced by the writings of John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle, according to whom the world itself should be read as a …