William Emerson
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- William Emerson (mathematician)William Emerson (mathematician)William Emerson , English mathematician, was born at Hurworth, near Darlington, where his father, Dudley Emerson, also a mathematician, taught a school...
(1701–1782) - William Emerson (minister)William Emerson (minister)The Rev. William Emerson was one of Boston's leading citizens, a liberal-minded Unitarian minister, pastor to Boston's First Church and founder of its Philosophical Society, Anthology Club, and Boston Athenaeum, and father to Ralph Waldo Emerson.-Biography:Emerson was born in Concord,...
(1769–1811), Unitarian minister, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson - William Emerson (architect)William Emerson (architect)Sir William Emerson was a British architect.He was born in 1843 the son of a silk manufacturer in Whitechapel, London, and educated at King's College, London. Around 1861 he was articled to William Gilbee Habershon, who soon thereafter entered into partnership with Alfred Robert Pite...
(1843–1924), British architect. - William Emerson (footballer)William Emerson (footballer)William "Billy" Emerson was a former football player, for Burnley and Glentoran.-Club career:A talented right half, Billy Emerson sprang from the Owen O'Cork club on east Belfast's Beersbridge Road, a little club that reared many young players for its big league neighbours Glentoran.- Glentoran...
(1891–1961), British footballer for Burnley and Glentoran. - William Emerson (journalist)William Emerson (journalist)William Austin "Bill" Emerson Jr. was an American journalist who covered the civil rights era as Newsweek's first bureau chief assigned to cover the Southern United States and was later editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post.-Early life and education:Emerson was born on February 28, 1923 in...
(1923–2009), U.S. journalist - William Ralph EmersonWilliam Ralph Emerson-Biography:Emerson was born in Alton, Illinois, a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and trained in the office of Jonathan Preston , an architect–builder in Boston, Massachusetts. He formed an architectural partnership with Preston , practiced alone for two years, then partnered with Carl Fehmer...
(1833–1917), American architect - Bill EmersonBill EmersonNorvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson...
, (1938–1996), U.S. politician from Missouri - William Emerson, Sr., minister and grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- William Henry EmersonWilliam Henry EmersonWilliam Henry "Big Doc" Emerson was an American chemist.-Life:William Henry Emerson was born in Tunnel Hill, Georgia in 1860 to Matilda Caroline Austin, daughter of Clisbe Austin, and Caleb J. Emerson. He joined the United States Naval Academy at age 16, graduating in 1880. Emerson spent the next...
, (1860 – 1924), American chemist
William Emerson is also the given name of:
- William Emerson BarrettWilliam Emerson BarrettWilliam Emerson Barrett was an American journalist and politician.Barrett was a founder of The Boston Evening Record, and served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Barrett was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on December...
, American journalist and politician - William Emerson BrockWilliam Emerson BrockWilliam Emerson Brock was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931. William Emerson Brock (March 14, 1872 August 5, 1950) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931. William Emerson Brock (March 14, 1872 August 5, 1950) was a Democratic...
(1872–1950), U.S. Senator from Tennessee - William Emerson Brock III, "Bill Brock", (born 1930), U.S. Senator from Tennessee and 18th U.S. Secretary of Labor
- William Emerson RitterWilliam Emerson RitterWilliam Emerson Ritter, Ph.D. was an American biologist. Ritter initiated and shaped the Marine Biological Association of San Diego and the American Society for the Dissemination of Science...
, (1856–1944) American biologist