Roger Williams (December 21, 1603-April 1, 1683) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of religious toleration and the separation of church and state (because he was worried about contamination of the church), and an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans. In 1644, he received a charter creating the colony of Rhode Island, named for the principal island in Narragansett Bay. He is credited for originating either the first or second Baptist church established in America.
Roger Hugh Williams (born January 22, 1948, Crickhowell) is a British Member of Parliament, a Liberal Democrat elected from Brecon and Radnorshire in 2001.
Born in the town of Crickhowell, Roger Williams studied at Christ College school in Brecon and Cambridge University. On graduating in natural sciences he returned to Breconshire becoming a livestock farmer. During the mid 1980s he was elected Chairman of the Brecon and Radnorshire branch of the National Farmers Union.
Williams joined the Labour Party in 1969, but left to join the SDP at the formation of the party in 1981 and represented it and subsequently the Liberal Democrats on Powys County Council. In 1990 he was elected Chairman of Brecon Beacons National Park.
In 2001 he was elected to represent the constituency of Brecon & Radnorshire holding the seat with a majority of 751 following the retirement of fellow Liberal Democrat Richard Livsey. In the 2005 election he was returned with an improved majority of 3,905.
Roger Williams (1539/1540 - December 12 1595) was a Welsh soldier of fortune.
Williams was in the Netherlands fighting on behalf of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, when the latter was assassinated, and helped capture the assassin, Balthazar Gerards. Knighted after the Battle of Zutphen in 1586 by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, he accompanied Sir Francis Drake to Portugal, and later fought on behalf of the French Huguenots.
Williams is supposed to be the model for the character of Fluellen in Shakespeare's Henry V. He was recognised as an expert on military matters by his contemporaries, and wrote A brief discourse of war (1590).
Roger Williams (born October 1, 1924) is one of the most popular pianists in American popular music history. As of 2004, he has released 116 albums. blank">Roger Williams's biography at mrpianotoday.com, fetched September 20, 2007
He was born Louis Weertz, the son of a Lutheran minister (Rev. Frederick J. Weertz) and a music teacher (Dorothea Bang Weertz), in _Omaha, Nebraska, but before his first birthday moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He first played the piano at age three, but in high school became interested in boxing, mainly at his father's insistence, and only returned to music after breaking his nose several times and sustaining several other injuries. He majored in piano at Drake University in Des Moines, but was expelled for playing "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in the practice room. Weertz entered the United States Navy, served in World War II, and while still in the Navy received a bachelor's degree from Idaho State College (now Idaho State University) in 1950. Afterwards he managed to re-enroll at Drake, where he earned his master's degree, and later moved to New York City to study at the Juilliard School of Music. At Juilliard he studied jazz piano under Lennie Tristano and Teddy Wilson.
One night he was scheduled to play as an accompanist for a Juilliard student who was scheduled to sing on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts." The singer failed to appear, and Louis Weertz went on as a piano soloist, winning the night's contest. He was heard by David Kapp, founder of Kapp Records, and Kapp was so impressed that he signed the pianist, changing his name to "Roger Williams" after the founder of Rhode Island. In addition to the Godfrey program, he also won a talent contest on Dennis James' program, "Chance of a Lifetime." In 1955 he recorded the only piano instrumental to reach #1 on Billboard magazine's popular music charts: "Autumn Leaves." While many other records of this song have been made since it was composed in 1945 by the composer Joseph Kosma, Roger Williams' version is easily the best known and most played. In 1966 he had another Top Ten hit with the song Born Free from the motion picture soundtrack of the same name.
His first wife, Joy Dunsmoor, bore him three children. After divorcing her he married again, in 1985, to Louise DiCarlo.
He was the first pianist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On October 29, 2004 he was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame.
Williams resides in Encino, California and has more recently bought the rights to his Kapp masters from the Universal Music Group.
His Steinway & Sons "Gold Steinway" grand piano has been on tour for public display and entertainment during 2007 - 2008.
John Roger Williams (born ca. 1950) is the former secretary of state for the U.S. state of Texas, having served from November 2004 until his resignation effective July 1, 2007. Williams announced on June 11 that he would leave the appointed position to "pursue other opportunities". On July 16, Williams was named chairman of the Texas Republican Victory 2008 Coordinated Campaign, which assists candidates up and down the general election ballot.
Governor Rick Perry nominated his own deputy chief of staff, Phil Wilson, a native of Brownwood, to succeed Williams. Wilson's selection met the tentative approval of Democratic State Senator Kirk Watson, in whose Travis County district Wilson (born ca. 1968) resides. According to Watson, Wilson assured him that he will take no position as the presumptive secretary of state on the GOP-favored idea of asking voters to present photo identification or other proof of identity before voting. The appointment must be confirmed by two-thirds of state senators present and voting.
Williams was the fourth secretary of state to have served under the appointment of Perry. The others were now U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Laredo (January - October 2001), Gwen Shea (2002-2003), a former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Irving in Dallas County, and Geoffrey Connor (2003-2004), a native of Runnels County in central Texas.
Williams was reared in Fort Worth. He was a star baseball player for Texas Christian University from 1968-1971 and attempted to play professionally with the Atlanta Braves farm team. He returned to Texas to coach TCU's baseball team before he embarked on a career in business and public affairs. Williams joined his father in a family automobile dealership founded in 1939.
He is a trustee of TCU and the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in College Station. Williams was appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas Motor Vehicle Board and by former Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff to the Special Committee on State Employee Compensation and Benefits.
As secretary of state, Williams served as Chief Election Officer for Texas, assisted county election officials and ensured the uniform application and interpretation of election laws through the state. He oversaw the state’s efforts to comply with the federal Help America Vote Act.
Williams worked to promote economic development, investment, and job creation in Texas. He was also Perry's chief liaison to Mexico and the Border Region of Texas. In this capacity, he worked with Mexican federal, state, and local officials on common issues.
As the overseer and director of Texas elections, Williams's office was in the spotlight during the 2006 Texas governor's race. Independent candidate Richard Friedman (commonly known as "Kinky") successfully lobbied to have the name "Kinky" placed on the election ballot. Another Independent candidate, Carole K. Strayhorn, sought to have the name "Grandma" placed on the ballot next to her name. (Strayhorn's campaign slogan was "one tough grandma".) Strayhorn's request was denied. Friedman and Strayhorn finished third and fourth, respectively, in the election, behind Democrat Chris Bell and the winner, incumbent Republican Perry.
Williams and his wife, Patty, live in Weatherford, the seat of Parker County west of Fort Worth, and have two daughters who were attending TCU in 2007. He owns an automobile dealership in Weatherford.
Professor Roger Williams, CBE is a British medical doctor, specialising in hepatology (treatment of the liver). He is currently Director of the Institute of Hepatology at UCL University College, London. A formidable and dynamic World leader in the field, he has inspired international research in diseases of the liver.
Williams was part of the medical team that performed the first liver transplant in the UK in 1968. blank">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25869-1895760,00.html
He is recently well known for treating footballer _George Best, who suffered various liver ailments after a battle with alcoholism. Williams supervised a liver transplant on Best in 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1702266.stm. Best, however, ignored advice not to drink and died in 2005.
Roger Williams born 30 July 1954, in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a British brass player. He plays trombone, tuba and euphonium.
A veteran of theatre and session work, he was a member of the line-up of the Albion Band which played for 'Larkrise' at the National Theatre. As a result of this, he was recruited as a member of the newly-formed Home Service and, slightly later, Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick's new group Brass Monkey.
Roger Williams (born in 1974 at Newport, Wales) is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter working in both English and Welsh. His work often examines aspects of modern Welsh life, such as the place of minority languages, the plight of declining industrial communities and the Cardiff gay scene.
He was raised in Carmarthen, west Wales. He graduated in 1995 from the University of Warwick with a degree in English and American Literature.
His theatre work includes:
In 2002, his work Tales from the Pleasure Beach, screened on BBC Two, was nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Best Drama Series category. He has also written episodes of "Hollyoaks" (Channel 4), "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (BBC), "The Bench" (BBC Wales), "Citizens!" (BBC Wales) and many episodes of the daily Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm which is broadcast on S4C. In 2006 he became the lead writer of S4C's popular new drama series "Caerdydd".
Roger Williams is the leader of the Nationalist Coalition. This is a racist political group founded in 2006. The group was formed by Williams and others who broke away from Kevin Alfred Strom's racist group called National Vanguard.
Williams had been active for many years with the racist group National Alliance in both Texas and Colorado.
Roger Williams had been intimately involved with Erica Hardwick-Hoesch who later turned against the White Nationalist groups.
Sir Roger Williams is the Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. He received a knighthood in June 2006 for his services to Higher Education.
