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Mary Walker Wyse. . (m. 1901) . Signature. William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as " Big Bill ", [1] he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical ...
Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. (April 15, 1943 – January 6, 2006) was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai Massacre of the South Vietnamese village known as Sơn Mỹ on March 16, 1968, alongside Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence ...
Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional ...
William Seward Burroughs II (/ ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of ...
Bill Gates l. William Henry Gates II[1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington ...
William Lewis Moody Jr. (January 25, 1865 – July 21, 1954) [1][2][3] was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, who founded a private bank, an insurance company, and one of the largest charitable foundations in the United States. [4] Moody was active in the day-to-day operations of his companies until two days before ...
William H. Thompson (June 16, 1895 – July 6, 1981) was a writer, psychologist, professor, Presbyterian minister, and the father-in-law of Warren Buffett. Early life and education [ edit ] William Hertzog Thompson was born June 16, 1895, in Greeley, Colorado , to Lorin Andrew Thompson, a newspaper editor and postal inspector, and Annie Hertzog ...
William H. Thompson may refer to: William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. William Henry Thompson (1853–1937), U.S. senator from Nebraska. William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), U.S. senator from Kansas. William Hale Thompson (1868–1944), mayor of Chicago.