Researching William Hicks
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12535 people with the Hicks surname? In that year Hicks was ranked number 324 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Hicks and the Hicks Family Tree
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Some Famous People called William Hicks
William Hicks (Indian Army officer)
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Colonel William Hicks, also known as Hicks Pasha, (1830 – 5 November 1883), British soldier, entered the Bombay Army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859.
In 1861 he became captain, and in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867–1868 was a brigade major, being again mentioned in dispatches and given a brevet majority. He retired with the honorary rank of colonel in 1880.
He then entered the service of the Egyptian government, who controlled the Sudan. He led the Egyptian army that was completely defeated in the Battle of Shaykan, in which he was killed and decapitated.
Source: William Hicks (Indian Army officer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Mitchinson Hicks
William Mitchinson Hicks, FRS (23 September 1850, Launceston, Cornwall – 17 August 1934, Crowhurst, Sussex) was a British mathematician and physicist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1873, and became a Fellow at the College.
Hicks spent most of his career at Sheffield, contributing to the development of the university there. He was Principal of Firth College from 1892 to 1897. In 1897, Firth College merged with two other colleges to form the University College of Sheffield, and Hicks was its first Principal until 1905, when the College received its own Royal Charter and became the University of Sheffield. Hicks was the first Vice Chancellor of the University, serving from 1905.
From 1883 to 1892, he was Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Sheffield, and was Professor of Physics there from 1892 to 1917. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1885. He was awarded the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1912: "On the ground of his researches in mathematical physics." In 1921, Hicks won the Adams Prize.
The Hicks Building at the University of Sheffield, which houses the departments of Physics and Astronomy, the Chemistry and Physics Workshop (formally known as the Central Mechanical Workshops) and the School of Mathematics and Statistics, is named in his honour. Hicks equation is named after him.
Source: William Mitchinson Hicks, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Hicks (Cherokee chief)
William Abraham Hicks (1769 – c. 1837, age 68) (Cherokee) was a leader and chosen interim Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in October 1827. He succeeded his older brother Charles Hicks, who died in office in January that year, two weeks after coming to the position. The Cherokee Council named John Ross as second chief, and Elijah Hicks as President of the National Committee. William Hicks served until October 1828, when the Council elected John Ross as principal chief.
Hicks was of mixed race and became a wealthy farmer in the Oothcaloga Valley of present-day Georgia; he supported European-American education for his and other Cherokee children, as well as the opening of a mission and school in the valley. He was baptized as a Christian about 1819, as was his brother and other allies among the Cherokee.
Source: William Hicks (Cherokee chief), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hicks
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