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2 unusual facts about William W. Fisher


Promises to Keep

Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment is a book written by William Fisher, the WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property at Harvard Law School and the faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It was released by Stanford University Press in August 2004.

William W. Fisher

Fisher was among the lawyers, along with his colleague John Palfrey and the law firm of Jones Day, who represented Shepard Fairey, pro bono, in his lawsuit against the Associated Press related to the iconic Hope poster.


Alice Fisher

Alice S. Fisher (born 1967), assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice

Andrew J. Transue

In 1936, Transue defeated incumbent Republican William W. Blackney to be elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 75th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939.

Anna S. Fisher

Fisher was a member of the American Watercolor Society; the National Academy Museum and School; the American Watercolor Society; the New York Society of Painters; Allied Artists of America; the National Arts Club and the National Association of Women Artists.

Burl Barer

In 2012, Barer and Don Woldman, previously teamed on Outlaw Radio's True Crime Uncensored, reunited as contributors to various true crime-related specials and discussions on Hart D. Fisher's American Horrors channel, featured as part of the basic tier of channels offered on filmon.com.

Carl G. Fisher

Will Rogers remembered Fisher as a Florida pioneer with these words: Fisher was the first man to discover that there was sand under the water...sand that could hold up a real estate sign.

Charles W. Fisher

By way of fulfilling that promise, he built a mansion in Cochrane in 1908 (which became the Just Home Guest Ranch in 1931 and was donated to a Franciscan order in 1948).

Edmund W. Wells

He was appointed to the newly created 4th district by President Benjamin Harrison and his nomination was supported by U.S. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, Arizona Territorial Governors Richard C. McCormick, Anson P. K. Safford, and Lewis Wolfley, Arizona Territorial Justices Charles G. W. French and William W. Porter, Arizona Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, and Oakes Murphy.

George J. Fisher

Fisher served as deputy Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America from 1919 to 1943, and as National Scout Commissioner from 1943 until his death in 1960.

Hegeler Carus Mansion

Completed in 1876 for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in the nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed in 1874 by noted Chicago architect William W. Boyington.

Herbert O. Fisher

After test flights of a P-47C on November 13, 1942, Republic Aviation issued a press release on December 1, 1942, claiming that Lts.

J. Roland Kinzer

He was elected as a Republican to the seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William W. Griest.

John H. Edwards

Early in his career, he worked under Lancelot Hogben, and was sometimes distinguished from the brother as Hogben's Edwards.

Julian Corbett

Corbett was a good friend and ally of naval reformer Admiral John "Jackie" Fisher, the First Sea Lord.

Justice Page

William W. Page, an Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court for four months

Linwood, Kansas

Legend has it that one day when the townspeople were cutting wood for the church, Colonel Loring suggested they change the name to Linwood, because of the many linden trees that grew in the area.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne

The most damaging testimony for the Army's program came from the commander of the Air Force's Tactical Air Command, General William W. Momyer, who cited helicopter casualty statistics of Operation Lam Son 719.

Oakley Hall, Hampshire

A national school, accommodating 120 students, was built in nearby Oakley on the property of William W. B. Beach in 1855 and by 1872, it was expanded.

Paul Fisher

Paul C. Fisher (1913–2006), American industrialist and inventor of the Fisher Space Pen

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Richard B. Fisher namesake of the hall, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley.

Robert F. Fisher

Robert F. Fisher, (February 18, 1879 Plymouth, England - July 20, 1969 Carlotta, California) served in the California legislature and during the Spanish-American War he served in the United States Army.

Scarlet tiger moth

The three morphs occurring in the population at the Cothill reserve in Oxfordshire, Britain, have been the subject of considerable genetic study (McNamara 1998), including research by E.B. Ford, R.A. Fisher and Denis Owen.

Schlesinger Library

This collection also includes the papers of several famous chefs and foodwriters such as M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, and Elizabeth David.

The Historical Register for the Year 1736

The Historical Register for the Year 1736 is a 1737 play by Henry Fielding published by William W. Appleton.

Thomas Loring

Thomas' descendants were found on both sides of the American Revolution, including Loyalist Commodore Joshua Loring, and on both sides of the American Civil war including confederate general William W. Loring.

Violet L. Fisher

Violet L. Fisher is a retired Bishop in The United Methodist Church, elected and consecrated to the Episcopacy in 2000.

Walter Fisher

Walter L. Fisher (1862–1935), United States Secretary of the Interior

Walter M. Brackett

He was one of the artists engaged by Secretary of War William W. Belknap in the early 1870s to execute portraits of the line of succession of the secretaries, and he painted the portraits of Timothy Pickering, Samuel Dexter, William Eustis, and Henry Dearborn, all prominent residents of his native state.

William Becker

William W. Becker (1921–2007), American creator of the Motel 6 concept

William Skinner

William W. Skinner (1874–1953), American chemist, conservationist, and college football

William Venable

William W. Venable (1880–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi

William W. Allen

William Wirt Allen (September 11, 1835 – November 21, 1894) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

William W. Belknap

Belknap was receiving profits from traderships, Rep. Hiester Clymer launched an investigation into the War Department.

William W. Blackney

He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in his birthplace of Clio, Michigan.

William W. Bosworth

Although Rockefeller's project ended in 1936, Bosworth remained in his adopted country in semi-retirement, building a house for himself and his family, Villa Marietta, in Vaucresson (1935–1936).

William W. Cocks

Cocks was elected as a Republican to the 59th, 60th and 61st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1911.

William W. Cook

He practiced law for many years in Manhattan, primarily for the Mackay telegraph and cable companies, and amassed a substantial fortune.

William W. Johnstone

His death remained officially unconfirmed for nearly three years and was the subject of continuous debate in the forum on his web site.

William W. Park

Known as "Rusty" since childhood, Park is a Justice of the Peace in Massachusetts and a long-time member of the congregation of King's Chapel in Boston, where he has held the post of Senior Warden and currently serves as Trustee.

William W. Parsons

In 1883, Parsons was promoted to Vice-President of Indiana State Normal School.

William W. Rice

Rice was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887).

William W. Sellers

He is the fourth generation of his family to head the school, following his great-grandfather Sandford Sellers, who led Wentworth from its founding in 1880 until 1923, his great-uncle Sandford Sellers, Jr. (1923–1933), his grandfather James M. Sellers (1933–1960), and his father James M. Sellers, Jr. (1973–1990).

He is also a direct descendant of Academy founder Stephen G. Wentworth.

William W. Skiles

Skiles was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Shelby, Ohio, January 9, 1904.

William W. Smith

W. Wheeler Smith (William Wheeler Smith) (c. 1838-c. 1908), American architect and real estate developer

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.

William W. Van Wyck

Van Wyck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th and 18th United States Congresses, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 4, 1825.

William W. Warren

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

William W. Wick

In 1844, Wick was re-elected to congress serving until the expiration of the Thirtieth Congress in 1849, not having been a candidate for renomination.


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