8-685: William West may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] William West (artist) (1801–1861), English artist (of Bristol) William West (director) of Flying Wild William H. West (entertainer) (1853–1902), American minstrel show producer William Edward West (1788–1859), American painter William E. West Sr. (1922–2014), American painter William West Anderson (1928–2017), birth name of American actor Adam West William West (actor) (1856–1915), American actor Law and politics [ edit ] William West (Rhode Island politician) (c. 1733–1816), American militia general in
16-657: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William West (artist) William West (1801–1861) was an English oil painter and watercolourist who was a member of the Bristol School of artists. He was also the builder of the Clifton Observatory at Clifton Down , Bristol. West arrived in Bristol around 1823. He started exhibiting there in 1823, and from 1824 as well as participating in
24-1185: The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society William West (botanist) (1848–1914), English botanist William West Jr (1875–1901), English botanist William James West (died 1848), English surgeon and apothecary William Dixon West (1901–1994), English geologist Sport [ edit ] William West (sailor) (born 1931), Canadian Olympic sailor William West (umpire) (1863–1938), cricketer and test match umpire William West (equestrian) (1887–1953), American equestrian William West (wrestler) , British Olympic wrestler Willie West (born 1938), American football defensive back Wild Bill West (1875–?), American baseball player Other [ edit ] William West (antiquary) (1770–1854), English bookseller and antiquary William Marcus West (fl. 1830s), Scottish-American pioneer See also [ edit ] Billy West (disambiguation) West (name) William (name) William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917), British politician All pages with titles beginning with William West [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
32-625: The American Revolutionary War and later political leader William West, 1st Baron De La Warr (c. 1520–1595), British political figure William H. West (judge) (1824–1911), politician and member of the Ohio Supreme Court, 1872–1873 William H. West (policeman) (1842–1915), soldier and police officer William H. West (Louisiana politician) (1928-2016), American politician and educator William West (legal writer) (c. 1548–1598), English lawyer, known as
40-503: The author of Symbolæographia William Stanley West (1849–1914), U.S. Senator from Georgia William West (1612–1670) , English politician William J. West (Canadian politician) (1892–1985), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick William J. West (UK politician) (1868–?), British politician and trade unionist Science [ edit ] William West (chemist) (1792–1851), English chemist of
48-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_West&oldid=1212596041 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
56-659: The sketching activities of the Bristol School he exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution . However, after 1826 he did not exhibit at those two institutions again until 1845. From 1847 he concentrated on Norwegian subjects. West developed a great interest in optics and engineering. In 1828 he leased a disused windmill on Clifton Down and installed a large telescope in its tower to turn it into an observatory . In 1829 he replaced
64-399: The telescope with a camera obscura . From 1835 he extended the windmill to create a new observatory, building a large dome to house a rotating telescope. He filled the observatory with a collection of maps, globes and optical instruments. In 1837 he opened a tunnel 61 m (200 ft) in length which he had excavated from the observatory down to St Vincent's Cave on the cliff-face of
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