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Purcell was born in or near to Norwich on 22 January 1912. [1] Purcell was educated at Norwich School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and ordained in 1938. [ 2 ] After a curacy in Headingley , Yorkshire he was raised to the position of a Minor Canon of Ripon Cathedral in that county.
William Edward Purcell (August 3, 1856 – November 23, 1928) was a United States senator from North Dakota. Born in Flemington, New Jersey , he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1880, commencing practice in Flemington.
William Purcell Witcutt (1908–1972) was a notable British religious minister, folklorist and author. He was born into the Anglican church, converted to Catholicism in the early 1930s, and returned to the Church of England in the mid-1950s.
William Purcell may refer to: William Purcell (d. 1834), last known survivor of HMS Bounty; William E. Purcell (1856–1928), state senator from North Dakota; William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919), arachnologist and biologist; William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), architect; William R. Purcell (born 1931), state senator from North Carolina
William McCoy (c.1763 – 20 April 1798) was a Scottish sailor who was with Fletcher Christian on the voyage from Tahiti to Pitcairn Island, settling there in January 1790. McCoy had one consort, Teio , and fathered two children, Daniel and Catherine.
On 24 March 1897, Purcell married Anna Cambier Faure, [7] who was a close South African friend of Olive Schreiner. The Purcell's had three children, Frederick Walter Faure Purcell, Olive Margaretha Deneys Purcell and William Frederick Hertzog Purcell. Anna Purcell was a cousin of Barry Hertzog, and her sister Joey married a Smuts.
The first sign of overt discord between Bligh and his officers occurred when the captain exchanged angry words with the carpenter, William Purcell, over the latter's methods for cutting wood. [ 60 ] [ n 6 ] Bligh ordered Purcell back to the ship and, when the carpenter stood his ground, Bligh withheld his rations, which "immediately brought him ...
William Gray Purcell (July 2, 1880 – April 11, 1965) was a Prairie School architect in the Midwestern United States. He partnered with George Grant Elmslie , and briefly with George Feick . The firm of Purcell & Elmslie produced designs for buildings in twenty-two states, Australia, and China.