William Hallam

William Thomas Thompson Hallam was an Anglican bishop.

Biography

Born in 1878 he was educated at Dalhousie University and began his ordained ministry as a curate at Lindsay, Ontario after which he was the incumbent of Cannington. He was next Professor of Divinity at Wycliffe College, Toronto. After this he was Principal of Emmanuel College, Saskatoon and then Rector of the Church of Ascension, Hamilton. He became Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1931 and, when the diocese divided in 1933, the inaugural Bishop of Saskatoon.

He retired in 1949 and died on 25 July 1956.

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William Hallam (trade unionist)

William Hallam (1856 – 4 July 1902) was a British trade unionist.

Hallam came to prominence when he was elected as the checkweighman at Markham Colliery in Derbyshire in 1883, and subsequently as the colliery's delegate to the new Derbyshire Miners' Association. He was elected as president of the DMA in 1890 and served until 1898, when he was narrowly defeated by Barnet Kenyon. While in office, he wrote Miners' Leaders, an important source of information on leading figures in miners' trade unions up to that point.

Hallam contested the presidency against Kenyon each year until his death in 1902, but was never successful.

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William Hallam (theatre manager)

William Hallam (born in England about 1712; died there about 1758) was an English theatre manager who organized the company that gave the first professionally produced theatrical performances in the New World.

Biography

He became manager of the Goodman's Fields Theatre, London. In his competition with David Garrick, who managed Drury Lane Theatre, he became bankrupt in 1750, and in the same year organized a dramatic company that was sent, under the direction of his brother Lewis, to the North American colonies and the British West Indies. Before the actors sailed, they studied 24 plays, besides farces and medleys, which in suitable weather were rehearsed aboard ship. They also took with them costumes and scenery. In June 1754, William Hallam sailed for the North American colonies, landing in Philadelphia. He remained with the comedians about one year, but did not perform. Disposing of his half interest to his brother Lewis, he returned to England in 1755, where he soon afterward died.