The son of a spinner, he was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cottonmill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and went on to learn mechanics and hydraulics at night school. In 1863 he joined a company of bridge manufacturers in Glasgow, but by 1872 he had established his own business, the Dalmarnock Iron Works, in the east end of the city. In the late 1870s he went on to found Sir William Arrol & Co., a leading international civil engineering business.
Tay Bridge
In 1878, he secured the contract for the Caledonian Railway Bridge over the Clyde, and in 1882 he was awarded the reconstruction contract for the Tay Rail Bridge, which had collapsed in 1879. His company went on to construct the Forth Bridge which was completed in 1890. At the time, the Tay and Forth bridges were the largest of their type in the world. They were notable not just for their size but also the use of steel in the Forth Bridge, and the riveting method developed by Arrol to attach the girders to one another.
Sir William was a champion racehorse. He was the winner of the 1838 Grand Liverpool steeplechase, later to be known as the Grand National. Only three runners took part, with the previous year's winner, The Duke, sent off as 1/2 favourite. He finished last of the three in the race. The winner was ridden by Irishman, Alan McDonough.
A Knight's Tale (2001) - Sir William Scene (9/10) | Movieclips
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William's (Heath Ledger) friends protect him when he is sent to the stocks for impersonating a nobleman.
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Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a low-born 14th century squire who, in a fit of inspired spontaneity, replaces his deceased employer as the competitor at a jousting competition. Jousting is a pastime only permitted to knights, who are of noble birth, but Thatcher wins and decides to continue his new pursuits. With the help of his two fellow squire friends Wat and Roland (Alan Tudyk and Mark Addy) and none other than the gambling-addicted Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany), Thatcher has soon adopted a f...
published: 24 Mar 2017
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Sir William Osler (1849-1919): Father of Modern Medicine
A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.
"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past individuals and nations find their noblest inspiration"
- Sir William Osler, The Leaven of Science, Philadelphia, May 21st 1894.
Sir William Osler was the most famous physician in the English speaking world at the time of his death in 1919.
Besides a notable tendency to buffoonery, Osler had no especially important talents as a youngling. He was a regular student in many ways but had had the good fortune of being duly influenced by a succession of peculiarly positive personalities. As we trace his life through a revealing 70 years, we witness how a mischievous 'bad boy' from the backwoods in Canada would rise to occ...
published: 28 Jan 2016
El Amor de Sir William parte 1
Sir William Compton Un amigo de toda la vida del rey Enrique VIII muestra un interés romántico por el joven compositor Thomas Tallis
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A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.
"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past ind...
A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.
"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past individuals and nations find their noblest inspiration"
- Sir William Osler, The Leaven of Science, Philadelphia, May 21st 1894.
Sir William Osler was the most famous physician in the English speaking world at the time of his death in 1919.
Besides a notable tendency to buffoonery, Osler had no especially important talents as a youngling. He was a regular student in many ways but had had the good fortune of being duly influenced by a succession of peculiarly positive personalities. As we trace his life through a revealing 70 years, we witness how a mischievous 'bad boy' from the backwoods in Canada would rise to occupy the most respected chair of medicine in the world.
All throughout his life Osler was apt to adorn himself with the noblest of qualities. A pious priest in the temple of Asclepius, he spoke from both heart and head, and it is the humanising influence of his lectures that continue to quicken the doctors pulse today. The importance of Osler's contributions as an internist, educator, pathologist, historian, and humanist have been well documented. He continues to inspire modern generations of doctors to become good physicians.
This video was made possible through images reproduced from:
- The William Osler Photo Collection by McGill Library
- The McGill University Archives
- The Wellcome Library Images Collection
- The National Library of Medicine
- The University of Pennsylvania Archives
- The William Osler Collection of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- The Osler Niche image is reproduced by permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
- The Sir William Osler Collection of the Francis A. Countway Library (#0002497).
- St. Budock's Church, Cornwall, England
- Google image and Google books.
All quotes given have been methodically sourced and are Osler's own unless stated otherwise. The chief references for these include his main biographies (Cushing and Bliss) and many lectures. The date and place is given for most quotations and especially where this is significant. All dates given have been carefully verified.
The soundtrack for this video ('Going home') was originally produced by Tom Day, a talented musical artist from Melbourne, Victoria.
A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.
"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past individuals and nations find their noblest inspiration"
- Sir William Osler, The Leaven of Science, Philadelphia, May 21st 1894.
Sir William Osler was the most famous physician in the English speaking world at the time of his death in 1919.
Besides a notable tendency to buffoonery, Osler had no especially important talents as a youngling. He was a regular student in many ways but had had the good fortune of being duly influenced by a succession of peculiarly positive personalities. As we trace his life through a revealing 70 years, we witness how a mischievous 'bad boy' from the backwoods in Canada would rise to occupy the most respected chair of medicine in the world.
All throughout his life Osler was apt to adorn himself with the noblest of qualities. A pious priest in the temple of Asclepius, he spoke from both heart and head, and it is the humanising influence of his lectures that continue to quicken the doctors pulse today. The importance of Osler's contributions as an internist, educator, pathologist, historian, and humanist have been well documented. He continues to inspire modern generations of doctors to become good physicians.
This video was made possible through images reproduced from:
- The William Osler Photo Collection by McGill Library
- The McGill University Archives
- The Wellcome Library Images Collection
- The National Library of Medicine
- The University of Pennsylvania Archives
- The William Osler Collection of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- The Osler Niche image is reproduced by permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
- The Sir William Osler Collection of the Francis A. Countway Library (#0002497).
- St. Budock's Church, Cornwall, England
- Google image and Google books.
All quotes given have been methodically sourced and are Osler's own unless stated otherwise. The chief references for these include his main biographies (Cushing and Bliss) and many lectures. The date and place is given for most quotations and especially where this is significant. All dates given have been carefully verified.
The soundtrack for this video ('Going home') was originally produced by Tom Day, a talented musical artist from Melbourne, Victoria.
A slightly improved version of our William Osler video which was originally uploaded on August 1st 2014.
"In the continual remembrance of a glorious past individuals and nations find their noblest inspiration"
- Sir William Osler, The Leaven of Science, Philadelphia, May 21st 1894.
Sir William Osler was the most famous physician in the English speaking world at the time of his death in 1919.
Besides a notable tendency to buffoonery, Osler had no especially important talents as a youngling. He was a regular student in many ways but had had the good fortune of being duly influenced by a succession of peculiarly positive personalities. As we trace his life through a revealing 70 years, we witness how a mischievous 'bad boy' from the backwoods in Canada would rise to occupy the most respected chair of medicine in the world.
All throughout his life Osler was apt to adorn himself with the noblest of qualities. A pious priest in the temple of Asclepius, he spoke from both heart and head, and it is the humanising influence of his lectures that continue to quicken the doctors pulse today. The importance of Osler's contributions as an internist, educator, pathologist, historian, and humanist have been well documented. He continues to inspire modern generations of doctors to become good physicians.
This video was made possible through images reproduced from:
- The William Osler Photo Collection by McGill Library
- The McGill University Archives
- The Wellcome Library Images Collection
- The National Library of Medicine
- The University of Pennsylvania Archives
- The William Osler Collection of the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives of The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- The Osler Niche image is reproduced by permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
- The Sir William Osler Collection of the Francis A. Countway Library (#0002497).
- St. Budock's Church, Cornwall, England
- Google image and Google books.
All quotes given have been methodically sourced and are Osler's own unless stated otherwise. The chief references for these include his main biographies (Cushing and Bliss) and many lectures. The date and place is given for most quotations and especially where this is significant. All dates given have been carefully verified.
The soundtrack for this video ('Going home') was originally produced by Tom Day, a talented musical artist from Melbourne, Victoria.
The son of a spinner, he was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cottonmill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and went on to learn mechanics and hydraulics at night school. In 1863 he joined a company of bridge manufacturers in Glasgow, but by 1872 he had established his own business, the Dalmarnock Iron Works, in the east end of the city. In the late 1870s he went on to found Sir William Arrol & Co., a leading international civil engineering business.
Tay Bridge
In 1878, he secured the contract for the Caledonian Railway Bridge over the Clyde, and in 1882 he was awarded the reconstruction contract for the Tay Rail Bridge, which had collapsed in 1879. His company went on to construct the Forth Bridge which was completed in 1890. At the time, the Tay and Forth bridges were the largest of their type in the world. They were notable not just for their size but also the use of steel in the Forth Bridge, and the riveting method developed by Arrol to attach the girders to one another.
Seafield House in Ayr, once home to Sir William Arrol who built the Forth Bridge, has been converted into ten homes, starting at £385,000, influenced by different parts of his ...