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William Potts (May 1883 – 1947) was a Detroit police officer who is credited with inventing the modern, three-lens traffic light in Detroit in 1920. (A gas-powered, two-lens, red/green traffic signal was invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight, though after a short test installation, traffic lights were not seen again in the U.K. until 1929.) [1]
William Potts (inventor) (1883–1947), American policeman and inventor of modern traffic lights William E. Potts (1921–2005), American army general William Estel Potts (1935–2004), American army general
Arnold Potts was born on 16 September 1896 at Peel on the Isle of Man to William, a schoolmaster, and Mary Potts. [3] In 1904, at the age of eight, Potts' family emigrated to Western Australia and he attended Cottesloe State School before progressing on to Guilford Grammar School. During his formative years he was a keen sportsman, even despite ...
William E. Potts (November 9, 1921 – August 16, 2005) was an American military general. Early life and World War II. William Edward Potts was born on 9 November ...
Lester Wire was born on September 3, 1887, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Frank and Lida Wire. He had three sisters: Ora, Zelta, and Edith. [1] He and his family were Mormons. [2]
Stephen Wolcott Spencer (1925–2010), [7] who wed Marjorie Potts, daughter of Owen Lewis Potts of Santiago, Chile, in 1957. [8] William Hurlbut Force Spencer (1929-2022), who married Louise Thacher Jones (1927–2013) in 1956. [9] [10] Later in her life, she became a real estate investor and was a member of the zoning board for Newport.
William John Potts, OOnt (June 25, 1915 – February 4, 1990) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name "Whipper" Billy Watson. He was a two-time world champion, having held both the National Wrestling Association title and the National Wrestling Alliance title. On February 21, 1947, he became the first man to win a world ...
In 1839 and 1840, respectively, Henry and David's brothers Robert Smith Potts and Joseph Potts were brought into the partnership. Ultimately, David bought out most of the family interest, except for a moiety held by his nephew, William A. Smith. [3] David's nephew Charles Follen McKim, later an architect, was born at Isabella in 1847.