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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
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 ...
Dewees circa. 1833, portrait by John Neagle. William Potts Dewees (May 5, 1768 – May 18, 1841) was an American physician, best known for his work in obstetrics, being described in American Medical Biographies as a "Philadelphian obstetrician [that] was so famous that no parturient woman of the time considered herself safe in other hands."
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.
George Potts (1807 – 20 September 1863) [1] was a British Liberal and Conservative politician. Potts was the son of William Potts and Mary (née Bayly), daughter of William Bayly. He married three times, including to his cousin Ellen ńee Reed, daughter of James Reed, in 1847. [ 2 ]
To celebrate Father’s Day, Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton released a new photo of their children. William, 41, admired a beachfront view, wrapping his arms around sons Prince George ...
Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) [1] is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb?