William Bedloe William Bedloe William Bedloe (20 April 1650 – 20 August 1680) was an English fraudster and Popish Plot informer. He was born at Chepstow in Monmouthshire, the cousin of William Kemys (or Kemish), who became High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1678. He appears to have been well educated; he was certainly clever, and after moving to London in 1670 he became acquainted with some Jesuits and was occasionally employed by them. Calling himself now Captain Williams, now Lord Gerard or Lord Newport or Lord Cornwallis, he travelled from one part of Europe to another, usually accompanied by his brother James.
Michael S. Roth noted: "The annual celebration references a perpetually-stoned character in Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic strip, inspiring University participants to emulate Zonker Harris's drug habits." The day was renamed "Ze Who Must Not Be Named." The decision earned Roth an appearance in a Doonesbury strip in Autumn 2010. On March 22, 2011, the university administration officially reversed its decision on the festival's name. The festival was again known as Zonker Harris Day beginning with the 2011 festival in April. Michael S. Roth Michael S. Roth (born April 8, 1957) is an American academic and university administrator. He became the 16th president of