Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Ste-Helene street in Old Montreal. Beginning in 1873, the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the English-speaking community to pursue their education while working during the day. Sixty years later, the Montreal YMCA relocated to its current location on Stanley Street in Downtown Montreal. In 1926, the education program at the YMCA was re-organized as Sir George Williams
George A. Williams (actor) George A. Williams (actor) George A. Williams (August 11, 1854 – February 21, 1936), sometimes known as "G.A. Williams" or simply as George Williams, was an American actor of the silent film era. Born in 1854 in Kinnickinnic, Wisconsin, he broke into the film industry in 1914. He worked mostly in film shorts, appearing in well over 100 of them in his 14-year career. He would also perform in approximately 20 feature-length films during this span. His first film appearance was in the film short, "In the Days of Witchcraft" (1913), and he would make his feature debut in 1916's