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Willard-Hay, Minneapolis Willard-Hay is a neighborhood within the larger Near North community on the north side of Minneapolis. The boundaries are roughly Olson Highway on the south, Penn Ave on the east , ( tho small portion of the neighborhood is NE of Penn and Plymouth) Broadway Av on the NE and Wirth Park on the west.
Willden Fort Willden Fort was a wooden-palisade fort constructed on Cove Creek in Utah in 1860 by Charles William Willden and his son Elliot. It was occupied from 1860 to 1865, abandoned, then occupied briefly in 1867 during the construction of Cove Fort.
Willem Barents Willem Barents (Dutch: Barentsz; born ?1550 in Terschelling, West Frisian Islands, Netherlands; died June 201597 in Novaya Zemlya, Russia) was a Dutch navigator and explorer, a leader of early expeditions to the far north.
Willem Bilderdijk Willem Bilderdijk (September 7, 1756-December 31, 1831), Dutch poet, the son of an Amsterdam physician. When he was six years old an accident to his foot incapacitated him for ten years, and he developed habits of continuous and concentrated study.
Willem Cardinal van Rossum Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum (September 3, 1854 - August 30, 1932) was the Vatican's Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. He was a professed religious of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.
Willem Einthoven Willem Einthoven (Semarang, May 21, 1860 – Leiden, September 29, 1927) was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) in 1903 and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924 for it.
Willem Frederik Hermans The Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans (September 1, 1921–April 27, 1995) is considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in the postwar period, along with Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve.
Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain (1852-1919) born in Arnhem on November 28, 1852, he joined the (Dutch East)Indian service in 1874, and was controller in the districts Japara and Cheribon. He joined the (Dutch East)Indian service in 1874, and was controller in the districts Japara and Cheribon.
Willem Holleeder Willem Frederik Holleeder (born May 29, 1958) is a Dutch criminal. He was one of the perpetrators (among them also Cor van Hout) in the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, for which Holleeder received a jail sentence of 11 years.
Willem Kes Willem Kes (Dordrecht, Netherlands February 16, 1856 - Munich, Germany February 22, 1934), was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the first principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, holding that position between 1888 and 1895.
Willem Kieft Willem Kieft (1597-1647) was a Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam, later New York City, was the primary settlement), from 1638 until 1647. He formed the council of twelve men, the first representative body in New Netherland, but ignored its advice, beginning what would become known as Kieft's War with the Native Americans.
Willem Oltmans Willem Oltmans (born on June 10, 1925 in Huizen, died September 30, 2004 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch journalist. The Dutch government conspired to keep him out of work, for which it had to pay him 8 million guilders in damages in 2000 (approx.
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/1592, Rotterdam — September 23, 1624, Rotterdam) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Golden Age. He is often considered the "inventor" of Dutch genre painting.
Willem Sassen Wilhelmus Antonius Sassen (16 April 1918 – 2001) was a Dutch collaborator, Nazi journalist and a member of the SS, where he had the rank of Untersturmführer corresponding to lieutenant. He became widely known around 1960 as the interviewer of Adolf Eichmann.
Willem Smit Willem Smit perished in South America sometime in the 1960s, though during the 1970s there were reports that he worked to foment revolution in other parts of the world. Smit was born in 1935, the son of a poor family which scraped enough money together in order to ensure a fairly advanced level of education for young Smit.
Willem van der Ark Willem van der Ark (born 13th November 1963, Groningen, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for Aberdeen in the late 80's and early 90's. He was one of a series of Dutch players signed for the Scottish side during this time and Van der Ark was bought as a striker and noted for his height (6 foot, 5 inches).
Willem Verhulst Willem Verhulst was the second director of the Dutch West India Company. In 1625, Verhulst oversaw the decision to locate the company's main fortress and town on the tip of Manhattan Island in the colony of New Netherland.
Willem Vos Willem Vos is a Dutch scientist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Twente and Groupleader at the Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics "AMOLF" In 2004, with his group members, Peter Lodahl et.
Willem Vroegh v. Eastman Kodak Company Vroegh v. Eastman Kodak Company, et al is a class action complaint that alleges that the defendants, "[i]n marketing, advertising and/or packaging their Flash Memory Cards and Flash Memory Drives, Defendants misrepresent the size of the memory storage contained in the Flash Memory Cards and Flash Memory Drives.
Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe Willem Ysbrandtszoon Bontekoe (June 2, 1587-1657) was a skipper in the Dutch East India Company (VOC), who made only one voyage for the company (1618-1625). He became widely known because of the journal of his adventures that was published in 1646 under the title Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinge van de Oost-Indische reyse van Willem Ysbrantsz.
Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, (Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand van Oranje-Nassau, Prins van Oranje, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, born at April 27, 1967) is the eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and is the heir apparent to the Dutch throne, with the style HRH The Prince of Orange (in Dutch: "Z.K.
Willemsbrug The Willemsbrug is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and (in combination with the Koninginnebrug) the district of Feijenoord.
Willemsfonds The Willemsfonds, named after Jan Frans Willems, is a non-profit cultural organization which was founded in 1851, for the promotion and support of the Dutch language in Flanders (north of Belgium). In order to achieve this goal, the organization encouraged Flemish folk song, organized linguistic games and published inexpensive Flemish books.
Willen Willen is a district of Milton Keynes, England and is also one of the ancient villages of Buckinghamshire to have been included in the designated area of the New City in the 1960s. The original village is now a small but important part of the larger district that contains it and to which it gives its name.
Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire Willerby is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is located about five miles west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. According to the 2001 UK census, Willerby parish had a population of 8,056.
Willesborough Willesborough is a suburb of Ashford, Kent, UK. The area has schools, post offices, shops and other local resources, it is mainly residential but as Ashford expands there is more and more commercial activity around Willesborough.
Willesborough Windmill Willesborough Windmill is an octagonal white smock mill built in 1869 by J Hill, the Ashford millwright, onto a two storey red brick base with attached miller's cottage.Windmills in Kent The mill is a Grade 2* listed building in Willesborough, Ashford, Kent located near to Hythe Road and visible from the M20 motorway near Junction 10.
Willesden East (UK Parliament constituency) Willesden East was a constituency in North-West London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Willesden Junction station Willesden Junction station is both a London Underground station and main-line station in Harlesden, north-west London. It is near Willesden and is on the Bakerloo Line, between Kensal Green and Harlesden, in zone 3.
Willesden TMD Willesden TMD is a railway locomotive Traction Maintenance Depot situated in Willesden, North London. The depot is visible from the West Coast Main Line, to the south-east of Willesden Junction, on the way into London's Euston Station.
Willesden West (UK Parliament constituency) Willesden West was a constituency in North-West London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Willets Point, Queens Willets Point, also known locally as the Iron Triangle is a neighborhood of Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Northern Boulevard to the north, 126th Street and Shea Stadium to the west, Roosevelt Avenue to the south and the Flushing River to the east.
Willfred W. Lufkin LUFKIN, Willfred Weymouth, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Essex, Essex County, Mass., March 10, 1879; attended the public schools; newspaper correspondent; private secretary to Congressman Augustus P.
Willful blindness Willful blindness is a term used in law to describe a situation in which an individual seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally putting himself in a position where he will be unaware of facts which would render him liable. For example, in a number of cases, persons transporting packages containing illegal drugs have asserted that they never asked what the contents of the packages were, and therefore lacked the requisite intent to break the law.
Willgerodt rearrangement The Willgerodt rearrangement or Willgerodt reaction is an organic reaction converting an aryl alkyl ketone to the corresponding amide by reaction with ammonium polysulfide Willgerodt, Ber., 20, 2467 (1887); 21, 534 (1888).
Willi Dansgaard Willi Dansgaard (born 1922) is a Danish paleoclimatologist. He is Professor Emeritus of Geophysics at the University of Copenhagen and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Icelandic Academy of Sciences, and the Danish Geophysical Society.
Willi Hennig Emil Hans Willi Hennig (April 20, 1913 in Dürrhennersdorf/Oberlausitz – November 5, 1976 in Ludwigsburg) was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known by the moniker cladistics. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings.
Willi Münzenberg Willi Münzenberg (August 14, 1889–October 21, 1940) was a leading propagandist for the KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, Communist Party of Germany) in the Weimar Era. General secretary of the Communist Youth International.
Willi One Blood Willi One Blood (born William Harbour, Jr.) is a New York-based reggae singer whose claim to fame is the song "Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy)", included on the soundtrack album of the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber.
Willi Schneider Willi Schneider (1903 – 1971), brother of Rudi Schneider, was an Austrian spiritualist physical medium investigated by notable psychical researchers Harry Price, Albert von Schrenck-Notzing and Eric J. Dingwall.
Willi Stoph Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 – 13 April 1999) was an East German politician. He served as Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989.
Willi Unsoeld Willi Unsoeld (October 25, 1926 - March 4, 1979) was an American climber who, along with Tom Hornbein, were members of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963. Unsoeld and Hornbein's legendary climb was the first ascent from the peak's west ridge.
Willi Weber Willi Weber (correct name: Wilhelm Friedrich Weber), German, born on the March 11,1942 in Regensburg, Germany, is the manager of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and, until November 2005, of his brother Ralf Schumacher. He also manages German race driver Timo Scheider .
Willi Williams Willi Williams (also Willie Williams) is a Jamaican reggae and dub musician and producer. He is known as the "Armagideon Man" after his hit, "Armagideon Time", first recorded in 1978 by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One in Kingston.
William 'Gentleman' Smith (1730-1819) (actor) William Smith (1730-1819), known as 'Gentleman Smith', was a celebrated English actor of the 18th century who worked with David Garrick, and was the original creator of the role of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 'The School for Scandal'.
William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting is a fictional character based on William Poole, aka "Bill the Butcher", in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film Gangs of New York. He is played by actor Daniel Day-Lewis.
William "Bill" McKinney Bill McKinney is the current President and Professor of American Religion of the Pacific School of Religion (PSR) in Berkeley, California, the oldest theological seminary in the American West. Bill McKinney is a sociologist in urban studies by training and also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.
William "Billy" Nungesser William A. "Billy" Nungesser (September 30, 1929 -- January 21, 2006), was a gravelly-voiced, chain-smoking, and often combative leader of the Republican Party in the traditionally Democratic state of Louisiana during much of the latter twentieth century.
William "Cat" Anderson William Alonzo Anderson, known as Cat Anderson (12 September 1916–29 April 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter best-known for his long period playing with Duke Ellington's orchestra, and for his extremely wide range (more than five octaves), especially his playing in the higher registers.
William "Dock" Walls III William "Dock" Walls III is a community activist, politician, former aide to Chicago's first African-American mayor, the late Harold Washington and is currently the director of the Committee For A Better Chicago.
William "Duff" Armstrong William "Duff" Armstrong was an 1858 defendant for the murder of James Preston Metzker in Mason County, Illinois. His father, Jack Armstrong, had been a friend of Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln was studying law in New Salem, Illinois.
William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt William Hillcourt (August 6, 1900 - November 9,1992) also known as Green Bar Bill, is considered by many to be the father of American Boy Scouting and the Scoutmaster to the World due to his prolific writings and teachings in the areas of troop and patrol structure, training, and the development of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program.
William "Hootie" Johnson William 'Hootie' Johnson (1931) is the former chairman and current "Chairman Emeritus" of Augusta National Golf Club. He held the post from 1998 until May 5, 2006, when he was succeeded by Billy Payne, who ran the Atlanta Olympics.
William "Mickey" Stevenson William "Mickey" Stevenson was a songwriter and record producer for the Motown Records group of labels from the early days of Berry Gordy's company until 1967, when he and his then-wife, singer Kim Weston, left for MGM.
William "Wid" Conroy William Edward "Wid" Conroy, was an American Major League Baseball player active during the first decade of the 20th century. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1877, Conroy made his Major League debut on April 25, 1901 with the Milwaukee Brewers at the age of 24.
William 4th Lord Bardolf William 4th Baron Bardolf, of Wormegay, Norfolk, (21 October 1349 - 29 January 1386), was an extensive landowner in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Surrey, etc. In 1382 William Lord Bardolf had livery of his lands from the Crown.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that has been making grants since 1966 to address current social and environmental issues. The Hewlett Foundation is the sixth largest philanthropic foundation in the U.
William and Mary The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland of King William III and his wife Queen Mary II. Their joint reign began in February, 1689, when they were called to the throne by Parliament, replacing James II, who was "deemed to have fled" the country in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
William and Mary High School Model United Nations The William and Mary High School Model United Nations Conference (WMHSMUN) is held annually at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The conference attracts over 1200 high school delegates from all over the world, and is one of the largest high school Model UN simulations in North America.
William ap Thomas William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a member of a minor Welsh gentry family and was responsible for beginning the construction of Raglan Castle. He obtained Raglan through his marriage to Elizabeth Bloet, widow of Sir James Berkeley shortly after 1406.
William A Irvin The SS William A Irvin is a lake freighter which sailed as a bulk freighter on the Great Lakes as part US Steel's lake fleet. She was flagship of the company fleet from her launch in the depths of the depression in 1938 until 1975 and then as a general workhorse of the fleet until her retirement in 1978.
William A. A. Wallace William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace (April 3, 1817 – January 7, 1899), was a famous Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United States in the 1840s, including the Mexican-American War. The town of Bigfoot, Texas is named for him.
William A. Blakley William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (November 17, 1898 – January 5, 1976) was an American senator and businessman from the State of Texas. He served two incomplete terms as Senator, the first in 1957, the second in 1961.
William A. Brock (economist) William "Buz" Brock is a mathematical economist, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1975. He is known for his application of a branch of mathematics known as chaos theory to economic theory and econometrics.
William A. Bugge William Adair Bugge (July 10, 1900 - November 14, 1992) was a civil engineer who played a major role in the development of the transportation infrastructure of the West Coast of the United States during the latter half of the 20th century. He was born in Port Hadlock, Washington to Samuel M.
William A. Foster William Adlebert Foster (1917-1945) was a United States Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty" during World War II during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
William A. Goddard, III William A. Goddard, III (Born March 29, 1937 in El Centro, California, USA) is the Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Applied Physics, and Director, Materials and Process Simulation Center at the California Institute of Technology.
William A. Harris (Kansas) William Alexander Harris (October 29, 1841 – December 20, 1909) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born near Luray, Virginia, he attended the common schools and graduated from Columbian College (later George Washington University), Washington, D.
William A. Magee William Anderson Magee (1873-1938) was born in Pittsburgh's "Hill District" neighborhood the site of the present day Mellon Arena and the region's hub for African American culture. Before becoming mayor he gained his reputation by serving as Assistant District Attorney for Allegheny County of which Pittsburgh is the County Seat.
William A. Marra William A. Marra (February 20, 1928 — December 12, 1998) was a third-party Right to life candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1988; his running mate was Joan Andrews.
William A. Mitchell William A. Mitchell (1911 - July 26, 2004) was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, Jell-O and Kool Whip.
William A. Newell William Augustus Newell (September 5, 1817, Franklin, Ohio – August 8, 1901, Allentown, New Jersey), was an American physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican as the 18th Governor of New Jersey, and as Governor of the Washington Territory from 1880-1884. He is probably best known for, and was most proud of, the Newell Act, which created the United States Life-Saving Service (a Federal agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers; which ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915).
William A. Noyes William Albert Noyes (1857-1941) was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights, chaired the Chemistry Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1907 to 1926, was the founder and editor of several important chemical journals, and received the American Chemical Society's highest award, the Priestley Medal, in 1935.
William A. Peffer William Alfred Peffer (September 10, 1831 – October 6, 1912) was a United States Senator from Kansas, notable for being the first of six Populists (two of which, more than any other state, were from Kansas) elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate he was recognizable by his enormous flowing beard.
William A. Poynter William Amos Poynter (May 29, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was a Nebraska politician best known as the 14th Governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, running under a fusion ticket between the Populist and the Democratic Party. He had previously also been elected to the former Nebraska State House of Representatives in 1885 and the State Senate in 1891.
William A. Purtell William Arthur Purtell (May 6, 1897–May 31, 1978) was an American politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States Senate from Connecticut, serving from August 29, 1952, to November 4, 1952 as the class 3 senator, and from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1959 as the class 1 senator.
William A. Reynolds William A. "Billy" Reynolds was a football player at Princeton, the head football coach for North Carolina (1897-1900) and for Georgia (1901-1902) and the baseball coach for North Carolina (1898-1899) and for Georgia (1902-1903).
William A. Stein William Stein (born February 21, 1974 in Santa Barbara, California) is a associate professor of mathematics at the University of Washington and the lead developer of Software for Algebra and Geometry Experimentation. Stein is currently doing computational and theoretical research into the problem of computing with modular forms and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
William A. Wallace William Andrew Wallace (November 28, 1827–May 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was its speaker in 1871.
William A. Welch Major William Addams Welch (August 20, 1868 – May 4, 1941) was an American engineer and environmentalist who would have a major impact on the state and national park systems of the United States. Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky he was educated at the University of Virginia.
William Adam (MP) William Adam (2 August, 1751 – 17 February, 1839) was a Scottish MP in the British Parliament and subsequently a Judge. He was the only surviving son of John Adam, architect and master mason to the Board of Ordnance in Scotland.
William Adam (trumpeter) William Adam (also Bill Adam) (born 25 October 1917) is an American trumpeter, respected pedagogue, and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He was highly analytical as a teacher, but always avoided discussing the mechanical aspects of trumpet playing with a student.
William Adams (Haberdasher) William Adams was a 17th Century London Haberdasher born in Newport, Shropshire, who founded Adams' Grammar School in 1656. After his death in 1660, the school was governed by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.
William Adams (locomotive engineer) William Adams (1823–1904) was the Locomotive Superintendent of the North London Railway from 1858 to 1873; the Great Eastern Railway from 1873 until 1878 and the London and South Western Railway from then until his retirement in 1895. He is best known for his locomotives featuring the Adams Bogie, a device with lateral centering springs (initially made of rubber) to improve high-speed stability.
William Adams (sailor) William Adams (September 24, 1564–May 16, 1620), also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama (anjin, "pilot"; sama, a Japanese social title) and Miura Anjin (三浦按針: "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who went to Japan and is believed to be the first Briton ever to reach Japan.
William Adams Delano William Adams Delano (January 21 1874 – January 12 1960) was a prominent American architect, a partner with Chester Holmes Aldrich (Providence, Rhode Island, June 4, 1871 – Rome, December 26 1940) in the firm of Delano & Aldrich that worked in the Beaux-Arts tradition for elite clients in New York City and Long Island, building townhouses, country houses, clubs and banks, often in the neo-Georgian and Federal styles, combining brick and limestone, which became their trademark.
William Adamson William Adamson (1863–1936) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and worked as a miner in Fife where he became involved with the National Union of Mineworkers. Active with the new Labour Party he was first elected to Parliament for West Fife in 1910 and became leader of the party in 1917, a position he held until 1921.
William Aikman (painter) William Aikman (24 October 1682—7 June 1731) was an eminent Scottish portrait-painter, the son of William Aikman, of Cairney, esq. His father intended that he should follow the law, and gave him an education suitable to these views; but the strong predilection of the son to the fine arts induced him to attach himself to painting alone.
William Alanson Howard William Alanson Howard (April 8, 1813 – April 10, 1880) served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859 and from May 15, 1860 to March 3, 1861. Howard was the Governor of the Dakota Territory from 1878 to 1880.
William Albert "Bitsy" Mullins William Albert "Bitsy" Mullins was born on March 13, 1926 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Joseph Franklin Mullins and Alice Barnes Mullins. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1942 and pursued a degree in chemistry from the University of Arkansas at Fayettville, which he completed in 1948.
William Alexander (deserter) William Alexander (18 September, 1880 – 18 October 1917) was a Canadian World War I soldier who served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. His execution by firing squad following a charge of desertion sparked controversy in Canada.
William Alexander (painter) William Alexander (1767—1816), an artist, was the son of a coachmaker at Maidstone. In 1784, he became a student of the Royal Academy, from which time until 1792, when he was appointed one of the draughtsmen to the embassy to China, he assiduously applied himself to the study of his profession, and obtained the notice and approbation of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
William Alexander (television painter) William Alexander (1915, East Prussia - 1997) began his art career painting murals and decorating carriages for the German aristocracy. Except for a few formal lessons at an art school in Canada, Alexander was a self-taught artist.
William Alexander Duer William Alexander Duer (September 8, 1780 – May 30, 1858) was an American lawyer, jurist, and educator from New York City, grandson of William Alexander, Lord Stirling. He was an Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court (1822-1829) and served as President of Columbia College (now Columbia University) from 1829 to 1842.
William Alexander Graham William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804–August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852.
William Alexander Harvey William Alexander Harvey (1874-1951) was an English architect. He is most notable for his design of Bournville, the model 'garden suburb' built by Cadburys to house their chocolate-making workforce to the south of Birmingham.
William Alexander Kerr William Alexander Kerr (18 July 1831 - 19 May 1919) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Alexander Morgan William Alexander Morgan was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 19, 1928His life origins are obscure and his death legendary (Abella], 2000). He is said to have been a [[martial arts expert, he was good with guns, and it is rumored that he was a CIA operative.
William Alexander Parsons Martin William Alexander Parsons Martin was an Amercian Presbyterian missionary to China and translator. Famous for having translated a number of important Western treatises into Chinese, such as Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law.
William Alexander Scott William Alexander Scott (born 1940) was the Premier of Bermuda and the leader of the Progressive Labour Party beginning 29 July 2003. He was appointed Premier when the PLP was re-elected in parliamentary elections and the party leader at that time, Jennifer Meredith Smith, was overthrown hours after the election results were certified when a split between the elected members of the party surfaced.

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