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William Crump William Edward Crump (1809 or 1810-January 3, 1889) was the first Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives following statehood. A representative from Austin County, Crump was a novice in political circles, having held no previous public office in Texas either in the Republic or at the local level.
William Crutchfield William Crutchfield was a American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on November 16, 1824 in Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County.
William Cudney William Cudney, played by Will Cote, is a member of the Christian inmates on the HBO prison drama Oz. He was sentenced to life without parole when he murdered the child of a doctor who performed an abortion on his wife.
William Cullen Bryant Homestead The William Cullen Bryant Homestead (155 acres) is the boyhood home and later summer residence of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), one of America's foremost poets and newspaper editors. It is located at 205 Bryant Road in Cummington, Massachusetts, currently operated by the non-profit Trustees of Reservations, and open to the public on weekends in summer and early fall.
William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, PC (born 18 November, 1935), is one of the senior members of the Scottish Judiciary. He was appointed as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session in 2001.
William Cumberland Cruikshank William Cumberland Cruikshank (1745, Edinburgh — June 27, 1800) was a British chemist and anatomist, an author of the "The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body". He used chlorine to purify water, in 1797 first reported the property of some urines to coagulate when heated and identified carbon monoxide as a compound containing carbon and oxygen in 1800.
William Cumming (colonel) William Cumming (July 27, 1788–February 18, 1863) was an American planter and soldier from Augusta, Georgia. Colonel Cumming served the United States Army as adjutant general of the northern army in the War of 1812.
William Cunningham William Cunningham (December 29, 1849 - 1919), English economist, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. He was an eminent economic historian, a proponent of the historical method in economics, and an opponent of free trade.
William Cunnington William Cunnington (1754–31 December, 1810) was a pioneering English antiquarian and archaeologist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. His work centred on excavating the barrows of Salisbury Plain.
William Curran (Maryland) William Curran was a Democratic politician from Baltimore, Maryland. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1924 and 1944, and as Attorney General of Maryland from 1945-1946.
William Curry Holden William Curry Holden was an archaeologist and historian who taught for many years at Texas Tech University. He authored a number of books and articles on the history and culture of the Southwestern United States and Mexico and was instrumental in establishing the Southwest Collection and the Museum of Texas Tech University.
William Cuthbertson William Cuthbertson was a British Flyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics losing against Danish boxer Anders Petersen in the semi-finals.
William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir William d'Aubigny or William D'Aubeney, Lord of Belvoir, (died May 1 1236) was prominent during the baronial rebellions against King John. He stayed neutral at first, only joining the rebels after the early success in taking London in 1215.
William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny and 4th Lord of Bramber (1140/1150 - August 9, 1211) at his peak was also lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Skenfrith, Briouse Castle in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle. His rise and fall at the hands of king John is often taken as an example of that king's arbitrary and capricious behavior towards his barons.
William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale William de Brus or William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale was the second son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale. His elder brother, Robert III de Brus, predeceased their father and never held the lordship of Annandale.
William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1304–1354) and Lord High Admiral, was the younger son of Baron John Clinton of Maxstoke (Warwickshire) and Ida De Odingsells, who was a great-great-granddaughter of Henry II. The Clintons were a great Norman family who had arrived with William the Conqueror in 1066.
William de Croÿ William de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (also known as: Guillaume de Croÿ, sieur de Chièvres in French; Guillermo de Croÿ, señor de Chièvres, Xevres or Xebres in Spanish; Willem van Croÿ, heer van Chièvres in Dutch), later Duke of Sora and Arce, Baron of Roccaguglielma (all three in Kingdom of Naples, now in Frosinone province), 1st count of Beaumont, 1st Marquess of Aerschot, Lord of Temse;
William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby William II de Ferrers 4th earl of Derby [b~1168 d 1247] was a favourite of King John. William was a Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for seven weeks in 1194, after the attack and seige by King Richard's forces upon Nottingham on the 28th March 1194, a year in which John Major the Scottish Chronicler says Robin Hood was outlawed.
William de la Barre William de la Barre was an Austrian born engineer and salesman who went to the United States and sold air filtration systems. In the course of his travels around America, he joined the Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, becoming head engineer and developing a new process for making flour using steel rollers.
William de la Marck William de la Marck was an important character in the late 15th century in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. In 1482 he had Louis of Bourbon, Bishop of Liège, assassinated and replaced by his own son John of Hornes, which lead to a civil war in the prince-bishopric.
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Marquess of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Suffolk (16 October 1396 at Cotton, Suffolk, - 2 May , 1450), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. He also appears prominently in William Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 1 and Henry VI, part 2.
William de Mandeville William de Mandeville (died sometime between 1105 and 1116) inherited the estates of his father Geoffrey around 1100. He was constable of the Tower of London at that time, and thus keeper of the first person known to be imprisoned there for political reasons, Ranulf Flambard.
William de St Carilef William de St Carilef (also Calais or Carileph) (d. 1096), Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William Rufus, was a Norman monk and prior of St Calais in Maine, who received the see of Durham from the Conqueror in 1081.
William de Taillebois William de Taillebois, Baron of Kendal, was the first person to bear the name of Lancaster, of whom we have any record. According to Dugdale, the eminent English antiquarian, he was governor of Lancaster Castle in the reign of Henry II, about 1180.
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 1138), was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred, daughter of William I, the Conqueror. He is more often referred to as Earl Warenne or Earl of Warenne than as Earl of Surrey.
William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (1166 - 1240), otherwise known as William Plantagenet, was the son of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel, daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. His father Hamelin granted him the manor of Appleby, in the County of Lincoln.
William de Wendenal William de Wendenal (also William de Wendeval) was a Norman baron probably born during the mid-12th century. He was one of the highest officials left in charge of the Kingdom of England when King Richard the Lionheart was away at the Third Crusade to reclaim the Holy Land from the control of Saladin of the Ayyubid dynasty.
William deVry William deVry (born April 20, 1968 in Montreal, Canada is an American television actor who has appeared on several soap operas. He played the roles of Tim Charles on Port Charles and Michael Cambias All My Children.
William D. Denney William duHamel Denney (March 31 1873 – November 21 1953) was an American businessman and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War I and member of the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
William D. Francis William Douglas Francis was born 6 March 1889 in Bega, New South Wales at the age of 17 he moved with his father Alfred and brother Frederick from Wollongong, New South Wales were he attended Wollongong Superior Public School, to Kin Kin, Queensland.It was here that he was able to satisfy his strong interest in natural history while helping his father and brother on the farm.
William D. G. Hunt William Dennis Goodchild Hunt MBE was born on 8 May 1955 in Essex, United Kingdom. He served a full career in the British Army as an Ammunition Technician (AT) and Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) and served in the UK (including Northern Ireland), mainland Europe as well as the Middle and Far East.
William D. Hawkins William Deane Hawkins (1914-1943) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
William D. Jelks William Dorsey Jelks (November 7, 1855–December 14, 1931) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1901 to 1907. He also served as governor between 1 December and 26 December 1900 when governor-elect William J.
William D. Johnson William Johnson is a New York City-based journalist and labor activist who writes on union and workplace issues. Brenner is the co-editor of Labor Notes, the largest circulation cross-union national publication remaining in the United States.
William D. Morgan William David Morgan (17 September 1947-2 February 1969) was a United States Marine Corporal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for heroic actions during the Vietnam War. Corporal Morgan was killed in action on 2 February 1969.
William Damon William Damon, born in 1944 in Brockton, Mass, is a Professor of Education at Stanford University, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Damon has pioneered the use of innovative educational methods such as peer collaboration, project-based learning, and the youth charter.
William Daniel Conybeare William Daniel Conybeare (June 7, 1787 - August 12, 1857), dean of Llandaff, one of the most distinguished of English geologists, who was born in London, was a grandson of John Conybeare, bishop of Bristol (1602-1785), a notable preacher and divine, and son of Dr William Conybeare, rector of Bishopsgate.
William Daniel Phillips William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948 to William Cornelius Phillips and Mary Catherine Savino in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American physicist. He is of Italian and Welsh extraction with a Methodist background.
William Daniels William Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor whose distinctive, nasal voice and penchant for portraying critical yet competent characters has landed him a number of roles over the years. In effect, he has made a career out of playing characters who somehow remain sympathetic despite being "obnoxious and disliked" (as his character John Adams was repeatedly described in 1776) from the other characters' point of view.
William Daniels (automotive engineer) William John 'Jack' Daniels (February 8, 1912 New Marston, England - November 27, 2004 near Bournemouth, England after two year battle with cancer) was a British car engineer. He worked alongside Sir Alec Issigonis on his two most noteworthy projects - the Mini and the Morris Minor.
William Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868 – 1928), known as Frederick Smith, was an officer in the British Army. He was Lt Col of The First Royal Devons (1914–1917) and later Honorary Colonel of the Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery in 1922.
William Dargan William Dargan, 1799-1867 an engineer, often seen as the father of Irish railways came from County Carlow, Ireland. Born in 1799, he constructed Ireland's first railway from Dublin to DĂşn Laoghaire (then Kingstown) in 1833.
William Davenant Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 – April 7, 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras, and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
William David Brohn William David Brohn is an award-winning arranger and orchestrator, best known for his theatre scores of musicals such as Miss Saigon, Ragtime and Wicked. His work has been eclectic, orchestrating many different styles of music, and his experience has made him one of the world's most listened-to theatre arrangers.
William David Coolidge William David Coolidge (October 23, 1873–February 3, 1975) was an American physicist. In the early days of his employment as a researcher for the General Electric Company, he conducted critical experiments that led to the use of tungsten as filaments in light bulbs.
William David Kenny William David Kenny (VC), born Saintfield, County Down on 1 February 1899 was an Irish 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 David Rudland William David Rudland (February, 1839 – January 10 , 1912) was a British Protestant missionary to China with the China Inland Mission. He was one of the pioneer missionaries that were recruited in the early years of the agency by Hudson Taylor.
William Davidson (lumberman) William Davidson (1740 – 17 June 1790), was a Scottish-Canadian lumber merchant, shipbuilder and politician. He was the first permanent European settler on the Miramichi River in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick.
William Davidson Bissett William Davidson Bissett (VC, Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France))(7 August 1893-12 May 1971) 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 Davies (Patriot leader) Colonel William Davies was an American Patriot partisan leader during the American Revolution who operated in the Waxhaws along the border of North and South Carolina. One of his couriers was a thirteen year-old Andrew Jackson.
William Davies (screenwriter) William Davies (sometimes credited William Davis) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He has written and co-written a number of Hollywood blockbusters including the 1988 Twins, Johnny English and more recently Alien Autopsy and Flushed Away in 2006.
William Davis (journalist) William Davis was born in Hannover, in 1933. At age 18, he was already a journalist, and, especialized in commentary about economical and financial policies, in 1954-1959 he was member of the directive staff of the Financial Times.
William Dawes William Dawes, Jr. (April 5, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was one of the three men who alerted colonial minutemen of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battle of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution.
William De Ow William De Ow was a Norman noble and a cousin of William the Conqueror. At the time of the Domesday Book he was a landholder in Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, and Somerset, and he was the owner of what is now known as Stonehouse Manor, a grade II listed manor in the Cotswolds town of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire.
William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters The William Dean Howells Medal is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Established in 1925, it is given once every five years, generally in recognition of the most distinguished American novel published during that period, although some awards have been made to novelists for their general body of work.
William Dean Singleton William Dean Singleton is founder, vice chairman and chief executive officer of MediaNews Group, the fourth-largest newspaper company in the United States in terms of circulation, with 53 daily papers totalling 2.7 million subscriptions daily and 3 million on Sunday.
William DeHart Hubbard William DeHart Hubbard (born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 25, 1903 - June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an individual Olympic gold medal, in the long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.
William Denison Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB (England May 3, 1804 – January 19, 1871, England) was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855 and Governor of New South Wales from 20 January 1855 to 22 January 1861.
William Dennison (Canadian politician) William David Dennison (January 20 1905 – May 2 1981) was the last member of the Orange Order to serve as Mayor of Toronto, Canada. He held the office from 1966 to 1972, and was a long time member of Toronto City Council.
William Denny and Brothers William Denny and Brothers Limited, often referred to simply as Denny, were a British shipbuilding company based in Dumbarton, Scotland, on the River Clyde. They had the highest output of any Clyde shipbuilder in terms of numbers of vessels built (over 1500 of a total in excess of 22,000).
William Des Vœux Sir George William Des Voeux, GCMG (Chinese Translated Name 德輔) (22 September 1834 - 15 December 1909) was a British colonial governor who served as Governor of Fiji (1880-1885), Newfoundland and Labrador (1886-1887), and Hong Kong (1887-1891).
William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner) (April 26, 1872 – February 1, 1922) was an actor, successful US film director of silent movies, and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s.
William Devino William 'Billy Batts' Devino (January 19, 1921 - June 11, 1970) was born William Paul DeVino in Brooklyn, New York and was described as a long time friend of John Gotti and a made member of the Gambino Family in the 1960s. He is played by Frank Vincent in the film Goodfellas.
William Digby William Digby was a British author and humanitarian. Digby was based in British-ruled India (see British Raj) where he was witness to several famines that devastated India, including a disastrous famine in Madras in the mid-1870s that killed millions.
William Dillon William Austin Dillon (November 6, 1877–February 10, 1966) was an American songwriter and Vaudevillian. He is best known as the lyricist for the song "I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911), written in collaboration with Harry Von Tilzer.
William Dillon Otter General Sir William Dillon Otter (December 3, 1843 – May 6, 1929) KCB, CVO, VD was a professional Canadian soldier who became the first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army.
William Dobbie Lieutenant-General Sir William George Shedden Dobbie, GCMG, KCB, DSO (12 July 1879 - 1964) was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and served as the military governor of Malta during World War II. Dobbie was a member of the Protestant Plymouth Brethren and was a veteran of the Second Boer War and World War I.
William Dobson William Dobson (1610 – October 28, 1646), portraitist, was one of the first notable English painters, praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred". He was born in London the son of a decorative artist, and was apprenticed to William Peake probably later joined the studio of Francis Cleyn.
William Doe The Australian born medical educator Professor William Doe is Dean of Medicine at the University of Birmingham, a Non-Executive Director at the Strategic Health Authority and a Governor of the University of Worcester.
William Donald Schaefer William Donald Schaefer (born November 2, 1921) is an American politician who has served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from 1987 to 1995 and has been the Comptroller of Maryland since 1999.
William Donald Stuart MacDonald William Donald Stuart MacDonald (1862 - 31 August 1920) was a New Zealand politician, Cabinet Minister, and briefly Leader of the Opposition. He was Member of the House of Representatives for Bay of Plenty from 1908 - 1920, and served as Minister of Public Works in the short lived cabinet of Thomas Mackenzie.
William Donovan Joynt William Donovan Joynt (19 March 1889 - 5 May 1986) was an Australian 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 Dorsey Pender William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863) was one of the youngest, and most promising, generals fighting for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
William Douglas (le Hardi) Sir William Douglas "le Hardi" (the bold), Lord of Douglas was a Scottish Crusader in 1270, a knight and nobleman born after 1243 who died in the Tower of London on November 6 1298. He held the castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed as constable for the Scottish crown under the Guardians of Scotland during the first interregnum.
William Douglas Crowder Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder is the commander of the United States 7th Fleet. The son of a navy Master Chief and Quartermaster, Crowder received a congressional appointment to the United States Naval Academy where he graduated in June 1974.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon KT (March 12 1845 – May 16 1895) was a Scottish Nobleman, the son of William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton and his wife Princess Marie of Baden the adoptive granddaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte. Hamilton was born at Connaught Place, London.
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1552–March 3, 1611), was the son of William, the 9th earl (1533-1591). He was a directb descendant of King James I through his paternal grandmother, Lady Agnes Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.
William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington (September 27,1626 - after 1671) was the eldest son and heir of Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington (d.1656) by his spouse Anne, daughter of Lawrence Oliphant, 5th Lord Oliphant.
William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582–7 August 1648), was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, a zealous Royalist, who on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion provided £100,000 for the cause by selling his Dalkeith estates to the Buccleuch family; and though John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (c.
William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), was the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon of Huntly. Both he and his wife, Anne Hamilton were 4th Great-Grandchildren of James IV through two of his illegitimate daughters.
William Dowling William Dowling (VC), (1825-17 February 1887) born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, he was an Irish 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. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum (Bodmin, Cornwall, England).
William Doxford & Sons William Doxford & Sons Ltd, often referred to simply as Doxford, was a British shipbuilding company established in 1857 by William Doxford. From 1870 they were based in Pallion, Sunderland, on the River Wear in Northeast England.
William Drayton, Sr. William Drayton (1733– May 18, 1790) was an American lawyer and jurist from South Carolina. In 1790 he was appointed to the Federal bench, and was the first judge for the United States District Court for South Carolina.
William Drummond of Hawthornden William Drummond (December 13, 1585–December 4, 1649), called "of Hawthornden" Scottish poet, was born at Hawthornden, Midlothian. His father, John Drummond, was the first laird of Hawthornden; and his mother was Susannah Fowler, sister of William Fowler, poet and courtier.
William Duane Benton William Duane Benton (born September 8, 1950 in Springfield, Missouri) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Benton was nominated to that court by President George W.
William Duddell William Duddell (1872-1917) was a British electro-physicist and electrical engineer. He was privately educated in the UK and France and rose quickly through the prestigious City & Guilds Schools via scholarships.
William Dudingston William Dudingston (1740 – 27 October 1817) was the commanding officer of the British HMS Gaspée. His blood was the first blood of the American Revolution, which was spilled June 10 1772, when he was shot while resisting the taking of his ship.
William Dudley Chipley William Dudley Chipley (June 6, 1840 – December 1, 1897) was an American railroad tycoon and statesman. He created two railroads in the Florida Panhandle and served one term as mayor of Pensacola, Florida and in the Florida State Legislature.
William Duer (1747-1799) William Duer (March 18, 1747 – May 7, 1799) was an American lawyer, developer, and speculator from New York City. A federalist, Duer wrote in support of ratifying the United States Constitution as "Philo-Publius.
William Dufris William Dufris (born February 1, 1958 in Houlton, Maine) is an American voice actor who has spent the bulk of his acting career in England. He attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before moving to London, UK in 1986, where he resided for the next 13 years.
William Duguid Geddes Sir William Duguid Geddes (1828-February 9, 1900), Scottish scholar and educationalist, was born in Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Elgin academy and university and King's College, Aberdeen, and after having held various scholastic posts he was appointed in 1860 professor of Greek and in 1885 principal of the (united) University of Aberdeen.
William Duke William Duke's (1863 - 1924) full name is sometimes given as Fredrick William Duke, and he appears to have been a Scot, having studied at Arbroath and then at University College London, before joining the Indian Civil Service, in the Bengal Cadre.
William Duncan (missionary) William Duncan (1832-1918) was an English-born Anglican missionary who founded the Tsimshian communities of Metlakatla, British Columbia, in Canada, and Metlakatla, Alaska, in the United States. Although sometimes referred to as "Father Duncan," he was never ordained.
William Duncan Strong William Duncan Strong (1899-1962) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist noted as an authority on indigenous peoples of North and South America. He is credited with the discovery of the tomb of the war god Ai apaec in Peru in 1946.
William Dunn Moseley William Dunn Moseley (February 1, 1795 — January 4, 1863) was an American politician. A Democrat and North Carolina native, Moseley became the first governor of the state of Florida, serving from 1845 and 1849.
William Dunstan William Dunstan (8 March 1895 - 3 March 1957) was an Australian 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 Duthie Sir William Smith Duthie (22 May 1892 – 17 December 1980) was a Conservative Party poltician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Banffshire from 1945 until his retirement at the 1964 geeral election.
William E. Barber William Earl Barber (1919-2002) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps awarded with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. With only 220 men under his command, Barber held off more than 1,400 People's Republic of China soldiers during six days of fighting.
William E. Benjamin William Evarts Benjamin (1859-1940) was a prominent publisher and collector in Boston, Massachusetts. His most well-known work was the printing and extensive promotion of Edmund Clarence Stedman's A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, which his company published in 1894.
William E. Bennett William Edward "Bill" Bennett (December 24, 1942 -- April 3, 2006) was an acclaimed professor of political science at the Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, Kentucky, from 1970 until his death of lung cancer.

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