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William E. Birkhimer William Edward Birkhimer (1 March 1848 Somerset, Ohio & d 10 June 1914 was an American Brigadier General and lawyer awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor while a Captain during the Philippine-American War. His career was long and varied, as he started as an Iowa private in the Union Army during the Civil War.
William E. Caswell William E. Caswell (1947 – September 11, 2001) was a physicist from Silver Spring, Maryland whose pioneering work in the days of FORTRAN and punch cards demonstrated the potential of computer algebra and made major contributions to quantum gauge field theories.
William E. Cousins William Edward Cousins (August 20, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois - September 14, 1988 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee from December 18, 1958 until September 17 1977.
William E. Crow Wiliam Evans Crow (March 10, 1870–August 2, 1922) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1907 until 1921 and was its President pro-tem in 1909-1911.
William E. Dodge William Earle Dodge (September 4, 1805 - February 9, 1883), was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the Civil War. Dodge was also a noted abolitionist, and Native American rights activist and served as the president of the National Temperance Society from 1865 to 1883.
William E. Johnson William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson (25 March 1862–2 February 1945) was an American Prohibition advocate and law enforcement officer. In pursuit of his campaign to outlaw intoxicating beverages, he openly admitted to having drunk liquor, bribery, and lying.
William E. May William May is the William McGiveny Professor of Moral Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC. Along with John Finnis, Josphe Boyle, and Germain Grisez, he is one of the major proponents of the new natural law theory, which draws strongly on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas.
William E. Morris (politician) William E. (Bill) Morris (born 1920) founded the Libertarian Party of Delaware in 1975 and the advocacy group SAFEThis is referred to as "Save America's Future Economy" in the Roxann Moore DelmarvaNow!
William E. Purcell William Edward Purcell (August 3, 1856 - November 23, 1928) was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in Flemington, New Jersey, he attended the common schools, studied lawm and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1880, commencing practice in Flemington.
William E. Stevenson William Erskine Stevenson (March 18, 1820 – November 29, 1883) was an American cabinet-maker, farmer, and Republican politician from Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was Governor of West Virginia from 1869 until 1871.
William Eagelton His Excellency William Eagleton (b. 1926) is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, and was appointed to that role by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General), in 1999.
William Eagleson Gordon William Eagleson Gordon (VC, CBE) (4 May 1866 -[[10 March]] 1941) 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 Easterly William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a non-resident Fellow of the Center for Global Development in Washington DC.
William Eaton William Eaton (23 February 1764 – 1 June 1811) was a United States Army officer, involved with the First Barbary War. He supported Tripoli's Pasha Yussif Karamanli's brother (Hamet Karmalani) to win the battle.
William Eckert William Dole Eckert (January 20, 1909 - April 16, 1971) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, and later the commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1968. When he became commissioner, Eckert had not seen a game in person in over 10 years.
William Eckhardt (law) William Eckhardt is a lawyer, a professor of law at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and formerly a military officer, where his most notable case was the prosecution of Lieutenant William Calley and Captain Ernest Medina, for the My Lai Massacre. My Lai lawyer reflects on ethics of war, Kansas City Star, June 3 2006
William Eddins William Eddins (born December 9, 1964 in Buffalo, New York) is an American pianist and conductor. He is the Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland (1745 - 1814), English statesman, was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet, of Windlestone Hall, Durham, and of Mary, daughter of William Davison. His wife was the sister of Gilbert Eliott, 1st Earl of Minto.
William Edgar Holmes William Edgar Holmes (26 June 1895 - 9 October 1918) was an English 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 Edmeston Colonel William Edmeston was a British veteran of the French and Indian War. In 1763 under royal proclamation, he and his brother Lieutenant Robert Edmeston were each awarded 5000 acres (20 km²) in the colonies for their service in the 48th Regiment.
William Edward Hall William Edward Hall (August 22, 1835 - November 30, 1894), English writer on international law, was the only child of William Hall, MD, a descendant of a junior branch of the Halls of Dunglass, and of Charlotte, daughter of William Cotton, FSA.
William Edward Heaton William Edward Heaton (1875- 5 June 1941) was an English 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 Edward Childs William Edward Childs (generally called "Billy Childs", born March 8, 1957) is a jazz pianist and composer from Los Angeles. While a student at the University of Southern California, Childs played piano with Freddie Hubbard.
William Edward Sanders William Edward Sanders VC, DSO, (7 February 1883 - 14 August 1917) was a New Zealander 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 Edwards Cook William Edwards Cook (August 31, 1881 – November 10, 1959) was an American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of American writer Gertrude Stein. Following his 1903 departure from the U.
William Edwin Brooks William Edwin Brooks (July 30, 1828, near Dublin, Ireland- Jan 18, 1899; Mount Forrest, Ontario) was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist. He went to India in 1856 as a Civil engineer with the Railways and stayed on until 1881.
William Effingham Lawrence William Effingham Lawrence (1781-1841) was an English colonist to America, the son of Captain Effingham Lawrence, a merchant with houses in London, Liverpool and New York. Previous generations of Lawrences had settled in the American colonies but returned to England after the War of Independence.
William Ehrlich Wilhelm Ehrlich (August 8, 1894 - November 9, 1923) was a bank clerk, who participated in the attempted Nazi overthrow of the Bavaria, Munich government, which came to be know as the Beer Hall Putsch. During the stand off between the Nazis and the police, sixteen Nazis were killed including Ehrlich.
William Eisen Captain William Eisen is a fictional character in the Wing Commander computer game and novel series. In the computer games, Eisen is played by Jason Bernard, perhaps best known for portraying Paul Bracken on Herman's Head.
William Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans William Gordon Cornwallis Eliot, 4th Earl of St Germans was a British Politician, born at Port Eliot, Cornwall on December 14 1829 to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (August 29 1798 - October 7 1877) and his wife Jemima Cornwallis (December 24 1803 - July 2 1856).
William Ellery Channing Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians.
William Ellery Leonard William Ellery Leonard (born January 25, 1876, in Plainfield, New Jersey; died May 22, 1944, in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American poet and literary scholar. The son of a Unitarian minister, he received his B.
William Ellis Bailiff William (Bill) Ellis Bailiff was a footballer born in Ruabon in north-east Wales in 1882. A goalkeeper, he started his playing career with Ruabon before moving on to Druids (in nearby Cefn Mawr), Northampton Town, Treharris Athletic, Bristol City and Llanelli.
William Ellis Newton William Ellis "Bill" Newton, 8 June 1919-29 March 1943, was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber pilot during World War II. Newton was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Commonwealth forces.
William Ellison Boggs William Ellison Boggs (May 12, 1838 - August 20, 1920), born in Ahmedunggar, India, was chancellor of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States from 1889 until his resignation in 1898 (The head of the University was referred to as chancellor instead of president, from 1860 until 1932).
William Emerson (mathematician) William Emerson (14 May 1701 - 20 May 1782), English mathematician, was born at Hurworth, near Darlington, where his father, Dudley Emerson, also a mathematician, taught a school. William himself had a small estate in Weardale called Castle Gate situated not far from Eastgate where he would repair to work throughout the Summer on projects as disparate as stonemasonry and watchmaking.
William Emerson (minister) The Rev. William Emerson (May 6 1769 - May 12 1811) was one of Boston's leading citizens, a liberal-minded Unitarian minister, pastor to Boston's First Church and founder of its Philosophical Society, Anthology Club, and Boston Athenaeum, and father to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
William Emerson Brock William Emerson Brock I (March 14, 1872–August 5, 1950) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931. (Later his grandson, William Emerson Brock III, was a Republican member of the U.
William Empson Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, reckoned by some to be the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson and William Hazlitt and fitting heir to their mode of witty, fiercely heterodox and imaginatively rich criticism. Jonathan Bate has remarked that the three greatest English Literary critics of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries are, respectively, Johnson, Hazlitt and Empson, "not least because they are the funniest".
William Engesser William Engesser is an American movie actor standing 7'3". His roles include Jerry Reed's bodyguard in Gator (1976), Krakow the Werewolf in the campy House on Bare Mountain (1962), and a bit part as a guy in a gym in The Nutty Professor (1963).
William English (computer engineer) William (Bill) English is a computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse while working for Douglas Engelbart at SRI International's Augmentation Research Center. He left SRI in 1971 and headed to Xerox Parc, where he managed the Office Systems Research Group.
William English Kirwan William English "Brit" Kirwan (born April 14, 1938 in Louisville, Kentucky) is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM). Prior to that, Kirwan was the 26th President of the University of Maryland, College Park and the 12th President of the Ohio State University.
William English Walling William English Walling (1877-1936) (known as "English" to friends and family) was an American labor reformer and socialist born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born into wealth and was educated at the University of Chicago and at Harvard Law School.
William Eric Kinloch Anderson Sir William Eric Kinloch Anderson, KT FRSE (born 27 May 1936) is Provost of Eton College. Dr Eric Anderson was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh and gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of St.
William Ernest Hocking William Ernest Hocking (1873 - 1966) was an American Idealist philosopher at Harvard University. He continued the work of his philosophical teacher Josiah Royce in revising idealism to integrate and fit in empiricism, naturalism and pragmatism.
William Erwin Antony William Erwin Antony founded and/or was the engineer for 25 radio stations in the Shreveport Louisiana area. This includes KWKH, WAAG, WGAQ, KGDX, WMAU, KFHF, KGGH, KTSL, KWEA and even early experimental stations like 4CK and 5ZS.
William Esper Studio The William Esper Studio is dedicated to the work of Sanford Meisner and William Esper, and to the belief that acting is a creative art and true excellence in its practice may only be achieved through total mastery of technical craft. The Studio was established in 1965 and today ranks as one of the most respected professional actor training studios in America.
William Evan Price William Evan Price (November 17 1827–June 12 1880) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Chicoutimi—Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.
William Evans Hoyle Dr William Evans Hoyle (January 28, 1855 - February 7, 1926) was the first director of the National Museum of Wales between 1909 and 1926. Trained as a medical anatomist, Hoyle is most famous for his monographic studies on cephalopods from major exploring expeditions of his era including the Challenger, the Albatross, the British National Antarctic Expedition and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.
William Everett William Everett (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910) was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Charlotte Gray Everett and Edward Everett who spoke at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with President Abraham Lincoln on September 23, 1863.
William Ewart Boulter William Ewart Boulter (14 October 1892-1 June 1955) was an English 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 Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli.
William fitz Duncan William fitz Duncan is a modern anglicisation of either the Old French Guillaume fils de Duncan or the Middle Irish Uilleam mac Donnchada. William was a Scottish prince, a territorial magnate in northern Scotland and northern England, a fine general and the legitimate son of king Donnchad II of Scotland by Octreda.
William F. Albright William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891–September 19/September 20, 1971) was an American Orientalist, pioneer archaeologist, biblical scholar, linguist and expert on ceramics. From the early twentieth century until his death, he was the dean of biblical archaeologists and the universally acknowledged founder of the Biblical archaeology movement.
William F. Allen William Franklin "Lovebird" Allen (January 19 1883 – June 14 1946) was an American businessman and politician from Seaford, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.
William F. Brunner William Frank Brunner was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Woodhaven, Queens, he attended the public schools, the high school at Far Rockaway and Packard Commercial School at New York City.
William F. De Saussure William Ford De Saussure (February 22, 1792 - March 13, 1870) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Charleston, he graduated from Harvard University in 1810, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Charleston and Columbia.
William F. Friedman William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 – November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptologist. He ran the research division of the Army's Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and its follow-on services into the 1950s.
William F. Galvin William Francis Galvin (born on September 17, 1950) is the current Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (Massachusetts's Secretary of State). Galvin was born in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts) and educated in Brighton public schools.
William F. Johnston William Freame Johnston (29 November 1808 - 25 October 1872) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1848 to 1852. A lawyer by training, Johnston became district attorney of Westmoreland County at the age of 21 in 1829.
William F. Lukes William F. Lukes (19 February 1847 – 13 December 1923) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the 1871 Korean Expedition.
William F. Nolan William Francis Nolan (born March 6, 1928) is one of "The Group" of United States science fiction authors responsible for most of the scripts for the television show The Twilight Zone. Along with George Clayton Johnson, Nolan co-wrote scripts for the The Twilight Zone which were purchased but never produced.
William F. Packer William Fisher Packer (2 April 1807 - 27 September 1870) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861. Packer began his career as a printer’s apprentice, eventually owning and editing his own newspaper, the Lycoming Gazette.
William F. Quinn William Francis Quinn (July 13, 1919 – August 28, 2006) was the Governor of the Territory of Hawai'i from 1957 to 1959 and Governor of the State of Hawai'i from 1959 to 1962. Originally appointed to the office by President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower, Quinn was the last executive of an era of Republican rule over the Hawaiian Islands which began during the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893.
William F. Waldow William Frederick Waldow (August 26, 1882 - April 16, 1930) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Buffalo, he attended the common schools, apprenticed as a plumber, and later engaged as a plumbing contractor.
William F. Whiting William Fairfield Whiting (born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on July 20, 1864, died August 31, 1936) was United States Secretary of Commerce August 22, 1928 to March 4, 1929 during the last months of the administration of Calvin Coolidge.
William Farel William Farel (Guillaume Farel, 1489-1565) was a French evangelist, and a founder of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Berne and Geneva, and the Canton of Vaud Switzerland. He is most often remembered for having persuaded John Calvin to remain in Geneva in 1536, and for persuading him to return there in 1541, after their expulsion in 1538.
William Fargo William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 - August 3, 1881), pioneer American expressman, was born in Pompey, New York. From the age of thirteen he had to support himself, obtaining little schooling, and for several years he was a clerk in grocery stores in Syracuse.
William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. Regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, Faulkner was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.
William Faversham William Faversham (b February 12 1868 in London, England - d. April 7 1940 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York) was a legendary movie and stage actor from England who made his name on Broadway when he starred in the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895.
William Fechteler William Morrow Fechteler (6 March 1896 - 4 July 1967) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration. He was the son of Rear Admiral Augustus F.
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (1582 - 8 April 1643), son of Basil Feilding of Newnham Paddox in Warwickshire, and of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Aston, was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and knighted in 1603.
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (june 28, 1582–April 14, 1662), was the only son of Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Saye and Sele, and was descended from James Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele, who was lord chamberlain and lord treasurer under Henry VI and was beheaded by the rebels under Jack Cade on July 4 1450.
William Findlay William Findlay (June 20 1768 – November 12 1846) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820. A Jeffersonian Democrat, and lawyer by training, Findlay served in the state legislature and was elected state treasurer in 1807.
William Finnegan William Finnegan, a staff writer at The New Yorker, was born in New York City in 1952. He was raised in Los Angeles and Hawaii, and graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1974 with a degree in English literature.
William Fitz Osbern (1196) William Fitz Osbern was a citizen of London who took up the role of the advocate of the poor in a popular uprising in the spring of 1196. The events are significant in that they illustrate how rare popular revolt by the poor and peasants in England was in the 12th century, and how quickly and easily it was suppressed.
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (died 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon. His father was an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, thus William was a nephew of the Empress Maud and a cousin of King Stephen, the principal combatants of the English Anarchy period.
William FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros General William Lennox Lascelles FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros, PC (1 September 1797 – 6 January 1874) was the third son of Lord Henry FitzGerald and his wife Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros, 21st Baroness de Ros.
William Fitzhugh William of Chatham Fitzhugh (August 24, 1741 – June 6, 1809) was an American planter and statesman who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779. He was the great grandson of Immigrant William Fitzhugh who came to VA in about 1671 and owned 54,000 acres of Virginia when he died in 1701.
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford William fitzOsbern (cir 1020 – February 22, 1071), Seigneur de Breteuil, was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror who became one of the great magnates of early Norman England. He was created Earl of Hereford in 1067, one of the first peerage titles in the English peerage.
William Fitzsimmons (Ontario politician) William Fitzsimmons (March 4 1819 – July 1894) was a building contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brockville and Elizabethtown in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1874 and Brockville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.
William Fitzwilliam Owen Vice Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774-1857), was a British naval officer and explorer. He is known for his exploration of the west and east African coasts, discovery of the Seaflower Channel off the coast of Sumatra and for surveying the Canadian Great Lakes.
William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c. 1490 in Aldwark – 15 October 1542 in Newcastle upon Tyne), English courtier, was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville (daughter of the Marquess of Montagu).
William Fleetwood Sheppard William Fleetwood Sheppard (November 20, 1863 - October 12, 1936) Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory, known in particular for the eponymous Sheppard’s corrections.
William Fleming (Australian politician) William Montgomerie Fleming (19 May 1874 - 24 July 1961) was an Australian politician, who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as an independent member for the electoral districts of Robertson (from 1901 - 1904) and Upper Hunter (from 1904 - 1910) and in the Australian House of Representatives as the member for the Division of Robertson from 1913 to 1922, firstly as a representative of the Commonwealth Liberal Party and later the Country Party.
William Fleming (judge) William Fleming (July 6, 1736 – February 15, 1824) was an American lawyer and jurist from Cumberland County, Virginia. He was educated at William and Mary College after which he started practicing law before the county courts.
William Floyd (football player) William Ali Floyd (born February 17, 1972 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a retired NFL fullback. He has been nicknamed “Bar None” ever since his agent described him as “the best fullback in the NFL Draft – bar none” during his brief holdout during training camp in 1994.
William Folger Nickle William Folger Nickle (December 31 1869 - November 15 1957) was a Canadian politician who served both as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario legislature where he rose to the position of Attorney-General of Ontario. He is best known for the Nickle Resolution that ended the practice of knighthoods and peerages being awarded to Canadians.
William Foote Whyte William Foote Whyte (June 27, 1914–July 16, 2000) was a prominent sociologist chiefly known for his ethnological study in urban sociology, Street Corner Society. A pioneer in participant observation, he lived for four years in an Italian community in Boston while a Junior Fellow at Harvard researching social relations of street gangs in Boston's North End.
William Forbes Gatacre Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre KCB, DSO (1843-1906) was an English soldier, born near Stirling, and educated at Royal Military College Sandhurst. He entered the army in 1862 and retired in 1904, after serving in various conflicts.
William Forbes Mackenzie William Forbes Mackenzie (18 April 1807–24 September 1860) was a minor Scottish Conservative politician in the mid-nineteenth century. He was one of Sir Robert Peel's junior Lords of the Treasury from April 26 1845 until the end of the latter's second premiership, but apparently broke with him over the Corn Laws.
William Force Stead William Force Stead (29 August 1884 - 8 March 1967) was an American diplomat and poet, who became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford. He is best known for his editorial work on Christopher Smart.
William Forgan Smith William Forgan Smith (1887-1953), was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership, defence of state’s rights and interest in state development make him something of an archetypal Queensland Premier.
William Forster (judge) Sir William Edward Stanley Forster (15 June 1921 - 31 January 1997) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985. Before that he was the first (and only) Chief Judge from 1977 to 1979 and Senior Judge from 1971 to 1977, all positions which were effectively the same.
William Forster (philanthropist) William Forster (1784-1854) was an English Quaker preacher and philanthropist, born at Tottenham. He became a preacher in the Society of Friends, labored in the United States, England, and France, and in 1846 went to Ireland to relieve the stress caused there by famine.
William Forster Lloyd William Forster Lloyd was Drummond Professor at Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He published several of his lectures, and in his 1833 book on population he first coined the phrase “The Tragedy of the Commons (later developed by the ecologist Garrett Hardin).
William Foster Stawell Sir William Foster Stawell KCMG (June 27, 1815 - March 12, 1889), British colonial statesman, was the son of Jonas Stawell, of Old Court, in the county of Cork, and of Anna, daughter of the Right Rev. William Foster, bishop of Clogher.
William Foulke (footballer) William Henry "Fatty" Foulke (also spelt Foulk or Foulkes) (April 12, 1874 in Dawley, Shropshire – May 1, 1916) was a professional cricketer and football player in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Foulke was renowned for his great size (6"7 by some estimates) and weight, reaching perhaps 24 stone (150 kg) at the end of his career, although reports on his weight vary.
William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG (1812 - 23 June 1893) served as Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system (such as establishing the University of New Zealand), and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from Britain.
William Fox (producer) William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs in January 1, 1879–May 8, 1952) founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. Although Fox sold his interest in these companies in a 1936 bankruptcy settlement, his name lives on as the namesake of the FOX Television Network and 20th Century Fox film studio.

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