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William T Y'Blood William Thomas Y'Blood (November 7, 1938 – December 16, 2006) was an American World War II historian, notable as the author of 8 books that have been translated into 10 languages. His extensive collection of research materials were a constant source of help in the writing of his books
William T. "Bill" Hanna A former automobile dealer, William Thomas "Bill" Hanna (born 1930), served a single term as the Democratic mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana from 1978 -- 1982. Thereafter, he was elected as the Caddo Parish administrator, a position often called "county judge" in other states.
William T. Byrne William Thomas Byrne (March 6, 1876 - January 27, 1952) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in the town of Florida, Montgomery County, New York, he attended the public schools and graduated from Albany Law School (a branch of Union College in 1904.
William T. Perkins, Jr. William Thomas Perkins, Jr. (August 10 1947 – October 12 1967) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic action on October 12 1967 during the Vietnam War in which he smothered an exploding grenade with his body to save the lives of three fellow Marines.
William T. Pheiffer William Townsend Pheiffer (July 15, 1898 - August 16, 1986) was a United States Representative from New York and United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Born in Purcell, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), he attended the public schools of Purcell, Ardmore, and Oklahoma City and the University of Southern California.
William T. Powers William T. Powers (born August 29, 1929) is a maverick scientist (that is, without institutional affiliation) who has developed perceptual control theory, which finds that the behavior of living things is not controlled by them, but rather is their means of controlling their inputs by negative feedback.
William T. Sutherlin William Thomas Sutherlin (1822 – 1893) was a 19th Century tobacco entrepreneur most famous for opening his Danville, Virginia, home to the President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet during the week before Gen. Robert E.
William T. Watson William Tharp Watson (June 22 1849 – April 14 1917) was an American banker and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
William T.G. Morton William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 - July 15, 1868) was responsible for the first successful public demonstration of ether as an inhalation anesthetic. Many consider him to be the "inventor and revealer" of anesthesia.
William Tager William Tager (born November 9 1947) is a mentally disturbed Charlotte, North Carolina man who allegedly assaulted Dan Rather and later murdered Campbell Montgomery because of his belief that television networks were watching him and sending him signals.
William Tailer William Tailer (1676 - March 8, 1732) was the son of Bostonian William Tailer and a Colonial-era politician. He was Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and in 1712 was one of the commissioners to treat with the Six Nations at Albany, New York, and commanded one of the regiments raised to take Port Royal.
William Talman (architect) William Talman (1650–1719) was an English architect and landscape designer. A pupil of Sir Christopher Wren, Talman's principal work is recognised to be Chatsworth House, considered to be the first baroque private house in Britain.
William Tans'ur William Tans'ur (or Tansur or Tanzer) (1700 – January 7, 1783) was an English hymn-writer, psalmodist and teacher of music. He wrote approximately 100 psalm and hymn tunes, as well as a Te Deum, and his manual A New Musical Grammar (1746) was still popular in the nineteenth century.
William Tarmey William Tarmey (born William Cleworth-Piddington on April 4, 1941 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actor and singer best known for playing Jack Duckworth on the soap opera Coronation Street, a role he has played on a continuous basis since 1983. It was announced on 4 August that William has renewed his contract to stay on Coronation Street till Autumn 2007.
William Tate Colonel William Tate was the American commander of the French forces which invaded Britain in 1797, called the Last invasion of Britain. The 1200 to 1400-strong force landed at Carregwastad Point, near the Welsh port of Fishguard, on February 22 but surrendered three days later.
William Taylor (Worcestershire cricketer) William Herbert Taylor (23 June 1885 - 27 May 1959) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 107 times for Worcestershire between 1909 and 1925, captaining the county in 1914, 1919 and 1922. He also made three first-class appearances for HK Foster's XI.
William Taylor Adams William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822-March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams.
William Tebb William Tebb (1839-1914) was a British merchant, vaccination critic and author of anti-vaccination books. He established the Vaccination Inquirer, the organ of the London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination, which later became The National Anti-Vaccination League.
William Tecumsah Avery William Tecumsah Avery was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee on November 11, 1819.
William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), receiving both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he implemented in conducting total war against the enemy.
William Tell William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell) was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century.
William Tell (musician) William Tell (born February 7, 1980) is the former rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Something Corporate. After leaving the band in 2004 for a solo career, William Tell was signed as a New Door Records solo artist.
William Tell (opera) Guillaume Tell (William Tell) is an opera in four acts by Gioacchino Rossini to a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra on August 3, 1829.
William Tell Overture The overture to the opera William Tell, especially its high-energy finale, is a very familiar work composed by Gioacchino Rossini. There has been repeated use (and sometimes parody) of this overture in the popular media, most famously for being the theme music for the Lone Ranger media property, and it is quoted by Dmitri Shostakovich in his Symphony No.
William Tell Told Again William Tell Told Again is a retelling of the William Tell legend in prose, verse and illustrations. First published on November 11 1904 by Adam & Charles Black, London, the main, prose element was written by P.
William Temple (archbishop) William Temple (15 October 1881 – 26 October, 1944), Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944) was the second son of Archbishop Frederick Temple (1821-1902). He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and in 1932-1933, he gave the Gifford Lectures.
William Temple (governor) William Temple (February 28 1814 – May 28 1863) was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware, and as U.
William Temple (VC) William Temple (7 November 1833 - 13 February 1919) 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 Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (born July 7, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, from March 7, 1975 to January 20, 1977, and the second African American to serve in the Cabinet.
William Tharp William Tharp (November 27 1803 – January 9 1865) was an American farmer and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
William Theisen William Theisen, who goes by the nickname "Willy", is a restaurant entrepreneur from Omaha, Nebraska. He is the founder of Godfathers Pizza, a popular pizzeria chain that has locations in over 40 states.
William Thom William Thom (1799-1848) was a minor Scottish vernacular poet, author of The Mitherless Bairn and other works. He was a native of Aberdeen, where he worked as a hand-loom weaver, enduring considerable hardship and poverty.
William Thomas Berger William Thomas Berger (1815 – 1899), was a Christian starch manufacturer in London and owner of Samuel Berger & Co., a patent rice starch manufacturer, who became the first home (England) director of the China Inland Mission with James Hudson Taylor in 1865.
William Thomas Forshaw William Thomas Forshaw (20 April 1890-26 May 1943) 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 Thomas Francis Horwood Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood GBE KCB DSO (9 November 1868–16 November 1943) served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of London's Metropolitan Police, from 1920 to 1928.
William Thomas Hamilton William Thomas Hamilton (September 8, 1820–October 26, 1888), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland, from 1868-1874, and in the House of Representatives, representing the second district (1849–1853) and fourth district (1853–1855) of Maryland.
William Thomas Marshall William Thomas Marshall (5 December 1854-11 September 1920) 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 Thomas Mercer William Thomas Mercer (Chinese : 孖沙) (1821 - 1879) was a British colonial administrator, who ruled Hong Kong for one year, between 15 March 1865 to 11 March 1866. He was succeeded by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, who became the 6th Governor of Hong Kong.
William Thomas Rickard William Thomas Rickard (VC, CGM)(February 10, 1828 - February 21, 1905) 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 Thomas Wells William Thomas Wells, also known as, Billy "Bombardier" Wells (August 31, 1889 – June 12, 1967) was a heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name 'Bombardier' Billy Wells, he was British and British Empire Champion from 1911 until 1919.
William Thompson (archer) William Henry Thompson (March 10, 1848 - 1918) was a American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double york round.
William Thompson (viticulturist) William Thompson was a viticulturist. He emigrated to California (near Yuba City) in 1863 and developed the Thompson Seedless table grape (see Sultana), which is also used for grape juice and wine, as well as 95% of the raisins produced in California.
William Thoms William John Thoms (1803 - 1885), British writer credited with coining the term "folklore" in the 1840's; Thoms's investigation of folklore and myth led to a later career of debunking longevity myths. Hence, he is the "father of age validation research" to demographers.
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. He did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
William Thorpe William Thorpe, putative author of The Testimony of William Thorpe [1407], may have been a Lollard, a follower of John Wycliffe. Whether Thorpe ever, in fact, existed is in doubt, but the document written in his name is enticing.
William Throsby Bridges Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG (February 18 1861 – May 18 1915) served with Australian forces during World War I, and was the first Australian to reach the rank of general. He was also the first Australian general to be killed during the war, at Gallipoli on 18 May 1915.
William Tierney Clark William Tierney Clark (23 August 1783–22 September, 1852) was an English civil engineer particularly associated with the design and construction of bridges. He was among the earliest designers of suspension bridges.
William Timothy Gowers William Timothy Gowers FRS (born November 20 1963, Wiltshire) is a British mathematician. He is as of 1998 Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College.
William Tite William Tite (February 1798 – 20 April, 1873) was an English architect who served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery projects.
William Travilla Costume designer William Travilla, who invariably went by the professional name of Travilla, first came to Hollywood in 1941. After cutting his teeth on a slew of B movies, he earned an Oscar in 1949 for the Errol Flynn swashbuckler "The Adventures of Don Juan".
William Trent Rossell William Rossell was born in Alabama on October 11, 1849, the son and grandson of Army officers, and he graduated third in the United States Military Academy class of 1873. Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, he served until 1880 at Willets Point and as Assistant Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy.
William Tresham William Tresham was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 3 July 1442 to 10 June 1449 as well as being Speaker of the House of Commons from 1439 to 1442, in 1447 and from 1449 to 1450 in which year he was murdered. The family is connected to the Northamptonshire village of Sywell.
William Trigg Gannaway William Trigg Gannaway (born June 10, 1825 in Wythe County, Virginia) served as president pro tempore of Duke University (at the time named "Trinity College") during the absence of Braxton Craven in 1864-1865. Gannaway received his diplomas from Emory University and Henry College.
William Trist Bailey William Trist Bailey was a land developer who founded the community of Bayswater in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City. He purchased the land from the descendants of Richard Cornell in 1878 and turned Bayswater into a fashionable residential neighborhood.
William Trousdale William Trousdale (September 23, 1790 – March 27, 1872) was Governor of Tennessee from 1849 to 1851. He was a protege of Andrew Jackson, having served under him in the Creek War and acquiring the nickname, "The War Horse of Sumner County" in that conflict.
William Trumball Sir William Trumball (1639 - December 14, 1716), English politician, was a grandson of William Trumball (d. 1635), who was for sixteen years English resident at Brussels and afterwards a clerk of the privy council.
William Tryon William Tryon (January 27,1729 to 1788) was colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina (1765-1771) and the Province of New York (1771-1780, though he did not retain much power in the colony beyond 1777).
William Tucci Billy Tucci is an illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known for his modern-day samurai fable Shi. Through Billy's Crusade Fine Arts, the multi-Eisner Award nominated Shi has been printed in four languages and has sold more than 4 million comic books.
William Tucker (musician) William Tucker (1961 - May 14, 1999) was a guitarist whose credits included work with Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface, Chemlab, and Chris Connelly. He grew up in New Jersey where he formed Regressive Aid with Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain of the Rollins Band.
William Tudor (1779-1830) William Tudor (January 28, 1779–March 9, 1830) was a leading citizen of Boston, sometime literary man, and cofounder of the North American Review and the Boston Athenaeum. It was Tudor who christened Boston The Athens of America in an 1819 letter.
William Turner Dannat William Turner Dannat (1853 -1929) was an American artist. Born in New York City, he was a pupil of the Royal Academy of Munich and of Mihaly Munkacsy, and became an accomplished draughtsman and a distinguished figure and portrait painter.
William Tuthill An American architect best known for his work on Carnegie Hall. He also designed 355 Riverside Drive, the Schinasi Mansion at Riverside Drive and 107th Street" The Marble Manor That Turkish Tobacco Built" Christopher Gray, The New York Times, May 4, 1997, and a row of extant townhouses along 122nd Street near Mount Morris (now Marcus Garvey) Park in Harlem.
William Tyler Page William Tyler Page (1868 – October 19, 1942), was best known for his authorship of the American's Creed. He was born in Frederick, Maryland, a descendant of Carter Braxton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and of the tenth U.
William Tyndale William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindale or Tindall) (circa 1494 - October 6, 1536) was a 16th century religious reformer and scholar who translated the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. Although numerous partial and complete English translations had been made from the 7th century onward, Tyndale's was the first to take advantage of the new medium of print, which allowed for its wide distribution.
William Tyndale College William Tyndale College, often simply Tyndale, was a former nondenominational Christian college located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Named after Protestant scholar William Tyndale, the college was founded as the Detroit Bible Institute in 1945, and became accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1988.
William V of Aquitaine William V (969 – 31 January 1030), called the Great (le Grand), was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou (as William II or III) from 990 until his death. He was the son and successor of William IV by his wife Emma, daughter of Theobald I of Blois.
William V. Sullivan William Van Amberg Sullivan (December 18, 1857 - March 21, 1918) was a United States Representative and Senator from Mississippi. Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
William Van Duzer Lawrence William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842-1927) was a millionaire real-estate and pharmaceutical mogul who is best known for having founded Sarah Lawrence College in 1926. He was instrumental in the development of Bronxville, New Yorka wealthy suburb fifteen miles north of New York City], where he established the coveted Lawrence Park neighborhood in addition to Bronxville's Lawrence Hospital.
William Van Horn William Van Horn (born February 15, 1939) has been a Disney comics artist and writer since 1988. He draws mostly Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and he has also written and/or illustrated stories based on the animated series DuckTales.
William Van Mildert William Van Mildert (1765–1836) was the last Prince-Bishop of Durham (1826–1836), and one of the founders of the University of Durham. His name survives in Van Mildert College, founded in 1965 and the Van Mildert Professor of Divinity.
William Van Pelt William Kaiser Van Pelt (1905–1996) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1951-1965, serving Wisconsin's 6th District. He was defeated for re-election in 1964 after serving seven terms.
William Vans Murray William Vans Murray (February 9, 1760–December 11, 1803) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman from Cambridge, Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates (1788-1790) and represented the fifth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 until 1793, and the eighth district from 1793 to 1797.
William Vaughan (philanthropist) William Vaughan was a sixteenth century corn and wheat mill owner, with mills approximately 1 mile from Dartford on the River Darent. In 1569 he had a house built on Dartford High Street which was used to house the poor and in 1576 was one of the founders of Dartford Grammar School.
William Vere Cruess William Vere Cruess (August 9, 1886 - March 13, 1968) was an American food scientist who pioneered the use of fruits to produce fruit-juice beverages, fruit-based concentrates and syrups. He was one of the first investigators in the United States to use freezing storage for preservation of fruits and fruit products.
William Verner William Frank Verner (June 24, 1883 - July, 1966) was a American athlete and middle-distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century. He competed in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 1500 metres behind Jim Lightbody, and a silver medal with the US Chicago team in the four mile race.
William Vernon William Vernon (January 17, 1719 – December 22, 1806) of Newport, Rhode Island was a New England trader who played a leading role in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the American Revolution. As president of the Eastern Navy Board during the Revolution, he was responsible for building and outfitting the ships of the Continental Navy.
William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey Bt (1859 - 10 December 1940), was an English shipping magnate. In 1876 at the age of seventeen, he was sent to Chicago by his father Samuel Vestey, a provisioner of Liverpool, England.
William Vickrey William Spencer Vickrey (June 21, 1914, Victoria, British Columbia - October 11, 1996, New York State) was a Columbia University professor, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics just three days before he died.
William Vile William Vile (1700 - 1767) was one of the best cabinetmakers of his time during the Georgian Age of the Designer and overshadowed by Thomas Chippendale who was clearly the most famous. Vile was amongst a handful of London based cabinetmakers such as William Bradshaw, John Cobb and John Gumley.
William VI of Aquitaine William VI (1004 – March 1038), called the Fat, was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou (as William IV) between 1030 and his death. He was the eldest son of William V the Great by his first wife, Almodis of Gévaudun.
William VI of Montpellier William VI of Montpellier was the elder son of William V and his wife Ermessende (daughter of Peter of Melgueil). William succeeded his father in the lordship of Montpellier; he inherited it in 1120, while still a minor, under his mother's guardianship.
William VII of Aquitaine William VII (born Peter, Pierre-Guillaume) (1023 – Autumn 1058), called the Eagle (Aigret) or the Bold (le Harid), was the duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou (as William V) between 1039 and his death, following his half-brother Otto.
William VIII of Aquitaine William VIII (1025 – 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was Duke of Gascony (1052-1086), and then Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume). Guy-Geoffroy was the youngest son of William V of Aquitaine by his third wife Agnes of Burgundy.
William Volker Fund The William Volker Fund, which was active from 1932 to 1965, was a charitable foundation established to subsidize the promotion and dissemination of free market economics and libertarian ideas. During most of this period, the William Volker Fund was the only libertarian organization with significant amounts of money at its disposal, and, for this reason, it
William W. Atterbury William Wallace Atterbury (January 31 1866 – September 20 1935) was a Brigadier General during World War I. He was instrumental in reorganizing railroad traffic during the war for more efficient transportation of troops and supplies for the Allied forces.
William W. Belknap William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 13, 1890) was a United States Army general, government administrator, and United States Secretary of War. He is the only Cabinet secretary ever to have been impeached by the United States House of Representatives.
William W. Bosworth William Welles Bosworth (1868-1996) was an American architect whose most famous designs include MIT's Cambridge campus, the AT&T Building in New York City, and the Theodore N. Vail mansion in Morristown, New Jersey (1916), now the Morristown Town Hall.
William W. Boyington William W. Boyington (1818-1898) was an architect who designed several notable structures in and around Chicago, Illinois, among them the Chicago Water Tower, the Hegeler Carus Mansion, the entrance gate of Rosehill Cemetery, and Joliet Prison.
William W. Cooke William Winer Cooke (May 29, 1846 – June 25, 1876) was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the adjutant for George Armstrong Custer and was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
William W. George William W. George is a professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, former Executive-in-Residence at the Yale School of Management, and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medtronic.
William W. Hoppin William Warner Hoppin (September 1, 1807- April 18, 1880) was the Whig governor of Rhode Island from 1854 to 1857 and then became a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856. Hoppin graduated the Hopkins School in 1824 and then went to Yale University for his undergraduate degree and for law school.
William W. Kingsbury William Wallace Kingsbury (June 4, 1828–April 17, 1892) was a Delegate from the Territory of Minnesota; born in Towanda, Bradford County, Pa.; attended the academies at Towanda and Athens; clerked in a store; became a surveyor; moved to Endion, Minn.
William Wade Sir William Wade (or Waad) (1546 - October 21, 1623), English statesman and diplomatist, was the eldest son of Armagil Wade (d. 1568), the traveller, who sailed with a party of adventurers for North America in 1536, and later became (1547) one of the clerks of the privy council in London and a member of
William Wade (journalist) William Warren Wade (1918 in Manhattan, New York - March 24, 2006 in Oakland, California) was an American war correspondent during World War II. He was a member of an eight man team of journalists who flew bombing missions over Germany with the U.
William Wadsworth William Wadsworth was an officer in the New York State militia, before and during the War of 1812. As a Brigadier General, he commanded the New York militia contingent in the American army at the Battle of Queenston Heights.
William Wakefield Colonel William Wakefield (1801-1848), married 1826 to Emily Sydney, the fifth child of Edward Wakefield and Priscilla Bell, he was the leader of the first colonizing expedition to New Zealand and founder of Wellington.
William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, PC (born August 15, 1946), educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and now a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford is a British Conservative politician who served in the Cabinet from 1990 until 1997. He is now a life peer.
William Walker (composer) William Walker (May 6, 1809 – September 24, 1875) was a Baptist song leader, shape note "singing master", and compiler of three shape note tunebooks¹. He was born in South Carolina, and grew up near Spartanburg.
William Walker Atkinson William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was a very important and influential American figure in the early days of the New Thought Movement. He was an attorney, merchant, author, as well as being an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought.
William Walker McLellan William Walker McLellan ( 1873 - April 11, 1960) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He came to the United States at the end of the nineteenth century, and began working at a department store in Newark, New Jersey.

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