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William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (December 25, 1856 – February 2, 1933) was a British businessman, art collector, and an important figure in Thoroughbred racehorse breeding. He was the son of Eliza Reid of Limekilns, Fife and her husband, Sir Andrew Barclay Walker (1824-1893), a wealthy brewer born in Ayrshire who expanded the family business to England and moved to live in Gateacre, Liverpool.
William Wall (theologian) William Wall (January 6, 1647 - November 13, 1728) was a British priest in the Church of England who wrote extensively on the doctrine of infant baptism. He was generally an apologist for the English church and sought to maintain peace between it and the Anabaptists.
William Wallace Barbour Sheldon William Wallace Barbour Sheldon, commonly known as Wallace, was an architectural engineer and pioneer of California. Being a leading figure of the Pacific Improvement Company, which was created for the express purpose of developing the California coast to increase tourism and make the railroads more profitable, he is an important figure in California history as well as the railroad industry, architectural engineering (as his projects were among the most complicated of the time), and the history of the San Francisco Bay Area.
William Wallace Denslow William Wallace Denslow (May 5, 1856–March 29, 1915) was an illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
William Wallace Phelps William Wallace Phelps (June 1, 1826 – August 3, 1873) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Oakland County, Michigan, June 1, 1826; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice; register of the United States land office at Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota; upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served from May 11, 1858, to March 3, 1859; resumed the practice of his profession in Red Wing, Minnesota; died in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan, August 3, 1873; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Minnesota.
William Walter Phelps William Walter Phelps (August 24, 1839 - June 17, 1894), the son of John Jay Phelps, a successful New York City merchant and financier, was born in Dundaff, Pennsylvania. At the height of a successful banking career in Manhattan, he settled in the thriving hamlet of Teaneck, across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
William Walter Wong William Walter Wong (February 2, 1914 - present) is a retired Yale University faculty member. During his 47-year term, he served as an Asian Studies professor, a Chinese language professor, the head of the Asian American alliance, a member on the board of the Asian Culture Society, the director of the Asian A Cappella Organization, the co-director of the Chinese Dance Society, and the head of the Mellow Yellow Society, a club dedicated to the arts of East Asian meditation.
William Ward Burrows (sailor) Lieutenant William Ward Burrows (6 October 1785 – 5 September 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. his father, also named William Ward Burrows, was the second Commandant of the Marine Corps.
William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (25 May 1867–29 June 1932), styled Viscount Ednam before 1885, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and fourth Governor-General of Australia. He was born in London and was educated at Eton.
William Wardell William Wilkinson Wardell (3 March 1824 - 19 November 1899) was an architect, notable not only for his work in Australia, the country to which he emigrated in 1858, but also for having s successful career as an ecclesiastical architect in England before his departure. In Australia he designed many public buildings.
William Warham William Warham (c. 1450-1532), Archbishop of Canterbury, belonged to a Hampshire family, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, afterwards practising and teaching law both in London and Oxford.
William Wasbrough Foster Major General William Wasbrough Foster, DSO, CMG, VD, (October 1, 1875 - December 2, 1954) was a noted mountaineer, Conservative Party politician, business man, and chief constable in British Columbia, Canada in addition to his distinguished military career.
William Washington William Washington (February 28 1752 to March 6 1810), was a patriotic Southern cavalry officer during the American Revolutionary War, who held a final rank of Brigadier General in the newly created United States after the war.
William Watson (basketball player) William Watson was one of the first African-American basketball players to lead an integrated team to a championship. In 1924 Watson's Lane Tech High School met Wendell Phillips High School to dispute the championship of the Chicago Public School League.
William Watson (surgeon) William Watson (1837–1879), was a surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. During his duty in the Army of the Potomac, he took part in several battles including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Gettysburg notably.
William Watson, 1st Baronet Cheyne Sir William Watson, 1st Baronet Cheyne (December 14, 1852, off Hobart, Tasmania – April 19, 1932, Fetlar, Shetland Islands, Scotland) was a British surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom, as well as abdominal surgery.
William Watts William Watts (1722 - 4 August1764) was chief of the Kasimbazar (or Cossimbazar) factory of the British East India Company. He lived in Bengal for a long time and he was proficient in Bangla, Hindustani and Persian languages.
William Weatherford William "Red Eagle" Weatherford, (1780 – March 24, 1824), was a Creek (Muscogee) Indian who led the Creek War offensive against the United States. William Weatherford like many of the high-ranking members of the Creek nation, was half Scotish and half Creek Indian.
William Weathers William Weathers was the titular Roman Catholic Bishop of Amyela; born November 12, 1814; died at Isleworth, Middlesex, March 4, 1895. His parents were Welsh Protestants; the mother and children were converted to Catholicism after the father's death.
William Webb (boxer) William Webb was a British bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics losing against John Condon in the semi-finals.
William Weldon Sir William Henry Weldon, KCVO, FSA (1837-1919) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Weldon's career at the College of Arms began in 1870 with his appointment as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI GBE TD PC (1867–1937) was a British politician who served as MP for Manchester South (1900-1906), Secretary of State for India twice in the 1920s and as Lord Privy Seal in 1931.
William Wells Brown William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer.
William Wentworth (Australian politician) William Charles Wentworth (8 September 1907 - 15 June 2003), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1977, with a reputation as a fierce anti-Communist.
William Wetmore Story and His Friends William Wetmore Story and His Friends is a biography of sculptor William Wetmore Story by Henry James, published in 1903. James concentrated on the "friends" of the title, who included Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, James Russell Lowell, and other figures more prominent than Story himself.
William Whipper William Whipper (1804–1876) was an African American abolitionist and businessman. He advocated nonviolence and co-founded the American Moral Reform Society, an early African American abolitionist organization.
William Whitaker Taylor William Whitaker Taylor (September 11, 1853 – August 1, 1884) was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, member of the Presidency of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a son of LDS church president John Taylor.
William Whitaker's Words William Whitaker's Words is a computer program that parses the inflection or conjugation of a Latin word, and also translates the root into English. Given an English word, the program outputs Latin translations.
William White (gangster) William Jack "Three Fingers" White (1900-January 23, 1934) was a Prohibition gangster and member of the Chicago Outfit. His nickname was related to a childhood accident after a falling brick from a construction site had crushed his right hand, resulting in the loss of two fingers.
William Whitehead (Canadian writer) William Frederick Whitehead (born 1931) is a Canadian writer, actor and filmmaker. He was the partner of the late Canadian writer Timothy Findley, with whom he co-wrote several works including the television documentaries Dieppe 1942 and The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway.
William Whiting (politician) WHITING, William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Mass., on March 3, 1813; attended Concord Academy and was graduated from Harvard University in 1833; taught school in Plymouth and Concord, Mass.
William Whiting Borden William Whiting Borden (November 1, 1887 – April 9,1913), Christian missionary to Egypt with Samuel Zwemer was the heir to the Borden Milk Products family fortune and graduate of Yale University in 1909 and of Princeton Theological Seminary. Borden was converted to Christianity under the ministry of Dwight L.
William Whitley William Whitley (August 4, 1749 – October 5, 1813), was an early American pioneer born in what was then Augusta County, Virginia, the son of Solomon and Elizabeth Whitley. He was important to the early settlement of Kentucky and fought in both the Indian wars and the War of 1812.
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (born October 6, 1885 in Birtle, Manitoba; died January 27, 1964) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, and again from 1941 to 1949.
William Wilde Sir William Robert Wills Wilde (1815–April 19, 1876), today best known for being the father of Oscar Wilde, was a man of prominence in his own day. Wilde was Ireland's leading ear and eye surgeon and he also wrote books on history, archaeology and folklore particularly concerning his native Ireland.
William Wilfred Sullivan Sir William Wilfred Sullivan (December 6, 1839 – September 30, 1920) was a Prince Edward Island journalist, politician and jurist. After a career as Assistant editor at the Charlottetown Herald and as a lawyer, Sullivan was elected to the provincial legislature in 1872 as a Liberal MLA.
William Willcocks Sir William Willcocks (September 27, 1852, India – July 28, 1932, Cairo, Egypt) was a British civil engineer. He is remembered for having proposed the first Aswan Dam and undertaking major projects of irrigation in South Africa and Turkey.
William Williams (signer) William Williams (April 28, 1731– August 2, 1811) was an American merchant and political leader from Lebanon, Connecticut. He was a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, where he signed the Declaration of Independence.
William Williams (VC) William Williams (VC, DSM & Bar) (5 October 1890-22 October 1965), was a Welsh 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 Williams of Wern William Williams of Wern (1781-1840) was an Independent minister in Wales, the promoter of the "General Union" movement of 1834. He was one of three "giants of the Welsh pulpit", along with John Elias and Christmas Evans.
William Williams Pantycelyn William Williams, Pantycelyn (also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn) (1717 – January 11, 1791) is generally acknowledged as Wales's most important hymn writer. He was also one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival, along with Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris.
William Wilson (aquatics) William Wilson (born November 13, 1844 in London, England) was a late 19th Century Scottish journalist, swimming instructor and coach, and contributor to the scientific techniques behind competitive swimming. In 1883, Wilson published "The Swimming Instructor," one of the first books on swimming to define modern concepts of stroke efficiency, training, racing turns and water safety.
William Wilson Allen William Wilson Allen, VC ( 1844 ? – 12 March 1890) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
William Winant William Winant is a virtuosic and highly-regarded percussionist. In addition to contemporary classical music, he has also performed and recorded with a variety of musicians and composers including Glenn Spearman, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Mr.
William Winde Captain William Winde (c1645-1722) was an English gentleman architect, whose Royalist military career, resulting in fortifications and topographical surveys, and his later career, as designer or simply "conductor" of the works of country houses, has been epitomised by Howard Colvin, who said that "Winde ranks with Hooke, May, Pratt and Talman as one of the principal English country-house architects of the late seventeenth century" (Colvin 1995, p 1066).
William Winn William David "Bill" Winn (d. 2006) was an educational psychologist who made notable contributions to the understanding of how people learn from diagrams, and on how cognitive and constructivist theories of learning can help instructional designers select effective teaching strategies.
William Winston Seaton William Winston Seaton (1785-1866) was an American journalist, born in King William County, Va. From 1812 until 1860 he was, with his brother-in-law Joseph Gales, proprietor of the National Intelligencer at Washington, D.
William Winter (author) William Winter (July 15, 1836—June 30, 1917) was an American dramatic critic and author, born in Gloucester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1857, then chose literature as his field of endeavor, and moved to New York City (1859), where he became literary critic of the Saturday Press, then (1861-65) of the New York Albion, and for more than 40 years (1865-1909) was a drama critic of the New York Tribune.
William Winter (chess player) William Winter (1898–1955) was a British chess player. He won the British Open Chess Championship in 1934 and the British Chess Championship in 1935 and 1936, defeating a number of the world's top players, including Aron Nimzowitsch and Milan Vidmar.
William Wirt Adams William Wirt Adams (March 22, 1819 – May 1, 1888), was a United States district court judge for the state of Mississippi, a soldier for the Republic of Texas, and a Confederate officer and general in the American Civil War.
William Wirt Vaughan William Wirt Vaughan was a American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on July 2, 1831 in LaGuardo (now Martha), Tennessee in Wilson County.
William Witney William Witney (born 15 May, 1915 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States – died 17 March, 2002 in Jackson, California, United States) was a Film Director. He is most famous for the Movie Serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures.
William Wolfe William Wolfe (more commonly referred to as Billy Wolfe) is a former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Wolfe was born in February 1924 and after serving in the British Army in the Second World War he became active in various organisations designed to highlight the distinctiveness of Scotland and Scottish culture in particular.
William Wolfskill William Wolfskill was a cowboy and agronomist from Los Angeles, California, who was highly influential in the development of California's agricultural industry in the 19th Century. Arguably his greatest contribution to agriculture was the Valencia orange, which quickly became the most popular juice orange in America and led to the naming of Orange County, California.
William Wollaston William Wollaston (March 26, 1659 – October 29, 1724) was an English philosophical writer. He is remembered today for one book, which he completed only two years before his death: The Religion of Nature Delineated (1st ed.
William Woodruff William Woodruff (born 12 September 1916) is an eminent world historian, but is perhaps most noted for his two autobiographical works The Road to Nab End and its sequel Beyond Nab End; both became bestsellers in the UK. It should be noted that they contain significant amounts of social commentary about the conditions in which he lived.
William Woods Holden William Woods Holden (24 November 1818 – 1 March 1892) was the governor of North Carolina in 1865 and from 1868 to 1871. He was a "Scalawag" and leader of the state's Republican party during Reconstruction.
William Woods University William Woods University is a university in Fulton, Missouri, a community of about 12,000 people. WWU is a coeducational, independent, professions-oriented institution of 3,000 students, representing most states and approximately 20 foreign countries.
William Woollard William Woollard (born 20 August 1939 in London) is best known for presenting the BBC television programmes, Top Gear and Tomorrow's World. Woollard was also the writer and presenter of a three-part BBC series on British scientific intelligence during World War II called "The Secret War".
William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years that was revised and expanded a number of times.
William Worrall Mayo William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English medical doctor and chemist, best known for founding the Mayo Clinic in the late 19th century with his sons William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota in the United States. He was born in Eccles, near Salford, Lancashire, England and studied medicine in Manchester, Glasgow, and London before leaving for the U.
William Wright (Orientalist) William Wright (1830-1889) was a famous British Orientalist, and Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge. Many of his works on Syriac literature are still in print and of considerable scholarly value, especially the catalogues of the holdings of the British Library and Cambridge University Library.
William Wyggeston William Wyggeston (sometimes spelt William Wigston, circa 1547 to 1536) was an English wool merchant based in Leicester. He was part of the Wyggeston family, which included at least one other William Wyggeston.
William Wyler William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. He was known to require tens of takes for every shot in his films and for demanding control over the story, location and crew of each production, yet his exacting nature and attention to detail paid off in the form of both popular and critical success.
William Wynford William Wynford (flourished 1360-1405)page 352, English Medieval Architects A Biographical Dictionary Down to 1550, John Harvey 1984 was one of the most successful English master masons of the 14th century, using the new Perpendicular Gothic style. He is first mentioned in 1360 when at work at Windsor Castle as warden of masons' work.
William X of Aquitaine William X of Aquitaine (1099 – April 9, 1137), nicknamed the Saint was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VIII of Poitiers between 1126 and 1137. He was the son of William, the troubadour by his second wife, Philippa of Toulouse.
William Yates William Yates (born 15 September 1921) has been a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for the marginal seat of The Wrekin from 1955 until 1966, when it was won by Labour's Gerald Fowler.
William Yates Peel William Yates Peel (3 August 1789 – 1 June 1858), educated at Harrow and at St John's College, Cambridge, was a Member of Parliament from 1817 to 1837, and again from 1847 to 1852; he was undersecretary for home affairs in 1828, and was a Lord of the Treasury in 1830 and again in 1834-1835.
William Yeager William "Bill" Yeager (born June 16 1940, San Francisco) is an American engineer. He is best-known for his development of the first multiple-protocol router software during his 20 year tenure at Stanford University's Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
William Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore (27 September 1824 – 1 April 1883, Biarritz) was an Irish nobleman and soldier. He was the son of Barry John Yelverton, 3rd Viscount Avonmore and Cecilia O'Keefe.
William Yolland William Yolland (1810–1885), military surveyor, astronomer and engineer, was Britain’s Chief inspector of Railways from 1877 until his death. He was a redoubtable campaigner for railway safety, often in the face of strong opposition, at a time when railway investment was being directed towards the expansion of the networks rather than the prevention of accidents.
William Yorzyk William ("Bill") Albert Yorzyk (born 29 May, 1933) is a former butterfly swimmer from the United States. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he was the first to win the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly competition.
William Young (VC) William Young (1 January 1876 - 27 August 1916) 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 Z. Foster William Zebulon Foster (February 25, 1881 - September 1, 1961), born in Taunton, Massachusetts, was the long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party USA and trade union leader. In many ways a syndicalist at heart, he passed through the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, as well as leading the drive to organize the packinghouse industry during World War I and leading the steel strike of 1919 before joining the Communist Party in 1921.
William Z. Ripley William Zebina Ripley (October 13, 1867 – August 16, 1941) was an American economist and racial theorist who is today mostly famous for his tripartite racial theory of Europe. His work was later taken up by white supremacists and eugenicists.
William Zabka William "Billy" Zabka (born on October 20,1965, in New York City, New York) is an American actor most famous for playing "rival" and "bully" types. Zabka is best known for his role as Johnny Lawrence, the lead bully in 1984's The Karate Kid.
William Zillman William Zillman is an Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League competition. Has always played league, but also played five years of rugby union at St Laurence’s College in South Brisbane captaining the 1st XV side to 5 from 6 wins in his final year and also from where he became an Australian Schoolboys representative in 2003.
William Zion William Zion (23 October 1872 Knightstown, Indiana-25 March 1919) was a United States Marine private awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the China Relief Expedition. He later become a United States Army First Lieutenant.
William, Count of Poitiers William (August 17, 1153 – 1156) was the first child of Henry Plantagenet (later Henry II of England) and Eleanor of Aquitaine, strangely born on the same day that his father's rival Eustace IV of Boulogne died.
William, Count of Poitou William, Count of Poitou, also vicomte de Dieppe (22 July 1136 at Argentan, Normandy,Amt, Emile, ‘William FitzEmpress (1136-1164)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Project, Geoffrey V "le Bel" or "Plantagenet", [http://sbaldw.home.
William, Duke of Austria Duke William of Austria, known as the Ambitious, Duke of Inner Austria (born around 1370 in Vienna; died July 15, 1406 in the same place), was as a member and head of the Leopoldinian Line, ruler of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola.
William, It Was Really Nothing "William, It Was Really Nothing" is a song by British band The Smiths. It was released as a single on 24 August 1984, featuring the B-sides "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" and "How Soon Is Now?
Williamina Fleming Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker Stevens. She attended public schools in Dundee, and at the age of 14, she became a pupil-teacher.
Williamite Williamite refers to the followers of King William III of England who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution. William, the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, replaced James with the support of English Whigs, to ensure England's entry into his League of Augsburg against France in the Nine Years War.
Williamite War in Ireland The Williamite War in Ireland, also known as the Jacobite War in Ireland and in Ireland as Cogadh an Dá Rí or The War of the Two Kings, was the opening conflict following the deposition of King James II in 1688 when he attempted to regain the throne of his Three Kingdoms from his daughter Mary II who replaced him jointly with her husband William of Orange. It influenced the Jacobite Rising in Scotland led by Viscount Dundee which started at about the same time.
Williams %R Williams %R, or just %R, is a technical analysis oscillator showing the current closing price in relation to the high and low of the past N days (for a given N). It was developed by trader and author Larry Williams and is normally used just in the stock market.
Williams (lunar crater) Williams is the remnant of a lunar crater that lies to the south of the prominent Hercules crater, in the northeastern part of the Moon. The southern rim borders the Lacus Somniorum, a small lunar mare that extends to the south and west.
Williams Air Force Base Williams Air Force Base was the leading pilot training facility of the United States Air Force for many years, supplying 25% of all pilots. The base, now defunct, was located ten miles east of Chandler, Arizona on land that has since been annexed as part of Mesa, Arizona.
Williams Arena Williams Arena is on the Twin Cities main campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Initially known as the Minnesota Field House (another building has that name today), it was constructed in the 1920s and opened in 1928.
Williams Baptist College Williams Baptist College is a private, coeducational four year college located in the northeast corner of Arkansas near the town of Walnut Ridge. Founded in 1941, this institution began its life as a two year school, but began granting bachelor's degrees in 1980s.
Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a lawyer, judge, politician, and an important Confederate cavalry general who fought in the Virginia campaigns during the American Civil War. After the war, he held various political posts and was the President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company.
Williams College Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly selective (18% admission rate in 2006) liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As of 2005, the school has an enrollment of 1945 undergraduate students and 59 graduate students.
Williams College Museum of Art The Williams College Museum of Art (known as "WCMA") is an art museum located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is affiliated with Williams College and the college's world-renowned art history department.
Williams College Rugby Football The Williams Women's Rugby Football Club (WWRFC) and the Williams Rugby Football Club (WRFC) are intercollegeiate club sports teams at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. The men's club was founded in 1958 by H.
Williams FJ44 The Williams FJ44 is a family of small, 2 spool, turbofan engines produced by Williams International/Rolls-Royce for the light business jet market. Until the recent boom in the Very Light Jet market, the FJ44 was one of the smallest turbofans available for civilian applications.
Williams Free Library The Williams Free Library, located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin was the first public library in the United States of America to have open stacks. While the building is no longer a library, its Richardsonian Romanesque design remains as one of the city's architectural gems.
Williams FW11 The Williams FW11 was a Formula 1 car designed by Patrick Head and Frank Dernie as a serious challenger to McLaren and their MP4/2 car. The car took over from where the FW10 left off at the end of 1985, when that car won the last 3 races of the season.
Williams FW14 The Williams FW14 was an F1 car designed by Patrick Head and Adrian Newey for the 1991 and 1992 F1 seasons. The car was born out of necessity, as the 1989 and 1990 seasons had proven competitive for Williams, but they had underachieved in their own and Renault's eyes.
Williams FW17 The Williams FW17 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the Formula One season. It was driven by Damon Hill, who was in his third year with the team, and David Coulthard, who was in his first full season after a part-time role in .
Williams FW19 The Williams FW19 was the car with which the Williams Formula One team used to compete in the 1997 Formula One season. It was driven by Jacques Villeneuve, who was in his second year with the team, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who moved from Sauber to replace the dropped champion, Damon Hill.

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