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- Jones, William (philologist) [[Image:Sir William Jones.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Sir William Jones]] ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an African ... towards the mathematical, formulaic music of the Second Viennese School ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- Frederick I of Prussia (July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713) of the ... convene and preside at the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 that divided up Africa ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- William Paley (July 1743 – May 25, 1805) was an English divine, ... Born in Peterborough, Paley was educated at Giggleswick School, of ...9 KB (1,398 words) - 10:38, 11 May 2023
- Bagley, William Chandler William Chandler Bagley (March 15, 1874 – July 1, 1946), was an ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York and United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- educator and philosopher and a leader of the school of new realism in ... to formulate The Program and First Platform of Six Realists published in the ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 00:28, 8 December 2022
- probably best known, however, as the sister of famous English Romantic poet ... Cockermouth, Cumberland. She was the third of five children. Dorothy spent ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 21:07, 13 August 2020
- Stokoe, William William C. Stokoe, Jr. (pronounced STOE-kee) (July 21, 1919 – April ...13 KB (1,991 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- William M. "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April12, 1878 ... Tweed left school at the age of 11 to learn his father’s trade of ...9 KB (1,503 words) - 11:11, 10 May 2023
- William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 – October 25, 1916) was ... Chase is perhaps best remembered as one of the pre-eminent art teachers ...16 KB (2,363 words) - 10:36, 11 May 2023
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural ... was founded by Washington philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran in 1869 ...7 KB (1,002 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – November 2, 1083) was Queen consort ... Matilda was daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle (1000 ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Blackstone, William illustrated in his Commentaries on the Laws of England.]] ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- William Hazlitt (April 10, 1778 – September 18, 1830) was an English ... Hazlitt came from a branch of Irish Protestant stock that moved in ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 10:56, 9 May 2023
- Stukeley, William [[Image:Stukeley William.jpg|right|thumb|William Stukeley]] ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American ... He was a widely read, and popular figure of the era, and in his later years ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- : This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- songwriter, was born in the auld hoose of Gask, Perthshire to Jacobite ... and helped by so doing to preserve much of Scotland's musical heritage ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- William Zebina Ripley (October 13, 1867 – August 16, 1941) was an ... William Zebina Ripley was born on October 13, 1867, in Medford, Massachusetts ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990), coming ... Jewish immigrant. When he was 12, William added the middle initial ...12 KB (1,903 words) - 20:44, 24 November 2022
- William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- American millionaire. He was the creator of the first Trust in America ... in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born to butcher ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- William Dampier (baptised September 5, 1651 – died March 1715) was ... Dampier's life belongs to the great age of so-called "Discovery ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- Tubman, William {{Infobox Officeholder | name=William Vacanarat Shadrach ... | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- William Isaac Thomas (August 13, 1863 – December 5, 1947), was an ... He co-operated with Florian Znaniecki on the formulation of what became ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman ... The battle took place on October 14, 1066, between the Norman army ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- [[Image:William Carlos Williams passport photograph 1921 (cropped ... Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17 ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 15:54, 7 May 2023
- officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for President ... Cass was in full favor of United States expansion and supported President ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- Sir William Henry Bragg (July 2, 1862 – March 10, 1942) was an English ... Bragg was the eldest child of Robert John Bragg, a sea captain who ...13 KB (1,944 words) - 18:22, 17 April 2023
- William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was ... He was among a number of notable American composers, including Aaron ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years ... Born in New York City, his father, William, was from a non-practicing ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and ... was to "strike terror in the hearts of the proslavery people." ...7 KB (1,185 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... also commissioned the Gesta regum Anglorum of William of Malmsbury, considered ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes some ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- a prominent law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration ... tradition, contributed in the areas of law, politics, and education ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 22:41, 24 November 2022
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... Mary reigned jointly with her husband and first cousin, William III ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- elections. It formed as a breakaway faction of the Democratic party and was ... main support came from Yankee-settled areas of upstate New York, western Massachusetts ...6 KB (913 words) - 10:35, 11 April 2024
- Sir Frederick William Herschel, FRS KH (November 15, 1738 - August ... Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover, Germany, Herschel was ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the First Lady of the United States when her ... to Kentucky political leader Henry Clay of the Whig Party, Mary Todd developed ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- industrialist, born on Staten Island, New York. He entered the transportation ... many enemies. His public perception was that of a vulgar, mean-spirited man ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 03:32, 8 January 2024
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author ... Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, the son of an Armenian immigrant ...13 KB (2,107 words) - 10:49, 12 May 2023
- in a chain, stretching backward. The cause of the cat you see today, for ... the "Prime Mover" that is a deity of "pure form" without ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- Holmes, William Henry William Henry Holmes (1846 – 1933) was an American anthropologist ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 10:58, 9 May 2023
- that played a major role in controlling New York City politics from the 1790s ... Tammany Hall is an example of how political parties, because they ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. 1494–September ... Possibly, they would question the teaching of the Church and the authority ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- Natural theology is a branch of theology, which attempts to establish ... The existence of God and the immortality of the soul are but a few ...12 KB (1,729 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth ... England, the Pilgrims arrived off the coast of New England without a patent ...12 KB (1,842 words) - 02:22, 9 November 2022
- dedicating her life to improving the lives of the under-privileged. Lowell ... had strong Unitarian roots, and spent most of their wealth on helping their ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 19:42, 7 September 2022
