Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.

Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.

Davis, William. 1850-1934. US geologist. Effect of erosion.

Domesday Book. 1086. Census and survey of England. Ordered by William I as basis for taxation.

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Douglas. 1200-. Prominent Scottish family. Accused of treason, William Douglas murdered by James II 1452.

Du Bois, William. 1868-1963. US writer. Founded Niagara movement, NAACP 1909.

Duer, William. 1747-99. American Revolution financier. Imprisoned for debt causing 1792 panic.

Dundee, Viscount “Bonnie”. c1649-89. Killed leading revolt vs William of Orange for James II.

Durant, William. 1861-1947. US founder GM 1908, Chevrolet 1911.

Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.

Edgar Aetheling. 1050-1130. Anglo-Saxon prince who submitted to William I.

Ems Dispatch. 1870. Bismarck alters telegram from Wilhelm, causing Franco-Prussian War.

Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.

Fargo, William. 1818-81. Founded American Express 1850, Wells Fargo 1852.

Faulkner, William. 1897-1962. American novelist of US south. The Sound and the Fury 1929.

Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.

Forrest, Edwin. Macready.

Garrison, William. 1805-79. US anti-slavery promoter. Weekly Liberator 1831-65.

Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.

Gilbert, William. 1834-1911. Librettist with Sullivan. Pirates of Penzance 1879. Mikado 1885.

Gladstone, William. 1809-98. English Liberal reform Prime Minister 1868~94. Secret ballot. Public Education. Irish land reforms.

Globe Theatre. 1599-1644. Venue for Shakespeare’s plays, London.

Glorious Revolution. 1688. British Protestant William and Mary depose James II. Declaration of Rights, Bill of Rights 1689.

Godwin, William. 1756-1836. English atheist philosopher, author. Anarchism. Cooperation is evil. Things as they Are 1794.

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