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193 matches to William
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Chambers, William. 1726-96. English Palladian architect. Somerset House 1776-86.
Chambers, William and Robert. 19C.Scottish reference book publishers.
Clapham Sect. 1790-1830. Wilberforce’s social reformers and missionaries.
Clark, William. 1770-1838. US explorer of Pacific NW with Lewis.
Clinton, William J. 1946- US president 1993-2001. Impeached, acquitted over Lewinsky affair. Signed NAFTA. Raised taxes.
Cobbett, William. 1763-1835. English working class pamphleteer.
Cody, William F. Buffalo Bill.
Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.
Congreve, William. 1670-1729. English playwright of manners. Way of the World 1700.
Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.
Cowper, William. 1731-1800. English poet. The Task.
Crookes, William. 1832-1919. English physicist. Invented Crookes tube. Discovered thallium. Radiometer.
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.