(Encyclopedia) Thornton, William, 1759–1828, American architect, b. Tortola, British Virgin Islands, He studied (1781–84) medicine at Edinburgh but received his medical degree (1784) at the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, William, 1544–1603, English scientist and physician. He studied medicine at Cambridge (M.D., 1569), where he was elected a Fellow of St. John's College, and set up practice in…
(Encyclopedia) Godwin, William, 1756–1836, English author and political philosopher. A minister in his youth, he was, however, plagued by religious doubts and gave up preaching in 1783 for a literary…
(Encyclopedia) Graves, William Sidney, 1865–1940, American army officer, b. Hill co., Tex., grad. West Point, 1889. He served (1899–1901) in the Philippines and commanded (1918–20) American forces in…
(Encyclopedia) Watson, Sir William, 1858–1935, English poet. His first great success was Wordsworth's Grave (1890), followed by a meditative elegy on Tennyson, Lachrymae Musarum (1892). He is also…
(John Towner Williams)composer, conductorBorn: 2/8/1932Birthplace: Queens, New York Famed movie score and TV theme composer, Williams has worked with Hollywood's most famous directors and producers…
(Encyclopedia) Farlow, William Gilson, 1844–1919, American botanist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1866. His chief contributions were made in the study of cryptogamic and parasitic plants. Many eminent…
