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Haw-Haw, Lord

(Encyclopedia)Haw-Haw, Lord: see Joyce, William. ...

Fort William

(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...

Corvo, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Corvo, Baron: see Rolfe, Frederick William. ...

Tweed Ring

(Encyclopedia)Tweed Ring: see Tweed, William Marcy. ...

Williams, Bill

(Encyclopedia)Williams, Bill: see Williams, William Sherley. ...

Prescott, William Hickling

(Encyclopedia)Prescott, William Hickling, 1796–1859, American historian, b. Salem, Mass. He entered his father's law office, but was compelled by a serious eye injury to abandon law. He received medical attention...

Golding, William

(Encyclopedia)Golding, William (Sir William Gerald Golding), 1911–93, English novelist, grad. Oxford (B.A. 1934). Praised for his highly imaginative and original writings, Golding was basically concerned with the...

Bülow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin, Fürst von

(Encyclopedia)Bülow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin, Fürst von bĕrnˈhärt hīnˈrĭkh märˈtĭn fŭrst fən büˈlō [key], 1849–1929, German chancellor. He held many diplomatic posts before he became, through the...
 

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