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A. E.

(Encyclopedia) A. E.: see Russell, George William.

Piers Plowman

(Encyclopedia) Piers Plowman: see Langland, William.

Red Eagle

(Encyclopedia) Red Eagle: see Weatherford, William.

Gillette, William

(Encyclopedia) Gillette, WilliamGillette, Williamjəlĕtˈ [key], 1853–1937, American actor and dramatist, b. Hartford, Conn. His New York debut in Mark Twain's Gilded Age (1877) was shortly followed by…

Hazen, William Babcock

(Encyclopedia) Hazen, William Babcock, 1830–87, American general, b. West Hartford, near Hartford, Vt. In the Civil War he fought at Shiloh, Perryville, and Murfreesboro, and in the Chattanooga…

Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Halsey, William Frederick, Jr. (Bull Halsey)Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.hôlˈsē [key], 1882–1959, American admiral, b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Annapolis, 1904. In World War II he led (…