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Wilson, William Lyne

(Encyclopedia)Wilson, William Lyne, 1843–1900, American legislator, cabinet member, and university president, b. Jefferson co., Va. (now in W.Va.). He was a private in the Confederate army in the Civil War, and a...

Rutherford, Mark

(Encyclopedia)Rutherford, Mark, pseud. of William Hale White. ...

Lee, Rooney

(Encyclopedia)Lee, Rooney: see Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh. ...

Hewlett Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Hewlett Foundation: see William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. ...

William of Occam

(Encyclopedia)William of Occam or Ockham both: ŏkˈəm [key], c.1285–c.1349, English scholastic philosopher. A Franciscan, Occam studied and taught at Oxford from c.1310 until 1324, when he was summoned to the p...
 

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