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(Encyclopedia) Byrde, William. For persons thus named, use Byrd, William.

(Encyclopedia) Browne, William (William Browne of Tavistock) tăvˈĭstŏkˌ [key], 1591?–1645?, English poet. An imitator of Spenser, he did his finest work in pastoral poetry, of which Britannia's Pastorals (161...

(Encyclopedia) Twain, Mark, pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Ad...

(Encyclopedia) Shakspere, William: see Shakespeare, William. ...

(Encyclopedia) Falkner, William: see Faulkner, William. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tindal or Tindale, William: see Tyndale, William. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lamb, William: see Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cavendish, William: see Newcastle, William Cavendish, duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cecil, William: see Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Herbert, William: see Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of. ...