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(Encyclopedia) Occam, William of: see William of Occam. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ockham, William of: see William of Occam. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wykeham, William of: see William of Wykeham. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wickham, William of: see William of Wykeham. ...

(Encyclopedia) William of Longchamp: see Longchamp, William of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Blair, Francis Preston, 1791–1876, American journalist and politician, b. Abingdon, Va. Through the Frankfort, Ky., journal Argus of Western America, which he edited with Amos Kendall, Blair was an ...

(Encyclopedia) spoils system, in U.S. history, the practice of giving appointive offices to loyal members of the party in power. The name supposedly derived from a speech by Senator William Learned Marcy in which he...

(Encyclopedia) Digby, Kenelm Henry, 1800–1880, English author, b. Ireland. He converted to Roman Catholicism after his graduation from Cambridge. His principal works are The Broadstone of Honour (1822; enl. ed., 4...

(Encyclopedia) William the Conqueror: see William I, king of England. ...

(Encyclopedia) Inge, William ĭnj [key], 1913–73, American playwright, b. Independence, Kans., grad. Univ. of Kansas, 1935. He was a teacher and newspaper critic before he won recognition as a dramatist. Inge's pl...