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(Encyclopedia) Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio; Episcopal; coeducational; chartered and opened 1824. It was founded by Philander Chase as a theological seminary with some undergraduate work and assumed its present ...

(Encyclopedia) Seward, William Henry, 1801–72, American statesman, b. Florida, Orange co., N.Y. In 1861, Seward became Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, and many expected him to be the real power in th...

(Encyclopedia) Carstares or Carstairs, William, 1649–1715, Scottish statesman and Presbyterian divine. While studying theology at Utrecht, he became a friend of William of Orange (later William III of England). He...

(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) 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. ...