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(Encyclopedia) Parsons, William: see Rosse, William Parsons, 3d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Marshal, William: see Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bentinck, William: see Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Seymour, William: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Chambers, William, 1800–1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802–71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which William started ...

(Encyclopedia) wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for ...

(Encyclopedia) Doves Press dŭvs [key], one of the leaders in the revival of the art and craft of making books that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th cent. It was founded at Hammersmith, London, in 1900 by T....

(Encyclopedia) Greenock grēnˈək, grĭnˈ–, grĕnˈ– [key], city, Inverclyde, W Scotland, on t...

(Encyclopedia) Gaddis, William, 1922–98, American novelist, b. New York City. An erudite master of satire and black comedy, he was both praised and criticized for his avant-garde techniques—repetitions, multiple...

(Encyclopedia) Courtenay, William kôrtˈnē [key], c.1342–1396, English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury (1381–96). He was important for his condemnation of the doctrines of Wyclif and for suppressing the Loll...