William Paul
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William or Bill Paul may refer to:
- William Paul (attorney)William Paul (attorney)William Lewis Paul was an American attorney, legislator, and political activist from the Tlingit nation of southeastern Alaska. He was known as a leader in the Alaska Native Brotherhood....
(1885–1977), Alaskan politician and attorney - William Paul (author)William Paul (author)William H.C. Paul is the Head of Digital Communications for the Scottish Government, a successful author and partner in Rumdewan Enterprises - a property development company. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Linda. They have two sons, William and Andrew.-Background:William attended Bell Baxter...
(b. 1955), Scottish Editor and Author - William Paul (merchant) (d.1773), brother who suggested adding "Jones" for John Paul Jones
- William Paul (bishop)William Paul (bishop)-Life:He was baptised at St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, on 14 October 1599, a younger son of William Paul, a butcher of Eastcheap, London. He went to Oxford in 1614, and matriculated 15 November 1616 at All Souls' College. He became a fellow of All Souls' in 1618, graduated B.A. 9 June 1618, M.A. 1...
(1599–1665), Bishop of Oxford and Dean of Lichfield - William Paul (British politician)William Paul (British politician)William Paul , often known as Willie or Bill Paul, was a British socialist politician.Born in Glasgow, Paul became an active socialist and joined the Socialist Labour Party . In 1911, he moved to Derby, where he ran a market stall selling hosiery and drapery...
(1884–1958), socialist politician - William Paul (footballer)William Paul (footballer)William "Willie" Paul was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle and the Scotland national team as a centre forward.Paul was capped 3 times by Scotland and scored 5 goals....
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1880s–1890s), Scottish footballer - William Paul (horticulturalist) (1822–1905), British nineteenth century horticulturalist
- William Paul (MP), British MP for WindsorWindsor (UK Parliament constituency)Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...
1710-1711 - Bill Paul (computer science), software developer associated with the FreeBSDFreeBSDFreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
project - Billy PaulBilly PaulBilly Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones" as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences...
(b. 1934), soul singer - Billy Paul (fl. 1970s), saxophonist with Wizzo BandWizzo BandWizzo Band was formed by Roy Wood after Wizzard split in 1975, fulfilling his ambitions to create an outfit that was more jazz-oriented than rock or pop...
- Bill Paul (cyclist)Bill Paul (cyclist)William George Paul, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his team-mate 'Ernie' Mills, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with a 'world's best performance'. In 1937, in Italy, they set the world one-hour tandem record which stood for 63 years...
(W. G. (Bill) Paul), record breaking cyclist and tandem rider in the early 20th century; see Golden Book of CyclingGolden Book of CyclingThe Golden Book of Cycling was created in 1932 by Cycling, a British cycling magazine,to celebrate "the Sport and Pastime of Cycling by recording the outstanding rides, deeds and accomplishments of cyclists, officials and administrators." There exists only a single copy of this compendium of...