William Preston may refer to: William Preston (actor) (1921–1998) William Preston (Freemason) (1742–1818), Scottish author of Illustrations of Masonry...
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge (redirect from William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge)
The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (informally called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and, locally, the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge...
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William Ballard Preston (November 25, 1805 – November 16, 1862) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Virginia from...
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William Preston Lane Jr. (May 12, 1892 – February 7, 1967) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 52nd Governor of Maryland from 1947...
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William Preston (August 26, 1921 – July 10, 1998) was an American actor. He did not start his acting career until he was at the age of 47 but subsequently...
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Challenge of the Yukon (redirect from Sergeant William Preston)
January 3, 1939. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in September 1950, and that title was retained through the...
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William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul,...
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William Preston (7 August 1742 – 1 April 1818) was a Scottish author, editor and lecturer, born in Edinburgh. After attending school and college he became...
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William Campbell Preston (December 27, 1794 – May 22, 1860) was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties...
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Bill Longley (gunfighter) (redirect from William Presley Longley)
William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851 – October 11, 1878), also known as Wild Bill Longley, was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter noted for...
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William Preston Johnston (January 5, 1831 – July 16, 1899) was a lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier. He was the son and biographer of Confederate...
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Colonel William Preston (December 25, 1729 – June 28, 1783) was an Irish-born American military officer, planter and politician. He played a crucial role...
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William Preston Phelps (1848–1923), known as "the Painter of the Monadnock", was an American landscape painter. He was born on the family farm near Chesham...
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William Preston (February 1874 - 22 November 1941) was a British industrialist and Conservative politician. Born in 1874, Preston was educated at Walsall...
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William Preston (1753 – 2 February 1807) was an Irish poet, playwright and essayist. Born in the parish of St. Michan's, Dublin, he was admitted a pensioner...
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Bill Graves (redirect from William Preston Graves)
William Preston Graves (born January 9, 1953) is an American former politician who was the 43rd governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003. Graves was born...
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William Preston Lauder FRSE FRCPE FRCSE (1788 – 1 April 1850) was a Scottish physician, specialising in obstetrics. Lauder was born at the family home...
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William Preston Few (December 29, 1867 – October 16, 1940) was the first president of Duke University and the fifth president of its predecessor, Trinity...
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William Preston, D.D. (1729 (1729) – (1789-04-19)19 April 1789) was an Irish Anglican bishop. William Preston was the son of John Preston of Hincaster...
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William Alfred Preston (July 26, 1848 – August 22, 1944) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario from 1907...
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Viscount Gormanston (redirect from Eileen Preston, Viscountess Gormanston)
Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston (1435–1503) William Preston, 2nd Viscount Gormanston (died 1532); only son of the 1st Viscount Jenico Preston, 3rd...
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William Preston Snyder (October 7, 1851 – June 18, 1920) was an American physician and politician who served as President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania...
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Preston was the father of Isaac Trimble Preston, William Campbell Preston, and John S. Preston and the uncle of William Ballard and William Preston....
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William Preston Hall (1864–1932) aka "The Colonel", "Diamond Billy", and "Horse King of the World" was an American showman, businessman, and circus impresario...
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William Preston Dickinson (September 9, 1889 – November 25, 1930) was an American modern artist, best known for his paintings of industrial subjects in...
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did not come up with them.": 154 Letitia Preston Floyd reported in her 1843 letter that when William Preston and John Draper returned to Draper's Meadow...
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USS William B. Preston (DD-344/AVP-20/AVD-7) was a United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1934. After conversion into a...
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Masters since Augustine of Canterbury, listed as Austin the Monk. William Preston's Illustrations of Freemasonry enlarged and expanded on this masonic...
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Civil War. Preston, the grandson of Col. William Preston—the namesake of Prestonville, Kentucky—was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Francis Preston was his...
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William Preston Taulbee (October 22, 1851 – March 11, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Taulbee was a son of William Harrison Taulbee (1824–1905)...
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