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    William Wake (26 January 1657 – 24 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 to his death. Wake was born...
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  • refer to: Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), British politician William Wake (cricketer) (1852–1896), English cricketer William Wake (governor),...
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  • National Spelling Bee Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (1297–1349), English baron Thomas Wake (disambiguation) William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of...
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    Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific...
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  • William Robert Wake (21 May 1852 – 14 March 1896) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket...
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    William Wake (died 1750) was Governor of Bombay for the English East India Company from 26 November 1742 to 17 November 1750. He married Elizabeth Elwin...
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    Margaret Wake Tryon (c.1732 – 1819) was an English heiress and the wife of William Tryon, who served as the Colonial Governor of North Carolina and the...
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  • by William Hone in 1820, titled The Apocryphal New Testament, itself a reprint of a translation of the Apostolic Fathers done in 1693 by William Wake, who...
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  • Alan Wake is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010...
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    Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (c. 1035 – c. 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or...
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    The chancellor of the College of William & Mary is the ceremonial head of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, chosen...
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    great-uncle (Rev. Robert Wake, 1666–1725): Sir William Wake, 7th Baronet (1715–1765) Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785) Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet (1768–1846)...
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    Finnegans Wake is a novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. It is known for its allusive and experimental style and its reputation as one of the most difficult...
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  • Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received...
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  • Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784. Wake was the son of Sir William Wake...
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    vote went in Lane's favor. Lane named Wake County in honor of Margaret Wake Tryon, wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. Raleigh was named after Sir Walter...
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    A wake, funeral reception or visitation is a social gathering associated with death, held before a funeral. Traditionally, a wake involves family and...
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    John Tyler (category Chancellors of the College of William & Mary)
    He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death...
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    Admiral Sir William Frederic Wake-Walker KCB CBE (24 March 1888 – 24 September 1945) was a British admiral who served in the Royal Navy during World War...
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    Thomas Tenison (category Chancellors of the College of William & Mary)
    Only with great difficulty did he persuade her to appoint his nominee William Wake, as Bishop of Lincoln. Increasingly he lost influence to John Sharp,...
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    In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be: the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which...
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    William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932) was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer...
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  • Wake the Sleeper is the 21st studio album by the rock band Uriah Heep, released on 2 June 2008 in Europe and on 26 August 2008 in the United States. The...
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  • the term "Apostolic(al) Fathers" was by William Wake in 1693, when he was chaplain in ordinary to King William and Queen Mary of England. According to...
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    1918. He was the last German ruler to abdicate in the wake of the November Revolution of 1918. William was born the son of Prince Frederick of Württemberg...
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  • 1714–1715: George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol 1715–1716: William Wake, Bishop of Lincoln 1716–1718: William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle 1718–1723: Richard Willis...
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    are John of Salisbury, Edward Grim, Benedict of Peterborough, William of Canterbury, William fitzStephen, Guernes of Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Robert of Cricklade...
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    in 1728. In January 1737 Potter was unexpectedly appointed to succeed William Wake in the see of Canterbury. While in that seat, he continued to represent...
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    would end on 16 October that year because a comet would hit the earth. William Wake as Archbishop of Canterbury officially denied this prediction to calm...
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  • The Wake is the tenth and final collection of issues in the American comic book series The Sandman. It is written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Michael...
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