William Henry Webb (June 19, 1816 – October 30, 1899) was a 19th-century New York City shipbuilder and philanthropist, who has been called America's first...
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William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Webb was born in Baltimore...
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William or Bill Webb may refer to: William Benning Webb (1825–1896), American politician and attorney William C. Webb (1824–1898), member of the Wisconsin...
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Sir William Webb Follett, QC (2 December 1796 – 28 June 1845) was an English lawyer and politician who served as MP for Exeter (1835–1845). He served twice...
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tuition for domestic students. Webb Institute was founded in 1889 by industrialist and philanthropist William Henry Webb, who had established his career...
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he married Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt, the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt. For several years Webb practiced medicine; then forsook the profession for...
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James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of...
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William Augustin Webb (1824-1881) was an American sailor and Mexican–American War veteran who resigned his United States Navy commission after more than...
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marketing company Young America (clipper), an 1853 clipper ship built by William Henry Webb Young America (1994 yacht) (USA–36), an America's Cup yacht sailed...
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Francis William Webb (21 May 1836 – 4 June 1906) was an English railway engineer, responsible for the design and manufacture of locomotives for the London...
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The siege of Fort William Henry (3–9 August 1757, French: Bataille de Fort William Henry) was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph...
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William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt...
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William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson...
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The Webb Brothers Department Store occupied the building from 1899. The Webb brothers, William Henry Webb, Jr. (1862-1945) and Philip Barnard Webb (1859-1952)...
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son, Eckford Webb was named after the shipbuilder, Henry Eckford. His son, William H. Webb, became a shipbuilder. In September 1810, Henry Eckford took...
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The Dark Corner (category Films directed by Henry Hathaway)
1946 American crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens. The film was not a...
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Leland Webb, was also a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. His younger brothers, William C. Webb, Henry G. Webb, and Charles M. Webb, all...
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Sir William Flood Webb KBE (21 January 1887 – 11 August 1972) was an Australian lawyer. He was the Chief Justice of Queensland and a judge of the High...
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Twombly Henry White (1850–1927): 2nd husband of Emily Thorn Vanderbilt William Seward Webb (1851–1926): husband of Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb Alva Belmont...
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CSS Webb, a 655-ton side-wheel steam ram, was originally built in New York City in 1856 as the civilian steamship William H. Webb. She received a Confederate...
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Webb II (known as James Sr.) (July 1, 1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion and insurance executive. He was a grandson of William Henry...
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1848) October 30 Sir Arthur Blomfield, British architect (b. 1829) William Henry Webb, American industrialist, philanthropist (b. 1816) October 31 – Anton...
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1848, the company ordered three mail steamers from the shipyard of William Henry Webb: the SS California, SS Panama and SS Oregon. On October 5 or October...
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Henry Greenleaf Webb (January 24, 1826 – August 28, 1910) was an American lawyer, politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Kansas. He was a member of the...
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William Henry. Believing a French prisoner's report that besieging forces under the command of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm were 11,000-men strong, Webb refused...
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William Craw Webb (April 21, 1824 – April 19, 1898) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Kansas. He was the first...
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Tyler, de facto First Lady of the United States (d. 1889) June 19 – William Henry Webb, American industrialist, philanthropist (d. 1899) June 30 – Richard...
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youngest child of Henry Osborne Havemeyer. William Seward Webb Jr. (1887–1956), married Gertrude Emily Gaynor, daughter of Mayor William Jay Gaynor. Vanderbilt...
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killed in the Civil War. Henry B. Hidden was born in New York City to a wealthy family related to the shipwright William Henry Webb. He enlisted in the Union...
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Webb (born 6 June 1958) is an English television and film actor. His roles include the prisoner Morse in the movie Alien 3, Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII...
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