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    William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 – 24 February 1872) was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby...
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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 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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  • William Webb (c. 1600 – 1657) was an English baroque composer. In 1634, he appeared in James Shirley’s masque The Triumph of Peace as a tenor singer and...
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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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    Thomas William Webb (14 December 1807 – 19 May 1885) was a British astronomer. Some sources give his year of birth as 1806. The only son of a clergyman...
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    competition in men's international rugby union. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis, who is often credited as being the inventor of rugby football...
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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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    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 Robert Webb (November 11, 1842 – December 19, 1926) also known as "Sawney" Webb, was an educator who founded the Webb School and served briefly...
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  • William Webb FREng is a telecommunications engineer, and a visiting professor at the University of Southampton, UK. He was IET President 2014) and is a...
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    William Benning Webb (September 17, 1825 – March 13, 1896) was an American politician and attorney who was the Police Superintendent of Washington, D.C...
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    of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC). He was born William Webb in 1972 in Oklahoma to a Christian family, including a grandfather who...
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  • William "Wally" Webb (4 July 1882 – 1949) was a British bantamweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in boxing...
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  • to Gothic architecture. He was the original source of the legend of William Webb Ellis' invention of the game of Rugby football. Bloxam was born on 12...
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    William Seward Webb (January 31, 1851 – October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He...
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  • William Webb (1834?–1897) was a collector and trader of plants and animals, active in the region around King George Sound in Southwest Australia. William...
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    international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb Ellis Cup, named after William Webb Ellis who, according to a popular legend, invented rugby...
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  • James William Webb-Jones (1904–1965) was a Welsh choral conductor. James William, who was born in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, was the only child of the...
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  • Major William Wilfrid Webb (1857–1911) was an English officer and physician in the Indian Medical Service, Bengal Army. He was Superintendent of Gaols...
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    William Webb Ferguson (May 22, 1857 – March 30, 1910) was the first African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. Ferguson was...
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    William Charles Webb (21 January 1880 – 2 October 1960) was the first New Zealander to hold the professional World Sculling Championship title. He was...
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  • William Thomas Webb, MA (5 March 1825 – 6 May 1896) was Archdeacon of Grenada from 1879 until his death. He was educated at Codrington College; and ordained...
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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 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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    John Randolph Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role...
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    astronomer Thomas William Webb. It is to the north of the prominent crater Langrenus, and west of Maclaurin. The interior of Webb is relatively dark...
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  • Party Line is a 1988 American slasher film directed by William Webb. Two siblings lure married men from a party line so their disturbed brother can slit...
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  • to portray the "Green Man" public house in The Wicker Man (1973). "George William Webb". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 December 2020....
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    William George Webb (1843 – 14 June 1905) was an English businessman, brewer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Kingswinford. He was the...
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