People

1863–1947

Walter Dew served in London’s Metropolitan Police and worked on major investigations before becoming chief inspector. In 1910 he investigated the disappearance of Cora Crippen and […]

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1856–1879

Hamilton joined the British Indian Army and served with the Corps of Guides during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. He received the Victoria Cross for gallantry at […]

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Ward McAllister is represented in the linked historical fiction through social change and the pressures of ordinary life, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and military command […]

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1912–1977

Wernher von Braun was a German-American rocket engineer central to both the V-2 programme and the United States space programme. He developed weapons for Nazi Germany […]

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William B. Travis is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and social change […]

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1774–1833

William Bainbridge was a United States naval officer who served in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. He commanded USS Constitution during its victory […]

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1768–1854

William Beresford was an Anglo-Irish soldier and marshal in Portuguese service during the Peninsular War. He reorganised the Portuguese army and commanded allied forces in several […]

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1757–1827

William Blake was an English poet, artist and printmaker who created illuminated books combining text and image. Largely unrecognised by the wider public during his lifetime, […]

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1590–1657

William Bradford was an English Separatist who travelled on the Mayflower and served for many years as governor of Plymouth Colony. His history Of Plymouth Plantation […]

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1490–1536

William Brereton was a Cheshire landowner, royal servant and gentleman of Henry VIII’s privy chamber. In 1536 he was accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn and […]

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