William Skinner may refer to: *

William Skinner (MP) William Skinner (28 May 1596 – 7 August 1627) was the Parliament of England, member of Parliament for Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency), Great Grimsby in 1626.William Skinner (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General William Skinner (1700 – 25 December 1780) was Chief Royal Engineer of Great Britain from 1757 until his death in 1780. He is best known for his work on the fortifications of Menorca and Gibraltar although he considered his ...

(1700–1780), British military engineer *

William Skinner (North Carolina general) William Skinner (December 25, 1728 – January 26, 1798) was a Province of North Carolina official, planter and brigadier general in Edenton District Brigade of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution. Life story William was b ...

(1728–1798), general in the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution *

William Skinner (bishop) William Skinner (24 October 1778 – 17 April 1857), was bishop of Aberdeen in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Biography Skinner, second son of John Skinner (1744–1816), bishop of St. Andrews, was born at Aberdeen on 24 October 1778, and edu ...

(1778–1857), bishop of Aberdeen in the Scottish Episcopal Church *

William Skinner (ethnographer) William Henry Skinner (26 February 1857 – 24 October 1946) was a New Zealand surveyor, historian, and ethnographer. Early life Born in New Plymouth in 1857, Skinner was the son of immigrants who had arrived in the town from Devon in 1841. His ...

(1857–1946), New Zealand surveyor, historian, and ethnographer * William I. Skinner (1812–1891), American politician from New York *

G. William Skinner George William Skinner (; February 14, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Associat ...

(1925–2008), American anthropologist and scholar of China * William W. Skinner (1874–1953), American chemist, conservationist, and college football coach *

William C. Skinner William C. Skinner (January 26, 1855 – March 8, 1922) was born in Malone, New York. Skinner attended Albany Law School in Albany, New York. He clerked for the New York Legislature and railroad in Albany before moving to Hartford, Connecticut, to ...

(1855–1922), president of Colt's Manufacturing Company *

William Henry Skinner William Henry Skinner (1838–1915) was a Welsh-born architect who migrated to New Zealand. Biography Skinner was born in 1838 in Newport, Wales. He was the second son of John Skinner, builder of 'Barnstable and Lynton' North Devon. He grew up ...

(1838–1915), Welsh architect who migrated to New Zealand *

William Skinner of Corra William Skinner of Corra WS FRSE DL JP (1823–1901) was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and author. He was Town Clerk of Edinburgh from 1874 to 1895. Life He was born on 26 July 1823, the son of John Robert Skinner WS and his wife, Ann Bl ...

(1823–1901), town clerk of Edinburgh * William Skinner (''EastEnders''), fictional character from ''EastEnders'' spin-off "CivvyStreet"

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