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William Arthur (botanist) William Arthur (1680 - 1716) was a Scottish doctor who served as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and King's Botanist at Edinburgh. Shortly afterwards he was deeply implicated in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He fled to Italy, where he d ...

(fl. 1715), Scottish botanist *

William Arthur (clergyman) William Arthur (5 December 1796 – ) was an Irish-born American Baptist minister and abolitionist. He was the father of the twenty-first president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. Life William Arthur was born on 5 December 1796 in B ...

(1796–1875), Irish-born American

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

minister and father of President Chester A. Arthur *

William Arthur (minister) William Arthur (3 February 1819 – 21 March 1901) was an Irish Wesleyan Methodist minister and author. Biography Born at Newport, in County Mayo, eight miles from Castlebar, Arthur was educated at Horton College, and at the age of twenty was ...

(1819–1901), Wesleyan Methodist minister and author *

William Arthur (mathematician) William Arthur FRSE MC (12 January 1894 – 22 February 1979) was a Scottish mathematician. Life He was born on 12 January 1894 at Fergushill near Kilwinning in Ayrshire. He studied at Queen's Park High School in Glasgow then studied Ma ...

(1894–1979), British mathematician *

William Brian Arthur William Brian Arthur (born 31 July 1945) is an economist credited with developing the modern approach to increasing returns. He has lived and worked in Northern California for many years. He is an authority on economics in relation to complex ...

(born 1945), a.k.a. W. Brian Arthur, Irish economist *

William Evans Arthur William Evans Arthur (March 3, 1825 – May 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and family William E. Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 3, 1825."Arthur, William Evans". ''Biographical Directory of the United ...

(1825–1897), U.S. politician * William Arthur (Royal Navy) (1830–1886), British naval officer *

William Hemple Arthur William Hemple Arthur (April 1, 1856 – April 19, 1936) was a doctor, army officer, and later an American Brigadier general active during World War I.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who' ...

(1856–1936), American general and doctor *

Bill Arthur William Tevlin Arthur (16 April 1918 – 28 February 1982) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended state schools and was on military service from 1941 to 1946. Subsequently he was a journalist, scriptwriter and research of ...

(1918–1982), Australian politician

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