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William Barrett (consul) William Barrett (died 1584) was English consul at Aleppo. He was there when John Eldred and his companion, William Shales, arrived there on 11 June 1584; he died eight days after their arrival, as is recorded in Eldred's narrative. Works He wrote ...

(died 1584), English consul at Aleppo *

William Barrett (antiquarian) William Barrett (1733–1789) was an English surgeon and antiquary. Life He was born early in 1733 at Notton, Wiltshire. He passed his examination as a surgeon on 19 February 1755, and settled in Bristol in practice of his profession. On 9 No ...

(1733–1789), English surgeon and antiquary *

William F. Barrett Sir William Fletcher Barrett (10 February 1844 in Kingston, Jamaica – 26 May 1925) was an English physicist and parapsychologist. Life He was born in Jamaica where his father, William Garland Barrett, who was an amateur naturalist, Congre ...

(1844–1925), English physicist * William Lewis Barrett (1847–1927), British flautist and music teacher * William N. Barrett (1855–1916), American politician from Oregon *

William Emerson Barrett William Emerson Barrett (December 29, 1858 – February 12, 1906) was an American journalist and politician. Barrett was a founder of '' The Boston Evening Record'', and served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a ...

(1858–1906), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * William H. Barrett (1866–1941), United States federal judge *William Alexander Barrett, English church composer and author of the 1891 songbook ''English Folk Songs''; see "

Fathom the Bowl "Fathom the Bowl" (Roud 880) is an English drinking song dating from the nineteenth century. Synopsis With a "Come all ye" opening, the singer invites heroes to join him in praise of punch. There is a catalogue of the ingredients that come from ...

" * William Daniel Barrett (1878–1953), New Zealand tribal leader, land court agent and trust board secretary * William Barrett (priest) (1880–1956), British-Australian Anglican Dean of Brisbane *

William A. Barrett William Aloysius Barrett (August 14, 1896 – April 12, 1976) was an American lawyer, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 1st congressional dis ...

(1896–1976), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

William Edmund Barrett William Edmund Barrett (November 16, 1900 – September 14, 1986) was an American writer, best known for the 1962 novella ''The Lilies of the Field''. Life Barrett was born in New York City November 16, 1900, to John Joseph and Eleanor Margaret (F ...

(1900–1986), American writer *

William Barrett (philosopher) William Christopher Barrett (1913–1992) was a professor of philosophy at New York University from 1950 to 1979. Biography Precociously, Barrett began post-secondary studies at the City College of New York when 15 years old. He received his ...

(1913–1992), American philosopher and critic *

W. S. Barrett William Spencer Barrett FBA (29 May 1914 – 23 September 2001), usually credited as W. S. Barrett and known as Spencer Barrett, was an English classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford, and Reader in Greek Literature in ...

(1914–2001), English classical scholar *

Bill Barrett William Emery Barrett (February 9, 1929 – September 20, 2016) was an American Republican politician from Nebraska who served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001 as the congressman for Nebraska's third c ...

(1929–2016), U.S. Representative from Nebraska

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