William Pattison may refer to: *

William Pattison (poet) William Pattison (1706–1727) was a short-lived English poet, now mostly remembered for his erotic poems. Pattison was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1724, but in 1726 left for a literary life in London without taking a degree. ...

(1706–1727), English poet *

William Pattison (politician) Hon. William Pattison (23 May 1830 – 8 June 1896) was a politician in colonial Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Pattison was born in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmani ...

(1830–1896), Australian politician * William J. Pattison (1921–1943), US Navy sailor, recipient of the Navy Cross, and namesake of the USS ''William J. Pattison'' (APD-104) *

William D. Pattison William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, American geographer; proposer of the

four traditions of geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

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