William Temple may refer to:
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William Temple (logician)
Sir William Temple (1555–1627) was an English Ramist logician and fourth Provost of Trinity College Dublin.
Early life
William Temple was born the son of the Leicestershire man Anthony Temple, whose family name was said to descend from the Kni ...
(1555–1627), English Ramist logician and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
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Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 162827 January 1699) was an English diplomat, statesman and essayist. An important diplomat, he was recalled in 1679, and for a brief period was a leading advisor to Charles II, with whom he then fell o ...
(1628–1699), English diplomat, politician and essayist, employer of Jonathan Swift
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William Johnson Temple
William Johnson Temple (also Johnstone) (1739–1796) was an English cleric and essayist, now remembered as a correspondent of James Boswell.
Early life
William Johnson Temple was the son of William Temple of Allerdean, near Berwick-on-Tweed, whe ...
(1739–1796), English cleric and essayist, a correspondent of James Boswell
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William Temple (politician)
William Temple (February 28, 1814 – May 28, 1863) was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, ...
(1814–1863), American merchant and Governor of Delaware
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William Temple (VC)
Lieutenant Colonel William Temple VC (7 November 1833 – 13 February 1919) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British an ...
(1833–1919), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
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William Chase Temple
William Chase Temple (December 28, 1862 – January 9, 1917) was a coal, citrus, and lumber baron during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from baseball's N ...
(1862–1917), American coal and lumber baron, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
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William Temple (bishop)
William Temple (15 October 1881 – 26 October 1944) was an English Anglican priest, who served as Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929), Archbishop of York (1929–1942) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944).
The son of an Archbishop of Cant ...
(1881–1944), Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury
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William Horace Temple
William Horace (Bill) Temple (28 November 1898 – 9 April 1988), nicknamed "Temperance Bill" or "Temperance Willie", was a Canadian democratic socialist politician, trade union activist, businessman and temperance crusader. As a youth he wo ...
(1899–1988), Canadian temperance crusader, businessman, CCF member of the Ontario Legislature, 1948–1951
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William F. Temple
William Frederick Temple (9 March 1914 – 15 July 1989) was a British science fiction writer, best known for authoring the novel-turned-film '' Four Sided Triangle''.
Early life and career
Temple was born in Woolwich in 1914.Mike Ashley, "Intr ...
(1914–1989), British science fiction writer
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Bill Temple (footballer), (1914–2006), English footballer
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