William Ward (American football)
William Douglas Ward (August 25, 1874 – May 13, 1936) was an American college football player and coach, physician and surgeon. He played football at Princeton University from 1893 to 1894 and was the coach of the University of Michigan footb ...
Kid Norfolk
Kid Norfolk (born William Ward, 10 July 1893 – 15 April 1968) was an American professional boxer who fought as a Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight from 1910 through 1926, holding wins over many notable boxers of his day including Joe Jeanette ...
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William Ward (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral The Hon. William John Ward (9 December 1829 – 20 November 1900) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of the Malta Dockyard.
Naval career
Born the son of Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor, Ward joined the ...
(1829–1900)
* William Ward (Texas soldier) (died 1836), American lieutenant-colonel during the Texas Revolution
* William E. Ward (born 1949), American general officer of the United States Army; inaugural combatant commander of United States Africa Command
* William F. Ward Jr. (1928–2018), United States Army general
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William H. Ward
Captain William H. Ward (December 9, 1840 – April 11, 1927), American Officer (armed forces), officer of the United States Army. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 3, 1863.
William Ward is buried at ...
(1840–1927), American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient
* William Thomas Ward (1808–1878), American army general and congressman from Kentucky
William Ward (mayor)
William Ward (1807 – 20 July 1889) was a Victorian Mayor of the city of Oxford, in England.William Ward (MP for Morpeth) (fl. 1553–63), MP for Morpeth, and for Carlisle
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William Ward (Pennsylvania politician)
William Ward (January 1, 1837 – February 27, 1895) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1877 to 1883.
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(1837–1895), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* William Ward (police officer) (1921–2006), Pittsburgh Police Chief in 1986
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William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932), was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer who served as the fourth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911. He was previously Lord Lieu ...
(1867–1932), British politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Governor-General of Australia
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William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley
William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl o ...
(1894–1969), British Conservative politician
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William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward
William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (21 January 1750 – 25 April 1823) was a British peer and politician.
Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary Carver. He was elected to the House of Commons ...
(1750–1823), British peer and politician
* William Ward Jr. (1865–1949), American politician from Pennsylvania
* William D. Ward, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives
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William Dudley Ward
William Dudley Ward PC (14 October 1877 – 11 November 1946) was an English sportsman and Liberal politician.
Early life
Dudley Ward was born in London, the son of William Humble Dudley Ward and the great-grandson of William Humble Wa ...
(1877–1946), British Liberal politician and Olympic sailor
* William F. Ward (born 1951), American lawyer and politician (Pennsylvania)
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William John Ward
William John Ward (October 25, 1880 – August 18, 1971) was a Canadian politician, farmer, insurance agent, and real estate agent from Dauphin, Manitoba
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(1880–1971), Canadian farmer and politician in Manitoba
* William L. Ward (1856–1933), American politician, US Representative from New York
* William T. Ward (Wisconsin legislator), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 1850
* William W. Ward (1903–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Religion
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William Ward (bishop)
William Ward (19 September 1762 – 26 January 1838) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1828 to 1838.
Born in Saintfield, near Belfast on 19 September 1761, Ward was ordained in the A ...
(1761–1838), Anglican clergyman and the Bishop of Sodor and Man
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William Ward (missionary)
William Ward (1769–1823) was an English pioneer Baptist missionary, author, printer and translator.
Early life
Ward was born at Derby on 20 October 1769, and was the son of John Ward, a carpenter and builder of that town, and grandson of Thom ...
(1769–1823), British pioneer, Baptist missionary
* William Ward (priest) (c. 1560–1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
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William George Ward
William George Ward (21 March 1812 – 6 July 1882) was an English theologian and mathematician. A Roman Catholic convert, his career illustrates the development of religious opinion at a time of crisis in the history of English religious though ...
(1812–1882), English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician
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William Hayes Ward
William Hayes Ward (June 25, 1835 – August 28, 1916) was an American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist.
Biography
William Hayes Ward was born in Abington, Massachusetts on June 25, 1835.
After attending Berwick Academy in Maine, adjacent t ...
(1835–1916), American clergyman, editor, and Orientalist
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William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward
William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward (1781 – December 6, 1835) was a clergyman who succeeded to the Dudley Barony.
He was the son of Humble and Susannah Ward.
He was the father of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley.
References
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William Ward (engraver)
William Ward, ARA (1766–1826) was an English engraver.
Life
One of the five children of James and Rachael ( Goldsmith) Ward, and the elder brother of James Ward, William Ward was appointed engraver to the Duke of York, the Prince of Wales, ...
(1766–1826), English engraver
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William Ward (frontiersman)
William Ward (December 14, 1752 – December 24, 1822) was the founder of Urbana, Ohio, and one of the original settlers in Kentucky's Mason County and Ohio's Mad River Valley.
Early life and family
William Ward was born on December 14, 1752 ...
(1752–1822), frontiersman, early settler of western Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
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William Ward (goldsmith)
William Ward was an English goldsmith and financier from London, involved in the manufacture of glass.
He was the youngest son of Edward Ward of Bixley in Norfolk and Anne Havers, a daughter of John Havers of Winfarthing and Thelveton. Sir Edw ...
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (27 March 1817 – 7 May 1885), known as The Lord Ward from 1835 to 1860, was a British landowner and benefactor.
Background and education
Ward was born on 27 March 1817 at Edwardstone, Boxford, Suffolk, Engl ...
William Erskine Ward
Sir William Erskine Ward (4 February 1838 – 24 December 1916) was a British Indian Civil Service officer.
Ward was the son of Hon. John Petty Ward and Eleanor Erskine, and the great-grandson of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor. He was educate ...
(1838–1916), British Indian Civil Service officer
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William Henry Ward William Henry Ward on 30 April 1872 was granted a USA patent for "Improvement for collecting electricity for telegraphing" (). He theorized that an "electrical layer in the atmosphere" could carry signals like a telegraph wire, and thus is sometimes ...
, American inventor
* W. R. Ward (William Reginald Ward, 1925–2010), English historian