English historical novelist, at one time considered a rival to Charles Dickens.
William Harrison Ainsworth bibliography
Works of William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) listed in order of their date of first publication.
William Henry Gaunt
English transport engineer who began his working life developing and building gas-powered trams.
William Holman Hunt
English painter (1827–1910), one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
William Hulton
Landowner who lived at Hulton Hall in Lancashire, notorious for his part in the Peterloo Massacre.
William James Neatby
Ceramic designer and artist born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, who trained as an architect but changed career and went to work for Burmantofts Pottery.
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.
William Wailes
English 19th-century stained-glass artist, one of the most accomplished of his generation.
William Waterhouse
English artist; father of John William Waterhouse
Window tax
Tax based on the number of windows a property had, widely but erroneously believed to have resulted in many windows being bricked up.
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