sweet William
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~ Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
Sir William Huggins
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~ English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910)
Sir Charles William Siemens
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~ engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
Sir William Crookes
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~ English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
Sir William Wallace
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~ Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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~ English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
Sir Frederick William Herschel
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~ English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
Sir Edward William Elgar
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~ British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)