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Bainbridge, William

(Encyclopedia)Bainbridge, William, 1774–1833, American naval officer, b. Princeton, N.J. An experienced sea captain, he joined (1798) the navy when war with France threatened. His ship, the Retaliation, was captu...

Bainbridge, Beryl

(Encyclopedia)Bainbridge, Beryl (Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge), 1933–2010, English author, b. Liverpool. Bainbridge is mainly known for her tightly plotted, rueful, and darkly comic fiction in which dull and si...

Bainbridge

(Encyclopedia)Bainbridge, city (2020 pop. 14,468), seat of Decatur co., SW Ga., on the Flint River; inc. 1829. It grew up around a fort, used by Andrew Jackson, that ...

Colby, Bainbridge

(Encyclopedia)Colby, Bainbridge, 1869–1950, U.S. lawyer and public official, b. St. Louis. Upon graduation (1891) from Columbia law school, he began law practice in New York City and became active in Republican p...

Carstares, William

(Encyclopedia)Carstares or Carstairs, William, 1649–1715, Scottish statesman and Presbyterian divine. While studying theology at Utrecht, he became a friend of William of Orange (later William III of England). He...

Byrde, William

(Encyclopedia)Byrde, William. For persons thus named, use Byrd, William.

Browne, William

(Encyclopedia)Browne, William (William Browne of Tavistock) tăvˈĭstŏkˌ [key], 1591?–1645?, English poet. An imitator of Spenser, he did his finest work in pastoral poetry, of which Britannia's Pastorals (161...

Shakspere, William

(Encyclopedia)Shakspere, William: see Shakespeare, William. ...

Falkner, William

(Encyclopedia)Falkner, William: see Faulkner, William. ...

Tindal, William

(Encyclopedia)Tindal or Tindale, William: see Tyndale, William. ...