William Faithorne, often "the Elder" (1616 – 13 May 1691), was an English painter and engraver. Faithorne was born in London and was apprenticed to William...

William Faithorne the Younger (1656–1701) was an English mezzotint engraver. He was born in London, the eldest son of William Faithorne the Elder. According...

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most...

(2017). "Chapter 21: Lucian of Samosata". In Richter, Daniel S.; Johnson, William A. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic. Vol. 1. Oxford...

Vane, Earl of Darlington. Their grandson later became William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland. William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland and 2nd Duke of Southampton...

good marriage. In 1649, he married Mary, Lady Mainwaring (daughter of Sir William Forster of Aldermaston), a wealthy thrice-widowed woman twenty years his...

Milton is described as the "greatest English author" by his biographer William Hayley, and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers...

Oughtred similar to that by Wenceslas Hollar, but re-engraved by William Faithorne, and depicted as aged 83, and with a short epigram by "R.S." beneath...

Champaigne." His pupils were his nephew Jean Baptiste de Champaigne, William Faithorne, Jean Morin, and Nicolas de Plattemontagne. During his last period...

to William, the son of William Cavendish, Baron of Hardwick (and later Earl of Devonshire), and began a lifelong connection with that family. William Cavendish...