• Sir William Henry Wilkinson (traditional Chinese: 務謹順, simplified Chinese: 务谨顺; May 10, 1858 - 1930) was a British sinologist who served as Consul-General...
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  • William or Bill Wilkinson may refer to: William Alexander Wilkinson (1892–1983), Australian born British soldier and cricketer William Arthur Wilkinson...
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    other players with identical backs. Many western scholars, like William Henry Wilkinson, Stewart Culin, Thomas F. Carter, and Michael Dummett attribute...
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  • William Henry Wilkinson (1850 – 25 April 1906) was a British trade unionist. Born in Haslingden, Wilkinson became a cotton weaver in 1864. He was a founder...
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    cards were impounded, together with nine of the actual cards. William Henry Wilkinson suggests that the first cards may have been actual paper currency...
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  • Utas John Griswold White Ken Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) William Henry Wilkinson Edward Winter Emilia Castelao, her studies focus on chess as a...
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    details the rules he was taught by Chen. In 1895, British sinologist William Henry Wilkinson wrote a paper which mentioned a set of cards known in central China...
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    William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United...
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    ancestor of all rummy games. Adapted to the western taste by Sir William Henry Wilkinson, British sinologist and Consul-General in China and Korea in the...
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  • guns. When Henry Nock died in 1804, he left the company to his foreman and adopted son-in-law, James Wilkinson. When James's son Henry Wilkinson joined the...
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