William Samuel Stratford (22 May 1789 – 29 March 1853) was an English astronomer born in Eltham, Surrey. He joined the Royal Navy in 1806 under the command...
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Gloucester, Prior of Caldwell William Samuel Stratford (1789–1853), English astronomer House of Stratford Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1853–1939), English army...
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(then known as Columbia College). William Samuel Johnson was born in Stratford, Connecticut, on October 7, 1727, to Samuel Johnson, a well-known Anglican...
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growing town was known as Stratford, changed to honor William Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon in England. Stratford is one of many towns in...
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the town's name is unclear. Many believe it derives from Stratford-upon-Avon in England, William Shakespeare's birthplace, a view which is lent credence...
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Stratford Point Light is a historic lighthouse in the Lordship neighborhood of Stratford, Connecticut, United States, at the mouth of the Housatonic River...
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Sir William Herschel, the first President of the RAS. Silver medalists: Jean-Louis Pons, Charles Rümker Silver medalists: Mark Beaufoy, William Samuel Stratford...
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biographer to record the tradition, repeated by Samuel Johnson, that Shakespeare retired to Stratford "some years before his death". He was still working...
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1587, after the sudden death of actor William Knell in a fight while on a tour which later took in Stratford. Samuel Schoenbaum speculates that, "Maybe Shakespeare...
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or 1663) was the husband of William Shakespeare's daughter Judith Shakespeare, and a vintner and tobacconist in Stratford-upon-Avon. Quiney held several...
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