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William Arthur (botanist) William Arthur (1680 - 1716) was a Scottish doctor who served as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and King's Botanist at Edinburgh. Shortly afterwards he was deeply implicated in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He fled to Italy, where he d ...

(fl. 1715), Scottish botanist *

William Arthur (clergyman) William Arthur (December 5, 1796 – ) was an Irish-born Baptist minister and abolitionist. He was the father of the twenty-first president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. Life William Arthur was born on 5 December 1796 in Ballymena ...

(1796–1875), Irish-born American

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

minister and father of President Chester A. Arthur *

William Arthur (minister) William Arthur (3 February 1819 – 21 March 1901) was an Irish Wesleyan Methodist minister and author. Biography Born at Newport, in County Mayo, eight miles from Castlebar, Arthur was educated at Horton College, and at the age of twenty wa ...

(1819–1901), Wesleyan Methodist minister and author *

William Arthur (mathematician) William Arthur FRSE MC (12 January 1894 – 22 February 1979) was a Scottish mathematician. Life He was born on 12 January 1894 at Fergushill near Kilwinning in Ayrshire. He studied at Queen's Park High School in Glasgow then studied Mat ...

(1894–1979), British mathematician *

William Brian Arthur William Brian Arthur (born 31 July 1945) is a Belfast-born economist credited with developing the modern approach to increasing returns. He has lived and worked in Northern California for many years. He is an authority on economics in relatio ...

(born 1945), a.k.a. W. Brian Arthur, Irish economist *

William Evans Arthur William Evans Arthur (March 3, 1825 – May 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and family William E. Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 3, 1825."Arthur, William Evans". ''Biographical Directory of the United ...

(1825–1897), U.S. politician *

William Arthur (Royal Navy) William Arthur (4 July 1830 – 15 November 1886) was a Royal Navy officer after whom Port Arthur in China was named. Career Arthur entered the navy at age fifteen in July 1845. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant on 8 March 1854, and two ye ...

(1830–1886), British naval officer *

William Hemple Arthur William Hemple Arthur (April 1, 1856 – April 19, 1936) was a physician, army officer, and later an American Brigadier general active during World War I.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis ...

(1856–1936), American general and doctor *

Bill Arthur William Tevlin Arthur (16 April 1918 – ) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1969, representing the New South Wales seat of Barton. He was an unsuccessful ...

(1918–1982), Australian politician

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