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William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a legendary folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler , a tyrannical reeve of the ...
Friedman Paul Erhardt was born in Stuttgart, Germany [1] on November 5, 1943. He was the son of a German newspaper publisher. [1] Erhardt earned the nickname "Tell" when he played the character William Tell in a school play.
John Fitzgerald Lee (May 5, 1813 – June 17, 1884) was the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1849 until 1862 [1] and the first Judge Advocate General since the position had been vacant since 1802. [2]
William Manchester (US, 1922–2004) – Winston Churchill, Douglas MacArthur and John F. Kennedy; Cristina Marcano (Ve, born 1960) – Hugo Chávez; Bruce Marshall (Sc, 1899–1987) – Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas; John Matteson (US, born 1961) – Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott and Margaret Fuller
Douglas Southall Freeman (May 16, 1886 – June 13, 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, radio commentator, and author. He is best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E. Lee and George Washington, for both of which he was awarded Pulitzer Prizes.
The Imperial Dictionary was edited by John Francis Waller from 1857 to 1866; [2] Patrick Edward Dove was general editor for the first 20 numbers, [4] John Service was on the editorial staff 1858 to 1862, acting as sub-editor under Dove. [5]
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William F. Lee (born 1950) is an American intellectual property and commercial litigation trial attorney. As co-managing partner of WilmerHale, Lee was the first Asian-American to lead a major American law firm. [1] He is also a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation, the governing board of Harvard University. [2] [3]