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William Gilbert (20 May 1804 – 3 January 1890) was an English writer and Royal Navy surgeon.He wrote a considerable number of novels, biographies, histories, essays (especially about the dangers of alcohol and the plight of the poor) and popular fantasy stories, mostly in the 1860s and 1870s.
William Gilbert (author) (1804–1890), English novelist and surgeon (father of W. S. Gilbert) W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), British dramatist who was part of the comic opera team of Gilbert and Sullivan; Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) or William V. Campbell (1891–1961), American silent film actor
De Magnete, English translation by Paul Fleury Mottelay, 1893 Gilbert, William (1893). De Magnete. Translated by Mottelay, P. Fleury. (Facsimile). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-26761-X. also published in Vol 28 of Great Books series by Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952.
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas.
George B. Gilbert, longtime pastor of Emmanuel Church (Killingworth, Connecticut), author of Forty Years a Country Preacher George G. Gilbert (1849–1909), U.S. Representative from Kentucky George Gilbert (Jesuit) (1559–1583), English Roman Catholic convert and activist
Foyles, a trading name of Waterstones Booksellers Limited [1] (formerly W & G Foyle Ltd.), is a bookseller with a chain of seven stores in England. [2] It is best known for its flagship store in Charing Cross Road, London.
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William Gilbert (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l b ər t /; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), [1] also known as Gilberd, [2] was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.