William Fawcett
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William Fawcett may refer to:
- William Fawcett (British Army officer)William Fawcett (British Army officer)General Sir William Fawcett KCB was an Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at the Free School in Bury in Lancashire, William Fawcett was commissioned into the 33rd Foot in 1748....
(1727–1804), former Adjutant-General to the Forces - William Fawcett (botanist)William Fawcett (botanist)William Fawcett was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica.Fawcett was Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908...
(1851–1926), British botanist and co-author of the Flora of Jamaica - Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940), publisher, founder of Fawcett PublicationsFawcett PublicationsFawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett . At the age of 16, Fawcett ran away from home to join the Army, and the Spanish-American War took him to the Philippines. Back in Minnesota, he became a...
- William Fawcett (actor)William Fawcett (actor)William "Bill" Fawcett was a character actor in Hollywood B-films and in television. His career extended from 1946 until the early 1970s. He is probably best remembered for his role as the cantankerous, rusty-voiced Pete Wilkey of the Broken Wheel Ranch on the NBC series Fury, co-starring Peter...
(1894–1974), character actor in Hollywood B-films and in television - Bill Fawcett (born 1947), mystery and science-fiction author and editor