William archer

william, 1856–1924, scottish playwright, drama critic, and translator.
a male given name.
historical examples

henrik ibsen edmund gosse
the american language henry l. mencken
iconoclasts james huneker
early plays henrik ibsen
the rector of st. mark’s mary j. holmes
the life of francis thompson everard meynell
my lady nicotine j. m. barrie
the puzzle of d-ckens’s last plot andrew lang
august strindberg, the spirit of revolt l. (lizzy) lind-af-hageby
the puzzle of d-ckens’s last plot andrew lang

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a person skilled in the use of a bow and arrow
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the archer, the constellation sagittarius, the ninth sign of the zodiac
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frederick scott. 1813–57, british inventor and sculptor. he developed (1851) the wet collodion photographic process, enabling multiple copies of pictures to be made
jeffrey (howard), baron archer of weston-super-mare. born 1940, british novelist and conservative politician. he was an mp from 1969 until 1974. his novels include kane and abel (1979), honour among thieves (1993), and the fourth estate (1996): from 2001 to 2003 he was imprisoned for perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice
william. 1856–1924, scottish critic and dramatist: made the first english translations of ibsen
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