English Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Eastwood and died in Welbeck Colliery Village. Bower made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1914 season, against Marylebone Cricket Club. From the tailend, he scored a duck in the only innings in which he batted.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884. Evershed made his first-cl

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884. Evershed made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in an innings victory against Sussex in July 1882, when he scored 19 runs in Derbyshire's innings. He made one further appearance

Was an English cricketer. Humphreys was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm slow. H

Was an English cricketer. Humphreys was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm slow. Humphreys made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1871 against Kent. Humphreys scored 44 opening the batting. In 1900 Humphreys joined the county of his bi

Is an English first class cricketer who played his games for Sussex County Cricket Club. His highest

Is an English first class cricketer who played his games for Sussex County Cricket Club. His highest score of 67 came when playing for Sussex in the match against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He also played 3 non First class games for Sussex against Hampshire.

Was an English first class cricketer who played six matches for Surrey between 1870 and 1872. A righ

Was an English first class cricketer who played six matches for Surrey between 1870 and 1872. A right arm fast bowler, he was highly successful in the handful of games he appeared in, taking an impressive 48 wickets at just 11.29 with a strike rate of a wicket every 28.77 balls.

Was an English pianist and conductor.Bache attended his father's school and, like his older brother

Was an English pianist and conductor.Bache attended his father's school and, like his older brother Francis Edward Bache, studied with the city organist of Birmingham, James Stimpson. In August 1858 he travelled, again like his brother, to the Leipzig Conservatory, where he studied piano with Ignaz Moscheles. However, after a short trip to Milan and Florence he arrived in Rome in the summer of 1862. Between 1862 and 1865 he received regular lessons there with Franz Liszt; these lessons became for him a life-defining experience.[1]

Was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist.Reuben Spencer, who had come from Derbyshire i

Was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist.Reuben Spencer, who had come from Derbyshire in his youth, obtained a position with Rylands and Sons, cotton manufacturers, and rose to be chairman of its board of directors when Rylands became a company. Baldwin was educated at Old Trafford) school, and on leaving entered the Manchester School of Art. He stayed only one year but never forgot his training in drawing. After leaving the school of arts Spencer went to Owens College and, where Milnes Marshall guided him in his study of biology, he gained a scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford. Before going to Oxford he won the Dalton Prize for natural history.

Was an inventor and pioneering English photographer. He was one of the earliest photographers in Aus

Was an inventor and pioneering English photographer. He was one of the earliest photographers in Australia and the Dutch East Indies (now part of Indonesia). He also patented numerous inventions relating to various aspects of photography, his best known innovation being the woodburytype photomechanical process.

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1874. Boden played for a pre-club Derbyshire a

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1874. Boden played for a pre-club Derbyshire against an All England Eleven in 1857 and 1859. His initial first class match was for Gentlemen of the North in a defeat by Gentlemen of the South at Kennington Oval in 1859. He played several recorded maches for North Staffordshire and other clubs in the 1860s. Boden was a right-handed batsman and played four innings in two first class matches with an average of 9.00 and a highest score of 11.

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1896. He started playing f

Was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1896. He started playing for Allestree Cricket Club in 1894 where he was "head and shoulders" above most players of his time and was the first Allestree player to make a century and the club's only player to take all 10 wickets in a match. Butterfield was a right-handed batsman and played four innings in his two matches in which he made a total of eleven runs, seven of which came in one innings. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and took one first class wicket in six overs for the loss of twenty runs.

Was an English cricketer. Wheeler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium pa

Was an English cricketer. Wheeler was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium pace. Wheeler made his first-class debut for Middlesex in a single first-class match in 1873 against Surrey, where he claimed two wickets. In 1874 Wheeler re

Was a Welsh inventor of lawn tennis (1874), which he called Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games").

Was a Welsh inventor of lawn tennis (1874), which he called Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games"). Wingfield was educated at Rossall School, and was living at Nantclwyd Hall, Llanelidan, in north Wales, when he patented nets for the new sport in 1873.

Was an English cricketer[1] who played two first-class matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club in

Was an English cricketer[1] who played two first-class matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1882. He later played for the Straits Settlements against Hong Kong in November 1904.

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was mainly associated with I Zingari but did make 1 known appea

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was mainly associated with I Zingari but did make 1 known appearance in first-class cricket for Southgate v. Cambridge University in 1868. He played for I Zingari from 1864 to 1879. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB)

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows. Fellows was an all-rounder w

Was an English amateur cricketer. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows. Fellows was an all-rounder who was first noted as a schoolboy cricketer at Westminster School. In first-class cricket, he was mainly associated with Oxford University and Marylebone

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire. He was born in Far

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Hampshire. He was born in Fareham, Hampshire and died in Sarisbury Green. Fielder made a single first-class appearance, during the 1923 County Championship, against Leicestershire. As

Was a marine biologist and zoologist who was one of the first to study the functional biology of mar

Was a marine biologist and zoologist who was one of the first to study the functional biology of marine invertebrate larvae. His best known works on marine larvae were his poems which were published together after his death as Larval Forms and Other Zoolo

Was an English cricketer. Feltham was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast. Feltham made h

Was an English cricketer. Feltham was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast. Feltham made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Surrey in 1884. On debut, Feltham took three wickets. Feltham's second game for the club came against Sussex

Was a cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in 1928. Lock batted at No 9 in the fi

Was a cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in 1928. Lock batted at No 9 in the first Somerset innings of the match against Essex at Chelmsford, and did not bat in the second innings of a match that Somerset won convincingly.

Was a British painter, illustrator and author.The son of British portrait painter Julia Salaman (181

Was a British painter, illustrator and author.The son of British portrait painter Julia Salaman (1812-1906) and London linen draper and town councellor, Louis Goodman (1811-1876), he studied with J. M. Leigh and at the Royal Academy in London, where he was admitted as a student in 1851. Recent research has unearthed details of around fifty works by Goodman. Unfortunately the present whereabouts of most these are unknown, notable exceptions being The Printseller (c.1882), acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in 1998, portraits of actresses Mary Anne Keeley (also known as Mrs. Keeley At Fourscore) and Fanny Stirling (1885), both in the collection of London's Garrick Club, A Kitchen Cabinet, a trompe l'oeil painting in a private collection in New York, a Cuban scene, Home of the Bamboo, in a private collection in London, and a water colour, Longing Eyes (c.1884), which is still in the possession of the Goodman family.

Was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892. Hall made his first-cl

Was an English cricketer who played cricket for Derbyshire from 1882 to 1892. Hall made his first-class debut for Derbyshire against Yorkshire in June 1882 . With Derbyshire out of the championship in 1888, Hall continued to play regularly for the club un

Was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Tewk

Was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Tewkesbury and died in Evesham. Heath made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1886 season, against Nottinghamshire.

Was an English rugby union forward, Anglican chaplain, theological author and Bishop of Bloemfontein

Was an English rugby union forward, Anglican chaplain, theological author and Bishop of Bloemfontein. Carey played club rugby for Oxford University and Blackheath and played international rugby for the British Isles XV in their 1896 tour of South Africa.

Was an English cricketer. Pearce was a right-handed batsman. Pearce made his first-class debut for H

Was an English cricketer. Pearce was a right-handed batsman. Pearce made his first-class debut for Hampshire against the Gloucestershire in the 1923 County Championship. Pearce played five matches for Hampshire in 1923. Pearce returned to the club for the

Was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Huntingdon and died in Mona

Was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Huntingdon and died in Monaco. Yarnold made a single first-class appearance, during the 1928 season, against Cambridge UCCE.