English Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-arm roundarm medium-pace bowler who played for Surrey. Spice

Was an English cricketer. He was a left-arm roundarm medium-pace bowler who played for Surrey. Spicer made a single first-class appearance for the team during the 1870 season, against Yorkshire.

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

Was an English cricketer. Baldock was a right-handed batsman. Baldock made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1877 against Derbyshire. Baldock played 7 first-class matches for Hampshire, with his final match coming against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1882. Baldock scored 155 runs at a batting average of 12.91, with a high score of 40. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 24.00 and best figures of 1/10. In the field Baldock took 4 catches.

English economist and logician, was born in Liverpool. He expounded in his book The Theory of Politi

English economist and logician, was born in Liverpool. He expounded in his book The Theory of Political Economy (1871) the "final" (marginal) utility theory of value. Jevons' work, along with similar discoveries made by Carl Menger in Vienna (1871) and by Léon Walras in Switzerland (1874), marked the opening of a new period in the history of economic thought.Jevons broke off his studies of the natural sciences in London in 1854 to work as an assayer in Sydney, where he acquired an interest in political economy. Returning to England in 1859, he published General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy in 1862, outlining the marginal utility theory of value, and A Serious Fall in the Value of Gold in 1863. For Jevons, the utility or value to a consumer of an additional unit of a product is inversely related to the number of units of that product he already owns, at least beyond some critical quantity.

Was an English cricket player, and former president of the Rugby Football Union. Donne served as a c

Was an English cricket player, and former president of the Rugby Football Union. Donne served as a captain in the Somerset Light Infantry during the First World War. He represented Somerset on the committee of the Rugby Football Union from 1902, and was

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1899. Eadie made his debut for D

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1885 and 1899. Eadie made his debut for Derbyshire in 1885. He was a right arm batsman who played 41 innings in 23 first class matches for Derbyshire, with a top score of 62 and an average of 10.5

Was an English professional cricketer who made 4 known appearances in major cricket matches from 179

Was an English professional cricketer who made 4 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1792 to 1803. He was mainly associated with Nottingham Cricket Club.

Was an English artist.In Melbourne, Strutt found employment as an illustrator on the short-lived Ill

Was an English artist.In Melbourne, Strutt found employment as an illustrator on the short-lived Illustrated Australian Magazine, published by Thomas Ham, as there was little demand for the figurative and history paintings for which he was trained. Some of his designs did, however, lead to commissions, including a design for a new postage stamp, and an Anti-Transportation League card. Despite the lack of interest for major history paintings in Melbourne, Strutt continued to sketch suitable subjects, including the ‘Black Thursday’ bushfires, which swept over the colony on 6 February 1851. It was from these sketches that Strutt composed one of his most notable paintings some 10 years later, Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, 1864, which depicted animals and men fleeing from the fire.

Was an English amateur/professional cricketer. He was mainly associated with Sussex and he made 3 kn

Was an English amateur/professional cricketer. He was mainly associated with Sussex and he made 3 known appearances in first-class matches from 1815 to 1817.

Was an English actor, singer and comedian best remembered as producer and star of the phenomenally s

Was an English actor, singer and comedian best remembered as producer and star of the phenomenally successful 1892 Brandon Thomas farce, Charley's Aunt and as the Reverend Robert Spalding in many productions of The Private Secretary.

Was a football and cricket player. He played as Billy Taylor for Durham City, Crook Town and Norwich

Was a football and cricket player. He played as Billy Taylor for Durham City, Crook Town and Norwich City before playing First Division football for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. from 1919-1922. He spent the subsequent years playing for Doncaster Rovers, and Mansfield Town, rejoining Doncaster in 1925 to play in the Third Division North, scoring 5 goals in only 19 appearances.

Played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1908 to 1930. But his career as a tea-planter with the

Played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1908 to 1930. But his career as a tea-planter with the family company in Sri Lanka meant that he appeared in only 115 first-class matches for the county in that period, and was a regular player in only five sea

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player and manager.Williams played for Portsmout

Is an English former professional football (soccer) player and manager.Williams played for Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion, Mansfield Town and Gillingham, making over 250 Football League appearances in total.

Was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of bi

Was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.In 1928, Astbury was given a lectureship at the University of Leeds where he studied the properties of fibrous substances such as keratin and collagen with funding from the textile industry. (Wool is made of keratin.) These substances did not produce sharp patterns of spots like crystals, but the patterns provided physical limits on any proposed structures.

Was an English geologist and naturalist.Blanford was born in London. He was educated in private scho

Was an English geologist and naturalist.Blanford was born in London. He was educated in private schools in Brighton and Paris, and with a view to the adoption of a mercantile career spent two years in a business house at Civita Vecchia. On returning to England in 1851 he was induced to enter the newly established Royal School of Mines (now part of Imperial College London), which his younger brother Henry F. Blanford (1834 – 1893), afterwards head of the Indian Meteorological Department, had already joined. He studied under De la Beche, Lyon Playfair, Edward Forbes, Ramsay, and Warington Smyth. He then spent a year in the mining school at Freiburg, and towards the close of 1854 both he and his brother obtained posts on the Geological Survey of India.

Was an English cricketer. Dodd was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Dodd mad

Was an English cricketer. Dodd was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Dodd made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Yorkshire in the 1931 County Championship.

Was an English cricketer. Langford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium pace.

Was an English cricketer. Langford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium pace. Langford made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1925 County Championship against Leicestershire at Aylestone Road. Langford played his final firs

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910. Taylor made his Derbyshire

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910. Taylor made his Derbyshire debut during the 1905 season, against Nottinghamshire but made little impression.

Was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy Wells," he was British a

Was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy Wells," he was British and British Empire Champion from 1911 until 1919, defending his title fourteen times. In 1911 he became the first Heavyweight to win the Lonsdale Belt, whic

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire

Was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in 1952, as a replacement for Roly Jenkins. Larkham played much club cricket for Kidderminster Cricket Club. He was born and died in Kidderminster, Worces

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born and died in West Malling. Usmar made a sin

Was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born and died in West Malling. Usmar made a single first-class appearance in 1841, against Sussex. As an upper-middle order batsman, he was bowled out by William Lillywhite in the first innings in which

Was an English sportsman who played both cricket and football to a high level. Fox made his first-cl

Was an English sportsman who played both cricket and football to a high level. Fox made his first-class debut for Worcestershire in May 1923, making 5 and 7 in an innings defeat against Hampshire at Southampton. Fox played football for Middlesbrough, Wolv

Was an English cricketer. Jephson was a right-handed batsman who played occasionally as a wicketkeep

Was an English cricketer. Jephson was a right-handed batsman who played occasionally as a wicketkeeper. Jephson made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1903 County Championship against Derbyshire. Jephson played 57 first-class matches for Hampshir

Was an English cricketer: a Cambridge University and Worcestershire all-rounder who bowled right-arm

Was an English cricketer: a Cambridge University and Worcestershire all-rounder who bowled right-arm fast and batted right-handed, generally in the lower middle order. Lowe made his first-class debut for Cambridge against Somerset in 1895. On his return t

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1887. Walton started playing for Derbyshire in

Was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1887. Walton started playing for Derbyshire in 1887 taking part in two non-qualifying matches before his one first class game in July 1887 against Surrey. He was an opening batsman but made little impr

Was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of W

Was a noted English cricketer. He came from an affluent family which owned property on the Isle of Wight. He was educated at Winchester College, and then received financial training in Antwerp. William Ward was a prominent right-handed batsman and an occa