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William Byrd was probably born in London, the third surviving son of Thomas Byrd and his wife, Margery. [ 4 ] [ note 1 ] No record of his birth has survived, [ 5 ] and the year of his birth is not known for certain, but a document dated 2 October 1598, and written by William Byrd, states that he is "58 yeares or ther abouts", making the year he ...
William Byrd I (1652 – December 4, 1704) was an English-born Virginia colonist and politician. He came from the Shadwell section of London, where his father John Bird (c. 1620–1677) was a goldsmith.
William Byrd II (March 28, 1674 – August 26, 1744) was an American planter, lawyer, surveyor and writer. Born in the English colony of Virginia, Byrd was educated ...
Tallis's pupil William Byrd. Tallis was an eminent figure in Elizabeth's household chapel, but as he aged he became gradually less prominent. [20] In 1575, Elizabeth granted Tallis and Byrd a 21-year monopoly for polyphonic music [22] and a patent to print and publish "set songe or songes in parts", one of the first arrangements of its kind in ...
Colonel William Byrd III (September 6, 1728 – January 1 or January 2, 1777) was an American planter, politician and military officer who was a member of the House of Burgesses. [ 1 ] Biography
William Byrd (1539–1623), composer John Smyth ( c. 1554 – c. 1612 ), founder of the Baptist denomination Robert Tighe (1562–1620), cleric and linguist
This day Christ was born; O God that guides the cheerful sun; Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles ... William Byrd Keyboard Music, ed. Alan Brown (London: Stainer & Bell ...
William Byrd Traxler Jr. (born 1948), federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; William Byrd, African-American man who was lynched in Brentwood, Georgia on May 28, 1922; William A. Bird, often spelled Byrd, state legislator in Florida; William M. Byrd (1819–1874), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama