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William Lawson, MLC (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850) was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician who migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800. Along with Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth , he pioneered the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by British colonists.
William Lawson (14 March 1772 – 25 August 1848) was a Nova Scotian businessman, office holder, justice of the peace, and politician. He was born in Halifax , Nova Scotia , and was the son of John Lawson and Sarah Shatford (who are both buried in the Old Burying Ground ).
William Lawson (speedway rider) (born 1987), former Scottish speedway rider William P. Lawson (1879 or 1880–1946), American investment banker and politician B.J. Lawson (William Lawson, born 1974), 2008 Republican Party nominee in North Carolina
Will Lawson (2 September 1876 – 13 October 1957), born in Durham, England, was a popular bush poet, novelist, journalist and historian of Australia. [1] Many of his works had sailing or stage coach themes.
Alfred William Lawson (March 24, 1869 – November 29, 1954) was an English-born professional baseball player, aviator, and utopian philosopher.He played baseball, managed and promoted leagues from 1887 through 1916, and pioneered the U.S. aircraft industry.
The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.
William Lawson (explorer) (1774–1850), explorer of New South Wales, Australia William Lawson (priest) (c.1554–1635), English cleric and writer on gardening William Lawson (speedway rider) (born 1987), Scottish speedway rider
Rev. William Lawson a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website. He was 95.