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William Dowdeswell

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British politician (1721-1775)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1761
Died: 1828
Works: 1

Top works

The citizen of the world, or, Letters from a Chinese philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East
[News articles on the slave trade, slavery and the Quakers]

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,508x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,873x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Key dates

Born: 12 March 1721
Died: 6 February 1775

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: William
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Place of birth: Tewkesbury
Place of death: Nice
Occupation: politician
Educated at: Leiden University
Political party: Whigs
Languages spoken: English language

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1721 births 1775 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Worcestershire People educated at Westminster School, London People from Worcestershire

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