William Jackson
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British Army officer, military historian, author and Governor of Gibraltar (1917–1999)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 75
Top works
- ABC of allergies
- Color Atlas and Text of Clinical Medicine
- The governor's cat
- Forest quality
- Observations on the inefficacious use of irons in cases ofluxations and distortions of the ankle joint, and children born with deformed or crooked feet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1958-08-29
- Active to
- 2009-06-25
Discography
- Got to Be There1972
- Ben1972
- Music & Me1973
- Forever, Michael1975
- Off the Wall1979
- Thriller1982
- Bad1987
- Dangerous1991
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I1995
- Invincible2001
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 8,680
- Total plays
- 67,489
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William Jackson (born in Cambuslang, near Glasgow, on 14 September 1955) is a Scottish harpist and composer. In 1969 he formed the Scottish folk group Contrabandwith his brother George (died 1998). After Contraband disbanded in 1975, he became a founding member of folk band Ossian in 1976. in 1984 he recorded as Billy Jackson & Billy Ross. With grandparents from County Donegal, Jackson visited Ireland many times throughout his childhood and continues to have a home there. <a href="https://www.l
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 43,872x
- 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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Wikidata facts
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- date of birth
- 1917-08-28
- date of death
- 1999-03-12
- nickname
- Bill
- name in native language
- William Godfrey Jackson
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