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William Stewart

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Also known as Jock Stewart

British cyclist (1883-1950)

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Vinony's link graph records 14 inbound references to William Stewart, and connects out to United Kingdom, Olympic Games and 1924 Summer Olympics.

It sits within the topics 1883 births, 1950 deaths and British male cyclists.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
87

Top works

  • The trial of William Stewart, for the murder of his father, Benjamin Stewart
  • Catalogue of the superb and valuable collection of scarce and rare prints, portraits, and drawings, of a nobleman, deceased
  • Live and Learn
  • Revised Case for Stewart and others, Court of Session (Lord Meadowbank, reporter), 1829
  • Precedents of law forms in the courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1945-01-10
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
627
Total plays
2,852

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William Stewart was in The Prisonaires, they were just that, five African-American male singers who also happened to be inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. Despite what normally would be considered circumstances too onerous to start a pop music career, the Prisonaires were celebrities, albeit briefly, after the recording of the one and only hit record, "Just Walkin' in the Rain," which Sam Phillips released on Sun in 1953 -- a song that three years later became a million se

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Stewart
Gender
male
Place of birth
Dufftown
Place of death
Bishop's Stortford
Occupation
sport cyclist
Languages spoken
English language
Participant in
1920 Summer Olympics
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date of death
1950-08-09
date of birth
1883-09-15

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