William Clifford (disambiguation)
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William Clifford may refer to:
- William Clifford (priest)William Clifford (priest)William Clifford was an English Roman Catholic theologian.-Life:After education and ordination at Douai, Clifford went on the English mission...
(died 1670) - William Clifford (cricketer) (1811–1841), English cricketer
- William Clifford (actor)William Clifford (actor)William Clifford was an American actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 170 films between 1910 and 1929...
(1877–1941), American actor of the silent era - William Kingdon CliffordWilliam Kingdon CliffordWilliam Kingdon Clifford FRS was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his honour, with interesting applications in contemporary mathematical physics...
(1845–1879), mathematician and philosopher
- Willie Clifford, Northern Irish former footballer
- William Clifford HeilmanWilliam Clifford HeilmanWilliam Clifford Heilman was an American composer. Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he also later died, he composed a number of orchestral works as well as a good deal of chamber music; he also produced songs. Heilman was a graduate of Harvard University, where he later taught for some...
, American composer