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A replica of the electromagnet invented by the Canadian engineer William Sturgeon (1783-1850). Sturgeon first devised the electromagnet in 1825; this version was invented around 1832. It was used to create a magnetic force that could provide...

A c. 1610 CE portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616 CE), the celebrated playwright of Elizabethan theatre. (Hatchlands Park, Surrey, England)

Circe and Scylla in John William Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa (1892).

Map showing William Dampier's expedition along the west and northwest coast of New Holland (Australia) and the coasts of Timor, New Guinea and New Britain in 1699 aboard the HMS Roebuck.

A scene from the 11th century CE Bayeux Tapestry showing William the Conqueror (second figure from the left) at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE. (Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France)

A 1921 painting of a boy dressed as a pirate by William Meade Prince (1893-1951). (Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, USA)

The Chandos Portrait, thought to depict William Shakespeare, oil on canvas, attributed to John Taylor, c. 1611. National Portrait Gallery, London.

A 16th century CE portrait of Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE) by William Scrots. (Private Collection)

A whimsical illustration of a Celtic druid from ancient Britain by William Stukeley from his 1740 CE book 'Stonehenge'. The axe in the druid's belt is actually of a bronze age type.

Portrait of William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536), English linguist, scholar, priest and Protestant Reformer, the first to translate the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament into English from the original languages.