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William Constable

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 16, 2020
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

William Constable may refer to:Sir William Constable, 1st Baronet (1590–1655), English regicide

William Constable (cricketer) (1851–1894), cricketer

William Constable (designer) (1906–1989), Australian film and stage designer

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The public source identifies “William Constable” as topics referred to by the same term. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around William, Constable and Topics.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1590, 1655, 1851, 1894—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with William, Constable and Topics providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 16, 2020. The first chronological checks are 1590, 1655, 1851 and 1894.

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This entry incorporates text from “William Constable” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.