William Dawson
- Born
- 1704 · Cumberland.
- Died
- 1752
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- The Queen's College
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William Dawson studied at The Queen's College. Employment is recorded with College of William & Mary.
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- 1.Encyclopedia.com — Dawson, William. Retrieved on November 17, 2008.
- 2.18th Century Presidents. wm.edu.
- 3.Amacher, Richard E. Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. Louisiana State University Press. 100. June 21, 2006. 978-0807131237.
- 4.President Thomas Dawson. Retrieved on March 10, 2009.
- 5.BP CRECTORS JUNE 23 2011. irp.cdn-website.com.
- 6.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. xx
- 7.Flora p. 100
- 8.Gordon, Armistead C. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Whittet & Shepperson. XXII. 44–51, 197–208. 1914.
- 9.Tyler. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. II. 330–331. 1915.
- 10.Goode, George Brown. Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby. J. W. Randolph & English. 210–212. 1887.
- 11.William Dawson family papers. Library of Congress.
- 12.Wm.edu. William & Mary - Bryan Complex.
- 13.Formerly called William Dawson (1704-1752) – Colonial Virginia Portraits. colonialvirginiaportraits.org.
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