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WILLIAM DONOVAN – was an American soldier,
lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He was
known as the founder of the Office of Strategic
Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central
Intelligence Agency. He is regarded as the founding
father of the CIA.
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT – an English
scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who
invented the salted paper and calotype processes,
precursors to photographic processes.
WILLIAM HERSCHEL – was a British administrative
official who had deep interest in fingerprints as a
means of identifying one individual from another.
He established the ‘Principle of Persistency’ of
papillary friction ridges.
WILLIAM NICHOL - invented the polarizing light
microscope
WILLIAM PENN – an advocate of prison reform who
fought for religious freedom and individual rights,
and the abolition of death penalty and torture as a
form of punishment.
WILLIAM SHELDON - an American psychologist best
known for his theory associating physique,
personality, and crime or delinquency known as
Somatotyping Theory.
WIRE TAPPING – intercepting and recording
telephone conversations, by using an electronic
device without the consent of either party involved
in the conversation.
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