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    William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. His works, which form an important component...
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    The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. The design was based upon the rockets deployed...
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  • William Congreve (1670–1729) was an English playwright and poet. William Congreve may also refer to: Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet (1742–1814), father...
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    Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in...
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    Hills of southern India. Congreve was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, the son of William Congreve (1831-1902), of Congreve and Burton, D.L. for Staffordshire...
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    analysis. The development was chiefly the work of Col. (later Sir) William Congreve, son of the Comptroller of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, who...
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    Lieutenant General Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet (4 July 1742 – 30 April 1814) was a British military officer who improved artillery strength through...
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    The Way of the World (category Plays by William Congreve)
    The Way of the World is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve . It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields...
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    cooperative had the good luck to open in 1695 with the première of William Congreve's famous Love For Love and the skill to make it a huge box-office success...
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    desire for lighter 24-pounders that could still be double-shotted, William Congreve designed a radical new type of 24-pounder, which was shorter, lighter...
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