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Wilford Fawcett

American sports shooter and publisher

Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (April 29, 1885 – February 7, 1940), also known as Captain Billy, was an American magazine publisher and sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Wilford Fawcett (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 29, 1885, died Feb 7, 1940.¹

Companies

Fawcett ComicsFounder¹⁰
Fawcett PublicationsFounder¹¹

Career

Occupation: sport shooter, publisher.⁵

Date not recordedFounded Fawcett Publications³
Date not recordedFounded Fawcett Comics⁴

Personal life

BornApr 29, 1885, Woodstock⁶
DiedFeb 7, 1940, Hollywood⁷
CitizenshipUnited States^{8 9}

Sources

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WikidataWilford Fawcett on Wikidata
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WikipediaWilford Fawcett on Wikipedia
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: Founded Fawcett Publications, on Wikidata
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: Founded Fawcett Comics, on Wikidata
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataWilford Fawcett: citizenship, on Wikidata
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Wikidatacitizenship, as reported by Sports-Reference.com
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WikidataFawcett Comics, Founder
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WikidataFawcett Publications, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsWilford Fawcett photo by This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Hennepin County Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America . Record in source catalog DPLA identifier: 43e27c6505e8bc55187759f63d890bae, Public domain

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