William Pickering

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William Henry Pickering (1858 – 1938), American astronomer
William Hayward Pickering (1910 – 2004), director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William Pickering (April 2 1796 – 1854), British publisher and bookseller (biography: Keynes, Geoffrey Kt. William Pickering Publisher. New York: Burt Franklin, 1969) [1]
William Pickering (March 15 1798 – April 22 1873), Republican governor of Washington territory (1862 – 1866), born in Yorkshire, England, died in Illinois. On September 4, 1864, he sent the first message over a transcontinental telegraph line.

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