William Stevenson

English scholar. He entered Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1546, and became a fellow; he is known to have staged plays there. He was probably the author of one of the two earliest surviving English comedies in verse, Gammer Gurton's Needle (1553), sometimes attributed to John Still or John Bridges (the other being Ralph Roister Doister, also written in 1553 and attributed to Nicholas Udall).

William Stevenson may refer to several notable men:

William Stevenson (judge) (b.1934), Canadian Supreme Court justice William Stevenson (poet) William Stevenson (athlete) (1900-1985), US Olympic athlete, lawyer, and ambassador William "Mickey" Stevenson, Motown songwriter and record producer William Stevenson (Canadian writer), 20th century author William Stevenson (British writer), British writer, father of Elizabeth Gaskell William Stevenson (New Zealander), New Zealand industrialist and philanthropist

There are also:

William E. Stevenson (1891-1978), U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin William Stephenson (????-1953), Stoker/Fireman on board the Endurance

See also:

William Stephenson

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