William E. Thornton
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American astronaut (1929–2021)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 6
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Thornton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Faison
- Place of death
- Boerne
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Employer
- University of Houston
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Image
- WilliamThornton.jpg
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- Commons category
- William E. Thornton
- date of birth
- 1929-04-14
- P450
- STS-51-B
- time in space
- 18796
- date of death
- 2021-01-11
- name in native language
- William E. Thornton
- different from
- William Thornton
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