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William Kilgour Jackson
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schottischer Curler
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- ABC of allergies
- Color Atlas and Text of Clinical Medicine
- The governor's cat
- Forest quality
- Observations on the inefficacious use of irons in cases ofluxations and distortions of the ankle joint, and children born with deformed or crooked feet
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William Jackson (born in Cambuslang, near Glasgow, on 14 September 1955) is a Scottish harpist and composer. In 1969 he formed the Scottish folk group Contrabandwith his brother George (died 1998). After Contraband disbanded in 1975, he became a founding member of folk band Ossian in 1976. in 1984 he recorded as Billy Jackson & Billy Ross. With grandparents from County Donegal, Jackson visited Ireland many times throughout his childhood and continues to have a home there. <a href="https://www.l
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Jackson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- South Lanarkshire
- Place of death
- South Lanarkshire
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Sport
- Curling
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- date of birth
- 1871-03-14
- date of death
- 1955-01-26
- playing hand
- right-handedness
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William Kilgour Jackson (* 14. März 1871 in Lamington; † 26. Januar 1955 in Symington) war ein schottischer Curler und Olympiasieger. Jackson spielte als Skip der britischen Mannschaft bei den I. Olympischen Winterspielen 1924 in Chamonix im Curling. Die Mannschaft, sein Sohn Laurence Jackson war der Lead, gewann die olympische Goldmedaille.
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