| all things William: A List of Firsts (9199 words) |
 | William of Vercelli (aka William of Monte Vergine) was the founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine, or Williamites, in 1119. |
| William Whewell invented the English word "scientist" in 1833; before this time the only terms in use were "natural philosopher" and "man of science." The term "palaetiology" was coined in 1837 by Whewell to refer to those sciences which have as their object the reconstruction of the past based on the evidence of the present. |
| William J. Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to be discharged from the hospital in 1985, as he moved into an apartment in Louisville, Ky. Among all artificial heart recipients, Schroeder lived the longest, surviving 620 days with a Jarvik-7 heart until his death in 1986. |
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