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William Heather
English musician and benefactor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Cook Islands politician, see William (Smiley) Heather.
William Heather, or Heyther (c. 1563 – 1627) was a musician, and founder of the position of the Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford.
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