Whetham

Article summary

Whetham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adelaide Boddam-Whetham (1860–1954), British archer *John Boddam-Whetham (1843–1918), English naturalist and cricketer *Arthur Whetham (died 1853), British Army officer *Charles Whetham (1812–1885), British politician and businessman *David Whetham, British academic *John Whetham (died 1796), Irish religious figure *Nathaniel Whetham (1604–1668), English baker and politician *Thomas Whetham (died 1741), British soldier and politician *William Cecil Dampier Whetham (1867–1952), British agriculturalist and science historian *Margaret Anderson (indexer) (born Margaret Dampier Whetham, 1900–1997), British biochemist, daughter of William Cecil Dampier Whetham *Edith Holt Whetham (1911–2001), English agricultural economist, daughter of William Cecil Dampier Whetham

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1900 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1076487893