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Anniversary information added. May 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Southampton History Museum - Southampton’s 20th Century Influencers: William S. Paley, Founder of CBS. Feb 20, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jun 27, 2023
Links added. Jun 08, 2023
Added photograph. Jan 14, 2014
Added new Web site: Dickinson College - Biography of William Paley. Feb 28, 2008
Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Biography of William Paley. Feb 28, 2008
Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of William Paley. Feb 28, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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