# Bill Kennedy Shaw

> William Boyd Kennedy Shaw OBE was a British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and soldier. During the Second World War, he served with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group and the Special Air Service Regiment. He was known, variously, as Bill Shaw or Bill Kennedy-Shaw, but preferred the latter form of his name, which he always used in his writings.

*British explorer and army officer (1901-1979)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1901
- **Died:** 1979
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Boyd Kennedy Shaw OBE was a British desert explorer, botanist, archaeologist and soldier. During the Second World War, he served with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group and the Special Air Service Regiment. He was known, variously, as Bill Shaw or Bill Kennedy-Shaw, but preferred the latter form of his name, which he always used in his writings.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.9 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Bill Kennedy Shaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kennedy_Shaw)
- [ביל קנדי שו](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%95)
- [Шоу, Билл Кеннеди](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8)
- [W. B. Kennedy Shaw](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Kennedy_Shaw)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4909712)

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