# William E. Fairbairn

> Lieutenant Colonel William Ewart Fairbairn was a British soldier and police officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the Shanghai Police during the interwar period, as well as for the Allied special forces during World War II. He created his own fighting system known as Defendu. Notably, this included innovative pistol shooting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife.

*British general (1885-1960)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1885-02-28
- **Died:** 1960-06-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [威廉·費爾貝恩](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E8%B2%BB%E7%88%BE%E8%B2%9D%E6%81%A9)
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- [윌리엄 E. 페어번](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_E._%ED%8E%98%EC%96%B4%EB%B2%88)
- [Фейрберн, Уильям Эварт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5723458)

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