William Duer (March 25, 1805 – August 25, 1879) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York City. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives for two terms (1847–1851). He was grandson of Continental Congressman William Duer (1747–1799) and great-grandson of General William Alexander, Lord Stirling.
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“While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
At best is only a monkey shaved!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)