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VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)

POLYDORE VIRGIL (c. 1470-1555)

VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA

LUCIUS VIRGINIUS RUFUS (A.D. 15-97)

VIRGO (" the Virgin ")

CHRISTOBAL DE VIRUS (1550?-1615?)

VISBY, or WISBY

FRIEDRICH THEODOR VISCHER (1807-1887)

VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

VISOKO (or VISOKI)

VISOR (also spelled viser, vizor, vizard or visard)

VISTULA (Ger. Weichsel, Polish Wisla)

VITELLOZZO VITELLI ( ?-1502)

AULUS VITELLIUS

LUDOVIC VITET (1802-1873)

VITICULTURE AND

VITRIFIED FORTS

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

ST VITUS (German, Veit; French, Guy)

UGOLINO VIVALDO

JUAN LUIS VIVES (1492-1540)

1ST BARON RICHARD HUSSEY VIVIAN VIVIAN (1775—1842)

HENRY VIZETELLY (1820-1894)

VIZEU, or VISEU

VIJAYADURG OR GHERIA VIZIADRUG

ST VLADIMIR (c. 956-1015)

VODENA (Turk. and Bulg. Voden, anc. Edessa, q.v.)

GOWRISHANKAR VODEYSHANKAR (1805-1892)

EDUARD VOGEL (1829-1856)

SIR JULIUS VOGEL (1835-1899)

VOGHERA (anc. Iria)

GEORG JOSEPH VOGLER (1749-1814)

KARL CHRISTOPH VOGT (1817-1895)

VOGTLAND, or VOIGTLAND

COMTE DE EUGENE MELCHIOR VOGUE (1848- )

VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

ABBE DE CLAUDE HENRI DE FUZEE VOISENON (1708—75)

VOIVODE (also Vaivode, Vayvode, Wayvode, &c., Med. Gr. oe 68os)

VOLCANO ISLANDS

VOLCEI (mod. BuccINO)

VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

LEONARD WELLS VOLK (1828-1895)

GEORG HEINRICH VON VOLLMAR (1850- )

COMTE DE CONSTANTIN FRANCOIS CHASSEBCEUF VOLNEY (1757-1820)

VOLOGAESES (Vologaesus, Vologases; on the coins Ologases; Armen. Valarsk; Mod. Pers. Balash)

ALESSANDRO VOLTA (1745-1827)

FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694–1778)

VOLTERRA (anc. Volaterrae)

VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)

ARTEMY PETROVICH VOLUINSKY (1689-1740)

though in letters in the vernacular he writes himself VOLUSENE] in later writers WILSON Or WOLSEY FLORENTIUS [FLORENCE WOLSON VOLUSENUS (c. 1504-c. 1547)

VOLUTE (Lat. volution, volvere, to roll up)

HERMANN EDUARD VON HOLST (1841–1904)

JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL (1587—1679)

ROBERT WILLIAM VONNOH (1858-- )

VONONES (on coins ONONES)

DANIEL WOLSEY VOORHEES (1827-1897)

VORONTSOV (or WoRoNZOFF)

MIHALY VOROSMARTY (1800-1855)

VORTIGERN (GUORTHIGIRNUS, WYRTGEORN)

VORTVMNVS TEMPORIBVS DIOCLETIANI

VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

CAREL VOSMAER (1826-1888)

JOHANN HEINRICH VOSS (1751–1826)

RICHARD VOSS (1851– )

GERHARD JOHANN VOSSIUS [Voss] (1577–1649)

VOTING MACHINES

VOUCHER (from " to vouch," to warrant, answer for, O. Fr. voucher, to cite, call in aid, Lat. vocare, to call, summon)

SIMON VOUET (1590-1649)

VOUSSOIR (Ger. Wolbestein)

VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

SEBASTIAN VRANCK

VRANYA, or VRANYE

JULIAEN JOSEPH DE VRIENDT (1842– )

VULCAN (Volcanos)

VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

VULPECULA ET ANSER ("THE Fox AND GoosE")

CHRISTIAN AUGUST VULPIUS (1762-1827)

VURJEEVANDAS MADHOWDAS (1817-1896)

VYATKA, or VIATICA

VYERNYI (formerly ALMATY)

VYRNWY (Fyrnwy)

GUSTAV FRIEDRICH WAAGEN (1794-1868)

WILHELM HEINRICH WAAGEN (1841–1900)

HENRY WACE (1836– )

CHARLES WACHSMUTH (1829-1896)

LUKE WADDING (1588–1657)

WILLIAM HENRY WADDINGTON (1826–1894)

WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WADE (1800-1878)

GEORGE WADE (1673-1748)

SIR THOMAS FRANCIS WADE (1818-1895)

THOMAS WADE (18o5-1875)

WADI HALFA, or HALFA

WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

ADOLF WAGNER (1835- )

RUDOLPH WAGNER (1805-1864)

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

WAGON, or WAGGON

WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)

WAGTAIL (Wagsterd and Wagstyrt, 15th century fide T. Wright, Vol. Vocabularies, ii. 221, 253; Uuagtale, Turner, 1544, p. 53)

NOEL FRANCOIS DE WAILLY (1724-1801)

THOMAS GRIFFITHS WAINEWRIGHT (1794–1852)

MORRISON REMICK WAITE (1816–1888)

ROBERT WAITHMAN (1764–1833)

WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")

GEORG WAITZ (1813-1886)

THEODOR WAITZ (1821-1864)

WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")

THOMAS WAKE (1297-1349)

WILLIAM WAKE (1657-1737)

GILBERT WAKEFIELD (1756-1801)

THOMAS WAKLEY (1795-1862)

WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

WALAFRID 1 STRABO (or Strabus, i.e. " squint-eyed ") (d. 849)

JOHANN GEORG WALCH (1693-1775)

CHARLES DOOLITTLE WALCOTT (1850- )

ROGER WALDEN (d. 1406)

COUNT ALFRED WALDERSEE (1832-1904)

SAMUEL LOVETT WALDO (1783-1861)

WALE (?) ROBERT (xloo?-1175?)

WALERAN DE BEAUMONT (1104–1166)

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

COIITE ALEXANDRE FLORIAN JOSEPH COLONNA WALEWSKI (1810-1868)

FRANCIS AMASA WALKER (1840-1897)

FREDERICK WALKER (184o--1875)

GEORGE WALKER (c. 1618-169o)

HENRY OLIVER WALKER (1843— )

HORATIO WALKER (1858– )

JOHN WALKER (1732—1807)

OBADIAH WALKER (1616-1699)

ROBERT WALKER (d. c. 1658)

ROBERT JAMES WALKER (1801-1869)

SEARS COOK WALKER (1805—1853)

THOMAS WALKER (1784—1836)

WILLIAM WALKER (1824-1860)

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)

RICHARD WALL (1694-1778)

ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1823— )

LEWIS [LEW] WALLACE (1827—1905)

SIR RICHARD WALLACE

SIR WILLIAM WALLACE (c. 1270-1305)

WILLIAM WALLACE (1768-1843)

WILLIAM WALLACE (1844-1897)

WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE (1814-1865)

JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK (c. 1794-1864)

WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)

LEWIS WALLER (186o- )

SIR WILLIAM WALLER (c. 1597-1668)

HENRI ALEXANDRE WALLGN (1812-1904)

WALLIS ARCHIPELAGO, U VEA, or UEA

JOHN WALLIS (1616-1703)

WALLOON LITERATIIRE

WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)

SIR HENRY WALLOP (c. 1540-1599)

SIR JOHN WALLOP (c. 1490-1551)

OLAF WALLQVIST (1755-18o0)

THOMAS ATTWOOD WALMISLEY (1814-1856)

WALNUT (Juglans)

1ST BARON HORATIO WALPOLE OF WOLTERTON (1678-1757)

HORATIO WALPOLE

SIR SPENCER WALPOLE (1839-1907)

WALPURGIS (WALPURGA Or WALBURGA)

MARIE ESPRIT LEON WALRAS (1834–1910)

WALRUS, or MORSE (Odobaenus rosmarus)

JOHN HENRY WALSH (1810-1888)

PETER [VALESIUS] WALSH (c. 1618-1688)

WILLIAM WALSH (1663—1708)

SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM (c. 1530-1590)

THOMAS WALSINGHAM (d. c. 1422)

WALTER OF COVENTRY (fl, 1290)

HUBERT WALTER (d. 1205)

JOHN WALTER (1738/9-1812)

BARON VON WOLFGANG SARTORIUS WALTERSHAUSEN (1809-1876)

WALTHAM ABBEY, or WALTHAM

WALTHEOF (d. Io76)

WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE (c. 1170-C. 1230)

BERNHARD WALTHER (1430-15o4)

BRIAN WALTON (1600-1661)

IZAAK WALTON (1593-1683)

WALTZING MOUSE (or JAPANESE WALTZING MOUSE)

SIR WILLIAM WALWORTH (d. 1385)

JOHN WANAMAKER (1838— )

WANDERU (WANDEROO)

CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD (1592-1640)

WAPENSHAW (M.E. for " weapon-show")

BARON EGIDE CHARLES GUSTAVE WAPPERS (1803-1874)

WAQIDI [Abu `Abdallah Mahommed ibn `Umar ul-Wagidi] (747-823)

WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

WAR GAME, or (in its German form) KRIEGSPIEL

WARASDIN (Hungarian, Varasd; Croatian, Varaz'din)

PERKIN WARBECK (c. 1474-1499)

BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE WARBURTON (1810-1852)

COLONEL SIR ROBERT WARBURTON (1842–1899)

WILLIAM WARBURTON (1698–1779)

ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD (1837- )

EDWARD MATTHEW WARD (1816-1879)

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD (1844-1911)

JAMES WARD (1769--1859)

JAMES WARD (1843– )

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD (1830-1910)

LESTER FRANK WARD (1841– )

MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD] WARD

WILLIAM WARD (1766-1826)

WILLIAM GEORGE WARD (1812-1882)

LADY ELIZABETH WARDLAW (1677-1727)

HENRY WARDLAW (d. 1440)

WILLIAM WARHAM (c. 1450-1532)

OLIN LEVI WARNER (1844-1896)

SETH WARNER (1743-1784)

WILLIAM WARNER (1558?-16o9)

WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

WARRANT OF ATTORNEY

GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN (183o-1882)

JOSEPH WARREN (1741—1775)

MERCY WARREN (1728—1814)

MINTON WARREN (1850-1907)

SAMUEL WARREN (1807-1877)

BART SIR JOHN BORLASE WARREN

WILLIAM WARREN (1812-1888)

LORD ARCHIBALD JOHNSTON WARRISTON (1611-1663)

WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

WART (Lat. verruca)

WARTHE (Polish, Warta)

JOSEPH WARTON (1722-1800)

THOMAS WARTON (1728-1790)

THOMAS WARTON (c. 1688-1745)

EARLS OF WARWICK

EARL OF RICHARD BEAUCHAMP WARWICK (1382—1439)

EARL OF RICHARD NEVILLE WARWICK (1428—1471)

SIR PHILIP WARWICK (1609-1683)

2ND EARL OF SIR ROBERT RICH WARWICK (1587–1658)

CADWALLADER COLDEN WASHBURN (1818–1882)

ELIHU BENJAMIN WASHBURNE (1816–1887)

WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)

BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON (c. 1859– )

BUSHROD WASHINGTON (1762-1829)

GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)

WASP (Lat. vespa)

WASSAIL (0. Eng. woes hal, " be whole," " be well ")

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

WATERBUCK (Wasserbok)