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ALFRED WATERHOUSE (1830-1905)

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (1847- )

WATERLOO CAM PAIGN

1815 WATERLOO CAMPAIGN

SIR ERNEST ALBERT WATERLOW (1850- )

TERRITORIAL WATERS

CHARLES WATERTON (1782-1865)

SIR EDWARD WILLIAM WATKIN

RICHARD WATSON (1737-1816)

THOMAS WATSON (c. 1557–1592)

WILLIAM WATSON (1858- )

WILLIAM WATSON (c. 1559-1603)

JAMES WATT (1736-1819)

ANTOINE WATTEAU (1684-1721)

WILHELM WATTENBACH (1819–1897)

HENRY WATTERSON (184o– )

ALARIC ALEXANDER WATTS (1797-1864)

GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS (1817-1904)

ISAAC WATTS (1674-1748)

BENJAMIN WAUGH (1839-1908)

EDWIN WAUGH (1817-1890)

WAURIN (or WAVRIN), JEHAN (or JEAN DE) (d. c. 1474)

EMILE WAUTERS (1848– )

WAYLAND THE SMITH (Scand. Volundr, Ger. Wieland)

FRANCIS WAYLAND (1796–1865)

ANTHONY WAYNE (1745-1796)

WILLIAM WAYNFLETE (1395-1486)

WAZIR, or VIZIER (Arabic wazir)

WEASEL (Putorius nivalis)

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

JAMES BAIRD WEAVER (1833- )

WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

MATTHEW WEBB (1848-1883)

SIDNEY WEBB (1859– )

WILLIAM WEBBE (fl. 1586)

CARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNEST VON WEBER (1786–1826)

WILHELM EDUARD WEBER (1804-1891)

ALEXANDER WEBSTER (1707-1784)

BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM WEBSTER (1797-1882)

DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852)

JOHN WEBSTER (fl. 1602-1624)

NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843)

THOMAS WEBSTER (1773-1844)

THOMAS WEBSTER (1800-1886)

GEORG RUDOLF WECKHERLIN (1584—1653)

JAMES WEDDERBURN (1495?-1533), JOHN (1500-1556)

WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD (1730-1795)

FREDERICK WEDMORE (1844— )

THURLOW WEED (1797—1882)

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

EDWIN LORD WEEKS (1849-1903)

JAN BAPTIST WEENIA (1621-1660)

JOHN WEEVER (1576-1632)

JULIUS AUGUST LUDWIG WEGSCHEIDER (1771-1849)

WEIGHING MACHINES

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

WEIR (from O. Eng. wer, a dam; cognate with werian, to defend, guard; cf. Ger. Wehr, defence)

ROBERT WALTER WEIR (1803-1889)

AUGUST WEISMANN (1834– )

BERNHARD WEISS (1827– . )

CHRISTIAN HERMANN WEISSE (18oi–1866)

KARL WEIZSACKER (1822-1899)

SANTOR [ALEXANDER] WEKERLE (1848- )

FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB WELCKER (1784-1868)

WELDING (i.e. the action of the verb " to weld," the same word as " to well," to boil or spring up, the history of the word being to boil, to heat to a high degree, to beat heated iron; according to Skeat, who points out that in Swedish the compound verb

WALTER WELDON (1832-1885)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN CAMMERMEYER WELHAVEN (1807-1873)

GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878)

RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY WELLESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

JULIUS WELLHAUSEN (1844— )

1ST DUKE OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY WELLINGTON (1769-1852)

CHARLES JEREMIAH WELLS (1798?–1879)

DAVID AMES WELLS (1828—1898)

HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866— )

1ST BART SIR THOMAS SPENCER WELLS

WELSH LAWS, or LEGES WALLIAE

WELSHPOOL (or Welchpool, so called because Pool, its old name, led to confusion with Poole, in Dorsetshire; Welsh Trallwm)

EARLS OF WEMYSS

WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

WENDEN (Lettish Tseziz)

HANS HINRICH WENDT (1853— )

WENLOCK GROUP (Wenlockian)

GUNNAR WENNERBERG (1817-1901)

BARON JAMES PARKE WENSLEYDALE (1782-1868)

WILLIAM CHARLES WENTWORTH (1793-1872)

KARL FRIEDRICH WENZEL (1740-1793)

COUNT VON KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH AUGUST LEOPOLD WERDER (1808—1887)

HENRIK ARNOLD WERGELAND (18o8—1845)

WERGELD WERGILD

ABRAHAM GOTTLOB WERNER (1750-1817)

ANTON ALEXANDER VON WERNER (1843– )

FRIEDRICH LUDWIG ZACHARIAS WERNER (1768–1823)

COUNT VON JOHANN WERTH [WEERT] (c. 1595-1652)

WERWOLF (from A.S. wer; cf. Lat. vir, man; and wolf; or, according to a later suggestion, from O.H.G. weri, wear, i.e. wearer of the wolf-skin)

JOHANN RUCHRAT VON WESEL (d. 1481)

WESER (O. Ger. Visuracha, Wisura, Lat. Visurgis)

WESLEY (FAMILY)

JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791)

SAMUEL WESLEY (1766-1837)

SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY (1810–1876)

WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH

JOHAN 1 WESSEL (c. 1420-1489)

BARON MIKLOS WESSELENYI (1796-1850)

THE WEST INDIES

WEST PRUSSIA (Ger. Westpreussen)

WEST SPRINGFIELD

BENJAMIN WEST (1738-1820)

NICHOLAS WEST (1461-1533)

RICHARD WESTALL (1765—1836)

1ST BARON RICHARD BETHELL WESTBURY (1800-1873)

BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT (1825-1901)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

SIR RICHARD WESTMACOTT (1775-1856)

EARL OF WESTMEATH

MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF WESTMINSTER

STATUTES OF WESTMINSTER

SYNODS OF WESTMINSTER

EARLS OF WESTMORLAND

THOMAS WESTON (1737-1776)

RUDOLF WESTPHAL (1826—1892)

WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)

TREATY OF WESTPHALIA

WETSTEIN (also WETTSTEIN), JOHANN JAKOB (1693-1754)

ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN

VALERIANO WEYLER Y NICOLAU

STANLEY JOHN WEYMAN (1855— )

EDWARD WHALLEY (c. 1615-c. 1675)

JAMES ARCHIBALD WHARNCLIFFE

WHARTON (FAMILY)

FRANCIS WHARTON (1820–1889)

HENRY WHARTON (1664–1695)

RICHARD WHATELY (1787-1863)

WHEAT (Triticum)

FRANCIS WHEATLEY (1747–1801)

HENRY WHEATON (1785–1848)

SIR CHARLES WHEATSTONE (1802–1875)

WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")

BREAKING ON THE WHEEL

JOSEPH WHEELER (1836-1906)

WILLIAM ALMON WHEELER (1819-1887)

JOHN WHETHAMSTEDE (d. 1465)

GEORGE WHETSTONE (1544?-1587?)

WILLIAM WHEWELL (1794-1866)

WHICHCOTE (or WHITCHCOTE), BENJAMIN

WHIPPING, or FLOGGING

THE WHISKY INSURRECTION

WHISKY, or WHISKEY

JAMES ABBOTT WHISTLER

WILLIAM WHISTON (1667-1752)

JOSEPH WHITAKER (1820-1895)

SAMUEL WHITBREAD (1758-1815)

VALE OF WHITE HORSE

WHITE MOUNTAINS

ANDREW DICKSON WHITE (1832– )

GILBERT WHITE (1720–1793)

HENRY KIRKE WHITE (1785-1806)

HUGH LAWSON WHITE (1773-1840)

JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE (1775-1841)

RICHARD GRANT WHITE (1822-1885)

ROBERT WHITE (1645-1704)

SIR GEORGE STUART WHITE (1835– )

SIR THOMAS WHITE (1492-1567)

SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE (1824--1891)

SIR WILLIAM HENRY WHITE (1845– )

THOMAS WHITE (1628-1698)

THOMAS WHITE (c. 1550-1624)

JOSEPH FREDERICK WHITEAVES (1835– )

WILLIAM WHITEHEAD (1715-1785)

RICHARD WHITEING (184o— )

WILLIAM WHITELEY (1831-1907)

BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE (1605-1675)

SIR JAMES WHITELOCKE (1570-1632)

JAMES WHITESIDE (18o4--1876)

JOHN CLARKE WHITFIELD (177o-1836)

JOHN WHITGIFT (c. 1530-1604)

WHITING (Gadus merlangus)

MARCUS WHITMAN (1802-1847)

WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892)

ELI WHITNEY (1765-1825)

JOSIAH DWIGHT WHITNEY (1819-1896)

WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY (1841-1904)

WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY (1827-1894)

WHITSUNDAY, or PENTECOST (Lat. Pentecoste, Gr. 7revr?p oa'Til sc. iyipa, Fr. Pentecote, Ger. Pfingsten, fr. O. H. Ger. fimfchustin)

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892)

CHARLES WHITTINGHAM (1767-1840)

WILLIAM WHITTINGHAM (c. 1524-1579)

RICHARD WHITTINGTON (d. 1423)

WHITTLESEA (or WHITTLESEY), WILLIAM (d. 1374)

SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH

EDWARD WHYMPER (1840- )

ALEXANDER WHYTE (1837- )

WICKRAM, JORG, or GEORG (d. c. 156o)

BARONS WIDDRINGTON

CHARLES MARIE WIDOR (1845- )

WIDUKIND, or WITTEKIND (d. c. 807)

GUSTAV HEINRICH WIEDEMANN (1826-1899)

CHRISTOPH MARTIN WIELAND (1733-1813)

ALEKSANDER WIELOPOLSKI

HENRI WIENIAWSKI (1835—1880)

WILHELM FRIEDRICH WIEPRECHT (1802—1872)

WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

WIGEON, or WIDGEON (Fr. Vigeon, from the Lat. Vipio)

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN (1857– )

MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705)

WIGTOWNSHIRE (sometimes called WEST GALLOWAY)

ROBERT ISAAC WILBERFORCE (1802-18J7)

SAMUEL WILBERFORCE (1805-1873)

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759—1833)

ADOLF WILBRANDT (1837— )

JONATHAN WILD (c. 1682-1725)

ERNST VON WILDENBRUCH (1845-1909)

SIR JOHN WILDMAN (c. 1621-169)

IRVING RAMSAY WILES (1861- )

WILFRID (c. 634-709)

WILHELMINA (SOPHIA FRIDERIKA WILHELMINA) (1709-1758)

WILHELMINA [WILHELMINA HELENA PAULINE MARIA OF ORANGE-NASSAU] (188o– )

SIR DAVID WILKIE (1785–1841)

GEORGE WILKINS (ii. 1607)

JOHN WILKINS (1614-1672)

MARY ELEANOR WILKINS (1862– )

SIR CHARLES WILKINS (1749?-1836)

JAMES WILKINSON (1757–1825)

JAMES JOHN GARTH WILKINSON (1812-1899)

JOHN WILKINSON (1728-1808)

SIR JOHN GARDNER WILKINSON (1797—1875)

TATE WILKINSON (1739—1803)

WILL, or TESTAMENT

FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD (1839–1898)

FLORENT JOSEPH MARIE WILLEMS (1823–1905)

JEAN FRANCOIS WILLEMS (1793-'t846)

LEON ADOLPHE WILLETTE (1857– )

WILLIAM (1143-1214)

WILLIAM (1227-1256)

WILLIAM (1J33-1584)

WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning

WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)

WILLIAM CAVENDISH

WILLIAM CHICHESTER (1813-1883)

WILLIAM DANIELL (1769–1837)

WILLIAM DOUGLAS

IST EARL OF DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOUGLAS (c. 1327-1384)

WILLIAM GIFFORD PALGRAVE (1826—1888)

WILLIAM HERBERT

WILLIAM KER (c. 1605–1675)