Whitehall
Whitehall, A Village Of Washington County, New York, U.s.a., At The Head (south End) Of Lake Champlain, 65 M. N. By E. Of Albany. It Is On Federal Highway 4, Is Served By The Delaware And Hudson Railway And Is The Northern Terminus Of The State Barge Canal System. Pop. ...
Whitehaven
Whitehaven, Seaport, Market Town, Municipal Borough, Whitehaven Parliamentary Division, Cumberland, England, 41 M. S.w. Of Carlisle On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1931) 21,142. At The Mouth Of A River, The Harbour Is Protected By Two Piers. It Has A Large Dock And A Tidal Harbour And Extensive Quayage. Regu Lar ...
Whitethroat
Whitethroat, A Name Given To Two Little Birds Belong Ing To The Sylviidae Or Warblers (q.v.). The Common Whitethroat Or Nettlecreeper, Sylvia Cinerea, Is Widely Spread Over Great Brit Ain, In Some Places Common. It Is A Restless Bird, And In Spring The Male Often Gives His Song On The ...
Whithorn
Whithorn, Royal Burgh And Parish Of Wigtownshire, Scot Land, 12-1 M. S. Of Wigtown By Rail. Pop. (1931) 951. St. Ninian Or Ringan, The First Christian Missionary To Scotland, Landed At The Isle Of Whithorn, Where He Built (397) A Stone Church, Which, Out Of Contrast With The Dark Mud ...
Whiting
Whiting, A City Of Lake County, Indiana, U.s.a., On Lake Michigan And The Illinois State Line, 17 M. S.e. Of The Chicago "loop." It Is On Federal Highways 20 And 41, And Is Served Chiefly By The Baltimore And Ohio, The New York Central, The Pennsylvania And The Pere Marquette ...
Whiting_2
Whiting (gadus Merlangus), A Silvery Fish That Ranges From Norway To The Mediterranean, And Differs From The Cod In Having No Barbel. It Is Valued As A Food Fish, And Reaches A Weight Of About Three Pounds. ...
Whitman
Whitman, A Town Of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.s.a., 20 M. S. By E. Of Boston. Adjoining Brockton; Served By The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroad. Pop. (1920) 7,147 ; 1930 It Was 7,638. The Town Of South Abington Was I Formed In 1875 From Parts Of Abington And ...
Whitstable
Whitstable, A Watering-place In The Canterbury Parlia Mentary Division Of Kent, England, On The North Coast At The East End Of The Swale, 6 M. N.n.w. Of Canterbury, On The S. Railway. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) The Branch Railway Connecting Whitstable With Canterbury Was One Of The Earliest In ...
Whitsunday Or Pentecost
Whitsunday Or Pentecost, One Of The Principal Feasts Of The Christian Church, Celebrated On The Fiftieth Day After Easter To Commemorate The Descent Of The Holy Spirit On The Disciples. The Day Became One Of The Three Baptismal Seasons, And The Name Whitsunday Is Now Generally Attributed To The White ...
Whittier
Whittier, A City Of Los Angeles County, California, U.s.a., 13 M. S.e. Of The Business Centre Of Los Angeles, On The Slopes Of The Puente Hills, At The Entrance To Turnbull Canyon. Pop. (1920) 7,997 Native White) ; 193o Federal Census, 14.822. Whittier Is Primarily A Residential City And A ...
Whittington
Whittington, Urban District, Derbyshire, England, Io M. S. Of Sheffield And 2 M. N. Of Chesterfield, On The L.m.s. Railway. Pop. (1921) 7,617. The Parish Church Of St. Bartholo Mew Was Restored After Its Destruction By Fire, In 1895. Stone Bottles And Coarse Earthenware Are Manufactured In The Town, Where ...
Whittlesey
Whittlesey, A Town In Isle Of Ely, England, 51 M. E. Of Peterborough, Between That City And March, On The L.n.e.r. Pop. (1931) 8,299. To The North Is The Artificial Cut Carrying The Waters Of The River Nene ; The Neighbourhood Is Intersected With Many Other Navigable "drains." To The ...
Whooping Cough Or Hooping Cough
Whooping-cough Or Hooping-cough (syn. Pertussis, Chin-cough), A Specific Infective Disease Starting In The Respiratory Mucous Membrane, Depending On A Cocco-bacillus Described By Bordet And Gengon In 1906 (see Parasitic Diseases), And Mani Festing Itself By Frequently Recurring Paroxysms Of Convulsive Coughing Accompanied With Peculiar Sonorous Inspirations (or Whoops). Although Specially ...
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls, A City Of Northern Texas, U.s.a., Ioo M. N.w. Of Fort Worth, On The Wichita River Near The Red River, At An Altitude Of 946 Ft.; The County Seat Of Wichita County And One Of The Principal Trading Centres Of The South-west. It Is On Fed Eral Highways ...
Wichita
Wichita, A City Of Kansas, U.s.a., On The Arkansas River At The Mouth Of The Little Arkansas, 20o M. S.w. Of Kansas City And 1,300 Ft. Above Sea-level; The County Seat Of Sedgwick County And The Second City Of The State In Size. It Is On Federal High Ways 54 ...
Wick
Wick, Royal, Municipal And Police Burgh, Parish, Seaport And County Town Of Caithness, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 7,548. It Is Situated At The Head Of Wick Bay, On The North Sea, 327 M. N. Of Edinburgh, By The L.n.e. And L.m.s. Railways. It Consists Of The Old Burgh And Louisburgh, Its ...
Wicklow
Wicklow, A County Of Ireland In The Province Of Leinster, Bounded East By St. George's Channel, North By The County Of Dublin, South By Wexford And West By Carlow And Kildare. The Area Is 500,216 Ac. Or About 782 Sq. Miles. Pop. (1926) 57,583. The Coast Is Very Dangerous Of ...
Wicklow_2
Wicklow, A Seaport, And County Town Of Co. Wicklow, Ire Land, At The Mouth Of A Lagoon Which Receives The River Vartry And Other Streams, 28+ M. S. Of Dublin By The Great Southern Railway. Pop. (1926), 3,027. The Harbour Can Accommodate Vessels Of 1,5oo Tons And Has Two Piers, ...
Widgeon
Widgeon, An Abundant Species Of Duck, Anas Penelope, Breeding In Europe And Northern Asia And Reaching Northern Africa And India In Winter. Intermediate In Size Between The Teal And The Mallard, The Widgeon Drake Is A Handsome Bird With Cream Forehead, Chestnut Head And Neck, Pencilled Grey Flanks And Green ...
Widnes
Widnes, Municipal Borough, Widnes Parliamentary Division Of Lancashire, England, On The Mersey, 12 M. S.e. From Liverpool On The L.m.s. And Cheshire Lines. Pop. (1931) 40,608. It Is Wholly Of Modern Growth, For In 1851 The Population Was Under 2,000. There Are Capacious Docks On The River, Which Is Crossed, ...
Widukind Or Wittekind
Widukind Or Wittekind (d. C. 807), Leader Of The Saxons, Belonged To A Noble Westphalian Family. He Probably Fought The Franks Before And During 776. In 778 He Returned From Exile In Denmark To Lead A Fresh Rising, And In 782 The Saxons At His Instigation Drove Out The Frankish ...
Widukind
Widukind, Saxon Historian, Was The Author Of Res Gestae Saxonicae. He Was A Monk At The Benedictine Abbey Of Corvey, And He Died About 1004. His Res Gestae Saxonicae, Dedicated To Matilda, Abbess Of Quedlinburg, Who Was A Daughter Of Otto The Great, Is Divided Into Three Books, And The ...
Wieliczka
Wieliczka, A Mining Town In Poland, 220 M. By Rail W. Of Lemberg And 9 M. S.e. Of Cracow. It Is Built On The Slopes Of A Hill Which Half Encircles The Place, And Over The Celebrated Salt Mines Of The Same Name. These Mines Are The Richest In Poland, ...
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, A Town And Watering-place In The Prussian Province Of Hesse-nassau. Pop. (1933) 159,732. Wiesbaden Is One Of The Oldest Watering-places In Germany. The Springs Men Tioned By Pliny As Fontes Matthiaci Were Known To The Romans, Who Fortified The Place C. Ii B.c. The Wall Known As The Heiden ...
Wigan
Wigan, Market Town ; Municipal, County And Parliamentary Borough Of Lancashire, England, 194 M. N.w. By N. From London By The L.m.s. Railway. It Is Also Served By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. (1931) 85,357. It Is Probable That The Town Covers The Site Of A Roman Post Or Fort, Coccium. ...
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire (sometimes Called West Galloway), South-western County, Scotland, Bounded North By Ayrshire, East By Kirkcudbrightshire And Wigtown Bay, South By The Irish Sea And West And North By The North Channel. Including The Island Of St. Helena, At The Head Of Luce Bay, It Covers 311,984 Acres (excluding Water). On ...
Wigwam
Wigwam, A Term Loosely Adopted As A General Name For The Houses Of North American Indians. It Is, However, Strictly Applied To A Particular Dome-shaped Or Conical Hut Made Of Poles Lashed Together At The Tops And Covered With Bark. The Skin Tents Of Many Of The Plains Indians Are ...
Wihtred
Wihtred, King Of Kent (d. 725), Son Of Ecgberht, Nephew Of Hlothhere And Brother Of Eadric, Came To The Kentish Throne In 690 After The Period Of Anarchy Which Followed The Death Of The Latter King. Bede States That Wihtred And Swefheard Were Both Kings In Kent In 692, And ...
Wild Carrot
Wild Carrot (daucus Carota), A Biennial Herb Of The Parsley Family (umbelliferae, Q.v.), Native To Europe, Northern Africa And Asia And Extensively Naturalized In North America As A Weed, Often Exceedingly Perni Cious In Pastures, Meadows And Fields. It Is The Parent Species Of The Common Root Vegetable From Which ...
Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger (asarum Canadense), Called Also Canada Snake-root And Colic-root, A Small North American Herb Of The Birthwort Family (aristolochiaceae), Native To Rich Woods From New Brunswick To Manitoba And Southward To North Carolina And Kansas. It Is A Stemless Perennial With A Creeping Aromatic Root-stock Having The Flavour Of ...
Wildbad
Wildbad, A Watering Place Of Germany, In The Land Of Wiirttemberg, Standing Ft. Above The Sea, In The Gorge Of The Enz In The Black Forest, 28 M. W. Of Stuttgart And 14 E. Of Baden-baden By Rail. Pop. (1925) 5,307. Its Thermal Alka Line Springs Have A Temperature Of ...
Wilderness
Wilderness, A Large Forest In Spottsylvania County, Vir Ginia, U.s.a., On The South Bank Of The Rapidan, Extending From Mine Run On The East To Chancellorsville On The West. It Is Famous In Military History For The Battles Of Chancellorsville (1863) And Wilderness (1864) During The American Civil War. May ...
Wilhelm 1864 1928 Wien
Wien, Wilhelm (1864-1928), German Physicist, Was Born On Jan. 13, 1864, At Gaffken (east Prussia). He Studied At The Universities Of Gottingen, Heidelberg And Berlin, And In 1890 Entered The Physico-technical Institute As Assistant To Helmholtz. In 1896 He Was Appointed Professor At The Technical High School, Aix-la-chapelle; In 1899 ...
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard German Physicist, Was Born At Wittenberg On Oct. 24, 1804, And Was A Younger Brother Of Ernst Heinrich Weber, The Author Of Weber's Law. He Studied At Halle, And At Gottingen, Was One Of The Seven Professors Who Were Expelled For Protesting Against The Action Of The ...
Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Hanover And The Chief German Naval Station On The North Sea; As Such It Played An Important Part In The World War. It Is Situated On The North-west Shore Of The Jade Busen. Pop. (1933) 27,861. The Ground On Which It Stands ...
Wilkinsburg
Wilkinsburg, A Borough Of Allegheny County, Penn Sylvania, U.s.a., On The Pennsylvania Railroad, Adjoining Pitts Burgh On The East. Pop. (192o) 24,403 (89% Native White) ; 193c) Federal Census 29,639. It Is A Residential Suburb, With Little Manu Facturing. Wilkinsburg Was Settled In 1798; Was First Called Mc Nairville And ...
Will Or Testament
Will Or Testament, The Legal Documentary Instrument By Which A Person Regulates The Rights Of Others Over His Property Or Family After His Death. In Strictness "will" Is A General Term Whilst "testament" Applies Only To Dispositions Of Personalty ; But This Distinction Is Seldom Observed. The Legal Power Of ...
Will
Will, In Psychology, Is Sometimes Used As Synonymous Witi Conation (q.v.), But More Usually In The Restricted Sense Of Delib Erate Decision, As Contrasted With Mere Impulse (q.v.) Or Desire In An Act Of Will There Is A Deliberate Choice Of One Of Severa: Alternatives, And Frequently A Conscious Reference ...
Willemite
Willemite, A Mineral Consisting Of Zinc Orthosilicate, Crystallizing In The Parallel-faced Hemihedral Class Of The Rhombohedral System. Crystals Have The Form Of Hexagonal Prisms Terminated By Rhombohedral Planes : There Are Distinct Cleavages Parallel To The Prism-faces And To The Base. Granular And Cleavage Masses Are Of More Common Occurrence. ...
Willesden
Willesden, An Urban District Of Middlesex, England, And Suburb Of London, Lying Immediately Outside The Boundary Of The County Of London (boroughs Of Hammersmith And Kensington). Pop. (1931) 184,410. At Domesday The Manor Of Willesden And Harlesden Was Held By The Canons Of St. Paul's. In The 12th Cen Tury ...
Willet
Willet, A Conspicuous North American Wading Bird (ca Toptrophorus Semipalmatus), About 15 In. Long, And To Be Recog Nized By Its Black Primaries With A Broad White Band And White Upper Tail Coverts. The Willet .breeds As Far North As New Jersey And Manitoba, Wintering From Southern United States South. ...
William 1 71 5 1
Whitehead, William (1 71 5-1 785) , English Poet Laureate, Son Of A Baker, Was Born At Cambridge, And Baptized On Feb. 12, 1715. His Father Had Extravagant Tastes, And Spent Large Sums In Ornamenting A Piece Of Land Near Grantchester, After Wards Known As "whitehead's Folly." William Was Educated ...
William 1143 1214
William (1143-1214), King Of Scotland, Surnamed "the Lion," Was The Second Son Of Henry, Earl Of Huntingdon (d. 1152), A Son Of King David I., And Became King Of Scotland On The Death Of His Brother, Malcolm Iv., In Dec. 1165, Being Crowned At Scone During The Same Month. After ...
William 1227 1256
William (1227-1256), King Of The Romans And Count Of Holland, Was The Son Of Count Floris Iv. And His Wife Matilda, Daughter Of Henry, Duke Of Brabant. He Was About Six Years Of Age At His Father's Death, But His Long Minority, Under The Guardian Ship Of His Two Paternal ...
William 1395 1486 Waynflete
Waynflete, William (1395-1486), English Lord Chancellor And Bishop Of Winchester, Was The Son Of Richard Pattene Or Patyn, Alias Barbour, Of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire (magd. Coll. Oxon. Reg. F. 84b), Whose Monumental Effigy, Formerly In The Church Of Wainfleet, Now In Magdalen College Chapel At Oxford, Seems To Be In The ...
William 1533 1584
William (1533-1584), Surnamed The Silent, Count Of Nassau And Prince Of Orange, Was Born At The Castle Of Dillenburg In Nassau On April 25, 1533, Eldest Of The Five Sons Of William Count Of Nassau And Juliana Of Stolberg (see Nassau). The Boy's Father Had Decided Leanings Towards Lutheranism, His ...
William 1759 1833 Wilberforce
Wilberforce, William (1759-1833), English Phi Lanthropist Whose Name Is Chiefly Associated With The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, Was Descended From A Yorkshire Family Which Possessed The Manor Of Wilberfoss In The East Riding From The Time Of Henry Ii. Till The Middle Of The 18th Century. He Was The ...
William 1794 1866 Whewell
Whewell, William (1794-1866), British Philosopher And Master Of Trinity, Historian Of Science, Was Born On May At Lancaster. He Was An Exhibitioner Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Second Wrangler In 1816, Became Fellow And Tutor Of His College, And, In 1841, Succeeded Dr. Wordsworth As Master. He Was Professor Of Mineralogy ...
William 1831 1907 Whiteley
Whiteley, William (1831-1907), English "universal Provider," Was Born At Agbrigg, Near Wakefield, Yorkshire, On Sept. 29, 1831, The Son Of A Corn-factor. In 1851 He Made His First Visit To London To See The Great Exhibition, And In 1852 He Ob Tained A Situation In A Draper's Establishment In The ...
William 1856 1915 Willett
Willett, William (1856-1915), British Builder, Was Born At Farnham, Surrey, In Sept. 1856. He Made A Name For Himself In London As A Designer Of Beautiful Houses; But His Chief Claim To Fame Was His Conception And Promotion Of The System Of "daylight Saving." Though Scoffed At In His Lifetime, ...
William Allen White
White, William Allen ), American Journalist, Born At Emporia, Kansas, Feb. 1o, 1868. He Attended The University Of Kansas But Left To Edit The El Dorado Repub Lican. In 1891 He Went To Kansas City And Became An Editorial Writer On The Star And In 1895 Purchased The Emporia Daily ...
William Almon Wheeler
Wheeler, William Almon Vice President Of The United States From 1877 To 1881, Was Born At Malone, N. Y., June 3o, 1819. He Studied At The University Of Vermont For Two Years And In 1845 Was Admitted To The Bar. First As A Whig, And Then, After 1856, As A ...
William Charles Wentworth
Wentworth, William Charles The "australian Patriot," Was Born In 1793 In Norfolk Island, The Penal Settlement Of New South Wales, The Son Of D'arcy Went Worth, The Government Surgeon Of The Settlement. The Son Was Educated In England, But He Spent The Interval Between His School Ing At Greenwich And ...
William Collins 184 1 1904
Whitney, William Collins (184 1-1904 ) , Ameri Can Political Leader And Financier, Born At Conway, Mass., July 5, 1841. He Graduated At Yale In 1863, Studied Law At Harvard, And Began To Practise In New York City. He Actively Allied Himself With The Anti-tammany Organization Which Successfully Opposed The ...
William Douglas Weir 1st
Weir, William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount (1877— ), British Politician And Business Man, Was Born May 12, 1877, The Son Of James Weir Of Over Courance, Dumfriesshire. He Was Successively Scottish Director Of Munitions (1915), Mem Ber Of The Air Board (1917), Air Minister (1918), And Chairman Of The Advisory ...
William Dwight Whitney
Whitney, William Dwight Ameri Can Philologist Of New England Stock, Was Born At Northamp Ton, Mass., On Feb. 9, 1827. He Graduated At Williams College With Highest Honours In 1845. Although He Was At First Interested In Natural Science, After 1848 He Devoted Himself With Enthusiasm To Sanskrit, At That ...
William Gorman 1828 1891 Wills
Wills, William Gorman (1828-1891) , Irish Dram Atist, Was Born At Kilmurry, Ireland, On Jan. 28, 1828, The Son Of James Wills (i790-1868), Author Of Lives Of Illustrious And Distinguished Irishmen (1839-47). The Son Was Educated At Waterford Grammar School And Trinity College, Dublin. Wills Was A Dublin Journalist, Then ...
William Hyde Wollaston
Wollaston, William Hyde English Chemist And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At East Dereham, Nor Folk, On April 6, 1766. Wollaston Was Educated At Charterhouse, And Afterwards At Caius College, Cambridge. He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society In 1793 And Became Its Secretary In 1896. He Died In ...
William I 1027 Or
William I. (1027 Or 1028-1087), King Of England, Sur Named The Conquerer, Was Born In 1027 Or 1028. He Was The Bastard Son Of Robert The Devil, Duke Of Normandy, By Arletta, The Daughter Of A Tanner At Falaise. In 1034 Robert Resolved On A Pilgrimage To Jerusalem. Having No ...
William I 1797 1888
William I. (1797-1888), King Of Prussia And German Em Peror, Second Son Of Frederick William Iii. Of Prussia And Louise, A Princess Of Mecklenburg-strelitz, Was Born At Berlin On March 22, 1797, And Received The Names Of Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig. After The Battle Of Jena He Spent Three Years At ...
William I Friedrich Karl
William I. [friedrich Karl] King Of Wurt Temberg, Son Of Frederick, Afterwards King Frederick I. Of Wurt Temberg, Was Born At Liiben, Silesia, On Sept. 27, 1781. In Early Years He Took No Part In Public Life Owing To A Quarrel With His Father Whose Deference To Napoleon Displeased Him ...
William I
William I. ( King Of The Netherlands, Born At The Hague On Aug. 24, 1772, Was The Son Of William V., Prince Of Orange And Hereditary Stadtholder Of The United Netherlands By Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess Of Prussia. In 1791 He Married Frederica Wilhelmina, Daughter Of Frederick William Ii., King Of ...
William Ii
William Ii. King Of The Netherlands, Son Of William I., Was Born At The Hague On Dec. 6, 1792. When He Was Three Years Old His Family Was Driven Out Of Holland By The French Republican Armies, And Lived In Exile Until 1813. He Was Educated At The Military School ...
William Ii_2
William Ii. (d. 1189), King Of Sicily, Was Only Thirteen Years Old At The Death Of His Father William I. When He Was Placed Under The Regency Of His Mother, Marguerite Of Navarre. Until 1171 The Government Was Controlled First By The Chancellor Stephen Of Perche (1166-1168), And Then 'by ...
William Ii
William Ii. (c. 1056-1100), King Of England, Surnamed Rufus, Was The Third Son Of William I. By His Queen Matilda Of Flanders. He Seems To Have Been His Father's Favourite Son, And Constantly Appears In The Conqueror's Company, Although Like His Brothers He Was Carefully Excluded From Any Share In ...
William Iv
William Iv., Landgrave Of Hesse (1532-1592), Was The Son And Successor Of The Landgrave Philip The Magnanimous. He Took A Leading Part In Safeguarding The Results Of The Reformation, Endeavouring To Unite All Sections Of Protestantism Against The Catholic Reaction. As Ruler He Displayed Common-sense And Toler Ance ; Patronized ...
William I_2
William I. (d. 1166), King Of Sicily, Son Of King Roger Ii. By Elvira Of Castile, Succeeded In 1154. His Title "the Bad" Probably Expresses The Bias Of The Historian Falcandus And The Baronial Class Against The King And The Official Class By Whom He Was Guided. William Was Far ...
William Morton Wheeler
Wheeler, William Morton Ameri Can Zoologist, Was Born At Milwaukee March 19, 1865. He Gradu Ated From The German-american Normal College In 1884; Re Ceived The Ph.d. Degree, 1892, From Clark University; Sc.d. From The University Of Chicago, 1916. He Was Assistant Professor Of Em Bryology, University Of Chicago, 1896-99; ...
William Of Malmesbury
William Of Malmesbury (c. Io8o—c. 1143), Eng Lish Historian Of The 12th Century, Was Born About The Year 1080, In The South Country. He Was A Monk Of Malmesbury, And Assisted Abbot Godfrey (1081-1105) In Collecting A Library For The Use Of The Community. The Education Which He Received At ...
William Of Newburgh
William Of Newburgh (d. C. 1198), Or, As He Is Sometimes Styled, Guilielmus Parvus, English Ecclesiastic And Chronicler, Was A Canon Of The Augustinian Priory Of Newburgh In The North Riding Of Yorkshire. He Was Born About 1136, And Lived At Newburgh From His Boyhood. Shortly Before 1196 He Began ...
William Of Poitiers
William Of Poitiers (c. 1020—c. 1090), Norman Chronicler, Was Born At Preaux, Near Pont Audemer, And Became Chaplain To Duke William (william The Conqueror) And Arch Deacon Of Lisieux. He Wrote An Eulogistic Life Of The Duke, The Earlier And Concluding Parts Of Which Are Lost ; And Ordericus Vitalis, ...
William Of Valence
William Of Valence (d. 1296), Brother Of Henry Iii. Of England, Was A Son Of John's Widow, Isabelle Of Angouleme, By Her Second Marriage. William Came To England With His Brothers In 1247, And At Once Became A Court Favourite. He Mar Ried Joan De Munchensi, The Heiress To The ...
William Of Wykeham 1323
William Of Wykeham (1323 ?-14o4), English Lord Chancellor And Bishop Of Winchester. William Wykeham Was Born At Wickham, Hants, In 1323 Or 1324, Son Of John, Whose Name Was Probably Wykeham, But Nicknamed Long. He Was Educated At Winchester, Probably At The Grammar School There, And Be Came Undernotary To ...
William Ritschel
William Ritschel, Born In 1864, In Nuremberg, Germany, Has Worked Through Many Phases From The Older Methods Of Superim Posed Tone On Tone To Get Depth, To A Direct And Sparkling Wash Of Broken Colour. ...
William Tv 1765 1837
William Tv. (1765-1837), King Of England, Third Son Of George Iii., Was Born At Buckingham Palace On Aug. 21, 1765. In He Was Sent To Sea And Became A Midshipman Under Admiral Digby. Next Year He Sailed Under Rodney And Took Part In The Action Off Cape St. Vincent (jan. ...