Waterford_2
Waterford, A T. In N.w. N. Y.; Incorported 1801; Set Off From The T. Of Half Moon, 1816; Laid Out In 1784 As Half-moon Point, In The Co. Of Saratoga; Pop. '80, 4,326. It Is Bounded On The S.w. By The Mohawk River, And Is On The W. Bank Of ...
Wave
Wave, The Name Given To Estate Of Disturbance Propagated From One Set Of Particles Of A Medium To The Adjoining Set, And So On; Sometimes With, Sometimes Without, A Small Permanent Displacement Of These Particles. But The Essential Characteristic Is, That Energy (see Force), Not Matter (q.v.), Is On The ...
Wavre
Wavre, A T. In The Province Of South Brabant, Belgium, 15 M. S.e. Of Brussels, Has A Pop. Of 5,900, Who Are Mostly Engaged In The Manufacture Of Hats, Leather, And Cotton Yarn. Wavre Is Better Known As The Scene Of A Desperate And Protracted Conflict Between The French And ...
Wax Insect
Wax Insect, Coccus Sinensis; See Coccus, A Very Small White Insect,. A Native Of China, Of The Same Genus With The Cochineal And Kermes Insects, And With The Scale In Sects, Which Arc The Pest Of Our Greenhouses, Valuable On Account Of The Wax Which It Produces. It Is Found ...
Wax Wing
Wax-wing, Bombyeitta, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Anzpelidce, Or Chatterers (q.v:), Having A Short, Straight, Elevated Bill, With A Very Wide Gape, As In The Fly-catchers, But Without Bristles; Both Mandibles Notched At The Tip; The Wings Rather Long, Broad, And Pointed; The Legs Short; The Toes Long, ...
Waxy Degeneration
Waxy Degeneration Is A Morbid Process In Which The Healthy Tissue Of Various Organs Is Transformed Into A Peculiar Substance, Allied In Some Respects To Amyloid Compounds, And In Others To Albuminous Substances. Organs Affected By This Degeneration Have A Certain Resemblance In Consistency And Physical Character To Wax. They ...
Wayland
Wayland, The Smith (attg.-s1ix. Veland; Old Norse, V(lundr; Ger. Wieland), Was. According To The Old German Saga (the Principal Traits Of Which Are Already Con Tained In The Older Edda, But Which Is Related In The Most Detailed Form In The Viltin Asaga), A Son Of The Sea-giant Wate, A ...
Wealden Formation
Wealden Formation, A Series Of Fresh-water Strata Belonging To The Lower Creta Ceous Epoch. Having Been Originally Studied In The Parts Of Kent, Surrey, And Sussex Called The Weald, This Local Name Was Given To The Formation. It Has Been Divided Into Two Series, Which Do Not Differ Very Materially ...
Weaning And Feeding In
Weaning And Feeding In Infancy. The Propriety Of Mothers Nursing Their Own Children Is Now So Univerually Acknowledged, That It Is The Duty Of The Physician Less Frequently To Urge Maternal Nursing Than To Indicate Cases In Hich It Becomes , Necessary To Substitute Another Mode Of Rearing The Infant. ...
Weare
Weare, )iesnectr, 1713-86; B. N. H.; Graduated At Harvard, 1735, Studied Law And Carried On A Successful Practice. He Was A Member And Speaker Of The Colonial Legislature, Commissioner At The Albany Colonial Congress, 1754; Chief-justice Of The N. H. Supreme Court In 1777; And President Of The State From ...
Weather
Weather Is The Condition Of The Atmosphere At Any Time In Respect Of Heat, Moist Ure, Wind. Rain, Cloud, And Electricity; And A Change Of Weather Implies A Change In One Or More Of These Elements. From The Direct Bearing Weather-changes Have On Human Interests, They Have From The Earliest ...
Weaver Bird
Weaver-bird, Ploceus, A Genus Of Bird Of The Finch Family (frinetidcs), Of A Group Or Sub-family (ploceimr), To Most Of Which The Name Weaver-bird Is Extended. The Name Has Reference To The Remarkable Structure Of The Nests Of These Birds, Which Are Woven In A Very Wonderful Manner Of Various ...
Weaving
Weaving, The Art By Which Threads Or Yarns Of Any Substance Arc Interlaced So As To Form A Continuous Web. It Is Perhaps The Most Ancient Of The Manufacturing Arts, For Clothing Was Always A First Necessity Of Mankind. The Methods By Which Weaving Is Now Accomplished: Have Been Explained ...
Webster
Webster, Daniei„ Ll.d. (ante), Was B. In A Frontier Settlement Where Schools And Competent Teachers Were Almost Unknown, And Received His Early Education Mostly From His Father, In The Brief Intervals Of A Farmer's Domestic Labors. After Less Than A Year Of Preparation In A Classical Academy, And In The ...
Weeds
Weeds, The Name Given To All Those Plants Which Grow Wild In Cultivated Grounds, And Injure The Crops; Which They Do Both By Choking Them, And By Exhausting The Soil. Those Weeds Which Are Annuals Or Biennials, As Charlock, Yellow Rattle, And Melilot, May Gradually Be Got Quit Of By ...
Weevil
Weevil, Curculio, A Linnman Genus Of Insects, Now Forming The Tribe Rhyncleopltora, Of The Order Coleoptera, And Section Tetramera. They Are Remarkably Characterized By The Prolongation Of The Head Into A Beak Or Snout, At The Extremity Of Which The Mouth Is Placed, And From Which The Club-shaped Antenna Spring. ...
Weighing Machines
Weighing-machines Are Of Various Forms According To The Quantity And Species Of The Goods Whose Weight Is To Be Determined. The Great Majority Of Weighing-machines Are Founded Upon The Principle Of The Lever (q.v.), The Chief Exceptions Being The Various Forms Of The Spring-balance (q.v.), To Which Might Be Added ...
Weights And Measures
Weights And Measures. For The Proper Carrying On Of Mercantile Transactions, And For Many Other Purposes, It Is Nece-sary That There Be Fixed And Readily Accessible Standards Of Magnitude, Of Weight, And Of Value. The Lengths Implied By The Names A Foot, E Band, A Cubit, A Fittlona, Are Far ...
Weimar
Wei'mar, A Small But Interesting T. Of Germany, Capital Of The Grand-duchy Of Saxe Weimar-eisenach, And Residence Of The Grand-duke, 60 M. Saw. Of Leipsic By Railway. It Stands In A Pleasant Valley On The Left Bank Of The Ilm ; But The Environs Are In No Way Remarkable, And ...
Welcicer
Welcicer, Fnunomen Gorrimr.u, Cue Of The Most Distinguished Scholars Of Germany, Was B. In The Year 1784 At Grtinberg, In Hesse-darmstadt; Studied At Giessen; Was Appointed One Of The Masters Of The Gymnasium There In 1803; And In The Year 1806 Traveled To Rome, Where He Remained Two Years. Here ...
Wellingtonia
Wellingto'nia, A Genus Of Trees, Of The Natural Order Conifers, Of Which Only One Species Is Known, W. Gigantea, The Greatest Of All And Indeed Byfar The Largest Tree Of Temperate Climates. The Genus Is Nearly Allied To Sequoia And Fd.rodiam. The Foliage Is Very Similar To That Of An ...
Welser
Welser, The Name Of A Famous Extinct Patrician Family In Augsburg. Janus Welskit Was Knighted By The Emperor Otto I. For His Services In The War Against The Hungarians. His Son, Octavian Welser, Settled In Augsburg, And From Him Descended The Patrician Family, Which Always Held Important Posts In The ...
Welsh Language And Literature
Welsh Language And Literature. The Celtic Languages Are Divided Into Two Groups, Gaelic And Cymric. To The Latter Of These The Welsh Belongs, And Has Even Given Name, As Forming The Most Important Member Of The Group, Which Comprises Besides, Armorican (spoken In Bretagne) And Cornish (now Extinct). A Controversy ...
Were Wolf A
Were-wolf (a Ng.-sax. Wer, A Man), A Man-wolf, A Man Who, Either Periodically Or For A Time, Is Transformed, Or Transforms Himself Into A Wolf, Becoming Possessed Of All The Powers And Appetites Of A Wolf In Addition To His Own, And Being Especially Remark Able For His Appetite For ...
Weregild
Weregild (ang.-sax., Wer, Man; And Geld, Satisfaction), A Composition By Which, According To The Custom Of The Anglo-saxons, Franks, And Other Teutonic People, Homi Cide And Other Heinous Crimes Arrainst The Person Were Expiated. There Was An Estab Lished Progressive Rate Of Weregild For Homicide, Varying At Different Times And ...
Wesley
Wesley, Jolts, The Founder Of The Methodists (q.v.), Was Born At Epworth, In Lin. Colnshire, England, June 17, 1703. The Family Name Was Variously Spelled Wesley And Westley, And Is Supposed To Be The Same With Wellesley, And To Be Derived From A Place Of That Name Near Wells. An ...
Wesley An University
Wesley An University, In Middletown, Conn., Founded By The Methodists, 1830, The Oldest College Of That Denomination In The Country. It Has An Endowment O: $300,000, And Annual Income Of $35,000. The Buildings Are The North And South Ec,ilegzs, Memorial Ball, Rich Hall, And Judd Hall, All Of Brown Stone; ...
Wesleyan Methodist Connection Of
Wesleyan Methodist Connection Of America Grew Out Of A Sepa Ration From The M.e. Church, The Result Of The Connection Of That Church With Slavery, And The Arbitrary Character Of Its Government. The Revs. Orange Scott, J. Horton, And Le Roy Sunderland Withdrew In Nov., 1842, Beginning At The Same ...
West Virginia
West Virginia (ante), Lies Between Let. 10' And 40° 38' N., And Long. 77° 40' And 82' 40' W.; And Is Bounded U. By Pennsylvania And Maryland, E., S.e. And S. By Vir Ginia, And W. By Kentucky, From Which It Is Divided By The Big Sandy River, And Ohio, ...
Western Australia
Western Australia, A British Colony, And The Western Section Of The Great Island-continent Of Australia, Embraces The Whole Of That Island V. Of The 129th Mer Idian. Its Extreme Length From N.e To S.w. Is 1370, Its Average Breadth Is 650 M., And Its Area Is Estimated At 978,000 Sq.miles. ...
Westmeath
Westmeath, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, Ireland, Bounded On The N. By The Counties Of Cavan And Meath, On The E. By Meath, On The S. By The King's County, And On The W. By Roscommon. It Lies Between N. Lat. 53° 8' And 53° 48'; And ...
Westnacott
Westnacott, Sir Rienann, It, A., An Eminent Sculptor, The Son Of Richard West Macott, Also A Sculptor In His Day Of Some Little Note, Was B. In London In 1775. His Pr.edilection For Art Was Early Manifested, And Was Carefully Cherished By His Father. He Received As A Youth The ...
Westphalia
Westphalia, A Province Of Prussia, Lies Between Holland, Hanover, Brunswick, Hessen-nassau, And The Rhine Province. Its Area Is 7,770 English Sq.m. ; With A Pop. '75, Of 1,907,195, Who, With The Exception Of About 18,000 Jews, Are Of The Purest German De Scent. Of The Population 949,118 Were, In 1871, ...
Wetstein
Wetstein, The Name Of A Swiss Family Illustrious For The Talents And Learning Of Its Members, Originally From Kyburg, In The Canton Of Zurich. Among The More Note Worthy Are--(1.)j011. Jarob Wetsteenz, Born At Basel In 1594, Who Was First In The Service Of The Venetian State. In 1620 He ...
Wexford
Wexford, A Maritime Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, Ireland, Is Hounded On The N. By The County Of Wicklow, On The E. By The English Channel, On The S. By The Atlantic, And On The W. By The Counties Of Waterford, Kilkenny, And Carlow. Its Greatest Length N. And ...
Wexford_2
Wexford, Capital Of The County Of That Name, A Seaport, And Parliamentary And Municipal Burgh, Is Situated At The Mouth Of The River Slaney, 74 M. S. From Dub Lin, With Which It Communicates By The Wicklow, Wexford, And Waterford Rail Way, Now Completed. The Pop. In '71 Was 12,077, ...
Weymouth
Weymouth, A Township Of Massachusetts, On Boston Harbor, Twelve M. S.a.e. Of Boston, On South Shore Railway, Containing The Four Post-villages Of Weymouth, East Weymouth, North Weymouth, And South Weymouth, With Large Factories Of Nails, Boots And Shoes, Etc. Pop. In '75, 9,819. Weymouthaxio-melcombe-regis, A Sea-port, A Fashionable Watering-place, And ...
Whale
Whale, The Popular Name Of The Larger Cetaceans, Particularly Of All Those Belqng Ing To The Families Bakrnida And Pkyreterkhe Or Eatodontida. The Latter Family Has Already Been Noticed In The Article Cactiolot, And Some Of The Species Of Delphinkke, Also Some Times Called Whales, Have Been Described In Separate ...
Whalebone
Whalebone. The Baleen Plates Which Take The Place Of Teeth In The Mouths Of The Baleen Whales (see Witale), Constitute The Whalebone Of Commerce. They Vary In Length From A Few Inches Up To Ten, And Even In Rare Instances 12 Feet. Their Chemical Constitution Is Albumen Hardened By A ...
Whang Ho
Whang-ho, Hoasto-llo, Or Yellow River, One Of The Principal Rivers Of China, About 2,400 M. In Length, And The Area Of Its Basin Being Not Less Than 700,000 Sq.miles. It Rises In A Marshy Plain Lying Between The Bayan-kara And Kwaalun Mountains, In A Lake Called Ala-nor, In Lat. 35' ...
Wharton
Wharton, Wirmtron, Duke Of, Was The Son Of Thomas, Marquis Of Whar Ton, An Eminent Member Of The Whig Party In Queen Anne's Reign, And Lord-lienteuaut Of Ireland From 1708 Until After The Fall Of The Godolphin Administration In 1710. Macaulay Says He Was Licentious And Corrupt; But The Faults ...
Wheat
Wheat, The Most Valuable, And, Next To Maize, The Most Productive Of All The Cereal Grasses. The Genus Triticum, Of Which The Species Are Popularly Known Either As Wheat Or Wheat-grass, Is Distinguished By A Spike With Many-flowered Spikelets, Without Stalks, And Seated One On Each Notch Of The Radius, ...
Wheatstone
Wheatstone, Sir Charles, Physicist And Electrician, Was B. At Gloucester In 1802. From School He Went To The Making Of Musical Instruments, And Afterward Entered Into Business On His Own Account In London. But He Was No Ordinary Manufacturer; The Scientific Principles Involved In The Construction Of Instruments Occupied His ...
Wheel And Axle
Wheel And Axle, The Second Of The Mechanical Powers (q.v.), Is A Modification Of The Lever (q.v.). Its Most Primitive Form Is A Cylindrical Axle, On Which A Wheel Con Centric With The Axle, Is Firmly Fastened. When Employed For Raising Heavy Weights, The Weight Is Attached To A Rope ...
Whelk
Whelk, Buccinum A Genus Of Gasteropodous Mollusks, Of The Family Buccinicks. The Shell Is Ovate, Turreted, And More Or Less Ventricose; Its Mouth Ovate, Emarginate, Or Produced Into A Very Short Canal Below, The Outer Lip Expanded, The Inner Lip Usually Thin And Smooth Within. The Operculum Is Horny. The ...
Whig And Tory
Whig And Tory, The Names Which For The Last Two Centuries Have Been Popularly Applied To Two Opposite Political Parties In Great Britain. Both Were At First Names Of Reproach. Whig Was Originally A Nickname Of The Peasantry Of The Western Lowlands Of Scotland, Said By Some To Be Derived ...
Whipping
Whipping. Corporal Punishment By Whipping, Public As Well As Private, Was For Merly Often Awarded By The Crinlinal Law Of England For Minor Offenses, Such As Petty Larceny, And Was Not Unfrequently Superadded To Srme Other Punishment, Such As Imprisonment Or The Pillory. In Early Times, And By The Usage ...
Whirlwinds And Waterspouts
Whirlwinds And Waterspouts. Whirlwinds Differ In Many Respects From The Storms Described In The Articles Storms And Tyrnoons. They Seldom Continue Longer Than A Minute At Any Place, And Sometimes Only A Few Seconds; Their Breadth Varies From A Few Yards To Nearly A Quarter Of A Mile; During Their ...
Whisky
Whisky (gaelic, Tei.te, Water; Visge-beatha, Commonly Written Usquebaugh, Water Of Life), A Spirit Made By Distillation From Grain, Roots, And Other Materials, The Best Being Produced From Barley After It Has Been Malted, Though What Is Termed Raw Grain Whisky (made From Wheat, Oats, Rice, Rye, Indian Corn, Buckwheat, Millet, ...
Whist
Whist, A Game At Cards, Believed To Be Of English Origin; Probably A Development Of The Game Of Trump (or, More Properly, Triumph), Which Was Played In England At Least As Early As The Time Of Henry Viii. Trump (or Triumph) Is Mentioned In A Sermon Delivered By Latimer On ...
White
White, Rev. Joseph Blanco, Was B. At Seville, In Spain, On July 11, 1775. His Father Was A Merchant There Of Irish Parentage, Who Bad Married A Spanish Lady Of Old Andalusian Family; Finding His Father's Counting-house On Trial Not At All To His Mind, He Quitted It To Prepare ...
White Lady
White Lady, A Being Who, According To Popular Legend, Appears In Many Of The Castles Of German Princes And Nobles, By Night As Well As By Clay, When Any Important Event, Whether Joyful Or Sad, But Particularly When The Death Of Any Member Of The Family Is Imminent. She Is ...
Whitebait
Whitebait, A Small Fish, Called By Valenciennes Rogenia Alba, And For Which He Con Stituted The Genus Rogenia As A Distinct Genus Of The Herring Family (etupeida), But Which Is Now Generally Regarded By Naturalists As Merely The Fry Of Herring. The White Bait Fishery Is Actively Prosecuted On Some ...
Whiteboy
Whiteboy, The Name Of An Illegal Association Of The Peasantry In Ireland, Which For A Long Svies" Of Years Was The Fruitful Source Of Agrarian Outrage, Sometimes Of A Very Revolting And Sanguinary Character. The Association Had Its Origin In The Early Years Of The Reign Of George Iii.; And ...
Whitefish
Whitefish, Coregonus Tabus (see Coneoonus). A Fish Of The Family Salmonida, Of The Same Genus With The Gwyniad, Vendace, Powan, Pollan; Etc. It Is Found In The Lakes And Large Rivers Of North America, From The St. Lawrence And Its Tributaries To The Arctic Regions, And Is One Of The ...
Whitgift
Whitgift, Joint, The Third Protestant Archbishop Of Canterbury-, Was B. At Great Grimsby-, In Lincolnshire, According To One Account In 1530, According To Another In 1533. His Father Was A Merchant, And Is Said To Have Belonged To A Family Long Estab Lished In Yorkshire. His Early Years Were Passed ...
Whiting
Whiting, Merlangus, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Gaditice, Differing From The Cod. Haddock, And Their Congeners (gadus Or Morrhua), In Having No Barbule On The Lower Jaw, And Also In Their More Slender Form, Which Adapts Them For Pursuing Their Prey More Actively And Further From The Bottom ...
Whiting White Fish
White-fish, Whiting, Wolf-fish, Wrasse. Order 4, Uaneidei.—this Is An Important Order, But Is Represented More By Extinct Than By Living Forms, Reaching Far Back In Geological Time, And Furnishing Many Of The Most Interesting Studies In Paleontology. At The Present Epoch The Order Consists Of Only Seven Genera, Viz.: 1, ...
Whittier
Whittier, Joirx Greenleaf, American Author And Poet, Was B. At Haverhill, Mass., Dec., 1807, In The Society Of Friends. He Worked On A Farm And At Shoe In His Boyhood; But At The Age Of 18, Having A Strong Desire For Learning, He I Studied For Two Years At A ...
Wichern
Wichern, Jon. Ileixtuon, Superintendent Of The Rauhes Haus (q.v.), Near Ham Burg, And Known By His Exertions In The Affairs Of The German Home Mission, Was Born At Hamburg On April 21, 1808. He Attended The Gymnasium Of His Native Town, And Then Studied Theology At Gottingen And Berlin. Shortly ...
Wick
Wick, A Royal, Parliamentary, And Municipal Burgh And Sea-port, Capital Of Caithness Shire, Stands On Both Sides Of Wick Water, At The Mouth Of That Stream, And At The Head' Of An Inlet Called Wick Bay, 16 In. S.s.w. Of Duncansby Head, And 20 In. E.s.e. Of Thurso. The Parliamentary ...
Wicklow
Wicklow, A Maritime Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, Ireland', Is Bounded' On The N. By The Co. Of Dublin, E. By The Irish Channel, S. By The Co. Of Wexford,. And W. And S.w. By The Counties Of Carlow And Kildare. Its Greatest Length Is 40 M., And Greatest ...
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, Chief T. In The Prussian District Of The Same Name, In The Province Of Hesse-nassan (formerly The Independent Duchy Of Nassau), One Of The Oldest And Famous Of The German Watering-places, Delightfully Situated On The S. Slopes Of 3r. Taunus, 20 M. W. Of Frankfort, And 5 M. N.w. ...
Wieselburg
Wies'elburg, A Co. In W. Hungary, Drained By The Danube, Rabnitz, And Leitha Rivers; 730 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 75,846. Capital, Ungarisch-altenburg. Wig (lat. Pilus, The Hair; Pilare, To I Pluck' Off The Hair; From Which Was Formed Piluccare, And Hence Pilucca, A Head Of Hair; This Was Transformed In Ital. ...
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry, Two Trees And One Shrub, Belonging To The Rose Family (order Rosacca), Sub-order Amygdalve, Genus Prunus, Indigenous To North America. 1. P. Penn Sylranica, Or Wild Red Cherry, Is A Tree From 20 To 30 Ft. High, Common In Rocky Woods Particularly In The Northern States, Flowering In ...
Wild Fowl
Wild-fowl, A Popular Term, Synonymous With Water-fowl, And Generally Applied To Web-footed Birds, But Sometimes Employed Also To Include Herons, Plovers, And Other Birds Which Frequent Rivers, Lakes, And Sea-shores. The Different Kinds Are Noticed Under Their Proper Is One Of The Most Difficult, And Yet One Of The Most ...
Wild Hunt
Wild Hunt (ger. Wide Or Wilthende Jagd; Also Wades Or Wiithendes Peer, Wild Or Maddening Host; Nachtjager, Night Huntsman, Etc.), The Name Given By The German People To A Fancied Noise Sometimes Heard In The Air At Night, As Of A Host Of Spirits Ing Along Over Woods, Fields, And ...
Wilkes
Wilkes, Joirx, A Celebrated Public Character, Was B. In London, Oct. 17, 1727. His Father, A Brewer Or Distiller At Clerkenwell, Sent Him When A Lad To The University Of Ley Den, Where He Received An Excellent Education. On His Return To England In 1749 He Married A Miss Mead, ...
Wilkie
Wilkie, Sir David, A Distinguished Scottish Painter, Was B. In •fifeshire, At Cults, Of Which Parish His Father Was Minister, Nov. 18, 1785, His Boyish Passion For Art Was Too Strong To Be Resistedby His Father, Who, With Much Reluctance, Sent Him In 1799 To Study In The Academy Of ...
Wilkinson
Wilkinson, Sir Joint Gardner, A Distinguished Traveler And Archmologist, Was The Son Of The Late Rev. John Wilkinson, Of Hardendale, In Westmoreland, And Was Born On The 5th Of October, 1797. Having Lost Both His Parents At An Early Age He Was Left Under The Guardianship Of The Rev. Dr. ...
Wilktsbarre
Wilktsbarre, A City In Pennsylvania, The Co. Scat Of Luzern Co., On The Left Bank Of The N. Branch Of The Susquehanna River, And On The Lehigh And Susquehanna, The Delaware, Lackawanna And Western, And The Lehigh Valley Railroads; Pop. '80, 23,339. It Is Near The Center Of The Famous ...
William De Wykeham
Wykeham, William De, Was B. At Wickham, In Hampshire, In 1324. He Was Educated At Winchester. On Oct. 8, 1366, By The King's Recommendation, He Was Elected Bishop Of Winchester. He Was Consecrated Oct. 10 Of The Year Following. Meanwhile, He Had Been Appointed Lord High Chancellor Of England; In ...
William Hyde Wollaston
Wollaston, William Hyde, M.d., A Distinguished Physicist, Was The Second Son Of The Rev. Francis Wollaston, Of Chiselhurst, In Kent, And Was Born Aug. 6, 1766. After The Usual Preliminary Education, Lie Was Entered Of Caius College, Cambridge, Where He Studied For The Medical Profession, And Took The Degree Of ...
William I
William I. (ger. Friedrich-ludwig Wiliiet.m), King Of Prussia, And, Since 1871, Emperor Of Germany, Is The Second Son Of Frederick William Iii, And Was H. Mar. 22, 1797. He Joined The Army At An Early Age, And Was Engaged In The Campaigns Of 1813 14 Against France. On The Accession ...
William Ii Frederick George
William Ii. (frederick George Lewis), King Of The Netherlands, Son Of William I., Was B. At The Hague, Dec. 6, 1792. In 1795 His Father Sought An Asylum In England, And A Few Years Latter Went To Settle At Berlin. The Young Prince Studied At Berlin And Oxford; And In ...
William Iii
William Iii., King Of England, Was The Posthumous Son Of William Ii. Of Orange, And Mary, Eldest Daughter Of Charles I. Of England. He Was Born In 1650. The Alli Ance Of His Family With The Stuarts Excited The Jealousy Of Oliver Cromwell, And By His Influence The Young Prince ...
William Il
William Il, King Of England, Surnamed Rufus, Second Son Of William The Con Queror, Was Horn In Normandy In 1056. He Was Educated By The Celebrated Lanfranc. Archbishop Of Canterbury. He Was The Favorite Son Of His Father, Who, On His Death Bed, Recommended Him To The Barons And Prelates ...
William Iv
William Iv., King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Third Son Of George Iii., Was. Born On Aug. 21. 1765. Until 1771 He Remained, Along With The Prince Of Wales And Prince Frederick, Under The Care Of Dr. Majendie. He Was Then Sent To Kew, Where, With - Prince Edward, Afterward ...
William L
William L, King Of England, Commonly Called William The Conqueror, Was The Ille Gitimate Son Of Hobert, Surnamed Le _diable, Duke Of Normandy. He Was Born In 1027, And Succeeded To The Dukedom On The Death Of His Father, In 1035. Previous To His Father's Death, He Had Been Intrusted ...