Whigs
Whigs, A Word Of British Origin, Used For Many Years To Designate Members Of An Ameri Can Political Party. It Had Previously Been Used In America In Colonial And Revolu Tionary Times To Indicate Those Who Were Op Posed To The Attempts Of The British Crown To •leprise The Americans ...
Whipple
Whipple, Edwin Percy, American Author And Critic: B. Gloucester, Mass., 8 March 1819; D. Boston, 16 June 1886. After A Sec Ondary Education, He Began Writing For News Papers, In 1837 Became A Clerk In A Boston Brokerage Office And From 1837 To 1860 Was Superintendent Of The Reading-room Of ...
Whipple_2
Whipple, Henry Benjamin, Americo Protestant Episcopal Bishop: B. Adams, Jeffer Son County, N. Y., 15 Feb. 181; D. Farihault Minn., 16 Sept. 1901. Iii Health Presented His Entering College, For Which He Had Prepared. And He Engaged In Business For Several Years In 1847 He Began A Theological Course Privately. ...
Whippoorwill
Whippoorwill, A North American Nightjar ( Astrosionms In This Genus The Rictal Bristles Are Greatly Developed And Reach Far Beyond The Tip Of The Small, Weak Bill, And Sometimes They Are Fringed. The Nostrils Are Not Tubular As In Nyctidroww.s. The Whip Poorwill Is Ordinarily 10 Inches Long With A ...
Whisky
Whisky, The Name Applied To A Well Known Liquor Distilled From Corn, Barley, Wheat, Oats And Other Grains; Potatoes, Beet And Other Roots And Sometimes Molasses And Subsequently Refined, Colored And Flavored By Various Proc Esses. However Under Regulations Under The Federal Food And Drug Act The Name Whisky Alone ...
Whistles
Whistles, Hwis'itr. James Abbott Mcneill, American Artist : H. Lowell, Mass.. 10 July 1834; D. London. 17 July 1903. In 1831 Be Was Appointed To The West Point Military Academy, Which He Left In 1854; And In 1854-55 Was A Draughtsman In The Coast And Geodetic Survey. This Employment He ...
Whiston
Whiston, Hwis'ton, William, Esh Mathematician And Anglican Clergyman: B. Nor Ton, Leicestershire, 9 Dec. 1667; D. London, 27 Aug. 1752. He Took His Degree At Clare Hall. Cambridge, In 1690, And In 1691 Was Elected To A Fellowship There. He Was Ordained A Deacon In 1693, Was Appointed Chaplain To ...
White
White, Andrew Dickson, American Diplomat, Educator And Author: B. Homer, N. Y., 7 Nov. 1832; D. Ithaca, N. Y., 4 Nov. 191& I He Was Graduated From Yale In 1853 And Studied At The College Of France, Paris, And At The University Of Berlin. He Was Attache Of The American ...
White Camelia
White Camelia, The Knights Of The, Formed In May 1867 At Ncw Orleans, Was The Largest Of The Revolutionary Orders Called Into Existence By The Misgovernment Of Reconstruc Tion. Its Principal Strength Was In The Gulf States, Farther South Than The Notorious Ku Klux Klan (q.v.). The Organization Was As ...
White Elephant
White Elephant, An Elephant Af Fected With Albinism. Such Animals, Always Rare. Are Highly Esteemed By Some Eastern Potentates And Are Considered Sacred In Siam, Where The Animal Has Become A National Symbol, Lea That Siam Is Called •the Land Of The White Elephant,' And One Of The Highest Decorations ...
White Lead
White Lead, A White Pigment Very Largely Used In Painting. Many Processes Have Been Devised For Its Manufacture. The Old Dutch Method Was To Expose Sheet Lead In Coils, Placed In Earthenware Jars Partly Filled With Vinegar, To The Combined Action Of Air, Moist Ure And Carbonic Acid Gas. This ...
White Mountains
White Mountains, A Group Of Peaks And Hills, Or A Range Of Monuments, Principally In New Hampshire, In The Northern Part; But Which Extend Into Maine On The East And On The West Are Connected With The Green Moun Tains In Vermont. They Belong To The Ap Palachian System. Mount ...
White_2
White, Gilbert, English Naturalist: H. Selborne, Hampshire, 18 July 1720; D. There, 26 June 1793. He Was Graduated From Oriel Col Lege, Oxford, In 1743, And Having Taken Deacon's Orders In 1747, Acted As Curate To An Uncle At Swarraton. After Being Ordained Priest He Was For A Short Period ...
White_3
White, Richard Grant. American Author And Critic: H. New York, 22 May 1821: D There, 8 April 1885. He Was Graduated From The New York University In 1839, Studied Medi Cine And Then Law, And Became A Contributor Of Musical, Art And Dramatic Critiques To The New York Courier And ...
Whitebait
Whitebait, A Small Fish, Called By Val Enciennes Rogenia Alba, And For Which He Con Stituted The Genus Rogen:a As A Distinct Genus Of The Herring Family (clupeide), But Which Is Now Regarded By Naturalists As Merely The Fry Of The Herring Or Of Similar Fish. The Whitebait-fishery Is Actively ...
Whitefield
Whitefield, George, Eng Lish Evangelist, Founder Of The Calvinist Methodists: H. Gloucester, 16 Dec. 1714; D. Newburyport, Mass.. 30 Sept 1770. He Was Sent To The Grammar School Of Saint Mary De Crypt At Gloucester, And At Ir Entered As Servitor At Pembroke College, Oxford, Where Be Became Acquainted With ...
Whitefishes
Whitefishes, A Name Given In The )'sited States To Various Species Of Salmonoid Fishes Of The Genus Coregonas And Sometimes To Those Of Argyrosonsus, More Properly Desig Nated Ciscoes. Coregonwt Has A Comparatively Small And Nearly Toothless Mouth, The Pre Maxillary Bones Broad And With The Vertical, And The Lower ...
Whitgift
Whitgift, John, English Prelate: B. Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, About 1530; D. Lambeth, 29 Feb. 1604. He Was Educated At Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, And After The Ac Cession Of Elizabeth Took Holy Orders (1560) And Was Made Chaplain To Cox, Bishop Of Ely. In 1563 He Was Appointed Lady Margaret Pro ...
Whiting
Whiting, A Name Applied To Several Quite Unrelated Fishes Probably In Allusion To The Note Worthy Whiteness Of Their Flesh, Or, In Some Cases, Of The Skin Of The Lower Pans. In The United States, And More Especially In The South, Several Species Of Mesticirrhus, A Genus Of Scieisede, Are ...
Whitlock
Whitlock, Brand, American Ambassa Dor And Author: B. Urbana, Ohio, 4 March 1869. He Was Engaged In Journalism In To Ledo, Ohio, In And Was On The Staff Of The Chicago Herald In 1890-93. He Was A Clerk In The Office Of The Illinois Secretary Of State In 1893-97. He ...
Whitman
Whitman, Charles Seymour, American Lawyer: B. Hanover, Conn., 28 Aug. 1868. He Studied At Amherst College And Then Studied Law At New York University, And Was Ad Mitted To The Bar In 1894. In 1901 He Was Ap Pointed Assistant Corporation Counsel Of New York City Where His Effective Work ...
Whitman_2
Whitman. Marcus, American Mission Ark And Pioneer: H. Rushville, N. Y., 4 Sept. Ism; D Near Walla Walla, Ore., 29 Nov. 18c After Studying Medicine At The Berk Shire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Mass., He Practised In Canada For Four Years. He Offered His Services As A Missionary (1834) To The ...
Whitman_3
Whitman. Walt (originally Waynat), Ican Port: B. West Hills, Long Island. K . , 31 May 1819; D. Camden, N. J., ? I M Roohkei7oa.saledldulceaatrendedinththe Print , Ns 'trade, After Which He Taught In Country I Is In Long Island. For A Brief Period He Editorial And Reportorial Work On ...
Whitney
Whitney, William Collins, American Capitalist And Politician: B. Conway, Mass., 15 July 1841; D. New York, 2 Feb. 1904. He Was Graduated At Yale In 1863, And At The Harvard Law School In 1865; Studied Law With Abraham R. Lawrence In New York, And Was Admitted Tc The Bar In ...
Whitney_2
Whitney. William Dwight, American Philologist, Brother Of J I) Whitney (q.v.): B Northampton. Mass.. 9 Feb. 1827; D New Haven, 9 June 1894. He Wasted From Williams College In 1845, Yak Ie 1849-50, And Then Went To Germany, Where Tr Continued His Philological And Sanskrn Studies Under Bopp At Berlin ...
Whittier
Whittier, Huit'i-er, John Greenleaf, American Poet: B. Haverhill, Mass., 17 Dec. 1807; D. Hampton Falls, N. H., 7 Sept. 1892. A Quaker, He Labored In Boyhood On The Farm Made Celebrated By 'snowbound,' And Received Hut Little Formal Education, Though He Con Trived By Working At Shoemaking And Teaching To ...
Whitworth
Whitworth, Hvat'werth, Ste Joseph, English Mechanical Engineer: H. Stockport, 21 Dec. 1803; D. Monte Carlo, Jan. Le87. M He Worked As A Mechanic In Manchester And London, Discovered The Method Of Making A Truly Plane Surface, And In 1833 Established Himself As A Tool-maker At Manchester. Be Tween 1840 And ...
Wichita
.wichita, Kans., City And County-seat Of Sedgwick County, In The South Central Part Of The State On The Arkansas River, About Half Way (216 Miles) Between Kansas City And Oklahoma City, And On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe, The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific, The Missouri Pacific And The ...
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls, Tex., City And County Scat Of Wichita County, Situated In The Northern Tier Of Texas Counties, About 20 Miles South Of Red River, On The Fort Worth And Denver City, The Missouri Kansas And Texas, The Wichita Valley, The 'wichita Falls And Southern,. The Wichita Falls And Northwestern ...
Wicker Weaving And Prod
Wicker Weaving And Prod Ucts. The Predecessor Of All Arts, The Most Universal Art And The Least Changing Art In Th. Realms Of History Is Wicker Weaving. True. There Have Been Changes In The Commodities Used For Weaving And Changes In The Artiele• Made By Weaving, But The Actual Method ...
Wieland
Wieland, Velant, Cluistoph Martin. German Author: B. In The Swabian Village Of Oberholzheim, Near Biberach, 5 Sept. 1733; D. Weimar, 20 Jan. 1813. The Son Of A Country Clergyman, After Thorough Preparation, He Went In 1750 To The University Of Tubingen To Study Law, But Most Of His Time Was ...
Wight
Wight, Isle Of, England, Off The South Coast, In The County And Opposite To The Main Land Portion Of Hants, Is Separated From The Mainland By The Roadstead Or Channel Of Spit Head On The East, And By The Solent Or Continu Ance Of This On The West. It Is ...
Wilberforce
Wilberforce, William, English Phi Lanthropist: B. Hull, Yorkshire, 24 Aug. 1759; D. London, 29 July 1833. Educated At Cam Bridge, He Was In 1780 Elected Member Of Par Liament For His Native Town; And In 1784 Was Returned Both By His Former Constituency And By The County Of York. He ...
Wild Duck
Wild Duck, The. Henrik Ibsen, In His Ironic Play 'the Wild Duck' Published In 1884 And Terformed The Year Fol Lowing, Sought To Exhibit The Folly Of Obedience To Any Mere Formula Of Conduct, A Doctrine Already Propounded In His Early Poetic Drama, 'brand.' Incidentally, He Made Clear The Dangers ...
Wild E
Wild E, Oscar (fingal O'flahertie Wills), Irish Poet: B. Dublin, Ireland, 1856; D. Paris, 30 Nov. 1900. His Father Was Sir Wil Liam Wilde A Noted Surgeon, And His Mother Was Lady Jane Wilde (q.v.). He Was Grad Uated From Oxford In 1878, Winning The New Digate Prize For English ...
Wild Flowers
Wild Flowers. A Somewhat Indefinite Term Applied To Flowers Of Plants Growing With Out Cultivation, Which By Reason Of Their Size And Colors Are Conspicuous Objects To The Ordi Nary Observer. Plants Are Grouped By Botanists Into Orders, Families And Genera. For Example, The Wild Yellow Or Field Lily Is ...
Wild Hunt
Wild Hunt (ger. Wilde Jagd; Also Wiithenheer), In German Folk-lore, A Fancied Noise In The Air At Night, Most Usually Sup Posed To Be Heard Between Christmas And Epihany. The Sound Is Compared To That Of A Spirit Host Rushing Along, Accompanied By The Shouting Of Huntsmen And The Baying ...
Wild Life
Wild Life, Conservation Of, In Amer Ica. Nothing In The New World Impressed The First American Explorers More Than The Abund Ance Of Its Animal Life. Early Accounts Of The Country And Its Resources Are Filled With Re Joicing Over The Plenitude Of Its Fishes In Both The Sea And ...
Wildcat
Wildcat, Any Of The Smaller Species Of Feline Animals (family &lids, Q.v.) In Its Feral Condition; A Lynx. The Term Is A General One Applying To All The Smaller Felines; But Locally Has Usually Some Specific Application. Thus In European Books And Speech The "wildcat° Proms Erly And Ordinarily Means ...
Wilderness
Wilderness. The Battle Of The On 9 March 1864 President Lincoln Handed To Gen Eral Grant His Commission As Lieutenant-general And Two Days Later Placed Him In Command Of All The Armies Of The United States. Grant Made Immediate Preparations For An Early Cam Paign To Be Conducted Simultaneously, East ...
Wildfowl
Wildfowl, In Modern Usage, Water Birds. As Ducks, Geese And Swans, Pursued By Gunners For Sport Or For Market. American Methods Of Wild Fowling Will Be Found Where These Birds Are Described. (see Ducgs). An Interesting Method In Europe Still Extensively Pursued In Some Parts Of England. At The Fens, ...
Wilhelm Meister
Wilhelm Meister, Goethe's Greatest Novel, Consists Of 'wilhelm Meister's Ap Prenticeship,' Published In 1790, And 'wilhelm Meister's Travels Or The Renunciants,' Pub Lished In Final Form In 1829. Both Parts Of The Novel Deal With The Adventures Of A Young Man And The Development Of His Character, Each Part. However, ...
Wilhelm Tell
Wilhelm Tell. Schiller's Lar Play, If Not His Best, Is 'william T ' Of Which More Copies Have Been Sold Than Any Other German Work Of Literature. During The Years 1899 To 1905 A Yearly Average Of 232 Stage Performances In German Lands Was Maintained, A Record Equalled By No ...
Wilkes
Wilkes, %silks, Charles, American Naval Officer And Explorer: B. New York, 1798; D. Washington, 8 Feb. 1877. He Entered The Navy As A Midshipman In 1818, Served On The Medi Terranean Station In 1819-20, In The Pacific 1821-23 And Was Then Selected For Separate Com Mand. In 1826 He Was ...
Wilkes Barre
Wilkes-barre, Pa., County-seat Of Lu 7erne County And Regarded By Many As The /nest Beautiful City In The State, On The North Branch Of The Susquehanna River, And On The Central Railroad Of New . Jersey, The Wilkes Barre And Eastern, The Delaware And Hudson, The Wilkes-barre And Hazleton, The ...
Wilkes_2
Wilkes, Mtn, English Politician: B. Lon Don, 1727; D. December 1797. He Was The Son Of A Wealthy Distiller And Was Educated At The University Of Leyden. In 1757 He Was Returned To Parliament As Member For Aylesbury And In 1762 Attained Considerable Reputation By The Publication Of A Paper ...
Wilkinson
Wilkinson. James, American Soldier: B. Benedict, Md. 1757; D. Near City Of Mexico, 28 Dee. 1825. He Studied Medicine In Philadel Phis And In 1775 Enlisted In Washington's Army. He Became Intimate With Benedict Arnold And Aaron Burr, And, Having Received A Captain's Commission, Joined Arnold's Expedition To Can Ada. ...
Wilkinson_2
Wilkinson. Jernima, American Jerusalem, Visionary: B. Cumberland, R. I., 1753; D. Erusalem, Yates County, N. Y., 1 July 1819. He Was Educated As A Quaker And At 20, After A Severe Attack Of Fever, Professed That She Had Been Raised From The Dead, That Her Carnal Life Was Ended And ...
Will
Will, In Law, Is A Disposition Made By A Competent Person Known As The Testator, In A Form More Or Less Prescribed By Law, Or Prop Erty Over Which He Has The Legal Power Of Di,. Position, To Take Effect At Death. Technically. The Term °will' Is Used To Describe ...
Will
Will It Has Been Usual To Classify Mental Phenomena Under The Three Headings Of Cogni Tion, Feeling And Will Or Conation. In The Last Class Are Included All Those Processes In Which The Mind Is Regarded As Effecting Some Change In Its Own States, Or In The Physical Environment By ...
Willard
Willard. Emma Hart, American Edu Cator: B. Berlin, Colin., 23 Feb. 1787: D. Troy, N. Y., Is April 1870. She Began Her Career As A Teacher In Subsequently Became Principal Of A Girls' Academy At Middlebury, Vt., And In 1800 Was Married To Dr. John Willard. She Opened At Her ...
Willard_2
Willard, Franca Elisabeth, American Educator And Temperance Reformer: B. Church %ille, N. Y., 28 Sept. 1839; D. New York, 18 Feb 1898. She Was Graduated From The North Western Female College, Evanston, Ill., In 1859, Engaged In Teaching, Was Appointed Professor Of Esthetics In The Northwestern University In 1860, And ...
Willemite
Willemite, An Important Ore Of Zinc And A Mineral Of Much Mineralogical Interest. It Is Essentially A Zinc Orthosilicate, Hut All Of The Many Varieties From Franklin Furnace And Ogdensburg, N. J., Its Two Most Prolific Localities, Contain Considerable Man Ganese. The Colors Of The New Jersey Wil Lemite Are ...
Willet
Willet, A Large American Snipe Of The Genus Symplia•nia; Sometimes Called Pill-wil Lett. The Bill Is Thick, Compressed, Straight. Longer Than The Head; Wings Long, Legs Lung And Strong; Tail Short And Nearly The S. Semipalmata Is About 15 Inches Long And 31 In Afar Extent, The Bill 2'i ; ...
Willey
Willey, Waitman T., American States Man: Monongalia County, Va. (now W. Va ), 18 Oct. 1811; D. Morgantown. W. Va., 3 May 1900. In 1828, At The Age Of 17, He Entered Madison College (now Allegheny Col Lege). Pennsylvania, From Which He Gradu Ated In June 1831 In 1832 He ...
William I
William I, Surnamed The Conqueror, King Of England And Duke Of Normandy: H. Falaise, Normandy, 1027 Or 1028; D. Rouen, 9 Sept. 1087. He Was The Natural Son Of Robert, Duke Of Normandy, By Arletta, The Daughter Of A Tanner Of Falaise, And His Father, Having No Legitimate Son, When ...
William I Or Wilhelm
William I Or Wilhelm I, Emperor Of Germany And 7th King Of Prussia: B. Berlin, 22 March 1797; D. There, 9 March 1888. He Was The Second Son Of Frederick William Iii And Louisa Of Mecklenburg-strelitz, And From His Earliest Years Was Trained In Military Exercises. In The Campaign Of ...
William I_2
William I, Prince Of Orange, Count Of Nassau, Surnamed The Su-ent: B. Castle Of Dillenburg, Nassau, 16 April 1533; D. Delft, Holland, 10 July 1584. He Was The Eldest Son Of William, Count Of Nassau, And Juliana, Countess Of Stolberg, And Was Educated In The Roman Catholic Faith By Maria, ...
William Ii
William Ii, Surnamed Run's, From His Red Face, King Of England: B. Normandy, 1056; D. New Forest, Hampshire, 2 Aug. 1100. He Was The Third Son Of William I And Was Sent To England By His Father The Day Before The Death Of The Latter With A Recommendation To The ...
William Ii
William Ii (friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert), Ex-german Emperor And King Of Prus Sia, Commonly Called Kaiser Ilhelm, Son Of Frederick Iii And Victoria, Princess Royal Of Great Britain, And Grandson Of William I • H Berlin, 27 Jan. 1859. At Birth He Suffered An Injury Of The Left Arm Which ...
William Iii
William Iii, King Of England And Heredi Tary Stadtholder Of Holland: B. The Hague. 4 Nov. 1650; D Kensington. England, 8 Mardi 1702. Ile Was The Son Of William Ii Of Nassau, Prince Of Orange, And His Mother Was Henrietta Mary Stuart, Daughter Of Charles I Of Ele• Land_ Educated ...
William Iv
William Iv, King Of Great Britain And Ireland, Third Son Of George Iii: B. 21 Aug. 1765; D. Windsor, 20 June 1837. From 177') To 1790 He Served In The Navy, And After Quitting Active Service Was Raised Successively To All The Higher Grades Of Naval Command, Becoming In 18t11 ...
William Jewell College
William Jewell College, Loca Ted In Liberty, A Suburb Of Kansas City, Mo. It Was Founded In 1849 By The Baptists Of Mis Souri; Dr. William Jewell Of Columbia, Mo., Was One Of The Leaders In The Movement For The Establishment Of The College, And Contributed $10,000 In Lands Toward ...
William Penn Charter School
William Penn Charter School, A Secondary Day School For Boys, Lo Cated At Philadelphia. In 1683 The Governor And Council Of The Province Engaged A Schoolmaster (enoch Flower) For •the Instruction Of The South" Of Philadelphia; From This Grew The Charter School, Founded In 1689 And Incorpo Rated In 1698 ...
William And Mary College
William And Mary College, Lo Cated At Williamsburg, Va. It Was Chartered In 1693, Thus Being The Second Oldest College In The United States; But An Attempt Was Made To Found A College At Henrico In Virginia As Early As 1619 When A Grant Of Land For A 'seminary Of ...
Williams
Williams, Lohn Sharp, United States Senator: B. Memphis, Tenn., 30 July 1854. He Is The Descendant Of One Of The Most Distin Guished Of Southern Families, Whose Founder Was John Williams, Member Of The Continental Congress. John Sharp Williams Studied At The Kentucky Military Academy, The University Of The South, ...
Williams
Williams, Roger. Pioneer Of Religious Liberty And Founder Of Rhode Island • I, \1 Ales. 1607 D. Providence, It I, March Trs8.4 There Is Considerable Doubt As To The Year Of Wil Liams' Birth; Authorities Differ. Some Of Them Claim Be Was Born In 1601. Others In 1603. The Writer ...
Williams College
Williams College, Located At Wil Liamstown. Mass. It Owes Its Origin To The Be Quest Of Col. Ephraim Williams, For Establishing A "free School" In Williamstown. The Be Quest Was Made In 1755; The Property Was Sold, And The Funds Were Allowed To Accumulate Until 1785. When A Free School ...
Williamsport
Williamsport, Pa., City, County-seat Of Lycoming County, On The West Branch Of The Susquehanna River, And On The Pennsyl Vania, The Northern Central, And The Phila Delphia And Reading Railroads, About 75 Miles North Of Harrisburg. It Is On The Alleghany Plateau, Covering An Area Of Seven Square Miles, In ...
Willis
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, American Author: B. Portland, Me., 20 Jan. 1806; Et Idle Wild, N. Y., 20 Jan. 1867. He Was Graduated Fro= Yale In 1837 And Was Employed By S. G. Goodrich (•peter Parley') To Edit Two Annuals, The Legendary In 18m And The Token In 1829. In 1828 ...
Willow
Willow, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs (salix) Of The Family Solicacea. The Species, Of Which More Than 150 Have Been Described. Are Natives Mostly Of The North Temperate Zone, But A Few Are Indigenous In The Tropics And In The South Temperate Zone, And Some Are Found Close To ...
Wilmington
Wilmington, Del., City, Port Of Elm": County-seat Of New Castle County, At The Ex Treme North End Of The State, On The Brandy Wine And Christiana Rivers, Above Their Outkt In The Delaware River, And On The Pennsyl Vania (philadelphia, Baltimore And Washing Ton), The Baltimore And Ohio And The ...
Wilmington_2
Wilmington, Capture Of. After Gen Eral Terry's Capture Of Fort Fisher (q.v ) 15 Jan. 1865, Terry Posted His Troops On An In Trenched Line Across The Peninsula, About Two Miles Above The Fort. An Advance On Wilming Ton Was Not Considered Prudent Until He Could Be Reinforced, As General ...
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso, An Amendment Offered In The United States Congress By David Wilmot (q.v.), 8 Aug. 1846, Pending The Con Sideration Of A Bill Placing $2,000,000 At The Dis Posal Of President Polk To Negotiate A Peace With Mexico. The Amendment Was As Follows: Provided, That, As An Express And ...
Wilson
Wilson, Alexander, American Ornitholo Gist: B. Paisley, Scotland, 6 July 1766; D. Phila Delphia, Pa., 23 Aug. 1813. In His 13th Year He Was Apprenticed To A Weaver, But After Seven Years Abandoned The Loom And Adopted The Life Of A Peddler. Three Years Were Thus Spent And In 1789, ...
Wilson
Wilson, Woodrow (christened Thomas), 28th President Of The United States: 13. Staunton, Va., 28 Dec. 1856. He Is The Son Of Scotch-irish Parents, Who Had Lived In Pennsyl Vania, Canada And Ohio. James Wilson, His Pa Ternal Grandfather, Emigrated From Ireland In 1807. When Young Wilson Was About A Year ...
Wilson_2
Wilson, Henry, American Statesman: B. Farmington, N. H., 16 Feb. 1812; D. M'ashing Ton. 22 Nov. 1875. His Name Was Originally Jeremiah Jones Colbaith, Legally Changed To Henry Wilson On His Reaching Manhood. He Nits A Farm Apprentice In His Native Town Till The Age Of 21, When He Moved ...
Wilson_3
Wilson, Horace Hayman, English Ori Entalist : B. London, 26 Sept. 1786; D. There, 8 May 1860. Educated For The Medical Profes Sion, In 1808 He Went To Bengal As Assistant Surgeon In The Service Of The East India Com Pany, But Soon Obtained An Office In The Cal Cutta ...
Wilson_4
Wilson, James, American Globe Maker: B. Londonderry, N. H., 1763; D. Bradford, Vt., 26 March 1855. Up To The Age Of 33 He Was A Farmer In His Native Place, At The Same Time Reading And Studying Geography And Astronomy. In 1796 He Moved To Bradford, Vt., Where He Began ...
Wilson_5
Wilson, James Harrison. American Sol Dier: B. Shawnectown, Ill., 2 Sept. 1837 He Was Graduated From West Point In Mo. Was Promoted Lieutenant In 1861 And Was Chief Topographical Engineer On The Port Royal Ex Pedition. He Was Brevetted Major 11 April 1862 For Conduct At Fort Pulaski, Ga_, And ...
Wilson_6
Wilson, John, Scottish Author, Best Known By His Pseudonym It Er Nuersi'; H. Paisley, 18 May 1785; D. Edinburgh, 3 April 1854. He Was Educated At Glasgow University And Magdalen College, Oxford, And While At Oxford Was Noted For His Skill In Boating, Cricketing And Other Athletic Sports. Having At ...
Winchester
Winchester, England, An Ancient City. Capital Of Hampshire, Situated On The Rictrt Bank Of The Itchen, 11 Miles North Of South Ampton. The Most Important Edifice Is The Ca The Oldest Parts Date From The 11th Cen Tury, But The Greater Part Of The Main Building Was Erected At Various ...
Winchester
Winchester, Military Operations At And Near. Winchester Was An Important Strategic Point During The Civil War, And It Is Stated On Good Local Authority That It Was Occupied Or Abandoned 68 Times By The Troops Of Both Armies. It Was Held By The Con Federates Until 11 March 1862 When ...
Winchester College
Winchester College, A Public School At \1'inchester. England, The Oldest Of The 'great Public Schools' Of It Was Founded In 1382 By William Of \‘')ke Ham, And Was Opened In 1303, Although It T.tlilchrizc Were Not Finished Until 1305 The Oriiziral Foundation Consated Of A Warden, Lo Fellows, Three Chaplains, ...