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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 79
Werner Bergengruen
Werner Forssmann
Werner Herzog - Early life, Films and criticism, Trivia, Awards, Complete Works, Actor Filmography
Werner von Blomberg - Reference
Wernher von Braun - Early life, German career, Surrender to the Americans, American career, Honors, Posthumous recognition, Cultural references
Wernigerode
Werwolf - Plans, Operations, Werwolf references in politics today, Werwolf in fiction
Wes Montgomery - Technique, Recording career, After his death, Selected discography, Discographies
Wesley L(ivsey) Jones
Wesley Merritt - Early life, Civil War, Frontier duty and West Point, Spanish-American War
Wessex - History, The present South West England region, Modern uses of Wessex, Earl of Wessex
West Bank - Demographics of the West Bank, Cities and settlements in the West Bank, Origin of the name
West Bengal - History, Geography and climate, Flora and fauna, Government and politics, Subdivisions, Economy, Transport, Demographics, Education, Media
West Chester
West Glamorgan
West Highland Way - The Route, West Highland Way Race, Towns, Villages or Hotels along the Way
West Highland white terrier - Temperament, Health, History, Famous Westies
West Indies Federation - Population and geography, Provinces, Government and Legal status, The first elections, Federal problems, Relationship with Canada
West Midlands
West Virginia - Geography, History, Demographics, Economy, Transportation, Law and government, Important cities and towns, Education, Professional sports teams
westerlies
Western
Western Australia - Geography, History, People, Economy, Government, Education, Media, Sport
Western Cape - Law and Government, Geography, Climate, Economy, Demographics, Important cities and towns, Education
Western European Union - President, Eurofor, Participating States
Western Sahara
Western Wall - Venerated by the Jews, During subsequent occupations, The Wall as viewed by Muslims, Jordanian rule
Westfield (Massachusetts)
Westfield (New Jersey)
Westland
Westman Islands
Westminster Abbey - List of Abbots, Deans, and the Bishop of Westminster, Gallery
Westminster Assembly
Westminster Confession of Faith - Historical situation, Contents, American Presbyterian Adoption and Revisions
Westmorland - Modern history, Legacy
Weston-super-Mare
Westphalia
Wexford (county) - History, Present Day Wexford, Culture and trivia
Wexford (town) - History, Present Day Wexford, Culture and trivia
Weymouth - History, Politics and Demographics, Geology, Geography and Ecology, Tourism and other industries, Transport
whale - Origins and taxonomy, Anatomy, Behaviour, Whales in culture
whale shark - Distribution and habitat, Diet, Reproduction, Conservation status, Whale sharks in captivity
whaling - History of whaling, Modern whaling, The arguments for and against whaling
wheat
wheatear
wheel - History of the wheel and axle, Mechanics and function, Wheeled vehicles, Alternatives to wheels
Wheeler - Bands, Fictional characters, US towns, US counties, US mountains, US Secondary Schools
whelk
whimbrel - Introduction, Gallery
whinchat
whip - Stock whips (Stockwhips), Signal whips, Snake whips, Crops and horse whips, Popular culture, Buggy whip
whip scorpion
whip-poor-will
whippet - Appearance, Temperament, Health
whirligig
Whiskey Rebellion - Background, Rebellion, Consequences
whisky - Types of whisky, Names and spellings, Popular types, Source
whist - Versions of whist, Whist Rules
Whitbread Book Awards - The Process, Book of the Year Award Winners
Whitby - History, Whitby jet, Whitby and literature, The present day, Sister cities, Further reading
White Australia Policy - Immigration policy prior to Federation, From Federation to World War II, Abolition of the Policy, Legacy
white dwarf - Formation, Characteristics, Mass and radius relationship
White House - History, Evolution of structure and interiors
White Nile
white paper - Government white papers, Commercial white papers, White paper production, Famous white papers
White Sea
whitebait - New Zealand Whitebait, Australian Whitebait, United Kingdom Whitebait, Chinese Whitebait
whitebeam
whitefish
whitefly
Whitehall - History, Government buildings in Whitehall (north to south), Other notable buildings in Whitehall, Gallery
Whitelaw Reid - Trivia
whiteout
whitethroat
whiting - Surname
Whitney Houston - Personal and family life, Music career, Film and television career, Controversies and personal challenges, Awards, Discography
Whittaker Chambers - Youth and Education, Communism and Defection, The Hiss Case, After the Hiss case
Whoopi Goldberg - Filmography, TV work, Awards won, Discography
whooping crane
Wichita
Wicklow - Town History, Geography, A changing town
wide-angle lens - Digital camera issues
Widnes - Place-name meaning, The Widnes Vikings, Industrial History, Crossing the Mersey, 'Homeward Bound', Education, Nightspots
Wiener Neustadt - History, University, professional schools, vocational academies, City Partnerships, Development of the city
Wiesbaden - Incorporations into Wiesbaden, Historical population, Mayors of Wiesbaden, Twinning, Coat-of-arms
Wigan - History, Culture, Public transport, Labour Clubs, Sport, Notable People
Wigbolt Ripperda - Biography, Siege of Haarlem, Death
Wightman Cup
Wilbert Robinson
Wilbur (Daigh) Mills
Wilbur (Lucius) Cross
wild cat
wildebeest - Name
Wilder Dwight Bancroft
Wilderness Road - Early exploration, Boone - The Trailblazer, Location of Road, Dangers of Road, Settlement of Road
Wiley Post - Early flying career, Around the world, First pressure suit, Final flight, Memorials and awards
Wilfred (Edward Salter) Owen - Biography, Poetry, Relationship with Sassoon, Death, Literary output
Wilfred Rhodes - Developing into a consummate all-rounder, Opening the batting for England
Wilfrid (Stalker) Sellars - Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man, Contributions
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Bibliography
Wilfried Martens
Wilhelm (Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz) Wien - Books by Wien
Wilhelm (Eduard) Weber
Wilhelm (Max) Wundt - Wundt's life and works, Wundt's influence
Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Canaris - Early life and World War I, Interwar years, World War II, Downfall and Execution
Wilhelm Cuno - Cabinet, November 1922 - August 1923
Wilhelm Dilthey - Hermeneutics, Sociology, Distinction between natural science and "human" science, Weltanschauungen, Neo-Kantians
Wilhelm Frick - Early life and family, Third Reich career
Wilhelm Groener
Wilhelm Hauff - Biography
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder
Wilhelm Herzog - Life, Works
Wilhelm Keitel - Early life and career, OKW and World War II, After World War II
Wilhelm Leibl
Wilhelm Leuschner
Wilhelm Marx - First cabinet (Nov. 1923 - May 1924)
Wilhelm Maybach - Early life and career beginnings (1846 to 1869)
Wilhelm Pieck - Biography
Wilhelm Raabe
Wilhelm Reich - Early life, His work, Controversy, Status of his work, Reich in popular culture
Wilhelm Schmidt
Wilhelm Schmidtbonn
Wilhelm Tell - The legend, The history of the legend, Historicity debate, In modern politics and arts
Wilhelm Zaisser
Wilkes Land - Location, Name, Geology
Will (Hicok) Low
will (law) - Requirements for the creation of a will, Revocation
Will Carling
Will Hay - Films
Will Marion Cook - Biography, Notable Works
Will Smith - Biography, Discography, Filmography
Will(iam) Adams
Willa (Sibert) Cather - Early life, Writing career, Personal life, Trivia, Bibliography
Willam Christensen
Willard (Frank) Libby
Willard Harrison Bennett - Biography, Invention impact
Willard Parker - Filmography
Willard Van Orman Quine - Overview, Life, Work, Quotations, Notable books by Quine, Literature about Quine, Quine in popular culture
Willem (Johan) Kolff - The Netherlands, USA, Impact, Quotes
Willem (Johannes Theodorus) Kloos
Willem Barents
Willem Dafoe - Filmography
Willem de Sitter - Aernout de Sitter, Honours
Willem Einthoven - References and further reading
Willem Elsschot - Works
Willem Frederik Hermans - Bibliography (selection)
Willem Kok - Life and career
Willem Marinus Dudok
Willem Schermerhorn
Willem Wilmink
Willi Stoph
William (Allen) Egan - Political Career, Later life, Legacy
William (Andrew Murray) Boyd
William (Bridges) Adams
William (Charles Franklyn) Plomer
William (Clark) Styron - Early years, First novels, The Nat Turner controversy, Later works, Quotes, Bibliography
William (Clarke) Quantrill - Early life, Marriage, Battle of Lawrence, Later life, Fictional portrayals of William Quantrill, Further reading
William (Clouser) Boyd
William (Cuthbert) Faulkner - Life, Works, Awards, Later years, Discography, Listen to
William (Eden) Bolcom - Biography, Performance career, Works
William (Edward) Boeing
William (Ernest) Castle - Films by Castle
William (Francis) Giauque - Early life and career, Research career, Absolute zero, Personal life
William (Frederick) Lemke
William (Frend) De Morgan
William (Frishe) Dean
William (George) Fargo
William (Henry) O'Connell - Sources
William (Herbert) Hobbs
William (Holmes) McGuffey
William (Howard) Schuman - Life, Music, Works, Trivia
William (Jack) Baumol - Positions and Awards
William (James) Glackens
William (James) Mathias - List of works
William (Jay) Gaynor
William (Jefferson) Hague - Early life, schooling, and initial political career, Leadership of Conservative Party
William (John Macquorn) Rankine - Early life, Thermodynamics, Other work
William (Joseph) Donovan - Early life, World War I, Between the Wars, World War II, OSS
William (Jr) Warren
William (Kingdon) Clifford - Biography, Mathematician, Philosopher, Writings, External links and reference
William (Leonard) Langer - Personal life, Political offices
William (Levi) Hutcheson - External references, Further reading
William (Loughton) Smith - United States politicians, Other politicians, Other persons
William (Matthew) Tilghman - Source
William (McPherson) Allen
William (Michael) Harnett
William (Milfred) Batten
William (Morris) Davis
William (Motter) Inge - Early life, Plays and films, Novels, Listen to
William (Oliver) Everson - Beginnings, As a poet, thinker and man, Selected Bibliography, Poetry, Autobiography and Interviews, Literary Criticism
William (Peters) Hepburn
William (Sowden) Sims
William (Stewart) Halsted
William (Thomas) Piper - Sources
William (UK) Allen
William (USA) Allen
William (Vere) Cruess - Early years, Research information, Institute of Food Technologists service and awards, Other awards and honors
William (Ward) Burrows - Congressional Gold Medal citation
William (Wyatt) Bibb - Sources
William A(lfred) Fowler
William A(rchibald) Dunning - Historical influence, Books by Dunning
William Abbott Oldfather - Works
William Aberhart - Early life, Political career, Legacy
William Abraham
William Adam
William Adams Delano
William Addison Dwiggins - Typefaces, Bibliography, Books illustrated or designed
William Allen White - Trivia
William Allingham
William Ames - Early life and education, Ministry in Holland, Influence, Sources
William Andrews Clark - Early life, Business career, Political career, Legacy, Trivia
William Archibald Spooner - Quotations, Trivia
William Armstrong
William Baffin
William Bainbridge
William Balfour Baikie
William Barclay Masterson
William Barnes - Life
William Barstow Strong - Other uses of the name William Barstow Strong
William Bartram - Bibliography
William Bateson - Biography
William Baziotes
William Beaumont
William Becknell
William Bell Dinsmoor
William Bell Riley
William Benjamin Carpenter - Biography, Adaptive Unconscious
William Bergsma - Selected works
William Bernbach
William Billings - The music, Billings as writer, Reception, Books
William Blackwood
William Blake - Early life, Later life and career, Bibliography
William Bligh - Early life, Naval career, The voyage of the Bounty, After the Bounty
William Blount - Early Life and Revolutionary War, Blount's political offices, U.S. Senate, Legacy
William Booth - Biography, Published works
William Bowie
William Bowyer
William Boyce
William Boyd
William Bradford
William Bradford
William Buckley
William Burke
William Burnham Woods
William Burnside
William Butterfield - Buildings
William Byrd - Effects of the Reformation on his career
William Byrd - Effects of the Reformation on his career
William Camden - Early years, Britannia, Annales, Final years
William Carey - Childhood and early adulthood, Founding of the Baptist Missionary Society, Early Indian period, Late Indian period
William Carlos Williams - Life, Career, Poetry, Opposition to War and Capitalism, Bibliography
William Caslon
William Caxton - Biography, Caxton and the English language
William Chappell
William Charles Macready - Publications
William Chester Minor - Early life and work, Illness and incarceration, Later life and OED contributions, Further reading
William Claiborne - External links and Sources
William Clark - Early life, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Indian affairs and war, Legacy
William Clowes
William Clowes
William Cobbett - Childhood, Early life (1783-1791), France and the United States (1792-1800)
William Coddington - Sources
William Combe - Biography
William Congreve - Biography, Famous Lines from The Mourning Bride (1697), Bibliography, Reference
William Cookworthy
William Cooper
William Cowper - Life of Cowper
William Cowper - Life of Cowper
William Cox
William Cranch
William Cranch Bond - Upbringing, Amateur Astronomer, Trip to Europe, Harvard Observatory, Discoveries, Legacy
William Crockford
William Croft
William Cullen
William Cullen Bryant
William Cushing - His work with state and federal constitutions, Washington's first appointee
William D(avid) Coolidge - Patents
William Dampier - Biography, First circumnavigation, The Roebuck expedition, Second circumnavigation, Third circumnavigation, Influence, Works, Further reading
William Dean Howells - Selected works, Additional Works
William Diehl - Bibliography
William Douglas-Home - Plays
William Drummond (of Hawthornden)
William Dunbar - Life, Work and Influence, First printed obscenity, "Back to Dunbar"
William Dunbar - Life, Work and Influence, First printed obscenity, "Back to Dunbar"
William Dunlap
William Dwight Whitney - Works
William Dyce - King Arthur
William E(dgar) Borah - Early life and career, Senator, Personality and Views, 1936 Presidential Campaign, Legacy
William Edmonstoune Aytoun
William Edward Colby - Colby and the Sierra Club
William Edward Forster - Offices held
William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Early life, Career, Degrees, Family
William Ellery
William Ellery Channing
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Hocking
William Etty - Additional training, Works, Publications
William Ewart
William F(ielding) Ogburn
