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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 80
William F(orsyth) Sharpe
William F(rederick) Cody - Nickname and work life, Early years, Civil War Soldier and Marriage, Life in Cody, Wyoming
William Feller - Early life and education, Work, Results
William Ferrel
William Fogg Osgood
William Frederick Poole
William Friese-Greene - Career, After death
William Froude
William Gaddis - Biography, Works, The Gaddis Annotations
William Gardner Hale
William Gifford
William Gilbert
William Gillette - Youth, Playwright, director and actor, Career as Sherlock Holmes, Gillette Castle
William Gilmore Simms - Simms' Life, Simms' Early Writings, Simms Popular Novels about the South, Simms as Historian
William Godwin - Early Life and Education, Early Writing, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Caleb Williams, Political Writing
William Goebel - Early life, Political career, Assassination and aftermath, Trials and investigations, Trivia
William Graham Sumner - Works by Sumner, External Links to Sumner's Works, Quotes
William Grant Broughton - Legacy
William Grant Still - Life and career, Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American", Further reading
William Green
William H Bonney - Biography, Claimants to the title, In film, literature, radio, and music
William H(ayward) Pickering - Gifford Observatory, Honours
William H(enry) Vanderbilt
William H(oward) Stein
William Harrison Ainsworth - Works
William Harvey - Early life and education, New circulatory model, Embryology, Criticism of Harvey's work, Posthumous Honors
William Hazlitt - Childhood, Adulthood, Works, Quotes
William Hedley
William Heinemann - Sources
William Henry
William Henry Hare
William Henry Harrison - Early years and military career, Post-war political career, Presidency 1841, Trivia
William Henry Harrison Beadle
William Henry Holmes
William Henry Ireland - Early life, First forgeries, "The Solemn Mockery", Forgeries exposed
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Keeler - Early life, Episcopal Succession
William Henry Moody - External links and sources
William Henry Pickering
William Henry Playfair - Timeline of major projects
William Herschel Telescope
William Hill - People, Other uses
William Hogarth - Life, Works, Analysis, Trivia
William Holden - Early life and career, Later career, Private life, Death, Academy Awards and Nominations, Filmography
William Howard Taft - Early life, Secretary of War, 1904-1908, Post-presidency, Medical condition
William Hull
William Humphrey
William Hunter
William Hurt - Early life, Select Filmography
William Huskisson - Biography
William Hyde Wollaston - Life, Work, Honours
William (of England) I
William (of Germany) I
William (of Holland) I
William (of Nassau-Dillenburg) I
William (of Orange) I
William (of Scotland) I
William (of the Netherlands) I
William (of England) II
William (of Germany) II
William (of Holland) II
William (of Orange) II
William (of The Netherlands) II
William (of Great Britain) III - The Principality of Orange, United Provinces of the Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
William (of The Netherlands) III
William IV - Early life, Duke of Clarence, Later life, Titles, styles, honours and arms, Issue, Legacy
William (of Holland) IV - Early life, Duke of Clarence, Later life, Titles, styles, honours and arms, Issue, Legacy
William (of Orange-Nassau) IV - Early life, Duke of Clarence, Later life, Titles, styles, honours and arms, Issue, Legacy
William James - Early years, Professional career, Writings, Epistemology, Philosophy of religion, Theory of emotion, Philosophy of history, Bibliography
William James Mayo - Education and Professional Work
William Jennings Bryan - Background and early career, First Battle: 1896, War and Peace: 1898-1900
William Jessop
William John Wills - Early Years, Burke and Wills Expedition
William Johnson
William Johnstone - Details, The medal
William Joyce - Early life, British Union of Fascists, Lord Haw-Haw, Capture and Trial
William Julius Wilson
William K(issam) Vanderbilt
William Kelly
William Kempe - Life, Work, Kempe in modern fiction
William Kent - Education, Architectural works, Landscape architect, Furniture designer, Walpole tribute
William Kidd - Early life and career, Preparing his expedition, Hunting for pirates, Trial, Mythology and legend
William King
William Labov
William Langer - Personal life, Political offices
William Langland
William Lassell
William Laud
William Law - Writer
William Le Baron Jenney - Further reading
William Lisle Bowles
William Livingston
William Lloyd Garrison - Early life, Career as a reformer, Surviving family
William Lowndes Yancey - Youth, Early career, Public office, Pro-slavery agitation, 1860, Secession, His talent, Character
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Maclay
William Maclure
William Maitland (of Lethington)
William Makepeace Thackeray - Life, Works, Reputation, Trivia, List of works
William Manchester - Biography, Controversy over the Kennedy book
William Marcy Tweed - Political Career, Tweed's arrest and subsequent flight, Succession, Trivia
William McIntosh
William McKinley - Early life, Legal and early political career, Presidency 1897-1901, Media
William Merritt Chase - Chase's roles: father, artist, teacher, Landscapes, Honors and late career
William Michael Rossetti - Further information
William Miller - Australia, British Isles, Canada, United States
William Milliken
William Monroe Trotter
William Moon
William Morris - Business career, Poetry, Architecture, Socialism, The Kelmscott Press, Morris today, Literary works
William Morris Hughes
William Morris Hunt
William Morton Wheeler
William Moultrie
William Mulholland
William Mulready - Publications
William Murdock
William N(elson) Cromwell
William Nicholson
William Nicol
William O'Brien
William Odling
William of Auvergne
William of Auxerre
William of Malmesbury - Biography, Significance, Bibliography, See Also
William of Tyre - Early life, Religious and political life in Jerusalem, Works, Sources
William Osler - Biography, Eponyms
William Oughtred
William Paca
William Page
William Paley - Life, Bibliography
William Parks
William Paterson
William Paterson
William Penn - Religious beliefs, Persecutions, The founding of Pennsylvania, Posthumous honors
William Pennington
William Pepper
William Pepper
William Pepperell Montague
William Phillips
William Pinkney
William Pitt
William Plumer
William Powell Frith - Life and career, Exhibitions
William Prout
William Prynne
William Pynchon
William R(obert) Ware
William Rainey Harper - Published works
William Ralph Emerson - Selected works
William Ralph Inge - Background, Professional Life, Clergy, Works, Personal
William Randolph Hearst - Publishing business, Political career: from liberal to conservative, Criticism and myths, In Fiction
William Rimmer
William Robinson
William Roughead
William Rowley - Plays by Rowley
William Rush
William Russell Grace
William Sacheverell
William Sampson
William Saroyan - Life, Works, "The Armenian and the Armenian", Assessment, Quotations, Further reading
William Scoresby
William Scott
William Shakespeare - Life, Works, Style, Reputation, Speculations about Shakespeare, Bibliography
William Shakespeare Hays - Biography, Hays and "Dixie"
William Shatner - Biography, References in popular culture, Filmography, Television work, Other work, Books, Discography
William Shawn
William Shenstone - Life, Critical appraisal, Works
William Shirley
William Sidney Mount
William Smith - United States politicians, Other politicians, Other persons
William Smith O'Brien - Quotes
William Soutar
William Spottiswoode
William Squire Kenyon
William Stanley
William Stanley Jevons - Background, Theory of utility, The Coal Question, Logic
William Steig - Work
William Steinberg - Conductor and music director
William Steinitz - Life, Contributions to Chess, Notable chess games
William Stevenson
William Stokes
William Stubbs
William Sturgeon
William Swainson
William Symington - Improvements to Watt's Design, Dalswinton Steamboat, The Canal Steamboat, Mines and Mills, More Steamboats
William Tecumseh Sherman - Early life, Civil War service, Strategies, Postbellum service, Death and posterity, Writings
William Temple
William Temple Hornaday - Scandal at the Zoo, Influence on Scouting
William Thomas Beckford - Other works
William Thornton - Early Life and Education, Architect, Superintendent of the Patent Office, Works
William Tilghman - Source
William Torrey Harris - Early life and career, Works
William Trevor - Bibliography
William Trost Richards
William Tryon - Early Life and career, American Revolution, Legacy
William Tuke
William Turnbull
William Turner - Trivia
William Vaughn Moody - Early life, In academia, Early Death
William Vickrey
William Walker
William Wallace - Uncertain Origins, Scotland in Wallace's time, Military career, Portrayal in fiction
William Wallace - Uncertain Origins, Scotland in Wallace's time, Military career, Portrayal in fiction
William Wallace Barron
William Wallace Campbell - Honors
William Watson Goodwin
William Weaver - Biography, Translations, Interviews, Awards, Quotes, Sources
William Webb Ellis - Biography, The legend, Today
William Wells Brown - Brown's early years, Abolition orator and writer, Brown's literary works
William Wetmore Story - Selected works, Selected writings, Images
William Whewell - Early life and career, Scientific generalist, Work in college administration, Whewell's interests in architecture
William Whitehead - Life, Poetry and Plays, Poem - The Je Ne Sais Quoi
William Wilberforce - Early life, Parliamentary career, Abolition campaign, War with France, The final phase, Other campaigns, Writings
William Williams
William Wilson Corcoran
William Windom
William Wolfskill
William Woods Holden - Early life, Political career, Governor, 1868 – 71
William Wordsworth - Biography, Major works
William Worrall Mayo
William Wouldhave
William Wycherley
William Wyler - Trivia, Academy Awards and Nominations, Filmography (as a director)
William Zorach
Williamsburg
Willibald Alexis
Willie (Howard) Mays - Early years, New York Giants years, San Francisco years, New York Mets years
Willie (Hugh) Nelson
Willie Carson
Willie John McBride
Willie Mosconi - Young Mosconi, The Author, 526 High Run, The Hustler (1961), The Mosconi Legacy
Willie Shoemaker
Willis (Haviland) Carrier
Willis (Jr) Reed
Willis Linn Jepson - Honors and achievements
Willis Rodney Whitney - Early life and studies, General Electrics, Memberships, Awards and titles
Willis Van Devanter
willow
willow pattern - Story behind the Pattern, Origin not Chinese
Willy Brandt - Early life, the war, Mayor of West Berlin, Foreign Minister of West Germany
Willy Ley - Biography
Willy Messerschmitt - First sailplane designs and WWI, Beginning of his career, Trial and post-war career, Criticism
Willy Russell
Wilma (Glodean) Rudolph
Wilmington - In the United States of America, In the United Kingdom, In Australia
Wilmot Proviso - Effects
Wilson (Alwyn) Bentley - Biography, Bibliography
Wilson Cary Nicholas
Wilson Greatbatch - The Chardack-Greatbatch pacemaker, The Greatbatch lithium-iodide battery cell
Wilson Pickett - Discography
Wilton - Places, People, Other
Wiltshire - Etymology, History, Geology, landscape and ecology, Climate, Economy, Demographics, Politics, Settlements, Places of interest
Wim Wenders - Filmography
Wimbledon
Winchester - Important buildings, History, Sport, Schools in Winchester, Other information
wind - Winds by spatial scale, Winds by effect, Local winds that are tied to specific temperature distributions
wind chill
wind shear - Where and when it is observed, Effects on sound propagation, Effects on tropical cyclones
Windermere (lake) - Geography, Natural history, Local government, Boating
Windermere (town) - Local government
Windhoek - History, Transportation in the city, Climate
windmill - History, Modern windmills, More images
Windsor (Canada) - Structures, Other uses
Windsor (UK) - Structures, Other uses
Windsor (USA) - Structures, Other uses
Windsor Castle - Plan of the castle, Early history (1070—1350), Windsor Castle from 1350, Big Royal Dig
Windward Islands (Caribbean) - Name and geography, British colonial entity
Windward Islands (French Polynesia) - Name and geography, British colonial entity
wine - Etymology, Early history, Wine production, Wine grape varieties, Classification of wine, Wine names, Uses of wine
Winfield Scott - Early life, War of 1812, Nullification and the Trail of Tears, Scott as tactician, Mexican War
Winfield Scott Hancock - Early life and career, Civil War, Gettysburg, Virginia and the end of the war
Winfield Scott Schley
Winifred Holtby - Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
Winnipeg - Geography and Climate, Population, Government, Economy, Transportation, Crime, Sports, Arts and culture, Architecture, Local media
Winona Ryder - Early life, Film career, Shoplifting incident, Filmography, Awards and nominations
Winslow Homer - Early life, Early landscapes, England, Maine and maturity
Winsor (Zezic) McCay - Biography, Works, Selected comic strips by McCay, Filmography, Books and collections, Quote
Winston Churchill - Early life, The Army, Parliament, Ministerial office, Career between the wars, Role as wartime Prime Minister
wintergreen
Winterthur - Tourism
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller - Early life, Wealth, Political career, Medical crisis and death
Winthrop Rockefeller - Early life, Move to Arkansas, First political campaigns, Governor of Arkansas, Racial politics
wipe (photography) - Demonstration
Wirtschaftswunder - West Germany
Wisconsin - History, Demographics, Economy, Important cities and villages, Education, Professional sports teams, Miscellaneous topics
wisdom literature
wisteria - Cultivation, Species
witchcraft - Etymology, Overview, Practices considered to be witchcraft, By location
Witold Hurewicz - Early life and education, Career
Wittenberg - Theater and Culture
Witwatersrand
woad
Wole Soyinka - Biography, Bibliography
Wolf Biermann - Selected works
wolf spider
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Life, Works, musical style, and innovations, Myths and controversies, Media, Further reading
Wolfgang Harich - Publications:
Wolfgang Hildesheimer - Biography, Work, Awards
Wolfgang Kapp