HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 



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from court by Emperor Ferdinand, but recalled 

 on the death of Marshal Tilly ; defeated by 

 Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen in 1632, but 

 gained several victories in Silesia ; again lost 

 the emperor's favor, being charged with aspi- 

 rations to the throne of Bohemia, was deprived 

 of his command and assassinated. 



WALPOLE, Horace, Earl of Oxford, 1717-97, 

 Eng. author and wit. 



WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE, 1170?- 

 1230?, greatest of Ger. minnesingers. 



WALTON, Izaak, 1593-1683, Eng. writer ; 

 " The Complete Angler." 



WARREN, Joseph, 1741-75, Am. physician ; 

 Revolutionary general and patriot ; fell at 

 Bunker Hill. 



WARREN, Samuel, 1807-77, Eng. author. 



WARWICK, Richard Neville, Earl of (the 

 king maker), 1420?-71, Eng. warrior; setup 

 and deposed Edward IV. 



WASHINGTON, George, 1732-99, commander- 

 in-chief in the American Revolution, and first 

 president of the United States; "the father 

 of his country;" born in Virginia; aide-de- 

 camp to Braddoek in the Indian campaign of 

 1755 ; married Martha Custis, 1759 ; chosen 

 to Congress, 1774 ; appointed commander-in- 

 chief, 1775 ; president, 1789-97. 



WATT, James, 1736-1819, Scot, engineer 

 and inventor ; improved and completed the 

 steam engine ; also credited with the discovery 

 of the composition of water. 



WATTEAU, Jean Antoine, 1684-1721, Fr. 

 painter. 



WATTS, Isaac, 1674-1748, Eng. Dissenting 

 minister and sacred poet. 



WAYNE, Anthony, 1745-96, Am. Revolu- 

 tionary general. 



WEBER, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von, 

 Baron, 1786-1826, Ger. composer. 



WEBSTER, Daniel, 1782-1852, Am. lawyer, 

 orator, and statesman; "the expounder of 

 the Constitution ; " born in New Hampshire ; 

 Congress, 1812-16, 1822-8 ; Senate, 1828-41 ; 

 secretary of state ; re-entered Senate in 1844 ; 

 again became secretary of state in 1850 ; nomi- 

 nated for the presidency in 1834, but defeated ; 

 candidate for the Whig nomination in 1848, 

 but defeated by Taylor, whom he supported : 

 Webster's reply to Hayne, of South Carolina, 

 is considered the greatest speech ever made in 

 Congress. 



WEBSTER, Noah, 1758-1843, Am. lexicog- 

 rapher. 



WEDGWOOD, Josiah, 1730-95, Eng. potter. 



WEED, Thurlow, 1797-1883, Am. journalist. 



WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, first Duke 

 of, 1769-1852, greatest of Br. generals ; gained 

 great distinction in India, in the war against 

 the Mahrattas ; major-general, 1802 ; Parlia- 



ment, 1805 ; secretary for Ireland, 1807 ; de- 

 feated the Danes at Kioge, and was given 

 command of an army sent to Spain against the 

 French, 1808 ; triumphantly entered Madrid, 

 1812 ; defeated Jourdan and Soult, 1813 ; in- 

 vaded France and gained numerous victories ; 

 defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, 1815 ; was 

 afterward prime minister and minister of for- 

 eign affairs. 



WENCESLAUS (or Wenzel), 1361-1419, em- 

 peror of Germany and king of Bohemia. 



WESLEY, Charles, 1708-88, Eng. Methodist 

 divine and hymn-writer. 



WESLEY, John, 1703-91, brother of C. W. ; 

 Eng. founder of Methodism, ' ' the religion of 

 feeling." 



WEST, Benjamin, 1738-1820, Am. painter 

 in England. 



WHARTON, Francis, 1820-89, Am. jurist 

 and theologian. 



WHATELY, Richard, 1787-1863, Ir. prelate 

 and author. 



WHEELER, William Almon, 1819-87, Am. 

 statesman ; vice-president. 



WHITE, Henry Kirke, 1785-1806, Eng. 

 religious poet. 



WHITE, Richard Grant, 1822-85, Am. 

 author. 



WHITEFIELD, George, 1714-70, Eng. 

 preacher, founder of Calvinistic Methodists. 



WHITMAN, Walt, 1819-92, Am. poet. 



WHITNEY, Eli, 1765-1825, Am. inventor of 

 the cotton-gin. 



WHITTIER, John Greenleaf, 1807-92, Am. 

 poet ; member of the Society of Friends. 



WILBERFORCE. William, 1759-1833, Eng. 

 philanthropist and statesman ; secured the 

 abolition of the slave trade. 



WILLIAM I. (the Conqueror), 1027-87, king 

 of England ; duke of Normandy ; conquered 

 England. 



WILLIAM III. (William Henry of Nassau, 

 prince of Orange), 1650-1702, won battle of 

 the Boyne. 



WILLIAM I., 1772-1843, king of the Neth- 

 erlands. 



WILLIAM I., 1797-1888, king of Prussia 

 and emperor of Germany. 



WILLIAMS, Roger, 1599-1683, Eng. Puritan 

 minister ; founder of Rhode Island colony ; 

 born in Wales. 



WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-67, Am. 

 journalist and poet. 



WILMOT, David, 1814-68, Am. statesman. 

 (Wilmot Proviso.) 



WILSON, Henry (original name Jeremiah 

 Jones Colbath), 1812-75, Am. politician; 

 eighteenth vice-president. 



WISEMAN, Nicholas, 1802-65, Eng. cardi- 

 nal. 



