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WHITNEY. ELI (1765-1825) [25], inventor of the cotton-gin, 

 son of Eli Whitney (1740 — ) [44]- 



WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-1892), an American 

 poet, son of John Whittier, who was tenth child of Joseph Whittier. 



WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813), a German 

 author, son of a clergyman. 



WIERTZ, ANTOINE JOSEPH (1806-1865), a Belgian painter. 



WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC (1802-1857) [43], an Eng- 

 lish clergyman, son of the philanthropist William Wilberforce (1759- 



1833). 



WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL (1805-1873) [46], an English 

 bishop, brother of the preceding. 



WILLIAMS, ROGER (1599-1683), founder of Rhode Island, 

 second son of William Williams. 



WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867) [26], an Amer- 

 ican author, son of Nathaniel Willis (1780-1870), a journalist. 



WOHLER, FRIEDRICH (1800—), a German chemist. 



WOLCOTT, OLIVER (1726-1797) [47], an American jurist, 

 con of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767). 



WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828) [107-^-3], an 

 English natural philosopher and inventor, son of Rev. Francis Wol- 

 laston, who was grandson of William Wollaston (1659-1724). 



WOLSEY, THOMAS (1471-1530), an English prelate. 



WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850), an English poet. 



WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774-1846), an English 

 clergyman, youngest brother of the preceding. He had sons Christo- 

 pher (1807 — ) [33], and Charles (1806) [32], who were the eminent 

 members of the next generation. 



WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1632-1723), an English architect. 



WYCLIFFE, JOHN DE (1324-1384), an English reformer. 



XIMINES DE CISNEROS, FRANCISCO (1436-1517), a Span- 

 ish statesman. 



ZWINGLI, ULRIC (1484-1531), a Swiss reformer. 



