Windsor. 1917-. Surname of British royal family, replacing Wettin, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in WWI.

Winstanley, Gerrard. c1609-60. Founder of Diggers 1649. True Leveller’s Standard Advanced 1649.

Winterhalter, Franz-Xaver. 1805-73. German royal portrait painter. Empress Eugénie 1854.

Winthrop, John. 1588-1649. English Governor of Massachussets Bay Colony 1629~48 as Theocracy.

Wishart, George 1513-46. Scottish Protestant martyr.

Wissman, Hermann von. 1853-1905. German explorer of Upper Congo.

Witan. Anglo-Saxon king’s council.

Witt, Johan de. 1625-72. Dutch statesman. Rebuilt navy. Led Dutch Wars. Triple Alliance 1668. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Killed by Orangist mob.

Witte, Sergei. 1849-1915. Russian finance minister 1892-1903. Trans-Siberian Railway. Capitalistic policies. First Prime Minister 1905-6.

Wittelsbach, Otto von. Otto I of Greece.

Wittenberg. 1517. Church door on which Luther posted his 95 Theses.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. 1889-1951. Austrian/English linguistic philosopher: Philosophical Investigations 1953. Logical Positivism 1921.

Wladislaus II. c1456-1576. King of Bohemia 1471-, Hungary 1490-. Treaty later gave both to Hapsburgs 1526.

Wodehouse, P.G. 1881-1975. English humorist. Jeeves 1917.

Wöhler, Friedrich. 1800-82. German. Synthesized urea 1828. Aluminum 1827.

Wolf, Hugo. 1860-1903. Austrian poet/song writer. Subtle interweaving of piano and vocal based on German, Spanish, Italian poems.

Wolfe, James. 1727-59. British general. Captured Quebec in Seven Years War 1759.

Wolfe, Tom. 1900-38. US novelist. Look Homeward, Angel 1929.

Wolfram von Eschenbach. 1170-1220. German lyric poet. Parsifal 1202.

Wollstonecraft, Mary. 1759-97. English feminist author. Vindication of the Rights of Women 1792. Mother of Mary W Shelley.

Wolsey, Thomas. c1475-1530. English cardinal. Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII. Lost influence when unable to secure divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Built Hampton Court Palace as gift for Henry VIII. Unpopularity a cause of Reformation.

Wood, Grant. 1892-1942. US midwest regionalist painter. American Gothic 1930.

Wood, John. 1704-54. English Palladian architect: Royal Crescent, Bath 1767.

Wood, Leonard. 1860-1927. US military surgeon. Co-founder of Rough Riders.

Woodhull, Victoria. 1838-1927. US reformer. First female presidential candidate 1872. Suffrage, free love advocate.

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