Paul Dudley White (1886–1973), American
physician and cardiologist, 49
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), British
mathematician and philosopher, 3, 12,
13, 36, 159, 200
Charlotte Whitton (Charlotte Elizabeth
Whitton, 1896–1975), Canadian
feminist, 17
Tom Wicker (Thomas Grey Wicker, 1926–
2011), American journalist, 177
Bill Widener (William Meek Widener, 1840–
1920), American spiritual adviser, 19
Norbert Wiener (1894–1964), American
mathematician, 31
Albert Edward Wiggam (1871–1957),
American political activist and writer,
60
Eugene Wigner (Eugene Paul Wigner, 1902–
1995), Hungarian–American physicist,
41
Frank Wilczek (Frank Anthony Wilczek, 1951–
present), American physicist, 42
Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills
Wilde, 1854–1900), Irish writer, 109,
124, 127, 194, 199, 200
Thornton Wilder (Thornton Niven Wilder,
1897–1975), American writer, 88, 103,
124, 146
Robert Wilensky (1951–2013), American
computer scientist, 118
George Will (George Frederick Will, 1941–
present), American journalist, 28, 62,
88, 152, 180, 208
John Wilmot (1647–1680), English poet, 129
Edmund Wilson (1895–1972), American
writer, 136
Harold Wilson (Sir James Harold Wilson,
1916–1995), British politician, 83, 177
Woodrow Wilson (Thomas Woodrow Wilson,
1856–1924), American lawyer and
politician, 183, 188
Jeanette Winterson (1959–present), British
writer, 127
P. G. Wodehouse (Sir Pelham Grenville
Wodehouse, 1881–1975), British
humorist, 122, 130
David T. Wolf (1943–present), American
writer, 87
Thomas T. Woodson (1853–1973), American
engineering design expert, 41
Virginia Woolf (Adeline Virginia Woolf, 1882–
1941), British writer, 106
William Wordsworth (1770–1850), British
poet, 77
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), American
architect, 114, 207
Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), American
engineer and inventor, 94
Dorothy Maud Wrinch (1894–1976), British
and American mathematician and
biochemist, 4
X
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 1881–1936), Chinese
writer, 84
Y
R. J. Yeatman (Robert Julian Yeatman, 1897–
1968), British humorist, 58
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet,
206
Edward Young (1683–1765), English poet, 10,
131
Z
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), British writer,
169
Frank Zappa (Frank Vincent Zappa, 1940–
1993), American musician and
composer, 87, 110, 112
David Zeaman (1921–1984), American
psychologist, 51
Robert Zend (1929–1985), Hungarian–
Canadian poet, 128
Mikhail Zhvanetsky (Mikhail Mikhailovich
Zhvanetsky, 1934–2020), Russian and
Ukrainian satirist, 81, 103, 127, 133,
145
J. M. Ziman (John Michael Ziman, 1925–
2005), New Zealand physicist, 42
Author Index
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