Tobin, John. 1770–1804. Dramatist. Author, among other plays, of the romantic, popular comedy The Honeymoon. See Memoirs, by E. S. Benger, 1820.
Todd, Henry John. 1763–1845. Littérateur. Author Life of Cranmer, Account of the Deans of Canterbury, etc., and editor of Spenser, Milton, and Johnson's Dict.
Tonna, Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth [Brown]. 1792–1846. Writer of moral and religious tales. Known as an author by her signature Charlotte Elizabeth.
Tooke, John Horne. See Horne-Tooke.
Toplady, Augustus Montague. 1740–1778. Theologian and hymn writer. Chiefly known by the famous hymn Rock of Ages. See Works, 1869.
Tourneur, Cyril. fl. c. 1600. Dramatist. Author The Atheist's Tragedy, Revenger's Tragedy, etc. His plays show great power and dramatic skill.
Townley, James. 1715–1788. Dramatist. Author of the witty farce High Life Below Stairs, etc.
Townshend [townz´end], Chauncey Hare. 1798–1868. Poet and prose writer. Author Sermons in Sonnets, Facts in Mesmerism, Mesmerism Proved, etc. Pub. Har.
Trafford, F. G. See Riddell, Mrs. C. E.
Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux. 1813–1875. Biblical scholar of note. Author The Englishman's Greek Concordance to the New Testament, etc.
Trelawney, Edward John. 1792–1881. Novelist. Author Adventures of a Younger Son, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron, etc.
Trench, Richard Chenevix. 1807 – . Abp. Dublin. Poet, philologist, and theologian. Author Notes on the Miracles, Study of Words, English Past and Present, Poems, etc. See Myers's Essays Modern. Pub. Apl. Arm. Mac. Scr.
Trevelyan, George Otto. 1838 – . Miscellaneous writer. Author Cawnpore, Life of Macaulay, etc. Pub. Har.
Trimmer, Mrs. Sarah. 1741–1810. Miscellaneous writer. Author Fabulous Histories, Abridgments of Scripture Hist., Sermons for Family Reading, etc. Pub. Rou.
Trollope, Anthony. 1815–1882. Novelist. Son to F. M. T. Author of a very long list of excellent novels, the best of which are, He Knew he was Right, Barchester Towers, Marion Fay, Doctor Thorne, and Framley Parsonage. His stories are never dull; the current of the narrative flows easily and the characters are well sketched, but the English is sometimes a little careless. See Autobiography; also, Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 1883, Century Mag. July, 1883, and Princeton Review, July, 1883. Pub. Har. Lip. Mac. Pet. Por. Rou.
Trollope, Edward. 1817 – . Bp. Nottingham. Archæological and architectural writer of note. Cousin to A. T. and T. A. T.
Trollope, Mrs. Frances Eleanor [Tiernan]. 18 – . Novelist. Wife to T. A. T. Author of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, Anne Furness, Among Aliens, Mabel's Progress, The Sacristan's Household, Veronica, etc. Pub. Har.
Trollope, Mrs. Frances [Milton]. 1778–1863. Novelist. Author Domestic Manners among the Americans, Widow Barnaby, etc. A voluminous, witty, but inartistic writer. Pub. Har. Rou.
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. 1810 – . Novelist and historian. Son to F. M. T. Author Lindisfarne Chase, Filippo Strozzi, La Beata, Hist. Florentine Commonwealth, Life Pope Pius IX., The Papal Conclaves, etc. See "Eng. Authors in Florence," Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1864. Pub. Har. Mac. Pet.
Tucker, Abraham. 1705–1774. Metaphysician. Author of The Light of Nature Pursued, published under the pseudonym Edward Search.
Tucker, Charlotte. "A. L. O. E." 1830 – . Writer of religious juvenile fiction. Pub. Ca. Nel.
Tulloch, John. 1822 – . Scotch theologian. Author Theism, Leaders of the Reformation, Christ of the Gospels and Christ of Modern Criticism, etc. See The Biograph, vol. 3. Pub. Mac. Phi. Rou. Scr.
Tupper, Martin Farquhar. 1810 – . Poet and prose writer. Author of The Proverbial Philosophy, and other popular but exceedingly commonplace poems. Some of his prose tales are excellent; of these Crock of Gold is the best known. Pub. Arm. Pet.
Turberville, George. 1530-c. 1595. Poet. Author Tragical Tales, etc.
Turner, Chas. Tennyson. See Tennyson-Turner.
Turner, Dawson. 1775–1858. Author Nat. Hist. of Sea Weeds, etc.
Turner, Sharon. 1768–1847. Historian. His chief works are Hist. of England in the Middle Ages, Sacred Hist. of the World, and a valuable Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons. Pub. Har.
Tusser, Thomas. 1515–1580. Poet. Author of A Hondreth Good Points of Husbandrie, expanded by later writers into Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie. See Mavor's edition, 1812.
Tylor, Edward Burnett. 1832 – . Ethnologist. Author of Anahauc, or Mexico and the Mexicans, Researches into the Early Hist. of Mankind, Anthropology and Primitive Culture. A writer of thorough scientific knowledge, possessing an admirable style. Pub. Apl. Ho.
Tyndale or Tindal, Wm. 1477–1536. Translator of the New Testament, 1525. Tyndale's version was afterwards revised by Coverdale. See Offor's Life of, 1836.
Tyndall, John. 1820 – . Irish physicist. Author Glaciers of the Alps, Heat as a Mode of Motion, Lect. on Light, On Radiation, etc. Pub. Apl.
Tyrwhitt [tĕr´ĭt], Thomas. 1730–1786. Antiquary and Chaucerian scholar. Editor of the works of Chaucer and Chatterton. A scholar of singular insight, whose conjectures have nearly all been sustained by texts of which he knew nothing.
Tytler [tīt´lȏr], Alex Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee. 1747–1813. Scotch historian. Son to Wm. T. Author Elements of Gen. Hist., Essay on Military Law, etc. Pub Clx. Har.
Tytler, C. C. Fraser. Great-niece to P. F. T. See Liddell, Mrs.
Tytler, Patrick Fraser. 1791–1849. Scotch historian and biographer. Son to A. F. T. Author Scottish Worthies, etc., and a standard Hist. of Scotland. Pub. Har.
Tytler, Sarah. See Keddie, Henrietta.
Tytler, Wm. 1711–1792. Scotch historical and critical writer.
Udall [yoo´dăl], Nicholas. 1506–1556. Dramatist. Author Ralph Roister Doister, the first Eng. comedy. It is known to have been acted before 1551. See Arber's reprint.
Upcott, Wm. 1779–1845. Bibliographer of note.
Urquhart [ȗrk´ȃrt], David. 1805 – . Scotch writer. Author Turkey and its Resources, The Progress of Russia, the Pillars of Hercules, etc. Pub. Har.
Usher or Ussher, James. 1580–1656. Abp. Armagh. Chronologist. Author Chronological Tables of Universal Hist. from the Creation to Vespasian. The marginal dates in the authorized version of the Bible are from Usher. See Complete Works, 17 vols., Dublin, 1864. See Life, by Aikin.
Valpy, Abraham John. 1787–1854. Shakespearean editor. His illustrated Shakespeare, 15 vols., appeared in 1834.
Vanbrugh [văn´broo], Sir John. 1666–1726. Dramatist and architect. Author of a dozen brilliant but coarse comedies, among which The Relapse, Revoked Wife, The Confederacy, and Journey to London are the best.
Vaughan [vawn or vaw´ȃn], Chas. James. 1816 – . Theologian. Author Heroes of Faith, Epistles of St. Paul for Eng. Readers, etc. A leader of Broad Church thought. Pub. Dut. Mac. Phi. Rou.
Vaughan, Henry. 1621–1695. Poet. His verse is religious in character, and is as frequently harsh in sound as quaint in form. Silex Scintillans is the title of his principal work. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2, MacDonald's England's Antiphon, and Dr. John Brown's Spare Hours, 1st Series. Pub. Hou.
Vaughan, Robert. 1795–1868. Miscellaneous writer. Author of Congregationalism, the Age of Great Cities, Revolutions in English Hist., etc.
Vaughan, Robert Alfred. 1823–1855. Son to R. V. Author Hours with the Mystics, etc. See Memoir by his father, 1858.
Vaux [vawks], Thomas, Lord. 1510–1557. Poet. Author of the Grave-digger's song in Hamlet and the meditative poem Thought.
Veitch, John. 1829 – . Scotch philosophical writer. Author Memoirs of Dugald Stewart and Sir Wm. Hamilton, etc.
Venn, Henry. 1725–1797. Religious writer. Author Complete Duty of Man, etc. See Life, by Henry Venn, 1834.
Vere, De, Sir Aubrey. See De Vere, Sir Aubrey.
Vere, De, Aubrey Thomas. See De Vere, Aubrey.
Vere, De, Edward, Earl of Oxford. See De Vere, Edward.
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham. 1627–1688. Dramatist. Author The Rehearsal and Battle of Sedgemoor.
Viner [vī´nȏr], Chas. 1680–1756. Legal writer. Author Complete Abridgment of Law and Equity.
Wace, Maistre Richard. c. 1120–1184. Anglo-Norman poet. Author of the Brut d'Angleterre and the Roman de Rou: the first poem of 12,000 lines, the latter of 17,000.
Waddington, George. 1793–1869. Historian. Author Hist. of the Church, Hist. Reformation on the Continent, etc. Pub. Har.
Wakefield, Gilbert. 1756–1801. Theological and classical writer. His annotated edition of Lucretius is one of his chief works.
Wakefield, Mrs. Priscilla. 1751–1832. Miscellaneous writer.
Walcott, Mackenzie Edward Chas. 1822 – . Archæologist. Author Sacred Archæology. Cathedral Cities of England and Wales, Memorials of Canterbury, etc.
Walford, Edward. 1823 – . Littérateur. Author Handbook of the Greek Drama, etc. See The Biograph, vol. 1.
Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia [Colquhoun]. 1845 – . Novelist. Author Mr. Smith, Pauline, Cousins, Troublesome Daughters, Dick Netherby, etc. Pub. Ho.
Walker, John. 1732–1807. Lexicographer. His Dict. of the English Language appeared in 1775.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1822 – . Naturalist. Author Travels on the Amazon, The Malay Archipelago, Geographical Distribution of Animals, etc. Independently of Darwin, W. originated a theory of natural selection. Pub. Har. Mac.
Wallace, Donald Mackenzie. 1841 – . Traveler. Author of Russia, etc. Pub. Ho.
Waller, Edmund. 1605–1687. Poet. Go, Lovely Rose, On a Girdle, and Old Age and Death are some of his best poems. See Bell's edition, 1866. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Waller, John Francis. 1810 – . Poet and prose writer. Author Poems, The Slingsby Papers, etc., and editor of the Imperial Dict. of Universal Biography. Pub. Cas.
Wallis, John. 1616–1703. Mathematician. Author numerous works on algebra, geometry, etc.
Walpole [wŏl´pol], Horace. 1717–1797. Miscellaneous writer. Author Castle of Otranto, a sensational romance, The Mysterious Mother, a tragedy, Historic Doubts concerning Richard III., etc. A brilliant but superficial writer. See Memoirs of, 1851; also, Living Age, vol. 13, "Strawberry Hill."
Walter, John. 1739–1812. Journalist. Founder of the London Times, 1788.
Walton, Brian. 1600–1661. Bp. Chester. Editor of the London Polyglott Bible. See Life, by Todd, 1821.
Walton, Izaak. 1593–1683. Biographer and angler. The Complete Angler, his chief work, is a book of much quiet beauty. Pub. Lit.
Warburton, Eliot Bartholomew Geo. 1810–1852. Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author The Crescent and the Cross, Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, etc.
Warburton, George. – 1857. Bro. to E. B. G. W. Author Conquest of Canada, Hochelaga, etc. Pub. Har.
Warburton, Wm. 1698–1779. Bp. Gloucester. A learned and brilliant but arrogant author. He wrote The Divine Legation of Moses, and published an edition of Shakespeare in 1747. See Life, by Watson, 1863, and Quarterly Rev. June, 1812.
Ward, Robert Plumer. 1765–1846. Novelist. Author Tremaine, De Vere, De Clifford, and Chatsworth; metaphysical, philosophical, and political narratives. See Memoirs, 1850. Pub. Har.
Waring, Anna L. 18 – . Welsh poet. Author of Hymns and Meditations. Pub. Dut.
Warner, Ferdinando. 1703–1768. Historian. Author Eccl. Hist. England, Hist. Ireland, etc.
Warner, Wm. 1558–1609. Poet. Author of Albion's England, a hist. of England from the Deluge to Elizabeth, containing 10,000 14-syllable lines. It is humorous, spirited, and even pathetic in places. See Craik's Eng. Lit., vol. 1, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Warren, John Leicester. 18 – . Poet. Author Philoctetes, Rehearsals, Orestes, Searching the Net, etc. See Stedman's Victorian Poets. Pub. Rou.
Warren, Samuel. 1807–1877. Novelist and physician. Author Diary of a Physician, and the famous novel Ten Thousand a Year. Pub. Har. Por.
Warton, Joseph. 1722–1800. Poet and critic. See Biography, by Wool, 1806.
Warton, Thomas. 1728–1790. Poet and critic. Bro. to J. W. A valuable Hist. Eng. Poetry is his chief prose work. See Carew Hazlitt's edition. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3. Pub. Rou.
Waterton, Charles. 1782–1865. Naturalist. Author Essays on Nat. Hist., etc. Pub. Mac.
Watson, Richard. 1737–1816. Bp. Llandaff. Theologian. Author of Apologies for Christianity and the Bible, etc. See Autobiography, 1817. Pub Phi.
Watson, Robert. 1730–1780. Scotch historian. Author of a worthless Hist. of Philip II.
Watson, Thomas. 1560–1592. Poet. His Sonnets have been much praised. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1.
Watts, Alaric Alexander. 1799–1864. Poet. Author Poetical Sketches, Lyrics of the Heart, etc.
Watts, Mrs. Anna Mary [Howitt]. 1824 – . Artist and miscellaneous writer. Author of The Art Student in Munich, Pioneers of Spiritualism, containing Lives of Dr. Justinius Kerner and Wm. Howitt, written from the psychological point of view, etc.
Watts, Isaac. 1674–1748. Religious poet. Author Psalms and Hymns, etc. While some of his verse is hardly more than doggerel, he sometimes rises to a lofty plane of expression. See Life, by Milner, 1834. Pub. Ca. Hou. Rou.
Waugh [waw], Edwin. 1817 – . Dialect poet. Author Lancashire Songs, etc.
Webster, Mrs. Augusta. 1840 – . Poet. Author Dramatic Studies, Portraits, A Woman Sold, translations from Euripides, etc. Her verse is strong and original in tone. See Stedman's Victorian Poets. Pub. Mac.
Webster, John. c. 1582–1638. Dramatist. Author of the tragedies of The White Devil, Duchess of Malfy, Guise, Devil's Law Case, Appius and Virginia, etc. W. is the greatest master of the terrible among Eng. dramatists. See Dyce's edition 1830, and Hazlitt's 1857. Pub. Rou.
Wesley, Chas. 1708–1788. Hymn writer of note. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
West, Gilbert. 1705–1756. Theologian and poet. Translator of Pindar and author of the able treatise Observations on the Resurrection.
Westcott, Brooke Foss. 1825 – . Theologian. Author Hist. Canon of the New Testament, Hist. of the Eng. Bible, The Bible and the Church, etc. Pub. Har. Mac.
Westwood, Thos. 1814 – . Poet. Author Beads from a Rosary, Quest of the Sancgreal, Berries and Blossoms, etc.
Whately [hwāt´lĭ], Richard. 1787–1863. Abp. Dublin. Essayist. Author New Testament Difficulties, Political Economy, Logic and Rhetoric, etc. A thinker of logical but unimaginative powers. See Life and Correspondence, edited by his daughter, 1864, and H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches. Pub. Ca. Dra. Har. Sh.
Whetstone, Geo. fl. c. 1580. Dramatist. From his play Promos and Cassandra Shakespeare has drawn the story of Measure for Measure.
Whewell [hū´e̯l], Wm. 1794–1866. Philosopher. Author Hist. Inductive Sciences, Plurality of Worlds, Hist. Moral Philosophy in England, Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, etc. Pub. Apl. Har.
Whiston, Wm. 1667–1752. Theologian and mathematician. Author of A New Theory of the Earth, etc., and editor of Josephus. Pub. Por.
Whitaker, John. 1735–1808. Historian. Author Hist. of Manchester, Mary, Queen of Scots, Vindicated, etc.
White, Gilbert. 1720–1793. Author of the Naturalist's Calendar and the delightful Nat. Hist. of Selborne. See Buckland's edition, London, 1875. See Fraser's Mag., March, 1879. Pub. Har. Mac. Rou.
White, Henry. 1835 – . Archæologist and religious writer. Author Historical Memorials of the Savoy Conferences on Art and History, etc. See The Biograph, Aug. 1880.
White, Henry Kirke. 1785–1806. Poet. His verse is mediocre and crude. See Life, by Southey. Pub. Apl. Hou.
White, James. 1804–1862. Historical writer. Author Historical Landmarks, The Eighteen Christian Centuries, Hist. of France, Hist. of England, etc. Pub. Apl. Rou.
White, Joseph Blanco. 1775–1841. Miscellaneous writer. His Sonnet on Night is widely known and esteemed.
Whitehead, Paul. 1710–1774. Poet. Style witty and satirical.
Whitehead, Wm. 1715–1785. Poet. Of his seven indifferent dramas the best are Creusa and The Roman Father. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Whitelocke, Bulstrode. 1605–1676. Historical writer. His Memorials of Eng. Affairs and other works are of much value.
Wicklif, John. 1324–1384. Reformer. Translator of the Bible. See T. Arnold's Select Eng. Works of 1871. See Biography, by Vaughan, 1853. Pub. Mac.
Wilberforce, Robert Isaac. 1802–1857. Theological writer. Son to W. W.
Wilberforce, Samuel. 1805–1873. Bp. Oxford. Son to W. W. Author Hist. P. E. Church in America, Sermons, Eucharistica, etc. See Life, 1883. Pub. Ca. Dut.
Wilberforce, Wm. 1759–1833. Philanthropist. Author Practical View of Christianity, etc. See Life, by his sons, 5 vols., London, 1838; also, Life, by John Stoughton.
Wilde, Oscar. 1856 – . Irish poet. Charmides and Ave Imperatrix are among his finest poems. His verse is musical, but frequently erotic. See The Biograph, Aug. 1880. Pub. Rob.
Wilkie, Wm. 1721–1772. Scotch poet. Author of The Epigoniad.
Wilkins, John. 1614–1672. Bp. Chester. Of his many works, the chief is the Discovery of a New World, which attempts to prove the feasibility of a passage from the earth to the moon.
Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner. 1797–1875. Egyptologist. Author Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Architecture of Ancient Egypt, Modern Egypt, etc. See Memoir, by his wife, 1876. Pub. Har. Lit.
Wilkinson, John James Garth. 1812 – . Physician. Author Biography of Swedenborg, The Human Body, The Ministry of Health, etc. Pub. Lip.
Williams, Sir Chas. Hanbury. 1709–1759. Satirist and poet.
Williams, Helen Maria. 1762–1827. Poet and political writer. Author of the familiar hymn beginning "While Thee I seek, Protecting Power."
Williams, Monier. 1819 – . Sanskrit scholar. Author Eng. and Sanskrit Dict., and Sanskrit and Eng. Dict., etc. Pub. Mac.
Williams, Rowland. 1817–1870. Welsh theologian. See Life, by his wife, 1874.
Wills, Wm. Gorman. 1828 – . Dramatist and novelist. Eugene Aram, Jane Shore, Charles I., and Mary Stuart are some of his plays. Pub. Har.
Wills, Wm. Henry. 1810–1880. Journalist and miscellaneous writer. Pub. Har.
Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester. 1647–1680. Poet. A writer of numerous gay, witty, but extremely licentious lyrics.
Willmott, Robert Avis. 1809–1863. Poet and biographer. Author Life of Jeremy Taylor, and editor of Herbert, Gray, Cowper, etc. Pub. Rou.
Wilson, Daniel. 1816 – . Miscellaneous writer. Author of Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, Prehistoric Man, Caliban the Missing Link, Chatterton: a Biographical Study, etc. Pub. Mac.
Wilson, George. 1818–1859. Chemist and essayist. Author Five Gateways to Knowledge, Life Prof. Forbes, etc. See Memoir, by his sister. Pub. Mac.
Wilson, Horace Hayman. 1788–1860. Sanskrit scholar. Author Hist. Cashmere, translation of the Rig-Veda, etc.
Wilson, John, "Christopher North." 1785–1854. Poet and essayist. Author of the poems The Isle of Palms and The City of the Plague, of the stories Margaret Lyndsay and Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, and of the famous Noctes Ambrosianæ. His style could be tender and pathetic, but as a reviewer it was often coarse, prejudiced, and brutal. See Ferrier's edition, 12 vols. See Life, by Mrs. Gordon, 1862. Pub. Arm. Ca. Wid.
Wilson, Sir Thomas. 1523–1581. Author of The Art of Rhetoric, etc.
Wilson, Wm. 1801–1860. Scotch poet. See Grant Wilson's Poets of Scotland.
Winchelsea, Countess Anne. c. 1700–1720. Poet. Author of The Nocturnal Reverie, etc. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3.
Wingate, David. 1828 – . Scotch poet. Author Annie Weir, etc. See Grant Wilson's Poets of Scotland.
Winkworth, Catherine. 1825–1878. Hymnologist. Editor Hymns of the Ages, Lyra Germanica, etc. Pub. Mac.
Winslow, Forbes Benignus. 1810–1874. Physician. Author Physic and Physicians, The Anatomy of Suicide, Lectures on Insanity, Obscure Diseases of the Brain, etc.
Wiseman, Nicholas, Cardinal. 1802–1865. Miscellaneous writer. Author works on religion, science, art, literature, etc.
Wither, George. 1588–1677. Poet. A voluminous writer, best known by his Shepherd's Resolution and The Steadfast Shepherd. Style forcible and original. See Craik's Eng. Lit., vol. 2, and Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Wolcott [wŏl´kȏt, or wŏŏl´kȏt], John, "Peter Pindar." 1738–1819. Poet. Author of numerous witty, satirical poems, as The Lousiad, Bozzy and Piozzi, and the Lyric Odes of Peter Pindar, many of which were in ridicule of George III.
Wolfe, Charles. 1791–1823. Irish poet. Author of the famous Lines on the Burial of Sir John Moore. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4.
Wollstonecraft, Mary. See Godwin, Mrs. Mary.
Wood, Anthony. 1632–1695. Antiquary. Author Athenæ Oxonienses, etc. See Rawlinson's Life, 1811.
Wood, Mrs. Ellen [Price]. 1820 – . Novelist. Of her many novels, East Lynne is the most famous. Johnny Ludlow is one of her best books. Pub. Di. Pet.
Wood, Mrs. Henry. See Wood, Mrs. Ellen.
Wood, John George. 1827 – . Naturalist. Author Homes without Hands, Bible Animals, Common Objects of the Sea and Shore, etc. Pub. Cas. Har. Por. Rou.
Woodhouselee, Lord. See Tytler, A. F.
Woolner, Thomas. 1825 – . Sculptor and poet. Author My Beautiful Lady, etc. Style delicate and pure. Pub. Mac.
Worboise, Mrs. Emma Jane. 1825 – . Novelist. Author Helen Bury, Lights and Shadows of Christian Life, Thornycroft Hall, etc. Pub. Rou.
Wordsworth, Chas. 1806 – . Bp. St. Andrew's. Son to succeeding. Neph. to W. W. Author Shakespeare's Knowledge and Use of the Bible, The Bible in the Authorized Version with Notes and Introduction, etc. Pub. Dut. Mac.
Wordsworth, Christopher. 1774–1846. Bro. to W. W. Author Eccl. Biography, etc.
Wordsworth, Christopher. 1807 – . Bp. Lincoln. Son to preceding. Author Hist. Church in Ireland, Memoirs Wm. Wordsworth, etc. Pub. Dut.
Wordsworth, Wm. 1770–1850. His poems number in all 485, including the long poems, The Excursion, Peter Bell, White Doe, and the Prelude. The best of his verse is contained in the Ode on Immortality, Tintern Abbey, Ode to Duty, Laodamia, The Cuckoo, Lucy, and a few of the Sonnets, some of which are nearly perfect of their kind. Much of his verse contains little of real interest, but his best is poetry of the very highest type. See Grosart's complete edition, 1875. See Lives, by Bp. Wordsworth, Phillips, and Paxton Hood; also, Myers's Wordsworth, in Eng. Men of Letters, Masson's Essays, and Shairp's Studies in Poetry. Pub. Hou. Mac. Por. Rou.
Worsley, Philip Stanhope. – 1866. Poet. Translator of the Iliad.
Wotton, Sir Henry. 1586–1639. Poet and miscellaneous writer. His most familiar poem is the one beginning, "How happy is he born and taught." See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2.
Wotton, Wm. 1666–1726. Author of the Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, one of the original sources of the Boyle and Bentley controversy.
Wrangham, Francis. 1769–1843. Poet and translator from the classics.
Wraxall, Sir Fred'k Chas. Lascelles. 1828–1865. Novelist. Author Wild Oats, Camp Life, Memoirs Queen Hortense, etc.
Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel. 1751–1831. Historical writer. Author Memoirs Kings of France, Hist. France, Historical Memoirs of my own Time, etc.
Wright, Thomas. 1810 – . Archæologist. Author Domestic Manners in England in the Middle Ages, Wanderings of an Antiquary, Hist. of Caricature and the Grotesque, Womankind in Western Europe, etc. Pub. Apl.
Wright, Wm. Aldis. 1836 – . Shakespearean scholar. Co-editor with Clark of the Cambridge Shakespeare, 9 vols., 1866, and of the Globe Shakespeare.
Wyatt, Sir Thomas. 1503–1542. Poet. Author of love lyrics, one of the finest being Forget not yet the Tried Intent. See Poems with Memoir, 1831. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1. Pub. Hou.
Wycherley [wĭtch-e̯r-lĭ], Wm. 1640–1715. Dramatist. The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer are the best of his plays, all of which are witty, sprightly, and immoral. See edition of 1831, with Congreve, Farquhar, and Vanbrugh. Pub. Ron.
Wyckliffe. See Wiclif, John.
Wynter, Andrew. 1819–1876. Miscellaneous writer. Author Our Social Bees, Curiosities of Civilization, Borderlands of Insanity, etc. Pub. Put.
Yates, Edmund Hodgson. 1831 – . Novelist. Author Black Sheep, The Yellow Flag, Kissing the Rod, Wrecked in Port, etc. Pub. Apl. Har. Rou.
Yonge [yŭng], Charles Duke. 1812 – . Historian. Author Hist. British Navy, Hist. Eng. Revolution of 1688, Hist. France Under the Bourbons, Three Centuries of Modern Hist., etc. Pub. Apl. Har.
Yonge, Charlotte Mary. 1823 – . Novelist. Cousin to C. D. Y. An industrious writer, of whose 50 vols. more than 30 are fictions. The Heir of Redclyffe is her most noted book; others are Heartsease, Hopes and Fears, and The Daisy Chain. Her work is all careful, well intentioned, and strongly High Church in character. Pub. Apl. Dut. Est. Har. Ho. Lip. Lo. Mac. Phi. Rob.
Youatt [yoo´a̯t], Wm. 1777–1847. Veterinary writer. Author of The Horse, Cattle, Sheep, The Pig, and other similar standard works. Pub. Ju. Lip. Por. Rou.
Young, Arthur. 1741–1820. Agricultural writer of note. Author Rural Economy, Six Months' Tour through North of England, etc. See Allibone's Dict. and Donaldson's Agricultural Biography.
Young, Edward. 1684–1765. Poet. Author Night Thoughts, etc. Style strained and affected. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3. Pub. Apl. Ca. Hou.
Young, Thomas. 1773–1829. Scientific writer of eminence. See Peacock's Life of.
Zouch, Richard. c. 1590–1660. A voluminous legal writer.
Zouch, Thomas. 1737–1815. Miscellaneous writer. Author Memoirs Sir Philip Sidney, Izaak Walton, etc.