(Encyclopedia) Smith, W. Eugene (William Eugene Smith), 1918–78, American photojournalist, b. Wichita, Kan. Smith is considered one of the principal masters of modern photojournalism. The distorted…
(Encyclopedia) Snodgrass, W. D. (William DeWitt Snodgrass), 1926–2009, American poet and translator, b. Wilkinsburg, Pa., grad. Univ. of Iowa, 1959. He is particularly known for his debut book, Heart…
(Encyclopedia) Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald), 1944–2001, German novelist, grad. Freiburg Univ. (1965). Sebald's novels are dense, elegiac, and meditative. They mingle fiction with…
(Encyclopedia) Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman Quine)Quine, W. V.kwīn [key], 1908–2000, American philosopher and mathematical logician, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Oberlin, 1930. He studied at Harvard (Ph.…
(Encyclopedia) Post, C. W. (Charles William Post), 1854–1914, American food manufacturer and developer of breakfast cereals, b. Springfield, Ill. He worked (1872–86) selling agricultural machines and…
(Encyclopedia) Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)Pabst, G. W.gāˈôrkh vĭlˈhĕlm päpst [key], 1885–1967, German film director, b. Austria. He used montage in such works of social realism as The Joyless…
DICKERSON, W. W. (William Worth), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Sherman, Grant County, Ky., November 29, 1851; attended the public schools and the private academy of N.M. Lloyd in…
DICKERSON, W. W. (William Worth), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Sherman, Grant County, Ky., November 29, 1851; attended the public schools and the private academy of N.M. Lloyd in…
ENGLISH, Warren Barkley, a Representative from California; born in Charles Town, Va. (now West Virginia), May 1, 1840; attended the public schools and Charles Town Academy until June 1861;…
(William Edward Burghardt Du Bois)writer, teacherBorn: 2/23/1868 African-American author and teacher who helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). A…