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.