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Waddington, Samuel Ferrand,
M.D. Algernon Sidney. An English physician, of London.
Wade, John, about 1800-. J. W.; The Original Editor. An English lawyer, of London; Vice-President ot the Histor- ical Section of the "Institut d'Afrique," of Pans.
Wadman, Elmer E Ellswoi th. An American writer of the day.
Wager, Miss Mary A E. Mintuood. An American writer of the day.
Waggamon, Mrs Mary T. Fannie Fame ; Quee) quill. An American writer.
WagstafFe, William, MD, 1685- 1725. Crispin; Dr. Andrew Tripe. An English physician, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, b. at Cubhugton, Bucks ; d. at Bath.
Wahab, Charles James. One who knows. An English sanitary writer of the day, of London.
Wainewriglit, Jeremiah, MD. A Member of the College oj Physicians. An English physician of the first part of the 18th century.
Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths Janus Weathercock; Vamey. An English author ; a friend of Lamb ; " the gentle- manly murderer " ; a contributor to the "London Magazine" (see his sketch of Hood paper styled "Janus Weather- cock/* etc, in the No. for January, 1822), of whoso criminal career a full account will be found in Talfourd's "Final Memorials of Charles Lamb."
Waimvright, Rev. Latham, M.A., F. S A , -1833. F. & A. An English clergyman; Rector of Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, 1803-33; resided in his parish a few years, but afterwards in London, where he died.
Wainwright, Reader. Another Bar- rister An English lawyer ; a Unit, writer.
Wake, Rev. William, D.D., 1657- 1736-37. A Country Clergyman. An Eng- lish divine; b. at Blandford, Dorset- shire ; Archbishop of Canterbury, 1715- 10 ; d. and was buried at Croydon.
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796- 1862. A Member. An English writer; accompanied the Earl of Durham to Canada as his private secretary in 1839; resided some years in the South of Prance, but removed to New Zealand, and d. there.
Wakefield, PrisciJla (Bell), 1750- 1832. PnsciUa ****; A Gentleman. An English Friend, of Tottenham; after- wards of Ipswich, Suffolk. She is said to have been the original promoter of those institutions called "Frugality
Banks/' for the benefit of the industn-
ous poor
Wakefield, Thomas, 1752-1806. Philanthropes. An English clergyman; brother of Gilbert Wakefield; minister at Richmond, Surrey, for 30 yeais, and d. there.
Walcott, Eliza. Tlie TILO Sisfeis. An American poet; sister of Sarah G. Walcott.
Walcott, Josephine. Coi delta Ilai- ens An American writer of the day
Walcott, Rev. Mackenzie Edward Clarke, B.D., 1822-. Jf. E C. W An English clergyman and poet; Exeter Coll, Oxford, 1844; Precentor and Pre- bendary of Oving in Chichester Cathe- dral, 1863-83 et seq.
Walcott, Sarah G. The Two Sistei s. An American poet ; sister to Ehza Walcott.
Waldie, Miss Charlotte Ann. An Englishwoman. An English writer; sis- ter* of John Waldie, of Hendersyde Park, near Newcastle, afterwards Mrs. Eaton, of Stamford
Waldie, Walter S. Eetlaw. An American writer of the day.
Waldo, . Tim Lmlenwater. An
American writer of the day.
Waldo, Leonard, 1853-. L. W An American astronomer; b. at Cincinnati; educ. at Woodward Coll. ; assistant at the Harv. Univ Observatory, Cambridge, 1875-80 et seq.; is now connected with the observatory at Yale Coll.
Waldo, Peter. A Layman. An Eng- lish religious writer for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Waldron, Francis Godolphin. F. G. W. An English actor, editor, and dramatist; editor of the "Literary Mus- eum," London, 1792; the "Shakespear- ian Miscellany," 1802 ; and editor or au- thor of the "Biographical Mirror," 1793.
Walford, Bessie G. Flora Walford. An English writer.
Walford, Edward, v Elliott Stock, Editor v Publisher. Walford, Kcv Ed- ward, M. A., 1823-. An English author ; b. at Hatfield, M.A. of Balliol Coll , Ox- ford ; editor of the " Gentleman's Maga- zine," 1866-68; and of the "Register,"
Walford, Thomas. An Irish Gentle-
man.
Walker, . Comet. An American
writer of the day.
Walker, Mrs . A Lady. An
English writer of the 18th century,
Walker, Miss , Anna ffiedair.
An American "Southland" writer; in 1872, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
