- Warren, Mercy Otis (American writer and historian)
Mercy Otis Warren was an American poet, dramatist, and historian whose proximity to political leaders and critical national events gives particular value to her writing on the American Revolutionary period. She is considered by some to be the first American woman to write primarily for the public
- Warren, Mount (mountain, Wyoming, United States)
Wind River Range: …12,000 feet (3,658 metres), including Mount Warren (13,720 feet [4,182 metres]), Fremont Peak (13,730 feet [4,185 metres]), and the highest point in Wyoming, Gannett Peak (13,804 feet [4,207 metres]). In the north is Togwotee Pass (9,662 feet [2,945 metres]), and at the southern end of the range is the historic…
- Warren, Richard Duane (American pastor)
Rick Warren is an American pastor who, as the founder of Saddleback Church and as the author of The Purpose-Driven Life (2002), became one of the most influential Evangelical Christians in the United States. Warren, a fourth-generation Southern Baptist pastor, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
- Warren, Rick (American pastor)
Rick Warren is an American pastor who, as the founder of Saddleback Church and as the author of The Purpose-Driven Life (2002), became one of the most influential Evangelical Christians in the United States. Warren, a fourth-generation Southern Baptist pastor, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
- Warren, Robert Penn (American writer)
Robert Penn Warren was an American novelist, poet, critic, and teacher, best-known for his treatment of moral dilemmas in a South beset by the erosion of its traditional, rural values. He became the first poet laureate of the United States in 1986. In 1921 Warren entered Vanderbilt University,
- Warren, Robin (Australian pathologist)
Robin Warren was an Australian pathologist who was corecipient, with Barry J. Marshall, of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that stomach ulcers are an infectious disease caused by bacteria. Warren received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Adelaide in
- Warrensburg (Missouri, United States)
Warrensburg, city, seat (1836) of Johnson county, west-central Missouri, U.S. It lies 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Kansas City. Named for Martin Warren, an American Revolutionary War soldier and blacksmith who settled in the area in 1833, the town developed as an agricultural trade centre. The
- Warri (Nigeria)
Warri, town and port, Delta state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Warri River in the western Niger River delta, 30 miles (48 km) upstream from the port of Forcados on the Bight of Benin. Founded by Prince Ginuwa from Benin (60 miles [97 km] north) in the late 15th century, it grew to become
- Warrick, Marie Dionne (American singer)
Dionne Warwick is an American pop and rhythm and blues (R&B) singer whose soulful sound earned her widespread appeal. She is perhaps best known for her collaborations with such high-profile artists as Burt Bacharach and Barry Manilow. Warrick was raised in a middle-class, racially integrated
- warrigal (mammal)
dingo, (Canis lupus dingo, Canis dingo), member of the family Canidae native to Australia. Most authorities regard dingoes as a subspecies of the wolf (Canis lupus dingo); however, some authorities consider dingoes to be their own species (C. dingo). The name dingo is also used to describe wild
- Warring States (Chinese history)
Warring States, (475–221 bce), designation for seven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms whose careers collectively constitute an era in Chinese history. The Warring States period was one of the most fertile and influential in Chinese history. It not only saw the rise of many of the great
- Warrington (urban area, England, United Kingdom)
Warrington, urban area (from 2011 built-up area) and unitary authority, geographic county of Cheshire, northwestern England. It lies along the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal between Liverpool and Manchester. The historic core of Warrington and the rest of the unitary authority north of
- Warrior (ship)
John Scott Russell: …Great Eastern (1856) and HMS Warrior (1860), the world’s first wholly ironclad battleship. He wrote several books, including On the Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam Navigation (1841) and The Modern System of Naval Architecture, 3 vol. (1864–65).
- Warrior (steamboat)
Black Hawk War: Massacre at Bad Axe and surrender: …by the appearance of the Warrior, a steamboat bearing artillery and 20 soldiers that was returning southward from a visit to the Sioux. Under a white flag, Black Hawk waded out into the river and tried, once again, to surrender. As at Stillman’s Run and Wisconsin Heights, however, the soldiers…
- Warrior (film by O’Connor [2011])
Tom Hardy: …well-received mixed martial arts drama Warrior (2011) and the romantic comedy dud This Means War (2012), Hardy reunited with his Inception director, Christopher Nolan, to play Bane, the muscle-bound anarchist who faces off against Batman in the comic-book blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
- Warrior (armored vehicle)
armoured vehicle: Infantry fighting vehicles: Its British equivalent is the Warrior Mechanized Combat Vehicle, introduced in 1986. The Warrior weighs 24.5 tons, has a three-man crew, can carry seven infantrymen, and is armed with a turret-mounted 30-mm cannon.
- warrior (person)
history of Europe: Demographic and agricultural growth: …land identified themselves primarily as warriors. Because new technologies of warfare, including heavy cavalry, were expensive, fighting men required substantial material resources as well as considerable leisure to train. The economic and political transformation of the countryside filled these two needs. The old armies of free men of different levels…
- warrior caste
South American nomad: Composite bands: …society became stratified into nobles, warriors, serfs, and slaves. The nobles were divided into those who inherited their titles and those upon whom titles were bestowed for lifetime only. The warrior class was basically hereditary, but other men demonstrating greatness in war could become members, thereby establishing new hereditary lines.…
- Warrior Mechanized Combat Vehicle (armored vehicle)
armoured vehicle: Infantry fighting vehicles: Its British equivalent is the Warrior Mechanized Combat Vehicle, introduced in 1986. The Warrior weighs 24.5 tons, has a three-man crew, can carry seven infantrymen, and is armed with a turret-mounted 30-mm cannon.
- Warrior on Horseback (work by Riccio)
Andrea Riccio: … in the Bargello, Florence, the Warrior on Horseback in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Arion in the Louvre.
- Warrior Queen of Jhansi, The (film by Bhise [2019])
Derek Jacobi: …in 2019 included the films The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, about the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58, and Tolkien, a biopic about the English writer. The following year he appeared in The Host and Come Away. He later was cast in A Bird Flew In (2021), a drama that follows various…
- Warriors of the Wind (film by Miyazaki)
Miyazaki Hayao: Launch of Studio Ghibli: …no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind), a monthly manga (Japanese cartoon) strip he wrote for Animage magazine. The story followed Naushika, a princess and reluctant warrior, on her journey through an ecologically ravaged world. Its success inspired a film of the same name (released…
- Warriston, Archibald Johnston, Lord (Scottish clergyman)
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston was a Scottish Presbyterian who was a leading anti-Royalist during the English Civil Wars between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. Later he became an official in Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth regime. He was known to his contemporaries as petulant and
- Warrnambool (Victoria, Australia)
Warrnambool, city, southwestern Victoria, Australia, on Lady Bay near the mouth of Hopkins River. The bay, too shallow for modern ships, was first visited in 1802 by Nicolas Baudin, a French admiral and scientific explorer. Near Warrnambool is a site reputed to be that of the "mahogany ship," a
- Warrumbungle Range (mountains, Australia)
Warrumbungle Range, mountain chain in northern New South Wales, Australia. Extending northwest for 80 mi (130 km) and volcanic in origin, the massif rises abruptly from a plain to an average elevation of 2,000 ft (600 m) culminating in Mt. Exmouth (3,953 ft). It was crossed in 1818 by the explorer
- Wars (work by Procopius)
Procopius: The Wars consists of: (1) the Persian Wars (two books), on the long struggle of the emperors Justin I and Justinian I against the Persian kings Kavadh and Khosrow I down to 549, (2) the Vandal War (two books), describing the conquest of the Vandal kingdom…
- Wars of Yahweh, Book of the (biblical literature)
Book of the Wars of Yahweh, lost document referred to and quoted in the Old Testament (Num. 21:14ff.). The book is probably a collection of early Israelite war songs including hymns of victory, curses, mocking songs, and other literary genres recounting the victories of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
- Wars, The (work by Findley)
Timothy Findley: The Wars (1977) features the dilemmas of soldier Robert Ross as he attempts to cope with an officer and 130 doomed horses in the midst of World War I. Famous Last Words (1981) is narrated by Ezra Pound’s character Hugh Selwyn Mauberley and features noted…
- Warsak Dam (dam, Pakistan)
Indus River: Irrigation of the Indus River: The Warsak multipurpose project on the Kabul River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Peshawar, provides irrigation for food crops and fruit orchards in the Peshawar valley and is designed to produce 240,000 kilowatts of electricity. In the plains region the Kalabagh, or Jinnah, Barrage…
- Warsame, Keinan Abdi (Canadian musician)
K’Naan is a Somali-born Canadian hip-hop musician of the early 21st century whose brightly melodic songs and clever socially conscious lyrics demonstrated international appeal and made him an ambassador for the plight of his homeland. K’Naan grew up in Mogadishu in an artistic family—his
- Warsaw (national capital, Poland)
Warsaw, city, capital of Poland. Located in the east-central part of the country, Warsaw is also the capital of Mazowieckie województwo (province). Warsaw is notable among Europe’s capital cities not for its size, its age, or its beauty but for its indestructibility. It is a phoenix that has risen
- Warsaw Chopin Airport (airport, Warsaw, Poland)
Warsaw: Transportation: The Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport, with international and domestic service, is in Okęcie, south of the city center.
- Warsaw Confederation (Poland [1573])
Compact of Warsaw, (Jan. 28, 1573), charter that guaranteed absolute religious liberty to all non-Roman Catholics in Poland. After the death of Sigismund II Augustus (July 1572) had brought an end to the rule of the Jagiellon dynasty, the Polish nobility had the duty of choosing a new king. Five
- Warsaw Convention (Poland [1929])
carriage of goods: Air carriage: The Warsaw Convention of 1929, as amended by the Hague Protocol of 1955, exemplifies still another legislative approach to problems raised by the carriage of goods. It constitutes a major step toward international unification of the rules governing carriage of goods by air. The convention applies…
- Warsaw Ghetto (Polish history)
Warsaw Ghetto, 840-acre (340-hectare) area of Warsaw that consisted of the city’s old Jewish quarter. During the German occupation of Poland (1939–45), the Nazis enclosed it at first with barbed wire but later with a brick wall 10 feet (3 meters) high and 11 miles (18 km) long. The Nazis forced
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Polish history)
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, resistance by Polish Jews under Nazi occupation in 1943 to the deportations from Warsaw to the Treblinka extermination camp. The revolt began on April 19, 1943, and was crushed four weeks later, on May 16. As part of Adolf Hitler’s “final solution” for ridding Europe of
- Warsaw grouper (fish)
grouper: …black, or Warsaw, grouper (E. nigritus, also classified as Hyporthodus nigritus), of the Atlantic, is another large species. Adult black groupers can grow to 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) in length and weigh nearly 200 kg (440 pounds). Grayish or brownish in colour, it is the only grouper with 10…
- Warsaw Pact (Europe [1955–1991])
Warsaw Pact, (May 14, 1955–July 1, 1991) treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (Albania withdrew in 1968, and East Germany did so in
- Warsaw Positivism (philosophy)
Poland: The January 1863 uprising and its aftermath: Warsaw Positivism, deriving its name and inspiration from the thought of Auguste Comte, provided the rationale for these views.
- Warsaw school (philosophy)
Stanisław Leśniewski: …and leading representative of the Warsaw school of logic.
- Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (Europe [1955–1991])
Warsaw Pact, (May 14, 1955–July 1, 1991) treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. (Albania withdrew in 1968, and East Germany did so in
- Warsaw Treaty Organization (defense organization, Europe)
Warsaw Pact: …establishing a mutual-defense organization (Warsaw Treaty Organization) composed originally of the Soviet Union and Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,
- Warsaw Uprising (Polish history)
Warsaw Uprising, (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army. The uprising’s failure allowed the pro-Soviet Polish administration,
- Warsaw, Battle of (Russo-Polish War [1920])
Battle of Warsaw, Polish victory on August 12–25, 1920, during the Russo-Polish War (1919–20). Polish forces won control of Ukraine, which resulted in the establishment of the Russo-Polish border that existed until 1939. In a war that pitted Bolshevik revolutionary fervor against Polish
- Warsaw, Battle of (Polish history [1656])
Sweden invaded Poland-Lithuania in 1655, starting the First Northern War that would last until 1660. The Swedish advance was swift. On July 28–30, 1656, King Charles X of Sweden and an allied Brandenburg army bested a larger Polish-Lithuanian army near Warsaw before advancing into the city. In June
- Warsaw, Compact of (Poland [1573])
Compact of Warsaw, (Jan. 28, 1573), charter that guaranteed absolute religious liberty to all non-Roman Catholics in Poland. After the death of Sigismund II Augustus (July 1572) had brought an end to the rule of the Jagiellon dynasty, the Polish nobility had the duty of choosing a new king. Five
- Warsaw, Duchy of (historical state, Poland)
Duchy of Warsaw, independent Polish state created by Napoleon. It became a focal point of efforts to restore the Polish nation, which had been destroyed by the Partitions of Poland made by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795. Established by the Treaties of Tilsit (July 7 and 9,
- Warsaw, Grand Duchy of (historical state, Poland)
Duchy of Warsaw, independent Polish state created by Napoleon. It became a focal point of efforts to restore the Polish nation, which had been destroyed by the Partitions of Poland made by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795. Established by the Treaties of Tilsit (July 7 and 9,
- Warsaw, Treaty of (Poland-Ukraine [1920])
Ukraine: World War I and the struggle for independence: …Józef Piłsudski culminated in the Treaty of Warsaw, signed in April 1920; by the terms of the agreement, in return for Polish military aid, Petlyura surrendered Ukraine’s claim to Galicia and western Volhynia. A Polish-Ukrainian campaign opened two days later, and on May 6 the joint forces occupied Kyiv. A…
- Warsaw, University of (university, Warsaw, Poland)
Warsaw: Education: …University of Warsaw and the University of Warsaw are notable institutions. Major libraries include the library (established in 1817) of the University of Warsaw and the National Library (1919); there are also a number of specialist libraries.
- Warsawa (national capital, Poland)
Warsaw, city, capital of Poland. Located in the east-central part of the country, Warsaw is also the capital of Mazowieckie województwo (province). Warsaw is notable among Europe’s capital cities not for its size, its age, or its beauty but for its indestructibility. It is a phoenix that has risen
- Warshawski, V. I. (fictional character)
Sara Paretsky: …popular series of novels featuring V.I. Warshawski, a female private investigator. Her books are largely set in and around Chicago.
- Warshel, Arieh (American-Israeli chemist)
Arieh Warshel is an American Israeli chemist who was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing accurate computer models of chemical reactions that were able to use features of both classical physics and quantum mechanics. He shared the prize with American Austrian chemist Martin
- warship
ship: Early rowed vessels: The basic functions of the warship and cargo ship determined their design. Because fighting ships required speed, adequate space for substantial numbers of fighting men, and the ability to maneuver at any time in any direction, long, narrow rowed ships became the standard for naval warfare. In contrast, because trading…
- warship
warship, the chief instrument by which military power is projected onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships protect merchant shipping against enemy attack; they prevent the enemy from
- Warszawa (national capital, Poland)
Warsaw, city, capital of Poland. Located in the east-central part of the country, Warsaw is also the capital of Mazowieckie województwo (province). Warsaw is notable among Europe’s capital cities not for its size, its age, or its beauty but for its indestructibility. It is a phoenix that has risen
- Warszawskie (historical state, Poland)
Duchy of Warsaw, independent Polish state created by Napoleon. It became a focal point of efforts to restore the Polish nation, which had been destroyed by the Partitions of Poland made by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795. Established by the Treaties of Tilsit (July 7 and 9,
- Warszawskie, Ksiestwo (historical state, Poland)
Duchy of Warsaw, independent Polish state created by Napoleon. It became a focal point of efforts to restore the Polish nation, which had been destroyed by the Partitions of Poland made by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795. Established by the Treaties of Tilsit (July 7 and 9,
- wart (dermatology)
wart, a well-defined growth of varying shape and size on the skin surface caused by a virus, most commonly one belonging to the human papillomavirus (HPV) family. Essentially an infectious benign skin tumour, a wart is composed of an abnormal proliferation of cells of the epidermis; the
- wart barnacle (crustacean)
cirripede: Diversity and distribution: …sessile barnacles, the Verrucomorpha, or wart barnacles, differs from the first two suborders in having the plates of the wall and operculum asymmetrically arranged. With the exception of a primitive genus, Neoverruca, found to be associated with abyssal hydrothermal springs at 3,600 metres in the western Pacific, the simple, asymmetrical…
- wart snake (snake family)
wart snake, (genus Acrochordus), any of three species of fish-eating aquatic snakes occurring from southern Asia to northern Australia, constituting the family Acrochordidae, which is sometimes considered a subfamily of the Colubridae. Wart snakes have thick bodies, loose skins, tiny pyramidal
- Warta River (river, Poland)
Warta River, river in west-central Poland, flowing 502 miles (808 km) north and west from its source near Zawiercie in the Silesian-Kraków uplands to its confluence with the Oder River at Kostrzyn in the western part of Lubuskie province. The Warta is the second longest river lying entirely in
- Wartburg (castle, Germany)
Wartburg, castle, renowned in German history and legend, standing on a steep hill overlooking the town of Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. The hill was fortified as early as 1080. The landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia (died 1217) rebuilt the castle and made it the seat of a lively court frequented by
- Wartburg Festival (German festival)
Austria: The Age of Metternich, 1815–48: …of German students (at the Wartburg Festival) in 1817 and the assassination of a conservative playwright (August von Kotzebue) in 1819 led, under Metternich’s guidance, to the German Confederation’s adopting the Carlsbad Decrees, a set of laws placing German and Austrian universities under strict control. Harsh censorship was imposed, and…
- Wartburgkrieg (poem by Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Lohengrin: …contemporary poem known as the Wartburgkrieg presented the story of Lohengrin as an entry in a story-telling competition; it was the contribution of von Eschenbach, who recited it in the famous singers’ contest held at Wartburg (a castle overlooking the town of Eisenach) by the landgrave of Thuringia, Hermann I…
- Warthe substage (paleontology)
Saale Glacial Stage: …are the Drente, Treene, and Warthe substages. The Drente and Warthe represent periods of glacial advance, or maxima, whereas the Treene represents an interstadial period of glacial retreat between the early Drente and the late Warthe. In the region of central Europe, the Saale is represented by three glacial maxima…
- warthog (mammal)
warthog, (Phacochoerus aethiopicus), member of the pig family, Suidae (order Artiodactyla), found in open and lightly forested areas of Africa. The warthog is a sparsely haired, large-headed, blackish or brown animal standing about 76 centimetres (30 inches) at the shoulder. It has a coarse mane
- warthog fever (animal disease)
African swine fever (ASF), highly contagious and usually fatal viral disease of swine that is characterized by high fever, lesions, leukopenia (abnormally low count of white blood cells), elevated pulse and respiration rate, and death within four to seven days after the onset of fever. The virus
- Wartime Journalism, 1939–1943 (essays by de Man)
Paul de Man: Life and career: An earlier volume, Wartime Journalism (1988), provided all the disputed texts in the original French and Flemish and in English translation.
- wartime rules of engagement
rules of engagement: …to constrain military action, and wartime ROE (WROE), which do not limit military responses to offensive actions.
- Warton, Joseph (English author)
Joseph Warton was an English critic and classical scholar who anticipated some of the critical tenets of Romanticism. His brother Thomas was poet laureate from 1785 to 1790. Warton was impatient with some aspects of Neoclassical poetry, as is shown by his poem The Enthusiast; or the Lover of Nature
- Warton, Thomas, the Younger (English poet)
Thomas Warton, the Younger was a poet laureate from 1785 and author of the first history of English poetry. He was the brother of the poet and critic Joseph Warton, and son of Thomas Warton the Elder, who was a professor of poetry at Oxford University (1718–26). Warton gained an early reputation as
- wartweed (plant)
celandine: The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) is native to deciduous woods of Europe and Asia and is the only member of its genus. Once a valued plant of the Old World herbalist for its reputed power to remove warts, it was formerly known as wartweed. Its orange-coloured…
- Waruk, Kona (Guyanese writer)
Wilson Harris was a Guyanese author noted for the broad vision and abstract complexity of his novels. Harris attended Queen’s College in Georgetown, British Guiana (1934–39). From 1942 until 1958 he was a government surveyor, and he used his intimate knowledge of the savannas and vast, mysterious
- Warwick (Rhode Island, United States)
Warwick, city, Kent county, east-central Rhode Island, U.S., lying on the western shore of Narragansett Bay. It is basically a southern residential suburb of Providence comprising a group of about 20 scattered villages united administratively. The first European settlement on the site was made at
- Warwick (Queensland, Australia)
Warwick, city, southeastern Queensland, Australia, on the Condamine River, in the southern Darling Downs. It became associated with sheep breeding in 1840 when Patrick Leslie, the area’s first settler, who later played a prominent role in the movement for separating Queensland from New South Wales,
- Warwick (district, England, United Kingdom)
Warwick, district in the central part of the administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, central England. It lies on the southern fringe of West Midlands metropolitan county, just south of the industrial city of Coventry. Its southern boundary adjoins the rural district of
- Warwick (work by La Harpe)
Jean-François de La Harpe: …are perhaps his first tragedy, Warwick (1763), and Mélanie (1778), a pathetic drama never performed. He wrote criticism for and was editor of the Mercure de France, becoming respected, though often disliked, for his unsympathetic views. In 1786, after being coldly admitted to the French Academy, he began to lecture…
- Warwick (England, United Kingdom)
Warwick, town (parish), Warwick district, administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, central England. It is best known for its historic castle. Warwick originated at a crossing place on the River Avon (Upper Avon) and was fortified about 915. By 1086 “Warwic” was a royal borough with 225
- Warwick Castle (castle, Warwick, England, United Kingdom)
Warwick Castle, medieval castle in Warwick, Warwickshire, England, U.K., around which the town of Warwick developed. Five important families in succession in English history—the Beaumonts, Beauchamps, Nevilles, Dudleys, and Grevilles—have owned the castle as earls of Warwick, and it was they who
- Warwick, Clint (British musician)
the Moody Blues: ), and Clint Warwick (original name Clinton Eccles; b. June 25, 1939, Birmingham—d. May 15, 2004, Birmingham). Later members included Justin Hayward (in full David Justin Hayward; b. October 14, 1946, Swindon, Wiltshire, England), John Lodge (b. July 20, 1945, Birmingham), and Patrick Moraz (b. June 24,…
- Warwick, Dionne (American singer)
Dionne Warwick is an American pop and rhythm and blues (R&B) singer whose soulful sound earned her widespread appeal. She is perhaps best known for her collaborations with such high-profile artists as Burt Bacharach and Barry Manilow. Warrick was raised in a middle-class, racially integrated
- Warwick, John Dudley, Earl of (English politician and soldier)
John Dudley, duke of Northumberland was an English politician and soldier who was the virtual ruler of England from 1549 to 1553, during the minority of King Edward VI. Almost all historical sources regard him as an unscrupulous schemer whose policies undermined England’s political stability. His
- Warwick, Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of (English soldier and diplomat)
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick was a soldier and diplomatist, a knightly hero who served the English kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. (Read Sir Walter Scott’s 1824 Britannica essay on chivalry.) Richard Beauchamp succeeded his father, Thomas II de Beauchamp, the 12th earl of Warwick,
- Warwick, Richard Neville, 16th earl of (English noble)
Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist
- Warwick, Richard Neville, 16th earl of, 6th earl of Salisbury (English noble)
Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist
- Warwick, Richard Neville, 1st Earl of, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (English noble)
Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick was an English nobleman called, since the 16th century, “the Kingmaker,” in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist
- Warwick, Robert Rich, 2nd earl of (English colonial administrator)
Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick was an English colonial administrator and advocate of religious toleration in the North American Colonies. As admiral of the fleet in 1642, he secured the adherence of the navy to the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil Wars (1642–51). He was the eldest son of
- Warwick, Robert Rich, 2nd earl of, Baron Rich (English colonial administrator)
Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick was an English colonial administrator and advocate of religious toleration in the North American Colonies. As admiral of the fleet in 1642, he secured the adherence of the navy to the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil Wars (1642–51). He was the eldest son of
- Warwick, Thomas II de Beauchamp, 12th earl of (English noble)
Thomas II de Beauchamp, 12th earl of Warwick was the 12th earl of Warwick and one of the leaders in the resistance to England’s King Richard II. He succeeded his father, Thomas I de Beauchamp, as earl in 1369. He served on the lords’ committee of reform in the Good Parliament in 1376 and again in
- Warwicke, Dionne (American singer)
Dionne Warwick is an American pop and rhythm and blues (R&B) singer whose soulful sound earned her widespread appeal. She is perhaps best known for her collaborations with such high-profile artists as Burt Bacharach and Barry Manilow. Warrick was raised in a middle-class, racially integrated
- Warwickshire (county, England, United Kingdom)
Warwickshire, administrative and historic county of central England, in the Midlands region. As an administrative and geographic unit, the county dates from the 10th century, with the historic county town (seat) of Warwick lying roughly at its centre. Covering a smaller and somewhat different area
- Warwickshire Avon (river, central England, United Kingdom)
River Avon, river, eastern tributary of the River Severn that rises near Naseby in central England and flows generally southwestward for 96 miles (154 km) through the counties of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. The river shares the name Avon (derived from a
- Warwickshire County Council (political party, United Kingdom)
Joseph Arch: He also served on the Warwickshire County Council from 1889 to 1892. His political skills were put to use on behalf of farm workers, for Arch is credited with having played an instrumental part in obtaining the vote for them in the Reform Act of 1884–85.
- Was (story by Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses: The first story, “Was,” is considered a comic masterpiece. It opens with a raucous fox chase that suggests the theme and action of the story. Buck and Buddy, twin sons of Carothers McCaslin, chase their slave and half-brother, Turl; Turl chases his girlfriend Tennie, slave of Hubert and…
- Was bleibt (novel by Wolf)
German literature: After reunification: …Wolf’s narrative Was bleibt (1990; What Remains) had unleashed a violent controversy about the form and function of reflections on the East German past. The subject of the story was Wolf’s reactions to surveillance by the East German state security police. Some readers saw the tale as a self-serving portrayal…
- Was das Leben zerbricht (work by Zahn)
Ernst Zahn: Zahn’s Was das Leben zerbricht (1912; “What Life Breaks”) is about the middle-class society of Zürich.
- Was geschah, nachdem Nora ihren Mann verlassen hatte oder Stützen der Gesellschaten (play by Jelinek)
Elfriede Jelinek: …oder, Stützen der Gesellschaften (1980; What Happened After Nora Left Her Husband; or, Pillars of Society, 1994), which she wrote as a sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; Clara S.: musikalische Tragödie (1984; Clara S., 1997); and Bambiland (2003).
- Was ist Metaphysik? (work by Heidegger)
phenomenology: In France: …Heidegger’s Was ist Metaphysik? (1929; What Is Metaphysics?), in fact, are copied literally. The meaning of nothingness, which Heidegger in this lecture made the theme of his investigations, became for Sartre the guiding question. Sartre departs from Heidegger’s analytic of Dasein and introduces the position of consciousness (which Heidegger had…
- Was mir behagt (work by Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Weimar period: …mir behagt, also called the Hunt Cantata (BWV 208).