Warren (WHITNEY an American architect)
WHITNEY, an American architect. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and began the practice of architecture in New York. He established the firm of Warren and Wetmore. He was awarded the silver medal at the Paris Exposition for excellence in During the World sculptural work. War he spent much time in France and Italy in relief work, and made a careful examination and report on the condition of the Rheims Cathedral. In 1921 he was given the commission of rebuilding the library of Louvain, which was burned by the Germans during the invasion of Belgium in 1914. a municipal and
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Warrington
parliamentary borough and manufacturing town of Lancashire, England, on the right bank of the Mersey, 18 miles E. of Liverpool, 16 W. S. W. of Manchester, and 182 N. W. of London. Though of recent development, it is an ancient place, the Wallingtun of Domesday; and, acquiring strategic importance through its bridge (1496) over the Mersey, it was the scene of defeats of the Scots (1648), the Royalists (1651), and a portion of Prince Charles Edward's forces (1745). To a dissenting academy, founded in 1757, it owes its memories of Drs. Aikin, Priestley, Taylor, etc.; and Lucy Aikin was a native. The parish church, St. Elphin's, with a spire 300 feet high, is a fine cruciform Decorated structure, restored in 1859- 1867 at a cost of over $75,000. Other buildings are the town hall, the Royal Court theater (1862), postoffice (1876), hospital (1876), museum and library (1857), school of art (1882), public baths (1866), grammar school (1526; rebuilt 1857), etc. There are also public gardens and a park. The manufactures include iron, wire, pins, files, cottons, glass, leather, and soap. Pop. about 75,000.
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Warship
. See Navy ; Armor
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Wartburg
CASTLE OF, a notable structure in Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, an eminence rising 600 feet above the town, engirt by forests, founded in 1067, and till 1440 the residence of the Landgrave of Thuringia. It is famous as the spot where the MINNESINGERS (q. v.) assembled to hold a poetic contest ("the war of the Wartburg") about 1207; as the home of St. Elizabeth (1211-1227); and as the 10 months' asylum to which Luther was carried by the Elector of Saxony (May, 1521). The chapel in which Luther preached, as well as the chamber which he occupied, and in which he discomfited the Evil One by throwing the inkstand at his head, is still pointed out. The whole pile has been magnificently restored since 1851.
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Wartburg, The
The, a castle of Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the summit of a huge rock, half an hour's climb, near the town of Eisenach. It is the ancient seat of the dukes of Saxe-Weimar. It was built in the latter half of the eleventh century. The hall of the Wartburg was noted for the poetic contests of the Minnesingers. In 1206 a famous trial of poets, known as the War of the Minnesingers, was held here. A German poem of the name describes the events of the great contest. In 1521 Frederick the Wise of Saxony pretended to capture Martin Luther on his return from the Diet of Worms and sheltered him in the Wartburg for nearly a year. Luther's room, table, chair, and footstool are still shown the tourist. See Saxony ; Luther ; Minnesingers
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Warthe
the principal tributary of the Oder river; rises near Kromolov, in Poland; flows N.; at Kolo turns to the W.; at Schrimm again to the N.; at Obornik to the W.; at the influx of the Obra finally to the N.; at the influx of the Netze enters on the Wartebruch, a swampy tract 46 miles long by 9 wide, and joins the Oder at Küstrin, where it is 640 feet broad. Its tributaries are, from the right the Netze and Küddow, from the left the Prosna and Obra. Its total length is 487 miles.
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Warton (JOSEPH an English clergyman)
JOSEPH, an English clergyman, critic, and editor; born in Dunsfold, England, in 1722. He wrote: "Odes on Various Subjects" (1746); a poetical translation of the "Eclogues and Georgics of Vergil" (1753; 24 critical papers to the "Adventurer" (1753- 1756); an "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope" (2 vols. 1757-1782). He edited the works of Pope (9 vols., 1797); and the works of Dryden (4 vols., 1811; completed after his death). He died in Wickham, Feb. 23, 1800.
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Warton (THOMAS an English poet)
THOMAS, an English poet and critic, son of the Rev. Thomas Warton, Professor of Poetry at Oxford; born in Basingstoke, England, in 1728. He was educated at Winchester, and Oxford, and early distinguished himself by his poetical compositions and criticisms. He was chosen Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1757, a chair he filled with great ability for 10 years; appointed and he succeeded Whitehead as poetlaureate in the same year. church livings were also held by him. He Several rendered great service to literature by his "History of English Poetry" (1774- 1781, three vols.), a work never completed. He died in Oxford, May 21, 1790. His brother, JOSEPH (1722-1800), also deserves mention as a literary critic, and as headmaster of Winchester School (1766-1796). To him we owe an essay on the " Writings and Genius of Pope."
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Warwick
wor'ik, Richard Neville, Earl of (1428-1471), an English soldier and statesman. He was one of the most powerful noblemen in England. He had vast estates scattered all over the length and breadth of the land. He kept 500 mounted retainers. Six oxen were required daily to furnish his table. He was a frank, cordial man, idolized by the people, who believed that in the crowd of baser nobles he alone had the interests of England at heart. He is known in history as "The Kingmaker." He was one of the prominent figures in the Wars of the Roses. He was related to both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. At the opening of the war he took the side of York, but, having quarreled with that party, he marched on to London and placed the Lancastrian Henry VI on the throne. His biography is a series of military exploits. Sometimes victorious, sometimes defeated, he fought first on one side, then on the other, making and unmaking kings. He was defeated by Margaret of Anjou at St. Albans. He was slain finally at the battle of Barnet, April 14, 1471. Bulwer-Lytton's The Last of the Barons is a powerful story founded on the fortunes of Warwick.
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