Wodrow
ROBERT, a Scotch clergyman; born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1679; was educated at Glasgow University, and became minister of the parish of Eastwood, Renfrewshire, in 1703, where he remained all his life. He published "The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution" (1721); and wrote a series of Scotch ecclesiastical biographies, the MSS. of which are_preserved in Glasgow University. From these there has been edited for the Maitland Club, by Rev. Dr. Leishman, "Lives of the Reformers and most Eminent Ministers of the Church of Scotland" (1834-1845). He has also edited Wodrow's "Analecta, or Materials for a History of Remarkable Providences" (1842-1843); and the Wodrow Society (formed in Edinburgh in 1841 for the publication of works of the early writers of the Reformed Church of Scotland) has published "Wodrow's Correspondence" (1842-1843), under the editorship of the Rev. Thomas McCrie. Wodrow died in Eastwood, March 26, 1734.
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Woffington
MARGARET, a British actress; born in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 18, 1720. She grew up a girl of remarkable grace and beauty, and, still a child, became a pupil of Madame Violante, mistress of the roperope -dancing booth. From 17 to 20 she played on the Dublin stage all manner of parts, from Ophelia to Sir Harry Wildair, and on Nov. 6, 1740, made her first appearance at Covent Garden as Sylvia in the "Recruiting Officer." Her beauty and grace, her pretty singing and vivacious coquetry and the exquisite art especially of her male characters carried all hearts by storm. Her one drawback was the harshness of her voice, yet this in no degree hindered the completeness of her triumph. Peg Woffington was always singularly independent and something whimsical in her moods, but she kept the affection of the public till the tragic close of her career. On May 3, 1757, she broke down in playing Rosalind, and left the stage forever. She died in Teddington, March 28, 1760.
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Wofford College
a coeducational institution in Spartanburg, S. C.; founded in 1854 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 12; students, 294. President, H. N. Snyder, M. A. or WOLCOTT, JOHN
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Wolcot
(PETER PINDAR), an English poet; born in Dodbrooke, England, in May 1738. His satires involved him in many quarrels. So effective were his attacks the king, that the ministry silenced on the him with a pension of $1,500 per annum. He was an art critic of taste and penetration far beyond his time; his yearly reviews in verse of the Academy Exhibitions are much the best of his work, and still instructive. Some of his satires are: "Lyric Odes"; "An Epistle to the Reviewers"; "Peeps at St. James"; "Royal Visits"; and "The Lousiad." He died in London, England, Jan. 14, 1819.
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Wolf
FRIEDRICH AUGUST, a German scholar and critic; born in Haynrode, near Nordhausen, Prussia, Feb. 15, 1759. Before leaving the gymnasium of Nordhausen, he had not only read the chief ancient authors, but had acquired an extensive knowledge of the languages and literatures of France, England, Italy and Spain. In 1777 he entered the University of Göttingen, but was an ir- FRIEDRICH AUGUST WOLF regular attendant at professors' lectures, giving himself chiefly up to intense and solitary study. As a consequence he was hardly known, and where known not particularly liked. In 1782 he was appointed rector of the Bürgerschule at Osterode in the Harz, and next year he was called to Halle as Professor of Philosophy and Paideutics. Here he labored upward of 20 years with the highest enthusiasm for the cause of education. His ambition was to produce a great race of teachers, who should be instinct with the noblest and purest spirit of antiquity. In 1793 appeared his great work, "Prolegomena ad Homerum" (3d and 4th eds. 1872 and 1875). In 1824 he went S. on a voyage for the sake of his health, but died in Marseille, Aug. 8, of that year.
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Wolf, The
Amongst the ancient Romans, the wolf was a fruitful source of augury, and many are the tales in which he has figured as a good or evil omen. A wolf running to the right with his mouth full was a sign of great joy. If a wolf, after he had entered a Roman camp, escaped unhurt it was regarded as a sign of defeat; and the terrible result of the second Punic war was said to have been augured from the carrying off of the sword of a sentinel in the camp by a wolf. Plutarch tells of a wolf who ate the landmarks of a proposed new settlement at Libya and thus stopped its colonisation; but later another wolf which had stolen a burnt sacrifice led his pursuers to a place where they afterwards settled in. It is said that a wolf ran off with Hiero's slate when he was a schoolboy, and this was regarded as a sign of his future greatness. The peasants of Sweden do not dare to speak of a wolf by name but call him the "grey one" or old grey": they seem to regard the pronouncing of his name as unlucky. 66
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Wolfe
wulf, James (1727-1759), an English general. He was a native of Kent. He was educated at Greenwich. At the age of twenty-five he entered the English army as an ensign in a regiment of infantry. Two years later he was the captain. He took part in the battles of Falkirk and Culloden, and was engaged subsequently in garrison duty on the Scottish border. Pitt recognized the young soldier's ability and sent him to America under Amherst with the rank of brigadier-general. Wolfe was instrumental in the capture of the fortress of Louisburg in 1758. He became known at home as the hero of Louisburg. In the following campaign Pitt again advanced Wolfe above his seniors, made him a major-general, and intrusted him with the general conduct of operations against Quebec. The story of scaling the heights in the darkness, of occupying the Plains of Abraham, the battle with Montcalm on the following morning, and Wolfe's expiration in the arms of victory is a familiar one. A tall granite obelisk has been erected to the memory of the two generals. It stands on the field of battle. Wolfe had the honor of winning Canada for his country. His remains were carried home to England and buried at Greenwich. A memorial was erected in his memory in Westminster Abbey . See Quebec ; St. Lawrence; Gray ; West
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