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Wyndham, John English science-fiction writer who examined the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly ... Wyndham, Sir Charles (from the article "Albery family") ...at the Lyceum (1866), and Two Roses, produced at the Vaudeville (1870). Albery's wife was ... Wyndham, Sir William, 3rd Baronet English Tory politician, a close associate of Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Wynette, Tammy American singer, who was revered as the "first lady of country music" from the 1950s ... [2 Related Articles] Wynn, Early American baseball player (b. Jan. 6, 1920, Hartford, Ala.-d. April 4, 1999, Venice, Fla.), was ... Wynn, Ed American comedian and actor in vaudeville, theatre, and motion pictures and on radio and television. ... Wynn, Keenan (from the article "Wynn, Ed") ...of Anne Frank (1959), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. His later ... Wynn, Steve (from the article "Las Vegas") ...years, beginning with a nationwide economic recession in the late 1970s; in addition, tourism declined ... Wynn, Tracy Keenan (from the article "Wynn, Ed") ...Award. His later motion pictures included The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and Mary Poppins ... Wynne, Ellis clergyman and author whose Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc (1703; "Visions of the Sleeping Bard") is ... [1 Related Articles] Wynne, Greville Maynard (from the article "Lonsdale, Gordon Arnold") ...Portland, Dorset. Arrested on Jan. 7, 1961, he was tried for espionage with four other ... Wynne-Edwards, Vero British zoologist who espoused a theory of evolution known as group selection, the view that ... Wyntoun, Andrew of Scottish chronicler whose Orygynale Cronykil is a prime historical source for the later 14th and ... Wynyard town, northern Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the River Inglis on Bass Strait. Settled ... 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Wyspianski, Stanislaw Polish dramatist and painter, a leading artist of the early 20th-century period who was noted ... [3 Related Articles] Wyss, Johann David (from the article "Wyss, Johann Rudolf") One of Wyss's most important contributions was the completion and editing of Der schweizerische Robinson ... Wyss, Johann Rudolf folklorist, editor, and writer, remembered for his collections of Swiss folklore and for his completion ... Wyszynski, Stefan Polish archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and primate of Poland. [2 Related Articles] Wythe, George jurist, one of the first U.S. judges to state the principle that a court can ... [3 Related Articles] Wyvill, Christopher (from the article "United Kingdom") ...marquess of Rockingham and his parliamentary supporters (including his secretary, Edmund Burke) wanted to reduce ...

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