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Ware; rector at Boxmoor, England, 1908-1910; vice- rector, Oscott College, Birmingham, 1910- ; at present with British Expeditionary Force. Member of the Catholic Record Society. Collaborator in publications of the CathoUc Record Society; joint editor of the Franciscan Registers in Warwickshire in Phillimore's "Parish Registers"; contributor to Catholic periodicals.

ARTICLES: Rowbham, Stephen; Scott, Montfohd, Bles- sed; Sykes, Edmund; Talbot, Thomas Joseph; Thomas Sherwood, Blessed; Thwing, Thomas, Venerable; Wall, John; Walsh, Thomas; Weathers, William; Weedall, Henry; White, Eustace; Worthington, Thomas.

Whyte, Mother Mart db Sales, b. at Dun- belle, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, 1832. Entered the Presentation Order 1852; professed 1855; has held the offices of mistress of novices, assistant and (at present) superior, South Presentation Convent, Cork.

ARTICLE: Presentation Order.

Wigman, John H. M., k.s.g., lawyer, b. at Amsterdam, Holland, 15 August, 1835, son of James B. Wigman, architect, and Matilda Doorenbos, and brother of Henry J. Wigman, killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Education: Amsterdam; Catholic College in Province of Limburg, Holland; law studies Green Bay, Wisconsin. Came to Green Bay 1848; taught the Indians, having learned their language, Green Bay, 1848-1849; farmer, Wrightstown, Wis- consin, 1849-1854; public school teacher, justice of the peace, town clerk, treasurer, and assessor. Green Bay, 1856-1862; married (1st) Matilda Lyonnais (d. 1876) 1857; practising lawyer, resident at Apple- ton, Wisconsin (1863-1868), and at Green Bay (1868- ); in partnership with Thomas R. Hudd 1863- 1889; district attorney, Outagamie County, Wiscon- sin (three terms), 1864-1870; married (2nd) Jennie Meagher, of Cleveland, Ohio, 1876; mayor, Green Bay, 1882-1883; Knight of St. Gregory 1885; formed law partnership with P. H. Martin 1889; United States Attorney for Eastern District of Wisconsin 1893-1897. Organized Catholic Knights of Wiscon- sin (State President 22 years) 1885; counsel in State ex rel. Weis versus School Board (Bible Case), succeeding in excluding reading of Bible from public schools; tried successfully numerous other important cases; personally congratulated by Richard Olney, United States Attorney General, upon the administra- tion of his office as United States Attorney; instru- mental in obtaining the abohtion of the fee system and the fixing by Congress of a salary for United States attorneys and marshals. President, Green Bay Bar Association. ARTICLE: Van den Broeel, Theodore J.

Wilhelm, Reverend Balthasak, s.j., Ph.D., b. at Reitsch, Germany, 18 September, 1873. Education: Gymnasium, Bamberg, Germany; University of Innsbruck, Austria; Gregorian University, Rome. Entered the Society of Jesus 1896; ordained 1903; engaged at various times in writings and in the cure of souls; professor at Stella Matutina College, Feldkirch, Austria, 1905-1912, and at Jesuit College, Sittard, Holland, 1912-. Author of "Die Anfange der Luftfahrt" (Vienna, 1909); collaborator in " Frankf lu-ter Zeitgemasse Broschiiren"; contribu- tor to: "Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen"; "Freistatt"; various juvenile periodicals.

ARTICLES: Galien, Joseph; Ghsmao, BAHTHOLOMEtr LouRENgo de; Lana, Francesco.

Wilhelm, Reverend Joseph, litt.B., d.d., pL.d., writer, b. at Montzen, Belgium, 1845. Education: University of Li^ge, Belgium; Gregorian University and German College, Rome. Ordained 1870; profes- sor of philosophy 1871-1880; engaged in parish work (1880-1886), rector at Shoreham (1886-1899) and rector at Battle (1900-1911), England; resident at

Aachen, Germany, 1911-. Author of: "The Family of Grace: Pedigrees and Historical Records ■ from 1000 to 1911"; "Manual of Dogmatic Theolo- gy", 2 vols., in collaboration with Thomas B. ScanneU, D.D. (3 eds.); "The Catholic's Manual", translation of Pesch, "Das rehgiose Leben" (2 eds.); collaborated in "History of the German People", 16 vols, (translation of Janssens, "Geschiohte des deutschen Volkes"); collaborator in "The Catholic Dictionary", 4th ed.; edited "International Catholic Library", 15 vols.; has contributed to: "Irish Tribune"; "Weekly Register"; "Linzer Theologische Quartalschrift".

ARTICLES: Apostolic See; Apostolic Succession; Bo- hemian Brethren; Charismata; Clement XIV; College Apostolic; Constitutions, Ecclesiastical; Councils; Evan- gelical Church (in Prussia); Heresy; Heroic Act of Charity; Heroic Virtue; Hbssels, Jean; Hussites; Idolatry; Loci Theologici; Mediator; Nicbne and Niceno-Constan- tinopolitan Creed; Protestantism; Roman Catechism; ScHEEBEN, Matthias Joseph; Superstition.

Williaiins, Reverend Thomas Leighton, m.a., St. Edmund's House, Cambridge, England. ARTICLE: Edward III.

Williamson, George Charles, utt.D., writer on art, b. at Guildford, Surrey, England, 1858. Educa- tion: private; London University. Married Louisa Mary Lethbridge 1883; became a Catholic 1899; writer on archaeology, numismatics and art; art editor for George Bell & Sons, London. Has travelled extensively and visited most of the picture galleries of Europe, public and private; Coronation Medal, 1911. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society; Fellow of the Zoological Society; member of the Council, Catholic Record Society; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; member BurUngton Fine Arts Club; member of the Constitutional Club. Author of : " Life of John Russell, R.A."; "John Downman"; "Richard Cos- way, R.A."; "George J. Pinwell"; "Portrait Minia- tures"; "Bernardino Luini"; "Pietro Perugino"; "Francia"; "George Engleheart"; "Velasquez"; "Fra Angelioo"; "Holman Hunt"; "Lord Leighton"; "MuriUo"; "Raphael"; "Cities of Northern Italy"; "Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer"; "History of Portrait Miniatures"; "The Anonimo Morelliano"; "How to Identify Portrait Miniatures"; "Life of George Morland"; "Life of Milton"; "Guildford in the Olden Time"; "Portrait Drawings"; "Catalogue of the Pierpont Morgan Collection of Miniatures", 4 vols. ; "Catalogue of the Pierpont Morgan Collection of Jewels"; "Catalogue of the Pierpont Morgan Collection of Watches"; "The Imperial Wedgwood Dinner Service" ; " Miniatures, English and Foreign" ; "Catalogue of the Portraits of Milton"; etc.; etc.; edited: new edition of Bryan, "Painters and En- gravers", 5 vols.; "Great Masters Series".

ARTICLES: Beardsley, Aubrey; Bentley, John; Bologna, Giovanni da; Caliari, Paolo; Galvaert, Diontsius; Cam- BiASO, Luca; Campana, Pedro; Campagnola, Domenico Carducci; Bartolommeo; Carreno de Miranda, Juan; CiQNANi, Carlo; Contarini, Giovanni; Cossa, Francesco; Costa, Lorenzo; Cosway, Maria; Goxcie, Michiel; Crayeb, Gaspar de; Credi, Lorenzo di; Dance of Death; Dossi, Giovanni; Doyle, John; Doyle, Richard; Dyck, Antoon van; Ecclesiastical Art; Engelbrechtsen, Cohnelis; Eyckbn, Jean Baptiste van; Falco, Juan Conchillos; Flemael, Bertholet; Foppa, Ambrogio; Fbanceschini, Marc' Antonio; Franco, Giovanni Battista; Gaddi, Antonio, Giovanni and Taddeo; Gallait, Louis; Genga, Girolamo; Gentile da Fabriano; Giordano, Luca; Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco; Guardi, Francesco; Heim, FRANgois-JosEPH; Heinz, Joseph; Herregouts, David; Hendrik, Jan; Iriartb, Ignacio de; Ittenbach, Franz; Janssens, Abraham; Jeaurat, Edmond; Joebt, Jan; Kager, Johann Matthias; Kalckeb, Jan Stephanus van; La Fosbe, Charles de; Lanfranco, Giovanni; Lbbrun, Charles; LEpfevHE, Family of; Lopez- Caro, Francisco; Lotto, Lorenzo; Luini, Bernardino; Maratta, Carlo; Martini, Simone; Mazzolini, Ludovico; Mazzuchelli; Pietro Francesco; Melzi, Francesco; Mene- BEE, OsoRio Francisco; Mengs, Anthon Rafael; Mob, Antonib Van Dashoest; Morigi, Michelangelo; Oqqione, Marco d'; Orley, Babent van; Ortolano Febbabese; Vassionano, Domenico; Piombo, Sebabtiano del; Pordenone,