Celebrated
91VIOTTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA — celebrated violinist, born in Piedmont (1753 1824) …
92WATTEAU, ANTOINE — celebrated French painter and engraver, born at Valenciennes; his pictures were numerous and the subjects almost limited to pseudo pastoral rural groups; the tone of the colouring is pleasing, and the design graceful (1684 1721) …
93WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH — celebrated English potter, born at Burslem, son of a potter; in 1759 started a pottery on artistic lines in his native place; devoted himself first to the study of the material of his art and then to its ornamentation, in which latter he had… …
94WHEATSTONE, SIR CHARLES — celebrated physicist and electrician, born near Gloucester; was a man of much native ingenuity, and gave early proof of it; was appointed professor of Experimental Philosophy in King s College, London, and distinguished himself by his… …
95WURTZ, CHARLES ADOLPHE — celebrated French chemist, born at Strasburg (1817 1884) …
96Weeks, feast of — Celebrated at the beginning of the wheat harvest (Exod. 34:22), seven weeks after the presentation of the barley omer (= the first sheaf; Exod. 23:16) during the feast of Unleavened Bread. It was also called Pentecost (Lev. 23:16) and by NT times …
97Athens — Celebrated ancient city on the plain of Attica in east central Greece (q.v.). It declined in the Byzantine era, beginning in 267 with a raid of barbarian Heruls that did great damage to the city. More damage occurred when Alaric (q.v.)… …
98Becher’s Brook — Celebrated jump on English Grand National horse racing course …
99Lafite, Château — Celebrated wine from Bordeaux …
100La Scala — Celebrated opera house in Milan; its formal name is Teatro alla Scala …