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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (1541–22 September, 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings. His maternal grandparents were George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon.
Walter Dexter Walter Dexter (born 1931) is a potter, ceramic artist, and educator. Dexter received a diploma in ceramics from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and continued his studdies at the Swedish School of Arts and Crafts on a scholarship.
Walter Dorling Smiles Lt Col Sir Walter Dorling Smiles CIE DSO (8 November 1883 - 31 January 1953) was Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1931 to 1945. Smiles was re-elected in 1935 but lost his seat in the Labour landslide of 1945.
Walter Dornberger Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger (September 6 1895 - June 27 1980) was a German army officer whose career spanned World Wars I and II. During the 1930s and 40s, he directed Germany's rocket and missile programmes, which culminated in the V-2.
Walter Duranty Walter Duranty (1884–1957), born in Liverpool, England, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for a set of stories he wrote in 1931 as The New York Times Moscow correspondent, covering Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plan to industrialize the Soviet Union. The award of the Pulitzer Prize to him has become afterward controversial, largely due to Duranty's reporting on the Ukrainian famine in 1933.
Walter Dyett Walter Henri Dyett (1901–1969) was an American violinist and music educator. As musical director at Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School in Chicago, he trained many students who went on to become well-known musicians.
Walter E. Fernald State School The Massachusetts School for Idiotic Children, renamed the Walter E. Fernald State School in 1925, was a mental hospital for "feeble-minded" boys and hosted one of the most infamous science experiments of the twentieth century.
Walter E. Scott Walter E. Scott (20 September, 1872 – 5 January, 1954), also known as Death Valley Scotty, was a prospector, performer, and con man, who was made famous by his many scams involving gold mining and his iconic mansion in Death Valley, known as Scotty's Castle.
Walter Edwards (UK politician) Walter Edwards (born Gualtiero Edoardi) (1900 – October 5, 1964) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Whitechapel and St Georges from 1942 to 1950, and then for the new Stepney constituency until his retirement in 1964.
Walter Egan Walter Egan is an American rock musician best known for a 1978 hit "Magnet and Steel" on his album Not Shy, co-produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks of the group Fleetwood Mac. The song was featured in the 1997 hit movie Boogie Nights.
Walter Eli Clark Walter Eli Clark (January 7 1869–February 4 1950) was an American Republican politician who was the last Governor of the District of Alaska from 1909 to 1912, and the first Governor of Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1913. He was born in Ashford, Connecticut and died in Charleston, West Virginia.
Walter Elliott Walter Elliott (1842-1928) was an American Roman Catholic priest and missionary, who authored the controversial 1891 book Life of Father Hecker, a biography of the missionary Isaac Hecker, which sparked the Americanism controversy.
Walter Emerson Baum Walter Emerson Baum (December 14, 1884 – July 12, 1956) was an American artist and educator active in the Bucks and Lehigh County areas of Pennsylvania in the United States. He was also responsible for the founding of the Baum School of Art and the Allentown Art Museum.
Walter Ernest Brown Walter Ernest Brown (VC, DCM & Bar)(2 July 1885-28 February 1942 was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter F. Frear Walter Francis Frear (October 29, 1863 - January 22, 1948) was the third Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1907 to 1913. Born in 1863 in Grass Valley, California, he was appointed to the office after George R.
Walter Farquhar Hook Walter Farquhar Hook (March 13, 1798 – October 20, 1875), was an eminent Victorian, being the Vicar of Leeds responsible for the construction of the current Leeds Parish Church and for many ecclesiastical and social improvements to the city in the mid nineteenth century. His achievements, as a High Churchman and Tractarian in a non-conformist city are remarkable.
Walter Fawkes Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes (1769-1825) was a Yorkshire landowner, writer and MP. He was born in Guiseley as Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth and inherited Farnley Hall in 1792, at which point he assumed the surname Fawkes like his father before him.
Walter Fiers Walter Fiers was born in Ieper (Belgium) in 1931. He obtained a degree of Engineer for Chemistry and Agricultural Industries at the University of Ghent in 1954, and started his research career as an enzymologist in the laboratory of Laurent Vandendriessche in Ghent.
Walter Flex Walter Flex, 1887-1917, was a German author responsible for Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (The Wanderer between Two Worlds), a stunning war novel dealing with themes of humanity, friendship and suffering in the trenches of World War I.
Walter Flores Walter Flores is a Costa Rican musician. He directed Ruben Blades' orchestra for over five years, playing concerts in festivals such as Amsterdam's "Holland RootsFest", Paris's "La Villette JazzFest", Germany's "Westport JazzFest", Switzerland's "Montreux Jazz Festival", New York's "Sessions at 54th" and Carnegie Hall, amongst others.
Walter Francis White Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893, Atlanta, Georgia - March 21, 1955, New York, New York) was a spokesman for blacks in the United States for almost a quarter of a century and executive secretary (1931-1955) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. After graduating from Atlanta University in 1916 (now Clark Atlanta University), in 1918 he joined the national staff of the NAACP in New York at the invitation of James Weldon Johnson.
Walter Freeman Dr. Walter Jackson Freeman II (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was a physician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and an advocate and very prolific practitioner of psychosurgery, specifically lobotomy.
Walter Gaitán Walter Nicolás Gaitán Sayavedra (born March 13, 1977 in La Rioja, Argentina) is an football center forward, who currently plays for Tigres in the Primera División de México. He plays in Tigres with the number 10.
Walter George Brown Rev. Walter George Brown (September 6 1875 - April 1 1940) was a Presbyterian Church in Canada minister who opposed the formation of the United Church of Canada and was a United Reform Movement MP in the Canadian House of Commons.
Walter George Muelder Walter George Muelder (born March 1, 1907 in Boody, Illinois-died June 12, 2004) was an important American social ethicist, ecumenist and public theologian. He studied under Edgar S Brightman at Boston University and began his teaching career at Berea College and the University of Southern California.
Walter Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham Captain Walter Durant Gibbs, BA, 4th Baron Aldenham (11 August 1888-30 May 1969) was a British peer, the son of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon. He succeeded to the title 2nd Baron Hunsdon on 22 May 1935.
Walter Godefroot Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of the T-Mobile Team, a professional cycling team. In his competitive cycling days, Godefroot was a specialist in the one-day classic cycle races, winning three of the five 'monuments' of cycling: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1967), Paris-Roubaix (1969), and the Ronde van Vlaanderen (1968, 1978).
Walter Goffart Walter Goffart is an historian of the later Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages who specializes in research on the barbarian kingdoms of those periods. He is a senior research scholar and lecturer at Yale University.
Walter Gordon Wilson Major Walter Gordon Wilson (1874-1957) was an engineer and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service. He was credited by the 1919 Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton.
Walter H. Moeller Walter Henry Moeller(1910-1999) was an American politician of the Democratic party who was born in New Palestine, Indiana. He entered a Lutheran seminary in 1935 and served as a pastor in the 1940s and after his retirement from politics.
Walter H. Schottky Walter H. (Hermann) Schottky (July 23, 1886, Zürich, Switzerland – March 4, 1976, Pretzfeld, West Germany) was a German physicist who invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915 and the tetrode in 1919 while working at Siemens.
Walter H. Stockmayer Walter Hugo Stockmayer (7 April 1914, Rutherford, New Jersey - 9 May, 2004, Norwich, Vermont) was an internationally known chemist and university teacher. He is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century pioneers of polymer science.
Walter H. Taylor Walter Herron Taylor (June 13, 1838 – March 1, 1916) was an American banker, lawyer, soldier, politician, author, and railroad executive from Norfolk, Virginia. During the American Civil War, he was an officer in the Confederate States Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel as an aide to General Robert E.
Walter H. Thompson Detective Inspector Walter Henry Thompson (born 1890 died 1979) was the bodyguard of Winston Churchill for eighteen years between 1921 and 1945, being recalled from semi-retirement running two grocer's shops by a telegram from Churchill on 22 August 1939 reading "Meet me Croydon airport 4.30pm Wednesday.
Walter Hadwen Walter Robert Hadwen MD MRCS MRCP (August 3 1854, Woolwich - December 27 1932) was a Gloucester GP and pharmaceutical chemist, president of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), and an anti-vaccination campaigner.
Walter Halloran Father Walter Halloran (September 21, 1921 – March 1, 2005) was a Jesuit Roman Catholic priest who, at the age of twenty-six, assisted in the exorcism of a thirteen year old Lutheran boy in St. Louis, Missouri who allegedly became possessed after using a Ouija board.
Walter Hamady Walter Hamady (born September 13, 1940) or, in full, Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, is an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his innovative efforts in letterpress printing, bookbinding, and papermaking.
Walter Hancock Walter Hancock (1799-1852) was a British inventor of the Victorian period. He is chiefly remembered for his steam powered road vehicles, but also received a patent for preparing and cutting indiarubber into sheets.
Walter Harding Walter Harding (1917-1996) was a distinguished professor of English at the State University of New York at Geneseo and internationally recognized scholar of the life and work of Henry David Thoreau. Harding was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and received his B.
Walter Harriman Chief Master Sergeant Walter Harriman is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, played by Gary Jones. Walter Harriman is a Chief Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force, assigned to Stargate Command.
Walter Hawkins Walter Hawkins is an American gospel music singer born May 18, 1949 in Oakland, California. Hawkins is best known for his hit "Oh Happy Day" with The Edwin Hawkins Singers which became one of the first gospel songs to crossover onto mainstream charts.
Walter Haworth Sir Walter Norman Haworth (born Chorley, Lancashire March 19, 1883 – March 19, 1950) was a British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whilst working at Birmingham University.
Walter Hays School Walter Hays School is an elementary school in Palo Alto, California at the intersection of Middlefield Road and Embarcadero Road. Part of the Palo Alto Unified School District, it was named after a Presbyterian minister who was instrumental in the creation of Palo Alto High School.
Walter Heitler Walter Heinrich Heitler (2 January 1904 in Karlsruhe, Germany – 15 November 1981) in Zollikon near Zürich) was a German physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He brought chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.
Walter Henry Medhurst Rev. Dr Walter Henry Medhurst (Chinese: 麥都思, 1796-1857), English Congregationalist missionary to China, born in London and educated at St Paul's School, was one of the early translators of the Bible into Chinese language editions.
Walter Henry Rothwell Walter Henry Rothwell (born 22 September 1872 in London, died 12 March 1927 in Santa Monica) was an English conductor who was assistant to Gustav Mahler in Hamburg and subsequently spent much of his career in the USA. He was the first conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, chosen after the orchestra was unable to persuade Sergei Rachmaninoff to move to the West Coast.
Walter Henry Zinn Walter Henry Zinn (December 14,1906, Kitchener, Ontario - February 14, 2000, Clearwater, Florida) was a nuclear physicist at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. Zinn worked on the Manhattan Project, and is credited with starting the world’s first self-sustaining nuclear reaction by withdrawing a control rod from the world’s first nuclear reactor on December 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago.
Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (18 July 1893 Cordele, Georgia, USA - 27 February 1933 Los Angeles, California, USA was an American silent film actor who died from pneumonia aged 39. In his twenty year career spanning from 1912 to 1932 he starred in 101 films.
Walter Hill (director) Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942 in California) is a prominent American film director, who is known in particular for his revival of the Western. Hill, along with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Milius, Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and Francis Ford Coppola, can be regarded as part of a 1970s generation of directors who modernised American cinema.
Walter Hohmann Walter Hohmann (March 18 1880 - March 11 1945) was a German engineer who made an important contribution to the understanding of orbital dynamics. In a book published in 1925 (written in 1916), Hohmann demonstrated a very fuel-efficient path to move a spacecraft between two different orbits, now called a Hohmann transfer orbit.
Walter Houser Brattain Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was a physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley invented the transistor. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention.
Walter Humeniuk Walter "Gunzo" Humeniuk (born November 1, 1924; died April 14, 2005) was a trainer and backup goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL for much of the 1950s and 1960s. He spent 1948 to 1955 with the Detroit Red Wings.
Walter Humphries Montague Walter Humphries Montague, PC (November 21, 1858 – November 14, 1915) was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.
Walter Hunnewell Arboretum The Walter Hunnewell Arboretum is a 9 hectare (22-acre) arboretum, containing over 500 species of woody plants in 53 families, as well as a 140-year-old topiary garden of native Eastern White Pine and Eastern Arborvitae. Specialty greenhouses including the grape house and peach house have been cared for by five generations of the Hunnewell family.
Walter Hunt Walter Hunt (1796 - 1859) was an American mechanic, who lived and worked in New York State. Through the course of his work he became renowned for being a prolific inventor, notably of the fountain pen, sewing machine (1834), safety pin (1849), a forerunner of the Winchester repeating rifle, a successful flax spinner, knife sharpener, streetcar bell, hard-coal-burning stove, artificial stone, street sweeping machinery, the velocipede, and the ice plough.
Walter Hussey Walter Hussey (May 15, 1909 – 1985) was an Anglican clergyman who had a great fondness for the arts, commissioning a number of musical compositions and visual art for the church as well as amassing his own collection.
Walter Charleton Walter Charleton (February 1619-c April 1707), miscellaneous writer, educated at Oxford, was titular physician to Charles I of England. According to Jon Parkin, he was "the main conduit for the transmission of Epicurean ideas to England" (Science, Religion and Politics in Restoration England, p.
Walter Christaller Walter Christaller (1893 – 1969), was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is Central Place Theory Christaller, Walter (1933): Die zentralen Orte in Süddeutschland. Gustav Fischer, Jena.
Walter Chyzowych Walter Chyzowych (April 20, 1937 – September 2, 1994) is a Ukrainian born soccer player who has played for Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and Newark Sitch of the American Soccer League and was later a coach for the
Walter III of Brienne Walter III of Brienne (French Gauthier, Italian Gualtiero) (d. June 14, 1205) was the Count of Brienne 1191–1205, Prince of Taranto, Duke of Apulia, and Count of Lecce, and titular King of Sicily 1201–1205.
Walter J. Freeman Walter Freeman is a biologist, theoretical neuroscientist and philosopher who has conducted pioneering research in how brains generate meaning. His main body of research has been on the perception of rabbits using electroencephalography.
Walter Jacobson Walter Jacobson is a Chicago television news personality and former anchor who hosted FOX Chicago Perspective, a one-hour news and political show that aired Sunday mornings on WFLD-TV. He was the principal anchor on WFLD's FOX News at 9 until his 2006 retirement.
Walter Jagiello Walter "Li'l Wally" Jagiello, "Mały Władziu" (August 1 1930 – August 17 2006), was an American (of Polish background) polka musician and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. A self-taught Chemnitzer concertina and drum player, who sang perfect Polish as well as English in many of his songs.
Walter Jakobsson Walter Andreas Jakobsson, (born February 6 1882 in Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland; died July 10 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish figure skater, who became 1920 Olympic Champion in pairs, and is three-time World champion together with his skating partner and wife Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers.
Walter James Bolton Walter James Bolton (13 August 1888 - 18 February 1957) was a New Zealand farmer who was found guilty of poisoning his wife. He is known as the last person to be executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment.
Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne Walter Northbourne published "Look to the Land", Dent, 1940 under the name Lord Northbourne. He studied agricultural science at Oxford University and later applied the theories of Rudolf Steiner to the family estate at Kent.
Walter Johnson Walter Perry Johnson (November 6 1887 - December 10 1946), nicknamed The Big Train, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Humboldt, Kansas, he was a farm boy who grew up to become one of the major leagues' greatest stars.
Walter Jones (football player) Walter Jones (born January 19, 1974) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks team in the National Football League. Selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft, which was obtained from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Seattle's 12th overall choice from the first round and a third-round choice obtained from the Atlanta Falcons.
Walter Joseph Hickel Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel (born August 18, 1919 in Ellinwood, Kansas) is an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969, and again from 1990 to 1994. He resigned the governorship on January 29, 1969 to be United States Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970 under President Richard Nixon.
Walter Jurmann Walter Jurmann (October 12, 1903 - June 17, 1971) was an Austrian-born composer of popular music renowned for his versatility who, after emigrating to the United States, specialized in film scores and soundtracks.
Walter Kalbfleisch Walter Kalbfleisch - (Born December 18, 1911 in New Hamburg, Ontario) was a Professional Hockey Defenseman who played 4 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Eagles, New York Americans and Boston Bruins.
Walter Kaufmann (composer) Walter Kaufmann (April 1 1907 - September 9 1984) was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Kaufmann enjoyed a career that crossed international boundaries, taking him to Berlin, Bombay (now Mumbai), London, and Canada, before he settled in Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 1957.
Walter Kaufmann (philosopher) Walter Arnold Kaufmann (July 1, 1921 - September 4, 1980 Princeton, New Jersey) was an American philosopher, translator, and poet. A prolific author, he wrote extensively on a broad range of subjects, such as authenticity and death, moral philosophy and existentialism, theism and atheism, Christianity and Judaism, and philosophy and literature.
Walter Kavanaugh Walter Kavanaugh (born June 30, 1933) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 16th Legislative District. Senator Kavanaugh serves on the Budget & Appropriations and the Labor Committes and is Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.
Walter Keeton William Walter Keeton (born April 30, 1905, Shirebrook, Derbyshire, died October 10, 1980, Forest Town, Nottinghamshire) was an English cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1934 to 1939. He was the Wisden Cricketer of the year in 1940 and played first class cricket between 1926 and 1952 for Nottinghamshire, with spells playing soccer for Nottingham Forest and Sunderland.
Walter Kempler Psychoanalytic training was also the starting point for Walter Kempler; he later became interested in existential issues and family therapy. He worked for a time with Fritz Perls, and there is much overlap in their orientations.
Walter Kennedy (pirate) Walter Kennedy (died 19 July 1721) was an Irish pirate who served as a crew member under Howell Davis and Bartholomew Roberts. He was one of six men, including Howell Davis, who mutinied, seized the sloop Buck and took to piracy.
Walter Kent Walter Kent wrote the music for the well known Christmas standard, "I'll Be Home for Christmas". In 1943, this song joined "White Christmas" to become one of America's most popular holiday songs.
Walter Kidde Walter Kidde (March 7 1877 – February 9, 1943) (IPA pronunciation: ) was the court appointed trustee of the bankrupt New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway from July 24, 1937 until his death in 1943. He was sucedded by Henery K.
Walter Kiernan Walter Kiernan was an American television game show host who appeared frequently on television during the early days of the medium. Kiernan hosted Kiernan's Corner in 1948, Sparring Partners in 1949, What's the Story from 1951 to 1953, Who Said That from 1951 to 1954, I've Got a Secret in 1952, and Who's the Boss in 1954.
Walter Kinsella Walter Kinsella was a real tennis player, who lost three challenges for the world championship, to Fred Covey in 1922 and 1923, and to the great Pierre Etchebaster in 1930 at Prince's Club. "Real" tennis is the racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis is descended.
Walter Kirn Walter Kirn is an American novelist and critic who lives in Montana. A 1983 graduate of Princeton University, he has published a collection of short stories and several novels, including Thumbsucker, which was made into a 2005 film featuring Keanu Reeves; Up in the Air; and Mission to America.
Walter Kistler frame|right|Demonstrators disrupt a 1999 academic conference in London of the Galton Society (formerly known as the [[Eugenics Society)From "Galton Report:London lefties trample on free speech," Glayde Whitney, American Renaissance, Dec. 1999.
Walter Kolisnyk Walter Kolisnyk is a farmer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. In the federal election of 2004, he was a candidate of the social-democratic New Democratic Party in the rural Manitoba riding of Dauphin-Swan River.
Walter Kollo Walter Kollo (born Neidenburg, East Prussia, 28 January 1878 - died Berlin, 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas and popular songs, a conductor and a music publisher. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst in Mai (1913), was performed in America under the title Maytime in 1917.
Walter Korn Walter Korn (born 22 May, 1908 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, died July 9, 1997 in San Mateo, California) was an author of books and magazine articles about chess. Strangely, there seems to be no record of him playing tournament chess and few chess players ever met him.
Walter Kraft <B>Walter Kraft</B> (Cologne, 9 June 1905 - Amsterdam, 9 May 1977) was a German organist and composer, best known for his remarkably long tenure (almost half a century, 1926-1972) at the Marienkirche, L%C3%BCbeck.
Walter Krupinski Walter Krupinski (November 11, 1920 - October 7, 2000) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II and a senior West German air force officer after the war. He was one of the highest-scoring pilots, accredited with 197 victories in 1,100 sorties.
Walter Kwok Kwok Ping-sheung, Walter (Chinese:郭炳湘, 1950-, born in Hong Kong with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong), one of three Kwok brothers (the other two are Thomas, Raymond) that inherited Hong Kong's giant real estate developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, is the chairman and CEO of that organization. Kwok, along with his brothers, inherited the firm in 1990 following their father Kwok Tak Seng's death.
Walter LaFeber Walter LaFeber (born 1933 in Walkerton, Indiana) was a Marie Underhill Noll Professor and a Steven Weisse Presidential Teaching Fellow of History at Cornell University. He is one of the nation’s most distinguished historians of United States Foreign Relations.
Walter Lantz Productions Walter Lantz Productions was an American animation studio. It was in operation from 1929 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios, now part of the media conglomerate NBC Universal.
Walter Lawrence Trophy The Walter Lawrence Trophy is an annual award made to the player who has scored the fastest century in English first-class cricket that season, in terms of balls received (not counting wides). Hundreds considered by a panel of experts (which currently includes Bill Frindall, David Gower, and Simon Hughes) to have been made against "declaration bowling" are not eligible for the award, although this restriction was not always observed in former years.
Walter Leaf Walter Leaf (1852 - 1927), English banker and scholar, was born at Norwood, London, on November 26, 1852 and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1877 he entered the family firm, becoming in 1888 chairman of Leaf and Company Ltd.
Walter Lee (Australian politician) Hon Sir Walter Henry Lee KCMG (April 27, 1874 in Longford - June 1, 1963 in Westbury) was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions April 15, 1916 to August 12, 1922 to August 14, 1923 to October 25, 1923 to March 15, 1934 to June 22, 1934.
Walter Leigh Rayfield Walter Leigh Rayfield ( October 7, 1881,Richmond upon Thames- February 19, 1949, Toronto) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Rayfield was one of seven Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on September 2 1918.
Walter Lincoln Hawkins Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911-1992) was a black scientist/inventor who, while working at Bell Laboratories in the 1940s, helped to make universal telephone service possible. Hawkins developed a plastic to insulate telephone wires—a new material that was lightweight, durable, and less expensive than the lead sheathing used at the time.
Walter Lindrum Walter Albert Lindrum (29th August 1898 – 30 July, 1960) was an Australian world champion professional billiards player. He is often referred to as the greatest player so far seen in this sport, with some 57 world records to his credit, many still standing.
Walter Lorrain Brodie Walter Lorrain Brodie (VC, MC) (28 July 1885-23 August 1918) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Walter Lowrie Walter Lowrie (December 10, 1784–December 14, 1868) was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
Walter M. Elsasser Walter Maurice Elsasser (born March 20, 1904, in Mannheim, Germany; died October 14, 1991, in Baltimore) was a physicist and is considered "father" of the geodynamo theory. Long before he became known for his geodynamo theory, while in Göttingen in the 1920s, he has suggested the experiment to test the wave aspect of electrons.

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