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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty (treaty, United States/England)
Webster, Ben(jamin Francis) (Jazz Artist, '30s-'70s)
Webster, Daniel (American jurist, rhetorician & statesman/stateswoman)
Webster, John (English dramatist)
Webster, Noah (American linguist & non-fiction writer)
Wedekind, Frank (German dramatist & journalist)
Wedemeyer, Albert C(oady) (American military leader)
wedge (machine)
Wedgwood, Josiah (personage)
weed (plant)
Weed, Thurlow (American journalist & politician)
Weelkes, Thomas (English composer)
weevil (insect, arthropod)
Wegener, Alfred (Lothar) (German geologist, meteorologist & explorer)
Wei River (river of central China)
Weidman, Charles (American dancer & dramatist)
weight (measure)
weight lifting (in sports)
weights and measures (measure, system)
Weil, Simone (French philosopher & mystic)
Weill, Kurt (Julian) (German-American composer & dramatist)
Weimar Republic (History)
Weingartner, (Paul) Felix, lord von Münzberg (Austrian composer & musician)
Weiser, Johann Conrad (American pioneer)
Weiss, Peter (Ulrich) (German-Swedish dramatist, novelist, filmmaker & painter)
Weissmuller, Johnny (American swimmer and actor)
Weizmann, Chaim (Azriel) (Israeli Jewish scientist & president)
Welch, William Henry (American physician)
Weld, Theodore Dwight (American politician & sociologist)
welding (process, industry)
Welf dynasty (Medieval)
Welfare Party (Mideast)
Welk, Lawrence (Easy Listening Artist, '20s-'90s)
Weller, Thomas H(uckle) (American microbiologist & physician)
Welles, (George) Orson (Actor / Filmmaker)
Welles, Gideon (American statesman/stateswoman)
Wellesley College (university, Massachusetts)