Wodehouse, P.G. 1881-1975. English humorist. Jeeves 1917.

Wolfe, James. 1727-59. British general. Captured Quebec in Seven Years War 1759.

Yahweh. Name of God, revealed to Moses as YHWH...Jehovah.

Yalta Conference. 1945. Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. Decided partition of Europe after WWII. USSR enters war vs Japan. Potsdam. San Francisco Peace.

Yersin, Alexander. 1863-1943. Swiss/French. Developed serum for bubonic plague.

Yoga. Hindu and Buddhist system of meditation, breathing and exercise to achieve spiritual enlightenment.

Zeno of Elea. Paradox: Arrow can never reach its target because it progresses in ever decreasing fractions of distance remaining. ½,¼... First use of dialectic reasoning.

Zeuxis. c5C BC. Greek painter using shading to achieve realism. Birds preferred his grapes.