Wharton, Edith. 1862-1937. US novelist. Ethan Frome 1911. Age of Innocence 1920.

White, Patrick. 1912-90. Australian novelist, activist. The Aunt’s Story 1948.

Winstanley, Gerrard. c1609-60. Founder of Diggers 1649. True Leveller’s Standard Advanced 1649.

Wolfe, Tom. 1900-38. US novelist. Look Homeward, Angel 1929.

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.

Yonge, Charlotte. 1823-1901. English Victorian novelist: Heir of Radclyffe 1853. Daisy Chain 1856. Oxford Movement.

Zola, Emile. 1840-1902. French “scientific” novelist: Nana 1880. Dreyfus supporter. Realist. Founded Naturalist Movement. Thérèse Raquin 1867. J’accuse 1898.