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Malraux, André. 1901-76. French novelist. La Condition Humaine 1933. Museum Without Walls 1967.
Michael the Brave. 1558-1601. Prince of Wallachia. United Romania 1600.
Morris, William. 1834-96. English poet, craftsman opposed to 19C ugliness and social inequality. Founder of Socialist League. Wallpaper, fabrics 1861.
Nehemiah. Judaea governor. Rebuilt walls of Jerusalem 444BC.
Philippe Auguste Wall. 1210. First defensive wall around Paris.
Remus. Twin brother of Romulus; legendary founders of Rome. Killed by Romulus after jumping over town wall.
Schiller, Friedrich. 1759-1805. German Romantic writer of historical dramas and lyric poetry. Popularized William Tell 1804. -“inner direction” Wallenstein 1800.
Shih Huang-ti. c259-210BC. Emperor 246-. Unified China. Great Wall. Burning of Books 213.
Siegfried Line. 1937-40 German fortifications on western frontier = West Wall. Also, part of Hindenburg Line.
Simpson, Wallis. 1896-1986. American divorcée for whom Edward VIII abdicated.
Sistine Chapel. 1473. Vatican. Walls by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio; ceiling by Michelangelo 1508-12. Last Judgement 1534-41.
Thiers, Adolphe. 1797-1877. French. Led July Revolution. Paris wall 1841. Crushed Paris Commune 1871. First president of Third Republic 1871-3.
Ulbricht, Walter. 1893-1973. East German Stalinist General Secretary 1950-71. Head of State 1960-. Ordered Berlin Wall.
Wallace, Alfred. 1823-1913. British naturalist. Theory of natural selection, 1838, independent of Darwin.
Wallace, George. 1919-98. Alabama segregationist governor, presidential candidate. Shot 1972.
Wallace, Lewis. 1827-1905. US soldier, author. Ben Hur 1880.
Wallenberg, Raoul. 1912-47?. Swedish diplomat. Saved thousands of Jews in WWII Budapest. Jailed by Soviets. Holocaust.
Wallenstein, Albrecht von. 1583-1634. Bohemian HRE general in Thirty Years War.
Wallis, Barnes. 1887-1979. British armament inventor.
Wallis, John. 1616-1703. English mathematician. Calculus, cryptography. Infinitesimals 1655.
Walloon. French dialect of south Belgium. Flemings.
West Wall. 1934-9. German illegal fortification of Rhine frontier.