| W. Ma. | Sir William Markby, K.C.I.E.- See the biographical article, Markby, Sir William.
|  | Indian Law. |
| W. McD. | William McDougall, M.A.- Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy in the University of Oxford. Formerly Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge.
|  | Hypnotism. |
| W. M. L. | Wallace Martin Lindsay, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D.- Professor of Humanity, University of St Andrews. Fellow of the British Academy. Formerly Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. Author of Handbook of Latin Inscriptions ; The Latin Language ; &c.
|  | Inscriptions: Latin (in part). |
| W. M. Ra. | Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, Litt.D., D.C.L.- See the biographical article, Ramsay, Sir W. Mitchell.
| | Iconium. |
| W. R. So. | William Ritchie Sorley, M.A. Litt.D. LL.D.- Professor of Moral Philosophy; in the University of Cambridge. Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Fellow of the British Academy. Formerly Fellow of Trinity College. Author of The Ethics of Naturalism ; The Interpretation of Evolution ; &c.
| | Iamblichus. |
| W. T. T.-D. | Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., K.C.M.G., C.I.E., D.Sc., LL.D.,
Ph.D., F.L.S.- Hon. Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1885–1905. Botanical Adviser to Secretary of State for Colonies, 1902–1906. Joint-author of Flora of Middlesex. Editor of Flora Capenses and Flora of Tropical Africa.
|  | Huxley. |
| W. Wn. | William Watson, D.Sc., F.R.S., A.R.C.S.- Assistant Professor of Physics, Royal College of Science, London. Vice-President of the Physical Society. Author of A Text Book of Practical Physics ; &c.
| | Inclinometer. |
| W. W. H. | Sir William Wilson Hunter.- See the biographical article, Hunter, Sir William Wilson.
| | India: History; Geography and Statistics (in part). |