| A. B. Go. | Alfred Bradley Gough, M.A., Ph.D.- Sometime Casberd Scholar of St John’s College, Oxford. English Lector in the University of Kiel, 1896-1905.
| | Westphalia, Treaty of. |
| A. C. S. | Algernon Charles Swinburne.- See the biographical article: Swinburne, Algernon Charles.
| | Webster, John. |
| A. D. Mo. | Anson Daniel Morse, M.A., LL.D.- Emeritus Professor of History at Amherst College, Mass. Professor at Amherst College, 1877-1908.
| | Whig Party. |
| A. E. S. | Arthur Everett Shipley, M.A., D. Sc., F.R.S.- Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Reader in Zoology, Cambridge University. Joint-editor of the Cambridge Natural History.
| | Wasp (in part); Weevil (in part). |
| A. F. B. | Aldred Farrer Barker, M.Sc.- Professor of Textile Industries at Bradford Technical College.
| | Wool, Worsted and Woollen Manufactures. |
| A. F. B.* | Archibald Frank Becke.- Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Author of Introduction to the History of Tactics, 1740-1905; &c.
| | Waterloo Campaign. |
| A. F. H. | A. F. Hutchison, M.A.- Sometime Rector of the High School, Stirling.
| | Wallace, Sir William. |
| A. F. L. | Arthur Francis Leach, M.A.- Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple. Charity Commissioner for England and Wales. Formerly Assistant-Secretary to the Board of Education. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1874-1881. Author of English Schools at the Reformation; &c.
| | Waynflete, William; William of Wykeham. |
| A. F. P. | Albert Frederick Pollard, M.A., F.R.Hist.S.- Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Professor of English History in the University of London. Assistant-Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1893-1901. Author of England under the Protector Somerset; Life of Thomas Cranmer; Henry VIII.; &c.
| | Walsingham, Francis; Wishart, George; Wolsey, Cardinal. |
| A. M. C. | Agnes Mary Clerke.- See the biographical article: Clerke, Agnes M.
| | Zodiac. |
| A. N. | Alfred Newton, F.R.S.- See the biographical article: Newton, Alfred.
| | Vulture; Wagtail; Warbler; Waxwing; Weaver-bird; Wheatear; Whitethroat; Wigeon; Woodcock; Woodpecker; Wren; Wryneck; Zosterops. |
| A. P. C. | Arthur Philemon Coleman, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.- Professor of Geology in the University of Toronto. Geologist, Bureau of Mines, Toronto, 1893-1910. Author of Reports of the Bureau of Mines of Ontario.
| | Yukon Territory. |
| A. Sy. | Arthur Symons.- See the biographical article: Symons, Arthur.
| | Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Comte de. |
| A. S. C. | Alan Summerly Cole, C.B.- Formerly Assistant-Secretary, Board of Education, South Kensington. Author of Ornament in European Silks; Catalogue of Tapestry, Embroidery, Lace and Egyptian Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum; &c.
| | Weaving: Archaeology and Art. |
| A. S. P.-P. | Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L.- Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Gifford Lecturer in the University of Aberdeen, 1911. Fellow of the British Academy. Author of Man’s Place in the Cosmos; The Philosophical Radicals; &c.
| | Weber's Law; Wolff, Christian (in part). |
| A. v. O. | Aloys von Orelli.- Formerly Professor of Law in the University of Zürich. Author of Das Staatsrecht der schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.
| | Veto. |