/hwuyt, wuyt/ , n.
1. Byron R(aymond) ( "Whizzer" ), born 1917, U.S. lawyer and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962-93.
2. Edmund , born 1940, U.S. novelist.
3. Edward Douglass , 1845-1921, U.S. jurist: Chief Justice of the U.S. 1910-21.
4. Edward H(iggins), II /hig"inz/ , 1930-67, U.S. astronaut: first American to walk in space 1965.
5. E(lwyn) B(rooks) /el"win/ , 1899-1985, U.S. humorist and poet.
6. George Leonard , 1838-95, U.S. choral conductor.
7. Gilbert , 1720-93, English clergyman, naturalist, and writer.
8. Patrick (Victor Martindale) /mahr"tn dayl'/ , 1912-90, Australian writer, born in England: Nobel prize 1973.
9. Stanford , 1853-1906, U.S. architect.
10. Stewart Edward , 1873-1946, U.S. novelist.
11. T(erence) H(anbury) /han"beuh ree/ , 1896-1964, English novelist.
12. Theodore H ., 1915-86, U.S. journalist and writer.
13. Walter Francis , 1893-1955, U.S. civil-rights leader and writer: executive secretary of the NAACP 1931-55.
14. William A(lanson) /al"euhn seuhn/ , 1870-1937, U.S. neurologist, psychiatrist, and writer.
15. William Allen , 1868-1944, U.S. journalist.