Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt è stato uno psicologo, fisiologo e filosofo tedesco. È divenuto per la storia della psicologia "il padre fondatore" della disciplina, grazie al suo contributo teorico e sperimentale, esteso all'ambito della Sociologia.
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt war ein deutscher Physiologe, Psychologe und Philosoph. Er gründete 1879 an der Universität Leipzig das erste Institut für experimentelle Psychologie mit einem systematischen Forschungsprogramm. Wundt gilt als Begründer der Psychologie als eigenständige Wissenschaft und als Mitbegründer der Völkerpsychologie (Kulturpsychologie).
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and is also perhaps the earliest clear example of the police procedural genre.
William "Wilkie" Collins oli englantilainen romaani- ja näytelmäkirjailija. Hänet tunnetaan parhaiten rikosromaaneistaan Valkopukuinen nainen, No Name (1862) ja Kuun kivi. Häntä pidetään Edgar Allan Poen ohella rikoskirjallisuuden merkittävimpänä kehittäjänä.
William Wilkie Collins est un écrivain britannique de l'époque victorienne, contemporain et ami de Charles Dickens. Très populaire de son vivant, il est l'auteur de 27 romans, plus de 50 nouvelles, au moins 15 pièces de théâtre et plus de 100 essais.
William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".
