I N D E X 9 6 9 Van der Waals, Johannes D. See Waals, Jo- hannes D. van der Van Es & Van Ommeren, on AE’s luggage, 830a Vanderlinden, Henri, 796a Variational method, in general theory of relativ- ity, improved, 554 Veblen, Oswald (1880–1960), 263n forwards manuscript of Einstein 1922c to Ad- ams, 253 recommends Thomas, 147, 253, 784a Vecino, Jeronimo, 587n, 588n Vegard, Lars (1880–1963), 91 Velazquez, Diego (1599–1660), 563 Velikovsky, Emanuel, 510n Velocity distribution, of gas with heat flow, 486 Vendrell, Simon Vila, 583n Vening Meinesz, Felix, 849, 852 Vera, Francisco, 585n Versailles Treaty, 76, 205n Vesuvius, 562 Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, 586n Vidal, Georges-Fernand (1862–1929), 111 Vidal i Guardiola, Miquel, 584n Vildrac, Charles (1882–1971), 275 Vindonissa, Eduard Einstein visits, 371 Viscardini, Mario on friction between light and ether, 801a paper on Michelson-Morley experiment, 288– 289, 794a Visser, Johannes de (1857–1932), 185n Vogel, Wilhelm, 562, 586n Volkshochschule Groß-Berlin, AE lectures at, 50 Vollmer, Max, proposed for support from Notge- meinschaft, 814a Vorovka, Karel, 820a requests foreword to Czech edition of Einstein 1917a, 804a Vossische Zeitung, requests report on conditions at AE’s institute, 735–736 Voûte, Joan (1879–1963), 555 invites AE to eclipse expedition, 133 AE de- clines, 201 invites AE to lecture in Batavia and Bandung, 133 AE declines, 201n Waals, Johannes D. van der, 273 Waals, Jr., Johannes D. van der, 262, 849, 852 Wagner, Ernst (1876–1928) AE proposes for professorship, 433 requests KWIP funds for X-ray tube, 792a, 788a, 789a Wang, Yiting (1867–1938), 566n Wankmüller, Romeo, 256–257 recommenda- tion for Baller, 817a War guilt, German, 76 War Victims Committee, London, 827a Warburg, Emil (1846–1931), l, 129, 410, 812a AE on, 353–359, 459 on Hedwig Kohn’s request for KWIP funds, 806a opposes election of foreigners such as Kamer- lingh-Onnes as corresponding members of PAW, 138 requests AE to propose Haensch for Leibniz Medal, 137–138 Warburg, Max M., on list of Organisation Con- sul, 393n Warburg, Otto, Mrs., 785a Warburg-Cohen, Anna (1864–1937), 115 Waseda University, reception for AE, 548 Washington Naval Conference, 714 Wassermann, Oscar (1869–1934), 205, 206 Watanabe, 553, 575n Weber, Heinrich F. (1843–1912), 546 Wei, Chenzu, lxiv, 200n, 613n, 814a, invitation from University of Beijing, 255, 293, 430, 814a Weigert, Charlotte (1883–1971), 50, 112, 658 on Chakhotin, 112–113 Weigert, Fritz, 790a on light absorption and photochemical processes, 783a Weiner, M., on endowment by Rathenau family for academy of workers in Palestine, 812a, 815a Weinstein, Max (1852–1918), 21 Weiss, Pierre (1865–1940), 15 Weizmann, Chaim (1874–1952), lviii, lxv, lxvii, 45, 115, 156n, 312, 492, 538, 539, 785a, 786a, 800a, 801a on Berliner’s donation to Hebrew University, 111, 329, 822a certificate of freedom of the City of New York to, 802a on donation of New Century Club, 382–383, 416 on Palestine mandate, 111, 328–329