See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ALEXANDER ADAM (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

ADAM (1741–1809)  , Scottish writer on See also:

• ROMAN

Roman antiquities, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1741, near See also:

• FORRES (Gaelic, far uis, " near water ")

Forres, in Morayshire . From his earliest years he showed uncommon See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence and perseverance in classical studies, notwithstanding many difficulties and privations . In 1757 he went to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he studied at the university . His reputation as a classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar secured him a See also:

• POST

post as assistant at See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital and the headmastership in 1761 . In 1764 he became private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to Mr Kincaid, afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

Provost of Edinburgh, by whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he was appointed (in 1768) to the rectorship of the High School on the retirement of Mr See also:

• MATHESON, GEORGE (1842-1906)

Matheson, whose substitute he had been for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before . From this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he devoted himself entirely to the duties of his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and to the preparation of his numerous See also:

• WORKS

works on classical literature . His popularity and success as a teacher are strikingly illustrated by the See also:

• GREAT

great increase in the number of his pupils, many of whom subsequently became distinguished men, among them being See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, Lord See also:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham and See also:

• JEFFREY, FRANCIS JEFFREY

Jeffrey . He succeeded in introducing the study of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek into the curriculum of the school, notwithstanding the opposition of the university headed by See also:

• PRINCIPAL

Principal See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson . In 178o the university of Edinburgh conferred upon him the honorary degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor of See also:

• LAWS

Laws . He died on the 18th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1809, after an illness of five days, during which he occasionally imagined himself still at See also:

• WORK

work, his last words being, " It grows dark, boys, you may go." Dr See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam's first publication was his Principles of Latin and See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar (1772), which, being written in English in-See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead of Latin, brought down a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of abuse upon him . This was followed by his Roman Antiquities (1791), A See also:

• SUMMARY

Summary of See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography and See also:

• HISTORY

History (1794) and a Compendious See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Latin See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

Tongue,(18o5) . The MS. of a projected larger Latin dictionary, which he did not live to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, lies in the library of the High School .

His best work was his Roman Antiquities, which has passed through a large number of See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and received the unusual compliment of a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation . See An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of A . A., by A . See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson (181o) .