See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

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

WALTER See also:

• SIR WALTER BESANT (1836-1901)

BESANT (1836-1901)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth, on the 14th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1836, third son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BESANT, SIR WALTER (1836-1901)

Besant of that See also:

• TOWN

town . I3e was educated at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, of which he was a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . He graduated in 18J9 as 18th wrangler, and from 1861 to 1867 was See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the Royal College, See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius . From 1868 to 1885 he acted as secretary to the See also:

• PALES

Pales-tine Exploration Fund . In 1884 he was mainly instrumental in establishing the Society of Authors, a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade-See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of writers designed for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• PROPERTY

property, which has rendered See also:

• GREAT

great assistance to inexperienced authors by explaining the principles of literary profit . Of this society he was chairman from its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation in 1884 till 1882 . He married See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, daughter of Mr Eustace See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster-See also:

• BARHAM, RICHARD HARRIS (1788-1845)

Barham of See also:

• BRIDGWATER

Bridgwater, and was knighted in 1895 . He died at See also:

• HAMPSTEAD

Hampstead, on the 9th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1901 . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Walter Besant practised many branches of literary See also:

• ART

art with success, but he is most widely known for his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of novels, many of which have enjoyed remarkable popularity . His first stories were written in collaboration with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice (q.v.) . Two .at least of these, The See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Butterfly (1876) and Ready-See also:

• MONEY

Money Mortiboy (1872), are among the most vigorous and most characteristic of his See also:

• WORKS

works . Though not without exaggeration and eccentricity, attributable to the See also:

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

influence of See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens, they are full of See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, shrewd observation and See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound' See also:

• COMMON

common-sense, and contain characters which have taken their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the long See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of See also:

• BRITISH

British fiction .

After Rice's See also:

• DEATH

death, Sir Walter Besant wrote alone, and in All Sortsand Conditions of Men (1882) produced a stirring See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East End See also:

• LIFE

life in London, which set on See also:

• FOOT

foot the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement that culminated in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• PEOPLE

People's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace in the Mile End Road . Though not himself a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer in the effort made by See also:

• CANON

Canon See also:

• BARNETT, JOHN (1802–1890)
• BARNETT, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS (1844– )

Barnett and others to alleviate the social evils of the East End by the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal contact of educated men and See also:

• WOMEN

women of a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior social class, his books rendered immense service to the movement by popularizing it . His sympathy with the poor was shown in another See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to stir public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, this 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 against the evils of the sweating See also:

• SYSTEM

system, in The See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children of See also:

• GIBEON

Gibeon (1886) . Other popular novels by him were Dorothy See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster (1884), Armorel of Lyonesse (189o), and Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1895) . He also wrote See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical and See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical works, including The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Humorists (1873), See also:

• RABELAIS, FRANCOIS (c. 1490—1553)

Rabelais (18i9), and lives of See also:

• COLIGNY, GASPARD DE (1519-1572)

Coligny, See also:

• WHITTINGTON
• WHITTINGTON, RICHARD (d. 1423)

Whittington, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• JEFFERIES, RICHARD (1848-1887)

Jefferies . Besant undertook a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of important See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and archaeological volumes, dealing with the associations and development of the various districts of London—of which the most important was A Survey of London, unfortunately See also:

• LEFT

left unfinished, which was intended to do for See also:

• MODERN

modern London what See also:

• STOW, JOHN (c. 1525-1605)

Stow did for the Elizabethan See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Other books on London (1892), See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster (1895) and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South London (1899) showed that his mind was full of his subject . No See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of his time evinced a keener See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the professional See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of literary See also:

• WORK

work, and the improved conditions of the literary career in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England were largely due to his energetic and capable exposition of the commercial value of authorship and to the unselfish efforts which Sir Walter constantly made on behalf of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-workers in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of letters . See also Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant (1902), with a prefatory See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note by S . S . Spriggs; the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the library edition (1887) of Ready-Money Mortiboy contains a See also:

• HISTORY

history of the literary See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership of Besant and Rice .