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:BLAIR (1656`1743)
, See also:American divine and educationalist, was See also:born in See also:Scotland, probably at See also:Edinburgh, in 1656
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He graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1673, was beneficed in the Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in Scotland, and for a 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 was See also:rector of See also:Cranston See also:Parish in the See also:diocese of Edinburgh
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In 1682 he See also:left Scotland for See also:England, and three years later was sent by the See also:bishop of See also:London, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Compton, as a missionary to See also:Virginia
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He soon gained See also:great See also:influence over the colonists both in ecclesiastical and in See also:civil affairs, and, according to Prof
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See also:Moses Coit See also:Tyler, " probably no other See also:man in the colonial time did so much for the intellectual See also:life of Virginia." He was the See also:minister of Henrico parish from 1685 until 1694, of the See also:Jamestown church from 1694 until 1710, and of Bruton church at See also:Williamsburg from 1710 until his See also:death
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From 1689 until his death he was the See also:commissary of the bishop of London for Virginia, the highest ecclesiastical position in the See also:colony, his duties consisting " in visiting the parishes, correcting the lives of the See also:clergy, and keeping them orderly." In 1693, by the See also:appointment of 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 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 III., he became a member of the See also:council of Virginia, of which he was for many years the See also:president
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Largely because of charges brought against them by See also:Blair, See also:Governor See also:Sir See also:Edmund See also:Andros, See also:Lieutenant-governor See also:Francis See also:Nicholson, and Lieutenant-governor See also:Alexander See also:Spotswood were removed in 1698, 1705 and 1722 respectively
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Blair's greatest service to the colony was rendered as the founder, and the president from 1693 until his death, of the See also:College of William and See also:Mary, for which he himself secured a See also:charter in England
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" Thus, 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 Blair may be called," says Tyler, " the creator of the healthiest and most extensive intellectual influence that was See also:felt in the See also:Southern See also:group of colonies before the Revolution." He died on the 18th of See also:April 1743, and was buried at Jamestown, Va
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He published a collection of 117 discourses under the See also:title Our Saviour's Divine See also:Sermon on the See also:Mount (4 vols., 1722; second edition, 1732), and, in collaboration with Henry Hartwell and See also:Edward Chilton, a See also:work entitled The See also:Present See also:State of Virginia and the College (1727; written in 1693), probably the best See also:account of the Virginia of that time
.
See See also:Daniel E
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See also:Motley's Life of Commissary James Blair (See also:Baltimore, 1901; See also:series xix
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No
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10, of the Johns See also:Hopkins University Studies in See also:Historical and See also:Political See also:Science), and, for a See also:short See also:sketch and an estimate, M
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Tyler's A See also:History of American Literature, 1607—1765 (New See also:York, 1878)
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