See also:JONATHAN See also:BOUCHER (1738-1804)
, See also:English divine and philologist, was See also:born in the See also:hamlet of Blencogo, near Wigton, See also:Cumberland, on the 12th of See also:March 1738
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He was educated at the Wigton See also:grammar school, and about 1754 went to See also:Virginia, where he became a private See also:tutor in the families of Virginia planters
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Among his charges was See also:John Parke Custis, the step-son of See also:George See also:Washington, with whom he began a See also:long and intimate friendship
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Returning to See also:England, he was ordained by the See also:bishop of See also:London in March 1762, and at once sailed again for See also:America, where he remained until 1775 as See also:rector of various Virginia and See also:Maryland parishes, including See also:Hanover, 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 George's See also:county, Virginia, and St See also:Anne's at See also:Annapolis, Maryland
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He was widely known as an eloquent preacher, and his scholarly attainments won for him the friendship and esteem of some of the ablest scholars in the colonies
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During his See also:residence in Maryland he vigorously opposed the " See also:vestry See also:act," by which the See also:powers and emoluments of the Maryland pastors were greatly diminished
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When the struggle between the colonies and the See also:mother See also:country began, although he See also:felt much sympathy for the former, his opposition to any See also:form of obstruction to the See also:Stamp Act and other See also:measures, and his denunciation of a resort to force created a See also:breach between him and his See also:parish, and in a fiery farewell discourse preached after the opening of hostilities he declared that no See also:power on See also:earth should prevent him from praying and shouting " See also:God See also:save the King." In the succeeding autumn he returned to England, where his loyalism was rewarded by a See also:government See also:pension
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In 1784 he became See also:vicar of See also:Epsom in See also:Surrey, where he continued until his See also:death on the 27th of See also:April 1804, becoming known as one of the most eloquent preachers of his See also:day
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He was an accomplished writer and See also:scholar, contributed largely to 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:Hutchinson's See also:History of the County of Cumber-See also:land (2 vols., 1794 seq.), and published A View of the Causes and Consequences of the See also:American Revolution (1797), dedicated to George Washington, and consisting of thirteen discourses delivered in America between 1763 and 1775
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His philological studies, to which the last fourteen years of his See also:life were devoted, resulted in the compilation of " A Glossary of Provincial and Archaic Words," intended as a supplement to Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's See also:Dictionary, but never published except in See also:part, which finally in 1831 passed into the hands of the English compilers of See also:Webster's' Dictionary, by whom it was utilized
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His son, See also:BARTON See also:BOUCHER (1794-1865), rector of Fonthill Bishops, See also:Wiltshire, in 1856, was well known as the author of religious tracts, See also:hymns and novels
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