See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND See also:

• EDMUND CASTELL (16o6-1685)

CASTELL (16o6-1685)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English orientalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 16o6 at Tadlow, in See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen he entered See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, but afterwards changed his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence to St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's, on See also:

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

account of the valuable library there . His See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work was the compiling of his See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon Heptaglotton Hebr aicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Samaritanum, A ethiopicum, Arabicum, et Persicum (1669) . Over this See also:

• BOOK

book he spent eighteen years, working (if we may accept his own statement) from sixteen to eighteen See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day; he employed fourteen assistants, and by an See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure of £12,000 brought himself to poverty, for his lexicon, though full of the most unusual learning, did not find purchasers . He was actually in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison in 1667 because he was unable to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge his See also:

• BROTHER

brother's debts, for which he had made himself liable . A See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems dedicated to the 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 brought him preferment . He was made See also:

• PREBENDARY (Lat. praebendo = give or grant, through Low Lat. praebenda)

prebendary of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury and See also:

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

professor of Arabic at Cambridge . Before undertaking the Lexicon Heptaglotton, See also:

• CASTELL, EDMUND (16o6-1685)

Castell had helped Dr See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

Brian See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton in the preparation of his See also:

• POLYGLOTT (Gr. rails, many, and yX&,rra, tongue)

Polyglott See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . His See also:

• MSS

MSS. he bequeathed to the university of Cambridge . He died in 1685 at Higham Gobion, See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire, where he was See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector . The See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the Lexicon was issued separately at See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen in 1788 by J . D .

See also:

• MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID (1717-1791)

Michaelis, who offers a See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to Castell's learning and See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier published the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew section in 1790-1792 .