See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE LILLIE See also:

• CRAIK, DINAH MARIA (1826-1887)
• GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK (1798-1866)

CRAIK (1798-1866)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, the son of a schoolmaster, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kennoway, Fifeshire, in 1798 . He studied at the university of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews with the intention of entering the 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, but, altering his plans, became the editor of a See also:

• LOCAL

local newspaper, and went to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1824 to devote himself to literature . He became connected with a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper called the Verulam; in 1831 he published his Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties among the See also:

• WORKS

works of the Society for the See also:

• DIFFUSION (from the Lat. diffundere; dis-, asunder, and fundere, to pour out)

Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; he contributed a considerable number of See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical articles to the See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

Penny Cyclopaedia; and he edited the Pictorial See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, himself See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing much of the See also:

• WORK

work . In 1844 he published his History of Literature and Learning in England from the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest to the See also:

• PRESENT

Present 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, illustrated by extracts . See also:

• CRAIK, DINAH MARIA (1826-1887)
• CRAIK, GEORGE LILLIE (1798-1866)

Craik is best known for his abridged version of this work, The History of English Literature and the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language (1861), which passed through several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year appeared his See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser and his See also:

• POETRY

Poetry, an abstract of Spenser's poems, with historical and biographical notes and frequent quotations; and in 1847 his See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon, his Writings and his See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

Philosophy, a work of a similar See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . The two last-mentioned works appeared among See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight's Weekly Volumes . Two years later Craik obtained the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of history and English literature at See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast, a position which he held till his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

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

place on the 25th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1866 . He had married See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• JEANNETTE

Jeannette See also:

• DEMPSTER, THOMAS (1579-1625)

Dempster (d . 1856) in 1826, and his daughter, Georgiana See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion Craik (Mrs A . W . May), wrote over See also:

• THIRTY

thirty novels, of which Lost and Won (1859) was the best .

Besides the works already noticed, Craik published the History of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce from the Earliest Times (1844), See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance of the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

Peerage (1848–1850) and The English of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare (1856) .