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:DERHAM (1657—1735)
, See also:English divine, was See also:born at Stoulton, near See also:Worcester, on the 26th of See also:November 1657
.
He was educated at Blockley, in his native See also:county, and at Trinity See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
.
In 1682 he became See also:vicar of Wargrave, in See also:Berkshire; and in 1689 he was preferred to the living of Upminster, in See also:Essex
.
In 1696 he published his Artificial Clockmaker, which went through several See also:editions
.
The best known of his subsequent See also:works are Physico-See also:Theology, published in 1713; Astro-Theology, 1714; and Christo-Theology, 1730
.
The first two of these books were teleological arguments for the being and attributes of See also:God, and were used by See also:Paley nearly a See also:century later
.
In 1702 See also:Derham
was elected See also:fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1716 was made a See also:canon of See also:Windsor
.
He was See also:Boyle lecturer in 1711-1712
.
His last See also:work, entitled A See also:Defence of 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's Right in Leasehold Estates, appeared in 1731
.
He died on the 5th of See also:April 1735
.
Besides the works published in his own name, Derham, who was keenly interested in natural See also:history, contributed a variety of papers to the Transactions of the Royal Society, revised the Miscellanea Curiosa, edited the See also:correspondence of See also:John See also:Ray and Eleazar Albin's Natural History, and published some of the See also:MSS. of See also:Robert See also:Hooke, the natural philosopher
.
D'ERLON, See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE See also:DROUET, See also:COUNT (1765—1844), See also:marshal of See also:France, was born at See also:Reims on the 29th of See also:July 1765
.
He entered the See also:army as a private soldier in 1782, was discharged after five years' service, re-entered it in 1792, and See also:rose rapidly to the See also:rank of an officer
.
From 1794 to 1796 he was aide-de-See also:camp to See also:General See also:Lefebvre
.
He did See also:good service in the See also:campaigns of the revolutionary See also:wars and in 1799 attained the rank of general of See also:brigade
.
In the See also:campaign of that See also:year he was engaged in the Swiss operations under See also:Massena
.
In 'Soo he fqught under See also:Moreau at Hohenlinden
.
As a general of See also:division he took See also:part in See also:Napoleon's campaigns of 1805 and 1806, and rendered excellent service at See also:Jena
.
He was next engaged under Lefebvre in the See also:siege of See also:Danzig and negotiated the terms of surrender; after this he rejoined 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 army and fought at See also:Friedland (1807), receiving a severe See also:wound
.
After this See also:battle he was made See also:grand officer of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour, was created Count d'Erlon and received a See also:pension
.
For the next six years d'Erlon was almost continuously engaged as See also:commander of an army See also:corps in the See also:Peninsular See also:War, in which he added greatly to his reputation as a capable general
.
At the pass of See also:Maya in the See also:Pyrenees he inflicted a defeat upon See also:Lord See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill's troops, and in the subsequent battles of the 1814 campaign he distinguished himself further
.
After the first Restoration he was named commander of the 16th military division, but he was soon arrested for conspiring with the See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans party, to which he was secretly devoted
.
He escaped, however, and gave in his See also:adhesion to Napoleon, who had returned from See also:Elba
.
The See also:emperor made him a peer of France, and gave him command of the I. army corps, which formed part of the Army of the See also:North
.
In the See also:Waterloo campaign d'Erlon's corps formed part of See also:Ney's command on the 16th of See also:June, but, in consequence of an extraordinary See also:series of misunderstandings, took part neither at Ligny nor at Quatre See also:Bras (see WATERLOO CAMPAIGN)
.
He was not, however, held to See also:account by Napoleon, and as the latter's practice in such matters was severe to the See also:verge of injustice, it may be presumed that the failure was not due to d'Erlon
.
He was in command of the right wing of the See also:French army throughout the See also:great battle of the 18th of June, and fought in the closing operations around See also:Paris
.
At the second Restoration d'Erlon fled into See also:Germany, only returning to France after the See also:amnesty of 1825
.
He was not restored to the service until the See also:accession of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis Philippe, in whose interests he had engaged in several plots and intrigues
.
As commander of the 12th military division (See also:Nantes), he suppressed the legitimist agitation in his See also:district and caused the See also:arrest of the duchess of See also:Berry (1832)
.
His last active service was in See also:Algeria, of which See also:country he was made See also:governor-general in 1834 at the See also:age of seventy
.
He returned to France after two years, and was made marshal of France shortly before his See also:death at Paris on the 25th of See also:January 1844
.
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