JOHANN See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

JAKOB See also:

• JOHANN JAKOB DILLEN [DILLENIUS] (1684-1747)

DILLEN [DILLENIUS] (1684-1747)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English botanist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt in 1684, and was educated at the university of See also:

• GIESSEN

Giessen, where he wrote several botanical papers for the Ephemerides naturae curiosorum, and printed, in 1719, his Catalogus plantarum sponte circa Gissam nascentium, illustrated with figures See also:

• DRAWN

drawn and engraved by his own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and containing descriptions of many new See also:

• SPECIES

species . In 1721, at the instance of the botanist 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.Sherard (1659-1728), he came to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 1724 he published a new edition of See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray's Synopsis stirpium Britannicarum . In 1732 he published Hortus Elthamensis, a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the rare See also:

• PLANTS

plants growing at Eltham, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, in the collection of Sherard's younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother, 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 (1666-1738), who, after making a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune as an See also:

• APOTHECARY (from the Lat. apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. aroth is , a store)

apothecary, devoted himself to gardening and See also:

• MUSIC

music . For this See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• DILLEN [DILLENIUS], JOHANN JAKOB (1684-1747)

Dillen himself executed 324 plates, and it was described by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus, who spent a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month with him at 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 1736, and afterwards dedicated his Critica botanica to him, as " See also:

• OPUS ('O7rois)

opus botanicum quo absolutius mundus non vidit." In 1734 he was appointed Sherardian See also:

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

professor of See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany at Oxford, in accordance with the will of W . Sherard, who at his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1728 See also:

• LEFT

left the university £3000 for the endowment of 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, as well as his library and See also:

• HERBARIUM, or HORTUS

herbarium . Dillen, who was also the author of an Historia muscorum (1741), died at Oxford, of See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy, on the 2nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1747 . His See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts, books and collections of dried plants, with many drawings, were bought by his successor at Oxford, Dr See also:

• HUMPHRY, OZIAS (1742-1810)

Humphry See also:

• SIBTHORP, JOHN (1758-1796)

Sibthorp (1713-1797), and ultimately passed into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the university . For an See also:

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

account of his collections preserved at Oxford, see The Dillenian Herbaria, by G . Claridge Druce (Oxford, 1907) . DILLENBURG, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse-See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau, delightfully situated in the midst of a well-wooded See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, on the See also:

• DILL (Anethum or Peucedanum graveolens)

Dill, 25 M . N.W. from- Giessen on the railway to Troisdorf . Pop .

4500 . On an See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence above it See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the ruins of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Dillenburg, founded by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count 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 the Richof Nassau, about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1255, and the birthplace of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince William of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange (1533) . It has an Evangelical 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, with the vault of the princes of Nassau-Dillenburg, a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic church, a classical school, a teachers' See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary and a chamber of See also:

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

commerce . Its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries embrace See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• WORKS

works, tanneies and the manufacture of cigars . Owing to its beautiful surroundings Dillenburg has become a favourite summer resort .