See also:JOHN 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:DONALDSON (1811-1861)
, See also:English philologist and biblical critic, was See also:born in See also:London on the 7th of See also:June 1811
.
He was educated at University See also:College, London. and Trinity College, See also:Cambridge, of which society he subsequently became See also:fellow
.
In 1841 he was elected headmaster of 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 See also:Edward's school, See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds
.
In 1855 he resigned his See also:post and returned to Cambridge, where his 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 was divided between See also:literary See also:work and private tuition
.
He died on the loth of See also:February 1861
.
He is remembered as a See also:pioneer of See also:philology in See also:England, and as a See also:great See also:scholar in his See also:day, though See also:mach of his work is now obsolete
.
The New Cratylus (1839), the See also:book on which his fame mainly rests, was an See also:attempt to apply to the See also:Greek See also:language the principles of See also:comparative philology
.
It was founded mainly on the comparative See also:grammar of See also:Bopp, but a large See also:part of it was See also:original, Bopp's grammar not being completed till ten years after the first edition of the Cratylus
.
In the Varronianus (1844) the same method was applied to Latin, Umbrian and Oscan
.
His See also:Jashar (1854), written in Latin as an See also:appeal to the learned See also:world, and especially to See also:German theologians, was an attempt to reconstitute the lost biblical book of Jashar from the remains of old songs and See also:historical records, which, according to the author, are incorporated in the existing See also:text of the Old Testament
.
His bold views on the nature of See also:inspiration, and his See also:free handling of the sacred text, aroused the anger of the theologians
.
Of his numerous other See also:works the most important are The See also:Theatre of the Greeks; The See also:History of the Literature of See also:Ancient See also:Greece (a See also:translation and completion of C
.
O
.
See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
Muller's unfinished work); See also:editions of the Odes of See also:Pindar and the See also:Antigone of See also:Sophocles; a See also:Hebrew, a Greek and a Latin Grammar
.
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