See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS 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 See also:DYER (1804-1888)
, See also:English See also:historical and antiquarian writer, was See also:born in See also:London on the 4th of May 1804
.
He was originally intended for a business career, and for some 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 acted as clerk in a See also:West See also:India See also:house; but finding his services no longer required after the passing of the See also:Negro Emancipation See also:Act, he decided to devote himself to literature
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In 1850 he published the See also:Life of See also:Calvin, a conscientious and on the whole impartial See also:work, though the See also:character of Calvin is somewhat harshly See also:drawn, and his See also:influence in the religious See also:world generally is insufficiently appreciated
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See also:Dyer's first historical work was the See also:History of See also:Modern See also:Europe (1861-1864; 3rd ed. revised and continued to the end of the 19th See also:century, by A
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See also:Hassan, Igor), a meritorious compilation and storehouse of facts, but not very readable
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The History of the See also:City of See also:Rome (1865) down to the end of the See also:middle ages was followed by the History of the See also:Kings of Rome (1868), which, upholding against the See also:German school the See also:general credibility of the See also:account of See also:early See also:Roman history, given in See also:Livy and other classical authors, was violently attacked by J
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R
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See also:Seeley and the Saturday See also:Review, as showing See also:ignorance of the See also:comparative method
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More favourable opinions of the work were expressed by others, but it is generally agreed that the author's scholarship is defective and that his views are far too conservative
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Rama Regalis (1872) and A Plea for Livy (1873) were written in reply to his critics
.
Dyer frequently visited See also:Greece and See also:Italy, and his topographical See also:works are probably his best; amongst these mention may be made of See also:Pompeii, its History, Buildings and Antiquities (1867, new ed. in See also:Bohn's Illustrated Library), and See also:Ancient See also:Athens, its History, See also:Topography and Remains (1873)
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His last publication was On Imitative See also:Art (1882)
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He died at See also:Bath on the 3oth of See also:January 1888
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