See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE FINLAY (1799-1875)

FINLAY (1799-1875)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of Scottish parents at See also:

• FAVERSHAM

Faversham, See also:

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

Kent, on the 21st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1799 . He studied for the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, and about 1821 went to See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . He had already begun to feel a deep See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek struggle for See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, and in 1823 he resolved to visit the 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 . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he arrived in See also:

• CEPHALONIA (Ital. Cefalonia, ancient and modern official Greek Cephallenia, Ke¢aXMvia)

Cephalonia, where he was kindly received by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron . Shortly afterwards he landed at See also:

• PYRGOS

Pyrgos, and during the next fourteen months he improved his knowledge of the See also:

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

language, See also:

• HISTORY

history and antiquities of the country . Though he formed an unfavourable See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of the Greek leaders, both See also:

• CIVIL

civil and military, he by no means lost his See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for their cause . A severe attack of See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, however, combined with other circumstances, induced him to spend the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1824-1825 and the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1825 in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples and See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . He then returned to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and, after spending a summer at See also:

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

Castle Toward, See also:

• ARGYLLSHIRE

Argyllshire, went to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he passed his examination in civil law at the university, with a view to being called to the Scottish See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . His enthusiasm, however, carried him back to See also:

• GREECE

Greece, where he resided almost uninterruptedly till his See also:

• DEATH

death . He took See also:

• PART

part in the unsuccessful operations of Lord Cochrane and See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard 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 for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens in 1827 . When independence had been secured in 1829 he bought a landed See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• ATTICA

Attica, but all his efforts for the introduction of a better See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture ended in failure, and he devoted himself to the See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work which occupied the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His first publications were The Hellenic See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom and the Greek Nation (1836); Essai sur See also:

• LES

les principes de banque appliques a l'etat actuel de la Grece (Athens, 1836); and Remarks on the See also:

• TOPOGRAPHY
• TOPOGRAPHY (Gr. Toros, place, -partied', to write)

Topography of Oropia and Diacria, with a See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map (Athens, 1838) .

The first See also:

• INSTALMENT (for earlier stallment or estallment, from Fr. estaler, to fix, arrange; the change is probably due to the influence of the verb " install ")

instalment of his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical work appeared in 1844 (2nd ed., 1857) under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Greece under the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans; a Historical View of the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

Condition of the Greek Nation from the 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 of its See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest by the Romans until the Extinction of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . Meanwhile he had been qualifying himself still further by travel as well as by See also:

• READING

reading; he undertook several See also:

• TOURS

tours to various quarters of the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant; and as the result of one of them he published a See also:

• VOLUME

volume On the Site of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• SEPULCHRE, CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY
• SEPULCHRE, EASTER
• SEPULCHRE, THE HOLY

Sepulchre; with a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem (1847) . The History of the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine and Greek Empires from 716-1453 was completed in 1854 . It was speedily followed by the History of Greece under the See also:

• OTTOMAN

Ottoman and Venetian Domination (1856), and by the History of the Greek Revolution (186'1) . In weak See also:

• HEALTH

health, and conscious of failing See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, he spent his last years in revising his history . From 1864 to 187o he was also correspondent of The Times newspaper, his letters to which attracted considerable See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and, appearing in the Greek See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, exercised a distinct See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on Greek politics . He was a member of several learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies; and in 1854 he received from the university of Edinburgh the honorary degree of LL.D . He died at Athens on the 26th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1875 . A new edition of his History, edited by the Rev . H . F . Tozer, was issued by the 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 See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press in 1877 .

It includes a brief but extremely interesting fragment of an autobiography of the author, almost the only authority for his life . As an historian, See also:

• FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay had the merit of entering upon a 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 of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research that had been neglected by See also:

• ENGLISH

English writers, See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon alone being a partial exception . As a student, he was laborious; as a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar he was accurate; as a thinker, he was both acute and profound; and in all that he wrote he was unswerving in his See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the principles of constitutional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and to the cause of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty and See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice .