See also:

• SIR

SIR 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 DUGUID See also:

• GEDDES, ALEXANDER (1737-1802)
• GEDDES, ANDREW (1783-1844)
• GEDDES, JAMES LORRAINE (1827-1887)
• SIR WILLIAM DUGUID GEDDES (1828-1900)

GEDDES (1828-1900)  , Scottish See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and educationist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ABERDEENSHIRE

Aberdeenshire . He was educated at See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy and university and 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's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, and after having held various scholastic posts he was appointed in 186o See also:

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

professor of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and in 1885 See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the (See also:

• UNITED

united) university of Aberdeen . He was knighted in 1892 . He died in Aberdeen on the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February woo . It is chiefly as a teacher that See also:

• GEDDES, ALEXANDER (1737-1802)
• GEDDES, ANDREW (1783-1844)
• GEDDES, JAMES LORRAINE (1827-1887)
• GEDDES, SIR WILLIAM DUGUID (1828-1900)

Geddes will be remembered, and in his enthusiastic and successful efforts to raise the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of Greek at the Scottish See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities he has been compared with the humanists of the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance . Amongst other See also:

• WORKS

works he was the author of A Greek See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar (1855; 17th edition, 1883; new and revised edition, 1893); a meritorious edition of the See also:

• PHAEDO

Phaedo of See also:

• PLATO

Plato (2nd ed., 1885); and The Problem of the Homeric Poems (1878), in which, while supporting See also:

• GROTE, GEORGE (1794–1871)

Grote's view that the Iliad consisted of an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Achilleis with insertions or additions by later hands, he maintains that these insertions are due to the author of the Odyssey .