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 See also:

• SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

GELL (1777-1836)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English classical archaeologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HOPTON, RALPH HOPTON, BARON (1598-1652)

Hopton in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire . He was educated at Jesus See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and subsequently elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel College (B.A . 1798, M.A . 1804) . About rSoo he was sent on a See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSION

mission to the Ionian islands, and on his return in 1803 he was knighted . He went with Princess (after-wards See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen) See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1814 as one of her chamberlains, and gave See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in her favour at the trial in 182o (see G . P . Clerici, A Queen of Indiscretions, Eng. trans., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1907) . He died at See also:

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

Naples on the 4th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1836 . His numerous drawings of classical ruins and localities, executed with See also:

• GREAT

great detail and exactness, are preserved in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . See also:

• GELL, SIR WILLIAM (1777-1836)

Gell was a thorough See also:

• DILETTANTE

dilettante, fond of society and possessed of little real scholarship . None the less his topographical See also:

• WORKS

works became recognized See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books at a 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 when See also:

• GREECE

Greece and even Italy were but superficially known to English travellers .

He was a fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries, and a member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and theraise the religious and moral See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and to this end employed See also:

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

language which; though at times prolix, was always correct and clear . He thus became one of the most popular See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German authors, and some of his poems enjoyed a celebrity out of proportion to their See also:

• LITERARY

literary value . This is more particularly true of his Fabeln and Erzahlungen (1746-1748) and of his Geistliche Oden and Lieder (1757) . The fables, for which he took La See also:

• FONTAINE, PIERRE FRANCOIS LEONARD (1762-1853)

Fontaine as his See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, are See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and didactic . The " spiritual songs," though in force and dignity they cannot compare with the older 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 See also:

• HYMNS

hymns, were received by Catholics and Protestants with equal favour . Some of them were set to See also:

• MUSIC

music by See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven . See also:

• GELLERT, CHRISTIAN FURCHTEGOTT (1715-1769)
• GELLERT, or KILLHART

Gellert wrote a few comedies: See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Betschwester (1745), Die kranke Frau (1748), Das Los in der Lotterie (1748), and Die zdrtlichen Schwestern (1748), the last of which was much admired . His novel Die schwedische Grafin von G . (1746), a weak See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• RICHARDSON, GEORGE
• RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON (1838-1886)
• RICHARDSON, SAMUEL (1689-1761)
• RICHARDSON, SIR JOHN (1787-1865)

Richardson's Pamela, is remarkable as being the first German See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at a psychological novel . Gellert's Briefe (letters) were regarded at the time as See also:

• MODELS

models of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . See Gellert's Samtliche Schriften (first edition, 10 vols., See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1769–1774; last edition, See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1867) . Samtliche Fabeln und Erzaklungen have been often published separately, the latest edition in 1896 .

A selection of Gellert's See also:

• POETRY

poetry (with an excellent introduction) will be found in F . Muncker, Die See also:

• BREMER, FREDRIKA (r8or–1865)

Bremer Beitrage (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1899) . A See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by J . A . Murke, Gellert's Fables and other Poems (London, 1851) . For a further See also:

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

account of Gellert's See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• WORK

work see lives by J . A . See also:

• CRAMER, JOHANN BAPTIST (1771—1858)
• CRAMER, JOHN ANTONY (1793—1848)
• CRAMER, KARL VON (1818—r9o2)

Cramer (Leipzig, 1774), H . Doring (See also:

• GREIZ

Greiz, 1833), and H . O . Nietschmann (2nd ed., See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 19o1); also Gellerts Tagebuch aus dem Jahre 1761 (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1863) and Gellerts Briefwechsel mit Demoiselle See also:

• LUCIUS

Lucius (Leipzig, 1823) .