See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• SIR ALEXANDER GRANT
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

GRANT  , 8th See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (1826-1884), See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and educationalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1826 . After a childhood spent in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, he was educated at See also:

• HARROW

Harrow and 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 . He entered Oxford as scholar of Balliol, and subsequently held a fellowship at See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

Oriel from 1849 to 186o . He made a See also:

• SPECIAL

special study of the Aristotelian See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and in 1857 published an edition of the See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

Ethics (4th ed . 1885) which became a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

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

text-See also:

• BOOK

book at Oxford . In 1855 he was one of the examiners for the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CIVIL

Civil Service, and in 1856 a public examiner in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics at Oxford . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he succeeded to the baronetcy . In 1859 he went to See also:

• MADRAS

Madras with See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Trevelyan, and was appointed inspector of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools; the next year he removed to Bombay, to fill the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

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

Professor of See also:

• HISTORY

History and See also:

• POLITICAL

Political See also:

• ECONOMY

Economy in the See also:

• ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART (1779-1859)
• ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM (1431-1514)

Elphinstone See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . Of this he became See also:

• PRINCIPAL

Principal in 1862; and, a year later, See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of Bombay University, a post he held from 1863 to 1865 and again from 1865 to 1868 . In 1865 he took upon himself also the duties of Director of Public Instruction for Bombay See also:

• PRESIDENCY

Presidency . In 1868 he was appointed a member of the Legislative See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council .

In the same year, upon the See also:

• DEATH

death of Sir See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• BREWSTER, SIR DAVID (1781–1868)
• BREWSTER, WILLIAM (c. 1566–1644)

Brewster, he was appointed Principal of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University, which had conferred an honorary LL.D. degree upon him in 1865 . From that 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 till his death (which occurred in Edinburgh on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1884) his energies were entirely devoted to the well-being of the University . The institution of the medical school in the University was almost solely due to his initiative; and the Tercentenary Festival, celebrated in 1884, was the result of his wisely directed See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm . In that year he published The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the University of Edinburgh during its First Three See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Years . He was created Hon . D.C.L. of Oxford in 188o, and an honorary See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of Oriel College in 1882 .