See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

SHERIDAN See also:

• JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES (1784-1862)
• KNOWLES, SIR JAMES (1831-1908)

KNOWLES (1784-1862)  , Irish dramatist and actor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, on the 12th of May 1784 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was the lexicographer, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (1784-1862)
• KNOWLES, SIR JAMES (1831-1908)

Knowles (1759-1840), cousingerman of See also:

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

Richard Brinsley See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan . The See also:

• FAMILY

family removed to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1793, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen Knowles published a ballad entitled The Welsh Harper, which, set to See also:

• MUSIC

music, was very popular . The boy's talents secured him the friendship of See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt, who introduced him to See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb and See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge . He served 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 in the See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire and afterwards in the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower Hamlets See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, leaving the service to become See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Dr See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Willan (1757—1812) . He obtained the degree of M.D., and was appointed vaccinator to the Jennerian Society . Although, however, Dr Willan generously offered him a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in his practice, he resolved to forsake See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, making his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance probably at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, and playing See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet at the See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

Crow See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . At See also:

• WEXFORD

Wexford he married, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1809, Maria Charteris, an actress from the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Theatre . In 1810 he wrote See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo, in which See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• KEAN, EDMUND (1787–1833)

Kean acted with See also:

• GREAT

great success; another See also:

• PLAY

play, See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

Brian Boroihme, written for the See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast Theatre in the next See also:

• YEAR

year, also See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew crowded houses, but his earnings were so small that he was obliged to become assistant to his father at the Belfast Academical Institution . In 1817 he removed from Belfast to See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, where, besides conducting a flourishing school, he continued to write for the stage . His first important success was See also:

• CAIUS
• CAIUS [Anglice KEES, KEYS, etc.], JOHN (1510-1573)

Caius See also:

• GRACCHUS

Gracchus, produced at Belfast in 1815; and his Virginius, written for Edmund Kean, was first performed in 182o at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden . In 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 Tell (1825) See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready found one of his favourite parts .

His best-known play, The Hunchback, was produced at Covent Garden in 1832; The Wife was brought out at the same theatre in 1833; and The Love See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase in 1837 . In his later years he forsook the stage for the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit, and as a Baptist preacher attracted large audiences at See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall and elsewhere . He published two polemical See also:

• WORKS

works—the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and the Idol Demolished by its own Priests—in both of which he combated the See also:

• SPECIAL

special doctrines of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Cajolic 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 . Knowles was for some years in the See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £200, bestowed by See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel . He died at See also:

• TORQUAY

Torquay on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862 . A full See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of the works of Knowles and of the various notices of him will be found in the See also:

• LIFE

Life (1872), privately printed by his son, Richard Brinsley Knowles (1820-1882), who was well known as a journalist .