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:

• LAUDER
• LAUDER, SIR THOMAS DICK
• WILLIAM LAUDER (d. 1771)

LAUDER (d. 1771)  , Scottish See also:

• LITERARY

literary forger, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and was educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh university, where he graduated in 1695 . He applied unsuccessfully for 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 humanity there, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam See also:

• WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt, whose assistant he had been for 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, and also for the keepership of the university library . He was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, and in 1739, published Poetarum Scotorum Musae Sacrae, a collection of poems by various writers, mostly paraphrased from the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . In 1742 See also:

• LAUDER
• LAUDER, SIR THOMAS DICK
• LAUDER, WILLIAM (d. 1771)

Lauder came to See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1947 he wrote an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article for the See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine to prove that See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton's See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost was largely a See also:

• PLAGIARISM

plagiarism from the Adamus Exul (16o1) of See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo See also:

• GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645)

Grotius, the Sarcotis (1654) of J . Masen (Masenius, 16o6–1681), and the Poemata Sacra (1633) of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1713-1784)
• RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL (1686-1743)
• RAMSAY, DAVID (1749—1815)
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM (1852– )
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL (185r– )

Ramsay (1574–1659) . Lauder expounded his See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of articles, and in a See also:

• BOOK

book (1753) increased the 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 plundered authors to nearly a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred . But his success was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived . Several scholars, who had independently studied the alleged See also:

• SOURCES

sources of Milton's See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration, proved conclusively that Lauder had not only garbled most of his quotations, but had even inserted amongst them extracts from a Latin rendering of Paradise Lost . This led to his exposure, and he was obliged to write a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession at the dictation of his former friend See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson . After several vain endeavours to clear his See also:

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

character he emigrated to Barbadoes, where he died in 1771 .