See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN LEYDEN (1775-1811)

LEYDEN (1775-1811)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British orientalist and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1775 at Denholm on the 'reviot, not far from See also:

• HAWICK

Hawick . See also:

• LEYDEN, JOHN (1775-1811)

Leyden's See also:

• FATHER

father was a shepherd, but contrived to send his son to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University to study for the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . Leyden was a diligent but somewhat See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous student, See also:

• READING

reading everything apparently, except See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, for which he seems to have had no See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste . Though he completed his divinity course, and in 1798 received See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence to preach from the See also:

• PRESBYTERY

presbytery of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, it soon became clear that the See also:

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

pulpit was not his vocation . In 1794 Leyden had formed the acquaintance of Dr See also:

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

Robert See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson, editor of The British Poets, and of The See also:

• LITERARY

Literary See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . It was Anderson who introduced him to Dr 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:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray, and Murray, probably, who led him to the study of Eastern See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . They became warm See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and generous rivals, though Leyden excelled, perhaps, in the rapid acquisition of new See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues and acquaintance with their literature, while Murray was the more scientific philologist . Through Anderson also he came to know See also:

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

Richard See also:

• HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826)
• HEBER, RICHARD (1773-1833)

Heber, by whom he was brought under the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, who was then See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials for his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border . Leyden was admirably fitted for helping in this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• WORK

work, for he was a borderer himself, and an enthusiastic See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of old See also:

• BALLADS

ballads and folk-See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore . Scott tells how, on one occasion, Leyden walked 40 M. to get the last two verses of a ballad, and returned at midnight, singing it all the way with his loud, harsh See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, to the wonder and consternation of the poet and his See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . Leyden meanwhile compiled a work on the Discoveries and Settlements of Europeans in See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern and Western See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, suggested by Mungo See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park's travels, edited The Complaint of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, printed a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Scottish descriptive poems, and nearly finished his Scenes of See also:

• INFANCY

Infancy, a diffuse poem based on border scenes and traditions . He also made some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from Eastern See also:

• POETRY

poetry, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and Arabic .

At last his friends got him an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India on the medical See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, for which he qualified by a See also:

• YEAR

year's hard work . In 1803 he sailed for See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, and took his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital there . He was promoted to be naturalist to the commissioners going to survey See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore, and in 1807 his knowledge of the languages of India procured him an appointment as See also:

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

professor of Hindustani at See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta; this he soon after resigned for a judgeship, and that again to be a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• REQUESTS, COURT OF

requests in 1800, a See also:

• POST

post which required a familiarity with several Eastern tongues . In 1811 he joined See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• MINTO, EARLS OF
• MINTO, WILLIAM (1845-1893)

Minto in the expedition to See also:

• JAVA

Java . Having entered a library which was said to contain many Eastern See also:

• MSS

MSS., without having the place aired, he was seized with Batavian See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, and died, after three days' illness, on the 28th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 181r .