WILLIAM MINTO (1845-1893)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 564
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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:MINTO (1845-1893)
, Scottish See also:man of letters, was See also:born at Auchintoul, See also:Aberdeenshire, on the loth of See also:October 1845
.
He was educated at See also:Aberdeen University, and spent a See also:year at Merton See also:College, 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 was assistant See also:professor under See also:Alexander See also:Bain at Aberdeen for some years; from 1874 to 1878 he edited the Examiner, and in 188o he was made full professor of See also:logic and See also:English at Aberdeen
.
In 187 2 he published a See also:Manual of English See also:Prose Literature, which was distinguished by See also:sound See also:judgment and sympathetic appreciation; and his Characteristics of English Poets from See also:Chaucer to See also:Shirley (1874) showed the same high qualities
.
His other See also:works include: The Literature of the Georgian Era (1894) edited with a See also:biographical introduction by W
.
See also:Knight a monograph on See also:Defoe in the English Men of Letters See also:series (1879); three novels of small importance, and numerous articles on See also:literary subjects in the 9th edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica
.
He died on the 1st of See also:March 1893
.
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