SIR

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:

• OUSELEY, SIR FREDERICK ARTHUR GORE (1825-1889)
• SIR WILLIAM OUSELEY (1769—1842)

OUSELEY (1769—1842)  , British Orientalist, eldest son of Captain Ralph Ouseley, of an old Irish family, was born in Monmouthshire . After a private education he went to Paris, in 1787, to learn French, and there laid the foundation of his interest in Persian literature . In 1788 he became a cornet in the 8th regiment of dragoons . At the end of 1794 he sold his commission and went to Leiden to study Persian . In 1795 he published Persian Miscellanies; in 1797—1799, Oriental Collections; in 1799, Epitome of the Ancient History of Persia; in ,800, The Oriental Geography of Ebn Haukal; and in 18o1, a translation of the Bakhtiyar Nama and Observations on Some Medals and Gems . He received the degree of LL.D. from the university of Dublin in 1797, and in 'Soo he was knighted . When his brother, Sir Gore Ouseley, was sent, in 181o, as ambassador to Persia, Sir William accompanied him as secretary . He returned to England in 1813, and in 1819—1823 published, in three volumes, Travels in Various Countries of the East, especially Persia, in 181o, r81r and 1812 . He also published editions of the Travels and Arabian Proverbs of Burckhardt . He contributed a number of important papers to the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature . He died at Boulogne in September 1842 .