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:POLE (1814—1900)
, See also:English engineer, was See also:born at See also:Birmingham on the 22nd of See also:April 1814
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He was a See also:man of many accomplishments
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Having spent his earlier years in various See also:engineering occupations in See also:England, he went out to See also:India in 1844 as See also:professor of engineering at See also:Elphinstone See also:College, Bombay, where he had to first organize the course of instruction for native students, but his See also:health obliged him to return to England in 1848
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For the next ten years he worked in See also:London under 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:Simpson and J
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M
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Rendel, and the high reputation he achieved as a scientific engineer gained his See also:appointment in 1859 to the See also:chair of See also:civil engineering in University College, London
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He obtained a considerable amount of See also:official See also:work from the See also:government
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He served on the committees which considered the application of See also:armour to See also:ships and fortifications (1861-1864), and the See also:comparative advantages of See also:Whitworth and See also:Armstrong guns (1863—1865)
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He was secretary to the Royal See also:Commission on See also:Railways (1865—1867), the See also:duke of See also:Richmond's Commission on London See also:Water (1867—1869), also taking See also:part in the subsequent proceedings for establishing a See also:constant See also:supply, the Royal Commission on the Disposal of London Sewage (1882—1884), and the departmental See also:committee on the See also:science museums at See also:South See also:Kensington in 1885
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In 1871 he was employed by the See also:War See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office to See also:report on the See also:Martini-See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:rifle, and in the same See also:year was appointed consulting engineer in London to the See also:Japanese government, a position through which he exercised considerable See also:influence on the development of the Japanese railway See also:system
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He was elected a See also:fellow of the Royal Society in 1861, in re-See also:cognition of some investigations on See also:colour-See also:blindness
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See also:Music was also one of his See also:chief interests
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At the See also:age of twenty-two he was appointed organist of St See also:Mark's, See also:North See also:Audley See also:Street, in open competition, the next selected See also:candidate being Dr E
.
J
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See also:Hopkins (1818-1901), who subsequently was for fifty years organist of the See also:Temple 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
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He took the degree of See also:Bachelor of Music at 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 in 186o, proceeding to his See also:doctor's degree in 1867, and in 1879 published his See also:Philosophy of Music
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He was largely concerned in the institution of musical degrees by the University of London in 1877, and for many years acted as one of the examiners
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His mathematical tastes found See also:con-genial occupation in the study of See also:whist, and as an exponent of the scientific principles of that See also:game he was even earlier in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field than " See also:Cavendish." His See also:literary work included See also:treatises on the See also:steam-See also:engine and on See also:iron construction, See also:biographical studies of famous See also:engineers, including See also:Robert See also:Stephenson and I
.
K
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See also:Brunel, See also: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:Fairbairn and Sir W
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See also:Siemens, several books on musical subjects and on whist, and many papers for reviews and scientific See also:periodicals
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He died on the 3oth of See also:December 1900
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His son, William See also:Pole (1852— ), became known as an actor and writer under the See also:stage-name of William See also:Pool, more especially for his studies in Shakespearian See also:drama and his work in connexion with the Elizabethan Stage Society
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