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:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

YOUNG See also:

• WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR (1825-1890)

SELLAR (1825-1890)  , Scottish classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Morvich, See also:

• SUTHERLANDSHIRE

Sutherlandshire, on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1825 . Educated at the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy and afterwards at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow University, he entered Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

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, as a scholar . Graduating with a first-class in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics, he was elected See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

Oriel, and, after holding assistant professorships at See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, Glasgow and St See also:

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

Andrews, was appointed See also:

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

professor of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek at St Andrews (1857) . In 1863 he was elected professor of humanity in Edinburgh University, and occupied that See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair down to his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1890 . See also:

• SELLAR, WILLIAM YOUNG (1825-1890)

Sellar was one of the most brilliant of See also:

• MODERN

modern classical scholars, and was remarkably successful in his endeavours to reproduce the spirit rather than the See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman literature . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORKS

works, The Roman Poets of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic (3rd ed., 1889) and The Roman Poets of the Augustan See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age (See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil, 3rd ed., 1897), and ti )See also:

• RACE

race and the Elegiac Poets (2nd ed., by W . P . See also:

• KER, JOHN (1673-1726)

Ker, 1899), with memoir by See also:

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

Andrew See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang, are See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard authorities . Sellar contributed to the 9th edition of the Ency . Brit. a See also:

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

series of brilliant articles on the Roman poets, the substance of which has been retained in the See also:

• PRESENT

present edition .