See also:

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

WALTER 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:

• WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT (1835– )

SKEAT (1835– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1835, and educated at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• HIGHGATE

Highgate See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar School, and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, of which he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in See also:

• JULY

July i86o . In 1878 he was elected Ellington and See also:

• BOSWORTH, JOSEPH (1789–1876)

Bosworth See also:

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

Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge . He completed See also:

• MITCHELL
• MITCHELL, DONALD GRANT (1822—1908)
• MITCHELL, MARIA (1818—1889)
• MITCHELL, SILAS WEIR (1830-)
• MITCHELL, SIR THOMAS LIVINGSTONE (1792-1855)

Mitchell See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble's edition of the Anglo-Saxon Gospels, and did much other See also:

• WORK

work both in Anglo-Saxon and in See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic, but is perhaps most generally known for his labours in See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle English, and for his See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer and Piers Plowman (see See also:

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

LANG-See also:

• LAND

LAND) . As he himself generously declared, he was at first mainly guided in the study of Chaucer by 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:

• BRADSHAW, GEORGE (1801–1853)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (1831—1886)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (c. 1450–1513)
• BRADSHAW, JOHN (i6o2-1659)

Bradshaw, with whom he was to have participated in the edition of Chaucer planned in 187o by the University of 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, having declined in Bradshaw's favour an offer of the editorship made to himself . Bradshaw's perseverance was not equal to his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, and the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme came to . nothing for the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, but was eventually resumed and carried into effect by See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat in an edition of six volumes (1894), a supplementary See also:

• VOLUME

volume of Chaucerian Pieces being published in 1897 . He also issued an edition of Chaucer in one volume for See also:

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

general readers, and a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate edition of his See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the See also:

• ASTROLABE (from Gr. liar pop, star, and Aa(3eiv, to take)

Astrolabe, with a learned commentary . His edition of Piers Plowman in three parallel texts was published in 1886; and, besides the Treatise on the Astrolabe, he edited numerous books for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early English See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text Society, including the See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce of 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:

• BARBOUR, JOHN (? 1316-1395)

Barbour, the romances of See also:

• HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795-18J7)

Havelock the Dane and 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 of Palerne, and ./Elfric's Lives of the See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints (4 vols.) . For the Scottish Text Society he edited The Kingis Quair, usually ascribed to 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 I. of See also:

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

Scotland, and he published an edition (2 vols., 1871) of See also:

• CHATTERTON, THOMAS (1752-1770)

Chatterton, with an investigation of the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the obsolete words employed by him . In pure See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology Skeat's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal achievement is his Etymological English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary (4 parts, 1879–1882; rev. and enlarged, 191o), the most important of all his See also:

• WORKS

works, which must be considered in connexion with the numerous publications of the English See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

Dialect Society, in all of which, even when not edited by himself, he had a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand as the founder of the society and afterwards its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president . His other works include: Specimens of English from 1394 to 1597 (1871); Specimens of Early English from 1298 to 1393 (1872), in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with R . See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris; Principles of English See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

Etymology (2 See also:

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

series, 1887 and 1891); A Concise Dictionary of Middle English (1888), in conjunction with A . L .

See also:

• MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887)
• MAYHEW, JONATHAN (172o-1766)
• MAYHEW, THOMAS

Mayhew; A Student's Pastime (1896), a volume of essays; The Chaucer See also:

• CANON

Canon (1900); A Primer of Classical and English Philology (1905), &c., &c .