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:SOTHEBY (1757-1833)
, See also:English author, was See also:born in See also:London on the 9th of See also:November 1757
.
He was educated at See also:Harrow, and subsequently procured a See also:commission in a See also:cavalry See also:regiment
.
In 1780 he retired from the See also:army on his See also:marriage and devoted himself to literature, becoming a prominent figure in London See also:literary society
.
His ample means enabled him to See also:play the See also:part of See also:patron to many struggling authors, and his See also:friends included See also:Scott, See also:Byron, See also:Wordsworth, See also:Coleridge, See also:Southey, See also:Hallam and Tom See also:Moore
.
He himself soon acquired a consider-able reputation as a translator, his See also:verse See also:translation of See also:Virgil's
' The word is also used of the dancers in indecent ballets, to which such poems were probably written as an See also:accompaniment
.
In See also:Greek and Latin authors KivaiSos (cinaedus) generally means
catamite."Georgics (r800) being specially praised by contemporary critics, while in later See also:life he published See also:translations of the Iliad and Odyssey
.
He also wrote several See also:historical tragedies for the See also:stage, of which one was acted, and some poems
.
He died on the 3oth of See also:December 1833
.
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