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:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815)
• WILLIAM TENNANT (1784-1848)

TENNANT (1784-1848)  , Scottish See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of May 1784 at See also:

• ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster)

Anstruther See also:

• EASTER

Easter, See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife-See also:

• SHIRE

shire . He was lame from childhood . His See also:

• FATHER

father sent him to the university of St See also:

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

Andrews, where he remained for two years, and on his return he became clerk to one of his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, a See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor . In his leisure 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 he mastered See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew as well as See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian . His study of Italian See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse See also:

• BORE

bore See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit in the See also:

• MOCK

mock-heroic poem of Anster See also:

• FAIR

Fair (1812), which gave an amusing See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of " Maggie See also:

• LAUDER
• LAUDER, SIR THOMAS DICK
• LAUDER, WILLIAM (d. 1771)

Lauder," the heroine of the popular Scottish ballad . It was written in the ottava rime adopted a few years later by " the ingenious brothers Whistlecraft " (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 Hookham See also:

• FRERE, JOHN HOOKHAM (1769-1846)
• FRERE, PIERRE EDOUARD (1819-1886)
• FRERE, SIR HENRY BARTLE EDWARD (1815-1884)

Frere), and turned to such brilliant account by See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron in See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Juan . The poem, unhackneyed in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, full of fantastic classical allusions applied to the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, and brimming over with See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, had an immediate success . See also:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815)
• TENNANT, WILLIAM (1784-1848)

Tennant's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, meanwhile, had failed in business, and the poet became in 1812 schoolmaster of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Dunino, near St Andrews . From this he was See also:

• PRO

pro-rated (1816) to the school of Lasswade, near See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh; from that (1819) to a mastership in See also:

• DOLLAR

Dollar See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy; from that (1834), by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• JEFFREY, FRANCIS JEFFREY

Jeffrey, to the professorship of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages in St Andrews . The Thane of Fife (1822), shows the same humorous See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination as Anster Fair, but the subject was more remote from See also:

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

general See also:

• INTEREST

interest, and the poem See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat . He also wrote a poem in the Scottish See also:

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

dialect, Papistry Stormed (1827); two See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical dramas, See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• BEATON (or BETIIUNE), DAVID, (c. 1494-1546)

Beaton (1823) and John See also:

• BALIOL
• BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–1315)

Baliol (1825); and a See also:

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

series of Hebrew Dramas (1845), founded on incidents in See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible See also:

• HISTORY

history . He died at See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

Grove, on the 14th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1848 .

A Memoir of Tennant by M . F . Connolly was published in 1861 . TENNEMANN, WILHELM GOTTLIEB (1761–1819), German historian of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, was born at See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt . Educated at his native See also:

• TOWN

town, he became lecturer on the history of philosophy at See also:

• JENA

Jena in 1788 . Ten years later he became See also:

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

professor at the same university, where he remained till 1804 . His See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work is an eleven-See also:

• VOLUME

volume history of philosophy, which he began at Jena and finished at See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, where he was professor of philosophy from 1804 till his See also:

• DEATH

death . He was one of the numerous German philosophers who accepted the Kantian theory as a See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation . In 1812 he published a shorter history of philosophy, which was translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 1852 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of the History of Philosophy .