CONNOP See also:

• CONNOP THIRLWALL (1797-1875)

THIRLWALL (1797-1875)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STEPNEY
• STEPNEY, GEORGE (1663-1707)

Stepney, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the rrth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1797 . His See also:

• FAMILY

family was of Northumbrian extraction . He was a precocious boy, learning Latin at three, See also:

• READING

reading See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek at four, and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing sermons at seven . He went to the See also:

• CHARTERHOUSE

Charterhouse school, where See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GROTE, GEORGE (1794–1871)

Grote and See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

Hare were among his schoolfellows . He went up to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1814, and gained the See also:

• CRAVEN, PAULINE MARIE ARMANDE AGLAE (18o8—189r)
• CRAVEN, WILLIAM CRAVEN, EARL

Craven university scholarship and the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor's classical See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal . In October 1818 he was elected to a fellowship, and went for a See also:

• YEAR

year's travel on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent . At See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome he gained the friendship of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron (See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian C . J.) von See also:

• BUNSEN, CHRISTIAN CHARLES JOSIAS, BARON VON (1791-186o,)
• BUNSEN, ROBERT WILHELM VON (1811-1899)

Bunsen, which had a most important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on his See also:

• LIFE

life . On his return, " distrust of his own re-solutions and convictions " led him to abandon 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 his intention of being a clergyman, and he settled down to the study of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, " with a See also:

• FIRM

firm determination not to suffer it to engross my time so as to prevent me from pursuing other branches of knowledge." How little his See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart was with it was shown by the labour he soon undertook of translating and prefacing See also:

• SCHLEIERMACHER, FRIEDRICH DANIEL ERNST (1768-1834)

Schleiermacher's See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel of St See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke . He further rendered two of See also:

• TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG

Tieck's most See also:

• RECENT

recent Novellen into English . In 1827 he at length made up his mind to quit the law, and was ordained See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon the same year . See also:

• THIRLWALL, CONNOP (1797-1875)

Thirlwall now joined with Hare in translating See also:

• NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG (1776–1831)
• NIEBUHR, KARSTEN (1733-1815)

Niebuhr's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Rome; the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume appeared in 1828 .

The See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation was attacked in the Quarterly as favourable to See also:

• SCEPTICISM (o-Kesrroµai, I consider, reflect, hesitate, doubt)

scepticism, and the translators jointly replied . In 1831 the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends established the Philological Museum, which lived through only six See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, though among Thirlwall's contributions was his masterly See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on the See also:

• IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

irony of See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles—" the most exquisite See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism I ever read," says See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

Sterling . On Hare's departure from Cambridge in 1832, Thirlwall became assistant college See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, which led him to take a memorable See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• GREAT

great controversy upon the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission of Dissenters which arose in 1834 . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• TURTON

Turton, the regius See also:

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

professor of divinity (afterwards See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster and bishop of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely), had written a pamphlet objecting to the admission, on the ground of the apprehended unsettlement of the religious opinions of 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 churchmen . Thirlwall replied by pointing out that no See also:

• PRO

pro-See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision for theological instruction was in fact made by the colleges except compulsory attendance at See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, and that this was mischievous . This attack upon a time-hallowed piece of college discipline brought upon him a demand for the resignationof his 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 as assistant tutor . He complied at once; his friends generally thought that he ought to have tested the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The occurrence marked him out for promotion by a Liberal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government, and in the autumn he received from 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:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham as chancellor the living of See also:

• KIRBY, WILLIAM (1759–1850)

Kirby-under-See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

Dale in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire . Though devoted to his parochial duties, he found time to begin his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, the History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece . This work was a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission from See also:

• LARDNER, DIONYSIUS (1793-1859)
• LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

Lardner's See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet Cyclopaedia, and was originally intended to have been condensed into two or three duodecimo volumes . The See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale was enlarged, but Thirlwall always See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt cramped . He seems a little below his subject, and a little below himself .

As compared with Grote's history it lacks See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for a definite See also:

• POLITICAL

political ideal and is written entirely from the standpoint of a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . It is in this respect See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior, and further shows in places a more impartial treatment of the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, especially in respect of the aristocratic and See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute governments of Greece . For these reasons its popularity was not so immediate as that of Grote's work, but within recent years its substantial merits have been more adequately recognized . A See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble 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 from Thirlwall to Grote, and Grote's generous reply, are published in the life of the latter . 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 Sterling pronounced Thirlwall " a writer as great as See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides and See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, and with far more knowledge than they." The first volume was published in 1835, the last in 1847 . In 184o Thirlwall was raised to the see of St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's . The promotion was entirely the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of Lord See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne, an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, who had read Thirlwall's introduction to Schleiermacher, and satisfied himself of the propriety of the appoint-merit . " I See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don't intend to make a heterodox bishop if I know it," he said . In most essential points he was a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model bishop, and he acquainted himself with Welsh, so as to preach and See also:

• CON

con-duct service in that See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . He was not, greatly beloved by his See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy, who felt their intellectual distance too great, and were alternately frozen by his taciturnity and appalled by his See also:

• SARCASM

sarcasm . The great See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of his episcopate is the eleven famous charges in which he from time to time reviewed the position of the English 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 with reference to whatever might be the most pressing question of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day—addresses at once judicial and statesmanlike, full of charitable See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom and massive sense . His endeavours to allay ecclesiastical panic, and to promote liberality of spirit, frequently required no See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary moral courage .

He was one of the four prelates who refused to inhibit Bishop See also:

• COLENSO
• COLENSO, JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1883)

Colenso from See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching in their dioceses, and the only one who withheld his. See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature from the addresses calling upon Colenso to resign his see . He took the liberal See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side in the questions of See also:

• MAYNOOTH

Maynooth, of the admission of See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, of the Gorham See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, and of the educational See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience clause . He was the only bishop who voted for the disestablishment of the Irish Church, though a 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 of con-current endowment would have been much more agreeable to him . He would have made an admirable successor to Howley in the primacy, but such was the complexion of ecclesiastical politics that the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of the most impartial See also:

• PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

prelate of his day would have been resented as a piece of party spirit . Thirlwall's private life was happy and busy . Though never married, he was fond of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and of all weak things except weak-minded clergymen . He had a very judicial mind, and J . S . See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill said he was the best orator he had ever heard . During his latter years he took great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the. revision of the authorized version of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, and was chairman of the revisers of the Old Testament . He resigned his see in May 1874, and retired to See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, where he died on the 27th of See also:

• JULY

July r875 . He lies in Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey in the same See also:

• GRAVE

grave as Grote .

As scholar, critic and ecclesiastical statesman Thirlwall stands very high . He was not a great See also:

• ORIGINAL

original thinker; he lacked the creative See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty and the creative impulse . His See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, with its mixture of greatness and gentleness, was thus read by' See also:

• CARLYLE, ALEXANDER (1722-1805)
• CARLYLE, JOSEPH DACRE (1759-18o4)
• CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881)

Carlyle: " A right solid, honest-hearted See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, full of knowledge and sense; and, in spite of his See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, almost timid." Thirlwall's History of Greece remains a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• BOOK

book . His Remains, See also:

• LITERARY

Literary and Theological, were edited by J . J . S . See also:

• PEROWNE, JOHN JAMES STEWART (1823—1904)

Perowne in three volumes (1877-78), two of which are occupied by his charges . His Letters, Literary and Theological, with a connecting memoir, were edited by J . J . S . Perowne and L . See also:

• STOKES, SIR G
• STOKES, SIR GEORGE GABRIEL, BART
• STOKES, WHITLEY (1830-1909)

Stokes (1881) .

His Letters to a Friend (See also:

• MISS

Miss Johnes of Dolaucothy) are a splendid monument to his memory .. They were originally published by Dean See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley, and there is a revised and corrected edition . For a See also:

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

general view of Thirlwall's life and character, see the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, vol. cxliii.; for a picture of him in his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

Bar, vol . Ixxvi .