See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE TICKNOR (1791—1871)

TICKNOR (1791—1871)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American educator and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the See also:

• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

rat of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1791 . He received his See also:

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

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education from his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha See also:

• TICKNOR, GEORGE (1791—1871)

Ticknor (1757—1821), who had been See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of the See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin public school and was a founder of the Massachusetts Mutual See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire See also:

• INSURANCE

Insurance See also:

• COMPANY

Company, of the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in Boston, and of the first New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England savings See also:

• BANK

bank . In 18os the son entered the junior class at See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth, where he graduated in 1807 . During the next three years he studied Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek with Rev . Dr 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:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• SYLVESTER, JOSHUA (1563–1618)

Sylvester See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner, See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Trinity, Boston, and a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Dr See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• PARR
• PARR, CATHERINE (1512-1548)
• PARR, SAMUEL (1747-1825)
• PARR, THOMAS (c. 1483—1635)

Parr . In 1810 Ticknor began the study of 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, and he was admitted to the See also:

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

bar in 1813 . He opened an 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 in Boston, but practised for only one See also:

• YEAR

year . He went to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in 1815 and for nearly two years studed at the university of See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . In 1817 he became See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith See also:

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

professor of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and literatures (a 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 founded in 1816), and professor of belles-lettres at Harvard, and began his See also:

• WORK

work of teaching in 1819 after travel and study in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . During his professorship Ticknor, advocated the creation of departments, the grouping of students in divisions according to proficiency, and the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the elective system, and reorganized his own See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . In 1835 he resigned his chair, in ;which he was succeeded in 1836 by Professor H . W .

See also:

• LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882)

Longfellow; and he was again in Europe in 1835—1838 . After his return he devoted himself to the See also:

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

chief work of his See also:

• LIFE

life, the See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

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

criticism of Spanish literature, in many respects a new subject at that 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 even in Europe, there being no adequate treatment of the literature as a whole in Spanish, and both See also:

• BOUTERWEK, FRIEDRICH (1766-1828)

Bouterwek and Sismoridi having worked with scanty or second-See also:

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

hand resources . Ticknor See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed in his See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college lectures 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 of his more permanent work, which he published es the History of Spanish Literature (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and See also:

• LONDON

London, 3 vols., 1849) . The See also:

• BOOK

book is not merely a See also:

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

story of Spanish letters, but, more broadly, of Spanish See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization and See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . The History is exhaustive and exact in scholarship, and See also:

• DIRECT

direct and unpretentious in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . It gives many illustrative passages from representative See also:

• WORKS

works, and copious See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

bibliographical references . It was soon translated into Spanish (1851—1857) by de Gayangos and de Vedia; French (1864—1872), a poor version by Magnabal; and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German (1852—1867), by N . H . See also:

• JULIUS

Julius and See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf . The second American edition appeared in 1854; the third corrected and enlarged, in 1863; the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth, containing the author's last revision, in 1872, under the supervision of See also:

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

George S . See also:

• HILLARD, GEORGE STILLMAN (1808-1879)

Hillard; and the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth in 1888 . Ticknor had succeeded his father as a member of the Primary School See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board in 1822, and held this position until 1825; he was a trustee of the Boston Atheneum in 1823—1832, and was See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

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

president in 1833; and he was a director (1827—1835) and vice-president (1841—1862) of the Massachusetts See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital Life Insurance Company, and a trustee of the Massachusetts See also:

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

General Hospital (1826—183o) and of the Boston Provident Institution for Savings (1833—185o), the bank that his father had helped to found .

He was especially active in the establishment of the Boston Public Library (1852), and served in 1852—1866 on its board of trustees, of which he was president in 1865 . In its behalf he spent fifteen months abroad in 1856—1857, at his own expense, and to it he gave at various times See also:

• MONEY

money and books; a See also:

• SPECIAL

special feature of his See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was a free circulating department . He See also:

• LEFT

left to the library his own collection, which was particularly strong in Spanish and Portuguese literatures . He died in Boston on the 26th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1871 . Ticknor's See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor works include, besides occasional reviews and papers, See also:

• SYLLABUS (from Gr. auXXa 43aveuv, to take together, cf. " syllable ")

Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the History and Criticism of Spanish Literature (1823) ; Outline of the Principal Events in the Life of General See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette (1825) ; Remarks on Changes Lately Proposed or Adopted in Harvard University (1825) ; The Remains of Nathan See also:

• APPLETON
• APPLETON, NATHAN (1779-1861)

Appleton Haven, with a Memoir of his Life (1827) ; Remarks on the Life and Writings of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster (1831); Lecture on the Best Methods of Teaching the Living Languages, delivered, in 1832, before the American See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of Education; and the Life of 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 Hickling See also:

• PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859)

Prescott (1864) . See Life, Letters and See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals of George Ticknor (2 vols., 1876), by George S . Hillard and Mrs See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna (See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot) Ticknor and See also:

• MISS

Miss Anna Eliot Ticknor . This book was edited, with a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical introduction, in 1909, by Ferris Greenslet .