See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• 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:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• SIR WILLIAM HENRY WHITE (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

WHITE (1845– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NAVAL

naval architect, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DEVONPORT
• DEVONPORT, EAST

Devonport on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1845, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen became an apprentice in the dockyard there . In 1864 he took the first See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the scholarship competition at the Royal School of Naval See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

Architecture, which had then just been established by the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty at See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington, and in 1867 he gained his diploma as See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the school with first-class honours . At once joining the constructive See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the Admiralty, he acted as confidential assistant to the See also:

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

chief constructor, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

Reed, until the latter's retirement in 187o . The loss of the " See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain " in that See also:

• YEAR

year was followed by an inquiry into designs for See also:

• SHIPS

ships of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and in connexion with this See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White, together with his old fellow-student, 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:

• 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, worked out a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

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

series of calculations as to the stability and strength of vessels, the results of which were published in an important See also:

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

paper read in 1871 before the Institution of Naval Architects . In 1872 White was appointed secretary to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of Construction at the Admiralty, in 1875 assistant constructor, and in 1881 chief constructor . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1883 he See also:

• LEFT

left the service of the Admiralty, at the invitation of 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 (then Sir W . G.) See also:

• ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1709-1779)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
• ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL CHAPMAN (1839—1893)
• ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, BARON (1810—1900)

Armstrong, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to undertake the difficult task oforganizing a See also:

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

department for the construction of warships of the largest See also:

• SIZE

size at the See also:

• ELSWICK

Elswick See also:

• WORKS

works; but he only remained there for two and a See also:

• HALF

half years, for in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1885 he returned to the Admiralty in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Sir Nathaniel Barnaby as director of naval construction, retaining that See also:

• POST

post until the beginning of 1902, when See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health obliged him to relinquish the arduous labours it entailed . During that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, which in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain was one of unprecedented activity in naval See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding as a result of the awakening of public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion to the vital importance of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

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

power, more than 200 vessels of various types were added to the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy, at a See also:

• TOTAL

total cost of something like See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo millions See also:

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

sterling, and for the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of all of these, as well as for the See also:

• WORK

work of their construction, Sir William White was ultimately responsible . In addition, he did much to further the knowledge of scientific shipbuilding . He was See also:

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

professor of naval architecture at the Royal School from 187o to 1873, and when in the latter year it was moved to See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich to be merged in the Royal Naval See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, he reorganized the course of instruction and acted as professor for eight years more . The lectures he gave in that capacity were the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of his See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Naval Architecture, which has been translated into several See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and is recognized as a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

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

text-See also:

• BOOK

book all over the See also:

• WORLD

world . Sir William White, who was chosen a fellow of the Royal Society in 1888, also read many professional papers before various learned and See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies .

He was created K.C.B. in 1895 .