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 GORMAN See also:

• WILLIAM GORMAN WILLS (1828-1891)

WILLS (1828-1891)  , Irish dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kilmurry, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1828, the son of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

Wills (179o-1868), author of Lives of Ilh'strious and Distinguished Irishmen (1839-1847) . The son was educated at See also:

• WATERFORD

Waterford See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar School and Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . After several years of journalistic and See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work in Dublin, he settled in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he wrote stories for the magazines . In 1868 he determined that he could make a better living at portrait-See also:

• PAINTING

painting, for which, though his See also:

• ART

art See also:

• EDUCATION

education had been meagre, he had always had See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . He soon made a See also:

• FAIR

fair income, though in the See also:

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

long run his excessive Bohemianism, coupled with persistent absent-mindedness, lost him many sitters . Meanwhile he had begun to write for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . His first See also:

• ORIGINAL

original work was the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man o'Airlie, produced at the Princess's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, London, in 1867 . See also:

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

Early in 1872 he was engaged by See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• BATEMAN, HEZEKIAH LINTHICUM (1812–1875)

Bateman as " dramatist to the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum " at an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• SALARY

salary . Under the terms of his agreement he wrote See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea in See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. and See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram, all of which were produced at the Lyceum in 1872-1873 . With Charles I., in which Mr (afterwards See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving confirmed the reputation he had earned by his performance in The Bells, Wills made a popular success, which he repeated in Olivia (adapted from See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

Goldsmith's See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

Vicar of See also:

• WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")
• WAKE, THOMAS (1297-1349)
• WAKE, WILLIAM (1657-1737)

Wake-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field) in 1873 . From this date onwards Wills wrote continuously, and till 1887 his name was practically never absent from the See also:

• BILL

bill of some London theatre . His work never, however, quite came up to the expectations which were based on his genuine ability, A, Flowering shoot from male plant .

B, Flowering shoot from See also:

• FEMALE

female plant . 1, Foliage . 2, Catkin of fruits . 3, Male See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower . and much of it is of an inferior quality . In Claudian (Princess's Theatre, 1883) and See also:

• FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust (Lyceum Theatre, 1885) he merely supplied the See also:

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

text to a variety of dramatic situations . In 1887 his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, whom he had supported for many years, died, and after her See also:

• DEATH

death he seemed to have less incentive for work . Wills was a painter by choice, and never put his whole See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart into his dramatic work . He had some skill in ballad-See also:

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

writing, shown in the well-known " I'll sing thee songs of Araby." He died on the 13th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1891 .