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See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
ABBOT, 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 (1798-1843) , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:Chelsea, and made his first See also:appearance on the See also:stage at See also:Bath in 18o6, and his first See also:London appearance in 18o8. At Covent See also:Garden in 1813, in See also:light See also:comedy and See also:melodrama, he made his first decided success.' He was Pylades to See also:Macready's See also:Orestes in See also:Ambrose See also:Philips's Distressed See also:Mother when Macready made his first appearance at that See also:theatre (1816). He created the parts of Appius See also:Claudius in See also:Sheridan See also:Knowles's Virginius (182o) and of Modus in his Hunchback (1832). In 1827 he organized the See also:company, including Macready and See also:Miss See also:Smithson, which acted See also:Shakespeare in See also:Paris. On his return to London he played Romeo to Fanny See also:Kemble's Juliet (1830). Two of Abbot's melodramas, The Youthful Days of See also:Frederick the See also:Great (1817) and See also:Swedish Patriotism (1819), were produced at Covent Garden. He died in poverty at See also:Baltimore, See also:Maryland.
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