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See also:BEECHEY, See also:FREDERICK See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
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- 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 (1796—1856) , See also:English See also:naval officer and geographer, son of See also:Sir William Beechey, R.A., was See also:born in See also:London on the 17th of See also:February 1796. In 18o6 he entered the See also:navy, and saw active service during the See also:wars with See also:France and See also:America. In 1818 he served under See also:Lieutenant (afterwards Sir) See also:John See also:Franklin in See also:Buchan's See also:Arctic expedition, of which at a later See also:period he published a narrative; and in the following See also:year he accompanied Lieutenant W. E. See also:Parry in the " Hecla." In 1821 he took See also:part in the survey of the Mediterranean See also:coast of See also:Africa under the direction of See also:Captain, afterwards See also:Admiral, William See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
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- 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– )
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- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
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- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Smyth. He and his See also:brother Henry William Beechey, made ,an overland survey of this coast, and published a full See also:account of their See also:work in 1828 under the See also:title of Proceedings of the Expedition to Explore the See also:Northern Coast of Africa from Tripoly Eastward in 1821-1822. In 1825 Beechey was appointed to command the " Blossom," which was intended to explore See also:Bering Strait, in See also:concert with Franklin and Parry operating from the See also:east. He passed the strait and penetrated as far as 71° 23' 31" N., and 156° 21' 3o" W., reaching a point only 146 m. See also:west of that reached by Franklin's expedition from the See also:Mackenzie See also:river. The whole voyage lasted more than three years; and in the course of it Beechey discovered several islands in the Pacific, and an excellent See also:harbour near Cape See also:Prince of See also:Wales. In 1831 there appeared his Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions, 1825—1828. In 1835 and the following year Captain Beechey was employed on the coast survey of See also:South America, and from 1837 to 1847 carried on the same work along the Irish coasts. He was appointed in 185o to preside over the Marine See also:Department of the See also:Board of See also:Trade. In 1854 he was made See also:rear-admiral, and in the following year was elected See also:president of the Royal See also:Geographical Society. He died on the 29th of See also:November 1856.
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