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See also:BIRCH, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1705-1766) , See also:English histo-rian, son of See also:Joseph Birch, a See also:coffee-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill maker, was See also:born at See also:Clerkenwell on the 23rd of See also:November 1705. He preferred study to business, but as his parents were See also:Quakers he did not go to the university. Not-withstanding this circumstance, he was ordained See also:deacon in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England in 1730 and See also:priest in 1731. As a strong supporter of the Whigs, he gained the favour of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Yorke, afterwards See also:lord See also:chancellor and first See also:earl of See also:Hardwicke, and his subsequent preferments were largely due to this friendship. He held successively a number of benefices in different counties, and finally in See also:London. In 1735 he became a member of the Society of Antiquaries, and was elected a See also:fellow of the Royal Society, of which he was secretary from 1752 to 1765. In 1728 he had married Hannah See also:Cox, who died in the following See also:year. Birch was killed on the 9th of See also:January 1766 by a fall from his See also:horse, and was buried in the church of St See also:Margaret Pattens, London, of which he was then See also:rector. He See also:left his books and See also:manuscripts to the See also:British Museum, and a sum of about 500 to increase the salaries of the three assistant librarians.
Birch had an enormous capacity for See also:work and was engaged in a large number of See also:literary undertakings. In spite of their dulness many of his See also:works are of considerable value, although'See also:Horace See also:Walpole questioned his " parts, See also:taste and See also:judgment." He carried on an extensive See also:correspondence with some of the leading men of his 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, and many of his letters appear in Literary Anecdotes of the 18th See also:Century (London, 1812–1815) and Illustrations of the LiteraryHistoryof the 18th Century (London., 1817–1858) by J. See also:Nichols, in the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, vol. iii. (London, 1780–1790), and in See also:Boswell's See also:Life of See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson. Birch wrote most of the English lives in the See also:General See also:Dictionary, See also:Historical and See also:Critical, so vols. (London, 1734–1741), assisted in the See also:composition of the Athenian Letters (London,181o), edited the See also:State Papers of See also:John See also:Thurloe (London, 1742) and the State Papers of W. Murdin (London, 1759). He also wrote a Life of the Right See also:Honourable See also:Robert See also:Boyle (London, 1744) ; Inquiry into the See also:share which See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Charles I. had in the transactions of the Earl of Glamorgan for bringing over a See also:body of Irish rebels (London, 1756); Historical view of Negotiations between the Courts of England, See also:France and See also:Brussels 1592–1619 (London, 1749); Life of See also:Arch-See also:bishop See also:Tillotson (London, 1753); See also:Memoirs of the Reign of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth from 1581 (London, 1754); See also:History of the Royal Society of London (London, 1756–1757); Life of 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:Prince of W See also:ales (London, 1760), and many other works. Among thepapers left at his See also:death were some which were published in 1848 as the See also:Court and Times 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 I. and the Court and Times of Charles I.
See W. P. See also:Courtney in the Dictionary of See also:National See also:Biography, vol. v. (1886) ; A. See also:Kippis, Biographia Britannica (London, 1778–1793); Horace Walpole, Letters (London, 1891).
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