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See also:BOUCHER, See also:JONATHAN (1738-1804) , See also:English divine and philologist, was See also:born in the See also:hamlet of Blencogo, near Wigton, See also:Cumberland, on the 12th of See also:March 1738. He was educated at the Wigton See also:grammar school, and about 1754 went to See also:Virginia, where he became a private See also:tutor in the families of Virginia planters. Among his charges was See also:John Parke Custis, the step-son of See also:George See also:Washington, with whom he began a See also:long and intimate friendship. Returning to See also:England, he was ordained by the See also:bishop of See also:London in March 1762, and at once sailed again for See also:America, where he remained until 1775 as See also:rector of various Virginia and See also:Maryland parishes, including See also:Hanover, 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 George's See also:county, Virginia, and St See also:Anne's at See also:Annapolis, Maryland. He was widely known as an eloquent preacher, and his scholarly attainments won for him the friendship and esteem of some of the ablest scholars in the colonies. During his See also:residence in Maryland he vigorously opposed the " See also:vestry See also:act," by which the See also:powers and emoluments of the Maryland pastors were greatly diminished. When the struggle between the colonies and the See also:mother See also:country began, although he See also:felt much sympathy for the former, his opposition to any See also:form of obstruction to the See also:Stamp Act and other See also:measures, and his denunciation of a resort to force created a See also:breach between him and his See also:parish, and in a fiery farewell discourse preached after the opening of hostilities he declared that no See also:power on See also:earth should prevent him from praying and shouting " See also:God See also:save the King." In the succeeding autumn he returned to England, where his loyalism was rewarded by a See also:government See also:pension. In 1784 he became See also:vicar of See also:Epsom in See also:Surrey, where he continued until his See also:death on the 27th of See also:April 1804, becoming known as one of the most eloquent preachers of his See also:day. He was an accomplished writer and See also:scholar, contributed largely to 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:Hutchinson's See also:History of the County of Cumber-See also:land (2 vols., 1794 seq.), and published A View of the Causes and Consequences of the See also:American Revolution (1797), dedicated to George Washington, and consisting of thirteen discourses delivered in America between 1763 and 1775. His philological studies, to which the last fourteen years of his See also:life were devoted, resulted in the compilation of " A Glossary of Provincial and Archaic Words," intended as a supplement to Dr 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's See also:Dictionary, but never published except in See also:part, which finally in 1831 passed into the hands of the English compilers of See also:Webster's' Dictionary, by whom it was utilized.
His son, See also:BARTON BOUCHER (1794-1865), rector of Fonthill Bishops, See also:Wiltshire, in 1856, was well known as the author of religious tracts, See also:hymns and novels.
End of Article: BOUCHER, JONATHAN (1738-1804)
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