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See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
CAMPBELL, See also:JOHN (1708-1775) , Scottish author, was See also:born at See also:Edinburgh on the 8th of See also:March 1708. Being designed for the legal profession, he was sent to See also:Windsor, and apprenticed to an See also:attorney; but his tastes soon led him. to abandon the study of See also:law and to devote himself entirely to literature. In 1736 he published the Military See also:History of See also:Prince See also:Eugene and the See also:Duke of See also:Marlborough, and soon after contributed several important articles to the See also:Ancient Universal History. In 1742 and 1744 appeared the Lives of the See also:British Admirals, in 4 vols., a popular See also:work which has been continued by other authors. Besides contributing to the Biographia Britannica and See also:Dodsley's See also:Preceptor, he published a work on The See also:Present See also:State of See also:Europe, consisting of a See also:series of papers which had appeared in the Museum. He also wrote the histories of the Portuguese, Dutch, See also:Spanish, See also:French, See also:Swedish, Danish and See also:Ostend settlements in the See also:East Indies, and the histories of See also:Spain, See also:Portugal, See also:Algarve, See also:Navarre and See also:France, from the 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 of See also:Clovis till 1656, for the See also:Modern Universal History. At the See also:request of See also:Lord See also:Bute, he published a vindication of the See also:peace of See also:Paris concluded in 1763, embodying in it a descriptive and See also:historical See also:account of the New See also:Sugar Islands in the See also:West Indies. By the 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 he was appointed See also:agent for the provinces of See also:Georgia in 1755. His last and most elaborate work, See also:Political Survey of See also:Britain, 2 vols. 4to, was published in 1744, and greatly increased the author's reputation. Campbell died on the 28th of See also:December 1775. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the university of See also:Glasgow in 1745.
End of Article: CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
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