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See also:CHILDS, See also:GEORGE 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 (1829–1894) , See also:American publisher, was See also:born in See also:Baltimore, See also:Maryland, on the 12th of May 1829. He was educated in the public See also:schools, and after a brief See also:term of service in the See also:navy, he became in 1843 a clerk in a See also:book-See also:shop at See also:Philadelphia. There, in 1847, he established an See also:independent
book-shop, and two years later organized the See also:publishing See also:house of Childs & Peterson. In 1864, with See also:Anthony J. See also:Drexel, he See also:purchased the Public See also:Ledger, at that 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 a little known newspaper; he completely changed its policy and methods, and made it one of the most influential See also:journals in the See also:country. He died at Philadelphia on the 3rd of See also:February 1894. Childs was widely known for his public spirit and philanthropy. In addition to numerous private benefactions in educational and charitable See also:fields, he erected memorial windows to William See also:Cowper and George See also:Herbert in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey (1877), and to See also:Milton in St See also:Margaret's, Westminster (1888), a See also:monument to See also:Leigh See also:Hunt at Kensal See also:Green, a See also:Shakespeare memorial See also:fountain at Stratfordon-See also:Avon (1887), and monuments to See also:Edgar See also:Allan See also:Poe and to See also:Richard A. See also:Proctor. He gave Woodland See also:Cemetery to the Typographical Society of Philadelphia for a printers' See also:burial-ground, and with Anthony J. Drexel founded in 1892 a See also:home for See also:Union printers at See also:Colorado Springs, Colorado.
His Recollections were published at Philadelphia in 1890.
End of Article: CHILDS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1829–1894)
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