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life and devoted himself to literature. He wrote drinking songs and love ditties which are very popular among the Greeks. He is also the author of a tragedy, of Politika Parallela (a comparison of various systems of See also:

government), of See also:

TRANSLATIONS

translations of See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer and See also:

HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus, and of some philological See also:

WORKS

works on the connexion between See also:

ancient and See also:

MODERN

modern Greek. His Hellenika Archaiologemata (See also:

Athens, 1853) contains an See also:

account of his life. See also:

CHRIST'S See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

HOSPITAL (the " See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue-coat School "), a famous See also:

ENGLISH

English educational and charitable See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation. It was originally one of three royal hospitals in the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

LONDON

London, founded by See also:

EDWARD

Edward VI., who is said to have been inspired by a See also:

SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon of See also:

Bishop See also:

RIDLEY, NICHOLAS (c. 1500-1555)

Ridley on charity. Christ's hospital was specially devoted to fatherless and motherless children. The buildings of the monastery of See also:

Grey Friars, Newgate See also:

Street, were appropriated- to it; liberal public subscription added to the See also:

king's See also:

grant endowed it richly; and the See also:

mayor, commonalty and citizens of London were nominated its See also:

GOVERNORS

governors in its See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 1553. At first Christ's hospital shared a See also:

COMMON

common fund with the 'two other hospitals of thefoundation(See also:

BRIDEWELL

Bridewell and St See also:

Thomas's), but the three soon became See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent.

Not See also:

long after its opening Christ's was providing See also:

home and See also:

EDUCATION

education (or, in the See also:

case of the very See also:

young, See also:

NURSING

nursing) for 400 children. The popular name of the Blue-coat school is derived from the See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of the boys—originally (almost from the See also:

time of the foundation) a blue See also:

GOWN

gown, with See also:

KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee -breeches, yellow See also:

PETTICOAT

petticoat and stockings, See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck-bands and a blue cap. The petticoat and cap were given up in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and thereafter no See also:

head-covering was worn. The buildings on the Newgate Street site underwent reconstruction from time to time, and in 19o2 were vacated by the school, which was moved to extensive new buildings at See also:

HORSHAM

Horsham. The London buildings were subsequently taken down. The school at Horsham is conducted on the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary lines of a public school, and can accommodate over 800 boys. It includes a preparatory school for boys, established in 1683 at See also:

Hertford, where the buildings have been greatly enlarged for the use of the girls' school on the same foundation. This was originally in Newgate Street, but was moved to Hertford in 1778. In the boys' school the two highest classes retain their ancient names of Grecians and See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

Deputy Grecians. Children were formerly admitted to the See also:

SCHOOLS

schools only on presentation. See also:

ADMISSION

Admission is now (I) by presentation of donation governors (i.e. the royal See also:

FAMILY

family, and contributors of 500 or more to the funds), of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of almoners (which administers the endowments), or of certain of the city companies; (2) by competition, on the nomination of a donation See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor (for boys only), or from public elementary schools in London, certain city parishes and certain endowed schools elsewhere. The See also:

main school is divided into two parts—the Latin school, corresponding to the classical See also:

side in other schools, and the mathematical school or modern side.

Large See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension charities are administered by the governing See also:

BODY

body, and See also:

PART

part of the income of the hospital (about £6o,000 annually) is devoted to apprenticing boys and girls, to leaving exhibitions from the school, &c.

End of Article: CHRISTOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS (1772-1847)

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