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See also:DILLEN [DILLENIUS], JOHANN See also:JAKOB (1684-1747) , See also:English botanist, was See also:born at See also:Darmstadt in 1684, and was educated at the university of See also:Giessen, where he wrote several botanical papers for the Ephemerides naturae curiosorum, and printed, in 1719, his Catalogus plantarum sponte circa Gissam nascentium, illustrated with figures See also:drawn and engraved by his own See also:hand, and containing descriptions of many new See also:species. In 1721, at the instance of the botanist 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.Sherard (1659-1728), he came to See also:England, and in 1724 he published a new edition of See also:Ray's Synopsis stirpium Britannicarum. In 1732 he published Hortus Elthamensis, a See also:catalogue of the rare See also:plants growing at Eltham, See also:Kent, in the collection of Sherard's younger See also:brother, 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 (1666-1738), who, after making a See also:fortune as an See also:apothecary, devoted himself to gardening and See also:music. For this See also:work Dillen himself executed 324 plates, and it was described by See also:Linnaeus, who spent a See also:month with him at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford in 1736, and afterwards dedicated his Critica botanica to him, as " See also:opus botanicum quo absolutius mundus non vidit." In 1734 he was appointed Sherardian See also:professor of See also:botany at Oxford, in accordance with the will of W. Sherard, who at his See also:death in 1728 See also:left the university £3000 for the endowment of the See also:chair, as well as his library and See also:herbarium. Dillen, who was also the author of an Historia muscorum (1741), died at Oxford, of See also:apoplexy, on the 2nd of See also:April 1747. His See also:manuscripts, books and collections of dried plants, with many drawings, were bought by his successor at Oxford, Dr See also:Humphry See also:Sibthorp (1713-1797), and ultimately passed into the See also:possession of the university.
For an See also:account of his collections preserved at Oxford, see The Dillenian Herbaria, by G. Claridge Druce (Oxford, 1907). DILLENBURG, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, delightfully situated in the midst of a well-wooded See also:country, on the See also:Dill, 25 M. N.W. from- Giessen on the railway to Troisdorf. Pop. 4500. On an See also:eminence above it See also:lie the ruins of the See also:castle of Dillenburg, founded by See also:Count 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 the Richof Nassau, about the See also:year 1255, and the birthplace of See also:Prince William of See also:Orange (1533). It has an Evangelical 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, with the vault of the princes of Nassau-Dillenburg, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, a classical school, a teachers' See also:seminary and a chamber of See also:commerce. Its See also:industries embrace See also:iron-See also:works, tanneies and the manufacture of cigars. Owing to its beautiful surroundings Dillenburg has become a favourite summer resort.
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