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See also:DODD, 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 (1729-1977) , See also:English divine, was See also:born at See also:Bourne in See also:Lincolnshire in May 1729. He was admitted a See also:sizar of See also:Clare See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Cambridge, in 1745, and took the degree of B.A. in 1750, being fifteenth wrangler. On leaving the university he married a See also:young woman of a more than questionable reputation, whose extravagant habits helped to ruin him. In 1751 he was ordained See also:deacon, and in 1753 See also:priest, and he soon became a popular and celebrated preacher. His first preferment was the lectureship of See also:West-See also:Ham and See also:Bow. In 1754 he was also chosen lecturer of St Olave's, See also:Hart See also:Street; and in 1757 he took the degree of M.A. at Cambridge, subsequently becoming LL.D. He was a strenuous supporter of the Magdalen See also:hospital, founded in 1758, and soon afterwards became preacher at the See also:chapel of that charity. In 1763 he obtained a prebend at See also:Brecon, and in the same See also:year he was appointed one of 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's chaplains,—soon'after which the See also:education of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Stanhope, afterwards See also:earl of See also:Chesterfield, was committed to his care. In 1768 he ha d a fashionable See also:congregation and was held in high esteem, but indiscreet ambition led to his ruin. On the living of St See also:George's, See also:Hanover Square, becoming vacant in 1774, Mrs Dodd wrote an See also:anonymous See also:letter to the wife of the See also:lord See also:chancellor, offering three thousand guineas if, by her assistance, Dodd were promoted to the See also:benefice. This letter having been traced, a complaint was immediately made to the king, and Dodd was dismissed from his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office as See also:chaplain. After residing for some 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 at See also:Geneva and See also:Paris, he returned to •England in 1776. He still continued to exercise his clerical functions, but his extravagant habits soon involved him in difficulties. To meet his creditors he forged a See also:bond on his former See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil Lord Chesterfield for £4200, and actually received the See also:money. He was detected, committed to See also:prison, tried at the Old See also:Bailey, found guilty, and sentenced to
See also:death; and, in spite of numerous applications for See also:mercy, he was executed at See also:Tyburn on the 27th of See also:June 1777. See also:Samuel 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 was very zealous in See also:pleading for a See also:pardon, and a See also:petition from the See also:city of See also:London received 23,000 signatures. Dr Dodd was a voluminous writer and possessed considerable abilities, with but little See also:judgment and much vanity. He wrote one or two comedies, and his Beauties of See also:Shakespeare, published in 1752, was See also:long a well-known See also:work; while his Thoughts in Prison, a poem in See also:blank See also:verse, written between his conviction and See also:execution, naturally attracted much See also:attention. He published a large number of sermons and other theological See also:works, including a Commentary on the See also:Bible (1765-1770). A See also:list of his fifty-five writings and an See also:account of the writer is included in the Thoughts in Prison.
See also P. See also:Fitzgerald, A. Famous See also:Forgery (1865).
End of Article: DODD, WILLIAM (1729-1977)
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