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See also:FORBES, 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 See also:DAVID (1809—1868) , Scottish physicist, was the See also:fourth son of See also:Sir 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 Forbes, 7th See also:baronet of Pitsligo, and was See also:born at See also:Edinburgh on the loth of See also:April 1809. He entered the university of Edinburgh in 1825, and soon afterwards began to contribute papers to the Edinburgh Philosophical See also:Journal anonymously under the See also:signature " A." At the See also:age of nineteen he became a See also:fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 1832 he was elected to the Royal Society of See also:London, A See also:year later he was appointed See also:professor of natural See also:philosophy in Edinburgh University, in See also:succession to Sir See also:John See also:Leslie and in competition with Sir David See also:Brewster, and during his See also:tenure of that 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, which he did not give up till 186o, he not only proved himself an active and efficient teacher, but also did much to improve the See also:internal conditions of the university. In 1859 he was appointed successor to Brewster in the principalship of the See also:United See also:College of St See also:Andrews, a position which he held until his See also:death at See also:Clifton on the 31st of See also:December 1868.
As a scientific investigator he is best known for his researches on See also:heat and on glaciers. Between 1836 and 1844 he published in the Trans. See also:Roy. See also:Soc. Ed. four See also:series of " Researches on Heat," in the course of which he described the polarization of heat by See also:tourmaline, by transmission through a bundle of thin See also:mica plates inclined to the transmitted See also:ray, and by reflection from the multiplied surfaces of a See also:pile of mica plates placed at the polarizing See also:angle, and also its circular polarization by two internal
to the See also:theatre,making his first See also:appearance in London as See also:Chastelard in See also:Mary, See also:Queen of Scots. He studied under See also:Samuel See also:Phelps, from whom he learnt the traditions of the tragic See also:stage. He played with the Bancrofts and with John See also:Hare, supported See also:Miss Mary See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson in both See also:England and See also:America, and also acted at different times with Sir 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 See also:Irving. His refined and See also:artistic See also:style, and beautiful See also:voice and elocution made him a marked See also:man on the See also:English stage, and in See also:Pinero's The Profligate at the See also:Garrick theatre (1889), under Hare's management, he established his position as one of the most individual of London actors. In 1895 he started under his own management at the See also:Lyceum with Mrs See also:Patrick 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, producing Romeo and Juliet, See also:Hamlet, See also:Macbeth and also some See also:modern plays; his impersonation as Hamlet was especially See also:fine, and his capacity as a romantic actor was shown to See also:great See also:advantage also in John See also:Davidson's For the See also:Crown and in See also:Maeterlinck's Pelle,a.r and Melisande. In 1900 he married the actress Gertrude See also:Elliott, with whom, as his leading See also:lady, he appeared at various theatres, producing in subsequent years The See also:Light that Failed, Madeleine Lucette See also:Riley's Mice and Men, and G. See also:Bernard See also:Shaw's See also:Caesar and See also:Cleopatra, See also:Jerome K. Jerome's Passing of the Third See also:Floor Back, &c. His See also:brothers, Ian See also:Robertson (b. 1858) and See also:Norman Forbes (b. 1859), had also been well-known actors from about 1878 onwards.
End of Article: FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
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