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See also:GODWIN, See also:FRANCIS (1562-1633) , See also:English divine, son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Godwin, See also:bishop of See also:Bath and See also:Wells, was See also:born at See also:Hannington, See also:Northamptonshire, in 1562. He was elected student of See also:Christ 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, 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 1578, took his See also:bachelor's degree in 158o, and that of See also:master in 1583. After holding two See also:Somerset-See also:shire livings he was in 1587 appointed subdean of See also:Exeter. In 1590 he accompanied 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 See also:Camden on an antiquarian tour through See also:Wales. He was created bachelor of divinity in 1593, and See also:doctor in 1595. In 16o, he published his See also:Catalogue of the Bishops of See also:England since the first planting of the See also:Christian. See also:Religion in this See also:Island, a See also:work which procured him in the same See also:year the bishopric of See also:Llandaff. A second edition appeared in 1615, and in 1616 he published an edition in Latin with a See also:dedication to 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 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, who in the following year conferred upon him the bishopric of See also:Hereford. The work was republished, with a continuation by William See also:Richardson, in 1743. In 1616 Godwin published Rerum Anglicarum, Henrico VIII., Edwardo VI. et Maria regnantibus, Annales, which was afterwards translated and published by his son See also:Morgan under the See also:title Annales of England (1630). He is also the author of a somewhat remarkable See also:story, published posthumously in 1638, and. entitled The See also:Man in the Moone, or a Discourse of a Voyage thither, by Domingo Gonsales, written apparently 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 between the years 1599 and 1603. In this See also:production Godwin not only declares himself a believer in the Copernican See also:system, but adopts so far the principles of the See also:law of See also:gravitation as to suppose that the See also:earth's attraction diminishes with the distance. The work, which displays considerable See also:fancy and wit, was translated into See also:French, and was imitated in several important particulars by Cyrano de See also:Bergerac, from whom (if not from Godwin See also:direct) See also:Swift obtained valuable hints in See also:writing of Gulliver's voyage to Laputa. Another work of Godwin's, Nuncius inanimatus Utopiae, originally published in 1629 and again in 1657, seems to have been the prototype of See also:John See also:Wilkins's See also:Mercury, or the See also:Secret and Swift Messenger, which appeared in 1641. He died, after a lingering illness, in See also:April 1633.
End of Article: GODWIN, FRANCIS (1562-1633)
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