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See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
GRANT, See also:GEORGE See also:MONRO (1835–1902) , See also:principal of See also:Queen's University, See also:Kingston, See also:Ontario, was See also:born in Nova See also:Scotia in 1835. He was educated at See also:Glasgow university, where he had a brilliant See also:academic career; and having entered the See also:ministry of the Presbyterian 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, he returned to See also:Canada and obtained a See also:pastoral See also:charge in See also:Halifax, Nova Scotia, which he held from 1863 to 1877. He quickly gained a high reputation as a preacher and as an eloquent See also:speaker on See also:political subjects. When Canada was confederated in 1867 Nova Scotia was the See also:province most strongly opposed to federal See also:union. Grant threw the whole See also:weight of his See also:great See also:influence in favour of See also:confederation, and his See also:oratory played an important See also:part in securing the success of the See also:movement. When the consolidation of the Dominion by means of railway construction was under discussion in 1872, Grant travelled from the See also:Atlantic to the Pacific with the See also:engineers who surveyed the route of the See also:Canadian Pacific railway, and his See also:book Ocean to Ocean (1873) was one of the first things that opened the eyes of Canadians to the value of the immense heritage they enjoyed. He, never lost an opportunity, whether in the See also:pulpit or on the See also:platform, of pressing on his hearers that the greatest future for Canada See also:lay in unity with the See also:rest of the See also:British See also:Empire; and his broad statesman-like See also:judgment made him an authority which politicians of all parties were glad to consult. In 1877 Grant was appointed principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, which through his exertions and influence See also:expanded from a small denominational See also:college into a large and influential educational centre; and he attracted to it an exceptionally able See also:body of professors whose influence in See also:speculation and See also:research was widely See also:felt during the See also:quarter of a See also:century that he remained at its See also:head. In 1888 he visited See also:Australia, New See also:Zealand and See also:South See also:Africa, the effect of this experience being to strengthen still further the Imperialism which was the guiding principle of his political opinions. On the outbreak of the South See also:African See also:War in 1899 Grant was at first disposed to be hostile to the policy of See also:Lord See also:Salisbury and Mr See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
Chamberlain; but his eyes were soon opened to the real nature of See also:President See also:Kruger's See also:government, and he enthusiastically welcomed and supported the See also:national feeling which sent men from the outlying portions of the Empire to assist in upholding British supremacy in South Africa. Grant did not live to see the conclusion of See also:peace, his See also:death occur-See also:ring at Kingston on the loth of May 1902. At the 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 of his death The Times observed that " it is acknowledged on all hands that in him the Dominion has lost one of the ablest men that it has yet produced." He was the author of a number of See also:works, of which the most notable besides Ocean to Ocean are, Advantages of _imperial Federation (1889), Our National See also:Objects and Aims (189o), Religions of the See also:World in Relation to See also:Christianity (1894) and volumes of sermons and lectures. Grant married in 1872 Jessie, daughter of 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:Lawson of Halifax.
End of Article: GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
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