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See also:HANNINGTON, 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 (1847-1885) , See also:English missionary, was See also:born at Hurstpierpoint, in See also:Sussex, on the 3rd of See also:September 1847. From earliest childhood he displayed a love of See also:adventure and natural See also:history. At school he made little progress, and See also:left at the See also:age of fifteen for his See also:father's counting-See also:house at See also:Brighton. He had no See also:taste for 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 See also:work, and much of his 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 was occupied in commanding a See also:battery of See also:volunteers and in See also:charge of a See also:steam See also:launch. At twenty-one he decided on a clerical career and entered St See also:Mary's 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:- 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, where he exercised a remarkable See also:influence over his See also:fellow-undergraduates. He was, however, a desultory student, and in 1870 was advised to go to the little See also:village of Martinhoe, in See also:Devon, for quiet See also:reading, but distinguished himself more by his daring climbs after See also:sea-gulls' eggs and his See also:engineering skill in cutting a pathway along precipitous cliffs to some caves. In 1872 the See also:death of his See also:mother made a deep impression upon him. He began to read hard, took his B.A. degree, and in 1873 was ordained See also:deacon and placed in charge of the small See also:country See also:parish of Trentishoe in Devon. Whilst See also:curate in charge at Hurstpierpoint, his thoughts were turned by the See also:murder of two missionaries on the shores of See also:Victoria See also:Nyanza to See also:mission work. He offered himself to the 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 Missionary Society and sailed on the 17th of May 1882, at the See also:head of a party of six, for See also:Zanzibar, and thence set out for See also:Uganda; but, prostrated by See also:fever and See also:dysentery, he was obliged to return to See also:England in 1883. On his recovery he was consecrated See also:bishop of Eastern See also:Equatorial See also:Africa (See also:June 1884), and in See also:January 1885 started again for the See also:scene of his mission, and visited See also:Palestine on the way. On his arrival at Freretown, near See also:Mombasa, he visited many stations in the neighbourhood. Then, filled with the See also:idea of opening a new route to Uganda, he set out and reached a spot near Victoria Nyanza in safety. His arrival, however, roused the suspicion of the natives, and under 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 Mwanga's orders he was lodged in a filthy hut swarming with rats and See also:vermin. After eight days his men were murdered, and on the 29th of See also:October 1885 he himself was speared in both sides, his last words to the soldiers appointed to kill him being, " Go, tell Mwanga I have See also:purchased the road to Uganda with my See also:blood."
His Last See also:Journals were edited in 1888. See also See also:Life by E. C. See also:Dawson (1887); and W. G. See also:Berry, Bishop Hannington (7908).
End of Article: HANNINGTON, JAMES (1847-1885)
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