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See also:HARCOURT, 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:VERNON (1789-1871) , founder of the See also:British Association, was See also:born at See also:Sudbury, See also:Derbyshire, in 1789, a younger son of See also:Edward Vernon [Harcourt], See also:archbishop of See also:York (see above). Having served for five years in the See also:navy he went up to 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, with a view to taking See also:holy orders. He began his clerical duties at Bishopthorpe, See also:Yorkshire, in 1811, and having See also:developed a See also:great See also:interest in See also:science while at the university, he took an active See also:part in the See also:foundation of the Yorkshire Philosonhical Society, of which hp
was the first See also:president. The See also:laws and the See also:plan of proceedings for the British Association for the See also:Advancement of Science were See also:drawn up by him; and Harcourt was elected president in 1839. In 1824 he became See also:canon of York and See also:rector of Wheldrake in Yorkshire, and in 1837 rector of See also:Bolton See also:Percy. The Yorkshire school for the See also:blind and the See also:Castle See also:Howard reformatory both owe their existence to his energies. His spare 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 until quite See also:late in See also:life was occupied with scientific experiments. Inheriting the Harcourt estates in See also:Oxfordshire from his See also:brother in 1861, he removed to Nuneham, where he died in See also:April 1871.
End of Article: HARCOURT, WILLIAM VERNON (1789-1871)
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