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HERKIMER , a See also:village and the See also:county-seat of Herkimer county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the township of the same name, on the See also:Mohawk See also:river, about 15 M. S.E. of See also:Utica. Pop. (1900) 5555 (724 being See also:foreign-See also:born); (19o5, See also:state See also:census) 6596; (191o) 7520. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River railway, a See also:branch of which (the Mohawk & See also:Malone railway) extends through the See also:Adirondacks to Malone, N.Y.; by inter-See also:urban electric railway to Little Falls, See also:Syracuse, Richfield Springs, See also:Cooperstown and See also:Oneonta, and by the See also:Erie See also:canal. The village has a public library, and is the seat of the Folts See also:Mission See also:Institute (opened 1893), a training school for See also:young See also:women, controlled by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal 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. Herkimer is situated in a See also:rich dairying region, and has various manufactures. The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:supply See also:system and electric-See also:lighting plant. Herkimer, named in See also:honour of See also:General See also:Nicholas Herkimer (c. 1728-1777), who was mortally wounded in the See also:Battle of See also:Oriskany, and in whose memory there is a See also:monument (unveiled on the 6th of See also:August 1907) in the village, was settled about 1725 by See also:Palatine Germans, who bought from the Mohawk See also:Indians a large See also:tract of See also:land including the See also:present site of the village and established thereon several settlements which became known collectively as the " See also:German Flats." In 1756 a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:house, built in 1740 by General Herkimer's See also:father, See also:John See also:Jost Herkimer (d. 1775)—apparently one of the See also:original See also:group of settlers—a stone church, and other buildings, See also:standing within what is now Herkimer village, were enclosed in a stockade and ditch fortifications by 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 See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson, and this See also:post, at first known as Fort Kouari (the See also:Indian name), was subsequently called Fort Herkimer. Another fort (Ft. See also:Dayton) was built within the limits of the present village in 1776 by See also:Colonel See also:Elias Dayton (1737-1807), who later became a brigadier-general (1783) and served in the See also:Confederation See also:Congress in 1787–1788. During the See also:French and Indian See also:War the See also:settlement was attacked (12th See also:November 1757) and practically destroyed, many of thesettlers being killed or taken prisoners; and it was again attacked on the 3oth of See also:April 1758. In the War of See also:Independence General Herkimer assembled here the force which on the 6th of August 1777 was ambushed near Oriskany on its See also:march from Ft. Dayton to the See also:relief of Ft. See also:Schuyler (see ORISKANY); and the settlement was attacked by Indians and " Tories " in See also:September 1778 and in See also:June 1782. The township of Herkimer was organized in 1788, and in 1807 the village was incorporated.
See Nathaniel I. See also:Benton, See also:History of Herkimer County (See also:Albany, 1856) ; and See also:Phoebe S. See also:Cowen, The Herkimers and Schuylers, 1903). HERKOMER, SIR See also:HUBERT VON (1849– ), See also:British painter, was born at Waal, in See also:Bavaria, and eight years later was brought to See also:England by his father, a See also:wood-See also:carver of See also:great ability. He lived for 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 at See also:Southampton and in the school of See also:art there began his art training; but in 1866 he entered upon a more serious course of study at the See also:South See also:Kensington See also:Schools, and in 1869 exhibited for the first time at the Royal See also:Academy. By his picture, " The Last See also:Muster," at the Academy in 1875, he definitely established his position as an artist of high distinction. He was elected an See also:associate of the Academy in 1879, and academician in 189o; an associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water See also:Colours in 1893, and a full member in 1894; and in 1885 he was appointed SIade See also:professor at 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. He exhibited a very large number of memorable portraits, figure subjects and landscapes, in oil and water See also:colour; he achieved marked success as a worker in See also:enamel, as an etcher, See also:mezzotint engraver and illustrative draughtsman; and he exercised wide See also:influence upon art See also:education by means of the Herkomer School (Incorporated), at Bushey, which he founded in 1883 and directed gratuitously until 1904 ,when he retired. It was then voluntarily See also:wound up, and is now conducted privately. Two of his pictures, "Found (1885) and "The See also:Chapel of the See also:Charterhouse " (1889), are in the See also:National See also:Gallery of British Art. In the See also:year 1907 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L. at Oxford, and a See also:knighthood was conferred upon him by the 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 in addition to the commandership of the Royal Victorian See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order with which he was already decorated.
See Hubert von Herkomer, R.A., a Study and a See also:Biography, by A. L. Baldry (See also:London, 1901); Professor Hubert Herkomer, Royal Academician, His See also:Life and See also:Work, by W. L. See also:Courtney (London, 1892).
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