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See also:KINGSTON, 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:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:GILES (1814-188o) , See also:English novelist, son of See also:Lucy Henry Kingston, was See also:born in See also:London on the 28th of See also:February 1814. Much of his 'youth was spent at See also:Oporto, where his See also:father was a See also:merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London. He See also:early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects. These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese 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 of See also:knighthood and a See also:pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842. In 1844 his first See also:book, The Circassian See also:Chief, appeared, and in 1845 The See also:Prime See also:Minister, a See also:Story of the Days of the See also:Great See also:Marquis of See also:Pombal. The Lusitanian Sketches describe Kingston's travels in See also:Portugal. In "1851 See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the Whaler, his first book for boys, came out. These books proved so popular that Kingston retired from business, and devoted himself to the See also:production of tales of See also:adventure for boys. Within See also:thirty years he wrote upwards of one See also:hundred and thirty such hooks. He had a See also:practical knowledge of See also:seamanship, and his stories of the See also:sea, full of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes, exactly See also:hit the See also:taste of his boy readers. Characteristic specimens of his See also:work are The Three Midshipmen; The Three Lieutenants; The Three Commanders; and The Three Admirals. He also wrote popular accounts of famous travellers by See also:land and sea, and translated some of the stories of Jules See also:Verne.
In all philanthropic schemes Kingston took deep See also:interest; he was the See also:promoter of the See also:mission to See also:seamen; and he acted as secretary of a society for promoting an improved See also:system of See also:emigration. He was editor of the Colonist for a See also:short 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 in 1844 and of the Colonial See also:Magazine and See also:East See also:Indian See also:Review from 1849 to 1851. He was a supporter of the volunteer See also:movement in See also:England from the first. He died at See also:Willesden on the 5th of See also:August 1880.
End of Article: KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)
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