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See also:LAING, See also:MALCOLM (1762-1818) , Scottish historian, son of See also:Robert Laing, and See also:elder See also:brother of See also:Samuel Laing the elder, was See also:born on his paternal See also:estate on the Mainland of See also:Orkney. Having studied at the See also:grammar school of See also:Kirkwall and at See also:Edinburgh University, he was called to the Scotch See also:bar in 1785, but devoted 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 mainly to See also:historical studies. In 1793 he completed the See also:sixth and last See also:volume of Robert 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's See also:History of See also:Great See also:Britain, the portion which he wrote being in its strongly
liberal See also:tone at variance with the preceding See also:part of the See also:work; and in 18oz he published his History of See also:Scotland from the See also:Union of the Crowns to the Union of the Kingdoms, a work showing consider-able See also:research. Attached to the History was a dissertation on the See also:Gowrie See also:conspiracy, and another on the supposed authenticity of See also:Ossian's poems. In another dissertation, prefixed to a second and corrected edition of the History published in 1804, Laing endeavoured to prove that See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, wrote the See also:Casket Letters, and was partly responsible for the See also:murder of See also:Lord See also:Darnley. In the same See also:year he edited the See also:Life and Historie of 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 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 VI., and in 1805 brought out in two volumes an edition of Ossian's poems. Laing, who was a friend of See also:Charles James See also:Fox, was member of See also:parliament for Orkney and See also:Shetland from 1807 to 1812. He died on the 6th of See also:November 1818.
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