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See also:PETRIE, See also:GEORGE (179o-1866) , Irish See also:antiquary, was the son of 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 Petrie, a native of See also:Aberdeen, who had settled in See also:Dublin as a portrait and See also:miniature painter. He was See also:born in Dublin in See also:January 1790, and was educated as an artist. Besides attaining considerable reputation as a painter of Irish landscape, he devoted much 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 to the See also:illustration of the antiquities of the See also:country. In 1828 he was appointed to conduct the antiquarian and See also:historical See also:section of the See also:ordnance survey of See also:Ireland. In 1832 he became editor of the Dublin See also:Penny See also:Journal, a periodical designed to disseminate See also:information among the masses, to which he contributed numerous articles on the See also:history of the See also:fine arts in Ireland. Petrie may be regarded as the first scientific investigator of Irish See also:archaeology, his contributions to which are also in themselves of much importance. His See also:Essay on See also:Round Towers, for which in 183o he received the See also:prize of the Irish See also:Academy, still ranks as a See also:standard See also:work. Among his other ' contributions to Irish archaeology are his Essay on the Military See also:Architecture of Ireland and his History and Antiquities of See also:Tara See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. He died on the 17th of January 1866.
See the See also:Life and Labours in See also:Art and Archaeology of George Petrie, by 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:Stokes (1868).
End of Article: PETRIE, GEORGE (179o-1866)
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