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See also:POLE, 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 (1814—1900) , See also:English engineer, was See also:born at See also:Birmingham on the 22nd of See also:April 1814.. He was a See also:man of many accomplishments. Having spent his earlier years in various See also:engineering occupations in See also:England, he went out to See also:India in 1844 as See also:professor of engineering at See also:Elphinstone See also:College, Bombay, where he had to first organize the course of instruction for native students, but his See also:health obliged him to return to England in 1848. For the next ten years he worked in See also:London under 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 See also:Simpson and J. M. Rendel, and the high reputation he achieved as a scientific engineer gained his See also:appointment in 1859 to the See also:chair of See also:civil engineering in University College, London. He obtained a considerable amount of See also:official See also:work from the See also:government. He served on the committees which considered the application of See also:armour to See also:ships and fortifications (1861-1864), and the See also:comparative advantages of See also:Whitworth and See also:Armstrong guns (1863—1865). He was secretary to the Royal See also:Commission on See also:Railways (1865—1867), the See also:duke of See also:Richmond's Commission on London See also:Water (1867—1869), also taking See also:part in the subsequent proceedings for establishing a See also:constant See also:supply, the Royal Commission on the Disposal of London Sewage (1882—1884), and the departmental See also:committee on the See also:science museums at See also:South See also:Kensington in 1885. In 1871 he was employed by the See also:War See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office to See also:report on the See also:Martini-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:rifle, and in the same See also:year was appointed consulting engineer in London to the See also:Japanese government, a position through which he exercised considerable See also:influence on the development of the Japanese railway See also:system. He was elected a See also:fellow of the Royal Society in 1861, in re-See also:cognition of some investigations on See also:colour-See also:blindness. See also:Music was also one of his See also:chief interests. At the See also:age of twenty-two he was appointed organist of St See also:Mark's, See also:North See also:Audley See also:Street, in open competition, the next selected See also:candidate being Dr E. J. See also:Hopkins (1818-1901), who subsequently was for fifty years organist of the See also:Temple 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. He took the degree of See also:Bachelor of Music 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 in 186o, proceeding to his See also:doctor's degree in 1867, and in 1879 published his See also:Philosophy of Music. He was largely concerned in the institution of musical degrees by the University of London in 1877, and for many years acted as one of the examiners. His mathematical tastes found See also:con-genial occupation in the study of See also:whist, and as an exponent of the scientific principles of that See also:game he was even earlier in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field than " See also:Cavendish." His See also:literary work included See also:treatises on the See also:steam-See also:engine and on See also:iron construction, See also:biographical studies of famous See also:engineers, including See also:Robert See also:Stephenson and I. K. See also:Brunel, See also:Sir William See also:Fairbairn and Sir W. See also:Siemens, several books on musical subjects and on whist, and many papers for reviews and scientific See also:periodicals. He died on the 3oth of See also:December 1900. His son, William Pole (1852— ), became known as an actor and writer under the See also:stage-name of William See also:Pool, more especially for his studies in Shakespearian See also:drama and his work in connexion with the Elizabethan Stage Society.
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