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See also:PORTER, JANE (1776–1850) , See also:British novelist, daughter of an See also:army surgeon, was See also:born at See also:Durham in 1776. Her See also:life and reputation are closely linked with those of her See also:sister, See also:ANNA MARIA PORTER (1780-1832), novelist, and her See also:brother, See also:SIR See also:ROBERT See also:KER PORTER (1775–1842), painter and traveller. After their See also:father's See also:death, in 1779, the See also:mother removed from Durham, their See also:birth-See also:place, to See also:Edinburgh, where the See also:children's love of See also:romance was stimulated by their association with See also:Flora See also:Macdonald and the See also:young See also:Walter See also:Scott. Mrs Porter moved to See also:London, so that her son might study See also:art, and the sisters subsequently resided at See also:Thames See also:Ditton and at See also:Esher with their mother until her death in 1831. Anna Maria Porter published Artless Tales in 1793
1795, the first of a See also:long See also:series of See also:works of which the more See also:note-worthy are See also:Walsh See also:Colville (1797), See also:Octavia (1798), The See also:Lake of See also:Killarney (1804), A Sailor's Friendship and a Soldier's Love (18o5), The Hungarian See also:Brothers (1807), See also:Don See also:Sebastian (18og), See also:Ballads, Romances and other Poems (1811), The Recluse of See also:Norway (1814), The See also:Knight of St See also:John (1817), The Fast of St Magdalen (1818), The See also:Village of Mariendorpt (1821), See also:Roche See also:Blanche (1822), Honor O'Hara (1826) and See also:Barony (183o). Jane Porter—whose intellectual See also:power, though slower in development and in expression, was greater than her sister's—had in the meantime gained immediate popularity by her first See also:work, Thaddeus of See also:Warsaw (1803),
1 See See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
JONES, JOHN See also:PAUL, and an See also:article by See also:General Porter, " The Recovery of the See also:Body of John Paul Jones," in the See also:Century See also:Magazine, (1905), lxx. 927 sqq.which was translated into several See also:languages and procured her See also:election as See also:canoness of the See also:Teutonic 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 St See also:Joachim. In 181o, four years before the See also:appearance of Waverley, she attempted See also:national romance in her Scottish Chiefs. The See also:story of See also:Wallace had been a favourite one in her childhood, and she was probably well acquainted with the poem of See also:Blind Harry (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 the See also:Minstrel). Although the See also:book lacked See also:historical accuracy, and the figure of Wallace is a sentimental conception of the least convincing See also:kind, the picturesque power of narration displayed by See also:Miss Porter has saved the story from the oblivion which has overtaken the works of most of Scott's predecessors in historical fiction. Her later works included The Pastor's Fireside (1815), See also:Duke See also:Christian of See also:Luneburg (1824), Coming Out (1828) and 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 of See also:Forty Footsteps (1828). In See also:conjunction with her sister she published in 1826 the Tales See also:round a See also:Winter See also:Hearth. She also wrote some plays, and frequent contributions to current periodical literature. Sir See also:Edward Seaward's See also:Diary (1831) was asserted by Miss Porter to be founded on documents placed in her hands by the author's See also:family, but is generally regarded as pure fiction. The claim of her eldest brother, Dr 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:Ogilvie Porter, to its authorship rests on a memorial inscription in See also:Bristol See also:Cathedral, written by Jane. On the 21st of See also:September 1832 Anna Maria died, and for the next ten years Jane became " a wanderer " amongst her relations and See also:friends.
Robert Ker Porter had in his own way been scarcely less successful than his sisters. After two years of study at the Royal See also:Academy he had gained reputation as a painter of See also:altar-pieces and See also:battle-scenes of imposing magnitude. He went to See also:Russia as historical painter to the See also:emperor in 1804, travelled in See also:Finland and See also:Sweden, where he received See also:knighthood from Gustavus IV. in 18o6, and accompanied Sir John See also:Moore to See also:Spain in 18o8. In 1811 he returned to Russia and married a See also:Russian princess. He was knighted by the See also:Prince See also:Regent in 1813. In 1817 he travelled to See also:Persia by way of St See also:Petersburg and the See also:Caucasus, returning through See also:Bagdad and western See also:Asia See also:Minor. He examined the ruins of See also:Persepolis, making many valuable drawings and copying See also:cuneiform See also:inscriptions. In 1826 he became British See also:consul in See also:Venezuela. His services there were recognized by a knight commandership of the Order of See also:Hanover. Accounts of his wanderings are to be found in his Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden (18o8), Letters from See also:Portugal and Spain (1809), Narrative of the See also:late See also:Campaign in Russia (1813), and Travels in See also:Georgia, Persia, See also:Armenia, See also:Ancient Babylonia &'c., during the years r817–18zo (1821–1822). After leaving Venezuela (1841) he again visited St Petersburg, and died there suddenly on the 4th of May 1842. Jane Porter, who had joined him in Russia, then returned to See also:England and took up her See also:residence with her eldest brother at Bristol, where she died on the 24th of May r85o.
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