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See also:SIMMS, 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:GILMORE (1806–1870) , See also:American poet, novelist and historian, was See also:born at See also:Charleston, S.C., on the 17th of See also:April i8o6 of Scoto-Irish descent. His See also:mother died during his See also:infancy, and his See also:father having failed in business and joined See also:Coffee's See also:Indian fighters, See also:young Simms was brought up by his grandmother. He was clerk in a See also:drug See also:store for some years, and afterwards studied See also:law, the See also:bar of Charleston admitting him to practice in 1827, but he soon abandoned his profession for literature. At the See also:age of eight he wrote verses, and in his 19th See also:year he produced a Monody on Gen. See also:Charles Cotesworth See also:Pinckney (Charleston, 1825). Two years later, in 1827, Lyrical and Other Poems and See also:Early See also:Lays appeared; and in 1828 he began journalism, editing and partly owning the See also:City See also:Gazette. The enterprise failed, and the editor devoted his See also:attention entirely to letters, and in rapid See also:succession published The See also:Vision of Cartes, See also:Cain, and other Poems (1829), The Tricolor, or Three Days of See also:Blood in See also:Paris (183o), and his strongest poem, Atalantis, a See also:story of the See also:sea (1832). Atalantis established his fame as an author, and See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin See also:Faber, the Story of a Criminal, was warmly received. During the American, See also:Civil See also:War Simms espoused the See also:side of the Secessionists in a weekly newspaper, and suffered damage at the hands of the Federal troops when they entered Charleston. He served in the See also:state See also:House of Representatives in 1844–1846, and the university of See also:Alabama conferred on him the degree of LL.D. He died at Charleston on the 1th of See also:June 1870.
In addition to the See also:works mentioned above, Simms published the following See also:poetry:—See also:Southern Passages and Pictures, lyrical, sentimental and descriptive poems (New See also:York, 1839) ; Donna See also:Florida, a See also:tale (Charleston, 1843); Grouped Thoughts and Scattered Fancies, sonnets (See also:Richmond, 1845) ; Areytos, or Songs of the See also:South (1846) ; Lays of the See also:Palmetto: a See also:Tribute to the South Carolina See also:Regiment in the War with See also:Mexico (Charleston, 1848) ; The See also:Eye and the Wing, poems, (New York, 1848) ; The City of the Silent (185o). To dramatic literature he contributed See also:Norman See also:Maurice, or the See also:Man of the See also:People Richmond, 1851); and See also:Michael See also:Bonham, or the Fall of the Alamo Richmond, 1852). His romances of the American Revolution—Then See also:Partisan (1835); Mellichampe (1836); Katherine See also:Walton, or the See also:Rebel of See also:Dorchester (1851); and others—describe social See also:life at Charleston, and the See also:action covers the whole See also:period, with portraits of the See also:political and military leaders of the 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. Of border tales the See also:list includes See also:Guy See also:Rivers, a Tale of See also:Georgia (1834) ; See also:Richard Hurdis (1838) ; Border Beagles (184o) ; Beauchampe (1842) ; See also:Helen Halsey (1845); The See also:Golden See also:Christmas (1852); and See also:Charlemont (1856). The See also:historical romances are The Yemassee (1835), dealing largely with Indian See also:character and nature; Pelayo (1838); See also:Count See also:Julien (1845); The Damsel of See also:Darien (1845); The See also:Lily and the Totem; Vasconselos (1857), which he wrote under the assumed name of " See also:Frank See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper "; and The Cassique of Kiawah (186o). Other novels are Carl See also:Werner (1838); See also:Confession of the See also:Blind See also:Heart (1842); The See also:Wigwam and the See also:Cabin, a collection of See also:short tales (1845–1846); See also:Castle See also:Dismal (1845); and See also:Marie de Berniere (1853). Simms's other writings comprise a See also:History of S. Carolina (Charleston, 1840) ; South Carolina in the Revolution (Charleston, 1853); A See also:Geography of South Carolina (1843); lives of See also:Francis See also:Marion (New York, 1844); Capt. See also:John See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (1846); The See also:Chevalier See also:Bayard (1848) and See also:Nathanael See also:Green (1849) ; The See also:Ghost of my See also:Husband (1866) ; and War Poetry of the South—an edited See also:volume–(1867). Simms was also a frequent contributor to the magazines and See also:literary papers, six of which he founded and conducted. In the discussion on See also:slavery he upheld the views of the See also:pro-slavery party. He edited the seven dramas doubt-fully ascribed to See also:Shakespeare, with notes and an introduction to
each See also:play. Simms' works in 10 vols. were published at New York in L882; his Poems (2 vols., New York) in 1853.
See his See also:biography (See also:Boston, 1892), by See also:Professor William P. See also:Trent. A See also:bibliographical List of the See also:Separate Writings of W. G. Simms of South Carolina (New York, 1906) was compiled by O. Wegelin.
End of Article: SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE (1806–1870)
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