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See also:TYTLER, 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 (1711-1792) , of Woodhouselee, Scottish historian and antiquarian, son of See also:Alexander Tytler of See also:Edinburgh, was See also:born in that See also:city on the 12th of See also:October 1711. He was educated at the High School and the University, and was in 1744 admitted into the society of Writers to the Signet. In 1759 he published an Inquiry, See also:Historical and See also:Critical, defending the See also:character of See also:Mary, See also:Queen of Scots, and in 1783 the Poetical Remains 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 the First, 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 of See also:Scotland. He died at Woodhouselee on the 12th of See also:September 1792. His See also:life, written by 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:Mackenzie, was published in 1796.
His son ALEXANDER See also:FRASER TYTLER, See also:Lord Woodhouselee (1747-1813), Scottish See also:judge, was born at Edinburgh on the 15th of October 1747. He was called to the Edinburgh See also:bar in 1770. His first See also:work, a supplement to Lord See also:Kames's See also:Dictionary of Decisions, entitled The Decisions of the See also:Court of Session, was published in 1778, and a continuation appeared in 1796. In 178o he was appointed conjoint See also:professor of universal See also:history in the university of Edinburgh, becoming See also:sole professor in 1786. In 1783 he published Outlines of his course of lectures, extended and republished in 1801 under the See also:title of Elements of See also:General History. In 1790 he was appointed judge-See also:advocate of Scotland, and while holding this 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 he wrote a See also:Treatise on the See also:Law of Courts-See also:Martial. In 18o1 he was raised to the See also:bench, taking his seat (1802) in the court of session as Lord Woodhouselee. He died at Edinburgh on the 5th of See also:January 1813.
Besides the See also:works already mentioned, he wrote Life and Writings of Dr See also:John See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory (1788); See also:Essay on the Principles of See also:Translation (1790); a dissertation on Final Causes, prefixed to his edition of See also:Derham's Physico-See also:Theology (1799); a See also:political pamphlet entitled See also:Ireland profiting by Example (1799) ; an Essay on Laura and See also:Petrarch (18o1); and See also:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Henry See also:Home of Kames (1807).
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