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Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer)
Robert Ainsworth (September 16604 April 1743) was an English Latin lexicographer, and author of a well-known compendious ''Dictionary of the Latin Tongue''. Life He was born at Wordsall, in the parish of Eccles, Manchester, in September 1660. After he had finished his own education, he commenced as schoolmaster at Bolton; from there he went to London; and at Bethnal Green, Hackney, and other suburban villages, continued to keep a school, until he retired some years before his death. Ainsworth died on 4 April 1743, at the age of 82, and was buried at St Matthias Old Church, Poplar, where an inscription in Latin verse, written by himself, was placed over his remains and those of his wife. One of the heirs of his estate was a nephew, Peter Ainsworth (born 1713), who used his uncle's money to establish a successful bleach works at Halliwell in Bolton. He was the grandfather of Peter Ainsworth (1790–1870), a Whig politician. Works In 1736, after about twenty years' labour, Ainswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans, and the partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326 Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become the Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ward (academic)
John Ward (1679?–1758) was an English teacher, supporter of learned societies, and biographer, remembered for his work on the Gresham College professors, of which he was one. Life Son of John Ward, a Baptist minister, by his wife, Constancy Rayner, he was born in London about 1679. For some years he was a clerk in the navy office, studying in spare time with the assistance of John Ker, who kept an academy, first in Highgate and afterwards in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell. He left the navy office in 1710, and opened a school in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, which he kept for many years. In 1712 he became one of the earliest members of a society composed principally of divines and lawyers, who met periodically in order to read discourses upon the civil law or upon the law of nature and nations. On 1 September 1720 he was chosen Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. Ward was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 30 November 1723. He was often elected a member of the council, and in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Translators
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Lexicographers
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1743 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors had seen the Rockies from the west side). * January 8 – King Augustus III of Poland, acting in his capacity as Elector of Saxony, signs an agreement with Austria, pledging help in war in return for part of Silesia to be conveyed to Saxony. * January 12 ** The Verendryes, and two members of the Mandan Indian tribe, reach the foot of the mountains, near the site of what is now Helena, Montana. ** An earthquake strikes the Philippines * January 16 –Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury turns his effects over to King Louis XV of France, 13 days before his death on January 29. * January 23 –With mediation by France, Sweden and Russia begin peace negotiations at Åbo to end the Russo-Swedish War (1741–43), Russo-Swedish War. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660 Births
Year 166 ( CLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pudens and Pollio (or, less frequently, year 919 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 166 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Dacia is invaded by barbarians. * Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ... and the Germanic tribes, Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni. * Emperor Marcus Aurelius appoints his sons Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, Marcus Annius Verus as co-rulers (Caesar (title) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kemp (antiquary)
John Kemp or Kempe (1665–1717) was an English antiquarian, known as a collector. Kemp had private wealth, and lived in the parish of St. Martin-in-the Fields, London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 March 1712, and died unmarried on 19 September 1717. Collection and legacy Kemp had a museum of antiquities. It had largely been formed by Jean Gailhard, a Frenchman, who was governor to George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret. Gailhard sold it to Carteret for an annuity, and Kemp subsequently bought it. The collection drew on that of Jacob Spon, and William Nicolson left an account of it after a visit in 1712. It contained the flint axe found by John Conyers in 1679. By his will Kemp directed that the museum (with books) should be offered to Lord Oxford or his son for £2,000; The proposal was declined. Robert Ainsworth drew up an elaborate account of Kemp's antiquities entitled , 2 pts. London, 1719–20: John Ward supplied him with descriptions of the statues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson
Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson (24 January 1803 – 24 July 1874) was an English classical scholar. Beatson was born in London, the son of Anby Beatson, a Cheapside merchant. He was educated first at Merchant Taylors' School, and afterwards at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1825 and M.A. in 1828. He was elected a fellow of his college soon after taking his first degree, and was senior fellow at the time of his death (24 July 1874). He compiled the ''Index Græcitatis Æschyleæ'', which was published at Cambridge in 1830 in the first volume of the '' Index in Tragicos Græcos''. An edition of Robert Ainsworth's ''Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ'', revised by Beatson, was issued in 1829, and republished in 1830 and in 1860. His other works were: # ''Progressive Exercises on the Composition of Greek Iambic Verse . . . For the use of King's School, Canterbury The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carey (classical Scholar)
John Carey LL.D. (1756–1826) was an Irish classical scholar. Life He was a brother of Mathew Carey and William Paulet Carey. At the age of 12 he was sent to finish his education in a French university. He spent some time in the United States about 1789, and then spent passed many years in London as a teacher of the classics, French, and shorthand. He died at Prospect Place, Lambeth, after a period of illness, on 8 December 1826, from a bladder stone. Works Carey was editor of the early numbers of the ''School Magazine'', published by Richard Phillips, and a contributor to the ''Monthly Magazine'' and ''Gentleman's Magazine''. He brought out: * a new edition of John Dryden's ''Virgil'' in 1803, and again in 1819; * two editions of Robert Ainsworth's ''Latin Dictionary'', and five of its abridgment; * the ''Gradus ad Parnassum'' in 1824; * the Latin ''Common Prayer'' in Samuel Bagster's polyglot edition; * ''Ruperti Commentarius in Livium''; and * a revision of Johann Friedric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Thomas (writer)
Nathaniel Thomas (1730 – after 1768) was a Welsh writer and editor. Life Thomas, from Glamorgan in south Wales, studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating there in 1747; the university records do not note the award of a degree but later biographers said that he had a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ... degree. He was the editor and proprietor of the '' St James's Chronicle'' in London, and edited an abridged version of Robert Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary (1758). In 1761, he published a corrected edition of the dictionary and in 1768 published an edition of works by Eutropius, together with a translation and notes. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Nathaniel 1730 births Year of death missing Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford 18th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Morell
Thomas Morell (; 18 March 1703 – 19 February 1784) was an English librettist, classical scholar, and printer.Smith, R. (2002). Thomas Morell and His Letter about Handel. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 127(2), 191-225. Retrieved March 1, 2020 
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Isaac Kimber
Isaac Kimber (1692–1755) was an English General Baptist minister, biographer, and journalist. Life Kimber was born at Wantage, Berkshire, on 1 December 1692. He studied languages under John Ward, and took a course of philosophy and divinity under John Eames. In 1719 he voted with the nonsubscribers at Salters' Hall. Kimber's first settlement as minister was early in 1722, as assistant to Joseph Burroughs, at Paul's Alley, Barbican; he was an unimpressive preacher, and, very near-sighted, he eventually lost the sight of one eye. He left Paul's Alley on 28 June 1724, and became assistant to Samuel Acton at Nantwich, Cheshire. He left Nantwich in 1727, and became assistant to the General Baptist congregation in Old Artillery Lane, London, and also at a neighbouring congregation. On the amalgamation of the two groups, he left the active ministry. Kimber then started a periodical called ''The Morning Chronicle'', which lasted from January 1728 to May 1732. In 1734 Ward made over h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
