Henry William Tytler — (mort à Édimbourg le 24 août 1808)[1] est un médecin anglais, ayant un intérêt durable pour le grec et le latin. Il a publié une édition de Callimachus en 1793; il est aussi le traducteur en anglais de Scévole de Sainte Marthe en 1797. Notes et… … Wikipédia en Français
William Playfair — (Sept 22, 1759 – Feb 11, 1823) was a Scottish engineer and political economist, who is considered the founder of graphical methods of statistics. [Paul J. FitzPatrick (1960). Leading British Statisticians of the Nineteenth Century . In: Journal… … Wikipedia
William Holt (jesuit) — William Holt (1545 1599) was an English Jesuit.Holt was born at Ashworth in Lancashire in 1545. He was educated at home, and entered Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1562 3, took the degree B.A. in 1566, was elected fellow of Oriel on 29 Feb. 1568,… … Wikipedia
William Townshend (MP) — William Townshend (9 June 1702 28 January 1738), was a British Member of Parliament.Townshend was the third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and his first wife the Hon. Elizabeth Pelham. Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend … Wikipedia
William Edwin Brooks — (July 30, 1828, near Dublin, Ireland Jan 18, 1899; Mount Forrest, Ontario) was a civil engineer in India and an ornithologist. He went to India in 1856 as a Civil engineer with the Railways and stayed on until 1881.After retirement he moved out… … Wikipedia
William Playfair — Série chronologique du déficit du commerce extérieur, publiée par Playfair dans son Commercial and Political Atlas de 1786. William Playfair (né à Dundee le 22 septembre 1759 – 11 février 1823), ingénieur et économiste écossais, est le promoteur… … Wikipédia en Français
William Honnyng — Infobox Person name = William Honnyng birth date = 1520 death date = 1569 burial place = Eye, Suffolk occupation = MP, Clerk of Privy Council spouse = Frances Cutler parents = Roger Honing and Margaret OwleWilliam Honnyng (1520 ndash; 1569)… … Wikipedia
William Cecil, 1. Baron Burghley — Der Lord High Treasurer Baron Burghley mit weißem Stab als Insignium der Macht William Cecil, 1. Baron Burghley (* 13. September 1521 in Bourne (Lincolnshire); † 4. August 1598 in London) war ein englischer Politiker und führender Staatsmann… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tytler, Alexander Fraser — (1747 1813) Historian, s. of William T. (q.v.), studied at Edin., was called to the Bar in 1770 and raised to the Bench as Lord Woodhouselee in 1802. He was Prof. of History in Edin., and wrote Elements of General History (1801), An Essay on… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Tytler, William — (1711 1792) Historical writer, was a lawyer in Edin., and wrote An Inquiry into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, in which he combated the views of Robertson. He discovered the King s Quhair of James I., and pub. in 1783 The Poetical… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature