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  Charles Merivale - LoveToKnow 1911
CHARLES MERIVALE (1808-1893), English historian and dean of Ely, the second son of John Herman Merivale and Louisa Heath Drury, daughter of Dr Drury, head master of Harrow, was born on the 8th of March 1808.
Charles Merivale was at Harrow School (1818 to 1824) under Dr Butler.
Merivale as a historian cannot be compared with Gibbon for virility, but he takes an eminently common-sense and appreciative view.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Charles_Merivale   (414 words)

  
  Charles Merivale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Merivale (March 8, 1808 - December 27, 1893) was an English historian and churchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral.
Charles was the second son of John Herman Merivale and Louisa Heath Drury, daughter of Dr Drury, head master of Harrow.
Charles Merivale was at Harrow School (1818 to 1824) under Dr Butler.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Merivale   (496 words)

  
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Charles Merivale was at Harrow School (1818 to 1824) under Dr See also:
Merivale as a historiaft cannot be compared with See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MEC_MIC/MERIVALE_CHARLES_1808_1893_.html   (666 words)

  
 Theatre in Melbourne 1891   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
C.K. Mayer, operatic singer, known professionally as Miss Clara Merivale, was held before Judge Worthington, in the Melbourne Insolvency Court on Monday and Tuesday, August 24 and 25.
Charles McMahon, examined, said his firm paid £100 per week rent for the theatre and £20 per week for electric lighting.
Charles Cartwright himself, who has thus gained the effects he desires while the action of the play is materially helped out by the admirable scenery.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~melbear/1891.htm   (6209 words)

  
 Herman Merivale - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Herman Merivale (November 8, 1806 - February 8, 1874) was an English civil servant and author.
He was elder brother of Charles Merivale, and father of the poet Herman Charles Merivale
In 1859 he was transferred to the permanent under-secretaryship for India, receiving the distinction of C.B. In 1870 Merivale was made D.C.L. of Oxford.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Herman_Merivale   (327 words)

  
 Charles Merivale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Charles Merivale (March 8, 1808 - December 27, 1893)was an English historian andchurchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral.
Charles Merivale wasat Harrow School (1818 to 1824) under Dr Butler.
The chief defect of his work,inevitable at the time it was composed, is that he relies on literary gossip rather than on factual evidence.
www.therfcc.org /charles-merivale-337635.html   (463 words)

  
 Charles Pritchard -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Charles Pritchard (February 29, 1808 – May 28, 1893) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer.
He was born at Alberbury, (additional info and facts about Shropshire) Shropshire.
210; Charles Pritchard, D.D., Memoirs of his Life, by Ada Pritchard (London, 1897).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ch/Charles_Pritchard.htm   (537 words)

  
 The Nation, 07/12/1866 - Merivale's Conversion of the Northern Nations
...Merivale sketches first of all the condition in which the invasion of tlie barbarians found the Christianity of the Roman world...
...Merivale, and better fitted, in spite of the baldness of his style, to call up before onr mind's eye a vivid picture of the process by which the Church conquered the world, * " The Conversion of the Northern Nations: The Boyle Lectures for the year 186B, delivered at the Chapel Koyal, Whitehall...
...Merivale avows that he did it with the view of making evidence in support of a preconceived theory, the reader will understand that it cannot be considered severely critical...
www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v003i0054_06.htm   (695 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Richmond and Twickenham Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
THIS year's historic battle for supremacy along the Thames between Oxford and Cambridge holds a special significance for lovers of the race, since it marks the 175th anniversary of the first race in 1829 and the 150th race in total.
In 1829, Oxford student Charles Wordsworth (nephew of the poet William Wordsworth) challenged Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, to a race and the Boat Race was born.
The first race is to be commemorated this year with a re-enactment in which oarsmen will be in full period attire and row in replica boats.
www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=474103   (641 words)

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