URQUHART, SIR THOMAS

both: ûrˈkərt, 1611–60, Scottish translator and author. A royalist, he was knighted (1641) by Charles I and fought in the civil wars. He wrote treatises on mathematics and linguistics, but he is noted especially for his superb translation of three books (first two, 1653; third, 1693) of the Gargantua of Rabelais.

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books on: Urquhart Sir Thomas  - 226 results

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Sir Thomas Elyot and Renaissance Humanism
Book by John M. Major; University of Nebraska Press, 1964
Subjects: Elyot, Thomas--Sir--1490?-1546, Fiction, Plato--Influence--Elyot
...Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel 1532-1552 , Bk. I, chap. 57, in The Works of Francis Rabelais , trans. Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux London: H. G. Bohn, 1851 , I, 279. For a discussion of honor with this meaning, see Kelso...
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The Life and Activities of Sir John Hawkins: Musician, Magistrate, and Friend of Johnson
Book by Percy A. Scholes; Oxford University Press, 1953
Subjects: Hawkins, John--Sir--1719-1789
...et seq., 71 . Twining, Rev. Thomas 1735-1804. Rector of cvSt...139 , 182 , 238 et seq. Tyers, Thomas 1726-87. Barrister and author...second Earl of 1745-1819 : 86 . Urquhart, Sir Thomas 1611-60. Traveller, linguist...
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International Military Forces: The Question of Peacekeeping in an Armed and Disarming World
Book by Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Edward H. Bowman, Hans J. Morgenthau, Henry V. Dicks, Herbert Nicholas, James E. Fanning, Thomas C. Schelling, Stanley Hoffmann, Brian E. Urquhart; Little, Brown, 1964
Subjects: International Police, Peace
...organs of the United Nations and serviced by members of the Secretariat. When in doubt delegations tended to invoke the name of Sir Eric Drummond and the League of Nations Secretariat as the ideal of discreet Secretariat behavior. In these early years, while...
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Sir Harold Nicolson and International Relations: The Practitioner as Theorist
Book by Derek Drinkwater; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: International Relations, Nicolson, Harold George--Sir--1886-1968
...57 , 81 , 97 , 192 Webster, Sir Charles Kingsley (1886-1961...135 , 191 , 211 Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow (1856-1924) 62...Young Plan (1929) 126 Zimmern, Sir Alfred Eckhard (1879-1957...Drinkwater, Professional Amateur: Sir Harold Nicolsons Writings on...
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Verney Papers: Notes of Proceedings in the Long Parliament, Temp. Charles I. Printed from the Original Pencil Memoranda Taken in the House of Sir Ralph Verney, Knight, Member for the Borough of Aylesbury, and Now in the Possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart
Book by Ralph Knight Verney, John Bruce; Printed for the Camden Society, by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1845
...Underwood, Esq. Adam Urquhart, Esq. Sheriff of Wigtonshire...Veder, Rotterdam. c. Sir Harry Verney, Bart...Arthur Walford, Esq. Thomas Walford, Esq. D. M...B. Waller, Esq. Thomas George Waller, Esq...Dir. S.A. Rev. Thomas William Weare, M.A...
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journal articles on: Urquhart Sir Thomas  - 19 results

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Social-Conservatism, Australian Politics and Cricket: The Triumvirate of Prime Minister John Howard, Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Donald Bradman
Journal article by Brett Hutchins; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Subjects: Australia--Politics and government, Bradman, Donald--Appreciation, Cricket--Appreciation, Howard, John--Conduct of life, Menzies, Robert--Appreciation, Politicians--Appreciation, Prime ministers--Conduct of life
...Cricket: The Triumvirate of Prime Minister John Howard, Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Donald Bradman. by Brett Hutchins He Bradman is the...Howard In 1995, John Howard nominated two Australians; Sir Donald Bradman, and former Australian prime minister...
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Green and Dying in Chains: Dylan Thomas's "Fern Hill" and Kenneth Grahame's 'The Golden Age.'
Journal article by Roger Craik; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Farm life--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Grahame, Kenneth--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature, Modern--20th century, Men authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Thomas, Dylan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Kill. London: Putnam, 1957. Thomas, Dylan. Collected Poems. New...York. A Readers Guide to Dylan Thomas. New York: Farrar, 1962. ROGER...Selected Poetry and Prose and wrote Sir Thomas Urquhart: Polyglot, Adventurer, and Translator...
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The John W. Holmes Lecture: Reinvigorating the International Civil Service
Journal article by Thomas G. Weiss; Global Governance, Vol. 16, 2010
Subjects: Civil service--Analysis, International relations--Analysis, Sustainable development--International aspects, United Nations--Services
...International Civil Service. by Thomas G. Weiss "PEOPLE MATTER...Though writers like Brian Urquhart properly have long called...operating procedures just as Sir Robert Jackson had done...Ralph Bunche and Brian Urquhart joined the secretariat...civil service. Notes Thomas G. Weiss is presidential...
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Arms and the Circassian Woman: Frances Browne's "The Star of Atteghei"
Journal article by Thomas Mclean; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: Browne, Frances, English literature, English literature--Analysis
...though more inspiring were the works of Sir Walter Scott, Popes Iliad, and Byrons...of Scottish legend by William Aytoun or Sir Walter Scott. A speaker calls on the minstrel...paintings of the subject--was described by Sir Walter Scott as "a beautiful and highly...
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King or Covenant? Voices from Civil War
Journal article by Armstrong Starkey; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, King or Covenant? Voices from Civil War (Book)--Reviews
...Covenantor politician, Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston...professional soldier, Sir James Turner; and the...reviewers opinion, is Sir Thomas Urquhart, the subject of a chapter...His chapters on Major Thomas Weir and John Spalding...
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magazine articles on: Urquhart Sir Thomas  - 6 results

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Leaving Normal
Magazine article by Kristina Urquhart; University Affairs, Vol. 48, April 2007
Subjects: Canada, Collections, Hamilton, Thomas Glendenning, Internet, Photographs, Physicians, Unexplained phenomena, Web sites
Leaving Normal by Kristina Urquhart Black and white photos chronicling...through the Internet. The Thomas Glendenning Hamilton Photograph...the travels to Winnipeg of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1...hamilton.shtml. - Kristina Urquhart
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On the Ground: As That Godfather of Urban Planning Sir Patrick Geddes Once Observed, "A City Is More Than a Place in Space; It Is a Drama in Time." to Take Stock of the Continuing Narratives of Art in Urban Locales around the World, Artforum Asked Eight Artists, Curators, and Writers to Tell the Stories They Saw Unfold over the Course of the Past Twelve Months
Magazine article by Debra Singer, Michael Ned Holte, Catherine Wood, T.J. Demos, Ryan Gander, Jennifer Allen, Tomasz Fudala, Mathieu Borysevicz; Artforum International, Vol. 46, December 2007
Subjects: Art--Social aspects, Art--United States, Artists as authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Authors as artists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cities and towns in art--Social aspects, Cities and towns in art--United States, Cities and towns--Social aspects, City planning--Social aspects, Curators--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Urban planning--Social aspects, Writers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...Godfather of Urban Planning Sir Patrick Geddes Once Observed...couples in domestic settings at Thomas Solomon; Kim Fisher, Allison...corporate-minded expansionist Thomas Krens at the Guggenheim. One...Olesen, Kirsten Pieroth, Donald Urquhart, Josef Strau, and other artists...
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The Unauthorized Anthony Powell
Magazine article by Brooke Allen; New Criterion, Vol. 23, September 2004
Subjects: Anthony Powell: A Life (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...a snob, here is one of his characters, Sir Gavin Walpole-Wilson: a true snob. No...honors and prizes that a Widmerpool, or a Sir Magnus Donners, scoops up; it is the price...freaks, like Widmerpool, Sillery, and Sir Magnus Donners, who are really dangerous...
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Treasons of the Heart
Magazine article by David Pryce-Jones; New Criterion, Vol. 25, September 2006
Subjects: Ideology--Analysis, Ideology--Political aspects, Political ideologies--Analysis
...partitioned Poland, the poet Thomas Campbell lamented...in Europe at least. Sir Bernard Pares and Basil...Albania. C. E Scott and Sir Mark Sykes were Zionists...territories and peoples. David Urquhart, unusually a former...obeyed laws. Like David Urquhart, he had favored the...
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Richard Cobden and the Crimean War: Anthony Howe Looks at the Anti-War Stance of the Great Victorian Reformer; His Fall from Grace and Subsequent Revival
Magazine article by Anthony Howe; History Today, Vol. 54, June 2004
Subjects: Activists--Influence, Activists--Political activity, Bright, John--Influence, Bright, John--Political activity, British foreign relations--History, British history, 1815-1914, Cobden, Richard--Influence, Cobden, Richard--Political activity, Crimean War, 1853-1856--Political aspects, Political activists--Influence, Political activists--Political activity, Reformers--Influence, Reformers--Political activity, Social reformers--Influence, Social reformers--Political activity
...carried out by the Conservative leader Sir Robert Peel in 1846, foreshadowed...eccentric figure of diplomat and MP David Urquhart (1805-77), although in fact he...Cobden Club, especially by the MP Thomas Bayley Potter, hero-worshipper...
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newspaper articles on: Urquhart Sir Thomas  - 21 results

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Sir Sean's Cousin Dies after Asking Teenager to Turn Down Car Stereo; Convicted: Scott McMillan Admitted Causing a Breach of the Peace by Playing Loud Music
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 13, 2008
Subjects: Connery, Sean
Sir Seans Cousin Dies after Asking...Loud Music. Byline: Kirsty Urquhart A COUSIN of Sir Sean Connery died of a heart...be sentenced next month. Sir Sean is understood to have...brought up in the capital as Thomas Connery. He worked as a...
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SAIL OF THE CENTURY; Yachtsman Ben Ainslie Is Britain's Modern-Day Sir Steve Redgrave. in His Final Olympics, Prepare for the ... EXCLUSIVE
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 27, 2011
...Yachtsman Ben Ainslie Is Britains Modern-Day Sir Steve Redgrave. in His Final Olympics...a feat that would leave him behind only Sir Steve Redgrave in British Olympic history...and you cannot ignore Olympic champions Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Bradley...
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National Constituencies General Election
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 7, 2010
...5.10%) ABERDEENSHIRE WEST KINCARDINE Sir Robert Smith (LD) 17,362 Alex Johnstone...ANTRIM SOUTH William McCrea (DUP) 11,536 Sir Reg Empey (UCUNF) 10,353 Mitchel McLaughlin...133 BERWICK-UPON-TWEED LD GAIN FROM C Sir Alan Beith (LD) 16,806 Anne-Marie...
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National Constituencies General Election; No Change Unless Stated
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 7, 2010
...ABERDEENSHIRE WEST KINCARDINE Sir Robert Smith (LD...Lab) 7,081 Jean Urquhart (SNP) 5,516...LAB GAIN FROM LD Thomas Docherty (Lab...333 MOLE VALLEY Sir Paul Beresford...TONBRIDGE MALLING Sir John Stanley (C...26%) UPPER BANN Thomas Simpson (DUP) 14...
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Is It Time to Let Go of the Monster?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 13, 2008
Subjects: Fishes
...The brooding ruins of Urquhart Castle, perched on a...initiative in Britain - Thomas Telfords 60-mile long...were the conservationist Sir Peter Scott and Conservative...failure ten years later. Sir Peter, the only child...expedition, Project Urquhart, involving the Natural...
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encyclopedia articles on: Urquhart Sir Thomas  - 4 results

 
 
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Urquhart, Sir Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URQUHART, SIR THOMAS both: ur k rt, 1611 60, Scottish translator and author. A royalist, he was knighted (1641) by Charles I and fought in the...
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Urchard, Sir Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
URCHARD, SIR THOMAS see Urquhart, Sir Thomas . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rabelais, FranÇois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which he resigned before his death in Paris in 1553. Bibliography The classic translation of Rabelais is that of Sir Thomas Urquhart (Books I II, 1653, Book III, 1693); Books IV and V were translated by P. Motteux. W. F. Smith made a translation...
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Crichton, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...him by Aldus Manutius (grandson of the famous printer of the same name) and by his 17th-century biographer, Sir Thomas Urquhart. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...


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