Knox, Vicesimus

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

(1752-1821)

Essayist, etc., ed. at Oxf., took orders, and became Head Master of Tunbridge School. He pub. Essays Moral and Literary (1778), and compiled the formerly well-known Elegant Extracts, often reprinted.

Related Words

vicesimus
vīcēsĭmus or vīcensĭmus (collat. form vīgēsĭmus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 21; Caes. B. C. 3, 34; Sall. C....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
vicesimus
vīcēsimus, vīcēnsimus, or vīgēsimus adj. num. viginti, the twentieth : annus, Cs.:...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Knox, John
(1505?-1572) Reformer and historian, was b. near Haddington, and ed. at the Grammar School there an...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Knox, William
(1789-1825) Poet, s. of a farmer in Roxburghshire, wrote several books of poetry, The Lonely Hearth...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Laughton, Sir John Knox
(b. 1830) Writer on naval subjects, etc. Physical Geography in relation to the Prevailing Winds and...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin