Word: london
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...decided by the Corporation during the summer to participate in the restoration of St. Saviour's Church in Southwark, London, by presenting to it a memorial window of John Harvard. He was baptined in the church on Nov. 29, 1607, and it was therefore decided that the college of which he was the founder should take part in the work of restoring the ancient English building...
...Saviour's Church, which is situated in Wellington street, on the south, or Surrey, side of the English capital, is the oldest of the London churches. When it was built in the thirteenth century by Gifford, bishop of Winchester, it formed a part of the Augustinian Priory of St. Mary Overy, But in 1540 it was converted by Henry VIII into a parish church, and it has retained that character ever since. Reputed heretics were tried in the Lady Chapel in 1555, during the reign of "bloody" Queen Mary. In 1840 the old nave was taken down and an incongruous...
Josiah Dwight Whitney, Professor of Geology in the University since 1875, died at New London, N. H., August...
...meeting of the Harvard Yacht Club last evening, it was decided to omit the usual yacht regatta at New London with Yale. The catalogue of the club for '96 is now ready and members may obtain it at Thurston's. The club now contains about 130 active members and 40 boats. This shows a marked increase both in members and yachts, and it is hoped that next year it will be possible to have a cruise as well as a yale regatta...
Macmillan and Co. have made arrangements for the issue in New York and London of a "Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology" under the editorial supervision of Professor Baldwin of Princeton University. The work is to have the following general features...