William Of Malmesbiry

William Of Malmesbiry, an English historian, born in Somersetshire about 1095. died at Malmesbury about 1143. He was destined for the church, and early entered the monastery of Malmesbury, of which be became librarian. Several of his'numerous works were published by Sir Henry Savile in 1590, in his Striptora post Bedam. His "History of the Kings of England" and "Modern History" (De Gestis Begum and Eistoria Novella), the former translated by the Lev. John Sharpe (London, 1815), were reprinted in 1847 in Bonn's "Antiquarian Library".

William Of Malmesbtry

See Malmesbury, William of.

William Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone, an American painter, born in Derby, Conn., Sept. 26, 1830, died in Newport, R. I., Sept. 15, 1875. He studied under Nathaniel Jocelyn in New Haven, lost all his early pictures by the burning of his studio, and removed to New York in 1851. His first picture exhibited in the national academy was "The Mantilla " (1854), and he afterward painted many portraits of prominent persons, being especially successful in those of women and children. He became a member of the national academy in 1859.

William Owen

William Owen, an English painter, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, in 1769, died in London, Feb. 11, 1825. He was instructed in painting by Catton and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and in 1792 exhibited at Somerset house a portrait and a landscape. He painted the portraits of some of the most celebrated men of his day, including William Pitt and Lord Grenville. In 1806 he became a royal academician. He de-clined the honor of knighthood as an expensive distinction. Among his works were some fancy pieces, including " The Daughter of the Beggar of Bethnal Green," "The Sleeping Girl," " The Children in the Wood," etc.

William Plumer

William Plumer, an American politician, born in Newbury, Mass., June 25, 1759, died in Epping, N, H., Dec. 22, 1850. He was admitted to the bar in Epping in 1787, was successful as a lawyer, and for many years took an active part in politics. He was eight times elected a representative in the state legislature, of which he was speaker for two years, and was a member and for two years president of the state senate. In 1792 he was one of the delegates to the convention for revising the state constitution. In 1802 he was elected United States senator, and in 1812,1816,1817, and 1818 was chosen governor of New Hampshire. In 1820 he was a presidential elector. He contributed to the periodical press, and left many manuscripts. His life has been written by his son, William Plumer, jr., and edited by the Rev. A. P. Peabody (8vo, Boston, 1856).

William Prout

William Prout, a Scottish physician, born in 1786, died in London, April 9, 1850. He received his professional education at the university of Edinburgh, but passed the greater part of his life in London. His researches on the application of chemistry to the explanation of the phenomena of life are contained in an important work "On the Nature and Treatment of Stomach and Renal Diseases" (5th ed., 1848). He also published "An Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of Gravel" (1821); "Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, considered with reference to Natural Theology," a Bridge water treatise (1834; 4th ed., 1855); and a number of papers in scientific magazines and transactions.