The Central Criminal Court was set up in 1834 in the Old Bailey, which stands on the site of old Newgate Prison. Here serious criminal cases from London and the surrounding areas are heard. Research Central Criminal Court
A dictionary (from the Latin dictio, a saying, expression, word), is a book containing the words, or subjects, which it treats, arranged in alphabetical order. It may be either a vocabulary, or collection of the words in a language, with their definitions; or a special work on one or more branches of science or art prepared on the principle of alphabetical arrangement, such as dictionaries of biography, law, music, medicine, etc.
Amongst dictionaries of the English language, the earliest seem to have been those of Bullokar (1616) and Cockeram (1623). That of Dr Johnson published in 1755 made an epoch in this department of literature. Previous to this the chief English dictionary was that of Bailey, a useful work in its way. An enlarged edition of Johnson's dictionary, by the Rev. H. J. Todd, appeared in 1818; and this, again enlarged and modified, was issued under the editorship of Dr. R. G. Latham (1864-72).
The best-known American dictionary of the English language is that by Noah Webster, published in 1828, and since entirely recast. Richardson's dictionary, published in 1836-37, was valuable chiefly for its quotations. Ogilvie's Imperial English Dictionary, based on Webster, and first published in 1847-50, has been published in a remodelled and greatly enlarged form (in 4volumes 1881-82 and subsequently). It is one of the encyclopaedic dictionaries. Cassell's Encyclopaedic Dictionary was another extensive work published in 1879-88. Prior to the Oxord English Dictionary, the largest completed English dictionary was the Century Dictionary published in New York, 1889-91, in 6 volumes. The Standard Dictionary was another American work.
The Oxford English Dictionary was started under the editorship of James Murray, after agreement bty members of the Lodon Philological Societt in 1857 that existing dictionaries were incomplete and inaccurate. The first part of the 'A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles' as the Oxford Englisg Dictionary was originally called, was published by the Clarendon Press (later known as the Oxford University Press) in 1884, but it was not until 1928 that the last of ten volumes was published.
Among French dictionaries (for French people) the chief was that of Littre; among German, the dictionary begun by the brothers Grimm. Research Dictionary
Norma (the Rule or Square) is a southern constellation adjacent to Circinus, formed by Lacaille in 1752. The outburst of Nova Normae was recorded on a photograph taken by Bailey in July 1893, and was discovered by examination of the photograph by Mrs Fleming. Research Norma
On the 10th of June, 1840, Edward Oxford a youth who had been a servant in a public house, discharged two pistols at queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as they were proceeding up Constitution-hill in an open phaeton from Buckingham palace. He stood within a few yards of the carriage, but no one was injured. Oxford was tried at the Old Bailey in July of the same year and was adjudged to be insane and sent first to Bethlehemhospital, next to Broadmoor, and released in 1868 on condition that he left the country. Research Oxford's Assault
Corinne Bailey Rae is a British singer. She was born in 1979. Raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, she was bought a guitar by a friend at the church she attended who also encouraged her to write songs. In 2001 her debut album entered the charts at the number one position. Research Corinne Bailey Rae
Joseph Baretti was an Italian writer. He was born in 1716 at Turin and died in 1789. In 1748 he came to England, and in 1753 published in English a Defence of the Poetry of Italy against the Censures of M. Voltaire. In 1760 he brought out a useful Italian and English Dictionary. After an absence of six years, during part of which he edited the Frusta Letteraria (Literary Scourge) at Venice, he returned to England, and in 1768 published an Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy. Not long after, in defending himself in a street brawl, he stabbed his assailant and was tried for murder at the Old Bailey, but acquitted; Johnson, Burke, Goldsmith, Garrick, Reynolds, and Beauclerk giving testimony to his good character. An English and Spanish Dictionary, and various other works, followed before his death. Research Joseph Baretti
Mary Carleton was an English confidence trickster, bigamist, robber, playwright and actress. She was born in 1626 and died in 1663. Married, with two children, and living in Canterbury she became bored with her domestic life and went to Dover where she married a rich German surgeon. Charged with bigamy she fled to Germany and assumed the identity of a German princess. She subsequently tricked many men out of money and valuables, worked as an actress with a German travelling stage company, performing in plays she had written about her own criminal exploits. After returning to England she continued to cheat, trick and rob men of money and valuables until l she was some time later tried for bigamy at the Old Bailey and hanged at Tyburn in 1663. Research Mary Carleton
Philip James Bailey was an English poet. He was born in 1816 near Nottingham and died in 1902. He was called to the bar in 1840 after he published 'Festus', his best work, in 1839. Later he published 'The Mystic', 1855; 'The Age', 1858; and 'The Universal Hymn', 1867. Research Philip Bailey
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