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William George Meredith

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in 1821, aged 17, graduating B.A. in 1824, and M.A.in 1829. While at Oxford, he had come to an unofficial understanding of engagement with Disraeli's sister Sarah; it became official in mid-1830, as he and Disraeli set off on a tour of the
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He was the son of George Meredith (1762–1831) of London; his father was an architect. Meredith's father and uncle, who was also named William George Meredith (
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Pagan Taylor: The emergence of a public character 1785–1804. An enquiry into the life and selected works of Thomas Taylor the Platonist (1758–1835)
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translator and the first to translate many important Ancient Greek works into English. The Meredith family were neighbours in
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Memorials of Charles John, King of Sweden and Norway. With a discourse on the political character of Sweden
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for support for election to the Royal Society. Later in the year, he was successful in standing there.
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Meredith's last journey, with Disraeli, began in May 1830. They spent time in Spain. At
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Disraeli, Benjamin; Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George (1982).
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An account of a tour in 1824 with Isaac D'Israeli and Benjamin on the
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Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
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As a return to England was planned at the end of June, in
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840
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Memorials of Charles John, King of Sweden and Norway
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(8 December 2015). 220:"Meredith, William George"  622:19th-century English historians 369:. Methuen. pp. 21 and 60. 1: 627:19th-century English diarists 500:Hibbert, Christopher (2004). 32: 632:Fellows of the Royal Society 504:. HarperCollins. p. 16. 502:Disraeli: A Personal History 251:. John Murray. p. 547. 192:Sir Philip Rose, 1st Baronet 139:In 1829, Meredith published 38:–1831), were the patrons of 435:. Methuen. pp. 60–67. 21:Fellow of the Royal Society 678: 116:. They joined up again in 489:. London: Henry Coulburn. 127:, Meredith fell ill with 63:Brasenose College, Oxford 61:Meredith matriculated at 462:. 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Index

Fellow of the Royal Society
Thomas Taylor
neoplatonist
Bloomsbury
Isaac D'Israeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Brasenose College, Oxford
Eastern Mediterranean
Scandinavia
Royal Institution
Sir Anthony Carlisle
Malta
James Clay
Corfu
Yanina
Ionian Sea
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Alexandria
Cairo
smallpox
Rumpelstiltskin
melodrama
River Rhine
commonplace books
George Cumberland
William Blake
Thomas Taylor
ex libris
Sir Philip Rose, 1st Baronet

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