Eighteenth century Gothic horror drew on these sources in such works as Vathek ( 1786 ) by William Beckford, The Mysteries of Udolpho ( 1794 ) and The Italian ( 1796 ) by Ann Radcliffe and The Monk ( 1797 ) by Matthew Lewis.

He also drew up plans to attack French islands in the Caribbean the following year at the suggestion of a Jamaican sugar planter William Beckford.

* William Thomas Beckford — Vathek ( 1786 )

In 1766, Sir Peter Beckford ( 1740 – 1811 ), a wealthy Englishman and cousin of the novelist William Thomas Beckford, twice Lord Mayor of London, visited Rome.

Patrons who have influenced taste are also represented by works of art from their collections, these include: Horace Walpole ( a major influence on the Gothic Revival ), William Thomas Beckford and Thomas Hope.

Other ancestors include William Thomas Beckford, the scandalous 18th century English collector, tastemaker, writer, and eccentric.

Vathek ( 1786 ), by William Beckford, and The Monk ( 1796 ), by Matthew Lewis, were further notable early works in both the Gothic and horror genres.

" In a letter to Frank Belknap Long, Lovecraft ties this plot germ to Vathek, a novel by William Beckford about a supernatural caliph.

William Beckford

He was, and is, often referred to as " Alderman Beckford " to distinguish him from his son William Thomas Beckford, the author, art collector and builder of follies.

His only child by this marriage was William Thomas Beckford, born at Fonthill Splendens in 1760.

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William Thomas Beckford ( 1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844 ), usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England.

His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of Hon.

At the age of ten, he inherited a fortune from his father William Beckford, usually referred to as " Alderman Beckford ", who had been twice a Lord Mayor of the City of Londonconsisting of £ 1 million in cash (£ as of ),, land at Fonthill ( including the Palladian mansion Fonthill Splendens ) in Wiltshire, and several slave ( sugar ) plantations in Jamaica.

However, Beckford was bisexual and chose self-exile from British society when his letters to William Courtenay, later 9th Earl of Devon, were intercepted by the boy's uncle, who advertised the affair in the newspapers .. Courtenay was just ten years old on first meeting Beckford.

Having studied under Sir William Chambers and Alexander Cozens, Beckford journeyed in Italy in 1782 and promptly wrote a book on his travels: Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents ( 1783 ).

Although not officially announced, the original backup crew consisted of Fred Haise ( CDR ), William R. Pogue ( CMP ) and Gerald Carr ( LMP ) who were targeted for the prime crew assignment on Apollo 19.

William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton ( born William Jefferson Blythe III ; August 19, 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War ( 19 July 1870 ), Monet took refuge in England in September 1870, where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would serve to inspire Monet's innovations in the study of color.

* William Alvey Darwin ( 1767, survived 19 days )

Macdonald served 19 years as Canadian Prime Minister ; only William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer.

William Jan Berry ( born in Los Angeles, California April 3, 1941 ; died March 26, 2004 ), was the son of aeronautical engineer William L. Berry ( born December 7, 1909 in The Bronx, NY ; died December 19, 2004 in Camarillo, California ), who had been project manager of the " Spruce Goose " and flew on its only flight with Howard Hughes, and Clara Lorentze Mustad Berry ( born September 2, 1919 in Bergen, Norway ; died July 9, 2009 ).

In order to enter at a talent competition at University High School, Berry and Torrence helped form a doo-wop group known as " The Barons " ( named after their high school's Hi-Y club, where they were members ), which comprised fellow University High students William " Chuck " Steele ( lead singer ), Arnold P. " Arnie " Ginsburg ( born November 19, 1939 ) ( 1st tenor ), Wallace S. " Wally " Yagi ( born 20 July 1940 ) ( 2nd tenor ), John ' Sagi " Seligman ( 2nd tenor ), with Berry singing bass, and Torrence providing falsetto.

She met and married William Davey, her first husband, at age 19 because she felt as if it was her duty as a daughter.

Wycliffe was summoned before William Courtenay, Bishop of London, on 19 February 1377, " to explain the wonderful things which had streamed forth from his mouth ".

* 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $ 7. 2 million, about 2 cent / acre ($ 4. 19 / km² ), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Pianist William Kapell is among the 19 killed.

The Blessed Pope Urban V ( 1310 – 19 December 1370 ), born William de Grimoard, reigned as Pope from 1362 to 1370.

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Rookie fullback William Floyd was the team's second leading rusher with 305 yards and 6 touchdowns, while also having 19 receptions for 145 yards.

William C. DeVries ( born December 19, 1943 ) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon, who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implantation ( on Barney Clark ), using the Jarvik-7 model.

William Ewart Gladstone, FRS, FSS ( 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898 ) was a British Liberal statesman.

* July 19 – William Scranton, American politician

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* March 19 – William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist ( d. 1937 )

* October 19 – William Edward Hickman is executed at San Quentin prison for the 1927 murder of Marion Parker.

* November 19 – In Los Angeles, California, famous silent film director Thomas Ince (" The Father of the Western ") dies, reportedly of a heart attack, in his bed ( rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst ).

* April 19 – William Martin Conway, British art critic and mountaineer ( b. 1856 )

The first significant reference to the influence of Aelian in the 16th century is a letter to Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange from his cousin William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg on December 8, 1594.

However, a similar resolution was defeated by thirty-three votes in the House of Commons on December 15, 1927 when the MPs William Joynson-Hicks and Rosslyn Mitchell " reached and inflamed all the latent Protestant prejudices in the House " and argued strongly against it on the grounds that the proposed book was " papistical " and was a restoration of the Roman Mass and implied the doctrine of Transubstantiation.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

* Booknotes interview with William Lutz on Doublespeak: The Use of Language to Deceive You, December 31, 1989.

In December, Secretary of Defense William Cohen ordered a review of DADT to determine if the policy's anti-gay harassment component was being observed.

In December 1588 Oxford had secretly sold his London mansion of Fisher's Folly to Sir William Cornwallis ; by January 1591 the author Thomas Churchyard was dealing with rent owing for rooms he had taken in a house on behalf of his patron.

George William of Brandenburg () ( 13 November 1595 – 1 December, 1640 ), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death.

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.

On the morning of 18 December Country Party leader John McEwen publicly declared that neither he nor his Country Party colleagues would serve in a Coalition if the deputy Liberal leader William McMahon were elected as Liberal leader.

Henry I ( c. 1068 / 1069 – 1 December 1135 ) was the fourth son of William I of England.

She married William Peabody on December 26, 1644 and had thirteen children.

* William Howell, born on December 6, 1861, and named for Varina's father ; died of diphtheria on October 16, 1872.

* George William ( 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640 ).

It debuted December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday supplement of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.

Between December 1916 and August 1918, a total of 37 Katzenjammer Kids silent cartoon shorts were produced by William Randolph Hearst's own cartoon studio International Film Service, which adapted well-known comic strips owned by Hearst for animation.

When Congress reconvened on December 5, 1853, this group, termed the “ F Street Mess ”, along with Virginian William O. Goode, formed the nucleus that would insist on slaveholder equality in Nebraska.

Under interrogation by MI5 officer William Skardon at an informal meeting in December 1949, Fuchs initially denied being a spy and was not detained.

President William Howard Taft devoted a considerable portion of his First Annual Message to Congress ( December 7, 1909 ) to the Liberian question, noting the close historical ties between the two countries that gave an opening for a wider intervention:

Mary II ( 30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694 ) was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death.

The disaffected English Army and Navy went over to William, and on 11 December the defeated King James attempted to flee, but was intercepted.