A Dictionary of General Biography: With a Classified and Chronological Index of the Principal NamesLongmans, 1867 - 1300 pagina's |
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Pagina 69
... ( professor ) of the college . In 1631 he was appointed parish minister of Kilwinning , in Ayrshire . In the church controversies of the time he was slow to take part , and desired some middle course to be taken . But after the ...
... ( professor ) of the college . In 1631 he was appointed parish minister of Kilwinning , in Ayrshire . In the church controversies of the time he was slow to take part , and desired some middle course to be taken . But after the ...
Pagina 75
... professor of law at Berne , and subsequently at Lausanne and Groningen . To the performance of his duty as professor , he added most laborious exertions as an author . He translated the most valuable works of Grotius , Puffendorf , and ...
... professor of law at Berne , and subsequently at Lausanne and Groningen . To the performance of his duty as professor , he added most laborious exertions as an author . He translated the most valuable works of Grotius , Puffendorf , and ...
Pagina 79
... Professor of Greek at Cambridge in 1660 , and soon after Gresham Professor of Geometry . He was sub- sequently Lucasian Professor and Master of Trinity . He was 78 BARNEY BARROW.
... Professor of Greek at Cambridge in 1660 , and soon after Gresham Professor of Geometry . He was sub- sequently Lucasian Professor and Master of Trinity . He was 78 BARNEY BARROW.
Pagina 96
... Professor ticed to an engraver , and was employed in of Zoology and Physiology in 1812 , and in 1832 making drawings from old monuments in succeeded his master as Professor of Com- Westminster Abbey and other churches . He parative ...
... Professor ticed to an engraver , and was employed in of Zoology and Physiology in 1812 , and in 1832 making drawings from old monuments in succeeded his master as Professor of Com- Westminster Abbey and other churches . He parative ...
Pagina 96
... Professor of Anatomy , and lecturer on Chemistry at Glasgow . Here he acquired the friendship of Adam Smith . It was during his residence at Glasgow that he made and established his discovery of latent heat . In 1766 he became Professor ...
... Professor of Anatomy , and lecturer on Chemistry at Glasgow . Here he acquired the friendship of Adam Smith . It was during his residence at Glasgow that he made and established his discovery of latent heat . In 1766 he became Professor ...
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Pagina 115 - THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY, APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION.
Pagina 19 - Typographical Antiquities: being an historical account of printing in England; with some memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them from the year 1471 to 1500. With an appendix concerning printing in Scotland and Ireland to the same time.
Pagina 189 - JOHN, a celebrated church historian and divine, was b. in 1517, at Boston, Lincolnshire. Applying himself closely to the study ot theology, he became a convert to the principles of the reformation, was expelled his college on a charge of heresy, and suffered great privation. He was the author of many controversial and other works; but the only one which now obtains perusal ia his " History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church," commonly called
Pagina 82 - There is something there which touches the point we are upon ; but I mention the author to you, as the pleasantest, the most learned, and the most full of sterling sense.
Pagina 164 - In 1748 he successfully defended it against the English, for which he was raised to the rank of marquis ; and during his whole administration he displayed first-rate talents, both civil and military. D. 1763. — SCIPIO, historiographer of France, was b. in 1566. He wrote " Memoirs of the Gauln," a " History of France," a " History of Rome," " A Course of Philosophy,
Pagina 187 - London, and commenced lectures on the materia medica and practice of physic, in which he acquired an unrivalled reputation. In 1770 he was chosen physician to St. Thomas's hospital, and in 1776 a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1787 he was elected, »pfctali gratia, a fellow of the college of physicians. Dr. Fordyce is known by his "Dissertations on Fever," a "Treatise on Digestion," " Elements of the Practice of Physic,
Pagina 96 - Nascby were all singularly unfavorable to the* royal cause. Indeed, after the defeat at Naseby, the king was so powerless, that he took the resolution of throwing himself upon the good feeling of the Scottish army, then lying before Newark ; and by 'that army he was sold, and delivered into the hands of the parliament.
Pagina 192 - Poland, an act which was then, as it is now, denounced by every lover of freedom and national security. The remainder of his life, with the exception of a short demonstration- of hostility towards Austria, which was terminated by the mediation of...
Pagina 193 - Yorkshire, and brought up to a maritime life. The discovery of a northwest passage to the Indies excited his ambition; and, after many fruitless attempts to induce merchants to favor his project, he was enabled, "by the...
Pagina 79 - Reichstadt, only son of the Emperor Napoleon, by his second wife, Maria Louisa of Austria, After his father's downfall, he was wholly under the care of his grandfather, the emperor of Austria. He was from infancy of a weakly constitution, and a rapigl decline terminated his life in 18*32, at the early age of 21. It would appear, from a work by M. de Montbel, entitled