HALES, JOHN (1584-1656), English scholar, frequently referred to as "the ever memorable," was born at Bath on April 19, 1584, educated at Corpus Christi college, Oxford, elected a fellow of Merton in 1605, and in 1612 appointed public lecturer on Greek. In 1618 he went to Holland, as chaplain to the English ambassador, Sir Dudley Carleton. In 1619 he returned to Eton, where he held a fellowship. Andrew Marvell called him "one of the clearest heads and best-prepared breasts in Christendom." His eirenical tract entitled Schism and Schismaticks (1636) fell into the hands of Archbishop Laud, and in 1639 Hales was made one of Laud's chaplains and also a canon of Windsor. In 1642 he was deprived of his canonry by the parliamentary committee, and two years later was obliged to hide in Eton with the college doc uments and keys. In 1649 he refused to take the "Engagement" and was ejected from his fellowship. He lived in poverty till his death on May 19, 1656.