Geoffrey Of Monmouth
Geoffrey Of Monmouth, Otherwise Named Arthur, The Well-known British Historian, Was Torn In The Town From Which Ho Took Hls Name, And Is Supposed To Have Received His Education At The Benedictine Monastery In Its Vicinity. Tradition Still Points Out A Small Apartment In The Remains Of That Monastery Which ...
Geohoe
Geohoe Norm Jun. (born In 1740), Whose Talent Acquired For The Family Name Far Higher Distinction. Not Only Trained Up To Architecture As A Pursuit In Which A Safe And Certain Career, If Not A Brilliant Oue, Was Opened For Him, Be Had Applied Himself To The Study Of It ...
George Augustus Eliott
Eliott, George Augustus, Lord Heathfield, Was Born At Stobba In Scotland In 1718. He Studied The Mathematics And Other Sciences At Edinburgh, And Afterwards Went To The Univer Sity Of Leyden, Where He Made Great Proficiency In Classical Literature, And Was Remarkable For The Elegance And Fluency With Which He ...
George Augustus Frederick Iv
George (augustus Frederick) Iv., King Of Great Britain, The Eldest Son Of George Iii., Was Born On The 12th Of August 1762, Exactly Forty-eight Years (making Allowance For The Difference Of Style) After The Accession Of The House Of Hanover. On The 17th He Was Created By Letters Patent Prince ...
George Augustus Il
George (augustus) Il, King Of Great Britain, The Only Son Of George L And His Queen Sophia Dorothea, Was Born At Hanover, October 30,1633. On The 22nd Of August 1705 He Married Wilhelmina Caroline, Daughter Of John Frederick, Margravo Of Brandenburg Anspach. On The 9th Of November 1706 He Was ...
George Bernard Depping
Depping, George Bernard, Was Born At 3iiinster, May 11, 1731. Having Completed His Educational Course; He Visited Paris In 1503. When, Forming Acquaintances There, And Observing The Facilities Which The City Afforded For The Prosecution Of Literary Studies, He Determined To Make It His Permanent Residence. The Rest Of His ...
George Canning
Canning, George, Was Born Ou The 11th Of April 1770, In The Parish Of Maryleboue, London. His Descent On The Paternal Side Was From An Ancient Family, His Ancestors Having Figured At Different Periods At Bristol, In Warwickshire, And In Ireland. Canning's Father Died In 1771, When His Son Was ...
George Chapman
Chapman, George, The Earliest English Translator Of Homer, And Known Also As A Prolific Writer Of Dramas, Was Born In The Year 1557. His Birth-place Is Uncertain. Some Have Supposed Him To Have Been A Native Of Hertfordshire, In Which County, At Hitching-hill, He Is Known To Have For Some ...
George Cheyne
Cheyne, George, Was Born In Scotland, In The Year 1670. He Vas At First Intended For The Church, But After Attending The Lectures If Dr. Archibald Pitcairn, He Determined To Practise Medicine. Having Faken His Doctor's Degree, He Came To London About 1700, And Soou After Published His Theory Of ...
George Christopher Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg, George Christopher, Deserves A Place In Every English Biographical Work, If Only An Account Of His Admirable 'erklarung Der Hogarthiachen Knpferstiche; Wherein He Has Entered Far More Completely Into The Spirit Of Our Great Artist's Works, Than Any Of His English Illustrators And Commentators, Scarcely Excepting Charles Lamb, Whose ...
George Crabbe
Crabbe, George, Was Born At Aldborough, Iu Suffolk, On The 021th Of December 1751. Il Is Parents Were In An Humble Condition Of Life, The Father Being A Warehouse-keeper, And Collector Of The Salt Duties, Ur Saltmaster, At Aldborough. The Future Poet Showed, At A Very Early Age, A Taste ...
George Cruikshank
* Cruikshank, George, Was Born In London About 1795. From His Father, Who Was An Artist Of Some Standing, He Acquired The Principles Of Design, Probably Also Of Caricature, As The Elder Cruikshank Occasionally Practised Iu That Line. But George Was Not Brought Up To Follow His Father's Profession, And ...
George Dalgai1no
Dalgai1no, George. The Following Short Notice Of This Original But Neglected Author Is In Anthony-li.wood's Athenae Oxonienses.' Vol. Ii., P. 506. "the Reader May Be Pleased To Know, That One George Dalgarno, A Scot, Wrote A Book Entitled 'am Sisnorurn, Vulgo Character Universalia Et Lingua Philosophica,' Loudon, 1661. This Book ...
George Digby
Digby, George, Earl Of Bristol, Was Born In 1612 At Madrid, Where His Father John, Earl Of Bristol, Was Then Ambassador. He Was Educated At Magdalen College, Oxford, Travelled In France, And In 1640 Entered Public Life As One Of The Knights Of The Shire For Dersetshire. From This Time ...
George Dyer
Dyer, George, Was Born In London On The 15th Of March, 1755. He Was Educated At Christ's Hospital, Where, When His Standing In The School Gained Him Access To The Library, Be Acquired That Taste For Extensive Reading Which Produced The Works That Will Preserve His Name : He Was ...
George Ellis
Ellis, George, Was Born In 1745, And Early Dietiuguished Him Self By His Wit And Ability. His First Literary Appearance Was As One Of The Aothora Of The ' Rolliad; To Which He Contributed The 'birth Day Ode ;' The 'ode On Duedas R The Poetical Eclogue 'charles Jen Kieson; ...
George Forster
Forster, George, A Civil Officer In The Service Of The East India Company, Is Chiefly Known By His Journey In 1782 Over-land From India To Russia. He Set Off From Lucknow In December 1782, And Directed His Route To The North By Ferahabad, Rampoor, And By The Peas Of Lall ...
George Fox
Fox, George, Founder Of The Sect Of Quakers, An Enthusiast Homiest, Zealous, Illiterate, Yet Of No Mean Capacity And Influence, Was Born At Drayton, In Leicestershire, In July 1624. His Origin And The Beginning Of His Preaching Are Thus Shortly Told By Neal (' History Of Puritans,' Iv. 1) :—" ...
George Frederick Handel
Handel, George Frederick, Who, From Having Passed Nearly The Whole Of His Life In This Country, And Produced In It All His Great Works, The English Feel Some Right To Claim As Their Own, Was Born At Halle, In Saxony, On The 24th Of February 1684. He Was The Issue ...
George Gascoigne
Gascoigne, George, Was The Eon Of Sir John Gascoigne, The Head Of An Ancient Family In Essex. The Date Of His Birth Is Uncertain; But It Was Not Later, And May Have Been Earlier, Than The Year 1537. He Was Educated At Cambridge, And Afterwards Entered At Gray's Inn As ...
George Grote
*grote, George, Was Born In 1794, At Clay-hill, Near Becken Ham, In The County Of Kent. His Grandfather, Descended From German Ancestors, Founded, In Partnership With Mr. George Prescott, The London Banking Establishment Of Prescott, Grote, And Co. Mr. Grote Was Educated At The Charter House School, London, And In ...
George Gwilt
Gwilt, George, Architect, Was Well Known As An Antiquary, And For His Restoration Of The Choir And Tower, And The Lady Chapel, Of St. Mary Overy's Church, In The Parish Of St. Saviour's, Southwark. George And Joseph Gwilt [gwtur, Jossen], Were The Sons Of George Gwilt, An Architect, Resident In ...
George Henry Harlow
Harlow, George Henry, Was Born In London In 1787. He Wwi The Only Son Of His Parents ; His Father, Who Was A Merchant, Died While He Was An Infant, And He Was Brought Up By His Mother, Who Watched With Interest And Anxiety The Early Development Of Her Aon'a ...
George Herbert
Herbert, George, Born April 3, 1593, Was The Fifth Brother Of Lord Herbert Of Cherbury. He Was Educated At Westminster, And Elected Thence To Trinity College, Cambridge, About The Year 1608. In 1615 He Became Fellow Of The College, And In 1619 Was Elected To The Office Of Public Orator, ...
George I
George I. Surnamed The Long-handed, Grand-duke Of Russia, Was The Son Of Vladimir Monomachos, Who Married Gyda, Daughter Of Harold, The Last Saxon King Of England. After The Death Of Her Father At The Battle Of Hastings, In 1065, Gyda Retired To Sweden, From Which Country She Married Vladimir, About ...
George Il
George Il, Son Of Vsevolod And Grandson Of George I., Became Grand-duke, Not Immediately After The Death Of His Father, But After That Of Lis Competitor, The Grand-duke Constantine, In 1219. His Reign Is Marked By One Of The Most Important Events Of The Middle Ages, Which Has Produced The ...
George James Danton
Danton, George James, Born At Arcia-sur-aube, October 26, 1750, Wee One Of The Most Remarkable Characters Among The Leaders Of The First French Revolution. He Was Educated For The Bar, And Was Pursuing The Peaceful Avocation Of A King's Counsel Wheu The First Shocks Of The Great Political Earthquake Called ...
George Lance
* Lance, George, The Most Successful Recent Painter Of Fruit, And What Is Technically Called Still Life,' Was Born At Little Easton, A Village Near Dunmow, Essex, On The 24th Of March 1802. An Early Inclination For Art Was Carefully Fostered, And In Good Time He Was Placed As A ...
George Lillo
Lillo, George, Was Born In 1693, And Carried On The Trade Of A Jeweller Near Moorgate In London. Though Educated In The Strict Principles Of The Protestant Dissenters, He Produced Seven Dramas, Three Of Which Are Printed In Every Collection Of Acting Plays. Ho Died In 1739. In The Three ...
George Lord Lyttelton
Lyttelton, George Lord, Born In January 1708.9, The Eldest Son Of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bart., Of Hagley In Worcester Shire, Was Educated At Eton And Christchurch, Oxford, At Both Of Which His Scholastic Acquirements And Promising Talents Gained Him Much Credit. After Travelling Ou The Continent For Some Time, He ...
George Louis I
George (louis) I., King Of Great Britain. After The Exclusion Of James Ii. And His Son In 16s9, The Nearest Heirs To The Throne In The Lineal Order Of Succession Were-1, The Princess Mary Of Orange, Eldest Daughter Of James Il; 2, The Princess Anne Of Denmark, Younger Daughter Of ...
George Ludolf Dissen
Dissen, George Ludolf, An Eminent German Scholar, Was Born On The 17th Of December 1784, At Grosscn-schneen, Near Got Tingen, Where His Father Was Pastor. He Lost Both His Parents At The Age Of Thirteen, But A Benevolent Friend Procured For Him Admission, Free Of Expense, To Tilt Celebrated School ...
George Mickle Kemp
Kemp, George Mickle, Who Designed The Scott Monument At Edinburgh, Was A Self-educated Artist, The Story Of Whose Early Exer Tions And Brief Career Excited Great Interest At The Time Of His Death In The Year 1844. He Was Born About The Year 1704, And Was The Son Of A ...
George Montagu Halifax
Halifax, George Montagu, Earl Of, Was The Fourth Son Of George Montagu, Esq., Of Horton In Northamptonshire, Who Was The Fifth Son (the Eldest By His Third Wife) Of Henry, First Earl Of Manchester. He Was Born At Horton, On The 16th Of April 1661. His Education Was Begun In ...
George Pay Ne Rainsford
"james, George Pay Ne Rainsford, A Novelist, A Poet, And A Historian, Was Born In 1801 In George Street, Hanover Square, London, Of An Ancient Family Originally Of Staffordshire. Lie Was Educated At A School In Greenwich, Whence Ho Was Early Sent To France, Where He Remnined Several Years. Even ...
George William Frederick Clarendon
* Clarendon, George William Frederick Vilra Ers, Fourth Earl Of, Born 12th Of January 1800; Is Eldest Son Of The Late Hon. George Villiers, By Theresa, Only Daughter Of The First Lord Boringdon. He Succeeded To The Title On His Uncle's Death In December 1838. The Founder Of The Villiers ...
George William Frederick Hegel
Hegel, George William Frederick, Was Born At Stutt Gardt On The 27th Of August 1770, And Was Educated At The Gymnasium Of His Native City. At The Age Of Eighteen He Proceeded To Tubingen To Join The Classes Of Theology And Philosophy, Where He Had For His Class-fellow The Illustrious ...
George Willliam Frederick Iil
George (willliam Frederick) Iil, The Eldest Son Of Frederick Lewis, Prince Of Wales, Was Born On The 4th Of June 1738. Ilia Mother Was Augusta, Daughter Of Frederick Il, Duke Of Saxe Gotha, Born In 1719, Married To The Prince Of Wales On The 25th Of April 1736. Their Other ...
Georges Cadoudal
Cadoudal, Georges, The Of A Poor Miller, Was Born In 1769, In The Neighbourhood Of Auray In Lower Brittany. Lie Received That Education Of The Mind, With Religion For Its Basis, Which Has Always Distinguished The Western Population Of France. Oue Of The First To Answer The Call To Arena ...
Georges Chambray
Chambray, Georges, Marquis De, Was Born At Paris In 1783. The De Chambray Family Was Ono Of The Oldest In Normandy, But Was Ruined By The Revolution. The Young Chambray Was Educated At The Pcole Polytechnique. He Entered The Artillery, And Served In The German Campaigns Of 18069, In The ...
Georges Louis Duvernoy
Duvernoy, Georges-louis, A Distinguished Anatomist And Zoologist. He Was Born At Montbelliard, Then A Dependency Of The Luchy Of Wurtemburg, Now An Arrondissement In The Department Of Doubs In France, On The 6th Of August 1777, And Died At Paris On The Let Of March 1855. His Father Practised As ...
Gerard
Gerard, Francois, Baron, One Of The Most Distinguished Painters Of France, Was Born Of A French Father And Italian Mother At Rome In 1770. He Went Early To Paris, And Was First Placed With The Sculptor Pajou, And Finally With David, As He Found Painting Better Suited To His Taste ...
Gerard Lairesse
Lairesse, Gerard, An Eminent Painter, Was Born At Liege In 1640. He Acquired His Knowledge Of The Art From His Father; But There Is Reason To Believe That Lie Also Studied Under Bartolet, From Whom Lie Probeley Derived The Taste For The Antique Which Appears In His Works. He First ...
Gerard Lake
Lake, Gerard, First Viscount Lake, The Second Son Of An Ancient Family, Was Born On The 27th Of July 1744. Having Entered The Army At The Early Age Of Fourteen, He Made His First Campaigns In The Seven Years' War. He Served Afterwards In The American War, In Holland With ...
Gerbert
Gerbert, Afterwards Pope Sylvester Il, Was Born Of Poor Parents At Aurillae In Auvergne. -the Time Of His Birth Does Not Appear To Be Known; He Died In 1003, At A Very Advanced Age. When Young He Entered The Monastery Of St. Gerauld At Aurillac, And In That School Commenced ...
Gerhard And Carl Von
Kogelgen, Gerhard And Carl Von, Twin Brothers And Distinguished Painters, Were Born At Bacbarach On The Rhine, In 1772. Their Father Was Hof-kammerrath, Exchequer Counsellor, In Tho Service Of The Elector Of Cologne, Who Iu 1791 Sent The Twins To Complete Their Studies In Rome After They Had Made Sufficient ...
Geronimo Fabri710
Fabri7.10, Gero'nimo, Commonly Called Fabricius Ab Acquapendente, Was Born In 1537 At Acquapendente In Italy, A City Near Orvieto, In The Papal States. His Parents, Although Poor, Contrived To Furnish Him With The Means Of Obtaining An Excellent Education At Patina, Which Was Then Rapidly Approaching The Eminence It Long ...
Gforge Janiesone
Janiesone, Gf.orge, Called By Walpole The Vandyck Of Scotland, Was The Eon Of Andrew Jameson E, An Architect, And Was Born At Aberdeen In 15s6. Jameson And Vandyck Were About 1616 Fellow-pupils Of Ltubens At Antwerp. When Charles I. Visited Edinburgh In 1633, He At To Jamesone, And Presented Him ...
Giiinling Gibbons
Gibbons, Giiinling, An Artist Celebrated For The Extraordinary Taste And Delicacy Of Execution He Displayed In Wood-carving, Is Supposed To Have Been Of Dutch Origin, Though A Native Of London, Where He Was Born In Spur Alley, Strand, In 1648. Having Been Recommended By Evelyn To Charles Ii., The King ...
Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente, Surnamed The Plautus Of Portugal, Was Born About 1485, Of An Old And Distinguished Family. Following The Wish Of His Parents He Studied Law, Which However Ho Soon Abandoned For The Stage. Having Access At Court By Right Of Birth, He Supplied Several Dramatic Productions, Adapted To Different ...
Gildas
Gildas (surnamed Sapiens, Or The Wise '), If The Period When He Is Said To Have Flourished—the First Half Of The 6th Century—be Correct, The Most Ancient British Historian New Extant, According To Leland, Was Born In Wales, But According To Tho Received Account At Alcluyd (dumbarton), Where The Britons ...
Giles Fletcher
Fletcher, Giles And Pihneas, Were The Sons Of Dr. Giles Fletcher, Who Was Employed By Queeu Elizabeth As Ambassador In Russia, And Could's, Of John Fletcher The Dramatist Grua The Elder, Was Born About 1680, Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge, And Died At His Living Of Alderton, In Suffolk, ...
Giotto
Giotto, Properly Ambrog/otto Bondone, Born In 1276, In The District Of Vespignano, Near Florence, Was The Eon Of A Simple Peasant And Followed His Father's Occupation. In The Half-idle Employment Of Tending The Sheep In The Fields, He Used To Amuse Himself By Sketch Ing Figures, And Being Found By ...
Giovanni Battista Guarfni
Guarfni, Giovanni Battista, Was Born At Ferrara In 1537, Of A Family Which Had Produced Several Distinguished Men Of Letters. His Ancestor Guarino Of Verona Was One Of The Restorers Of Greek Etc:idles In Italy. He Died At Ferrara In 1460, Leaving A Son, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Who Was Many ...
Giovanni De Leo X
Leo X., Giovanni De Mentor, The Second Son Of Lorenzo The Magnificent, Was Born In December 1475. He Was Made A Cardinal At The Unusually Early Age Of Thirteen, By Pope Innocent Viii., Who Was Very Intimate With His Father Lorenzo. After The Death Of Lorenzo In 1492, Cardinal De' ...
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina
Gravi'na, Giovanni Vincenzo, Born At Ruggiano In Cala Bria In 1064, Studied At Naples, Where He Devoted Himself Chiefly To The Investigation Of Jurisprudence, Ancient And Modern. He After Wards Went To Rome, Where He And Creschnbeui Were The Founders Of The Accademia Degli Arcadi, Which Has Continued Ever Since. ...
Girardon
Girardon, Frangois, A Distinguished French Sculptor, Was Born At Troyes In 1623. His Father, Nicolas Girardon, A Bronze Founder, Designed Him For The Law, And He Was Accordingly Placed With A Procureur; But Quickly Disgusted With That Profession, Ho Devoted Himself Entirely To Sculpture. At First He Had No Other ...
Giuseppe Cesari
Ce'sari, Giuseppe, A Celebrated Italian Painter, Commonly Called Il Cavaliere D'arpino From The Birthplace Of His Father, Who Was An Obscure Painter Of Votive Tablets For The Images Of Saints. The Elder Cesari Settled In Rome, Where Giuseppe, Or Giuseppino, As He Was Also Called, Was Born, About 1568. When ...
Giuseppe Maria Cr Espi
Cr Espi, Giuseppe Maria (caveuene), A Painter And Engraver Of Bologna, Distinguished In His Time, Was Born At Bologna In 1665. Ho Was The Scholar Of Canuti And Of Cignani, And Was Called Lo Spaguuolo On Account Of His Gay Attire. He Was Also Remarkable For His Perseverance In Copying ...
Godart De Ginkell
Ginkell, Godart De, First Earl Of Athlone, Was A Native Of Holland, And The Head Of A Family Of Great Antiquity Among The Nobility Of That Country, Where He Bore Tho Titles Of Baron Do Iteede, De Oinks% &a., And Was A General Of Cavalry. Ile Came To England With ...
Godfrey Kneller
Kneller, Godfrey, Was Born In 1648, In The City Of Lubeck, And Received His First Instruction In The Art Of Painting In The School Of Rembrandt. He Afterwards Became A Pupil Of Ferdinand Bol Having Acquired Sufficient Acquaintance With His Profession To Qualify Him To Travel With Advantage, He Went ...
Godunov
Godunov, On Godoonoff, Boris, Tzar Of Moscow, Was Born In 1552, Of A Noble Family Of Tartar Descent. Having Married The Daughter Of Maloota Skooratofz A Favourite Of The Tzar Of Moscow, Ivan Vassilevich The Terrible, He Was Attached To The Court Of The Tzar At The Age Of Twenty-two, ...
Goldsmith
Goldsmith, Oliver,was Born On The 10th Of November 1728 At A Place Called Pallas, Or Pallasmoro, In The Parish Of Forney, And County Of Longford, In Ireland. Ha Was The Fifth Among Seven Children Of The Rev. Charles Goldsmith, Who Had Married Early In Life When Without Means Adequate For ...
Gongora Luis Gungora Y
Go'ngora (luis Gungora Y Argote), Was Born At Cordova In 156]. He Was Sent At The Age Of Fifteen To Salamanca, To Study The Law, Which The Love Of Poetry Soon Induced Him To Abandon. He Wrote During His Stay At That University Tho Greater Part Of His Jocose, Amatory, ...
Gonzaga
Gonza'ga, A Historical Family Of Italy, Which Was Numbered Among The Sovereigns Of That Country As Hereditary Dukes Of Mantua And Monferrato For More Than Three Centuries. The Gonzaga, Like The Medici, Did Not Belong To The Feudal Nobility; They Were Originally A Plebeian Family, Which Took Its Name From ...
Gorgias
Go'rgias, Of Leontici, In Sicily, Celebrated Among Contemporaries As A Statesman, Sophist, And Orator, Belongs To The Most Brilliant Period Of The Literary Activity Of Greece, And Has Been Immortalised By The Dialogue Of Plato Which Bears His Name. The Dates Of His Birth And Death Are Alike Uncertain, Hut ...
Goti1gfredus Denys Godefroy
Goti1gfre'dus. Denys Godefroy, Born At Paris In 1549, Studied At Louvain, Cologne, And Other Universities, And Was Made Councillor Of The Chttolet At Paris. Being Obliged To Leave France On Account Of The Persecutions Against The Followers Of The Reformed Religion, Which He Professed, He Went To Genova, Where Lie ...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Was Born On The 3rd Of July 1646, At Leipzig, Where His Father (friedrich) Was Professor Of Jurisprudence. Having Lost His Father At The Age Of Six Years, He Was Placed At The School Of St, Nicholas, In His Native City, From Whloh He Was Removed In ...
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, Was Born On The 22nd Of January 1729 At Kameutz In Upper Lusatia, Of Which Place His Father Was Pastor. His Attachment To Reading Displayed Itself From His ,arlicst Childhood, And He Was A Devourer Of Books At. An Age When )there Are Mere School-boys. Of His ...
Granville George Leveson Gower
* Granville, Granville George Leveson Gower, Earl, Eldest Son Of The First Earl Granville, By The Daughter Of Tho Fifth Duke Of Devonshire. He Was Born May 11, 1815; Educated At Eton, And Christchurch, Oxford, Where He Took His Degree In 1834. In The Following Year He Became Catach‘ To ...
Gratianus
Gra.tia'nus, A Benedictine Monk Of The 12th Century, A Native Of Tuscany, According To Some, And Resident At Bologna. Ile Is Chiefly Known For His 'collection Of The Canons, Or Docretals, Of The Church,' Which Occupied Him During Twenty-four Years, And Which He Published At Rome About The Middle Of ...