Jacob
Jacob, The Father Of The Founders Of The Twelve Tribes Of Israel, Was The Son Of Isaac And Rebekah, And The Younger Twiu-brother Of Esau. "of All The Patriarchs," Says Bishop Hall, " None Made Ao Little Noise In The World As Isaac ; None Lived Either So Privately Or ...
Jacob Van Lennep
Lennep, Jacob Van, Often Called The ' Walter Scott' Of Holland, Was Born At Amsterdam On The 25th Of March 1802. His Father, David Jacob Van Lennep, Born At Amsterdam On The 15th Of July 1774, Was Not Only One Of The First Classical Scholars Of His Country, But A ...
Jacopo Facciolati
Facciola.'ti, Ja'copo, Was Born In 1682 At Toriggia On The Euganean Hills, In The Province Of Padua. He Studied First In The College Of Este, And Was Afterwards Placed By Cardinal Barbarigo, Bishop Of Padua, In The Clerical Seminary Of That City, Where He Com Pleted His Studies And Was ...
Jacques Callot
Callot, Jacques, An Eminent Engraver, Was Born At Nanci, In 1592, Of A Family Recently Ennobled. His Father Discountenancing His Choice Of A Profession, Be Fled From Home In Order To Make His Way To Rome, The Capital Of The Fine Arts. Falling In With A Troop Of Gipsies, He ...
Jacques Delille
Delille, Jacques, Was Born At Aigues-perse, In Auvergne, June 22, 1733, And Educated At Paris At The College De Lisieux. Poverty Compelled Him To Accept The Office Of Subordinate Teacher At The College De Beauvais; But He Was Soon Raised To The Rank Of Professor Of Humanity In The College ...
Jacques Godefroy
Jacques Godefroy, Eon Of Deny; Was Born At Geneva In 1587. In 1619 He Was Appointed Professor Of Law At Geneva, And Afterwards Was Made Councilor Of State; He Also Filled Various Other Important Offices Of That Republic, And Was Sent Upon Several Foreign Missions, All Of Which He Discharged ...
Jacques Guillaume Legrand
Legrand, Jacques-guillaume, A French Architect And A Writer On Subjects Of Architecture, Was Born At Paris May 9th, 1753. When Studying In The )tole Des Ponta Et Chaussees He Attracted The Notice Of Perronet, And Was, While Yet Very Young, Entrusted With The Execution Of The Bridge At Tours. His ...
Jacques Ignace H1ttorff
*h1ttorff, Jacques-ignace, Architect, Who Has Designed Some Of The Chief Buildings In Paris Erected Within A Recent Period, And Who Is The Author Of Some Standard Books Illustrative Of Classical Architecture, Was Born At Cologne In The Year 1793. His Father, A Passionate Admirer Of The Architectural Antiquities Around Him, ...
Jacques Joseph Ebelhen
Ebelhen, Jacques-joseph, French Chemist, Was Born July 10, 1814, At Beaume-les-dames, In France. Having Passed Successively Through The Colleges Henri Iv. And Besancon, He In 1831 Entered The Rea 1 O Polytechnique, And In 1833 Passed From It To The Des Mines Ilia Ability And Attainments Early Attracted Notice; In ...
Jacques Laffitte
Laffitte, Jacques, The Leading Banker Of France During The Empire And The Restoration, Was Born On The 24th Of October 1767 At Bayonne, Where His Father Was An Honest But Indigent Carpenter. In 1787, Unfriended, With No References, Having Nothing To Speak For Him But An Open Countenance, A Frank ...
Jacques Lenfant
Lenfant, Jacques, Was Born At Bazoche Iu Beaure, A District Of The Ancient Province Of Orleannois In France, On The 13th Of April 1661, And Was The Sou Of Paul Lenfant, The Protestant Minister Of Chetillou-sur-seine. Being Destined To The Same Profession As His Father, He Was Sent To Prosecute ...
Jacques Louis David
David, Jacques Louis, Was Born At Paris In 1750. In 1771 He Went To Rome To Study ; He Returned To France Ten Years After Wards, And Attained Considerable Reputation As An Bieturical And Por Trait Painter. Upon The Breaking Out Of The Revolution He Threw Himself Amongst The Foremost ...
James 11i
James 11i., King Of Scotland, Was, Like Hie Father James Il, About Seven Years Old At His Accession 'to The Throne, 3rd Of August 1460. He Had Scarcely Begun His Reign When Donald, The Lord Of The Isles, Seeing The Weakness Of Government And The Distracted State Of The Kingdom, ...
James 1v
James 1v., King Of Scotland, Son Of James Ill, Was About Fifteen Years Old At His Accession To The Throne, Which Took Place On The 11th Of Jnne 1488. He Was Of An Active Disposition, Full Of Life And Vigour ; And In His Time The Commerce And Literature Of ...
James Andrew Broun Ramsay
* Daliiousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, Tenth Earl And First Marquis Of, Was Born In 1812. His Father Was A General In The Army, Employed In The Peninsular War And At Waterloo, Was For A Time Governor Of Canada, And Commander Of The Forces In India From 1828 To 1832. ...
James Clarke Hook
"hook, James Clarke, A.ila. From Choice Of Subjects Or Manner Of Treatment, It Often Happens That Painters, Highly Esteemed By Their Brotherartists, And Well Known To The Admirers And Students Of Art, Are Slow To Catch The Popular Oye : So It Has Been With Mr. Hook. While His Picture, ...
James Crichton
Crichton, James, Commonly Called The Admirable,' Son Of Robert Crichton Of Eliock, Who Was Lord-advocate To King James Vi., Was Born In Scotland In The Year 1561. The Precise Place Of His Birth Is Not Mentioned, But He Received The Best Part Of His Education At St. Andrews, At That ...
James Currie
Currie, James, M.d., Was Born 81st Of Ifsy 1756, At Kirkpatrick Fleming, In Dnmfrieeehire, Of Which Parish His Father Was Clergyman. Being Originally Intended For A Mercantile Life, As Soon As He Had Received The Rudiments Of • Liberal Education Ho Went To Virginia; But Upon The Breaking Out Of ...
James Deacon 11031e
11031e, James Deacon, Born 28th Of April 1774, At Newington In Tho County Of Surrey, Was The Sou Of 31r. James Hume, Sometime Secretary And Afterwards A Commissioner Of The Customs, And Who Was Nephew Of Dr. Hume, Bishop Of Salisbury. He Was Sent When Very Young To Westminster School, ...
James Essex
Essex, James, The First Professional Man In The 18th Century Who Made Gothic Architecture His Study And Practice, Was The Son Of A Carpenter In Good Business At Cambridge, Where He Was Born In 1723. Educated In The School Of King's College, The Unrivalled Chapel Became The Object Of His ...
James Ferguson
Ferguson, James, Was Born In 1710, At A Short Distance From Keith, A Village In Banffshire. His Father, Who Was A Day-labourer, Taught Lihn To Read And Write, And Sent Him To School For Three Months At Keith. When Only Seven Or Eight Years Old, Having Seen His Father Use ...
James Fillans
Fillans, James, Sculptor, Was Born At Wilsontovvn, Lanark Shire, On The 27th Of March, 1803. His Father Become Reduced In Circumstances, Removed Into Renfrewshire While 'james Was Yet A Child, And The Boy Was Early Set To The Keeping Of Sheep And Similar Employments, And Consequently Received Scarcely Any School ...
James Gandon
Gandon, James, An Eminent Architect, Was Born About 1741-2. Ho Studied Under Sir William Chambers, And Was The First Who Obtained The Gold Medal For Architecture At The Royal Academy, On Which Occasion Reynolds Is Said To Have Complimented Him, And To Have Predicted His Future Fame. He Began To ...
James Gibbs
Gibbs, James, An Architect Of Considerable Eminence In His Day, Was Born About 1674 At Aberdeen, Where He Was Educated And Took The Degree Of Master Of Arts At The Marischal College. In His Twentieth Year He Visited Holland, Where He Entered Into The Employment Of An Architect, With Whom ...
James Grainger
Grainger, James, Was Born At Dunso About The Year 1723. Having Been Educated For A Surgeon, He Served In The Army In That Capacity, First During The Rebellion Of 1743, And Afterwards In Germany. Having Resigned His Commission, He Practised For A Short Time In Lon Don, And Then Accepted ...
James Harrington
Harrington, James, Descended From An Ancient And Noble Family In Rutiandshire, And The Eldest Son Of Sir Sapcotes Harrington, Was Born In January 1611. He Entered As A Gentleman-commoner At Trinity College, Oxford, In 1629, And Had There The Advantage Of Dr. Chillingworth's Instructions. At The Close Of His Residence ...
James Harris
Harris, James, Born July 20, 1709, Was The Eldest Son Of James Harris, Esq., Of Salisbury, By The Lady Elia. Ashley Cooper, Sister Of Lord Shaftesbury, The Author Of The ' Characteristics.' Lie Was Edu Cated At The Grammar•sehool In His Native Place, And Passed Thence To Wadham College, Oxford. ...
James Hogg
Hogg, James, Commonly Called The Ettrick Shepherd, Was Born In The Forest Of Ettrick In Selkirkshire In 1772, And, As He Latterly Insisted, On Tho 25th Of January, The Birthday Of The Poet Burns, Although That Date Appears To Have Been Opposed Both To His Own Previous Statements And To ...
James Howell
Howell, James, The Son Of A Clergyman In Wales, Was Born Near Brecknock, About The Year 1596. He Was Educated At Jesus College, Oxford, Where In 1513 He Took His Bachelor's Degree, But Then Left The University. His Father's Family Was Numerous, And He Had To Shift For Himself. Several ...
James I
James I., King Of Scotland, Was A Younger Son Of King Robert Iii., Who, Hearing Of The Licentious Conduct Of His Other Son, David, Prince Of Scotland, Directed Robert Duke Of Albany, The Boy's Uncle, To Seize Him And Keep Him A Prisoner Till Be Promised Amendment. This Order Was ...
James Ii
James Ii. Of England And Vii. Of Scotland, Was The Second Sur Viving Eon Of Charles I. By His Queen, Henrietta Maria Of France, And Was Born At St. James's On The 15th Of October 1633. He Was Imme Diately Declared Duke Of York, But Not Formally Created To That ...
James Ivory
Ivory, James, A Distinguished British Mathematician, Was Born At Dundee, In 1765, And Received The Rudintenta Of Education In The Public Schools Of That Town. At Fourteen Years Of Age Ha Was Nut To The University Of St.. Andrews; His Father, Who Was A Watchmaker, Intending That Hs Should Become ...
James Kent
Kent, James, A Distinguished And Deservedly Popular Oomposer Of English Church Music, Was Born At Winchester In 1700, And At An Early Age Placed As A Chorister In The Cathedral Of That City, But Soon Removed To London, And Admitted As One Of The Children Of The Chapel Royal, Under ...
James Kent_2
Kent, James, Ono Of The Most Distinguished Lawyers Of America, Was Born At Fredericksburg, In The State Of New York, On The 31st Of July 1763. After Passing Through Yale College With Groat Credit, Ho Studied Law Under Mr. Benson, Attorney-geueral For The State Of New York; Was Admitted To ...
James Oreoory
James Oreoory, The First And Most Eminent, Was Son Of The Minister Of Drumoak In Aberdeenshire, Born At Aberdeeu 1638 Or 1639, And Educated At The University Of That Town. He Went With Credit Through The Usual Studies, And Showed A Peculiar Turn For Mathematic& Especially He Applied Himself To ...
James Sheridan Knowles
*knowles, James Sheridan, Dramatist, Was Born In 1784 At Cork In Ireland, Where His Father, James Knowles, Was A Teacher Of Elocution. In 1792 James Knowles Removed With His Family To London. Sheridan Knowles's First Attempt To Construct A Play Was Made At The Age Of Twelve Years For A ...
James T W Johnston
Johnston, James T. W., Late Professor Of Chemistry In The University Of Durham. He Was Born At Paisley, About The Year 1796. His Father Subsequently Removed To Manchester, And Afterwards Returned Again To Scotland, Residing At Kilmarnock. During This Time The Education Of Young Johnston Depended Chiefly On His Own ...
James V
James V., King Of Scotland, Son Of James Iv., Was Little More Than A Year Old When The Crown Devolved Upon Him; But So Equally Poised Was The Balance Of Power In Europe At This Time That, As The Favour Of Henry Viii. Of England Was Anxiously Sought By The ...
Jan Frederik Helmers
Helmers, Jan Frederik, A Popular Dutch Poet, One Of Whose Works Is Still Frequently Reprinted And Much Read In Holland. He Was Born At Amsterdam In 1767, Was Educated For Commerce, But After The Success Of An ' Ode To Night' And Of A Poem In Three Cantos Entitled 'socrates,' ...
Japix
Japix (or Japicx, Or Japiks), Gysbert, A Frisian Poet, Of Whom We Are Told By Dr. J. H. Halbertsma, The Most Emioeut Living Frisian Author, That His Productions Are Masterpieces Of Artless Nature, With Wonderful Power Of Expression, And That "for Any One Who Has A Feeling For True Poetry, ...
Jayadeva
Jayade'va, A Celebrated Hindu Poet. We Possess Hardly Noy Particulars Respecting The Circumstances Of His Life. It Appears From A Passage In His Poems That He Was Born At Kenduli, Hut The Position Of This Town Is Very Doubtful. Some Commentators Place It In Kalioga, Others In Burdwan ; But ...
Jean Andre Deluc
Delu'c, Jean Andre, Was Born At Geneva In 1727. His Father, Francois Deluc, Was A Watch Manufacturer, Not Only Skilful In His Trade, But Conversant With Other Branches Of Knowledge, And A Writer Upon Religious And Political Matters. His Son Also Took Part Iu The Disputes Between The N6gatifs And ...
Jean Baptiste Alphonsekarr
*karr, Jean - Baptiste -alphonse, The Son Of A Music Master Of Some Distinction, Was Born At Paris (some Accounts Say At Munich), In 1808. After Leaving The University, He Became Teacher Of The Fifth Class At The College Bourbon, In The French Capital ; Where He Spent Most Of ...
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Colbe'rt, Jean Baptiste, Born In 1619, At Rheims, Was Brought Up To Business. He Was First Employed At Lyon, In A Com Mercial House, And Afterwards Went To Paris, Where He Was Introduced, About 1618, To Mazarin, Who Employed Him First As An Amanuensis, But Afterwards Made Him Intendant Or ...
Jean Baptiste Drouet Derlon
Drouet D'erlon, Jean-baptiste, Was Born At Rheims, On The 29th Of July 1765. At The Age Of Seventeen He Enlisted As A Private Soldier, And, Progressively Rising By His Merit, Became Aide-de Camp To General Leftvre, August 14, 1794. He Was Present At The Siege Of Valenciennes, And At Those ...
Jean Baptiste Dubos
Dubos, Jean-baptiste, Was Born At Beauvais In December 1670. He Began To Study Theology, But Soon Abandoned It For Politics. He Was Employed By M. Do Torcy, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Ou Several Secret Negociations With The Governments Of England, Holland, Ger Many, And Italy. His Services Were Rewarded By ...
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Greuze, Jean Baptiste, A Celebrated French Painter, Was Born At Tournue In Burgundy In 1726. He Was First Instructed By Landon At Lyon ; He Studied Also In The Royal Academy At Paris, And Later At Rome. Nearly All Greuze's Pictures Are Illustrations Of The Affections Or Domestic Duties : ...
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Delambre, Jean-baptiste-joseph, Was Born At Amiene, September 19, 1749. His Course Of Study Was At The Gymnasium Of His Native Town. His Excellent Disposition, Great Perseverance, And Extraordinary Memory, Early Attracted The Notice Of His Teacher In The College, The Poet L'abbd Delisle ; And The Friendship Commenced Between Delialo ...
Jean Baptiste Jourdan
Jourdan, Jean-baptiste, Marshal Of The French Empire, Was Born At Limegoe, Ou The 2nd Of April 1762. His Father, A Poor Country Surgeon, Being Able To Afford Him But Delimited Education, Jourden Took Service In The French Army Sent To Aid The Americans In The War Of Independence, With Which ...
Jean Baptiste Kleber
Kleber, Jean-baptiste, According To The Best Authorities, Was Born At Strasbourg In The Year 1754, Though Some Place Tho Date Of His Birth Three Or Four Years Earlier. He Was Brought Up By His Father, Who Was A Domestic In The Household La Tho Cardinal De Rohm), To The Profession ...
Jean Baptiste Pierrela31arck
La31arck, Jean - Baptiste - Pierre • Antoine De D1onnet, Chevalier De, A Celebrated Botanist And Zoologist, Member Of The Ancient Academy Of Sciences, And Afterwards Of The Institute, Was Born On The Let Of August 1744 At Hlazentin, In Picardy, Of A Family. Lie Was Originally Destined For The ...
Jean Charles Folard
Fola'rd, Jean-charles 1/e, Was Born At Avignon In 1669. Ile Entered Early Into The Army, And Distinguished Himaelf By The Attention Which He Paid To The Scientific Part Of His Profession, To The Movements And Manceuvres Of An Army In The Field : He Drew Plans And Maps, And Became ...
Jean Claude
Claude, Jean, Born In 1619, At Sauvetat, Near Agen, Was The Son Of A Protestant Clergyman, And Was Himself Brought Up To The Church. He Distinguished Himself In Controversial Learning, And Was Appointed Professor Of Theology In The Protestant College Of Nismes, Which Place He Filled For Eight. Years. At ...
Jean Cousin
Cousin, Jean, A Celebrated French Painter, Sculptor, And Geo Metrician, Contemporary With Il Rosso And Primaticcio In The 16th Century. The Date Neither Of His Birth Nor Death Is Known ; But He Was Born At Soucy Near Sens, Was The First Frenchman Who Attained Distinction In Historical Painting, And ...
Jean Daille
Daille, Jean, Was Born At Chatelleraut In 1594, Of A Protestant Family. In 1612 He Undertook The Education Of The Two Grandsons Of Duplessis Mornay, The Friend Of Henri Iv, And Be Travelled With Them In Several Countries Of Europe. At Venice He Became Acquainted With The Famous Fra Paolo ...
Jean De Hautefeuille
Hautefeuille, Jean De, Is French Mechanician, Was Born At Orldans, March 20, 1647. His Father, Who Was A Baker, Being Recta ' Tomed To Supply With Bread The Master Of The House At Which The Duchess Of Bouillon Then Resided, Prevailed Upon This Person To Recom Mend The Youth To ...
Jean De La Fontaine
Fontaine, Jean De La, Was Born In 1621 At Chateau-thierry, Where His Father Was Maitre Dea Eaux Et Dea Forats. No Great Attention Was Paid To His Education, And It Is Said That He Did Not Display Any Sort Of Talent Till He Had Attained The Ago Of Twenty-two. Ilia ...
Jean Diodati
Dioda'ti, Jean, Was Born In Geneva In 1576, Of A Family Originally From Lucca. His Progress In Learning Was So Rapid That Beza Procured Him To Be Appointed Professor Of Hebrew In The Uni Versity Of Geneva When He Was But Twenty-one Years Of Age. In 1603 He Was Made ...
Jean Dominique Auguste Ingres
Ingres, Jean-dominique-auguste, An Eminent French Painter, Was Born At Montauban In August 1781. By His Father He Was Designed For A Musician, But As He Grew Towards Manhood His Taste For Painting Became So Decided That His Father At Length Con Sented To Gratify His Ardent Longing, And After Some ...
Jean Fiioissart
Fiioissart, Jean, Was Born At Valenciennes About 1337. He Was The Son, As Is Conjectured From A Passage In His Poems, Of Thomas Froisaart, A Herald-painter, No Inconsiderable Profession In The Days Of Chivalry. The Youth Of Froissart, From Twelve Years Upwards, As He Himself Informs Us, Was Spent In ...
Jean Francois Le Jeune Chai1pollion
Chai1pollion, Jean Francois Le-jeune, So Called To Distinguish Him From His Elder Brother, Champollion.figese, Was Born At Neese, In The Department Of Lot, December 23, 1790. Lie Studied In The Lyceum Of Grenoble, And Afterwards Went To Paris In 1807, Where He Applied Himself To The Oriental Languages Under Langlte ...
Jean Franwis De La Haiipe
Haiipe, Jean-franwis De La, Was Born At Paris Io 1739, And Educated At The College D'ilarcourt. He Here Unfortunately Undertook The Correctiou Of A Pasquinade Against One Of His Instructors, And Was Accordingly Suspected Of Being Its Author, And Also The Author Of Another Which Was Directed Against The Tutor ...
Jean Goujon
Goujon, Jean, A Celebrated French Sculptor, Born In Goujon, Is Sometimes Called The Correggio Of Sculptors, From The Softnees And Delicate Roundness Of His Execution, Especially In Basso-rilievc, In Which He Was Excellent; He Is Also Sometimes Termed The Father Of French Sculpture. Many Of His Worke Have Perished, Hut ...
Jean Henri Merle Daui3igne
*d'aui3igne, Jean Henri Merle, Church Historian And Theologian, Was Born At Geneva Iu Switzerland In 1794, The Third Son Of Louis Merle, A Merchant Of That City, Who Again Was The Grandson Of Aimd Merle, Who Had Married A Mademoiselle D'aubigne, Of A Distinguished French Protestant Family. The Historian's Name ...
Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Gerard, Jean-ignace-isidore, But Best Known By His Pseudonym, Grandville, One Of The Most Eminent French Carica Turists And Designers Of Illustrations For Books, Was Born At Nancy In 1803. He Went To Paris Young, An Adventurer Without Money, And Without Friends ; After Awhile Got Admission To The Atelier Of ...
Jean Il
Jean Il, Son Of Philippe De Valois And Of Jeanne Of Burgundy, Asceuded The Throne Upon His Father's Death In 1350. At The Beginning Of His Reign He Caused Raoul, High Constable Of France, To Be Beheaded Without Trial, On A Suspicion Of Treason, And He Afterwards Invited King Charles ...
Jean Joinville
Joinville, Jean, Sire Or Lord De, Born Of A Noble Family Of Champagne, Was Brought Up In The Court Of Thibaut, King Of Navarre And Count Of Champagne, Then One Of The Most Polished Courts In Europe. Joinville Followed Louis Ix. In His First Crusade In 1248, With A Body ...
Jean Joltvenet
Joltvenet, Jean, A Celebrated French Painter During The Reign Of Louis Xiv., Was Born At Rouen In 1644. He Was First Instructed By His Father Laurent Jouvenet, But Completed His Studies In Paris, Where He Eoou Attracted The Notice Of Lebruu, Who In 1675 Procured Him His Election Into The ...
Jean Lannes
Lannes, Jean, Duke Of Montebello And Marshal Of France, Was Born At Lectoure In Guienne, On The Ilth Of April 1769. He Was Born Of Bumble Parents, And Was At First Brought Up To The Trade Of A Dyer, Which He Quitted In 1792 To Join A Battalion Of Volunteers ...
Jean Le Clerc
Clerc, Jean Le, Born At Geneva In 1657, Was The Son Of Etienne Le Clerc, And Nephew To David He Clore, A Clergyman And Professor Of Hebrew At Geneva, Both Known For Several Theological Works. Jean To Clero Early Manifested Great Capabilities For Learning Joined To An Extraordinary Memory. Ile ...