John Farey
Farey, John, Civil Engineer And Draughtsman, Was Born At Lambeth On March 20, 1701, And Was Educated At Woburo, Where His Father Was Agent To The Duke Of Bedford, Who Took Much Interest In The Progress Of Agrioulture. Johu Farey, Senior, Was Frequently Employed In Making Reports On Geological Questions; ...
John Fgulston
Fgulston, John. The Name Of This Architect, Who Died At Plymouth, January 13, 1812, Aged Sixty-nine, Is Especially Connected With The History Of That Town And Its Neighbourhood, Where, During The Last Thirty Years Of His Life, He Enjoyed A Very Extensive Practice, And Executed Nearly All The Public Buildings ...
John Fisher
Fisher, John, Bishop Of Rochester, Was Born At Beverley In 1450. He Was Educated At The Collegiate School Of His Native Place, And After Some Residence There Removed To Michael House College, Cambridge, Of Which He Became Master In 1495. The Respect In Which Margaret Countess Of Richmond, Henry Vii:a ...
John Fla Xiian
Fla Xiian, John, Was Born At York, July 6,1755; Yet He May Properly Be Considered A Denizen Of The Metropolis, For He Was Brought To London When Not More Than Six Mouths Old. At That Time His Father, Who Was A Moulder Of Figures, Kept A Shop In Newetreet, Covent ...
John Fletcher
Fletcher, John, Wan Born In 1576, And Was The Son Of The Rev. Dr. Fletcher, Afterwards Bishop Of Bristol. He Was Educated At Cambridge With His Friend Francis Beaumont, And Is Said To Have Listinguished Himself As A Good Scholar. For An Account Of His Principal Works And His Literary ...
John Ford
Ford, John, The Dramatist, Descended From A Highly Respectable Family In The North-west Of Devonshire, Was The Second Son Of Thomas Ford Of Ilsington In That County. The Exact Date Of His Birth Is Not Known, But Malone's Industry Has Fixed His Baptism At April 17, 1586, As Appears From ...
John Foster
Foster, John, Architect, Was Born About The Year 1786 Or 1787, And Was The Son Of A Builder Of The Same Name, Who Carried On A Large Businesa In Liverpool Where He Also Acted As Architect And Surveyor To The Corporation, And As Engineer To The Docks. Foster Junior Was ...
John Fox
Fox, John, Commonly Called The Martyrologist, From The Work By Which He Is Principally Known, Was Born At Boston, In Lincoln Shire, In 1517, Was Entered At Brazenose College, Oxford, In 1531, And Elected A Fellow Of Magdalen College In 1543. Before This He Had Been Chiefly Distinguished For The ...
John Frederick Daniell
Daniell, John Frederick, Wee Born In Essex-street, Strand, On The 12th Of March 1790, And Was The Son Of Mr. George Daniell, Of West Humble, Surrey, Beucher Of The Middle Temple. At An Early Ago He Became A Pupil Of Professor-brande, In Whose Society He Made Several Tours. Mr. Daniell ...
John Frederick Gmelin
Gmelin, John Frederick, Was Born At Tubingen In 1748, Where He Studied, And Took A Doctor'? Degree In 1769. He Early Devoted Himself To The Atndy Of Natural History, And, After Finishing His Education, And Travelling Through Holland And England, He Returned To Ttibingen, Where He Principally Occupied Himself With ...
John Galt
Galt, John, Was Born At Irvine In Ayrshire, On The 2nd Of May 1779. His Father, A Sea-captain In The West India Trade, Removed To Greenock, When John Was About Eleven Years Of Age; And In That Busy Town He Received An Education For Commercial Pursuits. He Spent Some Time ...
John Gauden
Gauden, John, Was Born In 1605 At .mayland In Essex, His Father Being Vicar Of That Pariah. His School-education Was Received At Bury St. Edmunds; Whence He Removed To St. John's College, Cambridge, And Took His Degree In Arts In The Ordinary Course. About 1630 He Removed To Oxford, And ...
John Gay
Gay, John, A Lively Poet Of The 18th Century, Born At Or Near Barnstaple In Devonshire In 1688, Began The World As Apprentice To A Mercer In London. That Employment However Ho Soon Forsook, And Having Published His First Piece, ' Rural Sports,' In 1711, He Dedicated It To Mr. ...
John George Lambton Durham
Durham, John George Lambton, Earl Of, Was Born At The Family Seat Of Lambton Hall, Or, As It Is Usually Called, Lambton Castle, In Durham, On The 12th Of April 1792. His Father Was William Henry Lambton, Esq. ; His Mother, The Lady Anne Barbara Francis Villiers, Second Daughter Of ...
John Georoe Children
Children, John Georoe, Was Born On The 18th Of May 1777, At Ferox Hall, Tonbridge. From The Grammar School Of That Town He Went To Eton, And Afterwards, In 1794, Entered Queen'e College, Cambridge, As Fellow-commoner. Ife Studied With A View To The Church, But The Early Death Of His ...
John Gerarde
Gerarde, John, A Famous Herbalist Of The Time Of Queen Elizabeth, Was Born At Nantwich In Cheshire, In The Year 1545, And Was Educated As A Surgeon. He Removed To London, Where He Obtained The Patronage Of Lord Burghley, Who Was Himself A Lover Of Plants, And Had The Best ...
John Gibson Lockhart
Lockhart, John Gibson, Was Born In 1794 At The Manse Of Cambusoethan, In Lanarkshire, Scotland; His Father, Who Was Of An Old Lanarkshire Family, Being Then Minister Of The Parish Of Cambia Rwthan, In Connection With The Established, Or Presbyterian, Church Of Scotland. Ills Mother Was Related To The Celebrated ...
John Gill
Gill, John, D.d., An Eminent Baptist Minister, Was Bent At Kettering, In Northamptoushiro, On The 23rd Of November (old Style) 1697. Hie Parents, Though In Humble 'life, Gave Him A Superior Education In The Grammar-school Of His Native Town, Until The Euforcing Of A Rule Which Required Attendance Upon Episcopal ...
John Gillies
Gillies, John, Ll.d., Was Born On The 1sth Of January 1747 At Brechin, In The County Of Forfar, Scotland. Lie Belonged To A Respect Able And Enterprising Family. One Of His Younger Brothers Became Eminent As A Lawyer, And Was For Many Years • Judge Of The Supreme Court In ...
John Gottlieb Heineccius
Heineccius, John Gottlieb. Boru At Eisenberg, In Saxony, In 1631, Was One Of The Most Learned Jurists That Germany Has Pro Duced. He Was Appointed Professor Of Philosophy At Halle In 1713, And Was Afterwards Professor Of Law At Franeker In West Friesland, Which Place He Left In 1727 On ...
John Gower
Gower, John, An Early English Writer, Was Born In The First Half Of The 14th Century. Whether Be Was Older Or Younger Than Chaucer Is Doubtful ; Certain It Is That They Were Friends, Probably From Their College Days. The Profession Which Gower Followed Is As Uncertain As His Birth-year. ...
John Graham
Graham, John, Viscount Dundee, Commonly Called Claveit House, From The Name Of An Estate Belonging To His Father Sir William Graham, Of Whom He Was The Second Son, Was Probably Born About The Year 1649 Or 1650. He Is Said To Have Studied At St. Andrews, And To Have Made ...
John Graham Lough
*lough, John Graham, Sculptor, Was Born Early Iu The Present Century At Greenhcad, In Northumberland, Where His Father Was A Small Farmer. Employed From His Earliest Days In The Fields He Received But Little School Education, Yet He Became Very Fond Of Books, Taught Himself To Draw, And Eventually To ...
John Greaves
Greaves, John, An Eminent English Mathematician, Scholar, And Antiquary, Was Born At Colmore, Near Alresford, Hants, In 1602; Went To Balliol College, Oxford, In 1617; Was Elected Fellow Of Merton In 1624, And Appointed Geometry Professor Of Gresham College, London, In 1630. In 1637 He Undertook A Journey To The ...
John Gruter
Gruter, John, An Eminent Scholar And Critic, Was Born At Ant. Weep, December 3, 1560. He May Be Esteemed Half An Englishman, Being Of An English Mother, Learned And Able, Who Is Reported To Have Been His Childhood's Chief Instructor. Moreover, His Family Being Pro Testant, And Driven From Antwerp ...
John Ha Rdouin
Ha Rdouin, John, Commonly Called Pere }iai1douin, Was Born Of Obscure Parents, At Quimper In Brittany, In 1647. He Entered The Society Of The Jesuits At An Early Age, And Devoted Himself To The Study Of Belles-lettres, The Learned Languages, Hiator7, Philosophi, And Divinity. A Large Portion Of His Life ...
John Hampden
Hampden, John, The Eldest Eon Of William Hampden, Of Hamp Den. In Buckinghamshire, And His Wife Elizabeth, Second Daughter Of Sir Henry Cromwell, Of Flinchinbrooke, In Huntingdonshire, And Aunt Of The Protector, Was Born In London In 1594, And Succeeded In His Infancy To The Estates Of Hia Ancient And ...
John Hardyng
Hardyng, John, One Of Our Old Historians, Descended Of A Respectable Northern Family, Was Born In 1378, And At The Early Age Of Twelve Was Admitted Into The Family Of Sir Henry Percy, Eldest Son Of The Earl Of Northumberland, Known By The Name Of Hotspur, With Whom He Fought ...
John Harrison
Harrison, John, Was Born At Faulby, Near Pontefract, In York Shire, In The Year 1693. Ile Was The Son Of A Carpenter, Which Profession He Also Followed During Several Years. In 1700 The Family Removed To Barrow, In Lincolnshire. Harrison Early Displayed An Attachment To Mechanical Pursuits, And His Attention ...
John Hawkesworth
Hawkesworth, John, Lld., Was A Successful Writer Of The'last Century. The Date Of His Birth (1715 Or 1719) And The Occupations Of His Early Life Are Variously Stated : In So Short A Notice, All That Is Essential To Record Is, That Be Was Bred To Some Mechanical Occupation, And ...
John Henry Hottinger
Hottinger, John Henry, Born At Zurich In 1620, After Studying In His Native Country Repaired To Leyden In 1639, Where Golius The Orientalist Engaged Him As His Assistant. Hottinger Learned The Arabic And Turkish Languages Under A Native Of Morocco, And Gradually Became A Distinguished Oriental Scholar. He Made Hie ...
John Henry Lambert
Lambert, John Henry, A Distinguiahed Philosopher Of Ger Many. Was A Descendant From A Family Which Bad Been Compelled To Quit Franco In Consequence Of The Persecutions Caused By The Revoca Tion Of The Edict Of Nantes, And He Was Born At 3lialhausen In Upper Aleatia, August 29th, 1728. He ...
John Heywood
Heywood, John, One Of Our Earliest Dramatic Writers, Lived In The First Half Of The 16th Century. He Was Probably A Native Of London, Was Educated At Oxford, And Possessed Lands At North Mims, In Berke, Where He Is Supposed To Have Made The Acquaintance Of His Neighbour Sir Thomas ...
John Higgins Or Higins
Higgins Or Higins, John, Was Born About 1541. He Was Educated At Oxford, But Whether He Took A Degree Is Uncertain. Ile Became • Clergyman, And Was Employed As A Schoolmaster Or Tutor. Whilst So Employed He Compiled A Manual For The Use Of His Scholars, Under The Title Of ...
John Holbein
Holbein, John, Or Hans, Is Considered By The Germans To Be Their Best Painter Next To Albert Dem, Whom He However Excelled Iu Portraits. He Painted Equally Well In Oil, Water-colours, And Distemper, On A Large Scale And In Miniature, And Was Besides Well Skilled In Architecture. It Is Rather ...
John Hooper
Hooper, John, One Of The Most Venerated Martyrs Of The Reformation, Was Born In Somersetshire About 1495, And Educated At Oxford, Where, By Study Of The Scriptures And The Works Of The Foreign Reformers, He Was Converted To Protestantism. On This Account He Found It Expedient To Quit The University, ...
John Howard
Howard, John, One Of The Most Disinterested, Laborious, And Useful Philanthropists That Have Done Honour To Any Age Or Nation, Wa.s Born About 1726. His Father Was A London Tradesman, Who Apprenticed Him To • Wholesale Grocer, But Dying When His Eon Was About Nineteen Years Of Age, And Leaving ...
John Hunter
Hunter, John, Was Born In 1728, At Long Calderwood, Iu Kilbride, A Village Near Glasgow, Where His Father Possessed A Small Farm. Being The Youngest Of Ten Children, And His Father Dying When He Was Very Young, His Education Was Almost Entirely Neglected. His Whole Time Was Devoted To The ...
John Huss
Huss, John, Was Born At Hussinatz, A Village Of Bohemia, Of Humble Parents, About The Year 1370. He Studied In Tho University Of Prague, Where Be Distinguished Himself By His Assiduity And Talents. Being Ordained Priest In 1400, He Soon After Adopted The Opinions Of Wycliffe, Which He Proclaimed Loudly ...
John Ja311eson
Ja311eson, John, D.d. (so He Himself Spelt The Name, Though He Made His Children Drop The I), Was Born March 3, 1759, In Glasgow, Where Ills Father, The Rev. John Jameson, Was Pastor Of One Of The Two Congregations Of Seceders, Which Then Comprised All The Persons Of Their Denomination ...
John Jackson
Jackson, John, R.a., Was Born In 1778 At Lastingliam, In York Shire, Where His Father Carried On The Business Of A Tailor, And Be Was Himself Bred To Tho Same Business. He However Hated His Occupa Tion; He Had Seen The Collection Of Lord Mulgrave, And The Pictures At Castle ...
John James Griesbach
Griesbach, John James, Was Born At Butzbach In Hesse Darmstadt, On The 4th Of January 1745. At An Early Age He Com Menced His Grammatical Studies In The Gymnasium At Frankfurt-on The-main, Where His Father Performed The Duties Of A Lutheran Minister And Consistorial Oouncillor. From Frankfurt Be Went, In ...
John Jervis
Jervis, John, Earl Of St. Vincent, And Admiral Of The Fleet, Was Born At Meaford In Staffordshire, January 9, 1734, 0.s.; Entered The Navy At Teu Years Old ; Was Posted Into The Gosport, 40 Guns, In 1760 ; And Appointed To The Foudroyant, 80, In 1774. In This Ship, ...
John Jewell
Jewell, John, One Of The Fathers Of The English Protestant Church, Was Born In 1522 Iu Devonshire, And Educated Iu Grammar Schoole In That County, Till At The Age Of Thirteen He Was Sent To Oxford, Where He Was Entered At Merton College, Under The Tuition Of John Parkhurst, Who ...
John Jortin
Jortin, John, D.d., Was Bore In 1698 In London, But Was Of Foreign Extraction, His Family Having Left France When Louis Xiv. Revoked The Edict Of Heuri Iv., Commonly Called The Edict Of Nantes, For Tho Protection Of Hie Huguenot Subjects. Jortiu Had His Grammar Education At The Charterhouse, Whence ...
John Junes
Junes, John, Ll.d., Was Born In The Pariah Of Llandingat, In Caermarthenshire, Where His Father Was A Respectable Farmer. He Was Educated At A Grammar School At Brecon, And Afterwards Became A Student At The Unitarian New College, Hackney, Where He Was A Favourite Pupil Of Gilbert Wakefield. In 1792 ...
John Keane
Keane, John, Rani Lord Keane, Of Ohuznee In Afghanistan And Of Cappoquin In The County Of Waterford, Was The Second Son Of Sir John Keane, Bart., Of Belmont In That County, By Sarah, Daughter Of J. Kiley, Esq. He Was Born In 1781, And Entered The Army In His Thirteenth ...
John Keats
Keats, John, Was Born In Moorficlds, London, In The Year 179(3. He Received N Classical Education At Enfield, Under Mr. Clarke, And Maa Afterwards Apprenticed To A Surgeon. Mr. Clarke Introduced Rim To Mr. Leigh Hunt, Who Brought Him Before The Public. In 1817 Le Published A Volume Containing His ...
John Keill
Keill, John, A Distinguished British Mathematician And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Edinburgh In 1671, And Having Received The Rudiments Of Education In That City, He Completed His Course Of Study In Its University, Of Which The Celebrated Dr. Gregory Was Then The Mathematical Professor. In 1691 Be Was Entered ...
John Kepler
Kepler, John, Was Born At Well In The Duchy Of Wfirtcmberg, 21st Of December 1571. He Was A Seven-mouths Child, Very Weak And Sickly, And Survived With Difficulty A Eevero Attack Of Smallpox. His Parents, Henry Kepler And Catherine Ouldeomann, Were Of Noble Descent, Although Their Circumstances Were Far From ...
John Kitto
Kitto, John, Was Born At Plymouth, December 4, 1804. His Father Had Been A Respectable Builder, But Soon After His Eon 'a Birth Became Much Reduced In Circumstances Through The Adoption Of Intemperate Habits. At Four Years Old John Kitto Was Transferred To The Care Of His Maternal Grandmother, By ...
John Knox
Knox, John, The Son Of Obscure Parents, Was Born In 1505 : There Is Some Doubt Respecting His Birthplace, Which Was Probably The Village Of Gifford In East Lothian, Although It Has Been Asserted That He Was Born At Haddington. His Education Was More Liberal Than Was Then Common. In ...
John Lambert
Lambert, John, Is Said To Have Been Born Of A Good Family, Probably About 1620, And To Have Been Educated For The Bar. On The Breaking Out Of The Contest Between The King And The Parliament, He Abandoned The Study Of The Law, And Joined The Parliamentary Army, Io Which ...
John Landseer
Landseer, John, Associate Engraver Of The Royal Academy, Was Born At Lincoln In 1769. He Learnt Engraving Under Byrne, A Landscape-engraver Of Much Ability ; As Early As 17 93 Acquired Some Celebrity By Engraving Some Vignettes, After Louthcrbourg, For Maclise's Bible ; And Increased His Reputation By Engravings Executed ...
John Langhorne
Langhorne, John, Was Born At Kirkby Stephen, In West Morland, In 1735, And Educated At The School Of Appleby. Being Too Indigent To Proceed To The University, He Had Recourse To Private Tuition, Took Orders, And In 1760 Entered Himself As A Ten-year-man At Clare Hall, Cambridge. Having Fallen In ...
John Latham
Latham, John, Was Born June 27, 1740, At Eltham In Kent, Tho Eldest Son Of A Surgeon And Apothecary Of That Place. He Was Educated At Merchant Taylor's School, But When Only Fifteen Was Removed In Order To Prepare Himself For Following His Father's Pro Fession. He Studied Anatomy Under ...
John Law
Law, John, Of Lauristoo, Was Born About 1681 At Edinburgh, In Vhich City His Father Exercised The Trade Of A Goldsmith. His Mother Ming Heiress Of An Estate Called Lauristou Is The Reason Why, In Eon. Ormity With The Scottish Custom, Law Is Known By That Name Or Title Dio. ...
John Le Keux
Le Keux, John, Architectural Engraver, Was Born In 1784, In Sun-street, Bishopagate, London, Where His Father Was A Manufacturer Of Pewter; And To Him The Youth Was In The First Instance Apprenticed, But Disliking The Business, He Was At The Age Of Seventeen Transferred As A Pupil To Mr. James ...
John Ledyard
Ledyard, John, A Remarkable Person In The History Of Geo Graphical Discovery, Was Born At Groton In Conuecticut, And Educated At Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Having Lost His Father, And Being Apparently Friendless, He Had Not The Means, If He Had The Wish, To Follow Up His Studies. Some Years ...
John Leusden
Leusden, John, Was Born At Utretcht In 1624. He Studied The Oriental Languages, And Particularly Hebrew, With Great Success At The Universities Of Utrecht And Amsterdam. In 1649 He Was Appointed Professor Of Hebrew At Utrecht. He Died In 1699. Louden Was One Of The Beat Hebrew Scholars Of His ...
John Leyden
Leyden, John, M.d., Was Born On The 8th Of September 1775, At Denholm, A Village On The Banks Of The Teviot, In The Perish Of Cavers And County Of Roxburgh. His Parents, Who Were Engaged In Farming, Gave Him As Good An Education As Their Means Allowed. After Making Great ...
John Lightfoot
Lightfoot, John, Born 1602, Is One Of Those English Divines Who Belong Peculiarly To The Class Called Commentators, That Is, Who Have Written Notes Or Comments On The Holy Scriptures. By The Mass Of Readers These Persons Are Not Properly Distinguished From Each Other; Yet Each Has His Own Peculiarity ...
John Locke
Locke, John, Was Born At Wrington Near Bristol, On The 29th Of August 1632. By The Advice Of Colonel Popham, Under Whom Locke's Father Had Served In The Parliamentary Wars, Locke Was Placed At Westminster School, From Which He Was Elected In 1651 To Christ Church, Oxford. He Applied Himself ...
John Logan
Logan, John, Was Born At Ma, In The County Of Edinburgh, In 1748. Ile Was Tho Son Of A Small Farmer, And, Being Destined To The Clerical Profession, Was Educated In The University Of Edinburgh ; After Which He Became Tutor To Sir John Sinclair. In 1773, Almost Immediately Ou ...
John Lydgate
Lydgate, John, An Ancient English Poet, One Of The Successors Of Chaucer, Was A Monk Of The Benedictine Abbey Of Bury St. Edmunds In Suffolk. The Dates Of Only A Few Of The Events Of His Life Have Been Ascertained. Lie Was Ordained A Subdeacon In 1389, A Deacon In ...
John Mason Good
Good, John Mason, M.d., Was Born On The 25th Of May 1764, At Epping, Where His Father Was Minister Of An Independent Congregation. He Was Educated At Home, Where He Studied Latio, Greek, Aud French. At Fifteen Years Old He Was Apprenticed To A Surgeon In Gosport, On Leaving Whom ...
John Paul Jones
Jones, John Paul, Was Born July 6, 1747, At Arbigland, Iu The Parish Of Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. The Cause Of His Father, Who Was A Gardener, Was Paul ; The Addition Of Jones Was Assumed By The Son After He Grew Up In Life. He Went To Sea At The ...
John Philip Kemble
Kemble, John Philip, Was Born On The 1st Of February 1757, At Prescot, In Lancashire. His Father Was Roger Kemble, An Actor, And Manager Of A Provincial Company. John Kemble Was Not Intended By His Father For The Stage, Although During His Childhood Be Was Occa Sionally Called Upon To ...
John Reinhold Forster
Forster, John Reinhold, Was Born In 1729, At Dirschau In Western Prussia, Of Which Town His Father Was Burgomaster. Having Studied At Halle, He Was Appointed In 1753 To The Cure Of Vassenhoff Near Danzig. In 1765 He Accepted An Offer To Go To Dussia To Take The Direction Of ...
John Rudolf Glauber
Glauber, John Rudolf. This Extraordinary Man And Labo Rious Chemist Was Born In Germany Towards The Close Of The 16th Century. Ills Works Were Published At Amsterdam, And In 1639 They Were Transisted Into English By Mr. Christopher L'acke, In One Large Folio Volume. Although An Alchemist And A Believer ...
John Scott Eldon
Eldon, John Scott, Earl Of, Rose To The Eminent Station Which He Ultimately Held From A Bumble Be.sinning. All That Is Known About His Ancestry Is That His Grandfather Is Reported By Tradi Tion To Have Been A Clerk In The Office Of A Coal-fitter At Newcastle, And A Man ...
John Of Salisbury
John Of Salisbury Finds A Place, And Very Deservedly, In Every Catalogue Of Learned Englishmen. Hie Era Was The Reign Of King Henry Il, The Salisbury From Which He Took His Name Was Therefore The Old Town Of That Name (old Sarum), And Not The Present Episcopal City, Which Was ...