GELL, SIR WILLIAM, was born in 1777, and was a younger son of Philip Cell, Esq., of 'lepton, Derbyshire. He was educated at Jeans College, Cambridge, and took his degree of HA. in 1793 and of M.A.
in 1304. He was fur some time a Fellow of Emanuel College. He is stated to have received his knighthood ou the 14th of May 1803, on his return from a mission to the Ionian Ialanda; but of the nature of this mission we are not informed, and he certainly was not knighted at so early a date. He had already spent much of his time abroad, when on the Princess of Wales leaving England in 1814, she appointed him 0110 of her chamberlains. He attended the princess in various parts of Italy, especially at Naples and Rome, sa appears from the evidence he gave at the bar of the House of Lords in the course of the proceedings taken against her after she became queen and had returned to Englaud in 1820. After this Gall returned to Italy, and he resided mostly at Naples till his death, which took place there on the 4th of February 1836. He had also however a house at Rome, in which he occasionally resided. He had long sutlered severely from ;out and rheumatism, and for some years before his death ho had nearly altogether lost the use of his limbs.
Cell first appeared as an author in 1804, when he published his work sntitled ' The Topography of Troy and its Vicinity, illustrated and 'xplained by Drawings and Descriptions,' folio, This was followed by The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca,' Ito, 1808 ; The Itinerary of Greece, with a Commentary on Pansanias and Strabo, sod an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at present' existing in that Country,' 4to, 1810; 'The Itinerary of the Mores, being a Particular Description of that Peninsula, with a Map of the Routes,' 8vo, 1817; 'Ponipeisna, or Observations upon the Topography, Edifies*, and Ornaments of Pompeii' (in conjunction with J. P. Oaneiy, Esq.), 2 vols.
Svo, 1817.19; 'Attica,' folio, 1817; ' Narrative of a Journey in the Mom,' Svo, 1523 (the journey having been performed in 1804); ' The Topography of home and its Vicinity,' 2 vols. 8vo, 1834 (en important work in reference to the cities anciently existing in the Campegna di Roma); 'home and Its Environs' (a map), 1834. (3811 was a good draftsman, and he has the merit of having carefully examined and delineated many monument. of antiquity. Some of his works are hurried performances, but they have all a certain value as being the results of actual observation. The one that brought the author most into notice was his' Pompelana ; of this a continuation, or second series, in 2 vela 8vo, was published in 1835.
(ffeetkinon's Moga:ine. June. 1836; Cell, Work.)