. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... REMBRANDT, Paul, called VanRyn, from his living on tlie banks of theRhine, but whose real name was GER-RETZ, was born, in 1606, in a villagenear Leyden, and studied painting underVan Swanenburg, Lostman, and settled at Amsterdam, and soon be-came so highly celebrated that he acquireda large fortune. His habits, however,■were low, and his avarice was insatiable;so that he lived like a beggar, and descen-ded to the meanest tricks to increase hishoard. He died in 1647. He excelle
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... REMBRANDT, Paul, called VanRyn, from his living on tlie banks of theRhine, but whose real name was GER-RETZ, was born, in 1606, in a villagenear Leyden, and studied painting underVan Swanenburg, Lostman, and settled at Amsterdam, and soon be-came so highly celebrated that he acquireda large fortune. His habits, however,■were low, and his avarice was insatiable;so that he lived like a beggar, and descen-ded to the meanest tricks to increase hishoard. He died in 1647. He excelledwith the graver no less than with the pen-cil. Rembrandt has been called, but notwith much discrimination, the Shakspeareof RENNEL, JoHK, an eminent Englishgeographer, was born, in 1742, at Chud-leigli, in Devonshire ; and entered thenaval service at tlie age of fifteen. Hequitted the sea, however, in his twenty-fourth year, went to India as an officer ofengineers, resided there for some years,and rose to the rank of major and survey-or general of Bengal. On his return homehe became a member of the Royal died May 29, 1830. Among his chiefworks are, The Bengal Atlas; a Map ofHindostan; Memoirs on the Geography ofAsia; and The Geographical System ofHerodotus explained. RENNIE, John, one of the most cele-brated civil engineers and mechanists,19 was born, in 1761, at Phantassie, in EastLothian, and first became known by the
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