. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... n at Gnossus, in theisland of Crete. It was he who, about 684E. C, drew the plan and commenced thebuilding of the famous temple of Diana atEphesus. In concert with Metagenes, hisson, who continued the construction of thetemple, he also determined the proportionsof the Ionic order. CHESELDEN, William, an eminentanatomist and surgeon, was born, in 1688,at Burrow on the Hill, in he studied under Cowper, andsurgery at St. Thomass Hospital. In 1713appeared his first w
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... n at Gnossus, in theisland of Crete. It was he who, about 684E. C, drew the plan and commenced thebuilding of the famous temple of Diana atEphesus. In concert with Metagenes, hisson, who continued the construction of thetemple, he also determined the proportionsof the Ionic order. CHESELDEN, William, an eminentanatomist and surgeon, was born, in 1688,at Burrow on the Hill, in he studied under Cowper, andsurgery at St. Thomass Hospital. In 1713appeared his first work, The Anatomy ofthe Human Body. He subsequently pub-lished a Treatise on the high operation forthe stone; Osteography; a translation ofLe Drans Surgery; and various papers inthe Philosophical Transactions. Of thesethe first two involved him in a controversywith Dr. Douglas. He was surgeon to , St. Georges, and Chelsea Hos-pitals, and to the Westminster died in 1752. Cheselden had architectural knowledge: SurgeonsHall, in the Old Bailey, was designed byhim. CHI 176. CHESTERFIELD, Philip DormerSTANHOPE, earl of, was born in London,in 1694, and was educated at he was of age, he sat in parliamentas member for Lostwithiel, and spoke withso much violence as to provoke from hisantagonists a liint, that his minority mightpossibly be taken advantage of to movefor his exclusion. In 1726, he succeededto the earldom of Chesterfield. The ac-cession of George II. opened to Stanhopethe road to political honours. He wassworn a privy counsellor; was appointed,in 1728, ambassador extraordinary to Hol-land; received the Garter in 1730; andwas nominated steward of the latter office he resigned in 1733; andfor many years he continued in strenuousopposition to the measures of Sir RobertWalpole. Among the anti-ministerial peershe stood conspicuous for activity and elo-quence. At the same time his pen was [frequently employed, wit
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