. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... the theory of the universe, wasnot published till 1687. In that year alsoNewton was chosen one of the delegates,to defend the privileges of the universityagainst James II.; and in 1688 and 1701he was elected one of the members of thenniversify. He was appointed warden ofthe Mint in 1696; was made master of itin 1699; was chosen president of theRoval Society in 1703; and was knightedinl705. He died March 20,1727. Amonghis works are, Arithmetica Universalis; aNew Method of Infinite Serie
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... the theory of the universe, wasnot published till 1687. In that year alsoNewton was chosen one of the delegates,to defend the privileges of the universityagainst James II.; and in 1688 and 1701he was elected one of the members of thenniversify. He was appointed warden ofthe Mint in 1696; was made master of itin 1699; was chosen president of theRoval Society in 1703; and was knightedinl705. He died March 20,1727. Amonghis works are, Arithmetica Universalis; aNew Method of Infinite Series and Flux-ions; Optics; The Chronology of AncientKingdoms amended; and Observations onthe Prophecies of Daniel and the Apoca-lypse. NEWTON, Thomas, a learned pre-late, was born, in 1704, at Litchfield ; waseducated there, at Westminster, and atTrinity College, Cambridge; and, afterhaving filled various minor preferments,was made bishop of Bristol, in 1761. Hedied in 1782. His principal work is,Dissertations on the Prophecies. He alsopublished editions, with notes, of ParadiseLost, and Paradise NEY, Michael, a French marshal,prince of the Moskwa, duke of Elchingen,denominated the bravest of the braveby his countrymen, was the son of an arti- 400 NIC pan,and was horn, in 1769, ;it Sarrr enterid tlii-:inny in 17S7; fxcrttJ liini-snlf sn iniRli in tlie early rainpaigns of tlierevolution that lie was called the Indefali-gahle; and to the rank of brigadier(general in 1796. IIcl)t)re a j;;ut in all theachievement.* of the army of the Rhine,partieularly the battle of Ifohndiiiilen. Inall the campaigns from 1805 to 1814, Neylicld high commands,, a*ul constantly sig-nalized himself by his military skill andliis daring valour. He was made a peerby Louis XVIII., and was placed at theliead of an army to stop the progress ofNapoleon in 1815. Ney, however, wentover, with his army, to former sove-reign, and fought for hiia at Quatre Brasanu Waterlof). On the se
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