. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... degree of professional reputation,and, as a necessary consec|uence, a splendidfortune. He became vice-president of theRoyal Society, censor of the college ofphysicians, and physician to George II. MEH I The presidency of the college his numcrouaavocations compelled him to decline ,. The riches which he gained byhis skill he used nobly, in forming a mag-nificent library and museum, and in assist-I ing men of talent. He died in 1754. Hisworks form a quarto volume. MECHAIX, Pkt
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... degree of professional reputation,and, as a necessary consec|uence, a splendidfortune. He became vice-president of theRoyal Society, censor of the college ofphysicians, and physician to George II. MEH I The presidency of the college his numcrouaavocations compelled him to decline ,. The riches which he gained byhis skill he used nobly, in forming a mag-nificent library and museum, and in assist-I ing men of talent. He died in 1754. Hisworks form a quarto volume. MECHAIX, Pktkr Francis AxI DRKVv, a French aslr<uiomer and geometri-cian, was born, in 1744, at Laon. Lulandeprocured for him an appointment in thenational depository of marine charts. Me-chlin p;irtiiularly applied himself to dis-cover comets, and to calculate their ele-ments, and he observed eleven in the courseof eighteen years. He was also emiiloyed,with Delamore, in measuring a degree ofthe meridian betwe(;n Pcrpigriaii and Bar-celona; and he edited the Connoisaucedes Temps from 1786 to 1794. He diedin MEDICI, Lorenzo di, gurnamed theJlagnificent, was born in 1448; was edu-cated with the utmost care; and, in 1469,succee<led his father, Peter, in the govern-ment of Florence. In 1478 he \yas nearbecoming the victim of a conspiracy formeaby the Pazzi, between whom and hisfamily there existed an hereditary anddeadly enmity. His brother Julio waskilled, but Lorenzo saved himself by hiscourage and presence of mind. Withe()ual good fortune he succeeded in break-ing up a confederacy which was formedajaiiist him by his inveterate enemy, PopeSixtus IV. His latter years were spent intranquillity, and in the munificent encour-agement of learning and the arts. Hedied in 1492. Many editions of his poemshave been published. MEJIUL, Stepiikn Henry, an emi-nent French composer, was born, in 1763,at Givet; was an admirable organist whenonly ten years old; settled at Paris in1779, and was s
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