Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . annel and to make a correct chart of the accomplished this object, he went to make a survey of the coast ofDalmatia, for the emperor. In 1703, he was appointed Savilian professor ofgeometry at Oxford; in 1705 he made public his valuable researches on theorbits of comets ; in 1713, he became secretary to the Royal Society ;
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . annel and to make a correct chart of the accomplished this object, he went to make a survey of the coast ofDalmatia, for the emperor. In 1703, he was appointed Savilian professor ofgeometry at Oxford; in 1705 he made public his valuable researches on theorbits of comets ; in 1713, he became secretary to the Royal Society ; and in1719, he succeeded Flamsteed as astronomer royal. The remainder of his lifewas chiefly spent in the sedulous performance of his duties in that situation,especially in completing the theory of the motion of the moon. He died atGreenwich, Jan. 14, 1741-2. Fontenelle thus speaks of H alley: To hisgreat extent of knowledge, was added constant presence of mind, and a free-dom of expression, at once pertinent, judicious, and sincere. He was nat-urally of an ardent temper, and a generous disposition, open and punctual inhis transactions, candid in his judgment, simple and blameless in his mannersaffable, communicative, and disinterested .DANIEL DEFOE, 223. DANIEL DEFOE. THE name of this great writer is doubtless familiar to most readers, as that of<he author of Robinson Crusoe. Although more than a century has now elapsedsince he ceased to live, he has not yet obtained in the general estimation thatshare of fame and that rank in English literature to which he is justly was a life of extraordinary activity; an account of which, therefore,it given in detail, might occupy, as indeed it has been made to occupy, we must confine ourselves to a very rapid and general sketch. DANIEL DEFOE was born 1661, in London, England, where his father wasa butcher, of the parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate. His father, who was a dis-senter, sent him to be educated at
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