. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... nboyna. , Iktkk, brother of the bot-ani>t, was born at .Vmslerdam, in 1714,and was brought up by his uncle, whom ihe assisted in his critical labours, and ofiwhom he was no unworthy rival in eru-dition. He was professor of eloiiucncc atiFramker, and afterwards, professor of jpoetry, libiarian, and keeper of the gvin-!nasium, at Amsterdam, wliere he died of jan apoplexy in 1778. He wrote a volume!of Latin poems, and edited Arist(i|)hanes,|Claudius, Iropertius, and other classi
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... nboyna. , Iktkk, brother of the bot-ani>t, was born at .Vmslerdam, in 1714,and was brought up by his uncle, whom ihe assisted in his critical labours, and ofiwhom he was no unworthy rival in eru-dition. He was professor of eloiiucncc atiFramker, and afterwards, professor of jpoetry, libiarian, and keeper of the gvin-!nasium, at Amsterdam, wliere he died of jan apoplexy in 1778. He wrote a volume!of Latin poems, and edited Arist(i|)hanes,|Claudius, Iropertius, and other classicalwriters. Like his uncle, he was irascible,and was fiecjucntly engaged in violent]literary ipiarrels. , KiciiAUD, a native of KirkbyStephen, ill \\Cstmoreland, was educated,at IJxford, and becaiiie vicar of Orton, inhis native county, a magistrate, and chan-cellor of Carlisle. He died in 1789. Heis the author of the book known a.«Hums Justice; a similar work on Eccle-siastical (^aw ; a History of the Ioor Laws;and, in conjunction with .Nicholson, a His-tory of Westmoreland and BURNET, , the son of aScotch lawyer, was born at Ediiibui;;h, in1643, and was eduiated at .Vberilcen. .Vfttrhaving travelled in Holland, and visited BUR j London, where he was made a fellow ofthe Royal Sociity, he took orders, andwas presented to the living of he held this living, his honest zeal,j in drawing up a nirmnrial against committeil by the Scottish bishops,I excited the indigrialion of ArchbishopI Sharpe, who would fain have punishedhis boldness by depriving and excommunicating him. Between 1665 and 1673,j Burnet was made professor of divinity atUhisgow, and chaplain in ordinary to theI king; twice declined a Scottish bishopric;and wrote, among other productions. Me-moirs of the Duke of Hamilton, and awork, of which, no doubt, he soon repen-ted, in defence of the regal prerogativesof the crown of Scotland. The courtfavour which he ha
Size: 1641px × 1522px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, booksubjectbiography, bookyear18
