wno published some elegant lyric and heroic poetry, about 1582. HERISSANT, Lewis Anthony Prosper, an eminent French poet and physician, died at HENRY, John, a member of congress, from Maryland, in 1778, afterwards elected a senator of the United States, and in 1797, governor of the state of Maryland; he died in 1798. HERACLITUS, a celebrated Ephesian philo-Paris, in 1709. sopher, who is said to have continually bewailed the wicked lives of men, and as often as he came among them to have fallen a-wecping; contrary to Democritus, who made the follies of mankind the subject of laughter; he flourished about 500 B. C. HERACLIUS, son of a governor of Africa, dethroned Phocas, and ascended the throne of Constantinople, in 610; he died in 641. HERACLIUS, patriarch of Jerusalem, about 1170. HERITIER, Nicolas l', a French poet, and dramatic writer, and historiographer of France, died in 1680. HERITIER, Marie Jeanne l', de Villandon, a French poetess and novel writer, died at Paris, in 1734. HERITIER DE BRUTELLE, Charles Louis l', a botanist, was born at Paris, in 1746. In 1784 he published a splendid work, called "Stirpes Novæ;" two years after which he went to England, and collected from the gardens the matetherials of his "Hortum Anglicum," which he left unfinished, being assassinated in August, 1801, as was suspected, by his son. HERALDUS, Desiderius, a counsellor of parliament of Paris, eminent for his writings on law and on the belles lettres,died in 1649. HERBELOT, Bartholomew d', an eminent orientalist, born at Paris, in 1625, died in 1695. His chief work is "Bibliotheque Orientale, or A Universal Dictionary, containing whatever relates to the Knowledge of the Eastern world." HERBERT, Thomas, an Englishman, author of "Travels in Asia and Africa," was engaged in the civil wars of his country, at first on the side of the parliament, afterwards for the king. At the restoration he was created a baronet, and died in 1682. HERLICIUS, David, a German astrologer, born in 1557. HERMAN, Paul a celebrated botanist, a native of Halle, in Saxony, died in 1695. HERMAN,James, an eminent mathematician of Basle, and the friend of Leibnitz. He was born in 1678, and died in 1733, leaving various works. HERMANT, Godefroi, a doctor of the Sorbonne, and rector of the university of Paris, died in 1690. HERBERT, Mary, countess of Pembroke, a HERMAS, Pastor, or Shepherd, one of the fagreat encourager of letters, and herself an in-thers, supposed to have died at Rome, A. D. 81. genious poet. Her character may be highly HERMES, an Egyptian legislator, priest, and judged of, from the epitaph written by Ben Jon-philosopher, who lived, as some think, in the sou, viz. "Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death! ere thou hast kill'd another, Fair, and good, and learn'd as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee." HERBERT, Edward, lord Herbert of Cherbury, in Shropshire, an eminent English statesman, and writer on history, philosophy, and criticism, born in Montgomery Castle, in 1581, died in 1648. HERBERT, George, brother of the preceding, a divine and poet, of whose judgment the great Lord Bacon, had so high an opinion, that he would not suffer his works to be printed till they had passed Herbert's examination; he was born in 1593, and wrote a volume of devout poems called "The Temple." He also wrote valuable work in prose, entitled "A Priest to the Temple;" he died about 1635. HERBERT, William, earl of Pembroke, born In Wiltshire, in 1580, died of apoplexy, in 1630. He was chancellor of Oxford, and made the university a present of a large collection of manuscripts. Pembroke College was so named in honour of him. HERBERT, William, a topographical antiquary, born in 1718, died at Cheshunt, in 1795, Dublished a new edition of "Atkyns's History of Gloucestershire;" and a continuation of "Ames's Topographical Antiquities." HERBIN, Augustus Francis Julian, a native of France, distinguished as an oriental scholar, died in 1806. HERBINIUS, John a protestant clergyman, of Poland, died in 1676. HERDER, John Gottfried, a German writer, preacher to the duke of Saxe Weimar, ecclesiastical counsellor &c., died in 1803. HERERAS, Ferdinand de, a poet of Seville, year of the world 2076, in the reign of Ninus, Some HERMIAS, a heretic, of Galatia, in the 2d century. HERMILLY,Vaquette d', a native of France, author of the history of Majorca and Minorca, &c., died at Paris, in 1778. HERMOGENES, of Tarsus, a Greek rhetorician, flourished about the year 161. At 15 he became a teacher; at 17 he wrote his " Art of Rhetoric;" but, at 25, he lost his memory, and the faculty of speech. Of his works some portions remain, which were printed at Geneva, in 1614. HERMOGENES, a heretic, of the 2d century, of the sect of stoics. HEROD, falsely called the Great, king and tyrant of Judea, who, on the strength of a misin terpreted prophecy, caused all the male children of Bethlehem, and its neighbourhood, to be mas sacred by his soldiers, at the time of the birth of Christ, in the vain hope of destroying the Saviour of mankind. He died A. D. 3. HEROD ANTIPAS, son and successor to He→ rod the Great; he put to death John the Baptist.. Our Saviour was made to appear before him by Pilate. HERODIAN, a Greek historian, of Rome, who flourished under the reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Heliogabalus, Alexander, and Maximin. His history contains eight books, and is greatly admired. It comprises the events from A. D. 180 to 238. Herodian died about 247. HERODOTUS, an ancient Greek historian, of Halicarnassus, in Caria, born about 484, and died in 413 B. C. He is called "The Father of History" his work is written in the Ionic dia lect, and divided into nine books, which contain "Theron and Aspasio; or, a Series of Dialogued HERRERA TORDESILLAS, Antonio de, a celebrated Spanish historian. He published a History of the World from 1554 to 1598;" and what is much more esteemed) a general" His tory of the Indies from 1492 to 1554;" and also wrote a History of Spain. He was born in 1565, and died in 1625. HERRICK, Robert, a poet, born in London, 1591, received his education at Cambridge; after which he obtained the vicarage of Dean Prior, Devonshire. At the time of the rebellion, he was deprived of this living; but at the restoration he recovered it, and died not long afterwards. His poetical works were printed in 1648, under the title of "Hesperides." HESHUSIUS,Tillemannus, a German divine, was a teacher of theology, and the author of seHESIOD, a very ancient Greek poet, but whe ther cotempory with, or older or younger, than Homer, is not yet agreed among the learned. The "Theogony," and "Works and Days, the only undoubted pieces of this poet now extant. are HESSE, William, prince of, was distinguished for his attention to literature, and for his patronage of literary men; he died in 1597. HESSELS, or HESSELIUS, John, professor of theology at Louvain, was distinguished for his eloquence and learning; he died in 1566. HESYCHIUS, a celebrated grammarian and lexicographer, of Alexandria, who flourished about A. D. 300. HETHERINGTON, William, an English di HERRING, Dr. Thomas, archbishop of Can-vine, who died in 1778, leaving 20,0007. as a terbury, born in Norfolk, 1693. When the re- perpetual fund for the relief of 50 blind persons bellion broke out in Scotland, in 1745, and the with 107. a year. Highlanders defeated the king's troops at Pres- HETZER, Lewis, a German socinian; he ton-pans, the archbishop (then of York) contri-published a translation of the Bible, which was buted much to remove the general panic, and suppressed, and died in 1540. awaken the nation from its lethargy. He convened the nobility, gentry, and clergy, of his diocese, and addressed them in a noble and animat ed speech, which had such an effect upon his auditory, that a subscription ensued to the amount of 40,000l., and the example was successfully followed by the nation in general. On the death of Dr. Potter, in 1747, he was translated to the see of Canterbury, and died in 1757. HEURNIUS, John, a celebrated Dutch physician, born at Utrecht, in 1543, died in 1601. There are several productions of his, but his principal one is, "A Treatise upon disorders of the Head." He also published Hippocrates, in Greek and Latin, with explanatory commentaries, which have undergone many editions. HEUSCH, William de, a landscape painter, of Utrecht, who died in the latter part of the 17th century. His nephew Jacob, and another of the same family, named Abraham, were also HERSCHEL, Sir William, an eminent English astronomer, discoverer of the planet Georgium Sidus, or, as it is sometimes called Her-successful, as painters. schel, died in 1822, aged 84. HERSENT, Charles, or Hersan, a French divine, known as the author of a severe satire against Richelieu; he died in 1660. HERSEY, Ezekiel, an eminent physician, of Hingham, Mass., who gave 10007. sterling to wards founding a professorship of anatomy and surgery in Harvard college; he died in 1770. HERSEY, Abner, brother of Ezekiel, gave 500l. to establish a professorship of the theory and practice of physic in Cambridge; he died|| after 1770. HERTZBERG, Ewald Frederic, comte de, a very eminent statesman, of Prussia, born at Lottin, in Pomerania. He became known in the literary world at the age of 17, and on leaving college, by a "Dissertation on History." On his return from the university, being known to Frederic II., who saw him possessed of merit, in 1745, he entered the diplomatic career as secretary of legation, and progressively rose to the highest point of rank and confidence in the state. The remembrance of him will always be closely connected with that of the great king whom he had the honour to serve. He died in 1795. HERVEY, Augustus John, carl of Bristol, a captain of the royal navy, and a lord of the admiralty; he died in 1779. HEUSINGER, John Michael, a Saxon divine, eminent for his piety, was made professor at Gotha, and afterwards at Eisenach, whers he died in 1751. HEUSINGER, James Frederic, nephew of the preceding, was an able scholar, and a distinguished teacher; he died in 1778. HEVELIUS, John, an eminent astronomer, born at Dantzic, in 1611, died in 1687; leaving behind him several valuable treatises. HEVIN, Prudent, an eminent French surgeon, and writer on surgery, died at Paris, in 1789 HEWES, Joseph, a member of the conti nental congress from North-Carolina, and a signer of the declaration of Independence; he died in 1779. HEWSON, William, a distinguished anatomist and lecturer, for some time the assistant and partner of Dr. Hunter, and author of several medical works; he died in 1774. HEXHAM, John of, an English Benedictine, and historical writer, of the 12th century. HEY, John, D. D., born in 1734, was educated at Cambridge, and in 1780, became the first Norrisian professor of divinity, which chair he resigned in 1795; he died in London, in 1815, leaving, besides other works, "Lectures on Di HEYDEN, John Van der, an eminent Dutch landscape painter, died in 1712. HERVEY, James, an English divine, of ex-vinity." emplary virtue and piety, born at Hardingstone, in Northamptonshire, in 1714, died in 1758. His chief writings are, Meditations and Contemplations" "Remarks on Lord Bolingbroke's Letters on the Study and Use of History ;" and HEYLIN, Dr. Peter, an English divine and historian, born at Burford, in Oxfordshire, in 1600. In 1621, he published his "Microcosmus, or, Description of the Great World" which is 糙 almost the only work that he is known by now; "but that is in no very high esteem, being superseded by things abundantly better of the kind; he died in 1662. hibits a splendid and durable monument of his HIERO I., king of Syracuse, 478 B. C., celebrated by the pen of Pindar. HIERO II., king of Syracuse, 268 B. C., was at one time the enemy, and afterwards, the friend of the Romans. HEYNE, Christian Gottlieb, born in Silesia, 1719, succeeded Gesner, in 1763, in the professorship of rhetoric at Gottingen, where also he became secretary to the Society of Sciences. He drew up a catalogue of the library at Gottingen, which made 150 folio volumes. King George III. placed his three younger sons under HIEROCLES, an enemy and persecutor of his care at Gottingen, and they all treated him the Christians in the 4th century. with the greatest respect; he died suddenly, HIEROCLES, a Platonic philosopher of the July 14, 1812. His principal works were, an 5th century, taught at Alexandria with great reedition of Homer, with illustrations, 8 vols. ;putation, and wrote seven books upon Provianother of Virgil, with notes; and "Opuscula Academica," 6 vols. 8vo. dence and Fate. These books, however, are lost, and all we know of them is by the extracts HEYWOOD, John, a noted English poet and which are to be met with in Photius. Hierocles jester of his time, was one of the first who wrote also "A Commentary upon the Golden wrote English plays. He found means to become Verses of Pythagoras," which is still extant, a favourite with Henry VIII., and was well re-and has several times been published with those warded by that monarch for the mirth and quick-verses. Iness of his conceits; he was born in London, HIERONIMUS, or, as he is commonly called, and died in 1555. Jerome, a very celebrated father of the church, born on the confines of Dalmatia, about 329, died in 420. HEYWOOD, Jasper, son of the preceding, translated three tragedies of Seneca, and wrote #various poems and devices, some of which are printed in a book called "The Paradise of Dainty Devices," in 1573, 4to; he was born in 1535, and died in 1597. HEYWOOD, Thomas, an actor, and most voluminous play-writer, in the reigns of queen Elizabeth and James I. He is said to have been the author of 220 plays, of which only 24 are now extant. HIFFERNAN, Paul, a native of Ireland, but chiefly resident in England, and known as a dramatic writer, translator, and compiler, was born in Dublin, in 1719, and died in 1777. Some very curious and entertaining memoirs of this singular character, will be found in the Furopean Magazine, vol. XXV. HIGDEN, Ralph, an early English chronicler died in 1363. HIGDEN, Dr. William, an eminent political writer in the time of queen Anne, died in 1715 HIGGENS, or HIGINS, John, an English, di school-books; he died after 1604. HIGGINSON, Francis, first minister of Sa. lem, Massachusetts, arrived from England in 1629, and died in 1630. HEYWOOD,Eliza, a very voluminous writer, born in London, in 1693, died in 1756. Her latter and best writings are "The Female Spectator,' 4 vols. "Epistles for the Ladies," 2 vols. "For-vine, who instructed youth, and wrote several tunate Foundling," 1 vol. " Adventures of Nature, ," "History of Betsy Thoughtless," 4 vols., "Jenny and Jemmy Jessamy," 3 vols., "Invisible Spy," 2 vols., "The Husband" and "The Wife," 2 vols.; all in 12mo.: and a pamphlet, entitled, "A Present for a Servant Maid." When young, she dabbled in dramatic poetry, but with o great success: none of her plays being either HIGGONS, Sir Thomas, a writer, and an anmuch approved at first, or revived afterwards.bassador from England to Saxony and Vienna; HEYWOOD, Oliver, an English non-confor- he was knighted for his services, and died in mist divine, and a writer on theological subjects; he died in 1702. HEYWOOD, Nathaniel, a native of Bolton, ejected for non-conformity; died in 1677. HEYWOOD, Thomas, junior, one of the signers of the declaration of Independence; he was from South Carolina. HIACOOMES, the first Indian in New-England, converted to Christianity, was minister at Martha's vineyard; he died in 1699. HICETAS, of Syracuse, an ancient philosopher, who flourished about 340 B. C. He taught that the sun and the stars were motionless, and that the earth moved round them; this is mentloned by Cicero, and probably gave the first hint of that system to Copernicus. HICKEL, a celebrated portrait and historical painter, died at Hamburgh, April 1799. HICKES, John, joined the duke of Monmouth's rebellion, in 1685, and for this disloyal act was executed. HIGGINSON, John, son of the preceding, much respected; died in 1708, aged 93; he was a minister 72 years. 1691. HIGGONS, Bevil, a dramatic poet and histo rian; died in 1738. HIGHMORE, Nathaniel, an eminent English anatomist; he died in 1684. HIGHMORE, Joseph, an eminent English painter, born in London, in 1692, died in 1780. Mr. Highmore was also a respectable writer, and, among several other things, published in 1766, two small volumes of "Essays, Moral, Religious, and Miscellaneous." HILARION, a native of Gaza, founded a monastic order in Palestine, and died in 371. HILARIUS, an ancient father of the Christian church, and bishop of Poictiers, who flourished in the 4th century. HILARIUSE, Joseph, eminent as a medalist and antiquary, at Vienna; died in 1798. HILARY, St. a native of Poictiers, in France, bishop of that town, in 355; was banished by Constantius, into Phrygia; and died in 367. HICKES, George, an English divine, anti- HILDEBERT, bishop of Mans, and then quary, critic, and polemical writer, of uncom- archbishop of Tours, distinguished for piety, mon parts and learning, born in Yorkshire, in learning, &c.; died in the 12th century. 1642, died in 1715. His "Linguarum Septen- HILDESLEY, Mark, an English bishop much trionalium Thesaurus," published in 1705; ex-esteemed; he died in 1772. HILL, Aaron, a celebrated poet and miscella-|| HILLEL, the prince, great grandson of Judas neous writer, born in London, in 1685, died in Hakkadosh, was one of the writers of the Gema1750. His principal works are, "Elfrid, or ra; he flourished in the middle of the 4th century. The Fair Inconstant," a tragedy; "Rinaldo," HILLIARD, Nicholas, limner to queen Elian opera; another tragedy, called, "The Fatal zabeth, whose picture he drew several times, Vision, or, The Fall of Siam;" and two trage-was born at Exeter, in 1547, died in 1619. He dies, called, "Merope," and "Zara;" which imitated the style of Holbein; and Isaac Oliver were brought upon the stage in Drury-lane, by was his pupil. Donne has celebrated this painter in a poem, called, "The Storm;" where he says, "A hand, an eye, Carrick. By Hilliard drawn, is worth a history." HILLIARD,Timothy,minister of Cambridge, Mass., died in 1790, much respected for his talents and qualifications. HIMERIUS, a Greek grammarian, who kept a school at Athens, in the time of Julian. HINCKLEY, John, an English divine, who HINCMAR, or HINCMARUS, archbishop of Rheims, a zealous supporter of the Gallican church; he died in 882. HиL, Joseph, an English puritan divine, who fled to Holland; author of an improved edition of "Schrevelii Lexicon," &c.; he died in 1707. HILL, Sir John, an English writer, born! about 1716, died in 1775. He was bred an apo thecary, and set up in St. Martin's lane, Westminster; but, marrying early, and without a fortune, he was obliged to look round for other resources than his profession. Being possessed -of quick natural parts, he soon made himself acquainted with the theoretical as well as prac-published some works; he died in 1691. stical parts of botany; and being recommended "to the duke of Richmond and lord Petre, he, under their patronage, executed a scheme of travel ling over several parts of England, to gather HIPPARCHIA, a celebrated lady who flourcertain of the most rare and uncommon plants,ished in the time of Alexander. She addicted which he afterwards published by subscription. herself to philosophy, and wrote some things About 1746, he translated from the Greek a which have not been transmitted down to us; small tract, written by Theophrastus, "On among which were "Tragedies; Philosophical Gems;" and this being well executed, pro- Hypotheses, or Suppositions; some Reasonings cured him friends, reputation, and money. En-and Questions proposed to Theodorus, surnamed couraged by this, he engaged in works of greater the Atheist," &c." extent and importance. The first that he under1ook was, "A General Natural History," 3 vols. folio. He next engaged, in conjunction with George Lewis Scott, Esq., for a "Supplement to Chamber's Dictionary." He at the same time started the "British Magazine;" and, when engaged in a number of these and other works, some of which seemed to require a man's whole attention, carried on a daily essay, under the ti- HIPPOCRATES, the father of physic and ale of "The Inspector." He next applied himself prince of physicians, born in the island of Cos, to the preparation of certain simple medicines: in the 80th Olympiad, flourished at the time of namely, the "Essence of Water-dock, Tincture the Peloponnesian war. He was the first man of Valerian, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, and that we know of, who laid down precepts conTincture of Bardana." The well-known sim-cerning physic. On account of his wonderful plicity of these medicines made the public judge skill and foresight in this art, he passed with favourably of their effects, insomuch that they the Grecians for a god, and after his death had had a rapid sale. Soon after the publication of divine honours paid him. He died at about 90 the first of these medicines, he obtained the years of age. His works have often been printed. patronage of the earl of Bute; under which he HIPPONAX, a satirist of Ephesus, as republished a very pompous and voluminous bo-markable_for his wit as the deformity of his tanical work, entitled, "A System of Botany ;' person. Bupalus and Anthermus, two eminent and having, a year or two before his death, pre-statuaries, caricatured him in a statue: on which sented an elegant set of his botanical works to the king of Sweden, that monarch invested him with one of the orders of his court. HILL, Robert, a man remarkable for his perseverance and talent in learning many languages by the aid of books alone, and that under every disadvantage of laborious occupation (as a tailor) and extreme poverty; he was born at Miswell, near Tring, in Hertfordshire, in 1699, and died in 1777. HIPPARCHUS, a great astronomer, born at Nice, in Bithynia, flourished between 160 and 125 B. C. He is reckoned to have been the first who from vague and scattered observations reduced astronomy into a science, and prosecuted the study of it systematically. HIPPARCHUS, son of Pisistratus, was slain by Harmodius and Aristogiton, 528 B. C. he wrote such bitter invectives against them, that they both despatched themselves; or (as others say) left Ephesus on the occasion. "Acer hostis Bupalo," says Horace. In the Anthologia, there are some epigrams on HIRAM, king of Tyre; he furnished Solomon with materials for the temple, and died 1000 C. HILL, William, an English scholar, who pre-B. pared an edition of Dionysius Periegetis; he died in 1667. HIRE, Laurence de la, a much admired French painter, died in 1656. HILL, George, an eminent clergyman, of HIRE, Philip de la, a celebrated French ma Scotland, professor of Greek, and afterwards thematician, son of Laurence; his works are divinity at the college of St. Salvador, prin-numerous and valuable; he died in 1718. gipal of St. Mary's College, and chaplain to the king; he died in 1820. HIRE, Philip de la, brother of the preceding a painter, whose portraits are admired; he died HILL, Thomas Ford, an eminent English an-in 1719. tiquary and philologist, died Sept., 1795. HILLEL, the Elder, a Jewish doctor, of the Mischna, born about 30 B. C., he reduced the Jewish traditions into six treatises. HISCAM, or HISIAM, 15th caliph of the Ommiades, ascended the throne in 723, and died in 743. HITCHCOCK, Enos, D. D., minister of Pro vidence, Rhode Island, was sometime chaplain in the American artny; he died in 1803. HOADLY, John, D. D., bishop of Leighlin and Fernes, archbishop of Dublin and of Armagh, and primate of Ireland; he died in 1746. There have been few persons whose writingshave had a more pernicious influence in spreading irreligion and infidelity than Hobbes; and yet none of his treatises are directly levelled: against revealed religion. HOADLY, Benjamin, bishop of Winchester, HOBBIMA, Minderhout, an eminent Dutch born at Westerham, in Kent, 1676, died in 1761. landscape painter, born at Antwerp, about 1611: Preaching against what he considered as the HOCHE, Lazarus, a native of Versailles, dis inveterate errors of the clergy, among other distinguished as a brave and intrepid general in the courses one was upon these words, "My king- French army, during the revolution; he died dom is not of this world;" which producing in Austria, in 1797. the famous Bangorian controversy, as it was HOCHSTETTER, Andrew Adam, a German called, employed the press for many years. divine, historian, and political writer, born at Hoadly contended, that the clergy had no preten-Tubingen, in 1668, died in 1717. sions to any temporal jurisdictions; but that tem HODGES, Nathaniel, an eminent Englishporal princes had a right to govern in ecclesiasti-physician, settled in London, where he died in cal politics; and by this means he drew on him-1634. He wrote an account of the plague in self the indignation of almost all the clergy. These London, and other medical works. disputes, however, have long since subsided. HODY, Humphrey, an eminent English vine, and controversial writer, regius professor of Greek at Oxford, and an archdeacon; he died in 1705. HOE, Matthias de Hoenegg, a distinguished German Lutheran divine, and preacher to the elector of Saxony; he died in 1645. HOADLY, Dr. Benjamin, eldest son of the bishop of Winchester, born in London, in 1705-6. He was appointed physician to his majesty's household, in 1742, and to that of the prince of Wales, in 1746. This, being at a time when the familles were not upon the best terms, is a proof that Dr. Hoadly was a most unexceptionable man; and he is said to have filled the post|| Antwerp, died in the middle of the 17th century. with singular honour. He published some medical and philosophical works, and "The Suspicious Husband," a comedy, which, whenever represented, continually affords fresh pleasure to the audience; he died in 1757. HOADLY, Dr. John. This gentleman, youngest son of the bishop of Winchester, was born in London, in 1711, and died in 1776; and with him the name of Hoadly became extinct. He revised Lillo's "Arden of Feversham," wrote the 5th act of Miller's "Mahomet," and left behind him several dramatic works in MSS.; among the rest, "The Housekeeper," a farce, on the plan of High Life below Stairs, and a tragedy on the story of lord Cromwell. HOECK, Robert Van, an eminent painter, of HOECK, John Van, a distinguished portrait and historical painter, born at Antwerp, in 1600, and died in 1650. HOEL, Gerard, a distinguished historical and landscape painter, of Utrecht, died in 1733. HOELTZLINUS, Jeremias, a learned phi lologist, of Nuremberg, settled at Leyden, where he died in 1641. HOESCHELIUS, David, a learned and indefatigable scholar, of Augsburg, and librarian and teacher in the college there, died in 1617. HOFFMAN, Daniel, an eminent Lutheran divine, and professor, at Helmstadt, toward the close of the 16th century. HOFFMAN, Maurice, a German medical, HOAR, Leonard, M. D., president of Har-anatomical, and botanical writer, born at Branvard College, respected as a scholar and a Christian; he died in 1675. HOBART, Peter, first minister of Hingham, Mass., died in 1679. HOBART, Nehemiah, son of Peter, and minister of Newton; he was humble, pious, and learned, and died in 1732. denburg, in 1621, and died in 1698. HOFFMAN, John Maurice, son of the preceding, a physician, and medical writer, born at Altdorf, in 1656, and died in 1727. HOFFMAN, John James, the laborious com→ piler of a "Lexicon Universale Historico-Geographico-Poetico-Philosophico-Politico-PhiloloHOBART, Noah, minister of Fairfield, Conn.,gicum," 2 vols. folio, Geneva, 1677. It has been was a man of great talents and extensive ac-since enlarged and published in 4 vols. folio, and quirements; he wrote in favour of presbyterian finds a place in every learned library. He was ordination, and died in 1773. born at Basle, in 1635, and died there in 1706: HOFFMAN, Gasper, professor of physic, at Altdorf, and author of some medical works; he died in 1649. HOBART, John Sloss, judge of the district court of New York, and a senator of the United States; he died in 1805. HOFFMAN, Frederic, born at Hall, near Magdeburg, in 1660, was professor of physic at that place, and died in 1742. His works were collected at Geneva, in six large folios, 1748, and 1754; and he has deservedly been reckoned among the best writers on physic. HOBBES, Thomas, born at Malmsbury, in 1588, died in 1679. He published, among other things, an "English translation of Thucydides," "Human Nature," and a treatise "De Corpore Politico, or, of the Elements of the Law." This latter piece was presented to Gassendus, and read by him a few months before his death; HOGARTH, William, a truly great and oriwho is said first to have kissed it, and then to ginal genius in painting and engraving, was have delivered his opinion of it in these words: born in 1697, in the parish of St. Martin, Lud"This treatise is indeed small in bulk, but, in gate, and bound apprentice to Mr. Ellis Gaminy judgment, the very marrow of science."ble, a silversmith of eminence, in Cranbourn In 1651, he published his religious, political, and street, Leicester Fields. In this profession it is. moral principles in a complete system, which not unusual to bind apprentices to the single he called the "Leviathan ;" and caused a copy branch of engraving arms and cyphers on every of it, very fairly written on vellum, to be pre-species of metal; and in that particular departsented to Charles II. He also, in his 88th year,ment, young Hogarth was placed. He began published in English verse, the whole "Iliad" business on his own account about 1720; and and "Odyssey" of Homer; but his poetry is his first employment seems to have been the below criticism, and has long been exploded. engraving of arms and shop-bills. The next |