astic, who was grand vicar of Sens, the envoy of France, at Rome, archbishop of Embrun, and of Lyons, a cardinal, and prime minister of France; he died in 1758.

TENCIN, Claudine Alexandrine Guorst de, sister of the preceding, was a member of the anonastery, of Montfleuri. She exchanged the convent for the dissipations of Paris, and died in 1749. She wrote the "Siege of Calais," a romance, &c.

TENIERS, David, a much admired Flemish painter, died in 1649

TENISON, Dr. Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury, and a celebrated polemic writer against popery, died in 1715.

TENNENT, John, a physician, of Virginia, author of an Essay on Pleurisy, and the Virtues of the Snake Root, lived about 1736.

TENNENT, William, a distinguished divine, of Ireland, died in Pennsylvania, in 1743.

TENNENT, Gilbert, a native of Ireland, son of the preceding, who came to America, when young, and became a highly distinguished and useful clergyman; he died in 1765.

painter, died in 1711. His two brothers, Matthew and Elias, also excelled as painters.

TESTA, Peter, an Italian painter and engraver, who was drowned in the Tiber, in 1650. TESTELIN, Lewis, an eminent French historical painter, died at Paris, in 1655. His brother Henry also excelled as a painter, and died in 1696.

TESTI, Fulvio, an Italian poet, and prime minister to Francis, duke of Modena, died in 1646. TESTZELL,John, a Dominican, of Germany. He was commissioned to publish the indulgences of the holy see; and the zeal with which he executed the duties of the office, caused the animadversions of Luther, and consequently, the reformation. When charged with being the cause of the disasters of the church, he was so afflicted with the imputation, that he died of a broken heart, in 1519.

TEXTOR. See TEXIEI.

THACHER, Thomas, a minister in Boston, and eminent as a Hebrew scholar, died in 1678. THACHER, Peter, minister of Milton, Mass., and author of sermons, died in 1727. There TENNENT, William, brother to the prece- were two other clergynien of the same name, ding, was also a respectable and useful clergy-one minister in Boston, in 1723, the other of man in New Jersey; he died in 1777. Middleborough, Mass., in 1709.

TENTZELIUS, Andrew, an eminent German physician, in the 17th century.

TENTZELIUS, William Ernest, an eminent writer, of Thuringia, author of "Saxonia Numismatica," and "Supplimentum Historie Goth"both works of great merit, died in 1707. TERBURGH, Gerard, a Dutch painter, and a magistrate of Deventer, died in 1681.

TERENCE, Publius, a dramatic writer among the Romans, born at Carthage, in the year of Rome 560. Being brought early to Rome among other slaves, he fell into the hands of a generous master, Terentius Lucanus, who gave him a good education and his liberty. He was drowned

159 B. C.

TERTRE, John Baptist, a Frenchman, who after serving as a soldier and sailor, joined the Dominicans, and came to America as a missionary. He died in 1678, leaving a "History of the Antilles, belonging to the French."

TERTULLIAN, Quintus Septimius Florus, a celebrated father and defender of the primitive Christian church, who flourished under the reigns of the emperors Severus and Caracalla.

THACHER, Oxenbridge, a learned man, and an author, died at Boston, in 1765.

THACHER, Peter, D. D., son of the preceding, a minister of great celebrity in Boston, and author of sermons, &c.; he died in 1802.

THAIS, a celebrated courtezan, of Corinth, who persuaded Alexander the Great to set Persepolis on fire. She afterwards married Ptolemy, king of Egypt.

THALES, the chief of the seven sages of Greece, born at Miletus, 640 B. C., founded the Ionic sect of philosophers, and died 545 B. C.

THELLUSSON, Peter, a native of France, who settled as a merchant in London, where he made an immense fortune. He died in 1797.

THEMISIUS, a Paphlagonian philosopher, prefect of Constantinople, died in 410.

THEMISON, a physician, who lived before the Christian era, and founded a sect called Methodists in Medicine.

THEMISTIUS, a Greek orator, Peripatetic philosopher, and critic, died in 386.

THEMISTOCLES, a renowned Athenian general, admiral and patriot, who gained the battle of Salamine against the Persians, was born in 530 B. C. Being banished by his ungrateful fellow citizens, he fled to Artaxerxes, king of Persia; but to avoid taking up arms against his country, he slew himself 465 B. C.

THEOBALD, Lewis, an English dramatic poet and critic, died in 1742.

THEOCRITUS, a Greek pastoral poet, born at Syracuse, and flourished about 260 B. C.

THEODATIUS, king of the Goths, was de feated by Belisarius, and put to death by his own soldiers, in 536.

THEODORE I., king of Corsica. See NEW

HOFF.

THEODORET, bishop of Cyprus, an illustrious ecclesiastical historian, died in 457, aged 71. THEODORIC, king of the Goths in Italy, renowned warrior and legislator, died in 526, aged 71.

a

THEODORUS, a bishop of Cilicia, who died in 428. His works, some of which are extant, were condemned as heretical by a general council. THEODOSIUS the Great, the last Roman TERWESTEN, Augustin, an eminent Dutch emperor, a convert to Christianity, and a re

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nowned general and legislator, died in 395. His sons Arcadius and Honorius, made a division of the empire into east and west; Arcadius being the first emperor of the East, and Honorius of the West.

THIERRY, of Niem, secretary to several of the popes, and author of a "History of the Schisms of the Popes," died in 1417.

THIERRY, Henry, an eminent printer, of Paris, in the 15th century. His family, for THEODOSIUS the Younger, son of Arcadi-several generations, were celebrated as printers.

us, whom he succeeded in the empire of the East, and famous for a code of laws styled the Theodocian code, died in 450.

THEODOTUS, a tanner, of Byzantium, who apostatized from the Christian faith, to save his life, and founded a new sect, which denied the divinity of Christ. Another of the same name, was the head of a sect, which maintained that the Messiah was inferior to Melchisedeck. THEOGNIS, an eminent Greek poet, who flourished about 550 B. C.

THEON, a Greek sophist, author of a Treatise on Rhetoric.

THEON, a mathematician, of Alexandria, in the age of Theodosius, wrote a Commentary on Euclid.

THIERS, John Baptist, a doctor of the Sorbonne, and professor of belles lettres at Paris, died in 1703.

THIRLBY, Dr. Styan, a very ingenious and learned English critic, and editor of the works of Justin Martyr, died in 1753, aged 61.

THOMAS, St., surnamed Didymus, was a Galilean, and one of the apostles of our Saviour. It is said that he suffered martyrdom in India.

THOMAS, an obscure individual, who from a common soldier, obtained the command of the troops of Leo, the Armenian, and on his death, caused himself to be proclaimed emperor, but was executed in 823.

THOMAS, James Ernest, an eminent landscape painter, of Haglestein, died in 1653. THOMAS, William, D. D., an eminent Eng

He wrote an "Apology for the Church of England," and other works.

THEOPHANES, George, a historian and ecclesiastic, of Constantinople, who was ban-lish prelate, bishop of Worcester, died in 1689. ished into Samothrace, and died there in 818. THEOPHANES, Prokopowitch, metropolitan of Russia, and a historian; he died in 1736. THEOPHILUS, a writer, and bishop of the imitive church, born and educated a heathen, ad afterwards converted to Christianity; he red in 182. He was the first who applied the erm Trinity, to express the three persons in he Godhead.

THEOPHRASTUS, a Greek Peripatetic philosopher, and moral writer, of Lesbos, died 288 B. C.

THEOPHYLACT, a native of Constantinople, metropolitan of Bulgaria in the 11th century. He wrote a "Commentary on the Gospels," &c. THERAMENES, an Athenian philosopher, one of the 30 tyrants appointed by Sparta over Athens. He refused his assent to the cruel acts of his colleagues, for which he was condemned to death, and took poison, 403 B. C.

THERMES, Paul de la Berthe, lord of, a celebrated French general, who distinguished himself in the wars of his country. He was ambassador to England, and died in 1562.

THESPIS, a famous Greek tragic poet, and the first representer of tragedy at Athens. He carried his troop from village to village in a wagon, from which they performed their pieces. Alcestus was the first tragedy they performed at Athens, 536 B. C.

THEVENOT, John, a French traveller. It is said that he was the first person who brought coffee into Paris. He died in 1667.

THEVENOT, Melchisedeck, librarian to the king of France, and a celebrated writer of travels, died in 1691.

THIELIN, John Philip, a nobleman of Mechlin, distinguished as a painter, was born in 1618. THIENY I., king of France, ascended the throne in 670, and died in 691, aged 39.

THOMAS, William, an English clergyman, grandson of the preceding, distinguished as a man of learning, a writer, and an antiquary, died in 1738.

THOMAS, Anthony Leonard, professor in the college at Bouvais, was distinguished as a writer and poet. He was secretary to the duke of Orleans, and died in 1785.

THOMÁS, Elizabeth, an English poetess, known to the world by the name of Corinna, died in 1730.

THOMAS, John, an Indian, of Natich, one of the first converts to Christianity from that tribe, died in 1727, aged 110.

THOMAS, sir George, governor the colony of Pennsylvania, and afterwards of the Leeward West India islands, died in I-ondon, in 1775.

THOMAS, John, a distinguished American officer, in the wars with the French and Indians, afterwards a major-general in the revolutionary army, died soon after his appointment to that office, in 1776

THOMAS, Josiah, an English divine, and miscellaneous writer, died in 1820.

THOMASIUS, James, professor of eloquence, belles letters and philosophy, at Leipsic, died in 1684. His son Christian, professor ef law at Halle, died in 1728.

THOMPSON, Edward, an English naval officer and poetical writer, author of "The Soldier," "The Courtezan," and other licentious poems, died in 1786.

THOMPSON, Benjamin, count Rumford, was born in New-Hampshire, became a colonel in the British army, and after peace, received the honour of knighthood. In the Bavarian service he was lieutenant-general, and a count of the Holy Roman Empire, and died near Paris, in 1814. He was a member of many scientific institutions, and did much to promote comTHIERRY I., son of Clovis I., king of Aus-fort and convenience by his mechanical inventrasia, his reign was disturbed by invasions of the Danes, and quarrels with his brother; he died in 534, after a reign of 23 years.

THIERRY II. or IV., son of Dagobert III., was taken from a cloister to ascend the throne of France; he died in 737, aged 25.

THIERRY II., king of Burgundy and Austrasia, and son of Childebert, was engaged in quarrels with his brother, whom he suffered to be put to death. He was poisoned by his nother-in-law, in 613.

tions and philosophical discoveries.

THOMPSON, William, a minister, of Braintree, Mass., died in 1666.

THOMSON, James, an excellent British dramatic and pastoral poet, born at Ednam, in 1700, and died in 1748. His "Seasons," and other works, are justly admired.

THOMSON, Dr. William, a miscellaneous

writer and editor, of Scotland, died in 1817, leaving several valuable books.

THORESBY, Ralph, an eminent English topographer and antiquary, died in 1725.

THORIUS, Raphael, an eminent French physician and medical writer, died of the plague in London, in 1629.

THORNDIKE, Herbert, an English divine, prebendary of Westminster, and author of a Treatise on Weights and Measures, &c., died in 1672.

TIBULLUS, Aulus Albius, a celebrated Latin elegiac poet and critic, died Á. D. 17.

TICKELL, Thomas, an English poet, and one of the writers in the Spectator, died in 1740. TICKELL, Richard, grandson of the former, a distinguished wit and poet, and author of several works, died in 1793.

TIDEMAN, Philip, a painter, of Hamburg, died in 1705.

TIEDEMANN, Dietrich, a native of Bremen, was professor of Greek and Latin at Cassel, THORNHILL, sir James, an English histor-and afterwards of philosophy at Marpurg. His ical painter, died in 1732.

THORNTON, Bonnel, an ingenious English poet, essayist, miscellaneous writer, and translator of Plautus, died in 1768.

writings possess great merit, and indicate deep erudition. He died in 1803.

TIGNY, G. de, a French naturalist, author of a valuable "Natural History of Insects," died in 1803.

THORNTON, Mathew, a judge of the suTIGRANES, king of Armenia, who was conpreme court of New-Hampshire, was a member of congress from that state, and one of the quered by the Romans, but preserved his domisigners of the declaration of Independence; henions by a bribe. Pompey afterwards conquered him, and sent him in chains to Rome. died in 1803. TILINGIUS, Matthias, an eminent physician, and medical writer, of Westphalia, died in 1615.

THOU. See THUANUS. THOYNARD, Nicholas, a learned Frenchman, eminent for his knowledge of history and medals, died in 1706.

TILLEMANS, Peter, a distinguished landTHRASYBULUS, a renowned Athenian gen-scape painter, of Antwerp, who went to Eng eral and patriot, who delivered his country land, where he was patronised by the great from the yoke of the 30 tyrants, was killed and died there in 1734. 304 B. C.

THUANUS, Jacobus Augustus, or THOU, an eminent magistrate and historian, of France, died in 1617, leaving behind him a "General History of the World," written in very clear and excellent Latin.

THUCYDIDES, a celebrated Greek historian, of Athens; he wrote a "History of Grecian Affairs in his own Times," and died 391 B. C. THUILLIER, Dom. Vincent, a celebrated French preacher, author of "Letters on the Bull Unigenitus," &c., died in 1736.

TILLEMONT, Sebastian de Nain de, a French writer, born in 1637, author of "Histoire des Empereurs, et Ecclesiastique;" he died in 1698.

TILLET, N. du, a distinguished French agriculturalist. He wrote several valuable works OL agriculture, and died in 1791.

TILLI, John Tzerclaes, count de, a German officer, who distinguished himself in the war He was with the Turks, and with Denmark. at the head of the imperial armies, and was mortally wounded at Ingoldstadt, in 1632.

TILLI,Michael Angelo,physician to the grand duke, and professor in the university of Pisa, died in 1740.

THUNBERG, Charles Peter, an eminent Swedish botanist, the friend and pupil of Linnæus. After spending several years in Japan, TILLOTSON, Dr. John, archbishop of CanCeylon, and at the Cape of Good Hope, in makAng botanical researches, he was appointed pro-terbury, was the son of a clothier, and died in 1694. He published many valuable sermons. fessor of botany at Upsal, and died about 1799. TIMAEUS, a philosopher, of Locris, the pupil of Pythagoras, and author of a Treatise on the Nature of the Soul.

THURLOE, John, secretary of state to the two protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell, died in 1668. He was a man of very amiable character, and exercised all possible moderation toward persons of every party.

THURLOW, Edward lord, an eminent English lawyer, was attorney and solicitor general to the king, a member of parliament, and lord high chancellor of England. He possessed a vigorous, and active mind, added to close application, which gave him a high rank among the professional men of his day. He died in 1806.

TIMAGENES, a historian, of Alexandria. He was a slave, in the service of Augustus, and burnt his history of the reign of that emperor, when discarded from his protection.

TIMOLEON, a renowned Corinthian general, and the deliverer of Syracuse from the yoke of Dionysius the tyrant, died 337 B. C.

TIMOTEO, da Urbino, an eminent landscape, historical, and portrait painter, of Urbino, die in 1524.

TIMON, an Athenian misanthrope, who de clared himself the enemy of the human race, THYSIUS, Anthony, a Dutch philologer, pro-and said he loved Alcibiades, because he would fessor of poetry and eloquence at Leyden, and one day prove the ruin of Athens. librarian to the university, died in 1670. TIARINI, Alexander, an eminent portrait and historical painter, of Bologna, died in 1668. IBALDI, Pelegrino, an eminent painter, TIMOTHEUS, a musician, of Miletus, au eufptor, and architect, of Bologna, was enno-thor of a poem in honour of Diana of th med by the king of Spain for his merit, and died Ephesians, died 557 B. C. in 1592. His son Dominico, was also distinguished as an architect, and died in 1583.

TIBERIUS, Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome, after Augustus. He disgraced himself by debauchery and cruelty, and died A. D. 37.

TIMOTHY, the disciple of St. Paul, and on of the primitive heralds of the cross. He was made first bishop of Ephesus, and is said to havs been stoned to death for opposing the worship of Diana, A D. 97.

TIBERIUS, Constantine, raised by his merit to the throne of the Eastern empire, became the father of his people, and is equally extolled for his valour, his love of justice, and his clemency;ing, chaplain to Greenwich hospital, a miscel he died in 582,

TINDAL, Dr. Matthew, a most celebrated
English polemical writer, died in 1733.
TINDAL, Nicholas, nephew to the preced
laneous writer, &c, died in 1774.

TINDALL, William, an English divine and antiquary, and a miscellaneous writer, died in 1804.

TINELLI, Tiberio, an eminent historical and portrait painter, of Venice, made a knight of St. Michael, by Louis XII., and died in 1638.

TOMKINS, Thomas, a most eminent and distinguished artist in ornamental penmanship, died in 1816.

TOMPION, Thomas, a most eminent English watchmaker, died in 1696.

TOMPKINS, Daniel D., for many years TINTORETTO, James, so called because he governor of the state of New York, and afterwas a dier's son, for his real name was Giaco-wards vice-president of the United States durmo Robusti, a famous Venetian historical paint-ing the administration of Mr. Monroe. He may er, died in 1594. justly be ranked among the greatest and best TIPPOO SAIB, succeeded his father Hyder-friends of his country; and his zeal and services. Ally, as king of Mysore, and of the Mahrattas, in the war with Great Britain, deservedly acdistinguished by his hostility and opposition to quired for him the esteem of every section of the: the Great Mogul, and to the English. He was union. He died in June, 1825.

the patron of literature and the arts, and was TONSTALL, Cuthbert, an English scholar, killed by the British, in the storming of Seringa-distinguished for his knowledge of mathematics. patam, about 1799. and divinity, was made bishop of London, and of Durham, and lord privy seal, by Henry VISI., and died in 1559.

TIRABOSCHI, Jerome, a learned jesuit, was professor of rhetoric at Milan, and librarian to the duke of Modena. He wrote a "History of Italian Literature from the days of Augustus," a work of great merit, and died in 1794

TOOKE, George, an English soldier, who, during the civil wars, devoted himself to literary pursuits, and to poetry; he died in 1675.

TIRAQUEAU, Andrew, an eminent French TOOKE, Thomas, a learned English teacher, lawyer, counsellor of the parliament of Bour-master of a school at Bishop Stortford, which, deaux, and afterwards of Paris; he was a vo- under his care, gained great celebrity; he died luminous writer, and died in 1574.

TISSOT, S. A. D., a celebrated physician and medical writer, of Switzerland, died in 1797. TITIAN, or TITIANO, a celebrated Italian painter, died in 1576.

TITLY, Walter, an English writer, and an ambassador to Copenhagen, died in 1754.

in 1721.

TOOKE, John Horne, an English politician and writer, author of "Diversions of Purley," &c.; he died in 1812.

TOOKE, Andrew, a learned English divine, and professor of geometry in Gresham college,. died in 1731.

TITON DU TILLET, Everard, a French TOOKE, William, F. R. S., was bred a jesuit, distinguished for his learning, and for a printer, but at 27 obtained ordination, and bebrazen Parnassus, which he planned and erected came chaplain to the British factory, at St. Pe in honour of Louis XIV.; he died in 1762. tersburgh. After many years' residence there,. TITUS, a Greek disciple of St. Paul, con-he returned to his own country, and passed a verted by him to Christianity, and made bishop of Crete, where he died.

TITUS VESPASIAN, a Roman emperor, son of Vespasian, who once exclaimed, "I have lost a day!" because he could not recollect that he had done any remarkable good action on that day. He died A. D. 81.

TIXIER, John, lord of Ravisy, called also RAVISIUS TEXTOR. an elegant French scholar, and miscellaneous writer, died in 1522. TOALDO, Joseph, an Italian physician, and teacher of mathematics in the university of Padua; he published Journals on Astronomy and Meteorology, and died in 1797.

TOBIN, John, a solicitor in London, and a dramatic writer, died in 1804.

TODD, Hugh, D. D., an English divine, author of a "Description of Sweden," and other works, died about 1710.

TOIRAS, John Caylard de St. Bonnet, marquis de, a distinguished French general, was marshal of France, and afterwards a general in the army of the duke of Savoy; he was killed in the Milanese, in 1636.

literary life; he died in 1820.

TOPHAM, Thomas, an Englishman, celebrated for great personal strength, died in 1749.

TOPHAM, Edward, an English writer, pro prietor of a periodical paper called the "World," and author of "Letters from Edinburgh," some dramas, &c.; he died in 1820.

TOPLADY, Augustus Montague, a zealous and able Calvinistic divine, died in 1778.

TORFÆUS, Thormodus, historiographer to the king of Denmark, author of a History of Norway, and other works, died in 1720.

TORRE, N., a native of the Milanese, distinguished as a chymist and a pyrotechnist. It is said that he discovered a method of preparing an unextinguishable fire. He died in 1780.

TORRENTIUS, Lævinus, a native of Ghent, eminent as a scholar, and as an ambassador, was made bishop of Antwerp, and died in 1595. TORRENTIUS, John, a very fine but immoral painter, of Amsterdam, died in 1640. TORREY, Samuel, minister of Weymouth, for 50 years, died in 1707.

TORRICELLI, Evangeliste, an illustrious mathematician and philosopher, of Italy, died

TOLAND, John, a very famous political, polemical, and miscellaneous writer, and anti-in 1647. quary, died in 1722.

TORY, Geoffrey, a professor of philosophy in TOLLET, Elizabeth, an English lady, emi-the college of Burgundy, was afterwards a nent for her knowledge of mathematics, and printer, and greatly improved the art; he died the languages; she wrote some poems, &c., and in 1550. died in 1754. TOSCANELLA, Paul, an eminent astronoTOLLIUS, Jacobus, a learned physician, of mer, who is supposed to have formed the first Utrecht, became professor of Greek and elo-idea of a passage to the East, by the Cape of quence, at Brandenburg, and died in 1696. His Good Hope; he died about 1490. brother Cornelius was professor of the same #branches at Harderwyck.

TOLEMMEI, Claudio, bishop of Corsala, was distinguished as a poet and orator, and as a #earned man; he died in 1557.

TOSTATUS, Alphonso, a doctor, of Salamanca, and bishop of Avilla, distinguished for his eloquence and his writings, died in 1454. TOTILA, king of the Goths, defeated the troops of the emperor Justinian, obtained pos

session of Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, and sacked Rome; he was afterwards killed in battle, in 552.

TOTTIN, John, an eloquent and popular English preacher, died in 1775.

TOULMIN, Joshua, an English Unitarian clergyman, author of the "Life of Socinus," "Biography of Dr. Priestley," and other works; he died in 1815.

TOUP, Jonathan, a divine, and a very learned critic in the classics, died in 1785.

TOURNEFORT, Joseph Pitton de, a famous French botanist, and natural historian, died in 1708.

TRAPEZUNTIUS, Georgius, a Greek and Latin critic and commentator, born in Crete, and died in 1485.

TRAPP, Joseph, an English divine and poet The translated Virgil's Æneid in blank verse, and died in 1747.

TRAVERSARI, Ambrose, a monk, born near Florence, in 1386. He translated Diogenes Laertius into Latin, which is acknowledged to pos sess some merit."

TRAVIS, George, an English divine and controversial writer, was archdeacon and prebendary of Chester, and died in 1797.

TREADWELL, John, LL. D., lieutenantTOURNELY, Honore, a distinguished French governor, and governor of the state of Conecclesiastic, was professor of theology at Douay, necticut, died in 1823. He was distinguished and a popular preacher; he died in 1729. for his sound judgment, strict integrity, and ar TOURRETTE, Mark Anthony Lewis Claretdent piety, and was a good citizen and an up

de la an eminent French naturalist, who formed a valuable collection of insects and herbs, and cultivated not less than 3000 rare and choice plants in his garden. He died in 1793.

right magistrate.

TREAT, Robert, deputy governor in 1676, and afterwards governor of the colony of Connec ticut; he died in 1710.

TREAT, Samuel, an eminent clergyman, of

TOURVILLE, Anne Hilarion de Costentin de, a celebrated French admiral, who distin-New-England, son of the preceding, died in 1717. guished himself against the Algerines and Spaniards, and afterwards defeated the combined fleets of England and Holland. He was made a marshal of France, and died in 1701.

TREMANE, Nicholas and Andrew, twins, born in Devonshire: they were alike in features, and, though at a distance, and without any intelligence given, they equally desired to walk, sit, eat, and drink at the same times, and were both slain together in battle, in France, in 1562. TREMBLEY, Abraham, a native of Geneva author of "Instructions on Natural Religion," and other works, died in 1784.

TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, a mulatto, of St. Domingo, who rose to command in the French army under Rochambeau. He possessed unbounded influence over the blacks of that island, and became the head of all power, civil and military, among them. In the exercise of TREMELLIUS, Immanuel, a Jew, who was his authority he formed a constitution, and converted to Christianity, and became a protestadopted the wisest and most humane régula-ant divine, and professor of Hebrew at Heidletions. He was treacherously betrayed, and im-berg, and afterwards at Sedan. He published prisoned by the French, and died, not without a translation of the Bible, and died in 1580. suspicion of violence, in 1803. TREMOILLE, or TRIMOUILLE,Louis de la, TOWERS, Dr. Joseph, an eminent English viscount de Thouars, a French general, who dissenting minister, and an able writer in the was distinguished no less by his valour and sucvarious departments of theology, criticism, biog-cess in the field, than by his ability as a negoraphy, politics, and law; he died in 1799. tiator and ambassador; he fell at the battle of Pavia, in 1525.

TOWNLEY, Charles, an eminent English antiquary, celebrated for his collection of verses, medals, and other antiquities, and for the taste and zeal he displayed in collecting them. He died in 1805.

TREMOLLIERE, Peter Charles, an eminent French painter, died at Paris, in 1739.

TRENCHARD, John, an illustrious English patriot and political writer, died in 1723. TOWNSEND, Joseph, an English clergyman, TRENCK, Francis, baron de, a Prussian noauthor of a "Journey through Spain," "Ableman, who was imprisoned for his imprudent Guide to Health," and several other works; he conduct, and afterwards published his memoirs, died in 1816. containing an account of his sufferings and adTOWNSON, Thomas, D.D., an eminent Eng-ventures. He was guillotined in France, in lish divine, celebrated for his discourses on the 1794. four Gospels, and other religious works, died in TRESHAM, Henry, a painter and poet, born 1792. in Ireland. He was a member of the Royal TOZZETTI, John Targioni, an eminent bo- Academy, in London, and wrote, among other tanist and physician, of Florence, was pro-pieces, "The Sea-Sick Minstrel;" he died in fessor of botany at that place, and a member of several learned societies of Europe. He was the first who introduced inoculation into Tuscany, and died in 1780.

TRACY, Uriah, an eminent lawyer, of Connecticut, and a member of the senate of the United States, from that state, died in 1807.

TRADESCANT, John, a Dutchman, who settled in England, as superintendent of the gardens of Charles I., and known as one of the first collectors of medals, and objects of natural history. He died in 1652.

TRAJAN, M. Alpinus Crinitus, a Roman emperor, celebrated in history for his mild and equitable government, and for his valour in the field, died in 117.

TRALLIAN, Alexander, a celebrated Greek writer on physic, flourished about 550.

1814.

TREVISANI, Francis, an eminent landscape and historical painter, of Trieste. He settled, and died at Rome, in 1746.

TREVISI, Jerome, a native of Trevisi, dis tinguished as a painter, died in 1544.

TRIMMER, Sarah, an English lady, eminent for her exertions in support of Sunday schools, and other religious institutions, died in 1810. TRISSINO, John George, an eminent Italian poet, died in 1550.

TRIVULCE, John James, a native of Milan, who being banished his country, entered into the service of Charles VIII., king of France, and was made a marshal of the kingdom. repeatedly distinguished himself in battle, and died in 1518.

He

TROGUS POMPEIUS, author of a History of