the conqueror,) if I were Parmenio." The same ALEXANDER III., pope, a native of Sienna, Parmenio counselling the prince to take advan-||was raised to the papal chair in 1159. He died tage of the night in attacking Darius," No, (said||at Rome, much beloved by his subjects, and roAlexander,) I would not steal a victory.' Da- spected by the world.

rius owed his escape from Arbela to the swift

ALEXANDER IV., bishop of Ostia, was made ness of his horse; and, while he was collecting pope in 1254. He bestowed the crown of Sicily forces to renew the war, was insidiously slain on Edmund, son of the King of England; and by Bessus, governor of the Bactrians. Alexan-tried to unite the Greek and Latin churches. der wept at the fate of Darius, and, afterwards ALEXANDER V., pope, was originally a beg procuring Bessus to be given up to him, punished gar, but found means to cultivate his mind, so the inhuman wretch according to his deserts. that he was distinguished both at Oxford and From Arbela, Alexander pursued his conquests Paris. He was elected pope in 1403, but soon eastward; and every thing fell into his hands, died by poison. even to the Indies. Having ranged over all the east, he returned to Babylon, where he died in the 33d year of his age, some say by poison, others by intoxication.

ALEXANDER, Bala, an impostor who pretended to be the son of Antiochus Epiphanes. He was slain 146 B. C.

ALEXANDER, Severus, a Roman emperor, distinguished for hisvirtues;hewas murdered 235. ALEXANDER, Jannæus, king of the Jews. He was cruel and oppressive, and died 79 B. C. ALEXANDER II., son of Aristobulus, was carried prisoner to Rome by Pompey, and put to death 49 B. C.

ALEXANDER, bishop of Hierapolis in the 5th century who maintained that there were two natures in Christ. He died an exile.

ALEXANDER, bishop of Alexandria, opposed the tenets of Arius; a man of virtue and piety, and died 325.

ALEXANDER, a bishop of Jerusalem, known for his many virtues. He founded a library there, and died 251.

ALEXANDER, of Lycopolis, opposed to the Manichæan system, in a work published at Paris in 1672.

ALEXANDER, Trallianus, a philosopher and physician of the 6th century. His works were edited at Paris, in 1543.

ALEXANDER, Polyhistor, a Latin historian who flourished about 80 B. C. His works are lost. ALEXANDER, Aphrodistus, a peripatetic philosopher. His work" De Facto," appeared in London, 1688.

ALEXANDER, of Ægea, preceptor to Nero. ALEXANDER, the Paphlagonian, an impostor, who was invited to Rome by Marcus Aurelius, on account of his celebrity, in 174.

ALEXANDER, an abbot of Sicily in the 12th century, author of a history of Roger, king of Sicily, which was edited in 1578, at Saragossa. ALEXANDER, an English abbot, who supported the rights of Henry II., for which he was excommunicated in 1217.

ALEXANDER, king of Poland, succeeded his brother, John Albert, in 1501. He was a prince of piety and virtue.

ALEXANDER I., king of Scotland, came to the throne in 1107. He was a severe and tyrannical king.

ALEXANDER II., king of Scotland, 1214, son of William the Lion. He invaded England. ALEXANDER III., king of Scotland, defeated the Norwegians, and assisted his father-in-law, Henry III. against the encroachments of his baHe was killed while hunting, 1285. ALEXANDER I., bishop of Rome, 109. He was called a saint, and martyr, and, according to Platina, was the first who introduced the use of holy water into the church.

rons.

ALEXANDER II., pope, succeeded in 1061. He protected the Jews from murder and rapine, and died 1073.

ALEXANDER VI., pope, was a native of Valencia. He was infamous for his debaucherie and cruelties, and died by the poison his son in tended for some innocent persons, 1503. ALEXANDER VII., pope, embellished Rome with several magnificent edifices, and died 1667. ALEXANDER VIII., pope, was a native of Venice and succeeded to the papal chair on the death of Innocent XI.; died 1691.

ALEXANDER, ab Alexandro, a man of great talents as a lawyer, at Naples; he died 1600. ALEXANDER, Neckami, an Englishman of great learning who gave public lectures at Paris. His lectures remain in the public libraries in manuscript; he died 1227.

ALEXANDER, Noel, or Natalis, an eminent writer, born at Rouen, in Normandy. He published an ecclesiastical history in 24 vols. He died 1724.

ALEXANDER (William, Earl of Stirling,) a dramatic poet and statesman in the reigns of ||James and Charles I. was born 1580. "His poetry (says Mr. Grainger,) for purity and elegance is far beyond the generality of the productions of the age in which he lived." His "Recreation of the Muses" was printed in folio, 1637, to which is prefixed his portrait by Marshall, esteemed the best of that artist's works. He died 1640.

ALEXANDER, de Medicis, first duke of Florence in 1530, was a man of dissolute and cruel manners, who owed his elevation to intrigue. He was murdered by a relation.

ALEXANDER, Farnese, duke of Parma. distinguished himself in the 16th century by his military valour.

ALEXANDER, Farnese, uncle to the preceding, favourite of Pope Clement VII., died 1589.

ALEXANDER, a Norman, in the reign of Henry I. He raised the castles of Banbury, Sleaford and Newark for his defence. By the interest of his uncle he became bishop of Lincoln, and died in 1147.

ALEXANDER, a native of Asia Minor, was the founder of a sect called non-sleepers, because some of them always kept awake to sing; he died 430.

ALEXANDER, St. Elpide, archbishop of Amalfi, author of a treatise on papal power, in the beginning of the 14th century.

ALEXANDER, Dom. James, a benedictine of St. Maur, author of a treatise on elementary clocks, died 1734.

ALEXANDER, a poet of Paris, in the 12th century, who wrote a poem on Alexander the Great, in verses of 12 syllables, which have since been called "Alexandrines."

ALEXANDER, Nicholas, a benedictine of St. Maur, wrote "Physic and Surgery for the Poor," and "A Botanical and Pharmaceutical Dictionary," both esteemed works. He was born at Paris, and died 1728.

ALEXANDER, Neuskoi, grand duke of Russia, born 1218, signalized by a victory he obtained over the northern powers, on the banks of the Neva. He was sainted, and an order of knighthood instituted in his honour.

ALEXANDER, James, a Scotchman, secretary of the province of New-York, and for many years one of the council; came to this country 1715; died 1756.

ALEXANDER, William, commonly called Lord Stirling, from his supposed title to a Scotch earldom, a major general in the American army; was in the battle of Long Island, and was wounded; he was a brave officer, and died 1783, ged 57.

of the house of Stuart. He died at Florence, in 1803; and his remains were interred in the church of St. Croix, where his widow erected a monument to his memory, which was exccuted by Canova. He wrote his own life, which has been printed in two volumes.

ALFONSO, vid. ALPHONSUS.

ALFORD, Michael, author of Brittania illustrata," and other works, was born in London, but educated in Spain and Rome, and became a Jesuit; he died 1652.

ALFRED, or ALURED, son of Ethelred, tried to expel Harold from the throne, but was murdered, 1037.

ALFRED, bishop of Exeter, wrote several ALEXANDER, Nathaniel, a member of Con-learned works, as" Adelmus," "History of gress from (and governor of) the state of North Malmesbury Abbey," &c.; 10th century. Carolina; he died 1808. ALFRED, vid. ÆLFRED.

ALFRED, an Englishman, surnamed philo

ALEXANDRINI, Julius de Newstain, a native of Trent, physician and favourite of Maxi-sopher, left four books on the meteors of Aristomilian II., died 1590. tle, one on vegetables, and five on other subjects. He died 1270.

ALEXIS, William, a benedictine monk of Lyra, and author of poems of some merit, lived in 1500

ALEXIS, a Piedmontese, who applied himself to study, with a resolution not to reveal his discoveries. He however published some medical tracts, called "the Secrets," at Basil, in 1536.

ALFRIDE, or Elfrid, natural son of Osery, king of Northumberland, came to the throne in 686.

ALGARDI, Alexander, an architect and sculptor of Bologna, died 1654.

ALGAROTTI, Francis, count, an Italian, eminent as a connoisseur and critic in every ALEXIUS, Michaelovitch, czar of Russia, branch of the belles-lettres, and an author of and father to Peter the Great. He was distin-repute, born at Venice 1712, died 1764. guished for his wars, his munificence, and his improvements in the state; he died 1677.

ALEXIUS, Petrovitch, only son to Peter the Great, born 1690, an unfortunate and intemperate man. He was tried and condemned, by secret judges, in 1719.

ALEXIUS, or ALEXIS I., Commenus, usurped the throne of Turkey in 1081, and distinguished himself by his wars against the Turks. ALEXIUS II., Commenus, succeeded to the throne of Constantinople 1180; he was murdered by Andronicus.

ALGAZALI, an Arabian author, who died in the 504th year of the hegira.

ALGER, a monk of Liege, author of a book on the sacraments, died 1131.

ALGHISI, Thomas, an eminent surgeon and lithotomist of Florence, author of Lithotomita, 4to. 1708.

ALGIERI, Peter, a Venetian, who decorated the opera at Paris, died 1760.

ALHAZEN, an Arabian, who wrote on optics about 1100.

ALI, cousin and son-in-law of Mahomet, ALEXIUS III., Angelus, dethroned his bro- and caliph of Egypt and Arabia. He was asther, 1195, and put out his eyes. He was him-sassinated in 660. His memory is still held in self dethroned in turn, and his life sacrificed to the fury of the populace

ALEXIUS IV., son of the king deposed by Alexius III.; he restored his father to the throne and reigned with him.

veneration by the Persians.

ALI-BASSA, a distinguished general of the Ottoman empire, died 1663.

ALI BEG, a Pole, who was educated in the Mahometan faith, but employed himself in transALEXIUS V., usurped the throne of Con-lating the bible into Turkish. He also wrote on stantinople, and was killed by the crusaders, after a reign of 3 months, in 1264.

ALEXIUS, an impostor, who nearly succeeded in placing himself on the throne of Constantinople, but was killed by a priest, in 1200.

ALEYN, Charles, an English poet, who published in 1631, two poems on the battles of Cressy and Poictiers.

the religion of Mahomet, and died in 1675.

ALI BEG, son of a Greek priest, but sold while young by some robbers to the Janissaries. His military talents gained him the supreme power of Egypt. He was humane, possessed an elevated mind, and died about 1775.

ALI BERG, a learned Turk in the 17th century, acquainted with seventeen languages. He translated the bible into the Turkish.

AL-FARABIA, a mussulman philosopher of the 10th century. His works are in the Leyden ALICE, daughter of Theobald IV., married library; he was murdered in Syria, in 954. Lewis VII., king of France. For a time, she ALFARGAN, Ahmed Ebn Cothair, an Ara-was appointed queen regent, and reigned with bian astronomer, of the 9th century.

great prudence and justice. She died 1206. ALIGRE, Etienne, who rose by his merit to

ALFENUS VARUS PUBLIUS, a native of Cremona, who rose from the occupation of cob-be chancellor of France, died 1635. bler, to be counsel.

ALFES, an eminent rakbi, who epitomised the Talinud, died 103.

ALIMENTUS, Cneius, a Roman historian, 150. B. C.

ALIPIUS, a bishop of Tagaste in Africa, 394 ALFIERI, Vittorio, an Italian dramatic poet, He was baptised by St. Ambrose at Milan. born at Asti, in Piedmont, 1749. Within less ALIPUS, a geographer of Antioch, commis than seven years he produced fourteen dramas,||sioned by Julian to rebuild the temple of Jeru besides various other works in prose a verse, including a translation of Sallust, and a treatise ALKMAAR, Henry d', a German, author of on tyranny. His lady was the princess of Schom- the fable of Reynard, a poem, which lashes the berg, widow of Charles-Edward, the last prince viccs and foibles of mankind. He died 1503.

salem.

ALLAINVAL, Leonor Jean Christine Soulas author of several strange and absurd religions d', a native of Chartres, and author of several doctrines. He died in 173. His followers were comedies of merit. He died 1753. few. He published a voluine of hymns, and seALLAIS, Denys Vairasse d', a native of Lan- veral sermons. guedoc, who served in the Duke of York's fleet | ALLEN, Ethan, a brigadier general in the in 1665. He wrote several books, not much es-war of the revolution. He captured Ticonde teemed. roga and Crown Point, was taken prisoner near ALLAM, Andrew, a learned classical scholar, Montreal, sent to Engiand, and after having exborn in Oxfordshire, died 1685. perienced much cruelty, was exchanged, 1778. ALLARD, Guy, author of several histori-He died in Vermont, 1789. He sustained the cal works, and a romance called Zizim, died character of an infidel, and in his writings ridiculed the Scriptures.

1715.

ALLATIUS, Leo, a native of Scio, who studied physic at Rome, but distinguished himself chiefly as a teacher in the Greek College, died 1669.

ALLECTUS, prefect of Britain, murdered Carausius 294, and made himself emperor. ALLEGRAIN, Christopher Gabriel, a French sculptor, who executed some masterly figures, died 1795.

ALLEGRI, Antonio, an illustrious painter, better known by the name of Corregio, from the place where he was burn. He lived at Parma, where, without any instruction, he executed some of the most perfect pictures in the world. His Virgin and Child, and Mary Magdalen, are his finest pictures. He died poor in 1534.

ALLEGRI, Gregorio, an eminent musical composer, born at Roine. His compositions, the chief of which is the "Miserere," are still performed in the pontifical chapel. He died 1640.

ALLEIN, Richard, born in Somersetshire, a puritan of great learning. His writings are mostly on theology. He died 1681.

ALLEIN, William, son of the above. His "Millenium," among his other theological tracts, was much admired. He died 1677.

ALLEN, Samuel, proprietor oy purchase, and governor of New Hampshire, died 1763. ALLEN, William, chief justice of Pennsylvania before the revolution.

ALLEN, Ira, a brother of Ethan, removed early in life to Vermont, where he held various effices, and possessed the confidence of the pcople. He wrote the "Natural and Political History of Vermont." He died 1814.

ALLEN, Sir Thomas, illustrious as an English admiral, made the first attack on the Dutch in 1665.

ALLEN, Thomas, a learned divine, who wrote observations on St. Chrysostom's book on Isaiah, died 1638.

ALLEN, Thomas, a native of Staffordshire, illustrious for his knowledge of mathematics and philosophy. He published among other works, the second and third books of Ptolemy on the judgment of the stars; he died 1632.

ALLEN, John, first minister of Dedham, Mass., author of some controversial writings. He died 1671, aged 75.

ALLESTRY, or ALLESTREE, Richard, born in Shropshire, in 1619, joined the royal par ty, and on the restoration of Charles, was ma le king's chaplain. He published 40 serions, a::d

ALLEIN, Joseph, a puritan of great learn-other works. ing and piety. His "Alarm" to sinners has been often published. He died at Taunton, Eng., 1668.

ALLEN, John, archbishop of Dublin, and chancellor of Ireland, was murdered in 1586.

ALLEN, Thomas, minister of Charlestown, Mass., author of a work entitled "an Invitation to Sinners to come to Christ," and a "Scripture Chronology." This last is a learned work, and is preserved in the New-England Library.

ALLEN, James, minister in Boston, came to this country 1662, and was the occasion of much difficulty in the colony of Mass. He died 1710, aged 78.

ALLESTRY, Jacob, an English poet, nephew to the above. Some of his pastorals were much admired; he died 1686.

ALLETZ, Pons Augustin, native of France, who published some works of celebrity, died at Paris, 1785.

ALLEY, William, an English writer, author of "the poor man's library," and a translation of the Pentateuch, died 1570.

ALLEYN, Edward, an actor of great reputation in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., and founder of Dulwich college in 1519, which he named "the college of God's gift." An idle tradition hath assigned the following as his motive ALLEN, James, first minister, of Brookline, for endowing it: that once, personating the devil, Mass., was born in Roxbury; settled 1718. He he was so terrified at seeing a real devil (as he died aged 56. He was a pious and judiciousimagined) upon the stage, that he soon after todivine; he published several sermons. tally quitted his profession, and devoted the reALLEN, James, member of the house of mainder of his life to religions exercises. He representatives and counsellor in Mass., died founded this college for a master and warden, 1755, aged 58. He was expelled for reflections who are always to be of the name of Alleyn or against the governor, was re-elected, but refus-Allen, with 4 fellows (3 of whom are to be died a seat till the following year. vines, and the fourth an organist ;) and for six ALLEN, William, chief justice of Penn. be-poor men, as many poor women, and twelve fore the revolution, the friend and patron of Sir Benjamin West, the painter. He published the American crisis, London, 1774, in which he suggests a plan for restoring the dependence of America.

ALLEN, Moses, minister of Midnay, Georgia, and a distinguished friend to his country. He was born in Northampton, Mass., was taken prisoner when Savannah was reduced, and put on board a prison-ship, whence, in attempting to escape, was drowned, aged 31.

ALLEN, Henry, preacher in Nova Scotia,

poor boys, to be educated in the college. He was born in London 1566, and died in 1626, and was buried in the chapel of the college.

ALLIOSI, N., a civil officer of eminence in the service of Stanislaus, king of Poland, died 1779.

ALLISON, Francis, D. D., a distinguished minister and teacher, native of Ireland, came to this country in 1755, was settled in Philadelphia, and became vice-provost of the college in that city; he died 1777, much respected for his talents and learning.

ALLISON, Patrick, D. D., a xative of Penn-nent persons of the present age; never before sylvania, and a distinguished preacher, settled printed," 3 vols. 8vo. 1797. He died in Hertfordat Baltimore; he died 1802. shire, Dec. 12, 1085.

ALLIX, Peter, a French protestant, of eminent learning and piety, who lived in England, where he was greatly esteemed, and honoured with the title of D. D. He wrote "reflections on the Scriptures," &c., and died 1717.

ALOMUYÁDAD, Ismael, an Arabian histo rian, who gave a chronological account of the Saracen affairs in Sicily from 842 to 904. 'ALOADIN, a Mahometan; prince of the assassins. He lived in a castle between Dam:asALLOISI, Balthazar, an able historical pain-cus and Antioch, where he promised future hapter, born at Bologna; he died 1638. piness to young men who would stab his enenies. The word assassin is derived from this circumstance.

ALLORY, Alexander, a painter of Florence, famous for his skill in the representation of naked figures. His figures are preserved at Rome and Florence; he died 1607.

ALMAGRO, Diego, one of the conquerors of Peru, who accompanied Pizarro in 1525; he was infamous for his cruelties.

ALMAIN, James, a famous logician and divine, who defended Lewis XII. against pope Julius II. He died at Paris, 1515.

ALMAMON, or ABDALLAH III., a caliph, who had the Greek writers translated into Arabic, and was famous for his protection of learn- || ing, died 833.

ALONZO, John, an eminent architect of Spain.

ALPAGO, Andrew, an Italian physician who resided some time at Damascus. He translated Avicenna, Averroes, &c., and was made professor at Venice in 1555.

ALPAIDE, the beautiful wife of Pepin, and mother of Charles Martel; she died in a convent.

ALP-ARSLAN, second sultan of the race of Seljuk in 1063.

ALPHANUS, Benedict, archbishop of PalerALMANSOR, or ALMANZOR, king of Cor-mo, known as a physician and poet, and author dova, in Spain, 976. He rendered himself very of the lives of some saints, died 1086. formidable to the Christians. ALPHERY, Mekepper, Nicephorus, a native ALMANZOR, the victorious; he rose to the of Russia, descended from the imperial family. sovereignty in 753, and then murdered the gene-He became a parish priest in England, 1618, and

ral to whom he was indebted for his power. ALMANZOR, Joseph, king of Morocco, defeated by the Spaniards, 1158.

ALMANZOR, Jacob, son of Joseph, obtained a celebrated victory over the Spaniards in Castile, about 1200.

preferred his place to the throne of Russia. ALPHESIUS, a rabbi who abridged the Talmud, died 1103.

ALPHIUS, Avitus, a Roman poet of the 3d century.

ALPHONSO, or ALPHONSUS, king of AstuALMARUS, Elmerus, abbot of St. Augus-rias, took 30 towns from the Moors, and died tin's monastery, in Canterbury, 1011. His me-757. mory was held in the highest veneration.

ALMEIDA, Francis, a Portuguese, who was distinguished in the wars of Grenada, and was sent out by Emanuel, in 1505, as viceroy of India.

ALMEIDA, Lawrence, son of the above, a desperate warrior, who visited Ceylon, and made it tributary to Portugal; he was killed in battle.

ALPHONSO II., surnamed the Chaste, king of Asturias, signalized himself against the Moors in Spain; he died, 842.

ALPHONSO III., or THE GREAT, king of Asturias in 866.

ALPHONSO VI., king of Leon and Castile, made war against the Moors; he died, 1109. ALPHONSO VIII., king of Leon and Castile, surnamed the Noble, came to the throne 1158. ALPHONSO X., king of Leon and Castile,

ALMEIDA, Apollinarius d', a Portuguese bishop, of the Jesuit order, who went as mis-surnamed the Wise, succeeded his father, Fersionary to Ethiopia, and was murdered by the natives, 1568.

ALMEIDA, Manuel d', a Portuguese Jesuit, who, after a residence of forty years as a missionary in India, died at Goa, 1646. He published historical observations on Ethiopia.

ALMEIDA, or ALMEYDA, Theodore d', a celebrated Portuguese priest and philosophical writer, born 1722. His original works amount to 40 volumes; and he published, besides, five volumes of translations. He died at Lisbon, May, 1805.

dinand III. in 1252, and died of a broken heart in 1284.

ALPHONSO II., king of Leon and Castile in 1312. He killed in battle 200,000 Moors.

ALPHONSO V., king of Arragon, surnamed the Magnanimous. He made himself master of Naples and Sicily, and died. 1458.

ALPHONSO I., king of Portugal. He defeated five Moorish kings at the battle of Ourique, 1139.

ALPHONSO II., king of Portugal; he also engaged in war with the Moors, died 1223. ALPHONSO III., king of Portugal; his reign

clergy; he died 1279.

ALMELOVEEN, Thomas Jansen d', a Dutch physician, who wrote a description of the Ma-was disturbed by dissensions with the pope and labar plants, published 1678, in 13 vols. folio. ALMELOVEEN, Theodore Jansen d', professor at Hardwick, in Holland, died 1742. ALMICI, Peter Camillus, an ecclesiastic in Italy, who published critical reflections on Febronius, died 1779

ALMON, John, a bookseller, author, and editor, born at Liverpool, about 1738. In 1763 he commenced bookseller in Piccadilly, and published a great number of political pamphlets. His best known works, however, are" anecdotes of the life of the earl of Chatham," 2 vols. 4to 3 vols. 8vo., and "biographical, literary, and political anecdotes of several of the most emi

ALPHONSO IV., king of Portugal, succeeded to the throne 1325. He was an able prince, and much beloved.

ALPHONSO V., king of Portugal, surnamed the African, came to the throne 1438. He took many places from the Moors. He was a patron of learning.

ALPHONSO VI., king of Portugal. His conduct displayed the tyrant and the madman; he abdicated the throne, and died 1683.

ALPHONSO, duke of Ferrara, and Modena, died 1534.

ALPHONSUS, Peter, a Jewish writer of

Spain, who was converted to Christianity in for the prodigious ascendancy which he gained

1106.

ALPHONSUS. See CASTILE. ALPINI, Prospero, a famous Venetian sician and botanist, born 1553, died 1617. ALREDUS, ALFREDUS, or ALUREDUS, an ancient English historian, born at Beverly, Yorkshire. He wrote, in Latin, Annals of the British history, from Brutus to Henry I.; he died 1129.

over that prince, and for the punishment which at length overtook him. Of the 45 years he phy-spent at court, he enjoyed for 30 of them so absolute a power over the king, that nothing could be done without his express orders; nay, it is related by Mariana, that the king could not change an officer or servant, or ever. his cloches or diet, without the approbation of Alvares. At length he was seized, tried, and condemned to lose his head, on a charge of having madly invaded the rights of kingly majesty, reduced the whole court into his power, and made himself master of the state in general, &c. &c. He was executed the 4th of June, 1453.

ALSAHARAVIUS, an Arabian physician, author of a treatise on medical practice, in 32 books; lived in 1404.

ALSOP, Anthony, an English clergyman of learning, who in 1717 was sued by Mrs. Astrey for breach of promise, and condemned to pay 20001. He wrote poetry.

ALSOP, Vincent, a presbyterian clergyman,|| who attacked Dr. Sherlock, with great wit, and some seriousness; he died 1703.

ALSOP, Richard, a native of Middletown, Conn.; he possessed fine talents, and is generally known as a poet and as a translator; he died 1815.

ALSTEDIUS, John Henry, a protestant professor of divinity, at Nassau; known as the author of an Encyclopedia; he died 1638.

ALSTON, Charles, an eminent physician, and medical and botanical writer, born in Scotland, 1683, died 1760.

ALSTON, Joseph, governor of the state of South Carolina, died 1816. His wife, the daughter of Aaron Burr, late vice president of the U. S., was lost on her passage from Charleston to New-York, 1812.

ALTER, Francis Charles, a German critic, of the society of Jesuits, was a teacher of Greek at Vienna; he is said to have written and published 250 volumes or dissertations; he died 1804 ALTHAMNER, Andrew, a Lutheran min ister at Nuremburg, author of notes on Tacitus, first published 1529.

ALTHUSIUS, John, a German lawyer of the 17th century, who inveighed against kingly power.

ALVAREZ, Emanuel, a Portuguese Jesuit, who was distinguished as a grammarian he died 1582.

ALVAREZ DE PAZ, James, a Jesuit, born at Toledo, author of some divinity tracts, died 1620.

ALVAREZ, Diego, a Spanish Dominican, and a bishop in Italy. He wrote much polemical divinity, and died 1635.

ALURED. See ALREDUS.

ALVAROTTO, James, a learned law professor at Padua, whose authority is frequently quoted, died 1452.

ALVIANO, Bartholomew, an illustrious general in the Venetian service, who died 1515. ALYATTES, aking of Lydia, who died 562 B. C.

ALYPIUS, a Platonic philosopher in the 5th century.

ALYPIUS, a geographer, who was employed at Jerusalem and in Britian, by the emperor Julian.

AMADEDDULAT, son of a fisherman, became king of Persia, and died 949.

AMADEUS V., count of Savoy, surnamed the Great, bravely defended Rhodes against the Turks. It is said, he besieged and took thirtytwo towns; he died 1323.

AMADEUS VI., count of Savoy, in 1343; by his merits he became the arbiter of affairs in Italy. AMADEUS VIII., count of Savoy, instituted Annunciation. He was elected pope, by the council of Basil.

ATTILIUS, Gabriel, a Neapolitan poet, a favourite with the court, and bishop of Policas-in 1434, the order of the secular knights of the tro in 1471.

ALTING, Menson, author of the best description of the Low Countries now extant, died 1713.

ALTING, Henry, born at Embden, in 1583. He filled the theological chair at Groningen for many years. His works on religious subjects

are numerous.

AMADEUS IX., duke of Savoy, a brave and charitable prince, whose subjects surnamed him the Blessed; he died 1472.

AMADEUS, a Franciscan monk in Portugal, who pretended to some mystical revelations at Rome, died 1482.

ALTING, James, son of the preceding, went AMADEUS, bishop of Lausanne, died 1158. to England and became bishop of Worcester, AMAJA, Francis, a Spanish professor of civil and afterwards professor of Hebrew at Gronin-law, whose commentaries are highly valued, gen. His works were printed in five volumes folio, at Amsterdam 1687.

ALTON, Richard Count d', an Austrian general who had command of the Low Countries in 1787.

ALTOVITI, Marseille d', a Florentine lady who wrote Italian poetry, died 1609.

ALVA, Peter d', a Spaniard, author of a curious life of St. Francis, died 1667.

ALVA, Ferdinand Alvrez, duke of, a famous general of Spain, but detested for his cruelties as a civil magistrate; he died 1582.

ALVARES, Francis, a Portuguese priest, sent to David, King of Abyssinia, as ambassador he published an account of that country, and died 1540.

ALVARES DE LUNA, or ALVARO, a favourite of John II., king of Castile, famous

died 1640.

AMAK, a much admired Persian poet of the 5th century.

AMALARIC, or AMAURY, king of the Visigoths, killed by one of his soldiers, 531.

AMALARIUS, Fortunatus, ambassador of Charlemagne to Constantinople. He died 814, and left a treatise on baptism.

AMALARIUS, Symphosius, a priest of Mentz, and author of a book on the antiquities of the church, died 837.

AMALASONTHA, daughter of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, a woman of virtue for the times. She was cruelly murdered by her husband, 534.

AMALEK, son of Eliphaz, was the founder of a nation which settled Idumea, and made war against Saul and David.

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