the Pausanias of England.

vernor of Maryland, in 1720, and afterwards of Queen Elizabeth; and he died November 9, held other offices in the colony. 1623. A historical lecture was founded by him CALVERT, Frederick, Lord Baltimore, pro-at Oxford; and, by foreigners, he has been styled prietor of Maryland, was distinguished as a man of learning, and an author; he died in 1771. CALVI, Lazaro, a famous painter, of Genoa, in the 16th century

CAMDEN, Lord. See PRATT. CAMERARIUS, Joachimus, an exceedingly learned German, born in 1500. Vosius calls him The Phoenix of Germany." He died in 1575. CAMERARIUS, Joachim, a German, devoted to the study of medicine, botany, &c., died in 1598.

CALVIN, John, one of the chief reformers of the church, in the 16th century, born at Noyon, in Picardy, July 10, 1509, died May 27, 1564. He was a man whom God had endowed with very eminent talents; a clear understand- CAMERON, John, a Scotchman, professor of ing, a solid judgment, and a happy memory: Greek at Glasgow; he was considered favoura he was a judicious, elegant, and indefatigable ble to the catholics in his writings, and died in writer, and possessed of very extensive learn-1625.

ing, and a great zeal for truth. His extreme ri- CAMILLA, daughter of king Metabus, celegour, however, procured him many enemies.brated by Virgil for her valour. Indeed, it very ill became a reformer to defend CAMILLUS, Marcus Fucius, an illustrious (as he did) the burning of heretics. Roman, banished on suspicion of peculation, CALVISIUS, Sethus, a German, distinguish-died 365 B. C.

ed as a chronologer, born in 1559.

CALZA, Antonio, a painter, in the 17th cen-poet, called the Virgil of Portugal, from his tury, pupil to Carlo Ciguani.

CAMARGO, Mary Ann Cupi de, a celebrated stage dancer, who exhibited at Brussels and Paris, died in 1770.

CAMASSEI, or CAMACE, Andrew, an Italian painter, who studied under the Sacchics, died in 1657.

CAMBACERES, N., an eloquent preacher, made archbishop of Rouen, died in 1808.

CAMOENS, Lewis, a celebrated Portuguese much admired poem, "The Lusiadas, or Conquest of the Indies by the Portuguese," was born at Lisbon, in 1527, and died in 1579, to the eter nal reproach of his countrymen, miserably poor and unregarded. His poem was, a few years since, admirably translated into English by W J. Mickle, Esq.

CAMPANELLA, Thomas, an Italian philosopher, of great eminence, who was persein-cuted by rivals, and put to the torture, but was rescued by Richelieu, died in 1639.

CAMBAT, a French musician, who first troduced operas into France, died in 1677. CAMBIS-VELLERON, Joseph Lewis Dominic, marquis de, a French nobleman, born in 1706, distinguished for his writings.

CAMPANO, John Antonio, a poor shepherd, who afterwards became a professor at Perugia, and a bishop, wrote the life of Braccio, and died

CAMPBELL, Lord William, governor of the province of South Carolina, was mortally wounded in an attack on Sullivan's Island, in 1776.

CAMBRIDGE, Richard Owen, an elegant ||in 1477. English poet, critic, and miscellaneous writer, CAMPANO, Novarese, an Italian, author of was born in Loudon, in 1717, and educated at commentaries on Euclid, in the 13th century. Eton school; whence he removed to St. John's CAMPBELL, John, first minister of Oxford College, Oxford. His poetical works are nu-Massachusetts, died in 1761. merous; but the most celebrated of them is a mock-heroic poem, called "The Scribleriad," in six books; the object of which is, to expose to ridicule false taste and false science: it is a masterly piece of humour, and should be read as much for instruction as amusement. He also wrote 22 papers in that well-known periodical collection of essays, called "The World," and died September 17, 1802. In 1803, a complete collection of his works was published by his son, in one volume 4to., and very well received.

CAMBYSES, king of Persia, after Cyrus; he was cruel and vindictive; 529 B. C.

CAMPBELL, Archibald, an Englishman, beheaded as a traitor, at Edinburgh, in 1661. CAMPBELL, Archibald, son of the preceding was condemned for seditious measures, and beheaded in 1685.

CAMPBELL, George, D. D., professor of Church History at St. Andrews, published seve ral works, and died in 1757

Edinburgh, March 8, 1707-8. Among many other works, he was either sole author of, or princi pally concerned in, the following: "The Mili tary History of Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough;" "Ancient Universal History;'

Redivivus; or, the Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave" "Voyages and Travels, 2 vols. folio; "Biographia Britannica," (ic which work his papers may be known by th initials E. and X. ;) "The Preceptor;" "Pre sent State of Europe;" "The Modern Univer sal History;" and "A Political Survey of Bri tain." Dr. Campbell died December 28, 1775.

CAMPBELL, Dr. John, an eminent historiCAMDEN, William, one of the most illus-cal, biographical, and political writer, born a trious men of his age, born at London, May 2, 1551. The work which has immortalized his name, is his "Britannia;" being "A History of the ancient Inhabitants of Britain, their Origin, Manners, and Laws," which appeared in 1586, in Latin. In 1593, he succeeded Dr. Edward" Lives of the English Admirals;" "Hermippus Grant, as head master of Westminster school; and in 1597, published a new Greek Grammar, entitled "Grammatices Græcæ Institutio compendiaria, in usum Regia Schola Westmonasteriensis," which was received in all the public schools of England; and its author was, the same year, promoted to be Clerencieux king at arms. In 1604, he published his "Remains of a greater work concerning Britain, the Inhabitants thereof, their Languages, Names, Surnames, Empresses, wise Speeches, Poesies, and Epitaphes." This was a collection of things which had been communicated to him while he was gathering materials for his "Britannia." 1615, Camden published, in Latin, his Annals

CAMPBELL, Dr. George, an eminent divine and theological writer, of Scotland, principal and professor of divinity in the Marischal Col lege and University of Aberdeen, born in 1719, died April 6, 1796, leaving several valuable works; the chief of which are, " A Dissertation on Miracles," "Philosophy of Rhetoric," and

CAMPBELL, Archibald, a learned bishop of Aberdeen, author of several celebrated works, died in 1744.

CAMPEGGIO, Lorenzo, a Roman cardinal, sent to England to settle the affairs of Catharine's divorce, died at Rome, in 1539.

CAMPER, Peter, a celebrated physician and naturalist, of Leyden, author of 6 vols. 8vo. on philosophy and natural history, died in 1789. CAMPHUYSEN, Dirk, a painter, of Dorcum, eminent in landscape pieces, born in 1386. CAMPI, Bernardin, an Italian painter, of eminence, died in 1584.

CANO, Alonzo, a native of Grenada, eminent as a painter, sculptor and architect, died in 676. CANO, or CAÑUS, Melchior, a native of Toledo, bishop of the Canaries; died 1560.

CANOVA, Antonio, the most eminent sculptor of the age, died at Venice, in 1822. His statues are owned by the rich and noble throughout Europe, and are highly valued; one, of Washington, is at Raleigh, N. C.

CANTACUZENUS, Johannes, a celebrated Byzantine historian, much esteemed as the author of a "History of Own Times," in four books. Besides thig bory, he wrote also CAMPI, Galeazzo, an Italian painter, who some theological works; particularly "An Apoexcelled in miniatures and history, died in 1536.logy for the Christian Religion against tha. of CAMPIAN, Edmund, a learned English writer, Mahomet," in four books. He died 1411, aged who became a Roman catholic, and was hanged above 100 years. for aiding the cause of the pope, in 1581. CAMPISTRON, Jean Galbert, a distinguished French dramatic writer, died in 1723.

CAMPO, Antonio, an Italian historian, of eminence, in 1585.

CANTARINI, Simon, a painter, pupil and friend of Guido, died in 1648.

CANTEL, Peter Joseph, a Jesuit of Caux, eminent as an author, died in 1579.

CANTEMIR, Demetrius, born in Tartary, CAMPRA, Andrew, of Aix, greatly admired 1673; died 1723. He was author of some confor his musical compositions, died in 1744. siderable works. 1. "A History of the Rise CAMPS, Francois de, a native of Amiens, au- and Fall of the Ottoman Empire," in Latin 2. thor of dissertations on medals, died in 1723. "The system of the Mahometan Religion." 3. CAMPSON, Gauri, an able and humane sul-"The present state of Moldavia," in Latin, with tan of Egypt, slain in battle with the Turks, in 1516.

a large map of the country.

CANTEMIR, Antiochus, son of the above; CAMUS, John Peter, a French prelate, and born at Petersburg, 1710; died 1744. The Rus eloquent preacher, author of several pious ro-sians before him had nothing but some barbamances, died in 1652.

CAMUS, Stephen la, an exemplary doctor of the Sorbonne, and bishop of Grenoble, died in 1707.

CAMUS, Antoine le, a physician, and author of several medical works, died at Paris, in 1772. CAMUS, Charles Stephen Lewis, a learned French mathematician, died in 1768.

CAMUSAT, Nicholas, a learned French author, of Troyes, died in 1655.

CANANI, John Baptist, a native of Ferrara, professor of medicine, said to have discovered the valves of the veins, died in 1590.

rous songs; he was the first who introduced any civilized poetry among them. Besides a translation of Anacreon, and the Epistles of Horace, he gave them, of his own, Satires, Odes, and Fables. He also made several foreign works known to them; as, 1. "The Plurality of Worlds;" 2. "The Persian Letters ;" 3. "The Dialogues of Algarotti upon Light," &c.

CANTERUS, William, a distinguished linguist of Utrecht, who wrote several philological works; he died in 1575.

CANTON, John, an ingenious and very eminent English natural philosopher, born at CANAYE, Philip, sieur du Fresne, an am-Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1718, died 1772. bassador of Henry IV., of France, died in 1610. CANDAULES, king of Lydia, murdered by Gyges, 718 B. C.

CANDIAC, John Lewis Eliz. de Montcalm, a child of extraordinary powers in France, read Latin at four, and Greek and Hebrew at six; he died in 1726.

CANDITO, Peter, a historical painter, of Bruges, 1548.

CANTWELL, Andrew, an eminent practitioner and writer on medicine, of Tipperary, died in 1764.

CANUS, or CANO, a Spaniard, who accompanied Magellan round the world."

CANUTE, a king of Denmark and Norway, also sovereign of England; he died in 1026. CANUTE, or KNUD, surnamed the Great, king of Denmark, took part of England from CANEAH, or CANGHAH, an Indian philoso-Edmund Ironsides, and afterwards seized the pher, physician, and astronomer.

CANER, Henry, D. D., minister of King's Chapel, Boston; he published some sermons, and died in England, in 1792.

CANGE, Charles du, a celebrated French historian, critic, and antiquary, born in 1610, died in 1688.

CANGIAGO, or CAMBISI, Lewis, a cele brated painter, of Genoa, died in 1585. CANINI, Angelo, a learned Italian linguist and author, died in 1557

whole kingdom; he died in 1035.

CANUTE, IV., king of Denmark, a liberal benefactor to the church, slain by one of his subjects, in 1087.

CANUTI, Dominico, a self-taught Italian painter of eminence, died in 1678.

CAPACCIO, Julio Cæsare, author of a history of Naples, and was tutor to prince Urbano; he died in 1631.

CAPASSO, Nicholas, of Naples, professor of civil law, and a poet; he died in 1743 105

CAPECIO, Scipio, a Neapolitan Latin poet secretary to pope Martin V., bishop and cardi and law professor at Naples, in the 16th century.nal; died in 1458. CAPEL, Arthur, lord, a virtuous nobleman, whose attachment to the cause of Charles I. proved his ruin; he was beheaded in 1648. CAPEL, Arthur, earl of Essex, ambassador to Denmark, &c. murdered by some one unknown.

CAPRIATA, Peter John, a Genoese, author of a history of Italy, from 1613 to 1660. CARACALLA, Marcus Aurel Antonin, a cruel Roman emperor; assassinated in 217. CARACCI, Lewis, Augustine, and Hannibal, celebrated painters of the Lombard school, and CAPELL, Edward, a gentlemen known as an all of Bologna, in Italy, flourished in the 16th editor of Shakspeare's works, in 10 vols. 8vo., century. Had the Caracci had no reputation of and the author of three large volumes, in 4to. their own, yet the merit of their disciples, in the under the title of "Notes and various readings academy which they founded, would have ren of Shakspeare; together with the school ofdered their name illustrious in succeeding times: Shakspeare, or extracts from divers English among these were Guido, Dominichino, Lan books that were in print in the author's time; franco, &c. evidently showing from whence his several CARRACCIO, Anthony, a Roman nobleman Fables were taken, and some parcel of his dia-of the 17th century, author of some tragedies, logue," &c. Besides the works already men- and an admired epic poem in 40 cantos. tioned, Mr. Capell was the editor of a volume CARACCIOLI, John, secretary and favourite of ancient poems called "Prolusions ;" and the of Joan II., queen of Naples. alterer of "Antony and Cleopatra," as acted at Drury Lane, in 1758. He was born at Troston, near Bury, in Suffolk, June 11, 1713, and died Feb. 24. 1781.

CAPELLA, Marcianus Minius Felix, a Latin poet of the 5th century.

CAPELLO, Bianca, a Venetian lady, an adultress, mistress, and afterwards wife of Francis, the grand duke of Cosmo's son, she was poisoned by her brother-in-law, in 1587.

CAPELLUS, Lewis, an eminent French protestant and learned divine, born at Sedan, a town in Champagne, about 1579. He was so very deeply skilled in the Hebrew, that the learned bishop Hail calls him the great oracle of all that studied Hebrew in France. His principal work is "Critica Sacra," a collection of various readings and errors, which he thought were crept into the copies of the Bible through the fault of the transcribers; it must have been, however, a work of prodigious labour, since the author acknowledges that he had been 36 years about it. Capellus died 1658.

CAPILURUS, Camillus, an Italian writer, who published the stratagems of Charles IV. against the Hugonots.

CAPILUPUS, Lælius, brother of the preceding, author of some Latin poems, died in 1560. CAPISTRAN, John, a famous preacher in the Romish Church, and persecutor of the Hussites, died about 1356.

CARACCIOLI, Robert, a noble ecclesiastic, bishop of Aquino, eloquent as a preacher and a politician; he died in 1495.

CARACCIOLI, Lewis Anthony a native of Paris, of a noble family author of 4 vols. of letters, pretended to be the correspor lence of Ganganelli, pope Clement XIV.

CARACTACUS, a famous king of the ancient Britons, called Silures, (inhabiting South Wales.) Having valiantly defended his country against the Romans for seven years, he was at length defeated, and, flying to Cartismundi, queen of the Briganti, (inhabitants of Yorkshire) was by her treacherously delivered up to the Romans, and led in triumph to the emperor Claudius, then at York; where his noble behaviour, and heroic, but pathetic speech, obtained him not only his liberty, but the esteem of the emperor, A. D. 52.

CARADOG, a British historian, who wrote a history of Wales, died in 1156.

CARAFI, a Mahometan doctor, author of a defence of Mahomet, died in 684 of the hegira. CARAMUEL DE LOBKOVITSH, John, a native of Madrid, bishop; afterwards a general and then again a monk. He was possessed of great powers, and died in 1682.

CARAVAGIO, Michael Angelo Amerigida an Italian painter, distinguished for his adher ance to nature; he died in 1609.

CARAUSIUS, a native of Flanders, who, exCAPISUCCHI, Blasius, distinguished him- citing the jealousy of Maximian, fled to Bri self at the siege of Poictiers against the Hugo-tain, and proclaimed himself emperor: he was nots, in 1569.

CÁPISUCCHI, Paul, a canon of the Vatican, and employed by the pope in the celebrated divorce of Henry VIII.; he died in 1539.

CAPITO, Wolfgang, a German protestant divine, author of a Hebrew grammar, died in 1542. CAPITOLINUS, Julius, a Latin historian in the 3d century.

CAPMANY, Don Antonio de, an eminent Spanish writer, born in Catalonia, and died at Madrid, in 1810.

CAPORALI, Cæsar, an Italian writer, governor of Atri, and author of some comedies; he died in 1601.

assassinated in 293.

CARDAN, Jerom, a physician, and one of the most ingenious men of his age, was born at Pa via, in 1501. He speaks in his writings, of his own good and bad qualities with a frankness that shows a mind of a very peculiar cast; and believes himself under the care of a particular genius. He wrote a very great number of books, and died in 1575.

CARDI, Ludovici, an admired painter, of Ita ly, died in 1613.

CARDONNE, Dionis Dominic de, a Frenchman, keeper of the MSS. in the royal library, Paris, died in 1783.

CAPPE, Newcome, a dissenting minister, edu- CAREW, George, earl of Totness, born in cated by Doddridge, and author of works on di-Devonshire, in 1557, and died 1629. He wrote vinity; he died at York, in 1801. a work entitled "Pacata Hibernia, or the His CAPPELLO, Bernardo, a native of Venice, tory of the late Wars in Ireland." Besides this eminent as a poet.

CAPPERONIER, Claude, a Frenchman, at first a tanner, but became a professor of Greek, in the university of Basil; he died in 1744. CAPRANICĂ, Nicholas, a learned Italian,

work, he collected several chronologies, char ters, letters, monuments, and materials belonging to Ireland, in four large manuscript volumes, which are still extant in the Bodleian library at Oxford.

CARIBERT, or CHARIBERT, a licentious king of Paris, died in 567.

CAREW, Thomas, one of the most celebrated wits of king Charles' court. He was much respected by the poets of his time, particularly CARINUS, Marcus Aurelius, was invested Ben Jonson, and Sir William Davenant, and by his father, the emperor Carus, with the purdied about 1639; leaving behind him several ple, and killed three years after. poems, and a masque, called "Cœlum Britanni- CARLETON, Sir Dudley, an English statescum," performed at Whitehall,on Shrove Tues-man and political writer, born at Baldwin day night, Feb. 18, 1633, by the king's majesty, Brightwell, in Oxfordshire, in 1573, died 1631 the duke of Lenox, the earls of Devonshire, CARLETON, George, a native of NorthumHolland, Newport, and several other young berland, bishop of Landaff, and member of the lords, and noblemen's sons. synod of Dort. He died in 1628.

CAREW, Richard, author of the "Survey of Cornwall," was born in that county, in 1555. His "Survey" was published in 4to, at London, in 1602. Of this work, Camden has spoken in high terms, and acknowledges his obligations to the author. He died Nov. 6, 1620.

CAREW, Sir George, brother to the subject of the last article, was, from 1597, to 1609, employed on embassies from the British court, to those of Poland and France: on his return from which latter place, in 1609, he drew up, and addressed to James I., "A Relation of the State of France; with the characters of Henry IV., and the principal Persons of that Court.' ""

CARLETON, Guy, Lord Dorchester, a distinguished British officer, in America, successor to Sir Henry Clinton, in 1782; he died in England, in 1808.

CARLINI, Agostino, R. A., an eminent statuary, and keeper of the royal academy of London. He was a native of Genoa; went early in life to England; and was an artist of great celebrity, for the skill and grace with which he executed drapery. Died Aug. 14, 1790

CARLOMAN, eldest son of Charles Martel, succeeded him in the kingdom of Austrasia, in 741.-Another, the son of Lewis the German, king of Italy, and emperor.-Another, brother of Lewis III., and sole king of France, in 882, died in 884.

CAREW, BAMFYLDE MOORE, was the son of a clergyman, at Rickley, in Devonshire, and was himself intended for the church; but, CARLONE, John, a Genoese painter, who at the age of fifteen, embraced the gipsey's va-excelled in the art of foreshortening, died in 1630. grant life; and, by his ingenuity and dexterity in raising supplies for his brotherhood, by begging under various deceptions, so ingratiated himself with them, that they elected him their king. He was born in July, 1693, and is sup posed to have died about 1770.

CAREW, Sir Alexander, a Cornish gentleman, governor of St. Nicholas' island and fort at Plymouth; he was beheaded in 1644, for his disloyalty.

CARLOS, Don, son of Philip, king of Spain, deformed in his person, and violent in his temper; he was condemned to death for exciting an insurrection, in 1568.

CARLYLE, Joseph Dacre, vicar of Newcastle, and professor of Arabic, at Cambridge, distinguished himself greatly by his proficiency in Oriental literature, and died at his vicarage, April 12, 1804, aged 45.

CARMATH, an impostor, who, in 891, oppoCAREY, Harry, a man distinguished by both sed the doctrines of Mahomet, and advanced poetry and music; but perhaps more so by all others equally unscriptural. certain facetiousness, which made him agreea- CARMICHAEL, Gerrhom, a native of Glasble to every body. He wrote "The Contrivan-gow, professor of moral philosophy, died in 1738. tes," a farce; "Chrononhotonthologos," a CARMICHAEL, Frederic, son of the prerock tragedy; "The Honest Yorkshireman," ceding, settled as a clergyman at Edinburgh. He a farce; "The Dragon of Wantley," and after-published a volume of sermons which were adwards a sequel to it, entitled "The Dragoness;" inired, and died in 1751. both which were esteemed true burlesques upon CARNEADES, a celebrated Greek philosothe Italian opera. He was at length reduced to pher. His death is placed in the fourth year of circumstances of distress; and, about 1744, in a the 162d Olympiad. Plutarch has preserved the it of desperation, laid violent hands upon him- following apothegm of Carneades: "Princes self, and put a period to a life which had been learn nothing well but riding; for their masters led without reproach. It is to be noted, and it flatter them, and those who wrestle with them, is somewhat singular in such a character, that suffer themselves to be thrown; but a horse conto all his songs and poems on wine, love, and siders not whether a private man or a prince, a much kinds of subjects, which are very numerous, poor man or a rich, be on his back; and if his he seems to have manifested an inviolable re-rider cannot rule him, he throws him." gard for decency and good manners. He is said have composed the famous English song of **God Save the King."

CARO, Hannibal, a very celebrated Italian poet, and orator, born at Civita Nuova, in 1507. He translated Virgil's "Eneid" into his own CAREY, George Saville,son of the preceding, language, very delicately and faithfully; in short, was bred to the profession of a printer, and was with such purity of style, and propriety of exthe season, at least, on the stage, at Covent pression, that the best judges did not suppose Garden. He was author of a "Lecture on Mi-him to have fallen the least short of his original. mery," which he delivered with good success, He translated also Aristotle's "Rhetoric," and and of several light dramatic performances." Two Orations of Gregory Nazianzen," with He also published, in 1799, some entertaining a "Discourse of Cyprian." He wrote a comeketches of the different watering places of Eng- dy likewise, which Balzac has spoken well of, land, and died in his 64th year, July 14, 1807. and a miscellany of his original poems was He was a posthumous child, and inherited the printed at Venice, in 1584. His sonnets have fortunes of his father; but he inherited also been deservedly admired. He died in 1566. talents in a great degree, though they took CAROLAN, -, a most celebrated Irish Locher direction. He inherited too his mora bard, though blind, born in 1570, died at Alderpualities, for though he wrote a vast number of ford, Roscommon, in March, 1738. Carolan, yric compositions, they are all intended to awa-on many occasions, proved himself a truly muten patriotic, generous, and amiable emotions. sical genius. In the beginning of the last ce

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tury, Lord Mayo brought from Dublin a cele- CARRANZA, Bartholomew, archbishop of brated Italian performer. Carolan, who was Toledo. He was accused of heresy, and sent at that time on a visit at his lordship's country-to Rome, where he died in 1576. He was a seat, found himself greatly neglected, and com- learned and virtuous man.

CARRERA, Peter, a priest of Sicily, author of a treatise on chess, in 4to., and of a history of Catana, died in 1647.

plained of it, one day, in the presence of Gemi- CARRE, Lewis, an able mathematician, memniani. When you play in as masterly a man-ber of the academy of sciences at Paris, and pu ner as he does," said his lordship, " you shall pil of Malebranche, died in 1711. not be overlooked." Carolan wagered with the musician, that although he was almost a total stranger to Italian music, yet he would follow him in any piece that he played; and that he CARRIER, John Baptist, a member of the would himself afterwards play a voluntary, in French national convention, and one of the which the Italian should not follow him. The most atrocious among them. He invented new proposal was acceded to, and Carolan was vic-modes of torturing the innocent inhabitants of torious. That Carolan was as fine a poet as he La Vendee, and came to the guillotine in 1794. was a musician, may be seen in the Gent. Maga- CARRIER, Thomas, remarkable for longevity zine, lxxxiv. pt. 2. p. 30. died at Colchester, Connecticut, in 1735, aged 109. CAROLINE, daughter of John Frederic, CARRIERA, Rosa Alba, a Venetian portrait margrave of Brandenburg Anspach, was crown-painter in crayons. She painted the royal fami ed queen of England, in 1727. She is spoken ly at Paris, and was admitted member of the of in high terms, as a woman, and ruler. academy of painting there, and died in 1761. CARRIERES, Lewis de, a catholic priest, who published a French commentary on the Bible, in 24 vols., died in 1717.

CAROLINE AMELIA ELIZABETH, consort of George IV., of England, died August, 1822 Having been separated from her husband soon after their marriage, her character was! CARRINGTON, Edward, an officer of the most unjustly traduced, by the friends of the army during the American revolution, who, as king; but two rigid examinations of her con- quarter-master-general under General Greene, duct, if they did not attest her innocence, enti-rendered important services to the southern tle her to commiseration, as the object of base army. He was afterwards a representative in and cruel persecution. congress from Virginia, and died in 1810. CARROUAGES, an artist, of Pavia, who made a clock which would strike fire, and light a lamp.

CAROLOSTADT, or CARLOSTADIUS, Andrew Bodenstein, professor of divinity, and minister, at Basil. He espoused, in the fullest extent, the tenets of Luther, and died in 1541. CAROTO, John Francis, an Italian painter, who died in 1546.

CARSTARES, William, a Scotch divine and political writer, who has left some valuable State Papers" illustrative of Scotch history.

CAROTO, John, brother and pupil to the pre-He was born at Cathcart, near Glasgow, in 1649, ceding. Paul Veronese was his pupil. and died in 1715.

CARPENTER, Nathaniel, dean of Ireland, CARSUGHI, Rainer, a Jesuit, in Tuscany, a man of great learning, particularly in mathe-known as the author of an elegant poem in matics. He wrote on geography and philoso-Latin, on the art of writing well; he died in 1709. phy, and died in 1635.

CARPENTER, Peter, an eminent French writer, who assisted in the edition of the Glossary of Ducange, in 6 vols. folio; he died in 1767. CARPENTIER, N. a native of Beauvais, a great calculator and arithmetician He wrote some treatises on his profession, and died in 1778. CARPI, Ugo da, a painter, celebrated for the discovery of painting in chiaro-obscuro died in 1500.

CARTE, Thomas, a very learned English historian, born at Clifton, Warwickshire, in 1686. His most important works were, "The History of the Life of James, duke of Ormond, from his birth, in 1610, to his death, in 1688," in 3 vols., folio; and a "History of England," in 4 large folio volumes. Notwithstanding our author's peculiar opinions and prejudices, his history is undoubtedly a work of great merit in point of information. It is written with eminent exactness and diligence, and with a perfect knowledge of original authors. Mr. Carte died in 1754. CARTEIL, Christopher, a naval officer, sen CARPONE, Julio, a Venetian painter, cele-by Queen Elizabeth, in company with Drake, brated for his bacchanals, triumphis, and sacri-to the West Indies, where he displayed grea fices, died in 1674. courage and intrepidity; he died in 1592. CARTER, Francis, F. S. A., author of "A Journey from Malaga to Gibraltar," 2 vols. 8vo., died August 1, 1783.

CARPI, Girolamo, an Italian painter, who imitated Corregio's manner with great success, died in 1556.

CARPOCRATES, a heretic of Alexandria, who revived and improved the gnostic theory, about 130.

CARPZOVIUS, Benedict, an able professor of law at Wittemberg, died in 1624. He left four sons, each of them eminent as professors, divines, or writers; and one of these left a son, who was also a man of great learning.

CARR, Robert, a Scotchman, raised by James I. to the title of duke of Somerset. He murdered Sir Thomas Overbury, and died in 1638.

CARTER, Elizabeth, a venerable ornament to literature, of the female sex, was daughter of the Rev. Dr. Nicholas Carter, and born at Deal, in Kent, December 17, 1717, died in London. February 19, 1806. Mrs. Carter was an admirable Greek and Latin scholar, wrote French and Italian with great fluency and elegance, and was conversant in the German, Spanish, and Portu CARR, John, L. L. D., an usher, and after-guese. She was author of Nos. 44 and 100 of wards master of the school at Hertford, and The Rambler, and published a volume of he known as the translator of Lucian, died in 1807. poems about the year 1762, replete with atti CARRA, John Lewis, a French demagogue, wit, chaste philosophic fancy, and harmony o for a time popular with the republicans of Paris.numbers; but the work that established her re His party was proscribed by Robespierre, and putation as a learned lady was, a complete trans he was hurried to the guillotine in 1793. Hellation from the Greck of the works of" Epicte the author of many works Iltus," with notes.