abounded so much in wit, according to Locke's with a speedy dissolution, obtained from time true definition of it, as Cowley. to time, great and innumerable favours. LewCOWLEY, Hannah, a very ingenius drama-is, however, once recovered strength of mind tic writer, and a poetess, indeed, in almost enough to be ashamed of his weakness; and every branch of the art, born at Tiverton, De-feeling a momentary resentment for (what he von, in 1743, died March 11, 1809, at the place then thought) the insolence of his physician, orof her nativity, in her 66th year dered him to be privately despatched. Coytier, COWPER, William, bishop of Galloway, in apprized of this by the officer, who was his inScotland, born in Perth, in 1564, died 1617, leav-timate friend, replied, "that the only concern ing a folio volume of works on divinity. he felt about himself was, not that he must die, COWPER, William, dean of Durham, was but that the king could not survive him above the son of earl Cowper, born in London, in four days; and that he (the said Coytier) knew 1713, and died 1772. He wrote a learned "Trea- this by a particular science (meaning astrology, tise on Geometry," eight "Sermons," and which then prevailed) and only mentioned it to "Advice to a Lady;" all of which are much him in confidence as an intimate friend." Lewis esteemed. informed of this was frightened more than ever, COWPER, William, a physician and anti-and ordered Coytier to be at large, as usual. quary, at Chester, died in 1767. COZZA, Francesco, born in Sicily, eminent in fresco and oil painting, died in 1664. CRAASBECK, Joseph Van, of Brussels, a painter, who excelled in representing alehouse quarrels, died in 1668. COWPER, William, an excellent English poet, equally distinguished by his genius and his virtues. He was born at Berkhampstead, Herts, Nov. 1731, was the grandson, of judge Cowper, great nephew of the lord high chancellor of the CRAR, Roger, an English hermit, who lived same name, and died April 25, 1800. His poems at Ickham, near Uxbridge, and acquired great are various; but the most celebrated of them is reputation for sanctity and abstinence. called "The Task;" and the tendency of all CRABB, Habakkuk, an eminent dissenter, in his writings is, to enlarge the soul to every libc-England, died in 1795. ral sentiment, and to improve the heart. Mr. CRACHERODE, Rev. Clayton Mordaunt, Cowper also published a translation into blank one of the trustees of the British Museum, and verse, of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey; which is Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. more remarkable for its fidelity to the original, His attainments were various and considerable: than for its poetical elegance. he wrote elegantly in Latin verse; as may be COX, Richard, bishop of Ely, born at Whad-seen in the "Carmina Quadrigesimalia," for don, in Buckinghamshire, in 1499, died 1581. the year 1748. He employed a considerable He was the chief framer of the liturgy, and part of a large revenue, in making collections translator of the Bible called "The Bishop's of what was best and most curious in literaBible," made in the reign of Elizabeth. ture, and certain branches of the arts. His li COX, Sir Richard, lord chancellor of Ireland, brary was unrivalled in its kind; and his cabiand author of "A History" of that kingdom,net of prints, drawings, and medals, was consiwas born at Bandon, in Cork, in 1650, and died |dered as among the most select and valuable in 1733. a country that posseses so many of them. He COX, Leonard, a grammarian, sometime mas-was an exquisite judge of art, both ancient and ter of Reading school, with great reputation, modern, particularly of sculpture, painting, and and teacher in several countries on the conti- music, and collected the choicest of early printnent, died in 1549. ed books, drawings, coins, and gems, of which COXETER, Thomas a faithful and indus-a complete catalogue raisonne would require a trious collector of old English literature, was born at Lechlade, in Glocestershire, in 1689. He amassed materials for a biography of the English poets, and assisted Mr. Ames in the "History of British Typography." He had a CRADDOCK, Luke, an ingenius English curious collection of old plays, and pointed out painter, chiefly of birds, died in 1717. Vertue to Theobald, many of the black letter books records, that Craddock's pictures rose quickly which that critic used in his edition of Shak-after his death, to three or four times the price speare. Coxeter was the first who formed the that he was paid for them when living. scheme, afterwards adopted by Dodsley, of pubfishing a collecion of ancient plays. He died in 1747. COXIS, Michael, a painter, of Mechlin, who Imitated Raphael, died in 1592. volume. Mr. Cracherode died April 6, 1799, and bequeathed his immense collection of books, medals, drawings, &c., &c., to the British Museum. CRADDOCK, Samuel, a learned divine, author of "A History of the Old and New Testament," an "Apostolical History," and "The Harmony of the Four Evangelists, died in 1706, aged 86. The latter of these works was reviCOYER, l'Abbé Gabriel Francis, a French-sed by Dr. Tillotson, who preserved it from the man, who wrote the life of John Sobieski, Travels in Italy, Holland, &c., and died in 1782. COYPEL, the name of several painters, who were very eminent in France, in the 17th and 18th centuries. COYSEVOX, Anthony, chancellor and regent of the academy of painting and sculpture, In France, died in 1720. flames in the fire of London. CRADOCK, Thomas, rector of St. Thomas, Baltimore county, Maryland, published Psalms of David in heroic verse, in 1756. CRACKANTHORP, Richard, an eloquent English preacher, chaplain to an embassy to the emperor, and an author of merit, died in 1624. COYTIER, James, physician to Lewis XI., CRAIG, Nicholas, a learned Dane; he was of France, and memorable for nothing particu-engaged by the king of Denmark in some imlarly, but the dexterity he showed, in managing portant negotiations, and wrote annals of Den. that monarch. Lewis had no principle to layark He died in 1602. hold of, except an intense fear of dying; which CRAIG, Sir Thomas, a learned Scotch lawmost contemptible cowardice, Coytier taking the yer, known for his "Jus Feudale," died in advantage of, and often threatening his master [1608. CRAIG, James, a Scotch divine, admired as a preacher; he published 3 vols. of sermons, and died in 1744. CRAIG, John, a Scotch mathematician, who made his name famous by a small work of 36 pages in 4to, entitled "Theologia Christianæ Principia Mathematica." CRAIG, William, a Scotch divine, celebrated for his pulpit oratory, died in 1783. CRAIK, James, M. D., a native of Scotland, came to Virginia, where he became a distinguished physician, received an appointment in the army of the revolution, and was physician to the family of General Washington. He died CRASSUS, Marcus Licinius, one of the triumvirs with Cæsar and Pompey, was defeated and killed in Syria, 53 B. C. CRATES, a philosopher, disciple of Diogenes, the cynic, prided himself on his poverty and meanness, lived 328 B. C. CRATES, an academic philosopher of Athens, 272 B. C. CRATESIPOLIS, a queen of Sicyon, celebrated for her valour, 314 B. C. CRATINUS, one of the great masters of what we call the ancient comedy. He flourished in the 81st Olympiad, some 20 or 30 years before Aristophanes. He was an Athenian born, and appears to have been an excessive drinker; and the excuse he gave for that vice was, that it was absolutely necessary to warm his fancy, and to put a soul into his verse. Aristophanes, in his Irene," has given us a pleasant account of Cratinus' death, where he says that it was caused by a fatal swoon, at the sight of a noble cask of wine split in pieces, and washing the streets. Suidas tells us that he wrote 21 plays. CRATIPPUS, pronounced by Cicero, to be by far the greatest of all the peripatetic philosophers that he ever heard, was of Mitylene, and taught philosophy there. CRATO, or DE CRAFTHEIM, John, physician to the emperor Ferdinand I., intimate with Luther-wrote "Luther's Table Talk;" he died in 1585. CRAVEN, Charles, colonial governor of S. Carolina, returned to England in 1716. CRAWFORD, David, author of "Memoirs of Scotland," a "Peerage of Scotland," a "History of the royal family of Stuart," a topographical description of the "County of Renfrew," &c., was born near Glasgow, in 1665, and died 1726, CRANE, Thomas, a non-conformist divine, author of a "Treatise on Divine Providence,"|| died in 1714. CRAWFORD, William, born at Kelso, in CRANFIELD, Edward, was, for a short time, 1676, wrote "Dying Thoughts," and some governor of the colony of New Hampshire, af-" Sermons," published in 2 vols. 12mo, and died ter 1682. CRANIUS, Luca, a painter of Bamberg, whose pieces were once admired, died in 1553. in 1742. CRAWFORD, Dr. Adair, an eminent English physician and chymist, author of " ExperiCRANMER, Thomas, an English archbishop, ments and Observations on Animal Heat," and memorable for having endured martyrdom in the first who found out the medical uses inherent the cause of protestantism, was born at Aslac- in the Terra Ponderosa, born in 1749, died 1795. ton, in Nottinghamshire, in 1489, and burnt at CRAWFORD, Anne, a celebrated English Oxford, March 21, 1555, by order of queen Ma-actress, both in comedy and tragedy, but better ry. He was an open, generous, honest man; a remembered by her name of Barry, was born at lover of truth, and an enemy of falsehood and Bath, in 1734, and died Nov. 29, 1801. superstition; he was gentle and moderate in his temper, and though heartily zealous in the cause of the reformation, yet a friend to the persons of those who most strenuously opposed it; he was a great patron of learning and the universities, a very learned man himself, and author of several works. CRANSTON, Samuel, governor of RhodeIsland, from 1698 to 1727. CRAYER, Gaspar de, a celebrated painter of Antwerp, greatly esteemed by Reubens and Vandyck, died in 1669. CREBILLON, Prosper Joliot de, a French writer of tragedy, and usually ranked after Corneille and Racine, was born at Dijon, in 1674, and died 1762, CREBILLON, Claude Prosper Joliot de, son of the foregoing, and a celebrated writer of noCRAPONE, Adam, a native of Salon, known vels, letters, and romances, was born in Paris, for the canal which bears his name, between 1707, and died there in 1777. The ease and eleArles and the Durance; he was poisoned through|gance, together with the seducing levity of his envy, in 1598. CRASHAW, Richard, an English poet, who was, in his lifetime, honoured with the friendship of Mr. Cowley, and after his death, by the praise of Mr. Pope, who condescended both to read his poems, and to borrow from them. He died at Loretto, in Italy, in 1650. CRASSO, Lawrence, baron of Pianura, wrote a history of the Greek poets, commended by the alians, but censured by the French. RASSUS, Lucius Licinius, a Roman orator, commended by Cicero, died 92 B. C. writings, have obtained for him the appellation of the Petronius of France. His works, chiefly of a voluptuous tendency, have been collected in 11 vols. 12mo, 1779. CREDI, Lorenzo di, an Italian painter of Florence, died in 1530. CREECH, Thomas, eminent for his translations of ancient authors, both in prose and verse, was born near Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, in 1659, and died by his own hand, in 1701. His principal works are translations of Lucretius land Horace; but he translated other things of a smaller kind, from Theocritus, Ovid, Virgil, Ju-lin as many. He is usually styled The Admirable venal, Plutarch, Cornelius Nepos, &c. &c. Crichton. CRELL, Lewis Christian, a native of Neustadt, and professor at Leipsic, died in 1735. URELLIUS, John, a Socinian, who settled in Poland, where he became professor to the unitarians. He was a man of great learning, and|| wrote against Grotius. CREMONINI, Cæsar, an Italian philosopher, who advocated the doctrines of Aristotle, in respect to the materiality of the soul; he died in 1630. CRILLON, Lewis de Berthon de, a French general, who distinguished himself by his valour, in the time of Henry II., III., and IV. He died in 1615. CRILLON MAHON, N. duke de, distinguished himself in the seven years war, and afterwards in the cause of Spain. He died in 1796, CRINESIUS, Christopher, a native of Bohemia, who published several learned works; he died in 1626. CRENIUS, Thomas, a writer whose works CRINITUS, Petrus, a native of Florence, a were numerous. He wrote chiefly on philoso-man of great learning, but addicted to the basest phical subjects, and died at Leyden, in 1728. sensualities; he died in 1505. CREQUI, Charles de, prince de Foix, a mare- CRISP, Tobias, a controversial writer on dichal, and peer of France, distinguished for his vinity, and the great champion of Antinomianvalour; he was killed by a cannon ball at theism, died in 1642. siege of Bremen, in 1638. CREQUI, Francis de, great grandson of the preceding, a marechal of France, distinguished for his military enterprises and heroic courage; he died in 1687. CRITIAS, one of the thirty tyrants of Athens; he fell in battle 400 B. C. CRITO, one of the pupils and friends of So crates. CRITOBULUS, a physician, who is said to have extracted the arrow which wounded the eye of Philip of Macedon. CRESCEMBENI, John Maria, an Italian poet, born at Maurata, in Ancona, 1663. He projected the establishment of a new academy, un- CRITOLAUS, a Greek historian. der the name of Arcadia, the members of which, CRITOLAUS, an Arcadian, who, when deat first, did not exceed 14, but afterwards in-feated by the Romans, poisoned himself, 146 creased much. They called themselves the B. C. shepherds of Arcadia, and each took the name CROESE, Gerard, a protestant divine, of Amof some shepherd, and some place in that an-sterdam, author of a history of the Quakers, cient kingdom. The founder of this society was died in 1710. appointed the director of it, in 1690, and held it to the year of his death, 1728. CRESCENS, a cynic philosopher, in the 2d century, who persecuted the Christians. CRESCENTIUS, Peter de, a native of Boulogne, in the 14th century, who travelled 30 years as a law practitioner; he published a valuable treatise on agriculture. CRESPI, Daniel, a celebrated portrait painter, of Bologna, died in 1630. CROESUS, the fifth and last of the Mermnadæ, who reigned in Lydia; was supposed the richest of mankind. He was the first who made the Greeks of Asia tributary to the Lydians, and his court was the asylum of learning and the polite arts. After a reign of 14 years, he was defeated by Cyrus, 548 B. C.: the time and manner of his death are unknown. CROFT, Herbert, an English prelate, who wrote in favour of the protestants about 1675; CRESPI, Guiseppe Maria, a painter of Bo-he died in 1691. logna, who, by darkening his room very much, gave greater vivacity to his subjects, died in 1747. CRESSEY, Hugh Paulin, an English divine, who became a catholic, and was chaplain to queen Catharine, he was much respected, and published some valuable works, particularly an able ecclesiastical history. He died in 1674. CRESTI, Dominico, a historical painter, of Florence, died in 1638. CROFT, William, a celebrated musician, who succeeded Dr. Blow as master of the children, and composer to the Chapel Royal, and also as organist in Westminster Abbey. In 1712 he published, but without his name, "Divine Harmony, or a new collection of select anthems;" to which is prefixed, "A Brief Account of Church Music." In 1715, he was created doctor in music at Oxford; and in 1724 published by subscription, a noble work of his own, entitled, "Musica Sacra, or Select Anthems in Score," in 2 vols. the first containing the funeral service which Purcell had begun, but did not live to complete. He was born at Nether-EatingCREVIER, John Baptiste Lewis, a Parisian, ton, in Warwickshire, about 1677, and died Aug. trained under the celebrated Rollin, and after-1727. CRETIN, William Du Bois, whose chief merit consisted in puns, low wit, &c. He was historian to Charles VIII., Lewis XII., &c., and died in 1525. wards professor of rhetoric. Upon the death CRORIUS, or DE CROI, a minister of Usez, of his master, in 1741, he took upon him to fi-who wrote several works in Latin; he died in nish his "Roman History." He published other 1659. works, and was greatly serviceable to the cause CROIX, Francis Petit de la, secretary and inof virtue and religion, as well as letters. His terpreter to the king of France in the Turkish death happened in 1765. and Arabic languages, died Nov. 4, 1695, in his 73d year. CREW, Nathaniel, bishop of Durham, in the time of James II., whose cause he espoused; he died in 1721. CROIX, John Baptist de la, second bishop of Quebec; came to Canada in 1685; he founded three hospitals, and died in 1727. CRICHTON, James, a Scotch gentleman, born at Perth, in 1560, and blest with most ex- CROIX DU MAINE, Francis Grude de la, traordinary endowments, both of body and a Frenchman of the 16th century, who publishmind. He was murdered by his pupil, Vincen-ed an account of all French authors. tio di Gonzaga, son of the duke of Mantua, in CROKE, Sir George, many years one of the 1582. Though so young a man, Chrichton was judges of the King's Bench, and an eminent akilled in twelve languages, and in several uni-law-writer, was born at Chilton, Bucks, in 1559, verities, gave public challenges to disputations and died in 1641. The "Reports" of Sir Georg 141 Croke, are of the highest authority with the signal service, which was the last he performed profession. Sir Edmund Coke, recommending in his military capacity till the king's death. to the student an attention to these Reports, After that event (to which he was equally says, "There is no knowledge, case, or point in prompted by fear and ambition,) Cromwell was law, seem it of never so little account, but will appointed lord governor of Ireland, to whica stand him in stead at one time or other; and kingdom he went in great pomp, and very soon therefore in reading, nothing is to be pretermit-made himself master of Drogheda, and the other ted." places which had been held by the royalists. CROMPTON, William, a non-conformist di- Having done this service, he was recalled to vine, author of several small tracts, died 1696. England, and made captain-general of all the CROMWELL, Thomas, earl of Essex, an parliament forces, marched again into Scotland, eminent statesman in the reign of Henry VIII., defeated the Scots at Dunbar, followed Charles was the son of a blacksmith at Putney, in Surry, II. into Worcester, and totally routed his whole and born about 1490. He was for some time force. Cromwell now found his power so unclerk or secretary to the English factory at Ant-controllable, that he ventured on a step, bolder werp.-On his return to England he was admit-perhaps, than ever before had entered the head ted into the family of Cardinal Wolsey as his of any man in England. He abruptly dissolicitor; to whom he approved himself by his solved the Long Parliament, and, having turned fidelity and diligence in several important affairs; all the members out of the house, locked the and after the cardinal's fall, the king employed doors, put the keys in his pocket, and returned him in his own service, and raised him in a short home. This happened on the 20th of April, time to several eminent dignities. Having been 1653. On the 16th of December, in the same instrumental in promoting the Reformation, the year,he was invested with supreme authority, king granted him many noble manors and large under the title of lord protector of the three naestates, the spoils of the religious houses; ad-tions, England, Scotland, and Ireland; in which vanced him to the dignity of earl of Essex; and station, having for five years administered the constituted him lord high chamberlain of Eng-affairs of the kingdom with great vigour and land. The tide of prosperity, which had hither-ability, he died Sept. 3, 1658. to flowed in upon him, began now to take a turn: CROMWELL, Richard, eldest son of Oliver, a scheme that he laid to secure his greatness and named by him as his successor, was born proved his ruin; such is the weakness of hu- at Cheshunt, 1626, and died 1712.-An act was man policy! He used his utmost endeavours to passed, for recognising him as Protector, and for procure a marriage between king Henry and restoring the house of lords: but the Commons Anne of Cleves. As her friends were all Lu-fell into debates about settling the chief magistherans, he imagined it might tend to bring down trate's power, and that of the upper house; and the popish party at court; and he expected great these, with other proceedings, terminated in a support from a queen of his own making. But jealousy, between the protector and his army. the capricious monarch, being disgusted with At last they discarded him, and took the governher person, on the first night's cohabitation, took ment into their own hands. On the restoration an invincible aversion to the promoter of the he went abroad, but returned in 1680, under the marriage, who was soon after arrested at the assumed name of Clarke, and settled at Cheshcouncil table, attainted of high treason and here-unt, where he lived privately and died beloved, sy, and executed on Tower-hill, after six weeks but he was not by any means qualified to supimprisonment, July, 1540. port the station to which the aspiring, talents of his father had raised him. CRONECK, John Frederic baron de, born at Anspach, distinguished himself as an ingenious poet; he died in 1758. CROOK, Sir George, an Englishman, who became chief justice; died in 1641. CROMWELL, Oliver, protector of the commonwealth of England, was son of Mr. Robert Cromwell, and born in the parish of St. John, Huntingdon, April 25, 1599, baptized the 29th of the same month, and was educated in grammar CRONSTEDT, Axel Frederic, a native of learning at the free-school in that town. From Sweden, a naturalist, and inspector of the Huntingdon he was removed to Sydney college,mines: he published various works, and died in Cambridge, where he was admitted fellow in 1765. commoner, April 23, 1616. He was elected a member of the third parliament of Charles I., which met Jan. 20, 1628, and from this time to CROSBY, Brass, born at Stockton-upon-Tees, 1641 was in warm opposition to all the measures in 1725, came early in life to London, where be of the court. At length when the king and practised several years as an attorney: became parliament came to an open rupture, Cromwell alderman of the ward of Bread-street, in 1765, obtained a captain's commission; and his first and was elected lord mayor, September 24, 1770. military exploit was, securing the town of Cam- March, 1771, in the case of the proclamation bridge for the parliament. He was afterwards against Wheble and other printers, Mr. Alder rapidly promoted to the rank of lieutenant-gen-man Oliver was committed to the Tower; and eral under the earl of Manchester, in which ca- Mr. Crosby (then lord Mayor) was ordered into pacity he distinguished himself at the battle of the custody of the serjeant at arms; but, on Marston Moor. He was then made lieutenant- his spiritedly observing, "that if any offence general of horse under Sir Thomas Fairfax, had had been committed, he was the greatest offen the principal share in defeating the royal party der, and that he longed to join his brother in of at Naseby, made himself master of Winchester fice," an order was signed for his commitment and several other places, reduced Carlisle and to the Tower. The parliament was prorogued Berwick, and entered Scotland in triumph. on the 23d of July, when the lord mayor was Having dismissed the Hamiltons (of the king's released and carried from the Tower to the party) from all offices of public trust, he return-mansion-house with every possible mark of the ed to England with every mark of honour and approbation of his fellow-citizens; and, after esteem on the part of the Scots. and, on his ar-the expiration of his mayoralty, was again reval in London, took his seat again in parliament, warded by the thanks of the corporation, and a ad received the thanks of the house for this cup of 1001. in value. He died, Feb. 14, 1793 142 and CROSS, Michael, an English artist, and fa-to that most laborious undertaking, his "Conmous copier of paintings, flourished in the cordance of Parallel Texts of Scripture;" a reigns of Charles I. and II. work which, according to the usual computaCROSS, Lewis, a painter, who retouched ation of time and assiduity, would be sufficient picture of Mary, queen of Scots, in a masterly to occupy the life of an ordinary man. manner; he died in 1724. when it is considered that he printed it in his CROSWELL, Andrew, a minister in Boston, own house, and corrected the press as he promuch engaged in controversy, died in 1785. ceeded, some idea may be formed of his indusCROUSAZ, John Peter de, a celebrated phi- try and perseverance. Scarcely had he recoverlosopher and mathematician, born at Lausanne, ed from a severe illness, which his incessant apin Switzerland, April 13, 1663, died 1748. plication had produced, and which obliged him CROWNE, John, an American by birth, went to have recourse to the baths of St. Amand, in to England, and was patronised by Charles II., Flanders, when he projected the scheme of his at whose command he wrote several dramatic" Universal Gazetteer;" in the execution of pieces: the best known of which are, "City Politics," and "Sir Courtly Nice;" the latter of which has been several times acted of late years. His plays were 17 in number; some of which were performed with great success. He died about 1703. CROXALL, Dr. Samuel, a writer of good repute, born at Walton upon Thames, and known as publisher of the following works, viz: "The Fair Circassian," a poem; "Fables of Esop and others, translated into English;" "Select Novels; "Scripture Politics;" "The Royal Manual," &c. He died 1752. CROZE, Mathurin Veyssiere la, a native of Nantes, was distinguished for his learning and works; he died in 1739. CRUCIGER, Gaspar, a protestant of Leipsic, anthor of commentaries on Scripture, died in 1548. which he spent ten years of unwearied diligence; the sale of the first edition sufficiently proved the favourable light in which it was regarded by the public, and he had just gone. through the laborious office of editing a second. edition, comprising 30,000 new articles; when, on the road to his native town, Wokingham, in Berkshire, he was arrested by a sudden illness, which terminated fatally before medical assistance could be procured. He died at Froxfield, Somersetshire, in his 65th year, Sept. 5, 1808. CRUZ, Juana Inez de la, a lady of Mexico, distinguished for her poetry, and her acquaintance with the sciences; she died in 1695. CRYTOPYLUS, Metrophanes, a Greek, educated at Oxford, and afterwards raised to the see of Alexandria; he died in 1641. CTESIAS, a Greek physician in the service of Artaxerxes, king of Persia: he wrote a history of Persia. CRUDEN, Alexander; a corrector of the press, whose literary labours will ever entitle him to ČTESIBIUS, a mathematician of Alexanthe veneration of all students of the sacred wri-dria, the inventor of the pump, water clock, ting. His "Concordance of the Holy Scrip- &c. 125 B. C. tures of the Old and New Testament," is his CTESIPHON, an Athenian, whose attempt chief work, and a singular instance of indefati- to decree a golden crown to Demosthenes, was able labour and perseverance in the most use- opposed by Eschines, and produced the two al employment. His private character (though famous orations of the rival orators. naturally liberal in the extreme) was influenced CUDWORTH, Ralph, an eminent English y a temporary frenzy, which gave a certain co-divine, was born at Aller, in Somersetshire, our to all his actions, and suggested to him ma-1617, and died 1688. He was a man of very whimsical plans of reformation, hopes of extensive learning, excellently skilled in the periority, and visionary views of ambition, learned languages and antiquity, a good mathewhich were as useless to himself as unprofita-matician, a subtle philosopher, and a profound le to others. Of his singularities, however, metaphysician. His great work, "The True which were many, the tendency was uniformly Intellectual System of the Universe," was pubirtuous. He was born at Aberdeen, in 1701, lished in folio, 1678. and was found dead on his knees, apparently in CUERENIERT, Theodore Van, a native of he posture of prayer, at his lodgings in Isling-Amsterdam, distinguished for science; but es, on the morning of Nov. 1, 1770. pecially for maintaining that a Christian should CRUIKSHANK, William Cumberland, an not enter a place of worship; he died in 1590. inent anatomist, born at Edinburgh, 1745, CUEVA, Alfonsus de la, an ambassador from ent to London 1771; where he soon got into Philip III. to Venice, who plotted the seizing st extensive practice as a surgeon. As a wri-of the city, which, however, failed; he died in he is principally distinguished by his " Ana-1665. ay of the Absorbent Vessels in the Human CUFF, Henry, a celebrated wit and excellent ody, first published in 1786; and "Experi-scholar, born at Hinton, St. George, in Somerests on the Insensible Perspiration of the Husetshire, about 1560. He gave early marks of in Body," 1795.-Mr. C. died June 27, 1800. CRUSIUS, or KRANS, Martin, of Bamberg, e first who taught Greek in Germany, died in CRUTTWELL, Rev. Clement, a gentleman se various literary performances, for labour , and utility, have rarely been equalled; wner regarded as the productions of an assisted valetudinarian, have perhaps never surpassed. Mr. C. first appeared as an au his edition of "Bishop Wilson's Bible Works, to which he has prefixed a life; and splendid edition of the Bible, he has ined collations from the various texts; an ployment which first directed his thoughts genius and application; arrived in time at the CUGNIERES, Peter de, an upright magistrate, who, in 1329, advocated the rights of Philip Valois against the clergy. CUJACIUS, James, a celebrated French lawyer, born at Thoulouse, about 1520, and died at Bourges, 1590. CULLEN, Dr. William, an eminent Scotch 143 |