EVAGRIUS SCHOLASTICUS, an ancient EVERARD, Sir Richard, baronet, was pr ecclesiastical historian, born at Epiphania, a city prietary governor of North-Carolina, in 172 of Syria Secunda, about the year 536. He pub-after an administration of three or four year lished "Six Books of Ecclesiastical History," which was disturbed by controversies with othe beginning with the year 431; where Theodoret, branches of the government, he returned to E Socrates, and Sozomen, conclude; and ending gland, where he died in 1733. with 594. It is not certain when he died. EVAGRIUS, Ponticus, a monk of the 4th century, archdeacon of Constantinople.

EVANGELISTA, a learned civilian, author of "Consulta varia in juro canonico," &c., died

EVERDINGEN, Cæsar Van, a Dutch painte of eminence, died in 1675.

EVERETT, Oliver, minister in Boston fo some years; afterwards judge of the court common pleas for Norfolk; he died in 1802

EVREMOND ST., Charles de St. Dem lord of, a celebrated French officer and satiric writer, born in Normandy, 1613, died 17034 for religion, he always professed the Romish, which he was born; though at the bottom h was certainly a freethinker: but whatever mig be his sentiments of religion, he never let any loose expressions about it: he could n bear that any one should droll upon it; for, he, "bare decency, and the regard due to one fellow-creatures, will never suffer it."

EWALD, John, a native of Copenhage who, from a military life, studied divinity, wrote several poems of much merit; he die in 1781.

EWING, John, D. D., minister in Philade phia, and provost of the college in that city he was much respected for his talents, learnin and piety, and died in 1802.

EXPILLI, Claude d', president of the parli ment of Grenoble, and a writer of some meri he died in 1636.

EXUPERIUS, a Romish saint, bishop of Tou louse, distinguished for his charities, died abo 417.

EYCK. See VAN EYCK.

EYKENS, Peter, a much admired painte of Antwerp, born in 1599.

EYMAR, A. M. d', a deputy from Forta EVANS, Lewis, eminent for his acquain-quier to the states-general, in 1789, much a tance with American geography, was surveyor in Philadelphia: he constructed many maps. EVANSON, Edward, a native of Warrington, author of some works, died in 1805.

EVANTIUS, an old Latin poet, who wrote "De ambiguis, sive hybridis animalibus." EVANTUS, a bishop of Vienne, in the 6th century, died in 586.

EVARISTUS, bishop of Rome in 100, was martyred nine years after.

tached to the principles of Rosseau, as a lov of republicanism; he died in 1805.

EZEKIEL, the third of the great prophet was a captive at Babylon, 599 B. C.

EZEKIEL, an eminent Jew and poet, auth of some fragments on Scripture subjects, fo rished, according to some, 300, according others, 200 B. C.

EZRA, one of the descendants of Aaron, of Seraiah; he rebuilt the temple at Jerusale about 467 B. C.

queen, preceptor to Lewis XIII. He died in Jof Venice, settled upon him a yearly stipend of 1611. 1000 crowns in gold, and honoured him with a FABER, Tanaquil, in French, Taneguy le Fe-statue and a gold chain. He died about 1603, vre, a very learned man, born at Caen, in Nor-leaving behind him several treatises both in mandy, in 1615. Cardinal de Richelieu, settled physic and chirurgery.

on him a pension of 2000 livres, to inspect all FABRICIUS, George, a learned German, born he works printed at the Louvre. He died in in Upper Saxony, 1516. His chief work is en 672, leaving a son of his own name, and two titled Roma," containing a description of that. laughters, one of whom was the celebrated city. He was the author of numerous Latin madame Dacier, the other married Paul Bauldri, poems, written with great purity and elegance, rofessor at Utrecht. and died in 1571.

FABIAN, a saint of the Romish church, who FABRICIUS, John Lewis, professor of theovas made pope, in 826, and suffered martyrdom ||logy and philosophy, at Heidelberg, and also the reign of the emperor Decius. ecclesiastical counsellor to the elector, died at

FABIAN, Robert, author of the "Chronicle Frankfort, in 1697.

England and France," or, as he himself calls FABRICIUS, Vincent, a learned German, "The Concordance of Stories," was born in born at Hamburgh. He wrote Latin poetry with ondon, in the 15th century. He was brought ease and elegance; he was counsellor to the pto trade, and became so considerable a mer-bishop of Lubec, and 13 times deputy to Poland; hant, that he was chosen an alderman of that he died in 1667. ty; and in 1493, was one of the sheriffs for he same. He died at London, in 1512, and as buried in St. Michael's, Cornhill. FABIUS, Maximus Rullianus,a Roman,master the horse, and afterwards dictator, 287 B. C. FABIUS, Maximus Quintus, an illustrious oman general, who opposed Hannibal in Italy; e died 203 B. C.

FABRICIUS, John Albert, a most learned and laborious historian and critic, born at Leipsic, 1668, died 1736. Fabricius has laid the whole learned world under the greatest obligations; since he has contributed, more perhaps than any other man ever did, to abridge and shorten the fatigue and drudgery which scholars are obliged to undergo, in order to be acquainted with the materials of their profession.

FABIUS, Pictor, the first Latin historian entioned among the Romans, 225 B. C. FABRICIUS, Baron, known to the public by FABRE, Jean Claude, a priest of the orato-his letters relating to Charles XII., of Sweden, of Paris, known as an indefatigable compi- during his residence in the Ottoman empire. r, died in 1753. He stood very high in the good graces of that FABRE, N., a native of Languedoc, who prince; accompanied him in his exercises, was luntarily submitted to 6 years confinement in frequently at his table, and spent hours alone le galleys, to save his father from that punish- with him in his closet. He had but one enemy ent in 1752. in the court, viz. general Daldorf, who was FABRE, D'EGLANTINE, Philip Francis made prisoner by the Tartars when they stormazaire, successively an actor, a comic writer,ed the king's camp at Bender. Fabricius took ad a statesman, was the friend of Danton, and pains to find him out, released him, and suppliher promoters of the infernal butcheries, dur-ed him with money; which so entirely vanthe revolution; he was himself guillotined quished the general, that he afterwards be me 1794 a warm friend. This amiable person was кеFABRETTI, Raphael, a very learned anti-wise in favour with king Stanislaus, and with tary of Italy, born at Urbino, in 1619; died 1700. George I., whom he accompanied in his last abretti had an admirable talent for decyphering journey to Hanover, and who may be said to e most difficult inscriptions; and discovered have died in his arms. ethod of making something out of those hich seemed entirely disfigured through age, id the letters of which were effaced in such a auner as not to be discernable. He cleaned e surface of the stone, without touching those aces where the letters had been engraven. then laid upon it a piece of thick paper well ristened, and pressed it with a sponge, or en pin, covered with linen hich

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FABRICIUS, Charles, a painter, of Delft, who gave indications of great merit, perished in his house, with his pupil Spoors, by the explosion of a powder magazine.

FABRONI, Angiolo, a native of Tuscany, was prior of St. Lorenzo's church, at Florence, and curator of Pisa University. He wrote an account of the illustrious men of the house of Medicis, and another of the learned men of Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, in 21 vols; e died in 1802.

FABROT, Charles Hannibal, a French advo

and professor of law, at Aix, in Provence. published, at Paris, an edition of the Basior the constitutions of the Eastern empeand other valuable and important works, died in 1659.

FACCIOLATI, Giacomo, an Italian rator grammarian, of Padua, died in 1769 FACHETTI, Pietro, an eminent painter, of Tantua, died at Rome, in 1613.

FACINI, Pietro, a historical painter, of Bo gna, pupil to Annibal Carracci, died in 1602. FACIÓ, Bartholomeo, a Genoese historian nd biographical writer, in Latin, born at SpezLio, in Genoa, died in 1457.

FACUNDUS, bishop of Hermianum, in A during the reign of Justinian.

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