his utmost endeavours to excite a love for letters Æ among his subjects. He himself was a scholar; ÆRIUS, a presbyter of Sebastia, who is supand had he not been illustrious as a king, would posed by some to be the founder of the presbyhave been famous as an author When weterians, flourished about 385. consider the qualifications of this prince, and ESCHINES, a Socratic philosopher, the son the many virtues he possessed, we need not of Charinus, a sausage-maker. Phrynicus, in wonder that he died universally lamented, after | Photius, ranks him among the best orators, and a reign of above 28 years, on the 28th of Octo-mentions his orations as the standard of the ber, A. D. 900. He was buried in the cathedral pure Attic style. of Winchester. ASCHINES, a celebrated orator, cotempoELIAN, Claudius, born at Præneste, in Italy.rary with Demosthenes, and but just his infeHe taught rhetoric at Rome, under the emperor rior. Being overcome by Demosthenes, he Alexander Severus, and was surnamed Honey-went to Rhodes, and opened a school there, and mouth on account of the sweetness of his style. afterwards removed to Samos, where he died His most celebrated works are, his "Various at the age of 75. There are only three of his History," and that "Of Animals." orations extant; which, however, are so very ELIANUS, Meccius, a physician before Ga beautiful, that Fabricius compares them to the len, first used treacle against the plague. three Graces. ELST, a Dutch painter, vid. AALST. ÆSCHYLUS, a tragic poet, born at Athens EMILIANI, Jerome, a Venetian, one of the in the 63d Olympiad. He was the son of Euregular clerks of St. Maicul, in the 16th century. phorion, and brother to Cynegirus and Aminias, ZEMILIANUS, C. Julius, a Moor, from the who distinguished themselves in the battle of lowest station, rose to the imperial dignity, and Marathon, and the seafight of Salamin, at was succeeded by Valerian. which engagement Eschylus was likewise preÆMILIUS, Paulus, a Roman general, cele-sent. To Aminias our poet was, upon a parbrated for his victory over Perseus, king of Ma- ticular occasion, obliged for saving his life: cedonia, died B. C. 164. Elian relates, that Eschylus, being charged by ÆMILIUS, Paulus, a native of Verona, who the Athenians with certain blasphemous exwrote (or rather began to write) a Latin history of the kings of France; but though he spent many years at it, he was not able to finish the tenth book, which was to include the beginning of the reign of Charles VIII. He died 1529, and was buried in the cathedral at Paris. pre sions in some of his pieces, was accused of impiety, and condemned to be stoned to death; they were just going to put the sentence in exe cution, when Aminias, with a happy presence of mind, throwing aside his cloak, showed his arm without a hand, which he had lost at the ENEAS, a Trojan prince, memorable for his battle of Salamin, in defence of his country. grateful care of his aged father Anchises, whom This sight made such an impression on the he bore through the flames of Troy upon his judges, that, touched with the remembrance of shoulders at the hazard of his own life, and that his valour, and the friendship he showed for his of his son, a child, who was obliged to cling to brother, they pardoned Eschylus. He wrote a his garments to escape with them. He died great number of tragedies, of which there are 1197 B. C. Virgil has immortalized his name. but seven remaining; and, notwithstanding the ZENEAS, Gazeus, or ÆNEAS of Gaza, a sharp censures of some critics, he must be alsophist by profession, was originally a Platonic lowed to have been the father of the tragic art, philosopher, but afterwards became a Christian,The names of his pieces now extant are, Proand flourished about the year 487. He wrote a metheus Bound; Seven Chiefs against Thebes; dialogue, entitled "Theophrastus," concerning The Persians; Agamemnon; the Infernal Rethe immortality of the soul, and the resurrection of the body. gions; the Furies; and the Suppliants. After having lived some years at Gela, we are told that he died of a fracture of his skull, caused by an eagle's letting fall a tortoise on his head, in the 69th year of his age ENEAS, Sylvius, or Pius II, born 1405, at Corsigny, in Sienna, where his father lived in exile. This pope was famous for his wise and witty sayings, some of which are as follow: ESOP, the Phrygian, lived in the time of SoThat common men should esteem learning as lon, about the 50th Olympiad, under the reign silver, noblemen prize it as gold, and princes as of Croesus, the last king of Lydia. St. Jerome, jewels: A citizen should look upon his family speaking of him, says, he was unfortunate in as subject to the city, the city to his country, the his birth, condition, and death; hinting thereby country to the world, and the world to God: at his deformity, servile state, and tragical end. That the chief place with kings was slippery; His great genius, however, enabled him to supThat the tongue of a sycophant was a king's port his misfortunes; and, in order to alleviate greatest plague: That a prince who would trust the hardships of servitude, he composed those nobody was good for nothing; and he who be-entertaining and instructive fables which have lieved every body, no better: That those who acquired him so much reputation; and he is went to law were the birds, the court the field, generally supposed to have been the inventor of the judge the net, and the lawyers the fowlers that kind of writing. Having had several masThat men ought to be presented to dignities, notters, for he was born a slave, Æsop at length dignities to men: That a covetous man never came under a philosopher named Xanthus; and pleases any body but by his death: That it was it was in his service that he first displayed a slavish vice to tell lies. That lust sullies and stains every age of man, but quite extinguishes old age. ANEAS, Tacticus, author of a Greek treatise on the art of war, flourished 336 B. C. EPINUS, Francis Marie Ulric Theodore, a German physician, distinguished by his electri cal experiments and observations on natural philosophy, died 1802. his genius for fabling and moralizing. He was afterwards sold to Idmon, or Iadmon, the philosopher, who enfranchised him. After he had received his liberty, he soon acquired a great reputation among the Greeks; so that, according to Meziriack, the report of his wisdom having reached Crasus, this king sent to inquire after him, and engaged him in his service. He traIlvelled through Greece, according to the same author; but whether for his own pleasure, or born at Toston, in Derbyshire, 1540, and died 22d upon the affairs of Cræsus, is uncertain. Pass-August, 1615. AGATHEMİR, Orthonis, wrote a Greek compendium of Geography, edited 1703. AGATHIAS, a Greek historian, who lived in the 6th century, and wrote a history of Justinian's reign, in five books. AGATHOCLES, a Sicilian, rose from the obscurity of a potter to the sovereign power of all Sicily, died 289 B. C. ing by Athens soon after Pisistratus had usurped AGATHARCIDAS, a Cnidian, 180 B. C., authe sovereign power, and finding that the Athe-thor of a Greek History of Alexander's wars. nians bore the yoke very impatiently, he told AGATHARCUS, a Samian, engaged by Æsthem the fable of the frogs who petitioned Jupi-chylus as a stage painter. ter for a king. Some relate, that, in order to show that the life of man is full of miseries, Æsop used to say, that when Prometheus took the clay to form man, he tempered it with tears, Esop was put to death at Delphos. Plutarch tells us, that he came there with a great quantity of gold and silver, being ordered by Croesus to offer a sacrifice to Apollo, and to give a considerable sum to each inhabitant; but a quarrel arising between him and the Delphians, he sent back the sacrifice and the money to Cræsus; for he thought that those for whom the prince designed it had rendered themselves unworthy of it. The inhabitants of Delphos contrived an accusation of sacrilege against him, and, pretending that they had convicted him, threw him headlong from a rock. They afterwards en-fused to crown Harold king, died 1038. deavoured to make an atonement by raising a pyramid to his honour. AGATHON, a tragic poet, crowned at the Olympic games 419 B. C. AGATHON, a native of Palermo, elected to the papal chair 679, died 682. AGELIAS, Anthony, bishop of Acerno, in Italy, published commentaries on the Psalms, &c., died 1608. AGELNOTH, archbishop of Canterbury, re AGESILAUS, king of Sparta, celebrated for his victories against the Persians, died 362 B. C. AGGAS, Robert, called Augus, a landscape painter, died in London, 1679. ESOP, Clodius, a celebrated actor, who flourished about the 670th year of Rome. He and Roscius were cotemporaries, and the best performers that ever appeared upon the Romandered in the 5th year of his reign, 554. stage; the former excelling in tragedy, the latter in comedy. Cicero put himself under their direction to perfect his action. Æsop lived in a most expensive manner; and at one entertainment is said to have had a dish which cost above 8007. This dish, we are told, was filled with singing and speaking birds; some of which cost near 501. Esop's son was no less luxurious than his father, for he dissolved pearls for his guests to swallow.-Notwithstanding his expenses, however, this actor is said to have died worth above 160,000Z. AGILA, king of the Visigoths in Spain, mur AGILULF, duke of Turin, appointed king on the death of Antharic, king of Lombardy, died 616; he was succeeded by his son Adalnaid. ETHRIUS, an architect in the 6th century, raised to the confidence of Anastasius I. ÆTION, a Grecian painter of celebrity. ETIUS, an able general under Valentinian III., killed 454. ETIUS, a Syrian servant, made bishop by Eudoxus, the patriarch of Constantinople, and founder of the sect of Etians, flourished 336. AGIS, the name of some Spartan kings. The most famous is the second of that name, engaged in the Peloponnesian war, and died 427 B. C.; and the fourth, in conseqence of his attempts to restore Lacedæmon to her ancient disciplíne and independence, put to death 241 B. C. AGLIONBY, John, D. D., a native of Cumberland, known for his great learning, was chaplain to James I., and died 1610. His son, of the same name, was dean of Canterbury, died 1643. AGNELLUS, an abbot of Ravenna in the 9th century, often confounded with a bishop of the | same name in the 6th century. AGNESI, Maria Gaetana, a learned Italian lady, born at Milan, made, on account of her great merit, mathematical professor in the university of Bologna, died 1770. AGOBARD, archbishop of Lyons, supported the revolt of Lothaire against Lewis the de ETIUS, an ancient physician, and the first Christian medical writer, born at Amida, a town of Mesopotamia, about 455. His "Tetra-bonnaire; he died 840. biblos," as it is called, is a collection from the AGOSTINO, Paolo, a musical composer, writings of those physicians who went before master of the Papal chapel at Rome, died 1629. him, chiefly from Galen; but contains, never- AGOULT, Guillaume d', a poet of Provence theless, some new things, for which we are en-in 1198. tirely indebted to this author. AFER, Domitius, an orator, born at Nismes, afterwards raised to the consulship; died 59. AFFLITTO, Matthew, an able civilian, born at Naples, died 1553. AFRANIUS, a Roman comic poet, flourished 100 B. C. AGREDA, Maryd', superior of a convent at Agreda, in Spain, wrote a life of the Virgin Mary; he died 1665. AGRESTI, Licio, a historical painter, employed by Gregory XIII. in adorning the Vatican, died 1580. AGRESTIS, Julius, a Roman general under AFRICANUS, Julius, wrote a chronicle, be-Vespasian, destroyed himself. sides a letter to Origen, &c. AGAPETIUS I. was made pope 535, and died at Constantinople 536. The second of that name was elected pope 946, and died 965. AGRICOLA, a celebrated Roman general, born 37, died 93. AGRÍCOLA, Rodolphus, a native of Groningen, travelled into France and Italy; he first introduced the study of the Greek in Germany, AGAPETUS, a deacon of Constantinople, who wrote a valuable letter to the emperor Jus-and died 1485. tinian, on the duties of a Christian prince. AGRICOLA, George, a physician of Glaucen, AGAPIUS, a Greek monk of Mount Athos,in Misnia, known for his learning, and works in the 17th century, wrote a treatise in favour of transubstantiation, called the salvation of sinners. AGARD, Arthur, a learned English antiquary, on minerals, died 1555. AGRICOLA, Michael, a minister of Abo, in Finland, first translated the New Testament. into the language of the country. 13 AGRICOLA, a learned bishop of ChalonssurSaone, died 530. by his merit to the highest honours in the service of Charles VI. of France. AIMOIN, a benedictine of Aquitaine, author of an unmeritorious history of France, died about the beginning of the 11th century. AGRICOLA, John, a German divine, born at AILRED, or ETHELRED, author of a geneIsleb, was the friend and disciple of Luther,alogy of English kings, &c., flourished about the and afterwards opposed him; he died 1566. middle of the 12th century. AGRIPPA, Menenius, a Roman patrician, known for appeasing a sedition by the fable of the belly and the limbs, died 492 B. C. AGRIPPA, Marcus Vipsanius, a Roman general, celebrated for his exploits and his intimacying and the commentaries which he wrote on with Augustus, died 12 B. C. the Scriptures, was poisoned in the beginning of the 17th century. AGRIPPA, Herod, grandson of Herod the Great, king of all Judea, mentioned in Scripture, died 44. AINSWORTH, Henry, known for his learn AINSWORTH, Robert, born at Woodyale, four miles from Manchester, 1660, was the comAGRIPPA II., son of the above, and his suc-piler of a compendious English and Latin Diccessor, was the monarch before whom Paul was tionary, upon the plan of Faber's Thesaurus, arraigned, died 94. which he finished and published in 1736, in 4to., and died 1743. AGRIPPA, Henry Cornelius, à man of considerable learning, and a great magician, according to report, in the 16th century, was born at Cologne, 1486, of a noble family. He was a man of an extensive genius, well skilled in many parts of knowledge and a variety of languages AGRIPPINA, the virtuous wife of Germanicus Cæsar, banished by Tiberius, died 33. AGRIPPINA, daughter of the preceding, married the emperor Claudius, and poisoned him to raise her son Nero to the throne, who afterwards caused her to be killed. AGUESSEAU, Henry Francis d', born at Limoges, was first advocate-general of Paris, then procurer-general, and afterwards chancellor; died 1751. AGUI, king of Bantane in Java, at the end of the 17th century, extended his power by means of the Dutch. AGUILLON, Francis, a mathematician of Brussels, published a treatise on optics, and died 1617. AGUIRRE, Joseph, a benedictine of Spain, was made cardinal by Innocent XI., wrote on theological subjects, and died 1699. ARGYLAUS, Henry, a native of Boisle-Duc, made an inelegant translation of Monocanon, and died 1595. AHAB, son and successor of Omre, king of Israel, remarkable for his impieties, died 898. AHAZ, son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah, became tributary to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. AHAZIAH succeeds his father, Ahab, king of Israel. Another Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, was king of Judah, and killed by Jehu, 889. AHLWARDT, Peter, a German, the son of a shoemaker, became an eminent professor of logic and metaphysics; he died 1791, AHMED KHAN, the first emperor of the Moguls who embraced mahomedanism, died 1284. AJALA, Martin Perez d', a Carthaginian, of obscure birth, but distinguished by his abilities, served Charles V. at the council of Trent. AIDAN, a mild and benevolent prelate in Northumberland, who converted many of the northern heathens of Britain to Christianity, died 651. AIRAULT, Peter, an advocate of Paris, a man of firmness and integrity, died 1601. AIRAY, Henry, a native of Westmoreland, a strict Calvinist, author of some theological pieces, died 1610. AIRAY, Christopher, vicar of Milford, author of a logical treatise, &c., died 1670. AISTULFE, a king of the Lombards, laid siege to Rome, but was defeated; he died 756. AITON, William, author of "Hortus Kewensis," being a Catalogue of the Plants in the Royal Gardens at Kew, was born near Hamilton, in Lanarkshire, 1731, and died at Kew, Feb. 1, 1793. AITZEMA, Leovan, representative of the Hansiatic towns at the Hague, author of a history of the United Provinces, &c., died 1669. AKAKIA, Martin, professor of medicine at Paris, published translations of Galen's works; he died 1551. His son of the same name was physician to Henry III. AKBAR, sultan of the Moguls, increased his dominions by the conquest of Bengal, &c.; he died 1605. AKENSIDE, Mark, a physician, but far better known as a poet, was born at Newcastle-uponTyne, 1721, and died in the office of physician to the queen, June 23, 1770. "The Pleasures of Imagination," his principal work, was first published in 1774; and a very extraordinary production it was, from a man who had not reached his 23d year. He had very uncommon parts and learning; a strong and enlarged way-of thinking; and was one of innumerable instances to prove, that very sublime qualities may spring from very low situations in life; for he had this in common with the most high and mighty cardinal Wolsey, that he was indeed the son of a butcher. AKIBA, a learned rabbi, who, at the age of forty, quitted the life of a shepherd and devoted himself to literature, died 135. ALABASTER, William, an English divine, born at Hadley, in Suffolk, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Wood says, he was the rarest poet and Grecian that any one age or nation produced. His principal work was, "Lexicon Pentaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum," &c. fol. 1637. As a poet, he has been highly applauded. He wrote the Latin tragedy of "Roxana," 12mo. 1632, which was acted in Trinity College Hall, Cambridge Dr. Alabaster died, prebendary of St. Paul's, AILHAUD, John, a French surgeon, acquired and rector of Tharfield, Hertfordshire, April' celebrity and fortune by selling a powder which 1640. he declared would cure all diseases; he died 1756. AIKMAN, William, an eminent Scottish painter, born at Cairney, 1682, died 1731. The celebrated poets, Thompson, Mallet, and Allan Ramsay, were his intimate friends, and wrote verses to his memory. ALAGON, Claude, a native of Provence, at tempted to introduce Spaniards into Marseilles. AILLY, Peter d', of an obscure family, rosell for which he was put to death, 1705. ALAIN, De Lisle, a divine of Paris, named the universal doctor, died 1294. sur-prelate, and for his encouragement of men of letters; he died 1803. ALAIN, John, a Dane, author of a treatise on the origin of the Cimbre, &c., died 1630. ALAIN, Chartier, secretary to Charles VII. king of France, born in the year 1386. He was author of several works in prose and verse; but his most famous performance was his Chronicle of king Charles VII. ALBANY, John, duke of, a Scotch nobleman, in the service of Francis I., king of France, intrusted with an army of 10,000 men, to attack Naples; he died 1536. ALBATEGNIUS, an Arabian astronomer, who died 929; he wrote a treatise on the knowledge and obliquity of the zodiac of stars, pub ALAIN, Nicholas, son of a cobbler at the be-lished 1537. ginning of the 18th century, writer of some comedies. ALALEONA, Joseph, a native of Macerata, professor of civil law in the university of Padua, died April, 1749, aged 79. ALBEMARLE, Monk, duke of, vid. MONK. ALBEMARLE, Anne Clarges, dutchess of, daughter of a blacksmith, and brought up as a milliner; she retained the vulgarity of her manners in her highest elevation. ALAMANNI, Lewis, born at Florence, 1495, ALBEMARLE, Keppel, lord, a native of Gueldied at Amboise, in France, 1556, leaving many |ders, one of the favourites of William III., beautiful poems and other valuable performan-commander of the Dutch forces in the last of ces in the Italian language. queen Anne's wars, defeated 1712, died 6 years after. ALAMOS, Balthazar, a Spanish writer in the service of Anthony Perez, was imprisoned 11 years, and published a translation of Tacitus, 1614; he died in his 88th year. ALBERGATI,Capacelli, marquis, a native of Bologna; he spent his early life in dissipation, and began to reform at 34; he became distin509;guished as an author and actor at 40; and was honoured with the appellation of the Garrick of Italy; he died 1802. ALAMUNDIR, a king of the Saracens, the bishops of his age vainly endeavoured to convert him to christianity. ALAN, ALLEN, ALLÝN, William, a native of Rossal, in Lancashire, was a defender of the Pope, and died at Rome, 1594. ALAN, of Lynn, in Norfolk, a divine, known as the author of useful indexes to the books he read, flourished in the 15th century. ALAND, Sir John Fortescue, an eminent English judge, born 1670, died 1746. ALANKAVA, daughter of Geoubire, married her cousin Doujoun, king of the Monguels, in the north of Asia. ALARD, a priest of Amsterdam, author of some learned works published at Paris, 1543; he died at Louvaine, 1531. ALARIC I., a famous king of the Visigoths, and conqueror of Italy, 409, died at Cosenza, 411. ALARIC II. made king of the Visigoths 484, was slain in battle by the hand of Clovis, king of France, 509. ALASCO, John, a Roman Catholic bishop, uncle to the king of Poland, became a convert to the protestant principles, and died 1560. ALAVA, Diego Esquivel, a learned bishop, born at Vittoria in Biscay; he was at the council of Trent, and published a work on councils; he died March 17, 1562. ALAVIN, a chief of the Goths, who settled on the banks of the Danube, afterwards rose against the imperial troops and defeated them near Adrianople, 378. ALBERGOTTI, Francis, an ancient civilian, born at Arezzo, he removed to Florence, where he was raised to the honour of nobility, and died 1376. ALBERIC, or ALBERT, a canon of Aix, in Provence, wrote an account of the first crusaders, from 1095 to 1120; published 1584. ALBERIC, a French monk, legate in England, Scotland, France, &c., died 1147. ALBERIC, a learned lawyer of Bergamo, in the 14th century. ALBERIC, a monk in the abbey of Troisfontaines, wrote a chronicle edited by Leibnitz, and died about 1241. ALBERINI, Rodiana, a lady of Padua, distinguished for her poetical works in Latin and Italian, about 1530. ALBERONI, Julius, cardinal, was born May ||31, 1664, the son of a gardener, in the suburbs of Placentia. From this low original, by good fortune, address, and abilities, he rose to be first minister of state to the king of Spain. He died at Placentia, June 26, 1752. ALBERT I., son of the emperor Rodolphus, chosen emperor of Germany after the defeat of Adolphus of Nassau, died 1308. ALBERT II., emperor of Germany, a mild and popular prince, died 1439. ALBERT, archduke of Austria, son of the emperor Maximilian; cardinal and archbishop of Toledo, made governor of Portugal, 1583. ALBAN, St., said to have been the first per- ALBERT I., son of Otho, prince of Anhalt, son who suffered martyrdom for Christianity in made elector of Brandenbury, 1550; he converted Britain, and therefore usually styled the proto-vast forests into cultivated lands. martyr of this island, was born at Verulam, and ALBERT V., duke of Bavaria, surnamed the flourished toward the end of the 3d century.magnanimous, a pattern of every amiable virThe town of St. Alban's, in Hertfordshire, takes tue, died 1579. its name from our protomartyr. ALBANI, Francis, a celebrated painter, born at Bologna, 1578, studied under Guido Rheni, and was at length no mean rival in fame to that great artist. He died 1660. ALBANI, John Jerome, a learned civilian, made a cardinal, 1570; wrote a treatise on ecclesiastical affairs, and died 1591. ALBANI, Alexander, a Roman cardinal,was a man of great merit; he died Dec. 2, 1779, aged 79. ALBANI, John Francis, nephew of the above, obtained the rank of cardinal, and other preferinents; he was distinguished as an enlightened! ALBERT VI., duke of Bavaria, known for his learning, died 1666. ALBERT, Charles d', duke of Luynes, of a noble family in Florence, settled in France, where he became the favourite and counsellor of Lewis XIII. ALBERT, Joseph d', of Luynes, ambassador from the emperor Charles VII. in France, a man of letters. ALBERT, Honore d', duke of Chaulnes, indebted for his greatness to his elder brother and the partiality of Richelieu, died 1649. ALBERT, king of Sweden succeeded Magnus II., who was deposed by his nobles, and taken ficulties he proposed. He had, indeed, great prisoner by Margaret queen of Norway,died 1412. knowledge in the mathematics, and by his skill ALBERT, margrave of Brandenburg, sur-in that science might propably have formed a named the Alcibiades of Germany, was deprived head with springs capable of articulating sounds. of his possessions by the diet of the empire;||Albert died at Cologne, Nov. 15, 1820, having he died 1558. written such a number of books, that they make 21 vols. in folio. ALBERT, margrave of Brandenburg, first duke of Prussia, which he held as a fief of Poland, died 1568. ALBERT, Erasmus, a native of Frankfort, assisted Luther in the reformation. ALBERT KRANTZ, author of the history of Saxony and the Vandals, &c., died 1517. ALBERT of Stade, author of a chronicle from the creation to 1288, a benedictine of the 13th century. ALBERT of Strasburg, author of a chronicle from 1270, to 1378, about the middle of the 14th century. ALBERT, archbishop of Mentz, revolted against the emperor Henry V. ALBERT, called the great, born in Swabia, appointed archbishop of Ratisbon, and became very learned; he died 1280. ALBERT, Jane d', daughter of Margaret of Navarre, married at the age of 11 to the duke of Cleves, and died 1572. ALBI, Henry, author of an uninteresting history of illustrious cardinals, &c., died 1659. ALBICUS, archbishop of Prague; he wrote three treatises on medicine, which were printed at Leipsic, 1484. ALBINOVANUS, a Latin poet of the age of Ovid; only two of his elegies are extant. ALBINUS, Dec. Clodius, a Roman who assumed the imperial purple in opposition to Severus. He was slain in battle, 197. ALBINUS, A. Posthum., a Roman, author of a history of his own country, in Greek, flourished about 150 B. C. ALBINUS, Bernard, a celebrated physician, born at Dessau, in Anhalt, was professor at Frankfort, and subsequently at Leyden; he died 1721, in his 69th year. ALBINUS, Bernard Sigfred, one of the greatest anatomists that ever existed, was born at Leyden, in 1683, and died 1771. His anatomical plates form 3 vols. folio. ALBERT, Pierre Antonie, was rector of the French protestant episcopal church, in New- ALBINUS, Eleazer, author of a natural hisYork; much distinguished as a scholar and di-tory of birds, of which a French translation apvine; he died 1806, aged 41. ALBERTET, a mathematician and poet, of the 13th century. ALBERTI, Cherubino, a historical painter and engraver, of Italy, born 1552, died 1615. ALBERTI, Giovanni,brother of the above,excelled in the perspective and historical painting. He was born near Florence, 1558, and died 1601. ALBERTI, Dominico, a native of Venice, celebrated as a musical performer, particularly on the harpsichord, about 1737. ALBERTI, Andrew, author of an admired treatise on perspective, published at Nuremberg, 1670. ALBERTI, John, a German lawyer, surnamed Widman Stadius, abridged the alcoran, &c. ALBERTI,Leander, a Dominican of Bologna, wrote some interesting works, died 1552. peared in 1750. ALBINUS, Peter, a historian and poet of the 16th century, and professor at Wittenberg. ALBIS, Thomas, or White, a catholic priest, and eminent philosopher of Essex, died 1676. ALBIZI, Bartholomew, a native of Rivano, in Tuscany, distinguished by his preaching and the productions of his pen, died at Pisa, 1401. ALBOIN, or ALBOVINUS, king of Lombardy, caused himself to be proclaimed king in 570; he was assassinated by order of his wife. ALBON, James d', a famous French general, known as marshal St. Andre; he was shot at the battle of Dreux, 1562. ALBON, Camille, a descendant of the preceding, was born at Lyons, and died at Paris, 1778; he wrote various works. ALBORNOS, Giles Alvarez Carillo, archbishop of Toledo, and afterwards Cardinal. ALBESTI, Leon Baptiste, a Florentine, au-He resigned his cardinal's hat, and took up thor of a valuable work on architecture, died 1485. arms to reduce Italy to the obedience of the church. This truly great man founded the colALBERTI ARISTOTILE, called also Ri-lege of Barcelona. He died 1367. dolfe Foiravente, a celebrated mechanic of Bologna, in the 16th century. ALBERTINI, Francis, a Calabrian Jesuit, author of some theological works, died 1619. ALBERTINO, Edmund, wrote a treatise on the eucharist, and died 1652. ALBERTINO, Francis, a Florentine, author of a book on the wonders of ancient and modern Rome, &c., at the beginning of the 16th century. ALBERTINUS, Nussatus, an Italian, author of a history of the emperor Henry VII., &c. ALBERTUS, archbishop of Mentz, formed a conspiracy against the emperor Henry V.; the populace restored him to liberty after he was imprisoned. ALBORNOS, Diego Philip, an ecclesiastic of Carthagena, patronised by the court in consequence of his writings. ALBRET, a noble family in France, which has given to the kingdom, generals and states men. ALBRICUS, a learned philosopher and physician, born in London, studied at Oxford, and died 1217. ALBUCASA, or ALBUCASSIS, an Arabian physician of the 11th century. He wrote some valuable tracts. ALBUMAZAR, an Arabian physician of the 9th century, known as an astrologer. His works were published at Venice in 1526. ALBUQUERQUE, Alphonso, a famous Portuguese warrior, and the founder of the power of that nation in India, died at Goa, 1515. ALBUQUERQUE, Blaise, son of the above, ALBERTUS, Magnus, a learned Dominican friar, born in Swabia, 1205. He was a man of a most curious and inquisitive turn of mind, which gave rise to an accusation brought against him, that he laboured to find out the philoso-born in 1500. He was raised to the first honours pher's stone, that he was a magician, and that of the state, and published an account of his he made a machine in the shape of a man, which father's victories, at Lisbon, in 1576. was an oracle to him, and explained all the dif ALBUTIUS, Caius Silus, a Roman orator in |