VOLTAIRE, Marie-Francis Arouet de, gen-1 tleman of the bedchamber, and historiographer to the king of France, a most celebrated French historian, philosopher, dramatic writer, and epic poet, died in 1788.

VONDEL. Justus, or Josse du, a Dutch poet, of very considerable eminence, died in 1679, aged 91.

VOPISCUS, Flavius, a Syracusan, who lived in the reign of Dioclesian, author of the lives of Aurelian, Tacitus, &c.

WAGNER, John James, a Swiss physician, author of "Historia Naturalis Helvetia Curiosa," died in 1695.

WAGSTAFFE, Thomas, an English prelate, and an author, died in 1712.

WAILLEY, Noel Francis de, a distinguished French philologist, died in 1801.

WAKE, Isaac, English ambassador to Veice, Savoy, and France; he died in 1632 WAKE, Dr. William, archbishop of Canterbury, and a most celebrated polemical writer,

VORSTIUS, Conrad, a learned German pro-died in 1737. testant divine and polemic writer, died in 1622. VORSTIUS, lius Everard, professor of medicine at Leyden, died in 1624.

WAKEFIELD, Robert, an eminent English divine, was Hebrew professor at Oxford, and author of some theological works; he died in

VORTIGERN, a renowned British chief,||1537. who, for his valour, was elected king of South Britain. He was burnt in a castle which he had built in North Wales, in 484.

VOS, Martin de, a historical painter, of Antwerp, died in 1604.

VOSSIUS, Gerard John, a very learned professor of chronology and eloquence, at Leyden, and of history, at Amsterdam, where he died

in 1649.

VOSSIUS, Francis, brother of the preceding, author of a poem on a naval victory obtained by Van Trouip, died in 1645.

VOSSIUS, Dionysius, son of Gerard John, celebrated for his learning, though he died at the age of 22, in 1633.

WAKEFIELD, Gilbert, an eminent polemical and classical writer, died in 1801. WALDECK, Christian Augustus, prince of, a distinguished Austrian general, died in 1798. WALDO, Peter, a merchant, of Lyons, was the founder of the sect called Waldenses, in the 12th century.

WALES, William, a very distinguished writer on mathematics, and secretary to the board of longitude; he went round the world with captain Cook, in his first voyage, and died in 1799

WALES, Samuel, D. D., a distinguished American clergyman, professor of divinity in Yale college; he died in 1794.

VOSSIUS, Isaac, younger brother of the preceding, a man of great learning, died in 1688. VOSSIUS, Gerard, another brother, was emi-died in the tower, in 1651. nent as a critic, and died in 1640. Matthew, also a brother, wrote a valuable "Chronicle of Holland," and died in 1646.

WALKER, Clement, celebrated for his determined opposition to Cromwell's authority. He

WALKER, Edward, an English author, was made secretary at war to Charles I., in 1639, and at the restoration, a clerk of the privy VOSSIUS, Gerard, a Roman catholic divine, council; he died in 1876. died at Liege, in 1609. He edited and enriched WALKER, Adam, a lecturer in philosophy, with notes, the works of Gregory Thaumatur-born in Westmoreland, and bred a weaver. He gus, Ephrem Syrus, and some pieces of Chry-passed some time as writing-master and acsostom and Theodoret.

⚫- VOSTERMAN, a famous Duto landscape painter, died in 1693.

VOUET, Simon, a celebrated historical and portrait painter, of Paris, died in 1641.

VROON,Henry Cornelius, a celebrated Dutch painter. The time of his death is not known.

countant at Macclesfield, and afterwards travelled as a lecturer. He died in 1821.

WALKER, Robert, principal painter to Oli. ver Cromwell, died just before the restoration. WALKER, George, a celebrated Irish divine, who was killed at the battle of the Boyne, in 1690.

WALKER, George, F. R. S., a dissenting ninister of eminence, who published the first part of a Treatise on Conic Sections, and died in 1807. Of a petition for recognising American independence, drawn up by him, Mr. Burke declared, that he would rather have been the author of that piece, than of all his own compositions.

WALKER, John, an eminent writer on English grammar and elocution, and author of "A Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language;" he died in 1807.

WALKER, John, D. D., an English divine, rector of St. Mary's, Exeter, where he died, in 1725.

WADSWORTH, Benjamin, an American WALKER, William, an English divine, the clergyman, distinguished for his piety and learn-preceptor of sir Isaac Newton, and author of ing, was president of Harvard college. He died several useful works on grammar, logic, &c.; in 1737. he died in 1684.

WADSWORTH, Jeremiah, an active and WALKER, Samuel, an English divine, au energetic officer of the revolution, and a mem-thor of some sermons, died in 1761. ber of congress from Connecticut; he died about 1804.

WAFFER, Lionel, an English surgeon, who published an account of his voyages to the South Seas, in 1699.

WAGENSEIL, John Christopher, a very earned German polemical writer died in 1705.

WALKER, Obadiah, an English papist, who wrote a violent pamphlet against Luther; he died in 1698.

WALL, Martin, M. D., an English physician, and a medical writer, died in 1776.

WALLACE, sir William, a gallant general of the Scots, who endeavoured to rescue his

country from the English yoke, but being betrayed into the hands of the English, by sir John Monteith, in whom he had confided, he was condemned and executed as a traitor, in 1303. WALLER, Edmund, an eminent English poet, and political writer, died in 1687.

WALLEY, Thomas, an English clergyman, who came to America, in 1663, and was settled in Barnstable, Mass., where he was eminently useful. He died in 1679.

patriot, of Georgia, during the revolution, wa a member of congress, in 1776, and one of the siguers of the declaration of Independence. He was afterwards chief-justice of Georgia, a member of the senate of the United States froni, and governor of, that state. He died in 1804.

WANLEY, Nathaniel, vicar of Trinity church, in Coventry, author of a curious book, entitled "The Wonders of the little World;" he died about 1690.

WANLEY, Humphrey, son of the preced

WALLEY, Johu, a judge of the superior] court of the colony of Massachusetts, died about|ing, was librarian to Lord Oxford. He tra1700. velled through England in search of Anglo WALLIS, John, an eminent English mathe-Saxon MSS., and died in 1726. matician, died in 1703.

WANSLEB, John Michael, a German, who WALLIS, Dr. George, an English medical was employed by Ludolf, to print his Ethiopic writer, poet, and satirist, died in 1802. dictionary. He afterwards visited Egypt on a WALLIUS, James, a native of Courtrai,||christian mission, and published an account of celebrated among the jesuits for his learning that country. He died in 1679. and his talents as a Latin poet, died in 1680. WALPOLE, sir Robert, earl of Orford, a very eminent statesman and political writer, was prime minister under George I. and II.; lie died in 1745.

WALPOLE, Horace, earl of Orford, youngest son of the preceding, died in 1797. He was the author of numerous publications.

WANTON, William, governor of the coloay of Rhode Island, died in 1737. WANTON, John, succeeded the preceding, as governor of Rhode Island, in 1734. WANTON, Gideon, governor of Rhode Island, died in 1767.

WANTON, Joseph, also governor of Rhode Island, died in 1780.

WARBURTON, William, bishop of Glou

WALSH, William, an English critic and poet, the friend of Dryden, and the patron ofcester, a very eminent theological writer, critic, Pope; he died in 1708.

WALSINGHAM, Thomas, a Benedictine monk, historian of France, in the 15th century. WALSTEIN, Albert, duke of Friedland, a distinguished German officer, remarkable for his popularity among his soldiers. Ile was murdered by order of the emperor, in 1634.

and controversialist; he died in 1779. His works are very numerous.

WARD, Samuel, D. D., an English divine, who suffered great persecution during the civil wars, and died in consequence of hard treatment, in 1643.

WARD, Seth, bishop of Salisbury, famous WALSYNGHAM, sir Francis, a great states-for his skill in mathematics and astronomy; he man in the reign of queen Elizabeth, author of an excellent treatise, called "The Complete Ambassador" he died in 1589.

WALTER. See ROBINS. WALTER, Thomas, a popular American clergyman, in Massachusetts, died in 1725. WALTER, Nehemiah, came to America from Ireland, when young, was educated at Harvard college, and afterwards ordained as pastor of a church, at Roxbury, Mass.; he died in 1750.

died in 1689.

WARD, John, LL. D., an eminent English critic and antiquary, died in 1758.

WARD, Samuel, author of a "Modern System of Natural History," a work of merit; he died in 1790.

WARD, Edward, generally called Ned, a bur lesque writer, of England, died in 1731.

WARD, Nathaniel, first minister of Ipswich, Mass., was a native of England, and came to America to avoid religious persecution. He afterwards returned to England, and died there,

WALTER, Thomas, a distinguished botanist, of South Carolina, author of "Flora Carolini-in 1653. ana;" he died about 1799.

WARD, Richard, governor of the colony of

WALTERS, John, M. A., a Welsh divine, Rhode Island, in 1740. rector of Llandocan, and author of an English WARD, Thomas, son of the preceding, was and Welsh Dictionary, and some other works;secretary of Rhode Island, and a distinguished he died in 1797. scholar; he died in 1760.

WALTHER, N., a native of Nuremberg, WARD, Samuel, brother of the preceding, Enown as the first who discovered the astro-chief-justice and governor of Rhode Island, and nomical refraction of light; he flourished in the a member of the continental congress; he died16th century. in 1776.

WALTHER, Michael, professor of divinity WARD, Henry, one of the most active revo at Helmstadt, and author of "Harmonia Bibli-lutionary patriots of Rhode Island, and secreca," &c.; he died in 1662. tary of the colony; he died in 1797. WALTHER, Christopher Theodosius, a Ger- WARD, Artemas, a member of congress in man missionary to Tranquebar, and an author;|1774, and one of the oldest major-generals in be died at Dresden, in 1741. the American army; he died in 1800. WARD, William, a distinguished English missionary, in the East Indies, who died there in 1823.

WALTHER, Augustin Frederic, professor of anatomy at Leipsic, and author of some medical treatises; he died about 1735.

WALTON, Brian, bishop of Chester, and editor of the Polyglott Bible in 6 volumes; he died in 1661.

WALTON, Izaak, author of the "Complete Angler," and other works, died in 1683. WALTON, sir George, an English admiral, died in 1740.

WALTON, George, a distinguished and active

WARE, sir James, a celebrated antiquary and historian, of Ireland, died in 1666.

WARE, James, a very eminent oculist in London, died in 1815. His success in extracting the cataract has very rarely been equalled.

WARGENTIN, Peter, a learned Swede, who published Tables for computing the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, and died in 1783.

WASHINGTON, George, a most consum

WARHAM, William, archbishop of Canterbury, and lord chancellor of England, undermate general, statesman and patriot; one of the Henry VII. and VIII; he died in 1532. founders of the American republic; the first WARHAM, John, first minister of the church president of the federal government; and one in Windsor, Conn., died in 1670. of the few who have been great, without being criminal. He died in 1799, aged nearly 68. His fame is imperishable.

WARIN, John, a native of Liege, famous as an engraver and sculptor; his two busts of Henry XIV. in bronze, and of cardinal Richelieu in gold, are greatly admired. He died in

1672.

WASHINGTON, William, a remote relative of the preceding, was also a distinguished officer of the revolution. He died in 1810. WARING, Edward, an eminent English ma- WASSE, Christopher, author of a translation thematician, author of "Miscellanea Analy-of Grotius' Catechism into Greek verse; he tica," and other works; he died in 1798. died in 1690.

WARNER, William, author of a historical poem, called Albion's England; he died in 1609 WARNER, Ferdinando, LL. D., an English divine, celebrated for his theological, biographica!, historical, and medical writings; he died in

1768.

WATELET, Claude Henry, a French author, member of the academy. and of several foreign learned societies; he died in 1786. WATERLAND, Dr. Daniel, an eminent English divine and polemical writer, died in 1740. WARNER, John, D. D., son of the preceding, WATERLOO, Anthony, a native of Utrecht, was chaplain to the English embassy at Paris, eminent as a painter in the 16th century. and died in 1800. He wrote a learned Treatise WATRIN, Henriette, Helen, and Agatha, on the pronunciation of Greek, and translated three sisters of Verdun, who perished on the the "Life of Friar Gerard" from the Spanish.caffold, in 1793, for strewing flowers in the WARNER, Richard, a learned English bo-way of the king of Prussia as he entered their tanist and botanical writer, died in 1775.

town.

WATSON, John, an English divine, author of a Latin tragedy called Absalom; he died in 1589. WATSON, Thomas, M. A., an English nonconformist divine, and theological writer, died in 1673.

WARREN, James, a distinguished and effi- WATS, Gilbert, D. D., of Yorkshire, transcient friend of the American revolution, presi-lated into English "Davila's History of the dent of the provincial congress, after the death Civil Wars," and died in 1657. of general Warren, and, for a short time, paymaster-general of the army. He died in 1808. WARREN, Joseph, au eminent physician, of Boston, was early distinguished as one of the most vigilant and energetic friends of American rights in the colonies, and is revered for his services at the trying period previous to the revo-nent as a painter, died in 1728. lution. He was appointed major-general in the American army, and was killed at the battle of Bunker's Hill, in the 35th year of his age.

WARREN, Mercy, of Massachusetts, wife of the preceding, authoress of a "History of the American Revolution," and some poetical pieces; she died in 1814.

WARREN, John, M. D., brother of general Joseph Warren, was a distinguished physician, of Boston, and professor of surgery and anatomy, in Harvard college; he died in 1815.

WATSON, James, a native of Aberdeen, emi

WATSON, David, M. A., of Brechin, ia Scotland, was professor of philosopy at St. Andrews, and author of a prose translation of Horace. He died a victim to licentious babits, in 1756.

WATSON, Robert, was professor of logic, rhetoric, and belles letters, at St. Andrews, and afterwards principal of the college. He wrote a History of the Reign of Philip III. of Spain, and died in 1780.

WATSON, John, an English divine, and auWARREN, sir John Borlase, baronet, an am-thor of a "History of Halifax," died in 1783. bassador from England to Russia, and a distinguished English adiniral; he died in 1822.

WATSON, colonel Henry, a celebrated engineer in the service of the East India Company, and of eminent skill in naval architecture, died in 1786.

WARTON, Thomas, an English divine, and professor of poetry at Oxford; he died in 1745. WARTON, Thomas, a celebrated English WATSON, Henry, a native of London, emibiographer, annotator, antiquary and poet, be-nent as a lecturer in anatomy, and as a medical came poet laureat of England, in 1785, and writer; he died in 1793. died in 1790. WATSON, sir William, an eminent physb WARTON, Dr. Joseph, brother of the pre-cian, of London, author of various tracts co ceding, a learned divine, and an ingenious poet electricity; he died in 1787. and critical writer, died in 1800.

WATSON, Richard, a celebrated English WARWICK, Richard Nevil, earl of, a fam-prelate, who became bishop of Llandaff; he ous, general and statesman, who acquired the wrote, among other works, an answer to Paine's title of King-maker, from the versatility of his Age of Reason, called an Apology for the Bible, conduct, and the success that attended it, in the and died in 1816. civil war between Henry VI. and Edward IV. He died in 1471.

WATT, James, F. R. S., LL. D., born ai Greenock, was bred a mathematical instrument WARWICK, sir Philip, an eminent English maker. He improved the steam engine, and writer in the time of the civil wars. His princi-invented a new micrometer and machine for pal work is "Memoirs of the reign of Charles I. He died in 1682.

WASER, I. H., an ecclesiastic of Zurich, was beheaded for some strictures on the administration of public affairs, in 1780.

WASER, Anna, daughter of a senator at Zurich, a miniature painter; she died in 1713. WASHBURN, Joseph, minister of a church In Farmington, Conn., died in 1805.

drawing in perspective; he died in 1819. WATTEAU, Anthony, a famous French painter, died in 1721.

WATTS, Isaac, a dissenting divine, philoso pher, poet, and mathematician, of uncommon genius, and celebrity, died in 1748.

WAYNE, Anthony, a major-general in the American army, during the revolution, distin guished for his patriotism, bravery, and skill,

and for his important services; he afterwards WELLS, Edmund, D. D., professor of Greek had command of the western army, and in alin the university of Oxford. He wrote nume. contest with the Indians, gained a complete rous pamphlets against the dissenters, and a victory. He died in 1796. work of merit on the Geography of the Bible, &c., and died in 1730.

WEARE, Mesheck, a judge and chief-justice of New-Hampshire, and afterwards president of that state; he died in 1786.

WELLS, William Charles, an American physician, who joined the British in the revolu WEAVER, John, a famous English dancing-tion, and died in England, in 1817 master, and writer on his art, died about 1730. WEBB, Philip Carteret, a very distinguished English antiquarian and law writer, died in 1770.

WEBB, Daniel, an Englishman, author of some esteemed "Dissertations on Music, Poetry and Painting;" he died in 1798.

WEBB, John, an American clergyman, tled at Boston; he died in 1750.

WELLS, John, an eminent lawyer, of NewYork, died in 1823.

WELLWOOD, James, M. A., a native of Perth, author of several religious tracts, died in 1680.

WELLWOOD, Dr. Thomas, a native of Edinburgh, who published "Memoirs of England, set-from 1588 to 1688;" he died in 1716.

WELSTED, Leonard, an English poet, dra

WEBB, Benjamin, a celebrated and inge-matist, and miscellaneous writer, died in 1747. nious penman, of England, died in 1774.

WENCESLEUS, son of Charles IV., empe

WEBBE, Samuel, a most admirable compo-ror of Germany, succeeded his father in 1378; ser of music, died in 1816. he was deposed in 1400, and died king of BoleWEBBER, Samuel, D. D., a native of Mas-mia, in 1419. His character was that of a desachusetts, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Harvard University, and afterwards, president of that institution; he died in 1810.

bauched, capricious, and cruel prince.

WENTWORTH, Thomas, earl of Stafford, a celebrated statesman under Charles I., was beheaded on a false charge of treason, in 1641. WENTWORTH, Benning, first governor of the colony of New-Hampshire, died in 1770. WERDMULLER, John Rodolph, a historical WEBSTER, Dr. Charles, an eminent physi-and landscape painter, of Zurich, was drowned cian and medical writer, born at Edinburgh, in in 1668. 1759, and died in 1795.

WEBSTER, William, an able English wri-| ting master, author of a Treatise on Arithmetic, &c.; he died in 1744.

WERENFELS, John James, a German diWEBSTER, Samuel, D. D., minister of Sal-vine, author of some sermons and homilies; he Isbury, Mass., died in 1796. died in 1655. His son Peter, was professor of

WEBSTER, John, one of the principal set-theology at Basil, and died in 1703. tlers of Hartford, was governor of Connecticut, in 1656; he removed to Massachusetts, and died there in 1665.

WECHEL, Christopher, an eminent printer at Paris, died in 1581.

WERENFELS, Samuel, son of Peter, was a professor at Basil, highly respected for his learning and his virtues; he died in 1740. His works are chiefly on theology, philosophy, and philology. WEDGWOOD, Josiah, F. R. and A. SS. to WERFF, Adrian Vander, a historical and whose indefatigable labours England is indebt-portrait painter, of Rotterdam, died in 1727. ed for the establishment of the pottery of StafHis brother Peter, was also eminent in historifordshire. He died in 1795. cal pieces, and died in 1718.

WEEVER, or WEAVER, John, an English antiquary, and an author of worth; he died in 1632

WEIMAR, Bernard, duke of Saxe, a distinguished general under Lewis XIII.; he died in 1639.

WERNER, Abraham Gottlieb, a very eminent mineralogist, born in Upper Lusatia, in 1750, and died in 1817.

WESENBEC, Matthew, professor of law, at Jena, and at Wittemberg, where he died in 1586. WESLEY, Samuel, an English divine and

WESLEY, Samuel, son of the preceding, and a poet also, died in 1739.

WELBY, Henry, a noted eccentric charac-poet, died in 1735. ter, of Lincolnshire, who confiued himself in an obscure house in London, where he remained unseen by any one, until his death, in 1636, a period of 44 years.

WELDE, Thomas, first minister of Roxbury, Mass., died in England, while there as an agent of Massachusetts.

WELLENS, James Thomas Joseph, was bishop of Antwerp, and distinguished for his fearning and virtues; he died in 1784.

WESLEY, John, brother of the foregoing, celebrated as the founder of the sect called methodists; he died in 1791.

WESLEY, Charles, brother of the preceding, a minister also among the methodists, and of respectable talents as a scholar and a poet; he died in 1788.

WESSELLUS, John, a learned ecclesiastic, WELLER, Jerome, a native of Freyberg, the of Groningen, who was regarded by many as the friend and favourite of Luther, and a theologi-forerunner of Luther; he died in 1489. cal writer; he died in 1572.

WELLER, James, professor of theology at Wittemberg, where he died, in 1664.

WELLES, Samuel, M. A., an English divine, distinguished for his usefulness during the civil wars, and for his eloquence as a preacher; he died after the restoration.

WEST, Dr. Gilbert, a learned English writer, author of several valuable works; he died in 1756.

WEST, Thomas, an English antiquary, and an author, died in 1779

WEST, Benjamin, a very eminent painter, born in Pennsylvania, in 1738. His parents WELLES, Noah, D. D., an American divine, were quakers. Going to England. he met with and controversial writer, settled at Stamford,great encouragement in his art, and became Conn.; he died about 1776. president of the Royal Academy of London.

WELLES, Thomas, one of the first colonists He died in 1820. of Hartford, and governor of the colony of Conitecticut; he died in 1660.

WEST, John, governor of the colony of Virginia, in 1635

WHEATLEY, Phillis, an African girl, who, while a slave, wrote a volume of poems of conCaro-siderable merit; she died in 1784.

WEST, Samuel, D. D., au American clergyman, settled at Bosion; he died in 1808. WEST, Joseph, was governor of South lina m 1871, and in subsequent years. WEST, Francis, a magistrate, and governor of the colony of Virginia, in 1625.

WEST, Samuel, D. D., an American minister, settled at New-Bedford, died in 1807.

WEST, Benjamin, an eminent lawyer and inember of congress from the state of NewHampshire; he died in 1817.

WHEELER, sir George, an English divine, author of a journey into Greece, and other works; he died in 1724.

WHEELOCK, Eleazar, D. D., an American ciergyman, first president of Dartmouth college, died in 1779.

WHEELOCK, John, LL. D., son of the preceding, was an officer in the army of the revoWEST, Benjamin, LL. D., professor of ma-lution, and served with reputation. He was afthematics and natural philosophy in the col-terwards for many years president of Dartmouth lege at Providence, Rhode Island; he died in college, and died in 1817. 1813.

WEST, James, M. A., was one of the joint secretaries to the British treasury, for about 20 years, and some time president of the Royal Society; he died in 1772.

WEST, Richard, an English lawyer, was made lord chancellor of Ireland, in 1725, and died the year after.

WEST, Elizabeth, a native of Edinburgh, who became known for her eccentricities and mystical opinions; she died in 1735.

WESTERLO, Eilardus, D. D., a native of Iohand, came to America, in 1760, as pastor of the Dutch church in Albany, and was highly| esteemed and distinguished as a preacher; he died in 1790.

WESTFIELD, Thomas, a native of Ely, was made archbishop of St. Albans, and soon after, bishop of Bristol. He was so eloquent and pathetic a preacher, that he was called the weeping prophet; he died in 1644.

WHEELWRIGHT, John, the founder and first minister of the church at Exeter, Mass., greatly distinguished for his learning and piety; he died in 1660.

WHELPLEY, Samuel, an eminent American clergyman, settled at New-York, and died in 1817. He wrote a "Compend of Ancient and Modern History," and other works.

WHELPLEY, Philip Melancthon, a distinguished presbyterian clergyman, who settled at New-York, and died in 1824.

WHICHCOT, Benjamin, an eminent English divine and theological writer, died in 1683.

WHIPPLE, William, a member of congress from New Hampshire, in 1776, and one of the signers of the declaration of Independence; he died in 1785.

WHISTON, William, an English divine and mathematician, successor to sir Isaac Newton, as professor of mathematics at Cambridge; he died in 1752.

WHITAKER, William, an English polemic divine, and controversial writer against popery,

WESTON, Richard, an English thread hosier, who became eminent as a horticulturalist, and published some useful tracts on that sub-died in 1595. ject; he died in 1806.

WESTEIN, John Rodolphus, a native of Basil, where he was professor of Greek and of theology. He published several valuable works, and died in 1711. His brother John Henry, was celebrated in Holland as a printer, and a man of erudition; he died in 1726.

WHITAKER, John, an able English historian, theologist, critic, politician and poet; he died in 1808.

WHITAKER, Edward W., an English divine, who was principally instrumental in establishing "The Refuge for the Destitute." He died in 1818; leaving some valuable theological WESTEIN, John James, a very learned di-works, and an "Abridgment of Universal Hisvine and author, born at Basil; he died in 1754. tory.'

WHALLEY, Peter, an English divine, and WHITBREAD, Samuel, an English politieminent critic, and commentator on Shaks-tician, and member of Parliament, highly dispeare and Ben Jonson; he died in 1791. tinguished for his talents and eloquence; he died in 1815.

WHARTON, George, an Englishman, who Jost extensive property in the civil wars, in con- WHITBY, Daniel, an English divine, author sequence of his attachment to the royal cause,of more than 40 works, which display a fund was made a baronet at the restoration, and died of sense and learning; he died in 1726. in 1681.

WHARTON, Anne, an English lady, distinguished for her learning, and for her poetical productions: she died about 1685.

WHITE, Henry Kirke, a very ingenious poet, the son of a butcher, at Nottingham, was taken into the office of an attorney, where he studied Latin and Greek. He died in 1806.

WHARTON, Henry, an English divine and historian of uncommon abilities, died in 1695. WHARTON, Philip, duke of, an Englishpital, at Bristol; he died in 1622. nobleman of most eccentric character, went to France, and engaged in the Pretender's interest, for which he was attainted of high treason, but died in Spain, in 1731.

WHITE, Thomas, a learned English divine, the founder of Sion college, London, and a hos

WHITE, sir Thomas, born at Reading, was apprenticed to a tradesman in London, and afterwards became lord mayor, in 1553, aged 61, when he received the honour of knighthood.

WHATELEY, William, an English divine,The time of his death is not known. who wrote, among other things, an exposition of the ten commandments; he died in 1613.

WHEARE, Degory, master of Gloucester Hall, Eng., and author of a "Dissertation de Ratione et Methodo legendi Historias." He died in 1647.

WHEATLEY, Charles, an English divine and theological writer, died in 1742.

WHEATLEY, Francis, an eminent painter, born in London, in 1747, and died in 1801.

WHITE, Joseph, a learned English divine, professor of Arabic at Oxford university; he died in 1814. His writings, which are uunierous, indicate great talents and erudition.

WHITE, Peregrine, the first descendant of the Pilgrims in New England; he was born at Plymouth, in 1620, and died in 1704.

WHITE, Anthony Walton, an officer of the army during the American revolution, died in 1803.