NOYES, James, son of the preceding, waster to Augustus Cæsar, wife of Mark Antony, settled, as a clergyman, at Stonington, Connecticut. He died in 1719. NOYES, Nicholas, minister of a church at Salem, Massachusetts, died in 1717. NUCK, Anthony, a Dutch physician, and professor of anatomy at Leyden. NUGENT, Robert, earl of, an Irish catholic, who became a protestant, was promoted to office, and died in 1788. NUGENT, Thomas, LL. D., an Irishman, author of a French dictionary. His daughter was married to Edmund Burke. NUMA POMPILIUS, second king of Rome, known for the laws which he established, and his respect for religion. He died 672 B. C. and one of the most illustrious ladies of ancient Rome for her wisdom and virtues, died 11 B. C. OCTAVIA, the wife of Nero, who divorced and put her to death. ODAZRI, John, a painter and engraver, of Rome, died in 1731. ODELL, Thomas, an English dramatic writer, and deputy master of the revels, died in 1749. He brought four dramatic pieces on the stage, which met with some share of success. ODENATUS, king of Palmyra, was assassin ated in 267, and his wife, Zenobia, assumed the government. ODIN, a famous hero, who lived about 70 B. C. in the kingdom of Denmark. He was a warrior, poet, priest, and monarch, and worshipped NUMENIUS, a Greek philosopher of the 2d century, and a follower of Pythagoras and Plato.by his countrymen, as a god, after his death. NUMERIANUS, Marcus Aurelius, son of the emperor Carus, succeeded his brother in 284, but was soon after assassinated. NUNEZ, Ferdinand, a Spanish critic, and professor of belles lettres, at Alcala and Salamanca; he died in 1552. NYE, Philip, an ejected non-conformist, died in 1672. NYE, Nathaniel, a mathematician, in the the reign of Charles II. NYMANNUS, Gregory, professor of anatomy and botany, at Wittemberg, died in 1638. OAKES, Urian, an English clergyman, who settled in Massachusetts, and was chosen president of Harvard college; he died in 1681. OATES, Titus, an infamous character, whose public conduct may be found in every history of England, under the reign of Charles II. and James II. He was born in 1619, and died in 1705. OBADIAH, the fourth of the minor prophets. OBRECHT, Ulric, a learned German critic and Latin historian, born in 1646, died in 1701. So extensive and various was his learning, that e has been styled "The Epitome of Human Science." OBSEQUENS, Julius, a Latin critic, who flourished about the year 395, and wrote a book "De Prodigiis.' OBSOP ÆUS, John, a German physician and critic, born at Brettin, in 1556, died in 1596. O'BURNE, James, a celebrated ventriloquist, born in Ireland, but for many years resident in England, died in 1796. OCCAM, or OCCHAM, William, a famous scholastic divine, of the order of Cordeliers, who acquired so great a reputation as to be enitled, the Invincible Doctor; he died in 1347. OCCLEVE, Thomas, an English poet, flour'shed about 1420. ODO, Saint, abbot of Clugni, distinguished for his great learning and sanctity; he died in 943. ODO, of Kent, flourished in the 12th century, a very learned and eloquent Benedictine prior and abbot. He died in 1171, having composed many valuable works. CECOLAMPADIUS, John, a German divine, eminent among the reformers of the church, born in 1482, died, of the plague, in 1531. CECUMENIUS, a Greek writer of the 10th century. OFFA, king of Mercia, was the first who es tablished the Peter-pence tribute; he died in 794. OGDEN, Samuel, a learned and pious Eng lish divine, born in 1716, died in 1778. OGDEN, Matthias, an officer in the American army during the revolution, and afterwards a brigadier general in the service of the United States; he died in 1791. OGDEN, Jacob, a respectable physician, of New-York, in 1765. OGILBY, John, an eminent geographer, critic, and poet, of Scotland, born in 1600. His principal works are translations of "Virgil,” and "Homer," and a versification of "Esop' Fables;" an "Atlas," comprised in several folio volumes. He died in 1676. OGILVIE, Dr. John, a divine of the church of Scotland, born in 1733. He was greatly distinguished for learning and piety, published many poems, and died in 1814. OGLE, Samuel, governor of the colony of Maryland; he died in 1751. OGLE, Benjamin, governor of the state of Maryland, died at Annapolis, in 1809. OĞLETHORPE, James, an able British general, and a distinguished philanthropist. He served under prince Eugene, and in the senate of his country, but is most renowned for his successful enterprise in Georgia, of which state he was the founder. He died, in England, in 1785, at the age of 97. OISEL, James, professor of civil law, at Groningen, died in 1686. OKOLSKI, Simon, a Polish author, who died in the 17th century. OCCUM, Sampson, a Monegan Indian, converted to Christianity, became a missionary among the Western Indians; he died in 1792. OCELLUS, a Greek Pythagorean philosopher, surnamed Lucanus, author of a celebrated tract, called "The Universe." He flourished nity under Luther and Melancthon, and after300 B. C. OKSKI, Stanislaus, a Pole, who studied divi wards turned catholic; he died in the 16th cen OCHINUS, Bernardin, an Italian, vicar-gene-tury. ral of the capuchin order. He changed his reSigion several times, and died in 1564 OCKLEY, Simon, an eminent orientalist, professor of Arabic in Cambridge, and author of "A History of the Saracens, from the death of Mahomet, in 632 to 705." He was born in 1678, and died in 1720. ÓLAF, a king of Norway in the 10th century, sent missionaries to Greenland to convert the natives. OLAHUS, Nicolas, a Hungarian bishop; he wrote a chronicle of his time, and died in 1568. OLAUS, Magnus, archbishop of Upsal, in Sweden, and historian of the northern nations, OCTAVIA, daughter of Caius Octavius ais-died in 1555. OL OL OLAVIDES, N., count de, a native of Span- Returning to Ireland, he soon distinguished himish America, educated at Madrid, published the self by his writings, both on religious and poliTriumph of the Gospel, and died in the reign tical subjects, by which he gained the esteem of of Charles III. OLDCASTLE, sir John, called the good lord toleration. His addresses to the catholics gained all parties, as a friend to freedom, liberality and Cobham, the first author, as well as the first him the most flattering notice of the Irish gomartyr, on the reformation from popery, was vernment; he died in London, in 1802, aged 73. born in the reign of Edward III. He was one OLEASTER, Jerom, a Portuguese Domini of the leaders in the reforming party, who can, was offered a bishopric, which he declined drew up a number of articles against the cor-for the office of grand-inquisitor; he died in ruptions which then prevailed among church-1563. men, and denied the scriptural dominion of the pope. As a heretic, he was hung in chains OLEN, an ancient Greek poet. His age is alive upon a gallows, and fire being put under him, he was burnt to death in 1418. fabulous. OLESNIKI, Ibigneus, a noble Pole, was made cardinal, and died in 1455. 16th century. OLDENBURG, Henry, a learned German gentleman, who, being settled in London as consul for Bremen, became first secretary to the Royal Society; to which office, he applied hini-monks, a celebrated cardinal, and learned theoOLIVA, Alexander, general of the Augustin self with extraordinary diligence, and began logical writer, was born in 1408, and died in the publication of the Philosophical Transac-1483. tions," with No. 1, in 1664. He died in 1678. OLDENBURGEN, Philip Andrew, professor vigo, and secretary to the conclave; he died in OLIVA, John, a learned ecclesiastic, of Roof history and law at Geneva, died in 1678. OLDERMAN, John, a German, and Greek professor at Helmstadt, wrote some valuable dissertations, and died in 1723. OLDFIELD, Anne, a celebrated English ac-from Spain, and died in 1643. tress, and accomplished woman, was born in 1683, and died in 1730. 1757. an illustrious Spaniard, minister under Philip V. OLIVARES, Gasper de Guzman, count de, He occasioned the total separation of Portugal OLIVER, Isaac, a celebrated English historical and portrait painter, was born in 1556, and OLDFIELD, T. P., an English youth of extra-died in 1617. ordinary genius, died in 1804, in his 16th year. At the age of five and a half years his body was ture painter, died in 1661. debilitated with sickness, but his mind presented OLIVER, Peter, an eminent English minia Bath, died in 1764. the finest display of human perfection. He be- an 'able mechanic, but attempting to fly with OLIVER, of Malmsbury, a Benedictine, was came a great proficient in mathematics, philoso-wings which he had made, he fell and broke his phy, astronomy, geography, history and paint leg. He died in 1660. ing. His memory was extremely retentive. He never forgot any thing with which he was once acquainted, and he would frequently take admirable likenesses of persons who struck him from memory He was never known to be out of temper, and though he suffered an illness of ten years, never repined or seemed impatient. OLDHAM, John, an eminent English poet, was born in 1653. His genius lay chiefly in satire. He died in 1683. OLDISWORTH, William, a political and miscellaneous writer, in the reigns of queen Anne and George I. He was one of the original authors of the "Examiner." published several other works, and died in 1734. OLDMIXON, John, an English historian and poet, a violent party writer, and a severe and malevolent critic, died in 1742. He was a man of learning and abilities. OLDYS, William, Norroy king at arms, well versed in English antiquities, a correct writer, and a good historian, born in 1696, died in 1761. OLEARIUS, Godfrey, a learned German, and professor of divinity at Leipsic, died in 1713. OLEARIUS, Godfrey, a learned Greek professor and writer, born in 1672, and died in 1715, having published several works, and translated "Stanley's History of Philosophy" into Latin, with "Notes and Dissertations" of his own. the parliament of Aix, of great eloquence. He OLIVER, Claude Matthew, an advocate in was an author of merit, and died in 1736. OLIVER, Daniel, a merchant, of Boston, eminent for piety and benevolence, died in 1732. the colony of Massachusetts, died in 1774. He OLIVER, Andrew, lieutenant-governor of of his life by favouring the claims of the British rendered himself unpopular toward the close government upon the colonies. ceding, was chief justice of Massachusetts, and OLIVER, Peter, LL. D., brother of the prewith the colonists. He retired to England, where like his brother, became extremely unpopular he died, in 1791. OLIVER, Thomas, lieutenant-governor of volution. He espoused the cause of the mother Massachusetts, at the commencement of the recountry, and went to England, where he died. morable for an excellent edition of "Cicero's OLIVET, Joseph, a Frenchman, chiefly meWorks," died in 1768. who printed, at Neufchatel, in 1535, the first OLIVETAN, Robert, a relation of Caleric, French translation of the Bible, from the Hebrew and Greek texts. He was poisoned the ensuing year. OLEARIUS, Adam, a German writer, and minister to the duke of Holstein; who having Portuguese, employed in various embassies. OLIVEYRA, Chevalier Francis de, a noble occasion to send an ambassador to the great His enlightened mind abandoned the popish reduke of Muscovy, and the king of Prussia, ap-ligion for the protestant. He afterwards went pointed Olearius secretary to the embassy. On to England and died in 1783. his return, he drew up "A Relation of his Journeys," which was published in 1656. He was born in 1599, and died in 1671. O'LEARY, Arthur, a native of Ireland, who entered into the Franciscan order of Capuchins. 326 mous for his bold adventures on the ocean, in sister of Valentinian III., was sent into Italy -gainst a rebel, whom he proclaimed emperor Caracalla, who gave him a crown of gold for of the West. He afterwards deposed him and every line of his poems, whence they got the title of golden verses. He died at 30 years of usurped the throne himself, and died in 472. OLYMPIODORUS, a peripatetic philosopher age. of Egypt, in the age of the second Theodosius. OLZOFFSKI, Andrew, a learned Polish divine, was ambassador to Vienna. He died in 1678. OPSOP EUS, John, from a corrector of the press, became an eminent physician, and profes sor of medicine, at Heidelberg; he died in 1619. OPTATUS, an African bishop, who flourished OMAR I., caliph of the Saracens, the second in the 14th century, under the empire of Valentiafter Mahomet, and one of the most rapid con-nian and Valens. He wrote the "History of the querors in modern history. He drove the Greeks Donatists," the "Sacred Geography of Africa." ORDORAN, a monk, at Sens, and an author, from Syria and Phoenicia; Jerusalem was sur rendered to him; his generals took the capital died in the 14th century. ORELLANA, Francis, a Spaniard, who acof Persia; and soon after, Memphis and Alexandria submitted to his victorious troops: and companied Pizarro to Peru. He was the first In this conquest, the famous Alexandrian libra-European wno saw the great river Amazon, and ry was burnt by these savages, who heated their perished, in 1550, in attempting to discover its stoves with its valuable books. He was assas-mouth. inated by a Persian slave, in 643, the 10th year of his reign, and 63d of his age. ORGANA, Andrew, an eminent painter, poet, and architect, born at Florence, in 1329, and OMAR II., 13th caliph of the race of the Om-died in 1389. The greatest part of his paintings miades, succeeded to the throne in 717. He was are at Pisa. In his picture of the universal eruel to the Christians, and was assassinated judgment, he painted his friends in heaven, and his foes in hell. n 720. OMEIS, Magnus Daniel, professor of belles ettres at Altorf, and author of several works; lied in 1708 ONESICRITUS, a cynic philosopher, among he attendants of Alexander the Great. ONESIMUS, a Phrygian slave, converted to Christianity by St. Paul. ONKELOS, surnamed the Prosclyte, a famous Rabbi of the first century, and author of the Chaldee Targum on the Pentateuch. ONOMACRITUS, a Greek poet, about 516 B. C. The poems entitled Orpheus, are ascribed to him. ORIBASIUS, an eminent physician and medical writer, of the 4th century. He settled at Alexandria, in Egypt, and died in 370. ORIBASTIUS, of Pergamos, was physician to the apostate Julian. ORIGEN, an illustrious father of the Christian church, and a man of great parts and learning, born at Alexandria, about the year 185, and died in 254. ORIGEN, a Platonic philosopher, and the friend of Porphyry. ORIGNY, Peter Adam, author of a History of ancient Egypt," died at Rheims, in 1774. ORKAN, son of Othoman, made himself emperor of Turkey, in 1326, by destroying his elder He died in 1360. brothers. ONOSANDER, a Greek author who flourished about A. D. 50, and wrote commentaries up on "Plato's politics," which are lost; but his ORLANDI, Pelegrini Anthony, an eminent name is particularly famous for his treatise " Of the duty and virtues of the general of an army," "Italian bookseller, and the author of several which has been translated into several languages. works, died in 1730. ONUPHRIUS, Panvinius, a celebrated Augus- ORLAY, Bernard Van, an eminent Dutch tine monk, born at Verona, in 1529, who, apply-painter, and a disciple of Raphael, died in 1560. ing himself to the study of ecclesiastical history, continued the "Lives of the Popes" begun by Platina. He acquired the title of the father of history; and died in 1568. OORT, Adam Van, an eminent painter, of Antwerp, was born in 1557. OOST, James Van, a celebrated Dutch painter, died in 1600. ÓPIE, John, an eminent English artist, and professor of painting, in the Royal Academy. He was not merely an excellent artist, but was also an admirable writer upon the art. He was born in 1761, was the son of a humble carpenter; he was drawn from his obscurity by the kind patronage of Dr. Wolcot (usually called Peter Pindar) and died in London, in 1807. OPITIUS, Henry, a Lutheran divine, and professor of oriental languages, at Keil; he died in 1712. OPITIUS, Martin, a famous Silesian poet, styled the "Virgil" of Germany; he died in 1639, aged 42 years. OPORINUS, John, a famous German printer, editor, and commentator on Greek and Latin authors, born in 1507, and died in 1568. OPPEDE, John Meyneir, baron d', president of the parliament of Aix, made himself odious by the atrocities which he committed against the Vaudois. He died in 1558. OPPIAN, a Greek poet and grammarian, who flourished about the year 220, under the emperor ORLEANS, Louis, of France, duke of, son of Charles V., was basely murdered by his uncle John, duke of Burgundy, in 1407. ORLEANS, Charles, duke of, son of Louis, of France, was taken prisoner at the battle of Agincourt, and after a captivity of 25 years, in England, returned to France, and died in 1465. ORLEANS, Louis, duke of, prince of the blood, son of Philip, the regent, and an accomplished scholar; he died in 1752. ORLEANS, Louis, an advocate, of Paris, who boldly defended the cause of the league against Henry IV. He died in 1627. ORLEANS, Peter Joseph, a French jesuit, and an author of several works, died in 1698. ORLEANS, Philip Louis Joseph, duke of, born in 1747. This prince was early addicted to low pleasures. After a short, but disgraceful service in the navy of France, he joined the factious and the vile in their schemes of revolution; and by his opulence and influence, He voted for greatly subserved their interests. the death of Louis XVI. with indifference, and was soon after himself accused, and led to the scaffold, in November, 1793. ORLEANS DE LA MOTTE, Louis Francis Gabriel de, bishop of Amiens, was a pious and charitable prelate, and died in 1774. ORME, Robert, author of a "History of the military transactions of the British nation in Hindostan, from the year 1745," and "His 327 torical Fragments of the Mogul Empire," was and bishop of Salisbury, by William the Conborn in India, in 1728, and died near London, inqueror, died in 1099. 1801. He was, by some persons, complimented with the title of the British Thucydides. OROBIO, Balthasar, a Spanish Jew, who professed the Roman catholic faith, and became professor of metaphysics at Salamanca, ne died in 1687. OSORIO, Jerome, a learned Portuguese divine, and an excellent writer, born at Lisbon, in 1506, and died in 1580. His diction is easy and elegant; for which reason he is called the Cicero of Portugai. OSORIO, Jerome, canon of Evora, and an author, died in 16th century. ORONO, an Indian, chief of the Penobscot tribe, was faithful in his attachment to the white OSSAT, Arna a most celebrated French people, and laboured to promote Christianity cardinal and staan in the reign of Henry among his own. He died in 1801, aged 113.IV., was born in died in 1604. His His wife died in 1809, aged 115. "Despatches" are as ..to an ambassador OROSIUS, Paul, a learned Spanish ecclesias-who hopes to succeed in his emoyment, as the tic, who flourished in the 5th century, and wrote Bible and the Corpus Juris to suc.i divines and a history under the title of "Miseria Humana," lawyers as would succeed in their respective containing an account of the wars, plagues, professions. earthquakes, floods, conflagrations, thunder and lightning, murder, and other crimes, which had happened from the beginning of the world to the year of Christ 416. OSSIAN, a Gaelic poet, supposed to have flourished in the 3d century, and to have been the son of Fingal. His poems were translated by Mr. M'Pherson, in 1762. ORPHEUS, of Thrace, an ancient Greek poet, OSTADE, Adrian Van, an eminent painter, who flourished before Homer, and before the born at Lubec, in 1610, and died in 1685. Nasiege of Troy. He was an excellent musician,ture guided his pencil in every thing he underpoet and physician. ORSATO, Sertorio, an Italian writer, and professor of philosophy, at Padua; he died in 1678. ORSATO, John Baptist, an eminent physician and antiquary, of Padua; he died in 1720. ORSI, John Joseph, an ingenious poet and philosopher, of Bologna; he died in 1733. ORSI, Francis Joseph Augustin, an able Tuscan writer, raised to the purple, by Clement XIII. He died in 1761. ORTE, N. viscount d,' governor of Bayonne, refused to put the protestants to death at the St. Bartholomew massacre. took. OSTERWALD, John Frederick, a celebrated Swiss protestant minister, born in 1663, and died in 1747. He was author of many excellent works, the best of which is his "Instructions in the Christian Religion.' OSTERWY, Maria Van, a native of Delft, was an elegant artist, and died in 1693. OSWALD, king of Northumberland, became a Christian, and was killed in battle, in 643. OSWALD, Erasmus, professor of Hebrew at Fribourg, published a Hebrew translation of the New Testament, and died in 1579. OSYMANDYAS, an Egyptian king, the first ORTELIUS, Abraham, a celebrated geogra-who formed a public library. pher, of Antwerp, died in 1598. ORTON, Job, a dissenting minister, born at Shrewsbury, in 1717, and died in 1783. He wrote "Memoirs of Dr. Doddridge," "Letters to a Young Clergyman," and an "Exposition of the Old Testament." ORVILLE, James Philip d', a Dutch critic and author, died in 1751. OSBORN, sir d' Anvers, governor of the colony of New-York, committed suicide a few days after his arrival in America, in 1753. OSBORN, John, a native of Massachusetts, distinguished as a poetical writer, died in 1753. OSBORNE, Francis, an English writer of great abilities, was born in 1588. Of all his works, that best known is his "Advice to a Sen' He died in 1658. OTHO, Marcus Salvius, emperor of Rome in 69. He held his office only three months. OTHO I., surnamed the Great, crowned emperor of Germany in 936. He was a valiant prince, and died in 973. OTHO II., surnamed the Bloody, was son and successor of Otho I.; he died in 983. OTHO III., only son of Otho II., was crowned emperor in 983, and died in 1002. OTHO IV., surnamed the Proud, son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, was elected emperor in 1197, and died in 1218. OTHO, Venius, a Dutch painter of great eminence, born at Leyden, in 1556. His genius was so active, that he at once applied himself to philosophy, poetry, mathematics, and painting, and acquired an exceñence in all parts of the latter. OSGOOD, Samuel, an officer of the revolu-He died at Brusses, in 1634. tionary army, afterwards a member of congress from Massachusetts, and post-master-general of the United States; he died in 1812. OTHO, bishop of Frisengen, and an author, died in 1158. OTIS, James, a lawyer, of Massachusetts, OSIANDER, Andrew, a Bavarian, one of distinguished as a zealous defender of the rights Luther's first disciples, was a professor at Ko-of the colonies; he died in 1799. nigsberg, and a voluminous writer. He died in 1552. OSIUS, bishop of Cordova, presided at the council of Nice, in 325. OSIUS, or OSIO, Felix, professor of rhetoric at Padua, died in 1631. OSMAN I., son of Achmet I., succeeded to the Turkish throne in 1618. He introduced an Arab militia to replace the Janissaries; but the latter burled him from the throne, and put him to death, in 1622. OSMAN II., emperor of Constantinople in 1754, died in 1757. OSMOND, St., made chancellor of England, OTIS, James, a distinguished lawyer, of Massachusetts, and son of the preceding, was one of the most active and zealous friends of colonial rights in America. He became insane several years previous to his death, and was killed by lightning, in 1783. OTROKOTSKIFORIS, Francis, a Hunga rian, and protestant minister. He embraced the Catholic faith, and died in 1718. OTT, Henry, a learned Swiss divine, and professor of Hebrew at Zurich; he died in 1682. OTTER, John, author of Travels in Turkey, &c., died in 1748. OW OTWAY, Thomas, an eminent English poet eminent epi-grammatist, born about 1550, and and dramatic writer, born in 1651, had his edu- died in London, in 1622. cation at Oxford, but, leaving the university without any degree, he went to London, and applying himself to the play-houses, both wrote and acted for a support. He excelled in touching the tender passions in tragedy, of which his "Orphan," and "Venice Preserved," contain the strongest specimens. He died in 1685. OUDENARDE, Robert Van, a celebrated Dutch painter, died in 1743. OWEN, Dr. Henry, a very celebrated English divine, whose biblical knowledge was, perhaps, superior to that of any of his cotemporaries. He was born in 1715, published many excellent works of divinity, and died in 1795. OUDIN, Casimir, a learned French monk, born in 1638, and died in 1717, having published A Supplement of the Ecclesiastical Writers omitted by Bellarmine;" a work which did him much honour. OWEN, George, an English physician and author, died in 1558. OWEN, Charles, an English dissenting divine, died in 1712. OWEN, John, an eminent English clergyman, one of the founders, and for many years secretary, of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He died in 1822. OWTRAM, William, an eminent preacher OXENBRIDGE, John, an eminent divine, OUDIN, Francis, a jesuit, author, and pro-and scholar, in the reign of Charles II. fessor of theology at Dijon; he died in 1752. OUDINET, Mark Anthony, a French medal-and popular preacher, at Boston; he published some religious tracts and sermons, and died in ist, died in 1712. 1674. ÓUDRI, John Baptist, an admired French painter, died in 1755. OXENSTIERN, Axel, prime minister to GusOUGHTRED, William, an English divine, tavus Adolphus, deserved his elevation by his celebrated for his uncommon skill in the ma-merit and abilities, and died in 1654. thematics, born in 1573, and died in 1660. He was the author of several valuable works. OZANHAM, James, an eminent mathematical writer, died at Paris, in 1717, aged 77. OZELL, John, an English dramatic and misOUSEL, Philip, a native of Dantzic, was theological professor at Frankfort, on the Oder,cellaneous writer. His plays, though all transand was well skilled in Hebrew. He died inlations, are very numerous. He died in 1743. 1724. OUWALER, Albert, a historical painter, of Haerlem, died in 1515. OVERALL, John, bishop of Norwich, was P PAAS, Crispin, of Cologne, an eminent en born in 1559, and died in 1619. He had the cha-graver in the 17th century. ÖVERBEKE, Bonaventure Van, of Amsterdam, an eminent designer and antiquarian, died in 1706. PAAW, Peter, a physician and botanist, of Amsterdam, died in 1617. PABO, a British prince of the 5th century, and founder of the church of Mona. PACA, William, a member of congress from OVERBURY, sir Thomas, a polite English Maryland, and one of the signers of the declarawriter, born in 1581, was poisoned in the Tow- tion of Independence, afterwards governor of er, in 1613, by order of Robert Car, earl of Ro- that state, and a judge of the district court of He was the United States for Maryland; he died in 1799. chester, and the countess of Essex. PACATIANUS, Titus Julius Marinus, a Rothe author of several works in verse and prose. OVID, Publius Naso, one of the finest poets man general, who revolted against the emperor of the Augustin age, born at Sulmo, in the year Philip; he was defeated and slain in 249. PACE, Richard, a learned Englishman, emof Rome, 710. He was exceedingly amorous in his youth, and addicted beyond measure to wo-ployed in negotiations by Henry VIII. He was men. He wrote several works, the best of highly esteemed, and died in 1532. which is his Metamorphoses. He was exiled by Augustus, and died about 60 years of age. OVIEDO, John Gonsalvo de, a learned Span-minister. He died in 1473. iard. He became the friend of Columbus, whom he accompanied in his second voyage to the new world. OWAIN, a prince of Powys, was slain in 1114. PACHECO, John de, marquis de Villena, the favourite of Henry IV. of Castile, and prime PACHYMERUS, George, an eminent Byzantine historian, flourished about 1280, and died in 1310. PACIAUDI, Paul Marie, an able and learned antiquarian, of Turin; he died in 1785. PACIFICUS, Maximus, of a noble family of OWAIN, son of Mexen Wledig, a brave warrior, who became a saint in the British calen-Ascoli, in 1400, was an elegant Latin poet. dar. PACIUS, Julius, an Italian, distinguished for IOWAIN, or OWEN TUDOR, lord Pén-his lectures on jurisprudence, died in 1635. mynydd, in Anglesea, married the widow of Henry V., in 1426. His second son was the earl of Richmond, father of Henry VII. OWAIN CIVEILOG, a Welch warrior, who died in 1197. OWAIN GLANDWR, or OWEN GLENDOWER, the last of the Welch princes, was in the service of Richard II., but was disgraced by Henry IV. PACORUS, son of Orodes, king of Parthia, defeated the Roman general Crassus. He was slain 39 B. C. PACUVIUS, Marcus, an eminent Latin tragic poet, in high reputation at Rome, about 154 B.C PADARN, a British bisbop. He is one of the three blessed visiters, who first preached the gospel in Wales. PADERNA, Paul Anthony, of Bologna, an eminent painter, died in 1708. OWEN, Dr. John, an eminent English divine, among the independents, and sometimes styled PADUAN, Lewis Leo, acquired celebrity tae oracle and the metropolitan of that sect, was as a painter and engraver of medals, and died He was a very in 1615. born in 1616, and died in 1683. PADUANINO, Francisco, a historical pain voluminous writer. 329 OWEN, Jolin, in Latin called Andoenus, anter, of Padua, died in 1017. 28* |