WYLLYS, George, son of the preceding, was also secretary of the colony of Connecticut, for nearly 60 years. He died in 1796. WYLLYS, Samuel, son of the preceding, was an officer of the American army during the revolution, and afterwards secretary of Connecticut; he died in 1823. WYNANTZ, John, an eminent Flemish landscape painter; he died in 1670. XYLANDER, William, a German, translator of several Greek authors; he died in 1576. XYPHILIN, John, a patriarch of Constantinople, died in 1075. Y YALDEN, Thomas, an English divine and poet, died in 1736. WYNDHAM, sir William, a celebrated En- YALE, Elihu, a native of Connecticut, who glish statesman, was chancellor of the exche-accumulated a large fortune, in the East Indies, quer, in 1713, and died in 1740. went to England, and became governor of the WYNDHAM, Henry Penruddoch, an English East India company. 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ZAPOLSKI, John de, vaivode of Transyl-cian to his Britannic majesty for Hanover, but vania, was elected king of Hungaria, in 1526, and died in 1540. ZAPPI, John Baptist Felix, a Roman lawyer and poet; he died in 1719. ZIMMERMANN, Matthias, a German divine and theological writer, died in 1689. ZIMMERMANN, John George, first physi more eminent as a philosopher; he died in 1795, leaving several valuable writings on various subjects. ZIMMERMANN, Eberhard Augustus Wil ZARATE, Augustin de, a Spaniard, sent to liam Von, a learned and distinguished German. Peru, in 1543, as treasurer general. He pub-was professor of natural philosophy in the collished a "History of the Discovery and Con-lege at Brunswick. He wrote a "Poetical Surquest of Peru," a work of merit. vey of the Present State of Europe;" a "General Survey of France, and of the United States of America;" and numerous other works, and died in 1815. ZARLINO, Joseph, a Venetian, who wrote with great skill and judgment on music; he died in 1599. ZATCH LEEVEN, Herman, a native of Rotterdam, was an eminent painter of landscapes; he died in 1685. ZAZIUS, Hulric, of Constance, known for his abilities as professor of law. He died in 1539. ZINEK, Christian Frederick, an admirable enamel painter, of Dresden, who went to England, and was patronised by the royal family; he died in 1767, aged 83. ZINGHA, queen of Angola, in Africa, in the 17th century. ZACHARIAH, one of the minor prophets, ZINZENDORF, Nicholas Lewis, count, a who prophesied in the reign of Darius Hystas-German, who was chief of the sect called Mopes, in so plain a manner of the Messiah, that ravians; he died in 1760. his language appears more like that of a historian, than of a prophet. ZEGEDIN, Stephen, of Hungary, was one of the first disciples of Luther, and wrote several theological works; he died in 1572. ZEILLER, Martin, a German author, who died in 1661. ZINZERLING, Justus, a learned antiquary, of Holland, in the 17th century. ZISCA or ZISKA, John de Troeznou, a famous Bohemian patriot, who defended his country against the emperor Sigismund, and performed prodigies of valour, after he had lost both his eyes. He died 1424. ZIZIM, or ZEM, son of Mahomet II., contended with Bajazet his brother, for the Ottoman throne, but being defeated, he fled, and died at Rome, in 1497. ZOE, fourth wife of Leo VI., and mother of Constantine, during whose minority in 912, she ibly governed. ZOE, daughter of Constantine XI., a cruel and debauched princess; she died in 1050. ZOILUS, a Greek rhetorician and critic, lourished about 270 B. C. ZOLLIKOFER, George Joachim, a protesant divine, of Switzerland, died in 1758. His levotional exercises and sermons have been ranslated into English. ZONARAS, John, a Greek historian, who vrote "Annals from the Creation of the World, lown to the year 1818," about which time he lied. ZONEA, Victor, an Italian mathematician n the 17th century, who made valuable imrovements in mechanics. ZOPPO, Mark, a historical and portrait ainter, of Bologna, who died in 1517. ZOPYRUS, a Persian noble, who assisted Darius in the conquest of Babylon. ZOROASTER, or ZERDUSHT, a celebrated Persian philosopher, the reputed founder of the Magian religion. He predicted, it is said, the coming of the Messiah, in plain words; and the wise men from the East, who saw and followed his star, were his disciples. ZOSIMUS, St., a Greek, who became pope n 417, and died the year after. ZOSIMUS, an ancient Greek historian of the Roman empire, flourished about 410. ZOUCH, Richard, a learned civilian, of Wiltshire, who published many esteemed works, and died in 1660. ZOUCH, Thomas, D. D., an English clergyman, who was offered the bishoprick of Carlisle, but declined it on account of his age. He died En 1816, leaving numerous works. ZUBLEY, John Joachim, D. D., an eminent clergyman of Georgia, was a native of Switzerland, and came to America about 1760. He died in Savannah, in 1781. ZUCCHERO Tadeo, an Italian historical and portrait painter; he died in 1566. ZUCCHERO Frederic, an eminent painter, and brother of Taddeo; he died in 1609, aged 63. ZUINGLIUS, Ulricus, of Switzerland, an able and zealous reformer of the church; he was killed in a skirmish with his popish opponents in 1531. ZUMBO, Gaston John, a sculptor, of Syracuse; he died at Paris, in 1701. ZUR-LAUBEN, Beat de, known as an able negotiator from the canton of Zug, at the court of Lewis XIII.; he died in 1663. ZUSTRUS, Lambert, a painter of merit, the pupil of Titian. ZWINGER, Theodore, born in Zurgan, in 1534; he published an enormous compilation, entitled "Le Theatre de la Vie Humaine," in 8 folio volumes, and died in 1588. ZWINGER, Theodore, grandson of the last, as a pastor and a physician at Basil; he died in 1629. His son John, was professor of Greek there, and died in 1696. ZWINGER, Theodore, son of John, was professor of medicine and eloquence at Basil, where he died in 1724. ZYLIUS, Otho, a jesuit, born at Utrecht, author of "Lives of Saints," &c.; he died in 1655. ZYPÆUS, or VANDEN ZYPE, Francis, a learned theologian, and writer on civil law, was born at Malines, in 1570, and died in 1650. His brother Henry was an ecclesiastic, and ZOUST, Gerard, a German, celebrated for his abbot of St. Andrew, near Bruges; he died in accuracy in portrait painting; he died in 1681.1659, leaving several works of merit. and professor at Gresham college; he died in 1655. WILSON, LL. D., an eminent lawyer, of Pennsylvania, was a member of congress from that state, and one of the signers of the decla- WINTER, George Simon, a German writer ration of Independence. He was afterwards on the veterinary art, in the 17th century. a judge of the supreme court of the United WINTHROP, John, emigrated from Great States, and professor of law in the university Britain, with the first colonists of Massachuof Pennsylvania. He died in 1798. setts, and was chosen the first governor of that colony He was a man of strong mind, strict integrity and prudence, and of great wealth, and was devoted to the prosperity and service of the infant settlement. He died in 1649. WIMPINA, Conrad, professor of divinity at Frankfort. He wrote in defence of the papal power, against Luther, and died in 1531. WINCHELSEA, Anne, countess of, author of some poems, which are written in an elegant manner; she died in 1720. WINTHROP, John, F. R. S., a son of the preceding, and governor of the colony of Connecticut, died in 1676. He was a man of great WINCHESTER, Thomas, D. D., author of a tract on the 17th article of the church of Eng-learning and talents, and an independent and land; he died in 1780. upright magistrate. WINCHESTER, Elkanah, an American divine, of the 18th century, author of a work in defence of the doctrine of universal salvation. WINCKELMANN, John, a German polemic writer, died in 1626. WINCKELMANN, Abbe John, an eminent German writer on subjects of taste and art, was assassinated in 1768. WINDHAM, Joseph, an eminent English antiquarian, died in 1810." WINDHAM, William, a celebrated English orator and statesman, was secretary at war, and afterwards secretary of state for the war department, in the British cabinet, and a member of parliament; he died in 1810. WINDER, William H., a lawyer, of Maryland; and during the second war with Great Britain, a brigadier general in the army of the United States; he died in 1824. WINDER, Levin, a soldier of the revolution, and subsequently governor of the state of Maryland; he died in 1819. WINTHROP, Fitz John, F. R. S., son of the preceding, and distinguished, like his father, for his learning and piety. He was governor of the colony of Connecticut, and died in 1707. WINTHROP, John, F. R. S., son of the preceding, distinguished in Connecticut for his talents and acquirements. He went to England, and died there in 1747. WINTHROP, John, LL. D., F. R. S., profes sor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Harvard college; he died in 1779. WINTHROP, James, LL. D., son of the preceding, distinguished for his devotion to literary pursuits. He was librarian of Harvard college, and died in 1821. WINTLE, Thomas, a learned English divine, and theological writer; he died in 1814. His writings were numerous. WINTOWN, or WYNTOWN, Andrew, canon of St. Andrew's, and author of a curious chronicle of Scotland; he died about 1400. WINTRINGHAM, sir Clifton, baronet, an WING, Vincent, a famous astronomer and as-eminent English physician and medical writer; trologer, who published "The Celestial Har-he died in 1794. mony of the Visible World," and other works; he died in 1668. WINGATE, Edmund, an English writer on arithmetic and the mathematics; he died in 1656. WINWOOD, sir Ralph, secretary of state in the reign of James I., and an author; he died in 1617. WIRLEY, William, Rouge croix pursuivant, an English antiquary and heraldic writer, died in 1618. WINGFIELD, Edmund Maria, a governor of the colony of Virginia, soon after its settle- WIRSUNGUS, John George, professor of ment: he returned to England in 1608. anatomy at Padua, where, in 1642, he discoWINSCHOMB, John, commonly called Jackvered and explained the pancreatic duct. of Newbury, an English clothier, in the time WISCHART, William, D. D., a Scotch diof Henry VIII., famed for his opulence and loy-vine, was principal of Edinburgh university, in 1716. His" Theologia" is regarded as a valuable system of divinity. He died in 1727. alty. WINSEMIUS, Peter, historiographer to the states of Holland, and professor of history and eloquence at Franeker; he died in 1644. WINSLOW, James Benignus, an eminent Danish anatomist. He wrote several anatomical and other works, and died in 1760. WISCHEART, an enlightened and benevolent prelate, of Scotland; he became bishop of Edinburgh, and died there in 1669. WISCHER, Cornelius, a Dutch engraver, in the 17th century. His brother John, and his relations Lambert and Nicholas, were also emi WINSLOW, Edward, one of the pilgrims who landed on Plymouth rock, in 1620. He wasnent artists. afterwards governor of the colony of Plymouth, and particularly instrumental in its preserva-and antiquary, died in 1767. tion. His marriage was the first that was celebrated in New England. He died in 1655. WISE, Francis, an eminent English divine WISE, John, an American clergyman, who settled at Ipswich, Mass., died in 1725. WINSLOW, Josiah, a son of the preceding, was also governor of the colony of Plymouth, and was distinguished for his talents, energy, and usefulness in the colony; he died in 1680. WINSLOW, John, a descendant of the pre-in Poland, died in Holland, in 1668. ceding, had a high military reputation in the colonies, and was a major-general in the British colonial service. He died in 1774. WISSING, William, an excellent Dutch portrait painter, died in 1687. WISSOWATIUS, Andrew, grandson of Faustus Socinus, and head of the the Socinians WISTER, Caspar, M. D., an eminent American physician, was professor of chymistry and physiology, and afterwards of anatomy and bio-surgery, in the college at Philadelphia. wrote a "System of Anatomy," and other works, and died in 1818. WINSTANLEY, William, an English grapher, was originally a barber, and lived in the reigns of Charles II. and James II. WINSTON, Thomas, an English physician, He WITASSE, Charles, a French ecclesiastic, beauty with the Nereides, was by them bound to a rock, and exposed to be devoured by a sea monster; but Perseus slew the monster, and married her. ANGE'RONA, the goddess of silence. AN'NA, the sister of Pygmalion and Dido. ANTE'US, a giant, son of Neptune and Terra; he was squeezed to death by Hercules. AN'TEROS, one of the names of Cupid. ANTEVER TA, a goddess of women in labour. AN'THIA, and ARGI'VA, titles of Juno. AN'UBIS, an Egyptian god with a dog's head. AON'IDES, a name of the Muses. APATU'RIA, and APHRODITIS titles of Venus. A'PIS, son of Jupiter and Niobe, called also Serapis and Osiris: he first taught the Egyptians to sow corn and plant vines: after ius death they worshipped him in the form of an ox, a symbol of husbandry. ARACH'NE, a Lydian princess, turned by Minerva, into a spider, for presuming to vie with her at spinning. ARETHU'SA, the daughter of Nereus. ARGENTI'NÚS, and ÆSCULA'NUS, gods of wealth. ARGO, the ship that conveyed Jason and his companions to Colchis, and reported to have been the first man of war. AR'GONAUTS, the companions of Jason. AR'GUS, son of Aristor, said to have had a hundred eyes; also an architect, who built the ship Argo. ARIAD'NE, daughter of Minos, who, from love, gave Theseus a clue of thread to guide him out of the Cretan labyrinth: being afterwards deserted by him, she was married to Bacchus, and made his priestess. ARIMAS'PI, a warlike people of Scythia. ARISTOPHANES, a comic poet, born at Lindus, a town of Rhodes. ARTEMIS, the Delphic sybil; also Diana. ASCLEPIA, festivals of Esculapius. ASCO'LIA, feasts of Bacchus, celebrated in Attica. ASTE'RIA, daughter of Ceus. ASTRAPE US, and ATABY'RUS: Jupiter. ATLANTES, a savage people of Ethiopia. A'VISTUPER, a title of Priapus. AURO'RA, the goddess of the morning. AUTO LEON, a general of the Crotonians. AUTUM'NUS, the god of fruits. B BAC'CHUS, the god of wine. BARBA TA, a title of Venus and Fortuna. BAT'TUS, a herdsman, turned by Mercury into a loadstone. BAU'CIS, an old woman, who, with her husband Philemon, entertained Jupiter and Mercury, travelling over Phrygia, when all others refused. BELLER'OPHON, son of Glaucus, king of Ephyra, who underwent numberless hardships for refusing an intimacy with Sthenobœa, the wife of Protus, king of Argos. BELLO'NA, the goddess of war. BERECYNTHIA MATER, a title of Cybele. BERENICE, a Grecian lady, who was the only person of her sex permitted to see the Olympic games. BER'GION, a giant, slain by Jupiter. BIB'LIA, the wife of Duillius, who first instituted a triumph for naval victory. BICEPS, and BI'FRONS, names of Janus. BISUL'TOR, a name of Mars. BITHON, a remarkably strong Grecian. BOLI'NA, a nymph rendered immortal for her modesty and resistance of Apollo. BO'NA DE'A, a title of Cybele and Fortuna. BO'NUS DÆMON, a title of Priapus. BO'REAS, son of Estræus and Heribeia, generally put for the north wind. BRE VIS, a title of Fortuna. BRI'AREUS, a monstrous giant, son of Titan and Terra: the poets feign him to have had a hundred arms and fifty heads. BRI'MO, and BUBAS'TIS, names of Hecate. BRISE IS, daughter of Brises, priest of Jupiter, given to Achilles upon the taking of Lyrnessus, a city of Troas, by the Greeks. BRON'TES, a maker of Jupiter's thunder, BROTHEUS, a son of Vulcan, who threw himself into mount Ætua, on account of his deformity. BRUMA'LIA, feasts of Bacchus. BUSI'RIS, a son of Neptune, and a most cruel tyrant; he was slain by Hercules. BYB'LIS, the daughter of Miletus. C CABAR'NI, priests of Ceres. CAD'MUS, son of Agenor and Telephessa who, searching in vain for his sister, built the city of Thebes, and invented 16 letters of the Greek alphabet. CADU CEUS, Mercury's golden rod or wand. CECA, and CONSERVATRIX, titles of Fortuna. CÆCULUS, a robber, son of Vulcan. CAL CHAS, a famous Greek soothsayer. CALIS'TO, the daughter of Lycaon. CALLIOPE, the muse of heroic poetry. CALYP'SO, daughter of Oceanus and Thetis, who reigned in the island of Ogygia, where she entertained and became enamoured of Ulysses, on his return from Troy. CAM'BLES, a gluttonous king of Lydia: CAMBY'SES, the son of Cyrus, and king of the Medes and Persians. CAMCE'NA, and CARNA, goddess of infants. CARMEN TA, a name of Themis. CAR'NA, a Roman goddess |
