A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... professor of law at Bologna , was born at Florence in 1182. He reduced the code , digests , and institutes , into one system , printed at Lyons , in 6 vols . folio , 1627. He died in 1260 , and was suc- ceeded by his son Francis ...
... professor of law at Bologna , was born at Florence in 1182. He reduced the code , digests , and institutes , into one system , printed at Lyons , in 6 vols . folio , 1627. He died in 1260 , and was suc- ceeded by his son Francis ...
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... professor of divinity . In 1665 he was appointed provostof Eton . In 1673 he resigned the professorship , and died in January following . He was buried in the chapel of Eton - college , where there is a monument to his memory . - Life ...
... professor of divinity . In 1665 he was appointed provostof Eton . In 1673 he resigned the professorship , and died in January following . He was buried in the chapel of Eton - college , where there is a monument to his memory . - Life ...
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... professor of philosophy and divi- nity at Herborn , in the county of Nassau , and afterwards at Waissemburg in Transyl- vania , where he died in 1628 , aged fifty . His Encyclopædia was much read , and held in esteem even by Roman ...
... professor of philosophy and divi- nity at Herborn , in the county of Nassau , and afterwards at Waissemburg in Transyl- vania , where he died in 1628 , aged fifty . His Encyclopædia was much read , and held in esteem even by Roman ...
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... professor of civil law in the university of Salamancha in Spain . He wrote a commentary on the three last books of the Code , printed at Lyons , 1639 , folio , besides other works of credit . He died at Valladolid , about 1640. — Ibid ...
... professor of civil law in the university of Salamancha in Spain . He wrote a commentary on the three last books of the Code , printed at Lyons , 1639 , folio , besides other works of credit . He died at Valladolid , about 1640. — Ibid ...
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... professor of poetry and philosophy in the university of Paris , and poet - laureat to Lewis XII . His letters were printed at Strasburg in 1571. His poems , which are mostly in Latin , are in the Delicia Poetarum Italorum . He died in ...
... professor of poetry and philosophy in the university of Paris , and poet - laureat to Lewis XII . His letters were printed at Strasburg in 1571. His poems , which are mostly in Latin , are in the Delicia Poetarum Italorum . He died in ...
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