PEARSON-PEPYS 'Paper Money Lyrics,' 1837; Grange' (anon.), 1861. 225 'Gryllsaria Hesychiana,' ed. by Dean Gaisford (2 vols.), 1844; Minor Theological Works,' ed., with memoir, by Archdeacon Churton, 1844. He translated: Gli Ingannati; and Elia Lælia Crispis,' 1862. Collected Works: ed., with memoirs, by Sir H. Cole (3 vols.), 1873; by R. Garnett (10 vols.), 1891. PEARSON (John), Bishop of Chester, 1613-1686. Born, at Great Snoring, Norfolk, 28 Feb. 1613. At Eton, 1623 - 31. Matric., Queen's Coll., Camb., 10 June 1631; Scholar of King's Coll., April 1632; Fellow, 1634-40; B. A., 1635; M.A., 1639. Ordained, 1639. Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral, 1640-61. Chaplain to Lord-Keeper Finch, for short time in 1640. Rector of Thorington, Suffolk, Oct. 1640 to 1846. Rector of St. Christopher-le-Stocks, London, Aug. 1660 to June 1661. Prebendary of Ely, Aug. 1660. Archdeacon of Surrey, Sept. 1660 to 1686. D.D., 1660. Chaplain to King, 1660. Master of Jesus Coll., Camb., Nov. 1660 to April 1662. Margaret Prof. of Theology, Cambridge, June 1661. Master of Trin. Coll., Camb., April 1662 to Feb. 1673. F.R.S., 1667. Bishop of Chester, Feb. 1673. Died, at Chester, 16 July 1686. Buried in Chester Cathedral. Works: Anthologia Cantabrigiensis in Exanthemata Regia,' 1632; 'Justa Edovardo King,' 1638; 'Christ's Birth not mistimed, 1649; 'The Patriarchal Funeral,' 1658; 'An Exposition of the Creed,' 1659; 'No Necessity of Reformation of the Publick Doctrine of the Church of England,' 1660; 'An Answer to Dr. Burges his Word,' 1660; 'Præfatio Parænetica ad Vetus Testamentum Græcum,' 1665; Promiscuous Ordinations are destructive to the honour and safety of the Church of England' (anon.), 1668; Vindicia Epistolarum S. Ignatii,' 1672; 'A Sermon preached at the Abbey Church in Westminster,' 1673. his He edited: 'Sir L. Cary Discourse of Infallibility,' 1651; "Iepoκλεους υπομνημα, 1655 ; Canon Hales' 5 Golden Remains,' 1659; Critici Sacri' (with others), 1660; 'Vetus Testamentum Græcum,' 1665. PEELE (George), 1558[?]-1597 [?]. Born, in London, 1558 [?]. At Christ's Hospital, 1565-70 [?]. Matriculated, Broadgates Hall, Oxford, March 1571; removed to Christ Church, 1574; Student, 1574-79; B.A., 12 June 1577; M.A., 6 July 1579. Married, 1580 [?]. Became actor and dramatist. Notorious for dissipated life. Died, 1597 [?]. . Works: 'The Aravgnement of Paris' (anou.), 1584; The Device of the Pageant borne before Woolston Dixie, Mayor' (anon.), 1585; 'A Farewell . . to Sir John Norris & Syr Francis Drake,' 1589; 'An Eclogue Gratulatory,' 1589; ‘Polyhymnia,' 1590; 'Descensus Astreæ,' 1591; 'The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the first,' 1593; The Honour of the Garter' [1593]; 'The Battell of Alcazar' (anon.), 1594; 'The Old Wives' Tale' (under initials: G. P.), 1595. Posthumous: The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe,' 1599; 'Anglorum Feriæ' (priv. ptd.), 1830. Collected Works: ed. by A. Dyce (3 vols.), 1829-39; ed. by A. H. Bullen (2 vols.), 1888. PEPYS (Samuel), 1633-1703. Born, in London [?], 23 Feb. 1633. Early education at a school at Huntingdon. At St. Paul's School, London, as Scholar. Matric., Trin. Hall, Camb., 21 June 1650; removed to Magdalene Coll., as Sizar, 5 March 1651; B.A., 1653; M.A., 1660. Married Elizabeth St. Michel, 1 Dec. 1655. Sec. to Sir Edward Montagu, 1656-60. Clerk of the Acts, July 1660. Clerk of Privy Seal, July 1660. Justice of the Peace, Aug. 1660. Younger Brother of the Trinity 7 ; Ancient English Poetry' (3 vols.), House, Feb. 1662. Mem. of Tangier | The Song of Solomon, newly transCommission, Aug. 1662; Treasurer, lated' (anon.), 1764; 'Reliques of March 1665. F.R.S., 15 Feb. 1665. Surveyor General of Victualling Office, Oct. 1665. Visit to France and Holland, 1669. Sec. for the Affairs of the Navy, 1673. M.P. for Castle Rising, Nov. 1673. Master of Trinity House, 1676 and 1685. Governor of Christ's Hospital, 1676; Treasurer, 1698; Vice-Pres., 1699. Master of Cloth workers' Co., 1677. M.P. for Harwich, 1679. Committed to Tower, on charge of Treason, 22 May, 1679; released March 1680. To Tangier with Lord Dartmouth, 1683. Pres., Royal Soc., Nov. 1684. M.P. for Harwich, 1685. Sec. of Admiralty, June 1686. Resigned office, March 1689. Imprisoned in Gate-house on charge of Treason, 25 June to July, 1689. Retired to Clap ham, 1690. Died there, 26 May 1703. Buried in St. Olave's, Hart Street. Works The Portugal History' (under initials: S. P., Esq.), 1677; 'Memoirs relating to the State of the Royal Navy' (anon.), 1690. Posthumous: 'Diary,' ed. by Lord Braybrooke, 1825; ed. by H. B. Wheatley (9 vols.), 1893, etc. PERCY (Thomas), Bishop of Dromore, 1729-1811. Born, at Bridg. north, Shropshire, 13 April, 1729. Early education at Bridgnorth Grammar School. Matric., Christ Church, Oxford, 7 July 1746; B.A., 1750; M. A., 1753. Vicar of Easton-Maudit, Northamptonshire, 1753-82. Rector of Wilby, 1756-82. Married Anne Gutteridge, 1759. Active literary life. Chaplain to George II., 1769. D.D., Camb., 1770. Dean of Carlisle, 1778-82. Bishop of Dromore, 1782. Suffered from blindness in last years of life. Died at Dromore, 30 Sept. 1811. Buried in Dromore Cathedral. He translated: P. H. Mallet's 'Northern Antiquities,' 1770; and edited: Surrey's Poems,' 1763; the Household Book of the Earl of Northumberland,' 1768. Born, in Shropshire [?], 1675 [?]. 15 June 1693; B.A., 1696; Fellow Works: The Life of John Wil liams,' 1700; Pastorals' (from Tonson's Miscellany '), 1710; 'The DisCharles, Lord Halifax,' 1714; Epistle trest Mother,' 1712; 'An Epistle to to the Hon. James Craggs,' 1717; (3 vols.), 1718-19; The Briton,' 1722; 'Papers from "The Freethinker "' 'Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester,' 1723; A Collection of Old Ballads,' 1723; 'An Ode on the Death of William, Earl Cowper,' 1728; 'The Tea-Pot' [1725?]; "To the Hon. Miss Carteret,' 1725; 'To... Lord Carteret,' 1726; 'Codrus,' 1728; Pas torals, Epistles, Odes, etc.,' 1748. PHILIPS-PINKERTON He translated: 'The Odes of Sappho,' 1713; P. de La Croix's 'Persian Tales,' 1709. PHILIPS (Katherine), 1631-1664. Born [Katherine Fowler], in London, 1 Jan. 1631. Educated in London. Married to James Philips, 1647. After her marriage, formed society of persons known by fanciful names; herself adopting that of Orinda. Tragedy, 'Pompey' (from Corneille), produced at Smock-Alley Theatre, Dublin, Feb. 1663. Died, in London, 22 June 1664. Buried in church of St. Benet Sherehog. 227 | Court, 21 March 1885; 'The Schoolmistress,' Court, 27 March 1886; *PINERO (Arthur Wing), b. 1855. Born, in London, 24 May 1855. Educated for the legal profession. First appearance as an actor, Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 22 June 1874; acted there till Feb. 1875. At Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, 1875-76. First appearance in London, Globe Theatre, 15 April 1876. At Lyceum Theatre, Sept. 1876 to Aug. 1880. Married Mrs. Myra Emily Moore Hamilton ('Miss Myra Holme'), 19 April 1883. Play, Two Can Play at That Game,' produced at Lyceum Theatre, 1877; '£200 a Year,' Globe, Oct. 1877; 'Daisy's Escape,' Lyceum, Sept. 1879; 'Hester's Mystery,' Folly (afterwards Toole's), June 1880; Bygones,' Lyceum, Sept. 1880; The Money-Spinner,' Prince's Theatre, Manchester, 5 Nov. 1880, St. James's, London, 8 Jan. 1881; The Squire,' St. James's, 29 Dec. 1881; The Rector,' Court, 24 March 1883; 'Lords and Commons,' Haymarket, 24 Nov. 1883; 'The Rocket,' Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, 30 July 1883, 'Low Water,' Globe, 12 Jan. 1884; The Ironmaster' (adapt.), | St. James's, 17 April, 1884: 'In Chancery,' Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 19 Sept. 1884; 'Mayfair,' St. James's, 31 Oct. 1885; The Magistrate, The Hobby Horse,' St. James's, 23 Oct. 1886; Dandy Dick,' Court, 27 Jan. 1887; 'Sweet Lavender,' Terry's, 21 March 1888; The Weaker Sex,' Theatre Royal, Manchester, 20 Sept. 1888, Court Theatre, London, 16 March 1889; 'The Profligate,' GarMinister,' Court, 23 April 1890; rick, 24 April 1889; 'The Cabinet Lady Bountiful,' Garrick, 7 March 1891; The Times,' Terry's, 24 Oct. 1891; The Amazons,' Court, 7 March 1893; The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,' St. James's, 27 May 1893; 'The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith,' Garrick, 13 March 1895; The Benefit of the Doubt,' Comedy, 16 Oct. 1895; 'The Princess and the Butterfly,' St. James's, 29 March 1897. Works: 'Plays' (including: 'The Profligate,' 'Lady Bountiful,' 'The Times,' 'The Magistrate,' 'The Hobby Horse,' 'The Cabinet Minister,' 'Dandy Dick,' 'Sweet Lavender,' 'The Schoolmistress,' 'The Weaker Sex,' 'The Amazons'), with prefaces by M. C. Salaman (11 vols.), 1891-95; 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,' 1895; 'The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith,' 1895; The Benefit of the Doubt,' 1896. PINKERTON (John), 1758-1826. Born, in Edinburgh, 17 Feb. 1758. Educated at a school in Edinburgh, and at Lanark Grammar School. Articled to a lawyer, 1775-80. To London, 1781. Active literary life. Contrib. to 'Gentleman's Mag.,' 1788. Married Miss Burgess, 1793. some time editor of Critical Rev.' During later years of life resided in Paris. Died there, 10 March 1826. For Works: 'Craigmillar Castle' (anon.), 1776; 'Walpoliana' (anon.), 1779; 'Rimes' (anon.), 1781; 'Two Dithyrambic Odes' (anon.), 1782; 'Select Scottish Tragic Ballads' (anon., 2 vols.), 1781-83; Essay on Medals' (anon.), 1784; Letters of Literature' (anon.), 1785; Ancient Scottish Poems never before in print,' 1786; The Treasury of Wit' (under pseud. H. Bennet, M.A.'), 1787; Disserta tion on the Origin and Progress of the Scythians,' 1787; Vita Antiquæ Sanctorum qui habitaverunt in ... Scotia,' 1789; Enquiry into the History of Scotland preceding the Reign of Malcolm III.,' 1789; 'Medallic History of England' (anon.), 1790; 'Scottish Poems reprinted from scarce editions,' 1792; The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary,' 1797; Iconographia Scotica,' 1797; 'The Scottish Gallery,' 1799; 'Modern Geography' (2 vols.), 1802; 'Recollections of Paris' (2 vols.), 1806; 'General Collection of . . . Voyages and Travels' (17 vols.,), 1808-14; 'New Modern Atlas,' 1808-09; Pe' tralogy (2 vols.), 1811. · He edited: Barbour's 'The Bruce,' 1790. She edited: The Arno Miscellany," 1784. Life: by L. B. Seeley, 1891. PLANCHÉ (James Robinson), 17961880. Born, in London, 27 Feb. 1796. Articled to a bookseller, 1810. Upwards of seventy dramatic pieces produced, 1818-71. Married Elizabeth St. George, 26 April 1821. F.S.A., 24 Dec. 1829 to 1852. Rouge Croix Pursuivant at Arms, Heralds' Coll., 13 Feb. 1854; Somerset Herald, 7 June 1866. Civil List Pension, June 1871. Died, in Chelsea, 30 May 1880. Works [exclusive of a number of dramas, burlesques, and extravaganzas, mostly printed in Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays,' or in Cumberland's' or Duncombe's British Theatre ']: 'Costumes of Shakespeare's King Posthumous: 'Literary Correspond- John (5 pts.), 1823-25; ence' (2 vols.), 1830. 6 PIOZZI (Mrs. Hester Lynch), 17411821. Born [Hester Lynch Salusbury], at Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, 16 Jan. 1741. Contrib. to St. James's Chronicle' while still a young girl. Married to Henry Thrale, 11 Oct. 1763. Friendship with Johnson begun, 1764. Husband died, 4 April 1781. Intimacy with Gabriel Piozzi begun, 1780; married to him, in London (at Roman Catholic Church), 23 July, in Bath (at Anglican Church), 25 July 1784. In Italy, 1784-87. Lived at Streatham, 1787-95; in Wales, 1795 to 1809. Husband died, March 1809; after that she resided mainly in Bath. Died, 2 May 1821. Works: Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson,' 1786; 'Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson,' 1788; Observations and Reflections made in the course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany' (2 vols.), 1789 (another edn. same year); British Synonymy,' 1794; 'Retrospection' (2 vols.), 1801. 'Shere Afkun,'1823; 'Descent of the Danube,' 1828; History of British Costumes,' 1834; A Catalogue of the collection of Ancient Arins.. the property of Bernard Brocas,' 1834; Continental Gleanings' [1836]; 'Regal Records,' 1838; Souvenir of the Bal Costumé... at Buckingham Palace,' 1843; The Pursuivant of Arms,' 1852; 'A Corner of Kent,' 1864; Pieces of Pleasantry for Private Performance' [1868]; 'Recollections and Reflections' (2 vols.), 1872; William with the Ring,' 1873; The Conqueror and his Companions' (2 vols.), 1874; 'A Cyclopædia, of Costume' (2 vols.), 1876-79; Suggestions for establishing an English Art Theatre,' 1879; 'Extravaganzas,' ed. by T. F. D. Croker and S. Tucker (5 vols.), 1879; 'Songs and Poems,' 1881. He translated: Hoffmann's 'King Nutcracker,' 1853; Countess d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales,' 1885; Four-andtwenty Fairy Tales selected from those of Perrault, etc.,' 1858; and edited: H. Clark's Introduction to Heraldry," 1866. POE (Edgar Allan), 1809-1849. Born, in Boston, Mass., 19 Jan. 1809. Left an orphan while very young. Adopted by John Allan, of Richmond, POLLOCK-POPE Va. To England, 1815. At school at Stoke Newington, 1815-20. Returned to America. At school at Richmond, Va., 1820-25. Matric. Univ. of Virginia, 14 Feb. 1826; left university, Dec. 1826. In Boston, 1827-28. Enlisted as private in U.S. Army under name of Edgar A. Perry, 26 May 1828; Sergeant-Major, 1 Jan. 1829; obtained discharge, April 1829. To Military Academy, West Point, July 1830; cashiered, March 1831. In Baltimore, 1831-35. To Richmond, June 1835. Editor of 'Southern Literary Messenger,' Nov. 1835 to Jan. 1837. Married Virginia Clemm, 16 May 1836. To New York, 1837. Removed to Philadelphia, June 1838. Assistant-editor of Philadelphia 'Gen. tleman's Mag., July 1839 to June 1840. Editor of 'Graham's Mag.,' April 1841 to spring of 1842. To New York, April 1844. On staff of 'Evening Mirror,' Oct. 1844 to April 1845. Lectured before New York Historical Soc., 28 Feb. 1845. Assistant-editor of 'Broadway Journal,' March to Dec., 1845. Removed to Fordham, spring of 1846. Wife died, 30 Jan. 1847. Engaged to be married to Mrs. Sarah Elmira Shelton. Started to Philadelphia for the marriage, 30 Sept. 1849; died, at Baltimore, 3 Oct. 1849. 6 6 Works: Tamerlane, and other Poems' (anon.), 1827; Al-Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems,' 1829; Poems,' 1831; 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' (anon.), 1838; The Conchologist's First Book,' 1839; Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque' (2 vols.), 1840; The Raven, and other Poems,' 1845; Tales,' 1845; 'Eureka,' 1848. Collected Works: ed. by R. W. Griswold (3 vols.), 1850. Life: by G. E. Woodberry, 1885. *POLLOCK (Sir Frederick), Bart., b. 1845. Born, in London, 10 Dec. 1845. At Eton, 1858-63. To Trin. Coll., Camb., 1863; Browne's Medal list, 1866; B. A., 1867; Chancellor's Medallist, 1867; Fellow, 1868; M. A., 1870. Student at Lincoln's Inn, 9 Jan. 1868; called to Bar, 1 May 229 1871. Married Georgina Harriet Deffel, 13 Aug. 1873. Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh, 1880. Prof. of Jurisprudence, Univ. College, London, 1882-83. Corpus Prof. of Jurisprudence, Oxford, and Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll., 1883; re-elected, 1888 and 1893. M.A., Oxford, by decree, 27 Feb. 1883. Prof. of Common Law, Inns of Court, 1884-90. Editor of Law Quarterly Rev.,' since 1885. Sometime Hon. Librarian Alpine Club. Succeeded to Baronetcy, 1888. Hon. Mem., Juridical Soc. of Berlin, 1890. To Trinidad, as Mém. of Judicial Inquiry Commission, 1892. Hon. LL.D., Dublin, 1892. Corresp. Mem. of Institute of France, 1893. Tagore Law Lecturer, Calcutta, winter of 1893-94. Hon. LL.D., Harvard, 1895. Editor of 'Law Reports' since 1895. Works: A Tabular View of the 6 Supreme Court of Judicature Bill' [1873]; Principles of Contract,' 1876 [1875]; Leading Cases done into English' (anon.), 1876 (enlarged edn., 1892); A Digest of the Law of Partnership,' 1877; Spinoza,' 1880 Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics,' 1882; The Fishery Laws,' 1883; The Land Laws,' 1883; English Opportunities and Duties in the Historical and Comparative Study of the Law,' 1883; The Law of Torts,' 1887; 'An Essay on Possession in the Common Law' (with R. S. Wright), 1888; 'An Introduction to History of the Science of Politics,' 1890; 'Oxford Lectures,' 1890; 'The Early History of Mountaineering' (chapter in Badminton Series volume), 1892; 'The History of English Law before the time of Edward I.' (with F. W. Maitland; 2 vols.), 1895; 'A First Book of Jurisprudence,' 1896. the He has edited: W. K. Clifford's Lectures and Essays' (with Leslie Stephen), 1879; 'The Revised Reports,' 1891, etc. |