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1714 (another edn., same year, entitled | 'The Royal Family '); 'Original Poems and Translations by Mr. Hill, Mr. Eusden, etc.,' 1714; Verses at the Last Publick Commencement at Cambridge,' 1714 (2nd edn. same year); 'Poem on the Marriage of the Duke of Newcastle,' 1717; Poem to Her Royal Highness on the Birth of the Prince,' 1718; 'Ode for the New Year,' 1720; 'An Ode for the Birthday,' 1721; 'Three Poems to Lord Chancellor Macclesfield,' 1722; The Origin of the Knights of the Bath,' 1725; 'Three Poems' to the King and Queen, 1727.

He translated: Ovid's Metamorphoses,' with Dryden, etc., 1717; Musæus' Hero and Leander,' 1750.

EVANS (Marian). See Eliot (George).

EVELYN (John), 1620-1706. Born, at Wotton, 31 Oct. 1620. From age of five lived in household of his grandmother, at Lewes. Educated at Southover Free School. Admitted to Middle Temple as student, 13 Feb. 1637. Fellow Commoner of Balliol Coll., Oxford, 10 May, 1638. Took no degree. Took chambers in Temple, 1640. In Holland, July to Oct., 1641. In Civil War joined King's army, Nov. 1642, but was not received, and returned to Wotton. In France, Nov. 1643 to Oct. 1644; in Italy, Oct. 1644 to April 1646; returned through Switzerland to Paris; married Mary Browne there, 27 June, 1647. Returned to England, Sept. 1647, without his wife. Returned to Paris, 1 Aug. 1649. Visit to England, 1650. Returned to England to live, Feb. 1652; his wife returned, June 1652; they settled at Sayes Court, Deptford. Inaugurated scheme of Royal Society; first meeting held, Jan. 1661; elected fellow and member of Council. On various Metropolitan Commissions, 1662. On commission for care of prisoners and wounded in Dutch War, 1644. Hon. D.C.L, Oxford, 1669. Member of Council of foreign plantations, 28 Feb. 1671. Commissioner for Privy Seal, Dec. 1685 to March 1687.

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Sec. to Royal Soc., Dec. 1772 to Dec. 1773. Left Sayes Court and settled with brother at Wotton, May 1694. Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, 1695 to Aug. 1703. Inherited Wotton estate from his brother, Oct. 1699. Died there, 27 Feb. 1706; buried in Wotton Church.

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Works: 'Of Liberty and Servitude,' 1649; The State of France. . . in the ninth year of . . Lewis XIII.,' (under initials: J. E.), 1652; Character of England' (anon.), 1659; Apology for the Royal Party' (anon.), 1659; "The late Newes from Brussels Unmasked' (anon.), 1660; 'A Poem upon His Majesty's Coronation,' 1661; 'Encounter between the French and Spanish Ambassadors,' 1661; 'Fumifugium,' 1661; Tyrannus' (anon.), 1661; 'Sculptura,' 1662; 'Sylva,'1664; 'Kalendarium Hortense,' 1664; 'Public Employment, and an Active Life, preferred to Solitude,' 1667; 'The three late famous Impostors' (under initials: J. E.), 1669; 'Navigation and Commerce,' 1674 ; 'A Philosophical Discourse of Earth,' 1676; 'The Whole Body of Antient and Modern Architecture,' 1680; 'Mundus Muliebris' (anon.), 1690; 'Mundus Foppensis' (anon.), 1691; Numismata,’1697; 'Acetaria' (anon.), 1699.

Posthumous: 'Diary,' ed. by W. Bray as 'Memoirs. of John Evelyn,' 2 vols., 1818; 'Life of Mrs. Godolphin,' ed. by Bp. Wilberforce, 1847; History of Religion,' ed. by R. M. Evanson, 1850.

He translated: Lucretius, Bk. I., 1656; The French Gardener,' 1658; 'The Golden Book' of St. Chrysostom, 1659; Naudé's 'Instructions concerning the erection of a Library,' 1661 Pt. II. of The Mystery of Jesuitism,' 1658; Fréart de Chambray's 'Parallel of Ancient Architecture with the Modern,' 1664, and 'Idea of the Perfection of Painting,' 1668; La Quintinie's 'The Compleat Gardener,' 1698.

He edited translation, by his son John, of René Rapin's 'Of Gardens,'

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FALCONER (William), 1732-1769. Born, in Edinburgh, 11 Feb. 1732. At sea on merchant vessels in youth. Exchanged into Navy, 1749. merchant vessel again, 1750. Contrib. poems to 'Gentleman's Magazine.' Re-entered Navy, 1760 [?]. Midshipman on 'Royal George,' 1762. Purser of frigate Glory,' 1765. Married Miss Hicks, 1763 [?]. Purser to 'Swiftsure,' 1767. Declined offer of partnership with John Murray, publisher, Oct. 1768. Purser of Aurora' frigate, bound for India, with promise of secretaryship to Commissioners of H.E. I.C. Sailed, 2 Oct. 1869; ship was lost.

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Works: A Poem, Sacred to the Memory of His Royal Highness, Frederick, Prince of Wales,' 1751; 'Ode on the Duke of York's Second Departure from England,' 1762; The Shipwreck,' 1762; An Universal Dictionary of the Marine,' 1769.

Collected Poems: first published in Johnson's English Poets,' 1790.

Life: by J. S. Clarke, in 1804 edn. of 'The Shipwreck'; by R. Carruthers, in 1858 edn.

FARQUHAR (George), 1678-1707. Born, in Londonderry, 1678. Educated at Londonderry. To Trinity Coll., Dublin, as sizar, 17 July 1694. Left college, 1695 [?]; appeared soon after on Dublin stage. To London, 1697 [?]. First play, 'Love and a Bottle,' produced at Drury Lane, 1699; 'The Constant Couple,' in 1700; 'Sir Harry Wildair,' in 1701. Presented by Earl of Orrery with lieutenant's commission, 1700 [?]. In Holland, 1700. Married, 1703 [?]. Visit to Dublin, 1704; continued to produce plays. Sold commission to pay debts. Died, April 1707.

Posthumous: The Constant Couple,'

1710.

Collected Works: 'Comedies,' 1710; Works' (in vols.), 1718-36; in 2 vols., 1892.

Life: by Wilkes, in 1775 edn. of 'Works'; by A. C. Ewald, in 1892 edn.

*FARRAR (Frederick William), in Bombay, 7 Aug. 1831. Dean of Canterbury, b. 1831. Born, To King William's Coll., Isle of Man, 1839; afterwards at King's Coll., London. Classical Exhbn., London Univ., 1850; B.A., 1852; University Scholar, 1852. Scholar of Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1852; B.A., 1854; M.A., 1857. Chancellor's English Verse Prize, 1852; Le Bas Prize, 1856; Norris Prize, 1857. Ordained Deacon, 1854; Priest, 1857. Assistant-master at Marlborough, 1854-56; at Harrow, 185671. Head Master of Marlborough, Jan. 1871 to April 1876. B.D., Cambridge, 1872; D.D., 1873. University Preacher, Cambridge, 1868, 1869, 1872, 1874; Hulsean Lecturer, 1870. Hon. Chaplain to Queen, 1869; Chaplain in Ordinary, 1873. Canon of Westminster Abbey and Rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster, April 1876 to 1895. Archdeacon of Westminster, 24 April 1883 to 1895. Bampton Lecturer, Oxford, 1885. Visit to America, 1885. Lady Margaret Preacher, Cambridge, 1890. Chaplain to House of Commons, 189095. Deputy Clerk of Closet to Queen, 1894-95. Dean of Canterbury, 1895.

The Influence of the Revival of Works: 'The Arctic Region,' 1852; Classical Studies,' 1858 (2nd edn. same year); Lyrics of Life,' 1859; Julian Home,' 1859; 'An Essay on the Origin of Language,' 1860; 'St. Winifred's' (anon.), 1863; 'Chapters on Language,' 1865; 'Greek Grammar Rules,' 1866; 'On Some Defects in Public School Education,' 1867; 'The Fall of Man,' 1868; 'Seekers after God,' 1868;

Witness of Christ to History' (Hulsean Lectures), 1871; 'The Silence and the Voices of God,' 1874; 'Life

of Christ,' 1874 (2nd to 12th edns. same year); The English Clergy,' 1875; In the Days of thy Youth,' 1876; Saintly Workers, 1878; 'Eternal Hope,' 1878; 'The Life and Work of St. Paul,' 1879; 'Ephphatha,' 1880; Mercy and Judgment,' 1881; "The Early Days of Christianity,' 1882; My Object in Life,' 1883; 'General Aims of the Teacher,' 1883; 'The Messages of the Books,' 1884 "The History of Interpretation (Bampton Lectures), 1886; Sermons and Addresses delivered in America,' 1886; Every-Day Christian Life,' 1887; Solomon,' 1887; 'Africa and the Drink Trade,' 1888; 'Lives of the Fathers,' 1889; 'Sermons,' 1889, etc.; The Minor Prophets,' 1890; "The Passion Play at Oberammergau,' 1890; Truths to Live by,' 1890 'Social and Present-Day Questions,' 1891; Darkness and Dawn,' 1891; 'The Voice from Sinai,' 1892; William Holman Hunt' (with Mrs. Mey. nell), 1893; 'Our English Ministers' (with others), 1893; "The Lord's Prayer: Sermons,' 1893; 'The Life of Christ, as represented in Art,' 1894; 'Gathering Clouds,' 1895; Westminster Abbey,' 1897. [Also a variety of separate sermons and pamphlets.]

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Education,' 1867; Scott's Tales of a Grandfather,' 1888; Lane's 'Life and Writings of A. Vinet,' 1890; 'The Imitation of Christ,' 1894; Lessing's Nathan the Wise,' 1894; Père Hyacinth's Last Will and Testament,' 1895; and several books of the Bible in the Cambridge Bible, Expositor's Bible, etc.

FAWCETT (Henry) 1833-1884. Born, at Salisbury, 26 Aug. 1833. Educated at school at Alderbury, 1841 [?]-47; at Queenwood Agricultural Coll., 3 Aug. 1847-49; at King's Coll. School, London, 1849-52. To Peterhouse, Cambridge, Oct. 1852; migrated to Trinity Hall, Oct. 1853. B.A., 1856; M.A., 1859. Fellowship at Trinity Hall, Dec. 1856. Entered at Lincoln's Inn, 26 Oct. 1854; settled there as student, Nov. 1856. Visit to Paris,

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1857. Accidentally blinded while shooting, 17 Sept. 1858. Returned to Trinity Hall. Read papers on Political Economy at British Assoc., Sept. 1859. Member of Polit. Econ. Club, 1861. Prof. of Polit. Econ., Cambridge, 27 Nov. 1863 to 1884. Resigned Fellowship, 1866, to be re-elected same year under new statutes permitting marriage. Married Millicent Garrett, 23 April 1867. Life spent in London, except during lectures at Cambridge. Read paper on 'Proportional Representation at Social Science Assoc., 1859. M.P. for Brighton, 12 July 1865; re-elected Nov. 1868. M.P. for Hackney, 24 April 1874; re-elected, 31 March 1880, as Postmaster-General. Contrib. at various times to Macmillan's Magazine' and 'Fortnightly Review' (List of articles is given in Leslie Stephen's 'Life' of Fawcett). Severe illness in Nov. 1882. Doctor of Polit. Econ., Wurzburg, 1882. F.R.S., 1882. Lord Rector of Glasgow Univ., and Hon. LL.D. degree, 1883. Corresponding member of Institute of France, 1884. Died, at Cambridge, 6 Nov. 1884; buried at Trumpington.

Works: Mr. Hare's Reform Bill,

simplified and explained,' 1860; 'The Leading Clauses of a new Reform Bill,' 1860; 'Manual of Political Economy,' 1863; The Economic Position of the British Labourer,' 1865; Pauperism,' 1871; Essays and Lectures' (with Mrs. Fawcett), 1872; The Present Position of the Government' (from 'Fortnightly Review'), 1872; 'Speeches on Some Current Political Questions,' 1873; 'Free Trade and Protection,' 1878; 'Indian Finance' (from 'Nineteenth Century'), 1880; State Socialism' (from his Manual of Polit. Econ.'), 1883; 'Labour and Wages' (from 'Manual of Polit. Econ.'), 1884.

Life: by Leslie Stephen, 1885.

FENTON (Elijah), 1683-1730. Born, at Shelton, Staffordshire, 20 May 1683. To Jesus Coll., Cambridge [1700 ?]; B. A., 1704; removed to Trinity Hall, 1726. Secretary to Earl of Örrery.

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(by 'Scriblerus Secundus '), 1730 (with additional act, 1731); The Welsh Opera' (by 'Scriblerus Secundus '), 1731 (2nd edn. same year, called: "The Grub Street Opera'); 'The LetterWriters' (by 'H. Scriblerus Secundus'), 1731; The Lottery' (anon.), 1732 ; 'The Modern Husband,' 1732; 'The Covent Garden Tragedy ' (anon.), 1732; 'The Debauchees' (or 'The Old Debauchees'; anon.), 1732; 'The Mock Doctor' (anon,; from Molière), 1732; 'The Miser,' 1733; 'The Intriguing Chambermaid,' 1734 (from Regnard); 'Don Quixote in England,' 1734; An Old Man taught Wisdom,' 1735; The Universal Gallant,' 1735; 'Pasquin,' 1736; The Historical Register for the Year 1736' (anon.), 1737; Eurydice,' 1737; Tumbledown Dick,' 1737; 'The Vernon-iad' (anon.), 1741; 'The Crisis' (anon.), 1741; Miss Lucy in Town' (anon.), 1742; Letter to a Noble Lord' (respecting preceding; anon.), 1742; The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews' (2 vols. ; anon.), 1742 (2nd edn. same year); A Full Vindication of the Duchess Dowager of Marlborough (anon.), 1742; 'Plutus' (from Aristophanes, with W. Young), 1742; 'The Wedding Day,' 1743; 'Miscellanies' (including 'Jonathan Wild,' 3 vols.), 1743 (2nd edn. same year); Proper Answer to a Scurrilous Libel,' 1747; "The His tory of Tom Jones' (6 vols.), 1749; 'A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury,' 1749; A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez,' 1749; 'An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers, etc.,' 1751; 'Amelia,' 1751; Examples of the Interposition of Providence,' 1752; Proposals for Making an effectual Provision for the Poor,' 1753; 'A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning,' 1753. Posthumous: 'Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon,' 1755; "The Fathers,' 1778. He translated: Ovid's Art of Love,' under title of The Lover's Assistant,' 1859; and edited: the 2nd edn. of Sarah Fielding's Adventures of David Simple,' 1744, and 'Familiar Letters,' 1747.

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Collected Works: ed. by Murphy, in 4 vols., 1762; ed. by Chalmers, in 10 vols., 1806; ed. by Roscoe, 1840; ed. by Herbert, 1872; ed. by Leslie Stephen, 10 vols. 1882; ed. by G. Saintsbury, 12 vols. 1893.

Life by F. Lawrence, 1855; by Austin Dobson, 1883.

FIELDING (Sarah), 1710-1738. [Sister of preceding.] Born, at East Stour, Dorsetshire, 8 Nov. 1710. First novel published, 1714. Died, at Bath, 1768.

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Works: 'The Adventures of David Simple,' vols. i., ii. (anon.), 1744 (2nd edn. same year); vol. iii., 1752; Familiar Letters between the principal characters in David Simple' (anon.), 1747; The Governess' (from 'Gentleman's Mag.'; anon.), 1749; 'The Cry' (anon.; with Jane Collier), 1754; Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia (anon.; privately printed), 1757; The Countess of Dellwyn' (anon.), 1759.

Posthumous: History of Ophelia,'

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She translated: Xenophon's 'Memoirs of Socrates,' 1762.

FINLAY

(George), 1799 - 1875. Born, at Faversham, Kent, 21 Dec. 1799. Educated privately. Studied Law in Glasgow; subsequently went to Göttingen University, 1821. Visit to Greece, Nov. 1823 to Dec. 1824; met Byron there. Returned to Scotland, 1825. To Greece again, 1827; remained there, active on behalf of Greek people, till his death. Contrib. to Blackwood's Mag.,' 'Athenæum,' Saturday Review'; and a series of letters to the 'Times,' 1864-70. Died, at Athens, 26 Jan. 1875.

Works: The Hellenic Kingdom,' 1836; 'Remarks on the Topography of Oropia,' 1838; "ETTIσTоλη πро τους Αθηναίους, 1844, Greece under the Romans,' 1844; 'On the Site of the Holy Sepulchre,' 1847; 'The History of Greece. 1204 to 1461,' 1851; History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires' (2 vols.), 1853-54 ; "The History of Greece under the Otto