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Va.; Hampden Sidney Coll., 1790; d. at Chillicothe, Ky.

Campbell, Mrs. Juliet H. (Lewis), 1823-. Judith Canute. An American poet; b. at Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Penn.; in 1843 she married Mr. Campbell, a lawyer of Pottsville, where they afterwards resided, and where she became an occasional contributor to the best periodicals.

Campbell, Commander Robert, R.N., -1832. A Midshipman of the Last Century. An English naval officer; held the command of the Isle of Ascension, 181820; d. at Gunley, near Welch Pool, Montgomeryshire.

Campbell, Thomas, Esq., LL.D., 1777-1844. The Bard of Hope. A celebrated Scottish poet; b. in Glasgow; resident in London, 1803-44; d. in Boulogne.

Campbell, William, D.D. A Lover of the Truth in Fife. A Scottish clergyman, of Dysart.

Candler, Isaac. An Englishman. An English traveller.

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C.; Indagator; Noncathoni; Thoninonca; XX. An English physician, astronomer, and natural philosopher; b. at Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Capell, Edward, 1713-81. E. C. An eminent English Shakespearian scholar; b. in Suffolk. After the labor of 40 years he died without seeing his great work in print; but it was published, by the care of Mr. Collins, in 1873, with the title, "Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare."

Capen, Rev. Lemuel, A.M., 17891858. L. C. An American minister; b. in Dorchester, Mass.; Harv. Univ., 1810; Pastor in South Boston, 1822-39, and d. there.

Capern, Edward, 1819-. The Bideford Postman; The Devonshire Poet; The Postman Poet. An English rural poet; b. at Tiverton, in Devonshire; spent much of his life as a postman at Bideford; now lives at Harborne, near Birmingham.

Cappe, Rev. Newcome, 1732-1800. A Doughty Champion in Heavy Armour.

An English Unit. minister; b. in Leeds; minister at York, 1756–96.

Capper, Edward. English critical writer.

C. An early

Cappot, Jean Gabriel, 1800-63. Capo de Feuillide. A French poet; b. at the Antilles; went to France, studied law, and admitted to the bar of Toulouse in 1821. In 1831 he devoted himself chiefly to political journalism at Paris.

Capron, Mary J. Archie Fell. An American novelist.

Caraccioli, Charles. The Master of the Grammar School at Arundel. An English teacher, probably an Italian by birth.

Carbutt, Dr. Edward. Verax. An English writer.

Card, Henry, D.D., F.R.S., 17791844. A Minister of the Establishment. An English clergyman; b. at Egham, Surrey; Vicar of Great Malvern, 181544; and of Donnington, Hereford, 183244; d. at Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Carducci, Giosuè. Enotrio Romano. An Italian compiler, biographer, and bibliographer.

Carew, Hugh. Hugh C****. An English biographer.

Carew, Thomas. A Late Member of Parliament. An English compiler; once M.P. for Minehead, Somersetshire.

Carey, David, 1782-1824. Chrononhotonthologos. A Scottish poet and novelist; b. in Arbroath; was engaged during his life in literary labor at Edinburgh and London; d. at his father's house, in Arbroath.

Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879. A Citizen of Burlington. An American political economist; a publisher of Philadelphia, 1821-36; he then retired from business with a considerable fortune, and forthwith commenced his writings on political economy; d. in his native city.

C.;

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839. M. C.; Caius; A Catholic Layman; A Citizen of Philadelphia; A Citizen of the World; A Clergyman of the Church of England; Colbert; Hamilton; Jefferson; A Pennsylvanian. An American author and publisher, of Philadelphia; b. in Dublin, Ireland; came to Philadelphia in 1784, and was actively engaged in business as a political writer in that city till his death.

Carey, Peter. A Proprietor of Bank Stock. An English financial writer.

Carey-Brock, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Georgina (Baynes), 1827-. A Clergyman's Wife. An English writer of books for the young; b. at Guernsey;

in 1848, married Rev. Carey-Brock, the Dean of Guernsey; her chief work has been the compilation of the "Children's Hymn Book," of which 200,000 copies have been sold.

Carlén, Emilie Schmidt (Flygare Dalin), 1807–. Fru F. A Swedish novelist; b. at Strömstad, where her father was a merchant. She married A. Flygare at Kronbergslän, in 1727; after his death she returned to her native town and married the young lawyer, J. R. Dalin.

This union, also, was soon broken by his death. She then removed, at the wish of her father, to Stockholm, where she married the author, Gabriel Carlén. The profits of a long course of successful authorship, Frau Carlén has devoted to benevolent purposes.

Carleton, Fanny E. American writer (?).

Carleton, George W.

Notelrac. An

A Traveller.

An American publisher and author, of New York City.

Carleton, Capt. John William. Craven. An English sporting-writer.

Carlingford, Rt. Hon. Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Lord, 1823-. Mr. Plantagenet Palliser. An Irish peer and statesman; b. at Ravensdale Park, Co. Louth; Christ Church, Oxford, 1845; M.P. for the County of Louth, 1847-74; President of the Board of Trade, 1870-79 et seq.

Carlisle, Nicholas, 1771-1847. N. C. An English topographer; b. at York; Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, 1807; d. at Margate.

Carlisle, Thomas. Haroun Alraschid. An English writer.

Carlos, Edward John, Esq., 17981851. E. J. C. An English antiquary, chiefly interested in ecclesiastical and monumental antiquity; b. and educ. at Newington; admitted to practice as an attorney, and managed the business of Mr. Reynell, of the Lord Mayor's Court Office, London, for more than 33 years; d. at York Place, Yarmouth.

Carlyle, Alexander, D.D., 1721-1805. Jupiter Carlyle. A Scottish Presbyt. minister; for 58 years engaged in the ministry, but passed the latter part of his life in London.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. T. C.; S. P.; The Censor of the Age; Dr. Pessimist Anticant; Herr Teufelsdroeck; A Layman; A Lay-member of the Church of Scotland; The Translator of Wilhelm Meister, etc. A celebrated British essayist; he resided at Chelsea, near London, 1834–81.

Carlyon, Edward Augustus. Cœ

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Carmichael, Archibald N., -1847. A. N. C.; An Amateur. A Scottish genealogist; Parochial schoolmaster, 1817; Classical Master in the Royal Academy, Inverness, and afterwards in the Edinburgh Academy.

Carne, Miss Elizabeth, 1817-73. John Altrayd Wittitterly. An English writer; b. at Penzance; for some years a contributor to the London "Quarterly Review"; and was thoroughly versed in geology and mineralogy.

Carné, Comte Jules de, 1835-. Henri Karl; Minor. A French novelist; b. at Mériel.

Carnegie, James, Earl of Southesk, 1827-. J. E. S. A Scottish novelist; educ. at Sandhurst; sits in the House of Peers as Baron Balinhard, U.K. (cr. 1869); is a Deputy Lieutenant for Co. Forfar; late Lord-Lieutenant of Co. Kincardine; formerly Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards; residence, Kinniard Castle, Brechin, N.B.

Carnegie, W. Moorman. An English sporting-writer of London.

Caro, Elme Marie, 1826-. SaintHermel. A French author and philosopher; b. at Poictiers; studied at the Normal School in Paris; taught philosophy in various provincial towns; then, in 1837, returned to the Normal School as Conference-master; ten years later he was Professor in the Sorbonne; was Fellow of Moral and Political Sciences; and finally, in 1876, Fellow of the Academy.

Carpenter, Frank. Carp. An American journalist, of Washington.

Carpenter, Lant, LL.D., 1780-1840. The Unitarian. An eminent English clergyman; b. at Kidderminster; Minister at Bristol, 1817-40; he fell from a vessel, between Naples and Leghorn, while on a tour for his health, and was drowned in the Mediterranean.

Carpenter, Miss Mary, 1807-77. A Prison Matron. An English philanthropist, of Bristol, daughter of the preced

ing; b. in Bristol; devoted her life to the improvement of the condition of women in England and the world; she visited the United States in 1873.

Carpenter, Rev. Philip Pearsall, Ph.D., 1819-77. P. P. Č. An eminent English naturalist, son of Dr. Lant Carpenter; b. in Bristol; in 1865 he settled in Montreal, Canada, where he died.

Carpenter, Rev. Russell Lant. R. L. C. An English Unit. minister; son of Lant Carpenter, D.D.; was successively pastor at Birkenhead and at Hull. In 1850 he spent a year in the United States. Carpenter, Stephen Cullen, -about 1820. Donald Campbell. An American journalist; b. in England; came to the United States in 1803; commenced as journalist at Charleston, S.C., in 1805, and in Philadelphia in 1810.

Carr, Dabney, 1743-73. Dr. Cecil. An American statesman; wrote for Wirt's "The Old Bachelor"; was a distinguished member of the Assembly of Virginia, and foremost in supporting revolutionary measures. He married a sister of Thomas Jefferson; d. at Charlottesville, Va.

Carr, Elias F. Hari Kari. An American writer (?). Carr, Frank. Launcelot Crosse; A Merchant. An English merchant, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Carr, Gouverneur. Epistleographos. An English writer (?).

Carr, Rev. William, B.D. A Native of Craven. An English Epis. divine; Vicar of Aldbrough, Hull, Yorks, 183460 et seq.

Carrat de Vaux, Alexandre. A. de Rieux. A French novelist.

Carre, Thomas. Miles Pinkney. Carrick, John. J. C. A Scottish (?) writer.

Carrington, E. An Old Bachelor. An English writer.

Carrington, George, R.N. An University Man. An English naval officer; Trin. Coll., Cambridge, 1832.

Carrington, Mrs. Margaret Jirvin. M. J. C.; An Officer's Wife. An American lady, wife of Col. Henry B. Carrington, Prof. of Military Science, etc., in Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind.

Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832. The First Citizen. An eminent American patriot; b. at Annapolis, Md.; educ. at St. Omer and at Rheims, in France; studied law at Bourges, Paris, and London; resided and d. in Baltimore.

Carroll, Howard. H. C. An American journalist, of New York City.

Carroll, John, D.D., LL.D., 1735– 1815. A Catholic Clergyman. An American R. C. prelate; b. in Maryland; educ. in France; Bishop of Baltimore, 1789-, and Archbishop a few years before his death.

Carroll, Rev. John. A Spectator of the Scenes. A Canadian Wesleyan Methodist minister, of Guelph, Upper Canada. Carroll, T. G. T. G. C. An Irish author.

Carruthers, Robert, LL.D., 17991878. R. C. A Scottish journalist, publisher, and miscellaneous writer; b. at Dumfries. After serving his time to a bookbinder, he removed to England, and resided some years in Huntingdon, and became master of the national school. In 1828, he returned to Scotland to conduct the "Inverness Courier." He afterwards chiefly wrote and published the "Cyclopædia of English Literature," and contributed numerous articles to the "Encyclopædia Britannica." For more than 40 years he labored to promote the literary and general improvement of the Highlands of Scotland.

Carruthers, William A., 1818-about 1850. A Virginian. An American novelist; b. in Virginia; studied at Washington Coll.; removed to Savannah, Ga., where he practised medicine, devoting his leisure time to literary pursuits, and where he died.

Carson, Christopher, 1809-68. Kit Carson. An American mountaineer, trapper, and guide; b. in Madison County, Ky. "For half a century, his name has been a household word all along the frontier, for daring deeds and all that constitutes a man in Western eyes... He was Fremont's right-hand man in his explorations." D. in New Mexico.

Carte, Rev. Thomas, 1686-1754. R— H—, Esq. An English Nonjuring divine; b. at Clifton, in Warwickshire; was a learned and industrious scholar and writer, but suffered much persecution for his opinions.

Lilias. An Amer

Carteaux, Félix. F. C***. Carter, Miss ican poet.

Carter, Mrs. American writer.

Elsie Gorham. An

Carter, Mrs. Abby (Allin). Nilla. An American writer; b. in Pomfret, Conn.; wife of Daniel A. Carter.

Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 1717-1806. Mrs. E. C.; Eliza; Chariessa. A celebrated English scholar, and translator of the works of Epictetus; b. at Deal, in

Kent; was learned herself, and the friend of the most learned men of England; d. in London.

Carter, Isaac. An Old Sailor. An English writer, of Portsea, Hants.

Carter, James, 1792-1853. A Working Man. An English tailor; b. at Colchester. In 1836 he removed to London, and there engaged in literary work. D. at St. John's Place, Camberwell, a suburb of London.

Carter, John, 1748-1817. An Architect. An eminent English architect and antiquary; b. and d. in London.

Carter, John Hanson. Commodore Rolling-Pin. An American writer, of New York City.

Carter, St. Leger L. Nugator. An American poet.

Carter, Samuel. S. C.; S. C., Barrister-at-law. An English lawyer, of the earlier part of the last century.

Cartwright, Miss Frances Dorothy. His Niece. An English author, niece of Major John Cartwright.

Cartwright, George, Esq., 17391819. G. C., Esq. An English traveller and poet; b. at Marnham, Notts.; served in the British army from the age of 14 years till he became Captain in the 37th Foot; he afterwards made five voyages to the coast of Labrador, and resided there nearly 16 years; d. at Mansfield, Notts.

Cartwright, Major John, 1740-1824. Constitution. An English friend of America, who refused to fight against her liberties; b. at Marnham., Notts.; d. in London.

Cartwright, W. Clericus; A Flyfisher. An English writer.

Caruelle, Claude Félix Théodore, 1798-. Aligny. A French historical painter.

Cary, A. B. 4. B. C. An American poet, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Cary, Alice, 1820-71. Patty Lee. An American poet; b. in Hamilton Co., O., near Cincinnati; till 1850 resided at Clovernook, when she removed to New York City, and from that time she and her sister became regular contributors to the leading magazines and journals of Amer

ica.

Cary, Henry, 1793-1858. John Waters. An American poet, essayist, and humorist; b. in Boston, Mass., but for many years a resident of New York City; he d. at Florence, Italy.

Cary, Thomas, 1751-1823. Juniolus Canadensis. A Canadian journalist, of Quebec.

Cary, Thomas Greaves, A.M., 17911859. T. G. C.; A Treasurer of a Corporation. An American merchant; b. in Chelsea, Mass.; Harv. Univ., 1811; studied law, and admitted to the bar in 1814; in 1821 he removed to New York City, and engaged in the Canton trade, but in eight or nine years he returned to Boston, and joined the house of T. H. Perkins & Co.; he was afterwards Treasurer of the Hamilton and Appleton manufacturing companies, at Lowell, Mass., till his death; d. at his summer residence at Nahant, Mass.

Casamajor, Marquis de, -1878. Jules

René.

Casey, Miss Elizabeth, 1848-. E. Owens Blackburne. An Irish writer; b. in Slane, Co. Meath; at the end of 1874 she removed to London, and became a contributor to "Belgravia," "London Society," "The Argosy," "Graphic," and many other periodicals.

Casey, J. K. Leo. An English author. Cass, Lewis, LL.D., 1782-1866. An American. An American statesman; b. at Exeter, N.Y.; when 17 years old, he sought a home at the West, travelling on foot, and settled at Marietta, O.; studied law, and began the practice at Zanesville, O., in 1802; from 1807 till his death, he held public office in his State or the United States, and distinguished himself as a most eminent statesman.

Castlen, Mrs. Eppie (Bowdre). Chiquita. An American poet; b. at Thomaston, Ga.; passed her earlier life in New Orleans; married Dr. F. G. Castlen, of Macon, Ga., where she resided in 1870 et seq.

Castro, Dr. J. English writer.

J. C., M.D. An

Casway, R. An Impartial Inquirer. An English writer.

Caswell, Rev. Edward, 1814-. Quiz. An English poet and clergyman; b. at Yately, Hants.; Brasenose Coll., Oxford, 1836; after preaching some years, in 1847 he and his wife became Roman Catholics at Rome; in 1850 he joined the Congregation of the Oratory, established by Dr. Newman, at Birmingham, where he afterwards remained.

Cate, Miss Eliza Jane, 1812-84. The Author of "Susie L-'s Diary.” An American author; b. in Sanbornton, N.H.; began her literary career in 1842; d. at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Catherwood, Mrs. Mary (Hartwell). Mary Hartwell. An American writer.

Catlin, George Lynde. Felix Oates

CA

An American translator; at one time
U.S. Consul at La Rochelle, France.

Cattermole, Rev. Richard, B.D. R. C. An English Epis. divine; Vicar of Little Marlow, Bucks.

Caunter, Rev. John Hobart, B.D., 1794-1850. A Late Resident in the East. An English Epis. divine; b. at Dittisham, in Devonshire; incumbent of St. Paul's chapel, Fetty-place, Marylebone, 1827-46; d. in London.

Cavalho, E. N., 1817-. Frank FalAn American journalist, of New York City.

coner.

Cavan, Ford, 5th Earl, -1772. A General Officer. An Irish peer.

Cave, Edward, 1691-1754. Sylvanus Urban. An English journalist; founder of the "Gent. Mag.," and its editor, 1731-54.

Cavenagh, Gen. Sir Orfeur, 1821-. An Indian Official. A British colonial officer and civilian; educ. at the Military Coll. at Addiscombe; served in India with distinction from 1837.

Cavender, C. H. H. C. Decanver. An American bibliographer.

RoseCawdell, James M., -1842. harp. A Canadian journalist; at one time an English officer; d. at To

ronto.

Cawston, A. W. Chippenham Cræsus. An English writer.

Cawthorne, Joseph.

An English writer.

Cincinnatus.

Matthew
Cazauran, Augustus R.
Carey, Jr.; John S. Moray. An Ameri-
can journalist, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, Viscount Cranborne, Marquis of Salisbury, M.A., 1830-. Anti-Cotton. An English nobleman; succeeded his father in 1868; educ. at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1850); M.P. for Stamford, 1853-68; Secretary of State for India, 1866-67 and 1874.

Chabot de Bouin, Jules, 1805-57. Jules Pécherel. A French dramatist, of Paris.

Chabrillan, Countess Céleste VeCeleste Mogador. A nard de, 1824-. French authoress; b. in Paris. She became an actor and circus-rider under the She married the name of " Mogador." Count Lionel de Chabrillan, afterwards Consul at Melbourne; resides at Paris; manager of the Folie's Marigny, and a writer of dramas.

Old

Chadwick, Henry, 1824-.
Chalk. An American base-ball player;
base-ball reporter to the principal New
York City papers.

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Chaillot, P., jeune. Un Libraire. A
French publisher, at Avignon.

Chaise de Cahagne, François Ar-
sène, 1806-. Arsène de Cey. A French
novelist and dramatist, of Paris.

Challamel, Jean Baptiste Marie
A
Augustin, 1818-. Jules Robert.
French littérateur and journalist, of
France.

Challen, Rev. James, 1802-78. Phi

los.
An American Campbellite minis-
ter; b. in Hackensack, Ñ.J.; educ. at
Transylvania Univ., Lexington, Ky.;
was pastor of churches in Cincinnati,
Philadelphia, etc., from 1837; d. in Cin-
cinnati, O.

Challoner, Right Rev. Richard, 1691-1781. R****** C********; A Convert. An English R. C. prelate; b. in Lewes, Sussex; titulary Bishop of London and Salisbury, and Vicar Apostolic of the London District, 1741-81.

Chalmers, Alexander, Esq., F.S.A., 1759-1835. C.; A. C.; C. L. M.; Amerus; A Bartholomew-Lane Man; A Churchman; Ferdinando Fidget; A Methodist ; No Genius; Old Cayen; Old Simon; SeAn eminent Scottish cunder; Senex. biographer; b. at Aberdeen; led a literary life in London, from about the year 1777 till his death there in 1835; d. in Throgmorton Street.

Chalmers, George, F.R.S., F.A.S., 1742-1825. Francis Oldys, of the University of Pennsylvania. A Scottish antiquary and miscellaneous writer; clerk to the Privy Council at London, 17861825.

Chalmers, Rev. William, M.A. A
Friend of the People. An English Presbyt.
minister at Marylebone, London.
Chamberlain, Henry.
English topographer.

Chamberlayn, Dr.

1866.

An

H. C.

A Friend

to Britain. An early Scottish writer.
Chambers, Augusta. Gussie.
Chambers, George, LL.D., 1786-
An American
A Descendant.
jurist; b. in Chambersburg, Penn.;
N.J. Coll., 1804; M.C., 1833-37; Judge
of the Penn. Supreme Court, 1851-66;
d. in his native city.

Chambers, John David, M.A., 1805–. J. D. C.; A Layman. An English lawyer; Recorder of Salisbury from 1842.

Chambers, Robert, LL.D., 1802–71. R. C. A Scottish author and publisher; b. in Peebles; removing to Edinburgh in 1818, he with his brother William engaged in the business of bookselling, which, with that of publishing, they continued as long as they lived, at the same

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