THE

IMPERIAL DICTIONAKY

OF

UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY:

A SERIES OF

ORIGINAL MEMOIRS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN,

OF ALL AGES AND ALL NATIONS.

BY

WRITERS OF EMINENCE IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.

CONDUCTED BY

PROFESSOR JOHN EADIE, D.D., LL.D. JOHN FRANCIS WALLER, LL.D., M.R.I.A. PROFESSOR W. J. M. RANKINE, LL.D.

EDWIN LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S.

PROFESSOR FRANCIS BOWEN, M.A., United States,
Late Editor of "North American Review."

JOHN FRANCIS WALLER, LL.D., M.R.I.A., Editor

VOL. II.

LONDON:

WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 69 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.

HOWARD STREET, GLASGOW; SOUTH

BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.

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