THE GENERAL

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

A NEW EDITION.

VOL. IX.

Frinted by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London.

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY:

CONTAINING

AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE

LIVES AND WRITINGS

OF THE

MOST EMINENT PERSONS

IN EVERY NATION;

PARTICULARLY THE BRITISH AND IRISH;

FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME.

A NEW EDITION,

REVISED AND ENLARGED BY

ALEXANDER CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

PAINTED FOR J. NICHOLS AND SON; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. PAYNES
OTRIDGE AND SON; G. AND W. NICOL; WILKIE And ROBINSON; J. WALKER;
W. LOWNDES ; WHITE, COCHRANE, AND CO.; J. DEIGHTON;
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R.

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3.

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AND CO.; J. BOOTH; J. MAWMAN; GALE, CURTIS, AND FENNER;

CUTHELL;

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