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THE

IMPERIAL DICTIONARY

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

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

1. EDWIN LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S.
2. PROFESSOR FRANCIS BOWEN, M.A., United States,
   ⁠Late Editor of "North American Review."

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

 

VOL. I.

 

LONDON:

WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 22 PATERNOSTER ROW;

HOWARD STREET, GLASGOW; SOUTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.

[THE PUBLISHER RESERVES THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION.]