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near Cleves ; became a resident of Paris
and a partisan of the Revolution ; called
himself "the orator of the human race";
was proscribed by Robespierre, and exe-
cuted.
Close, John. Delta. See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 388. Clough, Mrs. Blanche (Smith) . His Wife. An English lady ; daughter of Samuel Smith, of Combe House ; in 1854 was married to Arthur Hugh Clough.
Clubbe, Rev. John, 17l):](?)-73. The Editor of the " Hislori/ and Antiquities of Wheatjield in Suffolk " ; The Farmer. An English satirical writer ; b. at Wheatfleld, Suffolk ; educ. at King's Coll., Cambridge ; vicar of Debenham, Suffolk, in 1730; rec- tor of Wheatfleld, 173-|-73.
Clubbe, Rev. WUliani, LL.B., 1745- 1814. A British Officer ; The Minister of their Parish. An English divine ; educ. at Cambridge ; rector of Elowton and vicar of Brandeston, county Suffolk ; d. at Framlingham, where he had resided for some years.
Clulovv, WUliam Benton, 1802-82. A Recluse. An English Dissenter; b. at Leek, Staffordshire ; educ. at Hoxton Acad.; pastor iit Shaldon, Devonshire, 1823-35 ; classical tutor at Airdale Coll., Bradford, 1835-43 ; after residing forty years at Bradford he retired to Leek, where he died.
Clunes, John. An Officer in the Ser- vice of the Hon. East India Company. An English colonial compiler.
Coalfield, Jonathan. W. Graham Simpson. An English artist of the day.
Coape, H. C. Mervi/n iTerritou. An English miscellaneous writer of the day. Coatsworth, J. J. C. An English dramatist of the day.
Cobb, J. Storer. Hubert White; .Jaij Eckob.
Cobb, James, 1756-1813. J. G. An English dramatic poet; in 1771 entered the secretary's office of the East India Company, in which he rose to the post of secretary ; in 1800 he married Miss Stanfell, of Fratton, Hampshire.
Cobb, Joseph Beckham, 1819-1858. .7. B. C. ; ***. An American author; b. in Oglethorpe Co., Ga; educ. at Frank- lin Coll., Athens, Ga. ; in 1838 removed to Noxubee Co., Miss., where he devoted himself to literary pursuits ; d. at Colum- bus, Ga.
Cobb, Josiah. A Younker. An American writer; published at Balti- more, 1841.
Cobb, Lyman, about 1800-64. Ex- aminaior. An American author ; b. in j
Massachusetts ; was one of the greatest
educators of his time, and an active
member of numerous benevolent socie-
ties; d. at Colesburg, Potter Co., Penn.
Cobb, S. An Albanij (N.Y.) Cham- berlain. American municipal officer.
Cobb, Sylvanus, Jr., 1823-87. Col. Walter D. Dunlap. An American au- thor; b. in Waterville, Maine; devoted his life chiefly to literary work ; since 1868 he resided at Hyde Park, Mass., and d. there.
Cobb, William. .Jules Lermina.
Weller makes Cobb the real name and " Ler- mina " tbe pseudonym. The British Museum Catalogue makes "Cobb" the pseudonym and Lermina the real name.
Cobbett, William. Billij Cobb ; .Jona- than.
See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 389.
Cobbold, Elizabeth (Knipe Clarke), 1767-1824. Eliza Clarke; Carolina Petti/ Pasty. An English poetical writer ; b. in London ; in 1790 she married William Clarke, and he dying, she in 1792 was again married to John Cobbold, of Ipswich ; she estab- lished a clothing society for infant poor in 1812, a charitable bazaar in 1820, and was a frequent contributor to the minor periodicals ; d. at Ipswich.
Cobbold, Rev. Robert Henry. An Oi/ster from home unaccustomed to roam^ etc. An English poet; nephew of Rev. Richard Cobbold ; St. Peter's Coll., Cam- bridge, 1843; rector of Ross, Hereford, 1873-87; R.D. of Ross, 1881; prebend in Hereford Cathedral, 1885.
Cobden, Richard, 1804-65. Libra, - A Manchester Manufacturer.
See " I. and 1'.," First Series, p. 389.
Cochrane, Charles. Senor Juan de Ver/a. All English gentleman who made a tour through Great Britain and Ireland, in 1828-29, under this assumed name.
Cochrane, Robert. The Editor of " The Enijlish JCssayists." A Scottish compiler of Edinburgh.
Cockburn, George W. Faith. An old Scottish soldier of the 42d Royal Highland Black Watch.
Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Lord, 1779-1854. Lord ■ Rector of the Univer- sity of Glasf/ow. A Scottish judge; probably b. in Edinburgh ; educ. in that city ; was admitted in 1800 to the faculty of advocates; in 1811 he married and settled at Bonaly, near Edinburgh ; con- tributed to the "Edinburgh Review"; in 1831 was chosen lord rector of the Univ. of Glasgow; in 1834 he was ap- pointed, as Lord Cockburn, one of the
