A biographical, historical and chronological dictionary: containing accurate accounts of the lives, characters, and actions, of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; : including the revolutions of states, and the succession of sovereign princes / By John Watkins.

  • John Watkins
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1807
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    Alphteoin, a Turk, who from being a slave rose to be governor of Khorassin and sovereign of Guzna; lie reigned sixteen years, leaving the throne to his son-in-law, Sebclc Teghin, whose son Mahmoud found- ed the dynasty of the Gazncvids.—D'llcr- belot. Alpini (Prosper), physician and botanist, was born in 1.553, in the state of Venice. He was at first a soldier, but quitted that profession and went to Padua, where he made so great a progress in learning that he became deputy rector and syndic. In 1578 he took his degree of M. D. and in 1580 went to Egypt as physician to the Venetian consul. He resided there three years, in which time he greatly improved himself in botany. He was the first who discovered the sexes and generation of plants. On his return to Venice in 158G, Andrew Doria, prince of Melfi, appointed him his physician, and in 1593 he was called to the botanical professorship at Padua, which he filled, where he died in 1617. His works are, “ Medicina AEgyptiorunr, libri iv,” “ De Plantis ASgypti,” “ be Balsamo,” “ De Pra> sagienda Vita ct Morte iEgrotantium,” “ De Medicina Methodica,” “ De Raphon- tico, Disputatio in Gymnasio Patavino hab- xta, &c. ’ “ De Plantis Exoticis.”—Morcri. Alsop (Vincent), a nonconformist di- vine, was born in Northamptonshire, and educated at St. John’s-college, Cambridge. He was for some time usher in the school ^.Olteham in Rutlandshire, and afterwards minister at Welbee in Northamptonshire, from whence he was ejected in 1662 for nonconformity. He next became pastor to a congregation of dissenters in Westmin- ster. He was in some favour with king James II. who pardoned his son after having been convicted of treason. He died in 1703. He wrote a book entitled, “ Antisozzo,” in answer to Dr. Sherlock, and some other pieces.—Cal a my. Alsop (Anthony), an English divine, was educated at Westminster-school, from whence he was elected to Christ-church, Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. in 1696, and that of B. D. in 1706. In 1698 he published “ Fabularum .JEsopicarum Delectus,” 8vo. Dr. Trelawney, bishop of Winchester, appointed him his chaplain, and gave him a prebend in his cathedral, with the rectory of Brightwell in Berkshire. In 1717 a verdict being given against him for the breach of a marriage contract, he found it necessary to go abroad, hut how long he continued in exile is unknown. He died in 1726. In 1752 was published “Antonii Alsopi,TEdis Christi olim Alumni, Odarum Libri duo;’besides which he wrote some poems, to be found in Dodsley’s and other collections.—Gen. Ring. Diet. Alstf.dius (John Henry), a German di- vine, and professor of philosophy and divi- nity at Hcrborn, in the county of Nassau, and afterwards at Waissemburgin Transyl- vania, where he died in 1638, aged fifty. His Encyclopaedia was much read, and held I in esteem even by Roman-catholics; but he-, I appears to greater advantage in his Theolo- I gia Polemica.—Boyle. Alston (Charles), an eminent physician J was born in Scotland in 1683, and educated I at Glasgow, from whence he went to Ley-1 den, where he took his doctor’s degree. On I his return he settled at Edinburgh, and I became lecturer on the materia medica and I botany ; he died in 1760. He published I “Tirocinium Botanicum Edinburgen-.e,” I 1753, in which he attacked the sexual sys-l tem of Linnaois. His “Lectures on the I Materia Medica” were published in two!| vols. 4to. 1770. He also wrote some papers j in the “ Edinburgh Medical Essays.”—Bui-.] tency's Sketches of Botany. Altiiammer (Andrew), a German di- j vine of the sixteenth century, was a native :| of Nuremburg; he was a learned man, and j strongly attached to the principles of the I Reformation. He wrote “ Notes on Taci- j tus’s Treatise on the Manners of the An- j cient Germans,” 4to. 1529, and 8vo. 1009 j —Moreri. Althusius (John), a democratic writer | of the 17th century, was a German lawyer. g He wrote a treatise in defence of the sove- * reignty of the people, in which he opposed < all forms of government as being tyranni- cal.—Ibid. * Altilius (Gabriel), a modem Latin poet, was a native of Naples and bishop of Poli- castro. He died about 1500. His poems 9 are in the Delicite Poetarum Itaiorura.— jj Tiraboscbi. Alting (Henry). a German divine was i born at Embden in 1583. In 1612 he ac- companied his pupil the electoral prince- palatine to England. The year following r he took his degree of D. D. at Heidelberg; I and in 1618 he was appointed one of the ij deputies of the palatinate at the synod of I Dort. When Heidelberg was taken in 1622, J he narrowly escaped with his life. In 1627 j! he was chosen professor of divinity at Gro- :: ningen, where he died in 1644. He wrote several books on religious subjects.—Bayle. Alting (James), son of the above, was ji born at Heidelberg in 1618. Having com- ■ pleted his studies lie came to England, and < was ordained by Dr. Prideaux, bishop of j Worcester. In 1643 he was chosen Hebrew professor at Groningen, and in 1667 pro- fessor of divinity in conjunction with Des Marets, with whom he had so violent a dispute that the university of Leyden was resorted to for its advice, and the judgment 1 returned was a censure on both parties, i Alting died in 1679, and his works were l published at Amsterdam in 1687, in 5 vols. i fol.—Ibid. Alt i no (Menson), a burgomaster of Groningen, who wrote a book, entitled, “Descriptio CJermanias Inferioris,” AmstcL k 1697, fol. He died in 1718, aged 76.— Moreri. Alured, of Beverley, an ancient Eng*
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