Dictionary of universal biography; being the lives of eminent persons of all times / [Samuel Orchart Beeton].

  • Samuel Orchart Beeton
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1870
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    Agnesi and^fhf- Mnria Teresa a sister of the above, Sa1'* <‘fMmP'?Snr i°f« x -I00 .'Tcras, “Sopho- 1750 ° J d Nltocn” M at Milan, WaJS?10’ Ba?cio d’’ ha-che-° dan'-yo'-lo, a Jwintmi 70°d-engTaver, which profession he abandoned for that of an architect. Whilst in ltomc, pursuing Ills studies among the remains of antiquity, his workshop was visited bv Jla phacl, Michael Angelo, and others! and on re- tui niiig* to 1 lorence lie rose into eminence, not- the ridicule and detraction which f^ow the footsteps of originality When ho died, his son Giuliano directed the UGoiSt°hm l0Ct uuliuisllcd' B- at Florence, “K'l1,0”’ son °P Nicias, was present at the taking of Samos by Pericles. In the Pclo- ponnesmn war, he went against I’otidaea, but SdrdrS expedition through disease, lie built Amphipohs, whose inhabitants favoured fStoi' Sd“I theit founder' Agnonides, cig-non-e-dees, a rhetorician of Athens who accused Phocion of betraying the Pirams to Nicanor. When the people recollected the seivices Phocion had rendered them thev i aised him statues, and put his accuser to death Agobaed, ag-o-bar, an archbishop of Lyons’ who_ was deprived of his dignity for deposing Louis the Meek, in the assembly of Complete but was afterwards restored. He opposed ima°-e- worship, anti wrote against the belief °of witchcraft and the practice of duelling. D vols~SvoS W01’kS were PrirLted in 1660, in two Agop, John, a-gop, a grammarian and critic cl Armenia, who iiourished in the 17th century Agoracritus, ag-o-raJe-re-tus, a sculptor of Paros, and disciple of Phidias. Flourished 499 was. such a favourite with liis maste~r that it is said Pliidias allowed him to affix Ms name to some works wMch he liimself liad executed. ^r‘tiGOiS'?jIiNI’Beonardo> a9-°s-te'-ne, an antiquary of the 1/th century. He wrote a work on Sicilian medals, and another upon gems celebrated in ancient times. mAG0s,TI/°> Paolo da Valerano, a'-gos-te’-no, a celebrated musical composer, and master of the pope s chapel at Home. n. 1619, aged 36 —His choruses are highly spoken of. ' Agostino, two brothers who greatly distin- rthemsc’vc-l as architects and sculptors in the infancy of art m Italy. They were natives of Siena, winch they embellished with many of their best works. J ^r'^?.0GX'T’ GulliaumG d’’ a'-fJoolt, a gentleman or Provence, who wrote ballads about the year 1193. J Agreda Mario d’, ag'-re-da, superior of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception at Ag- l eda, m Spam, who pretended to have received directions in a vision to write the life of the Virgin Mary, which she accordingly did n 1603; took the veil, 1620; n. 1665.—Her “ Life of the Virgin Mary” was not published till after her death, when it was prohibited at Rome and censured by the Sorbonne of Paris, thom-h highly esteemed in Spain. AGKEsrr, Livio, ag-res'-te, an historical painter, employed in the Vatican by Gregory XIII. Ho was famed for the richness of Ms in- vention, the correctness of his design, and the excellence of his colouring, d, 1580, 26 Agricola Aghestis, Julius, u-greJ-Hs a Roman contain who, when Antonins revolted to Vespasian^? la.d in rums the city of Cremona, oMained icave forces !i!?ft0 8UWh0 State of the enemy's lorccs. He leturned with a faithful renort hnf ”5.Sns ***«-1,0 !•« SUfS’ig Aghicola, Cnoeus Julius a-arild -o-la a Rn man commander, whose father,'Jidius Gr’iccinu/ vas an oiator, put to death by CalMula for refusing to plead against Silanus AgricMa was carefully brought up by Ms mother Juba™ ull.i, and sent to Massilia (Marseilles) the chief seat of learning in Gaul, to puXe his tudies After entering the army,’he was sent to CriS' pdcij? lic 'Yas afc the time of the insurrection of Loadicca, m a.d. 61. On his return to Rome lie man led Domitia Decidiana, a lady of rank’ H e was next made quxstor of Asia, and became Tn^he6 °f the People, and prietor under Xero In the commotions between Otho and Vitellius Ms mother was murdered, and her estate m Liguria plundered by the Host of Otho. Being lntormed on Ms journey thither, that Vespasian cause Tlfc ffh 8’10vernment.. ^ espoused his ,ille 26th legion having mutinied in d cncp^in0 Yfe® despatched to reduce it to obe- cLcnce, m which he succeeded. On his return to Rome, he was raised to the rank of patrician and made governor of Aquitania, in Gaul. In l Am.he was chosen consul with Domitian; and to year- gave Ld3 daughter in marriage to Tacitus, the lnstonan. Xext year he was appointed governor of Britarn, where he restored tranqunhty and brought the natives to a love of the Roman language and manners. He ex- tended Ms conquests into Scotland, and built a chain of forts from the Clyde to the Frith of 1 oi tli, to pi event the incursions of the inhabi- fnnfts ? ,1Crnort]l: He defeated Galgacus at the |1° I lerGfarpWU Mls’ and thcn made peace yfth the Caledonians. At the termination of this campaign, a Roman fleet for the first time sailed loimd Britain. On the accession of Domi- tian, Agricola had a triumph decreed him, and ™XC^ pe(L B^c°mmand of the emperor, he enteied Rome at night, and meeting with a cold reception, retired from public life. n. at lorurn Julii, now Frojus, in Provence, a.d. 37 • d. at Rome, a.d. 93.—Tacitus represents the character oi Agricola as that of a great and good man. lie bequeathed what property he possessed to his wife Domitia, Ms only daughter, the wife of Tacitus, and the emperor Domitian, notwithstanding, as is asserted, that latte 3 Samfice by l’oisou to the jealousy of tho Agricola, George, an eminent metallurgist and physician, who wrote a number of books on metals, &c. n. at Glauchen, Misnia, 1191 • n. 1555. Agricola, Christopher Ludwig, a painter and engraver, born at Ratisbon, Germany, in 1637 who excelled in landscape and portrait, but is chiefly known for his prints. Agkicola, George Andrew, a German phy- sician, who wrote on the multiplication of plants and trees, n. at Ratisbon, 1672; d. 1733—a French translation of Ms work was published in Amsterdam in 1720. Agricola, John, a German divine who studied theology at Wittenberg, where lie embraced the sentiments of Luther, and acquired considerable reputation as a preacher; but entered into a dispute with Melancthon on the use of the law