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THE
IMPERIAL DICTIONAKY
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
PROFESSOR JOHN EADIE, D.D., LL.D. JOHN FRANCIS WALLER, LL.D., M.R.I.A. PROFESSOR W. J. M. RANKINE, LL.D.
EDWIN LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S.
PROFESSOR FRANCIS BOWEN, M.A., United States,
Late Editor of "North American Review."
JOHN FRANCIS WALLER, LL.D., M.R.I.A., Editor
VOL. II.
LONDON:
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 69 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
HOWARD STREET, GLASGOW; SOUTH
BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.
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