A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 - Biography |
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... Rome , in 1636 , to fill a profeffor's chair . His capacity in mathe- matical difcoveries , and phyfical experiments , foon became known ; efpecially from a difpute which arofe between him and father Kircher , about the invention of a ...
... Rome , in 1636 , to fill a profeffor's chair . His capacity in mathe- matical difcoveries , and phyfical experiments , foon became known ; efpecially from a difpute which arofe between him and father Kircher , about the invention of a ...
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... Rome . However , Lewis XIV . made him fuf- ficient amends for this difgrace , by fettling on him a very honourable penfion , with which he retired into the abbey of St. Victor at Paris . Here he died in 1686 ; after having made a will ...
... Rome . However , Lewis XIV . made him fuf- ficient amends for this difgrace , by fettling on him a very honourable penfion , with which he retired into the abbey of St. Victor at Paris . Here he died in 1686 ; after having made a will ...
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... Rome , by the order of Pope Gregory XIII . to take care of the publication of the " Septuagint : " and there finifhing his " Commentary upon the Gofpels " in 1582 , he died in the beginning of 1583 . He had a dream , it feems , which ...
... Rome , by the order of Pope Gregory XIII . to take care of the publication of the " Septuagint : " and there finifhing his " Commentary upon the Gofpels " in 1582 , he died in the beginning of 1583 . He had a dream , it feems , which ...
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... in 1691 , under the name of Innocent XII . immediately fent for him to Rome , and appointed him his # phyfician phyfician . In 1694 , he was admitted into the 30 MALLE T. any high class; there being no fpecies of compofition ...
... in 1691 , under the name of Innocent XII . immediately fent for him to Rome , and appointed him his # phyfician phyfician . In 1694 , he was admitted into the 30 MALLE T. any high class; there being no fpecies of compofition ...
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... Rome . July the 25th , of the fame year , he had a fit , which struck half his body with a paralyfis and , Nov. the 29th following , he had another , of which he died the fame day , in his 67th year . · His works , with his life before ...
... Rome . July the 25th , of the fame year , he had a fit , which struck half his body with a paralyfis and , Nov. the 29th following , he had another , of which he died the fame day , in his 67th year . · His works , with his life before ...
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