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# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Walker, George Washington

​WALKER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1800–1859), missionary, was born in London on 19 March 1800. His mother dying ​early and his father removing to Paris, he was brought up by a grandmother at Newcastle-on-Tyne as a unitarian. He was confirmed by a bishop, and placed at a Wesleyan school at Barnard Castle. Apprenticed to a quaker draper of Newcastle, he attended Friends' meetings, and in 1827 joined the society. An attachment to his master's daughter, who soon after became blind and died on 3 Nov. 1828, much influenced his character at this time. In 1831, in obedience to a ‘call,’ he accompanied James Backhouse, a minister of York, on a missionary visit to the Southern Hemisphere. They landed at Hobart Town (now Hobart) on 8 Feb. 1832, after a five months' voyage; Van Diemen's Land, as it was then called, was a dependency of New South Wales, and chiefly known in England for its penal settlements. The governor, Sir George Arthur [q. v.], afforded the Friends every opportunity of visiting the convicts, and at his request they furnished him with reports on penal discipline. They also visited the aborigines on Flinders Island.
In Launceston they gathered a body of quakers who held their first yearly meeting in 1834, and who have since founded an excellent college in Hobart Town for the instruction of their young. By that first yearly meeting Walker was acknowledged a minister.
After three years in Tasmania they passed to Sydney, where they made the acquaintance of Samuel Marsden [q. v.], the oldest colonial chaplain, to whose labours they pay a high tribute in their journals. On returning to Hobart they were solicited by the new governor, Sir John Franklin [q. v.], to give information to his secretary, Captain Maconochie, for the report he was preparing for the House of Commons (Parl. Accounts and Papers, 1837–8, xlii. 21, note g). In 1838, having visited all the Australian colonies and having founded numerous temperance societies (for the drinking of spirits they considered the greatest evil of the land), Backhouse and Walker set sail for Cape Town, calling at Mauritius on the way. They visited all the mission stations (numbering eighty) in South Africa, of whatever denomination, wrote addresses and had them translated into Dutch, and travelled over six thousand miles in a wagon or on horseback. They parted in September 1840, after nine years' united labours; Walker returned to Hobart and set up business as a draper, but, having established a savings bank and a depôt of the Bible Society, both in his shop, he soon became engaged entirely in these and other philanthropic works. He was a member of the board of education and on the council of the high school.
Walker died at Hobart Town on 1 Feb. 1859, and was buried on the 4th. On 15 Dec. 1840 he married at Hobart Sarah Benson Mather, a quaker minister.
In conjunction with Backhouse, Walker wrote several treatises of a religious character addressed to the inhabitants of the countries he visited and to the convicts of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
C. F. S.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/le
### lele

* 也le107952
* A particle used to arrest the attention, and not usually needing to be translated.

#### i le to m̄ cai hó̤ khiah;

    as for him, he knows not good from evil.

#### cò̤ úa le cū àiⁿ;

    if it were I, I should want it.

#### côiⁿ le mih-mûeh to ŭ;

    formerly, everything was to be had.

#### jîak sĭ úa le, cĭu m̄ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    if it were I, indeed I would not do so.

#### kip kàu i tōa le cĭu hío kui-kṳ́;

    when he is larger he will without doubt know how to behave himself.

#### taⁿ le cĭn m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    now-a-days, it is not so.

#### i tàⁿ hó̤ le;

    he says it is finished.

#### màiⁿ le;

    I do not want it.
* 弄lĕ-ké569554
* A sham; pretence; false.

#### cò̤ khṳ̀ lĕ-ké;

    made showily and not substantially.

#### cí ciah chn̂g cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké, m̄ tōiⁿ, m̄ cin tieⁿ;

    this table is shabbily put together, it is neither strong nor well joined.

#### úa thiaⁿ tîeh lĕ-lĕ ké-ké, cò̤-nî cū cin-sît cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it sounds to me like a trumped up story, how is it that it can be true.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liah
### liahliah

* 拿lîah610646
* To lay hold of; to seize; to apprehend; to take.

#### lîah tîeh mē?

    Did you get hold of it?

#### lîah m̄ tîeh;

    cannot lay hold of it.

#### khṳt úa lîah;

    was seized by me.

#### lîah m̄ cŭ;

    could not keep hold of it after I laid hands on it.

#### kìe ke nŏ̤ nâng sie-pang lîah;

    call two more persons to assist in the seizure.

#### cŭe khin kâi, lîah khṳ̀ ké, cŭe tăng-kâi lîah khṳ̀ thâi;

    those whose offense is slight are arrested and put in the cangue, those whose crimes are great are arrested and beheaded.

#### kúi nâng lîah kha, lîah chíu;

    several held him by his hands and feet.

#### kai i lîah lâi cio-cò̤;

    seize and punish him.

#### lîah châk;

    apprehend thieves.

#### jû lîah mûaⁿ-lìu hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    like catching an eel.
* 掠lîah547648
* To rob; to plunder; to take openly and by force.

#### kàu chù, to sĭ chau liah;

    has seized and confiscated everything even to his house.

#### i kâi kun-lĕng ngîam căi, kun-sṳ̆ hùe bô̤ cêk nâng káⁿ chíeⁿ-lîah;

    their military discipline is very strict, and not a man among the soldiers dare take things by force.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liak
### liakliak

* 略lîak5471026
* A resumé, a sketch, a general outline, a digest; a little; in general; rather.

#### lîak-lîak tàⁿ cē cū hó̤;

    to give a resume will be sufficient.

#### put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-lîak;

    give only a general outline.

#### chó̤-lîak;

    somewhat; in general; slightly; rather.

#### chó̤-lîak pat;

    understand it in some small degree.

#### chó̤-lîak ūe;

    draw a slight sketch.

#### lîak cai cêk nŏ̤;

    know a little about it.

#### iak-lîak;

    about; somewhere near that amount.

#### iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?

    About how much is there?

#### iak-lîak saⁿ jît kú;

    about three days.

#### iak-lîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it is about that.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lauh
### lauhlauh

* 餂lauh8991846
* To lap up with the tongue.

#### thiaⁿ kìⁿ tṳ tó̤ lauh phun;

    heard the swine eating their swill.

#### cí ciah tṳ thó̤ ciah căi, lauh kàu cô̤ cheng-khih cheng-khih;

    this hog is very eager for food, he has eaten his trough quite clean.

#### káu tó̤ lauh cúi, ngio tó̤ lauh nêk-thng;

    the dog is lapping water and the cat is lapping soup.
* 㢒lauh65311
* Dilapidated and ready to tumble down.

#### cía chù lauh căi, tâk bô̤ mih cîⁿ;

    this house is very dilapidated and is not worth much.

#### hía chù lauh-lauh, put kú tîeh tó̤;

    that house is very shaky, and will tumble down before long.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lek
### leklek

* 勒lêk509199
* To rein in, to restrain; to require of; to oblige to do; to exact unjustly; to bind; to cut in stone.

#### lêk-cŭ bé;

    rein in a horse.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i tó̤ khīe-lêk;

    he is taking an unlawful advantage in this.

#### lêk-sok;

    to extort; to compel assent.

#### lêk-sok nâng kâi cîⁿ;

    extort money from people.

#### pek-lêk;

    to ill use; harsh requirements.

#### pek-lêk kàu i sí;

    kill her by harsh treatment.

#### mîaⁿ lêk tŏ̤ phŏ tèng;

    his name is carved in the list.

#### mîaⁿ lóng-cóng lêk tŏ̤ pi tèng;

    the names are all graven on the tablet.

#### sìo-bâk lêk tît;

    the account is adjusted.

#### bé-lêk-tŏ;

    a saddle girth.

#### bé-lêk-tŏ tîeh lêk hó̤, lêk m̄-hó̤ cū ùi pûah tîeh;

    the saddle girth must be carefully fastened, if it is not, there is danger of falling off.

#### chūe tîo so̤h lâi lêk kín tìaⁿ;

    get a rope and gird it up tightly.

#### khṳt i lêk tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ khṳ̀;

    had a large amount of money exacted from me by him.
* 綠lêk5631208
* The hue of leaves; a bright green.

#### lêk jông;

    green baize.

#### âng lêk pò;

    red and green stuffs.

#### chēng kàu hue-âng líu-lêk;

    gorgeously attired.

#### lêk-sek;

    bright green.

#### lêk hŵn;

    green vitriol.

#### lêk-nî kīe;

    a sedan chair covered with green broadcloth.

#### lêk lîm cṳ tang īa ŭ eng-hîong kâi nâng khut sin tŏ̤ hṳ́-kò̤;

    in the forests also braves are crouched.

#### cháu sek, lêk-lêk;

    green as grass.

#### ah sái lêk;

    a dull mottled green.

#### lêk cúi kùi;

    cinnamon which makes a green infusion when steeped.

#### chien lêk;

    a pale green.

#### chim lêk chim lêk;

    deep green.

#### lêk îaⁿ kâi piaⁿ-bé;

    Chinese cavalry.

#### lêk-tāu cheⁿ;

    apple green.
* 歷lêk5377712
* To pass through or over; to experience; arrayed in order.

#### lêk nî kâi tang hó̤;

    the crops have been good for successive years.

#### úa lêk lâi thóiⁿ-kìⁿ saⁿ hûe;

    I have seen it three times in succession.

#### cía sṳ̄ i pat keng-lêk kùe;

    he has had experience in such matters.

#### bô̤ keng bô̤ lêk m̄ káⁿ khin ēng;

    having no previous experience in it, I dare not lightly make use of it.
* 陸lêk5621708
* High, dry land; land in distinction from water.

#### i sĭ kíaⁿ lêk lō, a sĭ kîaⁿ cúi lō?

    Did he go by land or by water?

#### i sĭ lêk lō kâi thî-tok;

    he is the Commander-in-Chief of the Provincial troops.
* 癧lêk53710416
* Scrofulous swellings; king's evil.

#### i kâi ăm seⁿ lêk;

    he has king's evil.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liang

* 梁lîang5251197
* The tall millet, a species of sorghum.

## kau-lîang cíu;

    strong spirits made from sorghum.

## kau-lîang kó̤;

    sorghum stalks.
* 量lĭang5261665
* To estimate; to measure; to judge; a measure, a limit ; capacity, calibre.

## bô̤ hăng-lĭang;

    boundless, illimitable, measureless.

## mih sṳ̄ to tîeh ŭ kâi hăng-lĭang;

    all things must be kept within fixed limits.

## cíu lĭang;

    capacity to drink wine without going beyond the limits where intoxication supervenes.

## i chŵn m̄ cṳ̆-lĭang;

    he has no self-esteem.

## cṳ̆-lĭang căi;

    has great self-esteem.

## m̄ cṳ̆ m̄ lĭang;

    no conceit of self.

## lĭang-tō;

    capacity.

## m̄ pí cn̂g kâi bô̤ lĭang-tō;

    not like one who is wholly destitute of capacity.

## nâng tîeh ŭ lĭang;

    one must keep himself within bounds.

## ŭ hía lĭang cía ŭ hía hok;

    one's bliss is according to one's capacity.

## lĭang tōa, hok tōa;

    where there are great powers, there is great enjoyment.

## hái-lĭang;

    immense capacity.

## tó-lĭang khuah;

    broad-minded, liberal.

## bô lĭang;

    illiberal.

## lṳ́ lĭang-tâk-thóiⁿ jû hô̤?

    What do you make it, in your estimate of it?

## ciak-lĭang;

    to deliberate upon.

## iak-lĭang;

    thereabouts.

## iak-lĭang sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    that is about it.
* 諒lĭang5271498
* To accredit; to believe; to suppose ; to know certainly ; to aid.

## hŭam sṳ̄ tîeh thí-lĭang nâng;

    in all things one must be considerate of others.

## lĭang-pit sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    I am pretty certain that is the case.

## lĭang i m̄ káⁿ;

    do not think he will dare.

## lĭang i cò̤ tit lâi, cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳt i cò̤;

    supposing that he can do it then let him.
* 亮līang52687
* Clear, brilliant, transparent, illumined.

## lĭang se;

    lustrous gauze.

## i kâi sek to m̄ lĭang;

    its color is not clear.

## i kâi mīn-sek lĭang căi;

    her complexion is very clear.

## siaⁿ-im tàⁿ lâi híang-lĭang;

    his voice is very sonorous.

## nĕ lĭang-lĭang;

    resonant.

## thang-thang lĭang-lĭang;

    luminous.
* 挺līang908647
* Straight; stiff and straight.

## ut kàu līang-līang-tît;

    bend it till you get it perfectly straight.

## pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ līang-līang-tît;

    fell down flat.

## cò̤ kàu sì-piⁿ līang-līang-tît;

    make the four sides perfectly straight and without the least cant either way.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/leh
### lehleh

* 靂leh53717316
* A sharp report of thunder; a clap.

#### lûi leh-leh-kìe;

    the thunder sounds in short sharp claps.

#### tâng-cá lûi kong kĭa leh, sĭ khà sí ŭ sĭm-mûeh kâi īeⁿ;

    a little while ago there was a sudden sharp clap of thunder, it sounded as if it might have struck and killed something.

#### bó̤-bó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi leh-cĕ-kìe;

    it thundered unexpectedly.
* 嚦leh5373016
* A noise of splitting.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi lío-lío leh-leh;

    he speaks in a very shrill voice.

#### cí kâi sòi kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng lío-leh, hṳ́ kâi tōa kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng hû-thû;

    the little fellow speaks very shrilly, while his elder brother speaks more softly.
* 𠠝lêh5371816
* To cut open; to slash.

#### tṳ-thâu lêh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

    cut the pig's head in two.

#### kúe àiⁿ leh cò̤ kúi lìam?

    How many pieces shall I cut the cake into?

#### khṳt to̤ lêh tîeh;

    was cut by the knife when I was cutting up something.

#### lêh cò̤ sì kak;

    quarter it.

#### i lêh tó, khṳ̀ tùi i sí;

    he cut open his own bowels, in order to convict the other man of crime.

#### lêh pêh ah, khṳ̀ tú tīo i;

    killed one of their own party, in order to use the death as a counter charge against the enemy.

#### cí ciah koi leh-khui hṳ́-tói cĕng-cĕng lâ;

    when this fowl was cut open the inside was full of fat.

#### sie thâi sie lêh;

    cut and slash each other.
* 痕lêh1671046
* A scratch ; a trace left by claws.

#### chíu khṳt ngio jìo kàu cêk lêh cêk lêh;

    his hand has been scratched by the cat.

#### lṳ́ khṳt tī-tîang khau kàu hìeⁿ cōi lêh?

    Who has scratched you like that? ​
* 歷lêh5377712
* To pass through ; to experience; passing away; to pass over, by or to; successive.

#### lêh chîo m̄ pat ŭ kâi sṳ̄;

    something that has not happened during several dynasties.

#### lêh-lâi būe ŭ;

    hitherto it has not happened.

#### mn̄g mêng i lâi-lêh;

    inform one's self concerning his antecedents.

#### lêh nî hṳ́-kò̤ cau cúi cai;

    year after year that place has suffered from floods.

#### lêh-lêh khó̤ kháu;

    every particular can be proven.

#### lêh cĭn chi-līen khó-chó̤;

    I have passed through all trials.

#### i lău nâng ío ŭ lwt-lêh;

    this aged man has had experience.

#### i mih sṳ̄ to lwt-lêh kṳ̀e;

    he has passed through all sorts of experiences.

#### bô̤ lwt bô̤ lêh cò̤ hìeⁿ kōi pat;

    with no experience in it, how can you so easily understand it.
* 瀝lêh5378516
* A drop.

#### tek lêh;

    the sap of the bamboo, regarded as a febrifuge.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Worboise, Emma Jane

​WORBOISE, EMMA JANE, afterwards Mrs. Guyton (1825–1887), author, the eldest child of George Baddeley Worboise and his wife, Maria Lane (her father ​property in Birmingham), was born in Birmingham on 20 April 1825. She early developed a strong turn for story writing, and by the time she was twenty had amassed a large quantity of manuscripts both prose and poetry. Her first book, ‘Alice Cunningham,’ appeared in 1846. Between that date and the year of her death she issued about fifty volumes, chiefly stories and novels of a religious and domestic character with commonplace plots and personages. Nevertheless the books won for their author a large circle of admirers, went through many editions, and are wholesome and readable. Of many popular novels by her no fewer than three appeared in 1873, viz. ‘Husbands and Wives,’ ‘The House of Bondage,’ and ‘Our New House, or Keeping up Appearances’ (7th edit. 1891). Among work of a more ambitious kind is her ‘Life of Thomas Arnold, D.D.,’ 1859 (2nd edit. 1865), and ‘Hymns and Songs for the Christian Church,’ 1867. She edited for some years the ‘Christian World Magazine,’ and was a constant contributor to the ‘Christian World.’
Miss Worboise married Etherington Guyton, of French descent, who predeceased her. She died at Clevedon, Somerset, on 24 Aug. 1887, and is buried in the cemetery there.
E. L.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Wootton, John

​WOOTTON, JOHN (1678?–1765), animal and landscape painter, was born about 1678. He studied under John Wyck [q. v.], and first became known at Newmarket, where he painted the portraits of all the favourite racehorses of his time. He was equally successful as a painter of dogs, also of hunting and battle pieces and equestrian portraits. During the latter part of his career he painted many landscapes in the style of Claude and Gaspar Poussin. Wootton was one of the most esteemed artists of the period, and his works, which are usually on a large scale, are to be met with in many of the great county houses. Some admirable hunting pieces by him are preserved at Althorp and Longleat. In the royal collection are his ‘Stag Hunt in Windsor Park,’ ‘Siege of Tournay,’ ‘Siege of Lille,’ and portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, with the battle of Dettingen in the background. His portrait of Flying Childers, the fleetest horse that ever ran, is the property of Messrs. Tattersall. Five of his pictures which belonged to Sir Robert Walpole were engraved for Boydell's ‘Houghton Gallery.’ In 1726 Wootton published, by subscription, a set of four plates of his hunting subjects, engraved by B. Baron, and another set of seven, engraved by P. C. Canot, appeared in 1770. His portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, with the battle of Culloden in the background, was engraved by Baron, and that of Tregonwell Frampton, the ‘father of the turf,’ by J. Faber. Wootton made the designs for the majority of the plates in the first volume of the first edition of Gay's ‘Fables,’ 1727. His collections were sold in 1761, and he died at his house in Cavendish Square, London, in January 1765.
F. M. O'D.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Parsons, Alfred William

​PARSONS, ALFRED WILLIAM (1847–1920), painter and illustrator, was born at Beckington, Somerset, 2 December 1847, the second son of Joshua Parsons, surgeon, of Beckington. He was educated at private schools and entered the Savings Bank department of the Post Office as a clerk in 1865, but two years later (1867) he gave up his career in the civil service and devoted himself to painting. The first appearance of his work at a Royal Academy exhibition was in 1871, when he showed two pictures, ‘A Half Holiday’ and ‘In a Copse, November’. Subsequently Parsons was a frequent exhibitor at Burlington House as also at the Grosvenor, the New, and other galleries. In 1887 his picture of an orchard, ‘When Nature Painted All Things Gay’, was purchased by the trustees of the Chantrey fund; it is now in the National Gallery of British Art at Millbank (Tate Gallery). In 1892–1894 Parsons paid a visit to Japan; he published his impressions of that country, with illustrations, in his book, Notes in Japan (1896). He was elected A.R.A. in 1897 and R.A. in 1911. A member of ​the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours since 1905, he was chosen president of the society, in succession to Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow, in 1914, and held that office until his death.
A very important section of Parsons's artistic output is formed by his work as a book-illustrator, much of which appeared in Harper's Magazine. He also contributed the illustrations to The Genus Rosa by Ellen Willmott (1910), and collaborated with Edwin Austin Abbey [q.v.] in illustrating Herrick's Hesperides and Noble Numbers (1882), She Stoops to Conquer (1887), Old Songs (1889), and The Quiet Life (1890); and with F. D. Millet in providing the illustrations for the latter's book, The Danube, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea (1893).
Parsons was an enthusiastic gardener, and much of his work as an artist reflects his keen interest in gardens and flowers. A prolific artist of tender, delicate fibre, there is a vein of genuine poetry in his art, even if it is lacking in intensity and originality. In the history of art his position as a landscape painter is vaguely in the great following of the Barbizon school. Parsons, who was unmarried, died at his house at Broadway, Worcestershire, 16 January 1920.
[Daily Telegraph, 22 January 1920; A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts, Dictionary of Contributors, vol. vi, 1905–1906.]
T. B.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Peacocke, Joseph Ferguson

​PEACOCKE, JOSEPH FERGUSON (1835–1916), archbishop of Dublin, was born at Abbeyleix, Queen's county, 5 November 1835, the youngest son of George Peacocke, M.D., of Longford, by his wife, Catherine Ferguson. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated as senior moderator in history and English literature in 1857, obtaining also a first-class divinity testimonium and the political economy prize of his year. Ordained deacon in 1858 and priest in 1859, his first curacy was that of St. Mary's, Kilkenny, where he served from 1858 until 1861, when he accepted the secretaryship of the Hibernian Church Missionary Society, which he held for two years. A churchman of the evangelical school, he was always a firm supporter of foreign missions and of the Church Missionary Society in particular. In 1863 he went to Monkstown, co. Dublin, as curate of the parish church. Here he stayed until 1873, when he was appointed rector of St. George's, Dublin, an important city parish. But in 1878 he was recalled to Monkstown as rector, by the affection of his old parishioners, and he remained there until his elevation to the episcopate. Along with his benefice he held for a few months in 1894 the professorship of pastoral theology in Trinity College, Dublin, a post for which he was admirably qualified both by inclination and by experience.
In 1894 Peacocke, who had proceeded D.D. in 1883, was elected to the see of Meath, in succession to Dr. Charles Parsons Reichel. In 1897 he was translated to the archbishopric of Dublin, in succession to William Conyngham, fourth Baron Plunket. No archbishop of Dublin for two hundred years had previously held a cure of souls in the diocese; and Peacocke was well known to his clergy, even before he came to rule over them, as a churchman of tolerant mind, rich pastoral experience, and holy life. ‘Pastor fidelis, humilis, et sanctus corde’ are the words graven on his memorial tablet in Kildare Cathedral. He presided with dignity over the dioceses of Dublin, Glendalough, and Kildare, until illness struck him down in 1915, when he resigned his see. He died at Blackrock, co. Dublin, 26 May 1916. His public utterances, whether in pulpit or synod, always commanded respectful attention, but, with the exception of some charges and occasional sermons, he did not publish anything. He had served as select preacher both at Dublin and at Cambridge.
Peacocke was a man of fine presence, and an excellent portrait by P. A. de Laszlò, presented by the diocese, is preserved in the palace at Dublin. He married in 1865 Caroline Sophia, daughter of Major John Irvine, D.L., of Killadeno, co. Fermanagh, and had four sons and one daughter. His eldest son was consecrated bishop of Derry in 1916.
[Archbishop Peacocke's Charges, 1895–1907, and Letters; personal knowledge.]
John Ossory.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Paget, Nathan

​PAGET, NATHAN, M.D. (1615–1679), physician, son of Thomas Paget, rector of Stockport, Cheshire, and nephew of John Paget (d. 1640) [q. v.], was born at Manchester in 1615. He graduated M.A. at Edinburgh, and on 25 Nov. 1638 entered as a student of medicine at Leyden, where he graduated M.D. 3 Aug. 1639. He began practice in England, outside London, and was admitted an extra licentiate of the College of Physicians of London 4 April 1640. He was incorporated M.D. at Cambridge 3 June 1642, and was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians 4 Nov. 1646. He was nominated physician to the Tower by the council of state of the Commonwealth on 31 Dec. 1649 (Masson, Milton, iv. 151). He was one of the seven physicians who aided Francis Glisson [q. v.] in the observations preparatory to the publication of the 'Tractatus de Rachitide' in 1650, and he was a friend of Milton, whose third wife was his cousin. He was a censor of the College of Physicians in 1655, 1657, 1659, 1669, and 1678, and he delivered the Harveian oration in 1664. He lived in Coleman Street, a locality then much affected by puritans (Cowley). His will, dated 7 Jan. 1679, was proved 15 Jan. 1679, and gave 20l. a year for thirty years to the College of Physicians. He died in January 1679. His library was sold by auction 24 Oct. 1681.
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