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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, William (a)

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​WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
William Wood (a) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 March, 1826.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, William

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​WOOD. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 10; h-p., 44.)
William Wood was born 21 Feb. 1770.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Sept. 1793, as Master’s Mate, on board the Aurora 28, Capts. Wm. Essington, Rich. King, Chas. Gamier, Rawlinson, Henry Digby, and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, in which ship he was for six years employed in the North Sea and Channel, on the coasts of Spain and Portugal (where he served in the boats in several cutting-out affairs), and in the Mediterranean. He then, in Sept. 1799, joined, also as Master’s Mate, the Alcmène 32, commanded by his former Captain, Digby; under whom we find him assisting, in company with other ships, at the capture, in Oct. 1799, off Cape Finisterre, of the Spanish 34-gun frigates Santa Brigida and Thetis, laden with treasure ato an enormous amount. After serving for a short time with Capt. Essington at Portsmouth in the Sceptre 74, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Aug. 1801, and appointed to the command, in the Downs, of the Flamer gun-brig; which vessel he paid off 12 April, 1802. From 12 July, 1803, until 26 April, 1804, he was employed in the Sea Fencibles at Ramsgate. This was his last appointment. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 3 Oct. 1831; and on the Senior 16 Sept. 1846.
Commander Wood married, 17 March, 1801, Miss Sarah Browning, by whom he had a daughter, now deceased, who married Capt. Edw. Chappell, R.N. Agent – J. Chippendale.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, James Frederick Lewis

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​WOOD. (Commander, 1843.)
James Frederick Lewis Wood is first-cousin of Lieut. Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice, R.N. This officer entered the Navy 1 Feb. 1820; passed his examination in 1826; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and from 9 April, 1839, until advanced on his return to England to his present rank 4 Oct. 1843, was employed in the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic Seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Woodcock, Francis Henry

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​WOODCOCK. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Francis Henry Woodcock died 11 Nov. 1845. This officer entered the Navy, 19 May, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galykheid, Capt. David Colby, bearing the flag of the late Sir Edw. Thornbrough, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman and Master’s Hate in the Ruby 64, Eagle and Kent 74’s, and Royal Sovereign 100, on the North Sea, West India, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, until transferred, in Nov. 1809, to the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Admirals Lord Collingwood and Thos. Fras. Fremantle in the Mediterranean also; where he was made Lieutenant, 25 May, 1811, into the Sultan 74, Capt. John West. In command, with Lieut. Anderson, of the boats of the latter ship, he attacked, boarded, and carried, off Bastia, 4 Dec. following, with a loss to the British of only 4 men wounded, and to the enemy of 1 man killed and several wounded, two French national armed vessels, one a settee of 8 guns and 31 men, and the other a brig of 6 guns and 53 men. In May, 1813, he removed to the Ethalion 36, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie; in which frigate he served on the coast of Ireland until paid off in Sept. 1815. This was his last appointment.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, James Monypenny

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​WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
James Monypenny Wood entered the Navy, 12 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mosquito 18. While in that vessel under the command of Capt. Sam. Jackson be assisted at the capture, 13 April, 1805, of the French privateers Orestes and Pylades of 1 gun, 6 swivels, and 33 men each, escorted, towards the close of the same year, a fleet of transports with 5000 troops, &c., for Lord Cathcart’s army in Hanover, was engaged in several warm affairs with the Boulogne flotilla, and accompanied the expedition against Copenhagen. In Jan. 1808 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in May, 1805) he removed to the Superb 74, also commanded by Capt. Sam. Jackson. After pursuing to the Mediterranean a French squadron which had effected its escape from Rochefort, he proceeded to the Baltic; where we find him present, in Aug. 1808, at the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish army under the Marquis de la Romana. In the following winter the Superb was frozen up at Gottenborg, and was only extricated by a canal being cut by her crew through four miles of ice. In the summer of 1809 she formed part of the force employed in the attack upon Walcheren. On leaving her Mr. Wood became Master’s Mate, in Nov. of the same year, of the Désirée 36, Capt. Arthur Farquhar. In her he served for nearly three years in the North Sea and assisted at the capture of several of the enemy’s armed and other vessels. In Sept. 1812 he joined the Impregnable 98, Capt. Mackenzie, lying at Portsmouth; he was next, from March until Dec. 1813, employed, again with Capt. Jackson, as Master’s Mate, in the Lacedaemonian 38, on the coast of North America; and on 23 Feb. 1815 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointment was, for a short time in 1824, to the Dover 28, flag-ship of Sir John Poo Beresford at Leith. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, John (a)

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​WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1812.)
John Wood (a) obtained his commission 23 Sept. 1812. At the commencement of the peace he was serving at the Cape of Good Hope in the Icarus 10, Capt. Thos. Barker Devon. He was afterwards, from 1822 until 1827, employed in the Coast Blockade, with his name on the books of the Severn 50, Ramillies 74, and Hyperion 42, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. Since the date last mentioned he has been on half-pay.
# Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Newspapers

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NEWSPAPERS.
The news of the day is supplied by the "Citizen" (Conservative), morning and evening editions; the "Evening Journal" (Conservative); and the "Free Press" (Liberal), which is also an evening paper. There is also a French paper, a Danish paper, three semi-weekly, and several weekly, fortnightly and monthly publications.
# Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Ottawa University

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OTTAWA UNIVERSITY.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ballantyne, John

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​BALLANTYNE. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 19; h-p., 34.)
John Ballantyne was born 20 Aug. 1775.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 July, 1794, as A.B., on board the Glory 98, Capt. Thos. Larcom, bearing the flag in the Channel of Rear-Admiral Bourmaster. Proceeding subsequently to the West Indies in the Prince of Wales 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Harvey, he assisted as Midshipman at the reduction of Trinidad, and the attack upon Porto Rico, in 1797; after which he became attached, as Master’s Mate, to the Weazle and Ambuscade, both commanded by Capt. Wm. D’Urban, in the Mediterranean, and served, from Jan. 1805, to Feb. 1808, as Sub-Lieutenant, in the Steady gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Arthur Stow, on the Channel and South America stations. Having been awarded a commission, dated 4 June, 1807, he subsequently joined – 5 March, 1808, the Proselyte bomb, Capt. Henry Jas. Lyford, in the North Sea – 1 Sept. 1809, the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Rich. Spear, off Yarmouth – and, 18 Feb. 1814, the Ariel 18, Capt. Dan. Ross, on the coast of Africa. Commander Ballantyne, who has not been employed since Jan. 1815, accepted his present rank 10 Feb. 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bannatyne, John

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​BANNATYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
John Bannatyne entered the Navy, 22 May, 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Apollo 38, Capt. John Wm. Taylor Dixon, and after serving as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Prince George 98, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Geo. Losack, on the Channel and West India stations, was, in Sept. 1806, transferred, in the latter capacity, to the Volontaire 38, Capts. Chas. Bullen, Joseph Nourse, and Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave. Subsequently to the reduction of the island of Pomégue, we find him, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, assisting, in the boats of the latter frigate and of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, at the capture and destruction, after a desperate struggle, and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the armed store-ship Lamproie, of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of merchantmen, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. He was subsequently engaged in active co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain; and, on 26 Dec. 1811, was again employed in the boats at the capture of the Décidé privateer, of 2 guns. Removing, in Sept. 1813, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Mr. Banks, on 5 Nov. following, shared in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon; after which he joined the Prince Frederick, at Plymouth, and on 8 Feb. 181.5, was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Cadmus 10, Capt. John Gedge, employed in the North Sea. He was placed on half-pay 27 Oct. following, and has not since been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
* ↑ Vide Gaz 1809, p. 1908.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 567.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barclay, John

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​BARCLAY. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
John Barclay entered the Navy, 1 May, 1797, on board the Mastiff, Lieut.-Commander John Black. In Feb. 1798, he became Midshipman of the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, and, after an intermediate servitude in the Mediterranean, was on board that ship when lost off Ushant, 10 March, 1800. During the next five years we find him successively serving in the Arethusa 38, Capt. Thos. Wolley, Carysfort 28, Capt. Adam Drummond, Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, whom he accompanied to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain. On 1 Aug. 1803, Mr. Barclay appears to have in part commanded the boats of the Hydra at the capture of the French armed lugger Le Favori, of 4 carriage-guns, hauled close to the beach about two miles to the westward of the river Toucques, near Havre de Grace, and defended by a constant fire of musketry from a body of troops, and also from the crew of the vessel, who had landed and posted themselves behind some sand-banks. On his eventual return, in the Victory, from the West Indies, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Britannia 100, bearing the flag of Lord Northesk, to which ship, after participating in the battle of Trafalgar, he was confirmed by commission dated 20 Nov. 1805. His subsequent appointments, we find, were – 9 June, 1806, to the Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Atholl Wood, under whom he served at the reduction of Curaçoa, and the blockade of the Danish West India islands in 1807 – 16 Oct. in the latter year, to the Thais, Capt. Ferrieres, chiefly employed at the Cape of Good Hope – 17 June, 1809, to the Fisgard 38, Capts. Sir Wm. Bolton and Fras. Mason, in which frigate he accompanied the expedition to Flushing, assisted in bringing off the rearguard of the British army at the subsequent evacuation of the Walcheren, and was otherwise actively employed – and, 2 June, 1813, to the President 46, Capts. Fras. Mason and Archibald Duff, under whom he witnessed the storming of San Sebastian, and served off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, for the purpose of affording them protection against the American cruisers. Having been on half-pay since 4 Sept. 1815, he at length accepted the rank he now holds, 12 May, 1838.
Commander Barclay married, in April, 1843, Caroline, daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Rooke.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barclay, Robert

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​BARCLAY. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Robert Barclay was born, 13 Sept. 1793, at Tain, co. Ross, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Narcissus 32, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, with whom he continued to serve, in the same frigate and the Rhin 38, until 26 Nov. 1813. He assisted, while in the former ship, at the capture, 18 Aug. 1807, of the Spanish schooner Cantela, pierced for 12 guns, and also at the reduction of the Saintes in 1809; and, on his removal to the Rhin, he contributed to the capture of four privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310 men; was actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain; and was twice wounded while serving in the boats as Master’s Mate. On leaving the Rhin he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Emulous 12, Capts. Wm. M‘Kenzie Godfrey, John Gore, and Thos. Wren Carter, on the Jamaica station; whence, having been confirmed by commission dated 14 Dec. 1814, he returned home, in Sept. 1815, on board the Wolverene 18, Capt. Geo. Guy Burton. Unable to procure further employment, he has since been on half-pay.
He married, 18 Sept. 1836, the only daughter of the late T. B. Matthews, Esq., of Rochester, and by that lady, who died in 1839, had issue two sons and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ballard, James Boucher

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​BALLARD. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
James Boucher Ballard entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1831; and in Dec. 1836, while Midshipman of the Leveret 10, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Bosanquet, assisted, after a chase of 800 miles, at the boarding and capture, within musket-shot distance of a Portuguese frigate and an 84-gun battery at Mozambique, of the Diogenes a slaver, mounting five 24-pounders, with a complement of 70 men. Passing his examination 5 Oct. 1837, he subsequently served as Mate, in the Mediterranean and East Indies, of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, Confiance steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stopford, and Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; from which latter ship he was promoted to an Additional-Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1843, in the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. Since 26 June, 1844, Mr. Ballard has been serving, also in the East Indies, on board the Wolverene 16, Capt. Wm. John Cavendish Clifford.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bamber, Charles Ross

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​BAMBER. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 14; h-p., 7.)
Charles Ross Bamber, born 10 June, 1812, is son of the late Commander Wm. Rich. Bamber, R.N., an officer of very distinguished merit, who died in Nov. 1843, after having faithfully served his country for 55 years, 28 of which had been passed in active employment, chiefly during the hottest part of the late wars.
This officer entered the Navy, in Jan. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, with whom, after serving for nearly four years as Midshipman, off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean, of the Spartiate and Windsor Castle 76’s, Capts. Fred. Warren and Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, he returned to England in 1830 on board the Ocean 80. He then served for three years, on the Home station, in the Wellesley 72, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings; and in Nov. 1833, shortly after passing his examination, was appointed Mate of the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, in the Mediterranean. In March, 1837, Mr. Bamber had the misfortune to have his right ankle so crushed between two lower-deck guns, while superintending the removal of one of them, as to render amputation of the leg unavoidable. He obtained his commission 1 Sept. following, and was afterwards appointed, 11 May, 1839, again to the Excellent, and, 11 May, 1841, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, also stationed in the Mediterranean, whence, owing to a fall from a ladder, he was obliged to invalid, on 3 of the ensuing Nov. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Bamber is in receipt of a pension of 45l. 12s. He married, 27 May, 1839, a daughter of U. Godfrey, Esq., of Woodlands, co. Surrey, by whom he has issue three children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bance, James

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​BANCE. (Commander, 184 1. f-p., 16; h-p., 28)
James Bance entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as A.B., on board the Prince of Orange 74, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, employed in watching the Dutch fleet in the Texel. In Sept. following he accompanied the same officer, as Midshipman, into the Leopard 50, of which ship, on Capt. Rich. Raggett assuming the command, as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Billy Douglas, on the Downs station, he became, in Aug. 1806, Master’s Mate. He next served with Capt. Raggett in the Leander and Africaine frigates, and with Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Victory 100, on the Halifax and Baltic stations; received an acting order as Lieutenant of the Zebra sloop, Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, 13 June, 1808; and, on 9 Jan. 1809, was confirmed into the Mars 74, Capts. Wm. Lukin, John Surman Carden, and Henry Raper. After serving in the latter ship for four years on the Lisbon and Home stations, Lieut. Bance joined, 3 June, 1813, the Eridanus 36, Capt. Henry Prescott, with whom we find him cruising off the Western Islands until obliged to invalid, in March, 1815. His next and last appointment afloat was, 6 April, 1821, as First Lieutenant, to the Aurora 46, also commanded by Capt. Prescott, in which frigate he returned to England from South America, and was paid off in Feb. 1825. He attained the rank he now holds 23 Nov. 1841. Commander Bance is at present employed as Port-Captain at Cape Town, (Cape of Good Hope. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barker, Charles

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​BARKER. (Commander, 1845.)
Charles Barker entered the Navy 22 Dec. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His after appointments were – in the course of 1839, to the Inconstant 36 and Snake 16, Capts. Dan. Pring and John Baker Porter Hay, on the North America and West India station – 31 Oct. 1840, to ​the Monarch 84, Capt. Sam. Chambers, in the Mediterranean – and, 24 Sept. 1844, as First Lieutenant, to the Firebrand steam-frigate, Capts. Armar Lowry Corry and Jas. Hope, employed on the south-east coast of America. He acquired his present rank 18 Not. 1845. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fielding, Sarah

​Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768).—Novelist, was the sister of the above, who had a high opinion of her talents. She wrote several novels, including David Simple (1744), The Governess, and The Countess of Dellwyn. She also translated Xenophon's Memorabilia and Apologia (1762).
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Filmer, Sir Robert

​Filmer, Sir Robert (d. 1653?).—Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an enthusiastic Royalist, was knighted by Charles I. and, in 1671, was imprisoned in Leeds Castle, Kent. He is notable as the defender, in its most extreme form, of the doctrine of the divine right of kings, which he expounded in a succession of works, of which the latest and best known, Patriarcha, appeared in 1679. His theory is founded on the idea that the government of a family by the father is the original and method of all government. His doctrines were afterwards attacked by Locke in his Treatise on Government. He was opposed to the persecution of old women for supposed witchcraft.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Finlay, George

​Finlay, George (1799-1875).—Historian, of Scottish descent, was b. at Faversham, Kent, where his f., an officer in the army, was inspector of government powder mills. Intended for the law, he was ed. at Glasgow, Göttingen, and Edin., but becoming an enthusiast in the cause of Greece, he joined Byron in the war of independence, and thereafter bought a property near Athens, where he settled and busied himself with schemes for the improvement of the country, which had little success. His History of Greece, produced in sections between 1843 and 1861, did not at first receive the recognition which its merits deserved, but it has since been given by students in all countries, and specially in Germany, a place among works of permanent value, alike for its literary style and the depth and insight of its historical views. It was re-issued in 1877 as A History of Greece from the Roman Conquest to the Present Time (146 B.C. to 1864).
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fitzgerald, Edward

​Fitzgerald, Edward (1809-1883).—Translator and letter-writer, was b. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, s. of John Purcell, who took his wife's surname on the death of her f. in 1818. He was ed. at Bury St. Edmunds and Camb. Thereafter he lived in retirement and study with his parents until 1838, when he took a neighbouring cottage. In 1856 he m. a dau. of Bernard Barton, the poet, from whom, however, he soon separated. Afterwards he lived at various places in the East of England, continuing his studies, with yachting for his chief recreation. By this time, however, he had become an author, having written a life of his father-in-law prefixed to his coll. poems (1849), Euphranor, a dialogue on youth (1851), and Polonius, a Collection of Wise Saws and Modern Instances (1852). Becoming interested in Spanish literature, he pub. translations of Six Dramas of Calderon. Thereafter turning his attention to Persian, he produced (1859), anonymously, his famous translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám. He also pub. translations of the Agamemnon of Æschylus, and the Œdipus Tyrannus and Œdipus Coloneus of Sophocles. In his translations F. aimed not so much at a mere literal reproduction of the sense of the original, as at reproducing its effect on the reader, and in this he was extraordinarily successful. In the department of letter-writing also he attained an excellence perhaps unequalled in his day.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fitzstephen, William

​Fitzstephen, William (d. 1190).—Was a servant of Thomas à Becket, witnessed his murder, and wrote his biography, which contains an interesting account of London in the 12th century.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fiske, John

​Fiske, John (1842-1901).—Miscellaneous writer, was b. at Hartford, Connecticut. The family name was Green; but this he dropped, and adopted that of his mother's family. After being at Harvard he studied for, and was admitted to, the Bar, but did not practise. He wrote on a variety of subjects, including mythology, history, and evolution. Among his books on these subjects are, Myths and Mythmakers (1872), Cosmic Philosophy, Darwinism, The Idea of God, Origin of Evil. He was also the author of many works on America. These include Old Virginia, New France and New England, The American Revolution, and Discovery of America (1892).
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Flavel, John

​Flavel, John (1627-1691).—Divine, b. at Bromsgrove, studied at Oxf., was a Presbyterian, and was settled at Dartmouth, but ejected from his living in 1662, continuing, however, to preach there secretly. He was a voluminous and popular author. Among his works are Husbandry Spiritualised and Navigation Spiritualised, titles which suggest some of his characteristics as an expositor.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Flecknoe, Richard

​Flecknoe, Richard (d. 1678).—Poet, said to have been an Irish priest. He wrote several plays, now forgotten, also miscellaneous poems, some of them sacred, and a book of travels. His name has been preserved in Dryden's satire, MacFlecknoe, as ​"throughout the realms of nonsense absolute;" but according to some authorities his slighter pieces were not wanting in grace and fancy.
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