Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

FAMOUS BEFORE FORTY.
Celebrities Who Achieved Fame Early
In Life.


poser, it is claimed, wrote Lovers
Mistake" a song which was sung by
the prima donna, Nine. Vestris, in the
drama IL Paul Pry."
At IL Bacon pointed out The errors
of Aristotle's philosophy; Edward
Landseer gained fame by his pictures
Dogs lighting" and Didbin, the writ
er OF sea songs, staged mis- nrst come
dy, The Shepherds Artifice," at CO.
vent Garden.
At II Washington Irving was de-
lighting the readers of the morning
Chronicle; Halevy obtained the first
prize of the Academy Of Paris for his
cantata of 'Hermione,' and Chatter
ton, perhaps England's greatest liter
ary prodigy, died by his own hand.
At IS Mendelssohn produced Mid
summer-n nights Dream" Meyerbeer,
'Jeptha's Daughter" Schubert, "Erl
King" Bach was court musician at
weimar; Michael Angelo executed his
basso-rilievo Of the Battle Of the Gen.
taurs;" Da Vincrs work was acknowl-
edged by his master, Verochia, to far
surpass his own; Lope de Vega, the
Spanish dramatist, had composed Ar
cadia;" Savage produced his first
comedy, "Woman's Riddle" and
Shelley wrote Queen Mab."
At 19 Charles XII, King Of Sweden,
with 10000 troops routed $4,000 Rus
slams under Peter the Great at Narva:
George Washington was a major;
CAIRO del Cieolo" came from the Span
ish pen of Calderon; Wilkie, the Eng
lish painter, painted his "Pitlessie
Fair" containing 14O figures, regarded
as one of the most complete canvases
of the period; Tennyson won the
Chancellor's medal at Cambridge uni
versity for his poem "Timbuctoo." and
Klopstock conceived and composed a
good part Of his Messiah" the great
work which gave such impulse and i'm
petus to German literature and fired
the genius Of the Fatherland.
At 20 Tintoretto was one Of the most
prolific and popular painters in Italy;
Schelling had grappled with the phil
osophy of Kant; Gilileo had discovered
the use of the pendulum; Lafayette was
major general and Garrison voiced
emancipation for the slave.
At 21 Alexander stood at the head Of
his army on the plains Of Thessaly,
Wilberforce entered parliament, and
Tasso had begun his immortal poem,
Jerusalem Delivered" which took
ten years to complete.
At % Paul Potter painted 1.-THE
Young Bull" now in the museum at
The Hague, said to be one of the fin
est animal pictures on canvas; Camp
bell wrote his Pleasures Of Hope" on
which his fame as a poet rests; Far
quhar had made for himself lasting
name as a dramatist and Conde was
the most famous military general Of
his time.
At 2S Browning wrote "Paracelsus."
Bailey gave us "Festus." Wagner had
written "Lohensrin," Emmet had thrill
ed Ireland with his pathetic eloquence,
Michael Angelo had completed "Pieta."
his masterpiece in marble and Newton
had discovered the law Of gravitation.
At "a William Pitt was Chancellor Of
the Exchequer; Ruskin had written his
Modern Painters" in five volumes,
which established his reputation as
England's greatest art critic; Sheri-
dan had produced 1.-The Rivals" By
ron published the first canto Of "Childe
Harold" and Rossini produced his
most popular opera, 1.-The Barber Of
Seville"
At 25 Aeschylus was the most ia
nous poet of Greece; Coleridse had
finished the marvellous metrical poem,
1.-The Ancient Mariner" Don John Of
Austria had won Lepanto and James
Montgomery had written his best COM
positions.
Al 26 Mark Antony was the hc'o of
Rome, Hannibal was in command Of
the entire Carthagenian army; C"aIlrs
Dickens produced his best and most
popular novel, "Oliver Twist" Howe
invented the sewing machine; Benia-
min Franklin had written his best phil
osophical work, Poor Richard" Mil
ton conceived his Paradise Lost,
though not executed before he was 40;
Spenser, author of the Fairy Queen"
published his first work, 1.-The Shep-
herds Calendar" Roger Williams had
aroused all the intolerance of New
England and proved himself the pion-
eer Of religious liberty, the first type
of a true American, and John Wesley
had identified his name with Method
ism.
At q John Calvin wrote his "Insti-
tutes of Christian Religion" Toplady,
Rock Of Ages" Napoleon led his bril-
liant Italian campaign, and Eli Whit
ney invented. the cotton gin.
At % Raphael painted his master
piece, The Sistine Madonna" Thomas
Moore wrote "Lalla Rookh," Pollock his
Course of Time" and Lamartine his
"Poetical Meditations."
At 30 Scipio gained the battle Of
Zana, Watts revolutionized the indus
tries of the earth by making steam the
most powerful agency in the progress
Of mankind, Josiah Widgwood discov-
cred the secret for making the china
which bears his name, and Shelley died
after enriching the world of literature
with his unrivalled poetry.
At 30 Caesar achieved his greatest
conquest Luther broke the sable night
of the sixteenth century; Charlemange
had made himself master of the French
and German empires; Cortez gazed
on the golden cupolas of Mexico AL
exander Hamilton had formulated our
Federal constitution Horace Greeley
had founded the New York Tribune
and John Howard Payne had sung his
deathless song of Home. Sweet
Home"
At 81, Renni planned and built the
London bridge: Tescot, the Louvre;
Christopher Wren was commissioned
to rebuild st. Paul's. London; Cham
pollion announced his wonderful dis
cOyery of the Egyptian alphabet; Maui