The General Biographical Dictionary, Volumen 14J. Nichols, 1814 |
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... England does not appear , but he resided here a con- siderable time , in Fountain court in the Strand , London . He died at Bristol in May 1721. He drew many of the portraits which he engraved from nature , but they are not remarkable ...
... England does not appear , but he resided here a con- siderable time , in Fountain court in the Strand , London . He died at Bristol in May 1721. He drew many of the portraits which he engraved from nature , but they are not remarkable ...
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... England , Germany , and the Low Countries , in order to obtain the instructions of the most celebrated pro- fessors ; and afterwards repaired to Jena , where he was distinguished by the extent of his acquirements , and ob- tained the ...
... England , Germany , and the Low Countries , in order to obtain the instructions of the most celebrated pro- fessors ; and afterwards repaired to Jena , where he was distinguished by the extent of his acquirements , and ob- tained the ...
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... England . On their return to France they parted , and Fabricius went to Leyden , where he took his degree of doctor in divinity . Soon after he was appointed professor of divinity at Heidel- berg , superintendant of the studies of the ...
... England . On their return to France they parted , and Fabricius went to Leyden , where he took his degree of doctor in divinity . Soon after he was appointed professor of divinity at Heidel- berg , superintendant of the studies of the ...
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... England , as he was styled , Fabroni was ordered by his college to compose an oration in praise of that prince , which he accordingly delivered in the presence of the car- dinal duke of York , who expressed his sense of its merit not ...
... England , as he was styled , Fabroni was ordered by his college to compose an oration in praise of that prince , which he accordingly delivered in the presence of the car- dinal duke of York , who expressed his sense of its merit not ...
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... England , where he resided about four months , and became acquainted with Waring , Maskelyne , Priestley , and Dr. Franklin , who once invited him to go to America , which , he informs us , he foolishly refused . With what he found in ...
... England , where he resided about four months , and became acquainted with Waring , Maskelyne , Priestley , and Dr. Franklin , who once invited him to go to America , which , he informs us , he foolishly refused . With what he found in ...
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