MEN OF LEARNING AND GENIUS. N. B. By the Date is implied the Time when the Writers died; but when that period happens not to be known the age in which they flourished is figmfied by fl. Bef. Chrift. 907 TOMER, the firft profane writer and Creek poet flourished. Hefiod, the Greek poet, fuppofed to have lived near the time of Homer. 884 Lycurgus, the Spartan lawgiver. 600 Sappho the Greek Lyric poetefs, 4. 558 Solon, lawgiver of Athens. 556 fop, the first Greek fabulist. $48 Thales, the firft Greek aftronomer and geographer. 497 Pythagoras, founder of the Pythagorean philofophy in Greece. 478 Confucius, the Chinese Philofopher, 474 Anacreon, the Greek lyric poet. 456 Alchylus, the firft Greek tragic poet. 435 Pindar the Greek lyric poet. 413 Herodotus, of Greece. the firft writers of profane hiftory. 407 Arilophanes, the Greek comic poet, fl. Euripides the Greek tragic poet. 406 Sophocles, ditto. 400 Socrates the founder of moral philofophy in Greece. Deinocritus, the Greek philofopher. 359 Xenophon, ditto, and hiftorian. 348 Plato, the Greek philofopher, and difciple of Socrates. 336 Ifocrates, the Greek orator. 332 Ariftotle, the Greek philofopher, and difciple of Plato. 313 Demofthenes, the Athenian orator poifons himself. 188 Theophraftus. the Greek philofopher, and fcholar of Ariftotle, 285 Theocritus, firft Greek paftoral poet, fl. 277 Euclid, of Alexandria, in Egypt, the mathematician, f. 270 Epicurus founder of the Epicurean Philofophy in Greece. 268 Berofus, the Chaldean hiftorian. 264 Zeno founder of the ftoic philofophy in Greece. 244 Callimacus, the Greek elegiac poet. 208 Archimedes, the Greek geometrician. 184. Plautus the Roman comic poet. 179 Enaius, the Roman poet. 159 Terance, of Carthage, Latin comic poet. 155 Diogenes, of Babylon, ftoic philofopher. 124 Polybius, of Greece, the Greek and Roman historian. 53 Lucretius, the Roman poet. 44 Julius Cæfar, the Roman hiftorian and commentator, killed. 43. Cicero, the Roman orater and philofopher, put to death. 84 Salluft the Roman hiftorian. 30 Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus, the Roman hiftorian, f. 19 Virgil, the Roman epic poet. 11 Catullus, Tibuilns, and Propertius, Romin pocts. 8 Horace Roman lyric and fatyric poet. After Chrift. 17 Livy, the Roman hiftorian. 19 Ovid, the Roman elegiac poet. 20 Celfus the Roman philofopher and phyfician, A. $2 Phædrus, the Roman fabulia. 45 Paterculus, the Roman hiftorian. . 62 Paris, the Roman fajytic poet. 64 Qui tins Cu tus, a Roman, biltorian of Alexander of Macedon, A. Seneca of Spain, the philofopher and tragic poci, put to death. 65 Lucan. the Roman énic poet ditto. 79 Piy the elder, the konan natural hiftorian. 93 Joie, hus, the Jewish bittorian. Stiftetus, the Greek stoic philofopher, fl. 95 Cumtition. Ronan orto, and advocate. 96 Statius, the Roman epic poet. 98 Lucios Fous, Spain, the Roman hißorian, f. 99 Taitas, the Ro.. hitro lan. 104 Mential of Spain, epirala usic poet. Valerius Flaccus, the Roteris poet. 116 Play the younger, Infiorical letters. 128 veral, the Rome Sarynic post. 140 Plomy. the Egyptian geographer, raathematician and aftronamer. L 150 Jufum the Romitorian, il. 101 Arrian the Roman hoian and philofopher, fl. 167 Julti, of Samaria, the oldelt Chritian author after the apofiles. 180 Lubien, the Roman phile foj hôr. Marcus Aur Antonia, Roman Fperor and philofopher. 193 Galen, the Greek philofopha and phylician. 200 Diogenes Laertius, Greek bio paphiei, fl. 229 Dion Callius, of Greece the Koran hiftorian, fl. 254 Origen, Chriflian Father of Alexandria. Herodian of Alexandria, the Romen hiftorian, f 258 Cyp lan of Carthage, filios muty cum. 273 Longius the Greek ontor, put to death by Aurelian. 330 Lactantius, a father of the clach, 302 Arius, a prieit of Alexandria, founder of the fect of Arians. 342 Eufebius, the ecclefiaftical hiftorian and chronologer. 379 Batil, bishop of Cæfarea. 389 Gregory, Nazianzen, Bishop of Conftantinople. 395 Claudian, the Roman poet, fl. Heliodorus, Phænicia, Ethiopics, &c. 397 Ambrofe, bifhon of Milan. 415 Macrobius, the Roman grammarian. 4:8 Esthropius, the Roman historisa 524 Bestius the Roman poet and Platonic philofopher. 529 Procopius, of Cæfarea, the Koman hitorian. MODERN AUTHORS. 785 Bede a prieft of Northumberland; hiftory of the Saxons, Scots &c. go. King Alfred; hiftory, philofophy. 980 Avicenna, the M. horietan philofopher and phyfician. 1118 Anna Commena; Alexiad, or life of her father caperor Alexius Comneus. 1206 Averioes, Corduba, the Arabian philofopher. 1259 Mathew Paris, wonk of St. zilban's; birory of England. 292 Koger bacon, Somei fetflire; natural philofophy. 121 Dante, Florence; poctay. 174 Petrach, Arezzo in Italy; poetry. 1275 Boccace, Tulcany; the Deca ueron, poems, &c. 1400 Chaucer, London; the forer of Egh poetry. 1451 Platina, Italy; Lives of the Popes, &c. 1302 Montige, Perigord in Esence; clays. ago Philip cc Commines, Flanders; hiftorical memoirs. 1517 Marin Luther, the founder of proithanism, fl. Join Calvin, do. do. A. 1530 Machiavel, Florence; politics, comedies, &c. 3434 Arioxo, Lombardy; Orlando Furiofo, and five comedies, Ma. 1535 Sir Thomas Moore, London; hiftory, politics, &c. 36 Erafmus, Roterdam; colloquies, praife of Folly, &c. 40 Guicciardini, Florence; history of Italy. 43 Copernicus, Thorn in Pruffia, aftronomy. 49 Michael de Carvantes Saavedra, Alcala in Spain; Don Quixotte, &c. 52 John Leland, London; lives and antiquities. 66 Hannibal Caro, Civita Nuova; poems and tranflations. Vida, Cremona; art of poetry, and other didactic poems. 68 Roger Afcham, Yorkshire; philology. 87 Rev. Jolin Knox, the Scots reformer; hiftory of the church of Scotland 79 Camoens, Lisbon; the Luciad, an epic poem. 82 George Buchannan, hiftory of Scotland, pfalms of David, politics, &c. 90 Davila, ifle of Cyprus; hiftory of the civil wars of France. 95 Torquato Taffo, Italy; Jerufalem delivered, Aminta, &c. 98 Edmund Spencer, London; Fairy Queen and other poems. 1600 Rev. Richard Hooker, Exeter; Ecclefiattical Polity. 5 Ulyffes Adrovandus, Bologna; natural history. 8 Mendez, Caftile; hiftory of China, fl. 10 Richard Knolles, Northamptonshire; hiftory of the Turks 12 Battista Guarini, Ferrara; the Faithful Shepherd, a paftoral Poem. 15-25 Beaumont and Fletcher; 35 dramatic pieces. 16 William Shakespeare, Stratford; 42 dramatic pieces. 22 John Napeer, Marchefton, Scotland; inventor of logarithms. 23 William Camden, London; hiftory and antiquities. Father Paul Sarpi, Venice; hiftory of the council of Trent, Rights of 24 John Mariana, Caftile; hiftory of Spain. 25 John Baptift Marino, Naples; poetry. 26 Lord Chancellor Bacon, London; philofophy and literature in general. 28 Francis de Malherbe, Normandy; poetry. 30 John Kepler, Wittemberg; aftronomy. 34 Lord Chief-Juftice Coke, Norfolk laws of England. 35 Trajan Boccalini, Rome: fatyrical pieces, fl 38 Ben Johnson, London: dramatic pieces. 39 Philip Maflinger, Salisbury: 14 dramatic pieces. 41 Sir Henry Spelman, Norfolk: laws and antiquities Jeremiah Horror, Lancashire: astronomy, died at the age of 22. 46 Lewis Veliz Guevara, Andalufia: comedies. 50 Des Cartes, Touraine : philofophy and mathematics. 54 John Shelden, Suffex antiquities and laws. John Lewis de Balzac, Angouleme : letters, &c. 55 Peter Gaffendi, Provence aftronomy. 56 Archbishop Ufher, Dublin: divinity and chronology. 57 Dr. William Harvey, Kent: difcovered the circulation of the blood. 62 Pafcal, Aveigne: thoughts upon Religion, &c. 67 Abraham Cowley, London: mifcellaneous poetry. 69 Sir John Denham, Dublin: Cowper's Hill and other poems. 73 Molrere, Paris: comedies. 74 John Milton, London: Paradife Loft, Paradife Regained, and various other pieces in verfe and profe. Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Wiltshire, hiftory of the civil wars in England 80 Samuel Butler, Worcefterfhire: Hudibrafs, a burlesque poem. - -- Dr. Lewis Moreri, Provence: Hiftorical Dictionary. 83 Mezelay, Lower Normandy: abridgement of the hiftory of France. verfe, Horace's art of poetry. Peter Corneille, Rouen: 30 dramatic pieces. 85 Thomas Otway, London: ten tragedies and comedies, 87 Edmund Waller, Bucks; poems. VOL. IV. (e) &c. 1688 Dr. Ralph Cutworth, Somerfetfhire: Intellectual System. 89 Dr. Thomas Sydenham, Dorfctthire hiftory of Phyfic. Dr. Bonet, Geneva: eleven tragedies Barclay, Edinburgh: apology for the Quakers. 91 Robert Boyle, natural and experimental philofophy, &c. Sir George McKenzie, Dundee: antiquities and laws of Scotland. 95 John Tillotfon, Archbishop of Canterbury; Halifax: 250 fermons. Antonietta de la Garde Des Houlieres, Paris: poetry. - Marcellus Malpighy, Bologna: difcovered the circulation of fap in plants 95 H'Herbelot, Paris: Bibliotheque orientale. Huygens, Hague: mathematics and aftronomy. 96 John de la Bruyere, France: characters. Marchionefs De Sevigne, France: letters. 97 Sir W. Temple, London: politics and polite literature. : 98 John Dryden, Northamptonshire 27 tragedies and comedies, fatyric poems, ode on Saint Cecilia's day, &c. Thomas Creech, Dorfetthire: tranflations. 1703 Mafcaron, Marseilles: funeral orations. 4 John Locke, Somersetshire: philofophy, government and theology, Bocconi, Palermo: natural hiftory. - Boffuet, Dijon: difcourfe upon univerfal history, funeral orations, &c. 5 John Ray, Effex: botany, natural philofophy and divinity. 6 Bailet, Picardy: judgments of the learned, biography, &c. 7 George Farquhar, Londonderry: 8 comedies. Rev. James Saurin, Sermons, tracts, fi. 8 John Philips, Oxfordshire: Splendid Shilling and other poems. 9 Thomas Cornicle, brother to Peter; tragedies. 12 Boileau, Paris: fatires, epifties, art of poetry, the Lutrin, &c. Caffini, Italy: aftronomy. 13 Ant. Afh. Cooper. E. of Shaftsbury: characteristics. 14 Gilbert Burnet, Edin. Bishop of Salisbury: hiftory, biography, &c. 15 Malebranche, Paris, philofophy. 16 Francis de Salignac De la mothe Fenelon, archbp. of Cambray, Perigord : Telemachus, dialogues of the dead, demonftrations of the being of God. Leibnits, Leipfic: philofophy &c. 18 Nicholas Rowe, Devonshire, 7 tragedies, tranflat. of Lucan's Pharfalia. 19 Rev. John Flamstead, Derbyshire mathematics and aftronomy. Jofeph Addifon, Wiltshire: Spectator, Guardian, tragedy of Cato, &c. Dr. John Keill, Edinburgh: mathematics and aftronomy. 19 Sir Samuel Garth, Yorkshire: poetry. 20 Anne Dacier, France: tranflation of Homer, Terence, &c. 21 Matthew Prior, London: poems and politics. 23 Fleury, Paris: history. Bayle, Foix: hiftorical and critical dictionary. 25 Kapin de Theyras, Languedoc : hiftory of England. 27 Sir Ifaac Newton, Lincolnshire, mathematics, geometry, aftronomy, &c. 28 Father Daniel, Rouen: hiftory of France. 29 Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke, Norwich: mathematics, divinity, &c. Sir Richard Steele, Dublin: four comedies, papers in Tatler, &c. 32 John Gay, Exeter: poems, fables and eleven dramatic pieces. 38 Dr. Boerhave, Leyden: botany, &c. 40 Ephraim Chambers, England: Cyclopædia. 41 Rollin, Paris : hiftory, belles-letters. - John Baptifte Rouffeau, Paris: odes, epiftles, epigrams, comedies, letters 42 Dr. Edmund Halley, London, natural philofophy, aftronomy, navigation. 43 Mafillon, France: fermons. -- Richard Savage, London: tragedy, &c. 44 Alexander Pope, London : poems, letters, tranflations of Homer. 1745 Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dublin: poems, politics and letters. 46 Colin M'Daurin, Argylefhire: Algebra, view of Newton's philofophy. 47 Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, president of Princeton College : divinity. 48 James Thompfon, Roxburyfhire, Seafons and other pieces. Rev. Dr. Haac Watts, Southampton: logic, philofophy, Pfalms, &c. 50 Rev. Dr. Conyers Middleton, Yorkihire: life of Cicero, &c. Andrew Baxter, Old Aberdeen : metaphyfics and natural philofophy. 51 Lord Bolingbroke, Surry: philofophy, metaphyfics and politics. 52 Rev. Dr. Doddridge: family expolitor, lectures, fermons, &c. 54 Dr. Richard Mead, London: on poifon, plague, fmall-pox, medicine. Henry Fielding, Somerfetfhire: Tom Jones, Jofeph Andrews, &c. 55 Montefquieu, Bourdeaux: fpirit of laws, grandeur and declenfion of the Romans, Pertian letters, &c. 56 W. Collins, Chichefter: poetry. Wen, England: tranflation of Pindar, poems. 57 Reaumur, Rochelle: natural hiftory of Infects. Rev. Aaron Burr, president of Princeton College: Answer to Emyln's Colly Cibber, London: plays. 58 Rev. Jonathan Edwards, prefident of Princeton college divinity, metaphyfics. 60 Rev. Samuel Davies, prefident of Princeton college fermons. 61 Sherlock, bifhop of London : fermons. Hoadley, bishop of Winchefter: fermons. Richardfon, London: Grandifon, Clariffa, Pamela. Rev. Dr. John Leland, Lancashire: answer to deiftical writers. 63 Wm. Shentone, Shropshire : poems. 64 Rev. Chas. Churchill, England: Rofiad, fatires. 65 Rev. Dr. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, and other poems, &c. Robert Simfon, Glasgow: Conic Sections, Elucliad, Apollonius. 66 Rev. Dr. Samuel Finley, prefident of Princeton college: fermons, tra&s Rev. Thomas Clapp, prefident of Yale college: fermons, tracts. 67 Dr. Alexander Monro, Edinburg: anatomy of the bones, anatomical and medical effays. Metaftatio, Italy: dramatic pieces, fl. 68 Rev. Laurence Sterne, Dublin: 45 fermons, Sentimental Journey, Triftram Shandy, William Cunningham, Ireland: paftorals, &c. 69 Robert Smith, Lincolnshire; harmonies and optics. 75 Dr. Marit Akenfide, Newcastle upon Tyne: poems. - Dr. Tobias Smollet, Dumbartonfire hiftory of England. 71 Thomas Gray, London: poems. 73 Earl of Cheflerfield : letters. George lord Littleton, Worcestershire hiflory of England. 74 Oliver Goldsmith, Rofcommon, in Ireland: Hiftory of the Earth and animated nature, Citizen of the World, effays. Hon. Peyton Randolph, firk profident of the American congrefs. 75 Dr. John Hawkefworth: eliays. 76 David Hume, Merfe, Scotland: hiftory of England, effays. James Fergufon, Aberdeenshire: aftronomy. 77 Samuel Foote, Cornwall: plays. 78 Voltaire, Paris. the Henriad, an epic poem, dramatic pieces, poetry, hiftory, literature in general. Rev. Dr. Elliot, Bofen: ferns. 79 David Garrick, Here ford: plays. Win Warburton, bihop of Gloucefler divine legation of Mofes, and So Sir William Blackftone, judge of the court of common pleas, London: commentaries on the laws of England Dr. John Fothergili, Yorkinire: philofophy and medicine. Jas. Harris: Hermes, philological enquiries, philofophical arrangements |