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and Art (1855), a volume of poems (i860), various novels, studies of Eembrandt and Franz Hals, and a volume of sketches of London life (Londinias, 1873), illustrated by himself. He was a Hellenist of dis tinction, and translated into Dutch the Iliad and Odyssey (1878-80). In 1872 he was admitted to the Amsterdam Aca demy of Science. Vosmaer s Eationalism chiefly appeared in his journalistic articles. He edited the Tydstroom (1858-59) and the Spectator (1860-73). His best work for years was done in the Spectator, of which he was the soul. D. June 12, 3888.

YOSS, Professor Johann Heinrich,

German poet and philologist. B. Feb. 20, 1751. Ed. Gottingen University. Voss s parents had been impoverished, and he had to earn money to pay for his education by tutoringand by poems inthe Musenalmanach. At Gottingen he began to study for the Church ; but he became a Eationalist and turned to philology. He taught for some years, and was editor of the Musenal manach. In 1781 he published a trans lation of Homer s Odyssey, which opened his career as one of the most successful classical translators of his time. He translated into German Vergil s Bucolics, the Iliad, Horace, Theocritus, Tibullus, Aristophanes, etc. He also rendered into German thirteen of Shakespeare s plays (1818-29). In 1805 he was appointed professor of classical philology at Heidel berg University. Voss also published original verse, and he was one of the sturdiest enemies of the Eomanticists and mystics of the day. When his personal friend, Count von Stolberg, joined the Eoman Church, Voss severely attacked him. D. Mar. 29, 1826.

YOSS, Richard, German dramatist. B. Sep. 2, 1851. Ed. Jena and Munich Universities. Voss went to Italy in his youth, but he was recalled to take part in the War of 1870. He was disabled, and he then took up the study of philosophy at the universities. His long and dis- 855

tinguished series of dramas and tragedies opened in 1874. His Die Patrizierin (1880) and Luigia San Felice (1882) won for him a high reputation, and from that time he produced almost annually until the end of the century. In 1884 he was appointed librarian of the Wartburg. His art was undisputed, but his tragedies (especially Helena, 1874 ; Sherben, 1878 ; etc.) were too sombre and philosophical for the public. His drama, Pater Modestus (1882), reflects his Eationalistic views. Voss has written also a number of novels and literary works.

YOYSEY, the Rev. Charles, B.A., Theistic preacher and writer. B. Mar. 18, 1828. Ed. Stockwell Grammar School and Oxford (St. Edmund s Hall). He became a clergyman of the Church of England, and served at various places until 1871. For some time he had attracted attention by his heresies, and at length the Archbishop of York took legal proceedings against him. After a two years struggle Voysey was, in 1871, deprived of his living and ordered to pay the costs of the case. He founded a Theistic Church in London, which in 1885 removed to Swallow Street. Mr. Voysey, who was a non-Christian Theist, wrote a number of pamphlets and small works on his views. He was for twenty-five years on the Executive Council of the Inebriates Home. D. July 20, 1912.

YULPIAN, Professor Edme Felix Alfred, M.D., French physician. B. Jan. 5, 1826. Ed. Paris Ecole de Mede- cine. After being for a time secretary to Flourens at the Museum, Vulpian was appointed physician at the Salpetriere Hospital. In 1867, in spite of violent charges of Materialism put forward by the bishops, he became professor of patho logical anatomy at the Ecole de Medecine. The clericals tried in vain for years to dislodge him. He was admitted to the Academy of Medicine in 1868, and he became Dean of the Medical Faculty in 1875. In 1876 he was admitted to the Academy of Sciences. Vulpian wrote many 85G