Page:Cousins's Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.djvu/310

 298 Dictionary of English Literature PATTISON, MARK (1813-1884). Scholar and biographer

b. at Hornby, Yorkshire, s. of a clergyman, ed. privately and at Oxf where in 1839 he became Fellow of Lincoln Coll., and acquired high reputation as a tutor and examiner. At first strongly in fluenced by Newman and the Tractarian movement, he ultimatel abandoned that school. In 1851, failing to be elected head of hi coll., he threw up his tutorship, and devoted himself to severe study occasionally writing on educational subjects in various reviews. I 1 86 1, however, he attained the object of his ambition, being electe Rector of Lincoln Coll. In 1883 he dictated a remarkable aut( biography, coming down to 1860. In 1875 he had pub. a Life <. Isaac Casaubon, and he left materials for a Life of Scaliger, whic he had intended to be his magnum opus. He also wrote Milton fo the English Men of Letters Series, and produced an ed. of h: sonnets.

PAULDING, JAMES KIRKE (1779-1860). Novelist, etc., b

in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became friend of W. Irving, and was part author with him of Salmagundi a continuation of which by himself proved a failure. Among hi other writings are John Bull and Brother Jonathan (1812), a satire The Dutchman's Fireside (1831), a romance which attained popu larity, a Life of Washington (1835), and some poems.

PAYN, JAMES (1830-1898). Novelist, s. of an official ii

the Thames Commission, ed. at Eton, Woolwich, and Camb. H was a regular contributor to Household Words and to Chambers' Journal, of which he was ed. 1859-74, and in which several of hi works first appeared; he also ed. the Cornhill Magazine 1883-96 Among his novels upwards of 60 in number may be mentione Lost Sir Massingberd, The Best of Husbands, Walter's Word, B Proxy (1878), A Woman's Vengeance, Carlyon's Year, Thicker tha Water, A Trying Patient, etc. He also wrote a book of poems an a volume of literary reminiscences.

PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866). Novelist, b. a

Weymouth, the only child of a London merchant, was in boyhoo< at various schools, but from the age of 13 self-educated. Neverthe less, he became a really learned scholar. He was for long in th India Office, where he rose to be Chief Examiner, coming betweei James Mill and John Stuart Mill. He was the author of severa somewhat whimsical, but quite unique novels, full of paradox, pre judice, and curious learning, with witty dialogue and occasions poems interspersed. Among them are Headlong Hall (1816), Night mare Abbey (1818), Maid Marian (1822), Misfortunes of Elphi (1829), Crotchet Castle (1831), and Gryll Grange (1860). He was th intimate friend of Shelley, memoirs of whom he contributed t Fraser's Magazine.

PEARSON, CHARLES HENRY (1830-1894). B. at Islingtoc

ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he becam Prof, of Modern History. Owing to a threatened failure of sight b went to Australia, where he remained for 20 years, and was for a tiro Minister of Education of Victoria. Returning to England in 189