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rectory-house of St Margaret's, Loth- bury; St Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 1817; held an independent service in London, 1845-48 ; d. at Spitalfields.

Dinge*, Antoine, 1759-1832. Joseph Ripault Desoiweaux. A French scholar and historian.

Dingle, Edward, 1814-. E. De An English religious writer; b. in Cal- lington; resided there, 1832-52; and at Tavistock, 1852-79 et seq.

Dinnies, Mrs. Anne Peyse (Shack- elf ord) J/ofoa An American " South- land" poet; b. at Georgetown, SC ; educ. at Charleston; married, at the early age of fourteen, Mr. J, C Dinnies, of St Louis, Mo.; and 1846-08 et seq resided in New Orleans.

Dinsmoor, Robert, 1759-1836. The Rustic Bard An American poet; b. at Windham, K.H. ; served in the Revolu- tionary War; then became a farmer in his native town.

Dircks, Henry, LL.D., 1806-. H. D. An English engineer and miscellaneous writer; b. at Liverpool; was a consulting engineer, 1842-58; afterwards travelled extensively on the Continent.

Disney, John, D.D, 1746-1816. Anti- Draco. An English minister ; b. at Lin- coln, and educ. at Cambridge; was for some years minister of the Unit Chapel, in Essex Street, London.

Disosway, E. Leal. An American writer for the young.

Disraeli, Benjamin. Beakitorius ; Runnymede. See Beaconsfield, Earl of.

Disraeli, Isaac, Esq., D.C.L., 1766- 1848. /. D 5 /.; Euterpe; Messrs. Tag, Rag, and Bobtail. An English man of letters ; b. at Enfield, near London ; de- voted his life to literary pursuits, and d. at Bradenham House, Buckingham- shire.

DisturneU, John, 1801-77. J. D. An American printer and bookseller, of New York City ; b. at Lansingburg, and d. in New York City.

Ditcher, Selina. 5. D. An English writer.

Diver, Jenny. Mrs. Jane Jones. An American writer.

Dix, John. Chirurgus; J. D., Chi- rurgus. An English surgeon, of Bristol; d. in America.

Dix, John Ross. J. D. ; J. JD. R. ; A Cosmopolitan / A Looker-On; A Middle- Aged-Man, Ail American artist and author.

Dix, WUUara Giles, A.M. W. G. D. An American poet ; Harr. Univ., 1846.

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Dixon, Mrs. . Emma Leslie. An

American author.

Dixon, Andrew. Hai ry SacTcett. An American writer.

Dixon, Edward Henry, M.D. Scal- pel. An American surgeon, of Kew York.

Dixon, Henry Hall. The Druid. An English sporting writer of to-day.

Dixon, Rev. Henry John, JVLA. A Clergyman. An English divine; Mary's Hall, Oxford, 1840; Vicar Yarnscombe, Barnstaple, 1872-80 seq.

Dixon, James Henry, LL.D., 1803- 76. Stephen Jackson, Esq, of The Flatts, Malham Moor. An English literary an- tiquary, of Skipton.

Dixon, Samuel H. Dio Rivers. An American journalist, of Texas.

Dixon, Thomas. A Working Man, An English laborer, of Sunderland.

Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821- 79. Onslow Yorke. An English critic, historian, and traveller, of London; b. in Yorkshire; editor of the London Athenaeum," 1853-69.

Doane, George Washington, D.D., LL.D., 1799-1859. The Rector and Bishop of the Diocese. An American Epis. cler- gyman; b. at Trenton, N.J ; Union Coll., 1818; Bishop of New Jersey, 1832- 59; d. at Burlington, N.J.

Doane, Rev. William Croswell, M.A., 1832-. His Son. An American clergyman, second son of Bishop G. "W. Doane ; is a pleasing poet ; has written his father's memoir, and edited his poeti- cal works, sermons, and miscellaneous writings ; Bishop of Albany from 1869.

Dobell, Sydney Thompson, 1824^-74. Sydney Yendys. An English poet; b. at Peckham Rye ; in 1868 et seq, resided on the Cotswold Hills, near Gloucester.

Dodd, George. #. D. An English writer.

Dodd, ROT. Philip Stanhope, M.A., 1775-1852. A Member of the University of Cambridge. An English clergyman; nephew of the famous Dr. William Dodd; b. in Cowley, Middlesex; Magda- len Coll., Cambridge, 1796; rector of Penshurst, Kent, 1819-52.

Dodd, William, LL.D., 1729-77. A Gentleman of One of the Inns of Court ; A Minister of the Church of England. An English clergyman ; b. at Bourne, Lin- colnshire, and educ. at Clare Hall, Cain- bridge. He was ordained in 1753, and distinguished as one of the most eloquent preachers in London. In 1777 he forged the name of his former pupil, Lord Ches-