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Church of England. An English clergy- man of Calcutta.

Calcraft, EmUy. E. C. An English writer.

Calder, Eev. Robert, 1650(1)-172:5. The Countryman; R. C. M.A.; M. R. C, a Presbyter of the Suffering Church of Scotland. A Scottish clergyman ; b. at Elgin ; educ. at Aberdeen ; his last settle- ment was at Edinburgh, where he offici- ated to a congregation in Toddrick's Wynd.

Calder, William. A Journeyman Mechaiiir. A Scottish poet, a book- binder in Edinburgh.

Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853. C. An American physician; b. in Caswell Co., N.C. ; studied medicine in the Univ. of Pennsylvania ; in 1810 he became pro- fessor of Natural History in that institu- tion ; in 1814 editor of the " Port-Folio " ; in 1819 professor in Trans. Univ., Lex- ington, Ky. ; in 1837 established a Medi- cal Institute in Louisville, Ky., which however failed ; d. in that city.

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850. Onslow. An American statesman; b. in Abbeville District, S.C. ; Yale Coll., 1806 ; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1807; M.C., 1811-17; secretary of war, 1817-25 ; United States senator, 1832-43; secretary of state, 1844-45; again United States senator, 1845-50; d. in Washington.

Califf, Joseph M. An Officer of the liegiment. An American writer ; mem- ber of the 7th regiment. United States colored troops, 1863-66.

Callcott, Sir Augustus WaU, 1779- 1844. A. W. C. An English landscape painter ; b. in the Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits ; became a student of the Royal Academy, and commenced his ar- tistic career as a painter of portraits un- der the tuition of Hoppner ; after 1804 he exhibited nothing but landscapes for many years; in 1810 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy; was knighted in 1837; and in 1844 became conservator of the royal pictures.

Callcott, Lady Maria (Dundas Gra- ham), 1785-1842. M. C; Maria Graham. An English lady ; b. at Papcastle, near Cockermouth; early in 1808 she sailed with her father to India, and in 1809 mar- ried Capt. Thomas Graham, R.N. ; in 1827 she married Augustus Wall Callcott, the artist ; d. at Kensington Gravel Pits.

Calm, Marie. Marie Ruhland. A German novelist of tlie day.

Cameron, Rev. Charles, M.A. An Eye Witness. An English clergyman;

Queen's Coll., Oxford, 1831 ; incumbent of Christ Church, Trusley, near Derby, 1859-60 et seij.

Cameron, Donald Evans, 1695(7)- 1748. Gentle Lochiel. A Scottish chief ; b. at Achniicarric, Locliiel; in 1719 lie succeeded his grandfather as chief of the clan Cameron, and was loyal to the Stuarts; he unwillingly headed the rising in favor of Charles Stuart, who was pro- claimed James VIII.; this attempt failing, he took refuge in France, where he died.

Cameron, Rev. John, 1724-99. Phi- laletlies ; Philander. A Scottish Presby- terian minister ; b. near Edinburgh ; M.A. at the Univ. of Edinburgh ; minister of Dunluce, 1755-99.

Cameron, (Malcolm(?)), 1808-76. Fair Play. A Canadian statesman ; b. at Three Rivers, Canada East; was self- educated ; was a farm-boy, a stable-boy in Montreal, then a clerk in a brewery, finally a general store-keeper; in 1836 became a representative for the county of Lanark, Upper Canada ; in 1851 be- came minister of the council ; d. at Ot- tawa.

Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824. A Student of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh.

See "L and P.," First Series, p. 377.

Campbell, Archibald, -1744. A Gentleman of that country. A Scottish divine, second son of Archibald, marquis of Argyll (1598-1661); in 1711 he was consecrated bishop of Dundee; and in 1721 bishop of Aberdeen, but resigned in 1724 ; spent his last years in London, and d. there.

Campbell, Archibald, D.D., 1691- 1756. Alexander Innes, D.D. A Scot- tish divine ; b. in Edinburgh; studied at Edinburgh and Glasgow ; minister of the united parishes of Larbert and Dunipace, Stirlingshire ; he prepared a treatise on " Moral Virtue " ; this he trusted to his friend, Alexander Innes, who published it as his own in 1728, under a somewhat different title; in 1730 he was appointed professor of church history at St. An- drews ; d. at Boarhill, near that city.

Campbell, Archibald, flourished, 1767. The Writer of the "History of the Man after God's Own Heart." A Scottish satirist, son of the preceding; was a classical scholar, but became purser of a man-of-war, and remained at sea, leading " a wandering and unsettled life."

Campbell, B. U. His Reviewer. An American writer.

Campbell, Lady Colin. G. E. Bruneflle. An English novelist of the