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Metz; of the National Assembly, 1781; held important offices till 1816, when, in private life, he devoted himself to liter- ary labor, but in 1839 returned for a vrhile to public life ; d. at Bois-Roussel, Orne.

Roger, Rev. Charles, LL.D., F.A.S. A Bursar of the College [of St. Andrews]. A Scottish writer.

Rogers, Henry Bromfield, A.M., 1802-87. A Conservative Whig. An American lawyer; b. in Boston; Harv. Univ., 1822 ; practised law in Boston, where he died.

Rogers, J. Tom Treddlehoi/le.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 537.

Rogers, John Gray, -1875. J. G. R. An American lawyer; Harv. Coll., 1814.

Rogers, John Jope, 1816-80. J. J. R. An English barrister-at-law ; b. at Maw- nan; Trin. Coll., Oxford, 18-38; called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1842 ; M.P. Helston, 1859-65; d. at Penrose.

Rogers, Rev. Rohert Possac. R. P. M. An American clergyman ; Harv. Coll., 1844 ; Divinity School, 1849.

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855. The Banker Poet; The Last English Mae- cenas.

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 537.

Roget, John Lewis. A Special Com- missioner. An English writer ; Trin Coll., Cambridge, 1850.

Romaine, Rev. William, 1714-95. A Late Commentator. An English clergy- man ; b. at Hartlepool, Durham ; educ. at Hertford Coll. and at Oxford ; rector of St. Andrew Wardrobe and St. Ann's, Blackfriars, 1764-95.

Romey, Charles. Selrach Yemor.

Romney, George, 1734-1804. An Eminent Painter. An English artist; b. at Dalton, Lancashire ; for a long time a rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Rooke, John, 1781-1856. Cumbrien- sis. An English writer on geology and political economy ; b. at Akehead.

Rods, Mathilda, il/. R — s. A Swed- ish novelist.

Ropes, Joseph Samuel. J. S. R. An American financier of Boston.

Rorison, Rev. Gilbert. G. R. A Scottish clergyman ; incumbent of St. Peter's Cliurch, Peterhead.

Rose, Rev. George. J/rs. Brown.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 538.

Rose, William Stewart, Esq., 1775- 1843. One of the Last Century. An Eng- lisli scholar and successful translator from the French and Italian.

Rosegger, Petri Kettenfeier, 184.3-. Hans Malser. A German poet; b. at

Alpl, in Obersteiermark ; published at Pesth, etc., 1870-77.

Rosenberg, G. C. Q. An English novelist.

Rosewall, James, 1797-1875. Nauti- cus, Penzance. An English mariner; b. at St. Ives ; d. at Penzance, both of Cornwall.

RoseweU, Rev. Samuel, 1679-1722. jS". R. An English clergyman ; assistant and successor to John Howe, at Silver Street Chapel, London.

Ross, Mrs. . A Lady. An Eng- lish novelistC?).

Ross, William. W. B. An Eng- lish writer early in the eighteenth cen- tury.

Rostopchin, Countess Eudoxie, 1811- 58. The Moscow Sappho. A Russian poet; the wife of Andrew Rostopchin (b. 1813), one of the best poets of Rus- sia, of the school of Pushkin.

Rothw^ell, Charles. Adam Chester, An English dialect writer of Lancashire.

Rotten, Rev. John Edward Whar- ton, LL.D., D.D. Chaplain. An Eng- lish clergyman ; Emanuel Coll., Cam- bridge, 1845 ; curate in charge of Soul- derne, Banbury, 1876-80 et seq.; chaplain of the Delhi Field Force, 1857-58.

Rough, D. A Traveller from New Zealand. An English colonial writer of Auckland, New Zealand.

Round, William Marshall Fitz, 1845 -. Paul Vevay. An American writer; in 1886 resident in New York City.

Rouquette, L'Abbd Adrien Emman- uel, 1813-. E. Junius. An American Roman Catholic ecclesiastic and poet ; b. at New Orleans, and educ. at the Royal Coll. of Nantes ; studied law, but became a proof-reader in the Roman Catholic seminary at New Orleans.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques. A Citizen of Geneva ; ,J. J. ; Pegalle.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 5-38.

Rowe, Mrs. Elizabeth (Singer),. 1674-1737. Philomela ; A Female Hand.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 538.

Rowe, Richard. A Curate ; A Scrip- ture Reader ; The Thames Tunneller. An English journalist of London; author of " Episodes in an Obscure Life."

Rowe, Samuel, M.A., 1793-1853. A Member of the University of Cambridge. An English clergyman ; Jesus Coll., Cambridge, 1826; vicar of Crediton, Devonshire, 1837-53; and perpetual cu- rate of Posbury-St.-Luke, of the same county.

Rowlands, John. Henry M. Stanley,