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  with Linnæus, described them in their treatise on Flora Virginica. Gronovius affixed the collector's name to a genus of plants, Claytonia. He died in 1773.

[See "Rose's Biographical Dictionary," "Barton's Medical Journal," &c.]

RICHARD CLIFFORD,

BISHOP OF LONDON,

Of the noble family of Clifford, was, according to Fuller, a Kentish man. He was transferred from the deanery of Canterbury to the See of Worcester, thence to the bishopric of London, 13th Oct., 1407. He held the office of Lord Privy Seal, and was sent to represent the English Church at the Council of Constance, held to settle the claims of rival popes. He gave a thousand marks to the poor scholars of Burnell's Inn in Oxford, just before his death, which occurred in 1421.

[See Godwin, "De Præsulibus," "Wilkins's Concilia," "Le Neve's Fasti."]

THOMAS COMBER,

DIVINE,

Was born at Westerham, March 19, 1644. He was educated at the school of his native place, and at Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge. After leaving College, he became the assistant of the Rev. William Holland, rector of All Hallows, Staining, and was subsequently rector of Stonegrave, Yorkshire. Here he wrote three parts of his well-known work "The Companion to the Temple." In