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 548 ELLIS ELLISTON lished a very elaborate work, " The Half Cen- tury of the Unitarian Controversy." He edited for a time the "Christian Register," the religious newspaper of the Massachusetts Unitarians ; and for some years, in connection with the Rev. Dr. George Putnam, he con- ducted the " Christian Examiner." He has published many sermons and addresses, and has contributed largely to various periodicals, most frequently upon topics of American his- tory. He is also the author of " The Aims and Purposes of the Founders of Massachusetts " (1869), "Memoir of Jared Sparks " (1869), and " Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford " (1871). ELLIS, George James Welborc Agar, Lord Dover, an English author, born Jan. 14, 1797, died July 10, 1833. He was the son of Henry Welbore, afterward Viscount Clifden ; was educated at Christchurch, Oxford ; represented various con- stituencies in the house of commons, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Dover in 1831. He was a munificent patron of the fine arts, and in 1832 was president of the royal society of literature. He wrote "The true History of the Man in the Iron Mask," " Historical In- quiries respecting the Character of Edward Hyde, Lord Clarendon," and a " Life of Fred- erick the Great." He also edited the "Ellis Correspondence," and " Horace Walpole's Letters to Sir Horace Mann." ELLIS, Sir Henry, an English author and an- tiquary, born in London, Nov. 29, 1777, died Jan. 15, 1869. He graduated at St. John's college, Oxford, in 1799, in 1805 became one of the assistant librarians of the British muse- um, and was head librarian from 1827 to 1856. A new and enlarged edition of Brand's " Popu- lar Antiquities " was issued under his care in 1813, and was republished in a cheaper form in 1842. In 1816 he wrote a careful and elab- orate introduction to the "Domesday Book," and in 1824 published a series of "Original Letters illustrative of English History," from autographs in the British museum, in 3 vols. 8vo ; a second series, in 4 vols., in 1827 ; and a third, in 4 vols., in 1846. He was also the author of works on the Towneley and on the Elgin and Phigalean marbles (each 2 vols. 8vo, 1833 and 1836), and compiled and edited several valuable volumes for the society of antiquaries and for the Camden society. He received the Hanoverian Guelphic order of knighthood in 1833. ELLIS. I. William, an English missionary and author, born in London in 1794, died there/June 9, 1872. In 1815 he became connected with the London missionary society, under whose aus- pices, in January, 1816, he sailed for Polyne- sia. He spent eight years in promoting the spiritual welfare of the natives of the South sea islands (at one of which, Tahiti, he erected the first printing press in Polynesia), and in 1824 returned to England on account of the illness of his wife, stopping for some time on the way in the United States. For some years he was employed in the business of the London mis- sionary society at home, and published " Nar- rative of a Tour through Hawaii" (London, 1826) ; "Polynesian Researches" (2 vols. 8vo, 1828); "History of Madagascar," compiled from information received from missionaries and government documents (2 vols., 1838); "His- tory of the London Missionary Society " (1844) ; " Village Lectures on Popery " (1851), &c. In 1835 his wife died, and two years later he was married to Sarah Stickney, with whom he re- sided many years in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, where Mrs. Ellis conducted a school for girls. In 1853 he went to Madagascar on a mission of observation for the London missionary so- ciety, and after two other visits to that island published " Three Visits to Madagascar, during 1853-'6, with Notices of the People, Natural History, &c." (London, 1858). A memoir of Mr. Ellis by his son was published in 1873. II. Sarah Stickney, an English authoress, wife of the preceding, born in London in 1812, died there, June 16, 1872. Her parents belonged to the society of Friends. Her first literary production was a didactic work for the young, entitled "The Poetry of Life." She subse- quently wrote many volumes devoted to the moral and mental culture of her sex. The principal of these are: "Home, or the Iron Rule;" a series entitled "The Women of Eng- land" (1838), "The Daughters of England" (1842), "The Wives of England" (1843), and " The Mothers of England " (1843) ; " Look to the End" (2 vols., 1845); "Hearts and Homes " (3 vols., 1848-'9) ; " Mothers of Great Men " (1860) ; " The Brewer's Family " (1863) ; " Education of the Heart " (1869) ; and " The Melvill Family" (1871). ELLIS, William, an English writer on social science, born in London in 1800. In 1846 he procured the introduction of social science as a branch of elementary education in the Lon- don schools, and is the author of " Progressive Lessons in Social Science," " The Phenomena of Industrial Life," " Education as a Means of preventing Destitution," &c. He has written several articles on these subjects for periodicals. ' ELLISTON, Robert William, an English actor, born in London, April 7, 1774, died there, July 7, 1831. He was educated at St. Paul's school, but at the age of 17 ran away and joined a theatrical company at Bath, where he made his first appearance on the stage April 21, 1791. Five years later he made his debut in London, at the Haymarket theatre, and in 1803 became principal actor and acting mana- ger of that house. In the succeeding year he was engaged at Drury Lane, but after the burning of the the'atre, having quarrelled with Thomas Sheridan, he left the company, and opened the Surrey theatre. On the- rebuild- ing of Drury Lane he was again engaged as a leading actor, and recited the address written by Lord Byron for the opening night. In 1819 he became the lessee of Drury Lane, but in 1826 retired a bankrupt. Subsequently he was