List_of_long_biographical_articles_on_Rees's_Cyclopaedia
This is a list of the longer biographical articles from Rees's Cyclopaedia, 4 columns or more (3000 words appx.) The longest is that of Captain Cook (43.9 columns).
There are 3789 biographies half a column (350 words) or more long, and an unknown number of briefer ones. Sir James Edward Smith wrote the botanical articles, and Charles Burney the ones on music. Many of the biographical articles are sourced to biographical reference books. In most cases Christian names were Anglicised – John for Johannes, for example.
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Addison, Joseph | 17th | English | Writer | 8.0 | |
Adrian | 2nd | Roman | Emperor | 7.5 | |
Agricola | 1st | Rome | Ruler | 4.0 | |
Alaric I | 4th | Unknown | King | 4.0 | |
Alcibiades | Ancient | Greece | General | 4.4 | |
Alembert, John D' | 18th | France | Mathematician | 4.7 | |
Alexander the Great | Ancient | Macedonia | Emperor | 23.4 | |
Alfred the Great | 9th | English | King | 6.2 | |
Alva, Don Fernando | 16th | Spain | General | 6.5 |
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Ambrose, Saint | 4th | Spain | Bishop | 5.4 | |
Anselm | 11th | England | Archbishop | 4.0 | |
Antoninus, Marcus | 9th | Italian | Emperor | 4.0 | |
Aristotle | Ancient | Greece | Philosopher | 14.8 |
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Athanasius, Saint | 4th | Egypt | Bishop | 3.9 | |
Atterbury, Francis | 17th | England | Bishop | 5.1 | |
Augustus, Octavian Caesar | Ancient/1st | Rome | Emperor | 11.0 | |
Aurelian | 3rd | Rome | Emperor | 5.0 | |
Bacon, Francis | 16th | England | Philosopher/Chancellor | 8.4 |
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Baxter, Richard | 17th | England | Non-Conformist Divine | 4.1 | |
Bayle, Peter | 17th | France | Philosopher | 6.1 | |
Beckett, Thomas | 13th | English | Prelate | 8.0 | |
Belisarius | 6th | Rome | Emperor | 5.1 | |
Berkeley, George | 18th | Irish | Bishop | 5.5 | |
Blackburne, Francis | 18th | England | Clergyman | 5.8 | |
Blake, Robert | 17th | England | Admiral | 4.3 | |
Boerhaave, Hermann. | 17th | Holland | Chemist | 4.1 |
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Boileau-Despraeux, Nicholas | 17th | France | Poet | 4.8 | |
Boscovich, Ruggero Guiseppi | 18th | Italy | Mathematician | 6.8 | |
Boyle, Robert | 13th | England | Philosopher | 9.7 | |
Bracciolini, Poggio | 15th | Italy | Writer | 5.2 | |
Brahe, Tycho | 16th | Denmark | Astronomer | 4.9 | |
Brindley, James | 18th | England | Inventor | 5.0 | |
Brissot, Jaques | 18th | France | Revolutionary | 4.3 | |
Brown, John | 18th | England | Clergyman | 4.1 | |
Buchanan, George | 16th | Scotland | Poet | 4.1 | |
Buffon, George Louis | 18th | France | Naturalist | 6.0 | |
Burke, Edmund, | 18th | Ireland | Scholar | 4.6 | |
Burnet, Gilbert | 17th | England | Prelate | 6.2 | |
Caesar, Caius Julius | Ancient | Rome | Dictator | 10.6 |
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Calvin, John | 16th | France | Religious reformer | 11.6 | |
Camden, John | 16th | England | Historian | 5.3 | |
Campbell, Colin | 18th | Scottish | Clan leader | 11.4 | |
Camper, Peter | 18th | Holland | Physician | 4.4 | |
Caracalla, Marcus A. A. | 2nd | Rome | Emperor | 4.8 | |
Cardan, Girolamo | 16th | Italy | Philosopher | 4.5 | |
Cartes,Des, Rene | 17th | France | Philosopher | 8.6 | Rees's idiosyncratic spelling of Descartes. |
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Catherine II | 18th | Russia | Ruler | 28.0 | Tooke |
Cato | Ancient | Italy | General | 12.2 | |
Charlelemagne | 8th | French | Emperor | 9.0 | |
Charles I | 17th | England | King | 6.6 | |
Charles II | 17th | England | King | 9.0 | |
Charles V | 16th | France | Holy Roman Emperor | 11.0 | |
Charles XII | 17th | Sweden | King | 7.8 |
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Churchill, John | 17th | England | Statesman | 4.0 | |
Cicero | Ancient | Italy | Government Official | 20.6 | |
Clarke, Samuel | 17th | England | Scholar | 6.0 | |
Clement VII | 16th | Italy | Pope | 8.0 | |
Cleopatra III | Ancient | Egypt | Queen | 4.7 |
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Columbus, Christopher | 15th | Italy | Explorer | 5.8 | |
Constantine I | 4th | Byzantium | Emperor | 5.7 | |
Cook, James | 18th | England | Discoverer | 43.9 | |
Corelli, Arcangelo | 17th | Italy | Musician | 5.8 | Burney |
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Cortes, Ferdinand | 16th | Spain | Naval Commander | 11.3 | |
Cranmer, Thomas | 16th | England | Archbishop/Martyr | 4.0 | |
Cromwell, Oliver | 17th | England | Statesman | 7.9 | |
Cyrus | Ancient | Persia | King | 4.9 |
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Daniel | Ancient | Jerusalem | Prophet | 5.1 | |
David | Ancient | Palestine | King | 18.0 | |
Demosthenes | Ancient | Greece | Orator | 4.5 | |
Muris, John De | 14th | France | Musician | 6.5 | Burney; Rees's idiosyncratic spelling of De Muris |
Dioclesian | 3rd | Rome | Emperor | 9.8 |
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Doddridge, Philip | 18th | England | Minister | 7.0 | |
Dombey, Joseph | 18th | France | Botanist | 5.6 | Smith |
Domitian | lst | Rome | Emperor | 5.2 | |
Dryden, John | 17th | England | Poet | 5.2 | |
Elizabeth I | 17th | England | Queen | 4.7 |
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Emlyn | 17th | England | Non-Conformist divine | 5.0 | |
Erasmus | 15th | Holland | Divine | 4.2 |
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Farinelli, (Carlo Broschi). | 18th | Italy | Opera singer | 7.2 | Burney |
Fenelon, Francis | 17th | France | Archbishop | 10.0 ‘ |
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Fox, Charles | 18th | Fngland | Statesman | 14.2 | |
Franco, Magister. | 10th | France | Writer of Musical Tracts | 4.5 | Burney |
Franklin, Benjamin | 18th | America | InventorDiplomat | 5.9 | |
Frederic III | 18th | Prussia | King | 7.3 | |
Galilei, Galileo | 17th | Italy | Astronomer | 11.3 | |
Gardiner, Stephen, | 16th | England | Bishop | 7.2 | |
Geddes, Alexander. | 18th | Scotland | Translator | 4.3 |
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George I | 17th | England | King | 4.6 | |
Gregory I | 6th | Italy | Pope | 5.8 |
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Gretry, Andre | 18th | Belgium | Opera Composer | 7.2 | Burney |
Guido, Aretino | 16th | Italy | Musician | 4.8 | Burney |
Haller, Albert | 18th | Switzerland | Physician | 5.4 | |
Handel, George | 18th | German | Composer | 11.7 | Burney |
Hasselquist, Frederick | 18th | Sweden | Botanist | 4.0 | Smith |
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Hippocrates | Ancient | Greece | Physician | 6.6 | |
Hogarth, William | 18th | England | Engraver | 14.5 | |
Hunter, William | 18th | Scotland | Physician | 4.5 | |
Hunter, John | 18th | Scotland | Anatomist | 5.2 |
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Jerome of Prague | 15th | Bohemia | Martyr | 4.9 | |
John the Baptist | 1st | Palestine | Prophet | 7.2 | |
Johnson, Samuel | 18th | England | Writer | 4.0 | |
Jomelli, Niccolò | 18th | Iitaly | Composer | 4.6 | Burney |
Jones, Sir W. | 18th | England | Orientalist | 15.3 | |
Josquin des Prey | 16th | Holland | Composer | 4.5 | Burney |
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Name | Century | Country | Occupation | Columns | Contributor/Notes |
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Kippis, Andrew | 18th | England | Nonconformist Divine | 7.5 | |
Knox,, John | 16th | Scotland | Divine | 5.0 | |
Latimer, Hugh | 15th | England | Martyr | 5.0 | |
Laud, William | 17th | England | Archbishop | 5.1 | |
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent. | 18th | France | Chemist | 5.6 | |
Leo X | 15th | Italy | Pope | 4.6 | |
Lewis XIV | 18th | France | King | 4.5 | Rees's idiosyncratic spelling of Louis. |
Lewis XVI | 18th | France | King | 9.8 | Rees's idiosyncratic spelling of Louis. |
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Linnaeus, Charles Von | 18th | Sweden | Naturalist | 20.0 | Smith |
Locke, John | 17th | England | Philosopher | 7.1 | |
Luther, Martin | 16th | German | Reformer | 21.5 |
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Mahomet I. | 6th | Arabia | Religious Founder | 12.4 | |
Martini, Fr. Giambatista | 18th | Italy | Musician | 4.7 | Burney |
Mary | 16th | Scotland | Queen | 6.0 | |
Maskelyne, Nevil | 18th | England | Astronomer | 6.0 |
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Medici, Lorenzo | 15th | Italy | Diplomat | 5.6 | |
Melancthon | 16th | Germany | Theological Reformer | 4.4 | |
Metastasio | 17th | Italy | Opera librettist | 17.8 | Burney |
Milton, John | 17th | England | Poet | 15.0 | |
Monk, George | 17th | England | General | 4.1 |
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Moore, Lt.-Gen. John | 18th | England | General | 27.0 | |
More, Thomas | 17th | England | Statesman | 5.3 | |
Morley, Thomas | 18th | England | Musician | 4.4 | Burney |
Moses | Ancient | Egypt | Jewish Leader and Prophet | 5.1 | |
Mutis, Joseph | 18th | Spain | Physician | 4.3 | |
Nelson, Horatio | 18th | England | Admiral | 26.4 | |
Nero | lst | Rome | Emperor | 4.3 | |
Newton, Isaac | 17th | England | Mathematician | 8.3 |
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Origen | 2nd | Egypt | Church Father | 4.3 |
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Paley, William | 18th | England | Natural Philosopher | 6.3 | |
Pallas, Dr Peter Simon | 18th | Prussia | Naturalist | 6.6 | Smith |
Paul, Saint | 1st | Rome | Apostle | 11.0 | |
Peter, Simon | 1st | Palestine | Apostle | 5.2 | |
Peter I | 17th | Russia | Emperor | 6.2 | |
Petrarcha, Francesco | 14th | Italy | Poet | 5.2 |
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Pitt, William, the elder | 18th | England | Statesman | 6.2 | |
Pitt, William, the younger | 18th | England | Statesman | 12.2 | |
Pius VI | 18th | Italy | Pope | 8.2 |
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Pombal, Sebastião José | 18th | Portugal | Statesman | 4.5 | |
Pompey | Ancient | Italy | Govt Official | 4.0 | |
Pope, Alexander | 18th | England | Poet | 4.8 | |
Price, John | 18th | England | Writer | 5.6 | |
Priestley, Joseph | 18th | England | Natural Philosopher | 7.5 | |
Ptolemy, Claudius | Ancient | Egypt | Astronomer | 5.0 |
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Purcell, Henry | 17th | England | Musician | 11.4 | Burney |
Pythagoras | Ancient | Greece | Philosopher | 4.7 | |
Quantz, John Joachim | 18th | German | Musician | 5.3 | Burney |
Ragotski, Francis | 18th | Hungary | Prince | 11.0 | |
Ralegh [sic], Sir Walter | 16th | England | Adventurer | 7.7 | |
Raphael Sazio, Da Urbino | 16th | Italy | Painter | 7.4 | |
Ray, John | 17th | England | Botanist | 11.9 | Smith |
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Reynolds, Sir Joshua | 18th | England | Painter | 9.9 | |
Robinson, Robert | 18th | England | Church Official | 6.0 | |
Romney, George | 18th | England | Painter | 4.2 | |
Rousseau, Jean Jacques | 18th | Switzerland | Writer | 8.1 | |
Reubens, Sir Peter | 17th | Belgium | Painter | 5.4 | |
Rupert, Prince | 17th | Germany | Prince | 4.2 | |
Rush, Benjamin | 18th | America | Physician | 6.3 | |
Russell, Lord William | 17th | England | Patriot | 4.0 |
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Selden, John | 17th | England | Scholar | 4.2 |
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Shakespeare, William | 16th | England | Dramatist | 20.5 | |
Sibthorp, John | 18th | England | botanist | 6.3 | Smith |
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Sixtus IV | 15th | Italy | Pope | 5.4 | |
Sloane, Hans | 18th | Scotland | Natural Historian | 5.6 | |
Socrates | Ancient | Greece | Philosopher | 7.7 | |
Stanhope, George | 18th | England | Divine | 8.1 |
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Swift, Jonathan | 18th | England | Writer | 7.0 |
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Titian | 16th | Italy | Painter | 4.7 |
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Tournefort, Joseph Piton de. | 17th | France | Botanist | 5.1 | Smith |
Vaillant, Sebastian | 18th | France | Botanist | 4.5 | Smith |
Vandyck, Sir Anthony | 17th | Belgium | Painter | 4.0 | |
Vinci, Leonardo Da | 15th | Italy | Genius | 7.0 | |
Usher, James | 16th | Ireland | Archbishop | 8.5 |
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Walpole, Robert | 17th | England | Politician | 4.0 | |
Washington, George | 18th | America | President | 4.0 |
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Watson, Richard | 18th | England | Bishop and writer | 18.0 | |
Werner, Abraham | 18th | Germany | Mineralogist | 4.6 | |
Wesley, John | 18th | England | Religious Leader | 4.1 | |
Whitbread, Samuel | 18th | England | Brewer | 8.0 | |
Wood, Anthony | 17th | England | Antiquary | 4.6 |
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Zwingle, Ulric | 16th | Switzerland | Religious Reader | 5.2 | |
Park, Mungo | 18th | Scotland | Traveller | 8.2 | |
Romilly, Sir Samuel | 18th | England | Philanthropist | 5.1 |
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