Crichton

(kri'tn,) JAMES, surnamed THE ADMIRABLE, a Scottish gentleman, B. abt. 1560. He acquired that title through his extraordinary gifts and accomplishments. He excelled in all branches of learning, was a proficient in every manly art and exercise, and spoke with fluency 10 languages. While still a youth he came off victorious in controversies with the most learned profe ors of Paris, Rome, Venice, and Padua. A a inated at Mantua, abt. 1582. [s. 243]