Chard in, Sir

JOHN, ( shar'da,) a French traveller and merchant, B. in Paris, 1643. He twice visited Persia, remaining several years each time, between 1664 and 1677. On his return, being a Protestant by birth, he was compelled to seek refuge in England, where he settled as a jeweller to the court and nobility, and was knighted by Charles II. In 1683 appeared a folio volume of his travels, which has been verified by subsequent travellers, and translated into many foreign languages, D. 1713. Char'don, in Ohio, a town, cap. of Geauga co, 30 m. E. by N. of Cleveland. In a rich farming and dairying district. Pop. (1897) about 1,250.