CHALK HILL, JOHN

Eng. poet, of whose life nothing is known. Two songs, stated to be by him, are quoted in Walton’s Compleat Angler; and a long poem, The alma and Clearchus, bearing his name as author, appeared in 1683, writer and statesman. ‘CHALLENGER’ EXPEDITION, scientific expedition, 1872, fitted out by Brit. government for investigation of fauna and flora of deep sea. Its results fill 50 vol’s. 1781), Eng. R.C. bp.; ed. Douai; bp. of Hammer smith, 1741; later Vicar-Apostolic of London district; pub. Catholic Christian Instructed, 1737; Memoirs of Mi ionary Priests, 1741; Britannia Sancta, Garden of the Soul, ete. 1834), Scot. writer and edit.; Biographtcal Dictionary still used. visited America, 1763, and settled in Maryland as lawyer, but returned to Scotland on the outbreak of the War of Independence. He wrote numercus antiquarian and political works, also several biographies, but is chiefly remembered for his contribution to Scot. history, Celedonia, of which, however, only three vol’s appeared ere his death.