LENNEP, JACOB VAN
Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 15
(1802-68); a Dutch novelist, historian and dramatist, He served as attorney general for North Holland but is chiefly known through his literary work. He wrote over 30 plays, poems, historical works and historical romances. in Scotland, comprising Dumb art one shire, parts of Renfrewshire and Perth shire, which gave name at different periods to earldom and dukedom. SAY) (1720-1804), a British writer, b. in New York. She went to London in 1735, and after a brief period on the stage, earned her living by writing. _Her chief books are: The Female Quixote, in|1752; Life of Harrieé Stuart, 1751; and Shake spear Illustrated; or The Novels and Histories on ehich the plays are founded, 1753-54. OF (1515-78), was granddaughter of King Henry VII. and mother of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. 83), @ French archeologist, born in Paris. He won the prize in numismatics at the Académie des Inscriptions with his Cla ification des Monnaies des Lagides, 1856, and was appointed sublibrarian, 1862, After traveling in Greece, he accepted the profe orship of archeology at the Bibliotheque Nation ale, 1874-83. His chief works ia Bible (3 vols.), 1880-84, and Les Anti quites de la Troade, 1876. a French landscape gardener. Louis -XIV., who heard of his skill, gave him a commi ion to lay out the gardens of Versailles, the Trianon, the terrace of St. Germain, and the gardens of Fontainebleau, St. Cloud, and Chantilly. He was also the designer of St. James Park and Kensington Gardens in EngjJand, and also o2 Green wich Park. In addition to these he visited Rome and laid out the gardens of the Quirinal and Vatican.
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