WALTHER VON DER VOGEL

lyric poet and minnesinger: b. Tyrol; succe fully took part in the great minnesinger contest at the Wartburg, 1204; wrote fine love lyrics, and. also political poetry; edit’s of his works by Lachmann (1827), Pfeiffer (1864), Wilmanns (1883). can divine; famous for Bible in nine languages, 1657; supported by Cromwell; bp. of Chester, 1660. author and authority on angling; b. Stafford. He seems to have made a modest fortune as a linen-draper. After his retiral he spent most of his life visiting various country parsonages. He wrote an admirable Life of his friend masterpiece, is a di ertation on angling interspersed with entertaining reflections on life and nature. shire, England, 2 miles S. E. of Preston; N., 0° 25’ W.), market town, Surrey, England. Pop. 13,000. England.