DONNE, JOHN

(1573-1631), Eng. poet and clergyman; brought up as R.C.; ed. Oxford; studied law; accompanied E ex to Cadiz and the Azores, 1596-97; later changed his faith, pub. his anti-Catholic Pseudo-Martyr, was ordained, and became chaplain to James I.; held various livings, and was made Dean of St. Paul’s, 1621. He was a powerful and popular preacher; pub. several vol’s of sermons; and deservedly famed for his poetry. He was the greatest of the Metaphysical Poets (q.v.) (1862), an American authore , b. at Kents Hill, Me., daughter of Albert H. and Mary C. Robinson Hamilton. She graduated from the Woman’s College at Kents Hill in 1881 and married Webb Donnell, of Kents five years later. In addition to contributing to various magazines she was the author of: Camp Fidelity Girls, 1903; Rebecca Mary, 1905; The Very Small Person, 1906, and Mi Dublin; formerly a village; King John gave permi ion for holding an annual fair, which became notorious for rioting, and was abolished, 1855. an American author, born in Philadelphia. Representative in Congre , 186369; nominated for vice-president twice, but not elected. He was interested in the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy, and wrote Great Cryptogram, 1887; and Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays, 1900.