Excerpt from A Dictionary of Biography, Past and Present: Containing the Chief Events in the Lives of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Nations, Preceded by the Biographies and Genealogies of the Chief Representatives of the Royal Houses of the World This volume is a revised and greatly enlarged edition of the work published in 1870, entitled Haydn's Universal Index of Biography, which was planned, and three-fourths compiled, by the present Editor, as a suitable companion to the dictionary OF dates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.