Picardy, in 1497, or, according to other accounts, in 1506. He studied at Paris, where he taught philosophy in the college of St. Barbara; after which he applied to physic, and took his degree in that faculty. He also read lectures, but left off that practice on being appointed physician to the court. He died in 1558. His works are - 1 -1. Monalosphaerium partibus constans, &c. 2. De Proportionibus. 3. Cosmotheoria. 4. De naturali parte medicinæ. 5. De vacuandi ratione. 6. De abditis rerum causis. 7. Medicina collectio, &c. 8. Therapeutices universalis. 9. Consiliorum Medicinalium. 10. Febrium curandarum methodus generalis. 11. De lues venerea curatione perfectissima, &c. -Haller. Moreri.

FFRRACINO (Bartolomeo), a self-taught genius, was born at Bassano, in the territory of Padua, in 1692. He was a common sawyer, and had no education : but, by the force of native genius, he acquired uncommon skill in mechanics. He began with inventing a saw which worked by wind; and afterwards he constructed iron clocks, and hydraulic machines. In his native town he built a bridge over the Brenta, which is admired for its boldness and solidity. died about 1750.- Dict. Hist.

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FERRAND (Louis), a French advocate, was born at Toulon, in 1645, and died at Paris in 1699. He wrote a Commentary on the Psalms; Reflections on the Christian Religion; and other works on sacred subjects. - Moreri.

FERRANDUS (surnamed Fulgentius), deacon of Carthage, who died about 530. He was a disciple of Fulgentius, whom he accompanied in his exile to Sardinia. His collection of Ecclesiastical Canons was pub. lished at Paris in 1588, 8vo.-Cave. Hist. Lit.

FERRAR (Nicholas), a gentleman remarkable for his piety, was born in 1592, in London, where his father was a merchant. He received his education at a private school, and next at Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship. On completing his degrees in arts, he went abroad, and, at his return, became secretary to the Virginia company. In 1624 he was chosen a member of parliament; but in 1626 he entered into deacon's orders, and, with his family, retired to Little Gidding, in Huntingdonshire, which became a kind of protestant monastery. Here he died in 1637; and in a former age his memory would have been revered as that of a saint. He translated Valdesso on Religion from the Spanish. Life by Dr. Peckard.

FERRAR (Robert), an English martyr, was born at Halifax, in Yorkshire. He be came a canon regular of the order of St. Auristine, and studied at Cambridge and Oxtit, on embracing the doctrines of the n, he was made chaplain to archafter whose example he

took a wife. In 1.548 he was consecrated bishop of St. David's; but, not being able to pay the first-fruits and tenths, he was imprisoned. In the reign of Mary he was brought before Gardiner, on a charge of heresy, and condemned to the flames; which sentence was executed at Caermarthen, March 30, 1555. - Fox. Wood.

FERRARI (Octavian), an Italian writer, was born at Milan, in 1518. He became professor of ethics and politics at his native place, but afterwards removed to Padua, where he explained the philosophy of Aristotle four years, and then returned to Milan. He died in 1586. His works are - 1. De Sermonibus exotericis. 2. De Discipline Encyclica : seu Clavis Philosophiæ Peripatetice Aristotelica. 3. De origine Romanorum. 4. A translation of Athenæus

into Latin. - Moreri.

FERRARI (Francis Bernardin), of the same family with the preceding, was born at Milan in 1577. He laid the foundation of the Ambrosian library, and died in 1669. His works are-1. De Antiquo Ecclesiasticarum Epistolarum genere. 2. De Ritu Sacrarum Ecclesia Catholicæ concionum. 3. De veterum acclamationibus & plausu. - Ibid.

FERRARI (Octavio), of the same family, was born in 1607, and educated at the Ambrosian college, where he became professor of rhetoric. He afterwards removed to Padua, which university he restored to a flourishing state. He died in 1682. principal work is entitled "Origines Linguæ Italicæ," folio; besides which he wrote several valuable dissertations on subjects of antiquity. - Ibid.

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FERRARI (John Baptist), a Jesuit of Sienna, who published a Syriac dictionary in 1622, 4to. He also wrote De Malorum Aureorum Cultura, 1646: and De Florum Cultura, 1633. He died in 1655. — Ibid.

FERRARI (Gaudenzio) a painter, was born at Valdugia, in 1484. He was employed by Raffaelle in the Vatican, and thereby acquired a beautiful style of design and colouring. He died in 1550. John Andrew Ferrari, of Genoa, excelled in landscapes, as well as historical subjects. He died in 1669. — Pilkington.

FERRARI (Lewis), a mathematician, was born at Bologna, about 1520. He studied under Cardan, and, while with him, discovered the method of resolving biquadriatic equations. He became professor of mathematics at Bologna, where he died in 1565. Hullon.

FERRARS (George), a lawyer, historian, and poet, was born near St. Albans, in 1512. He was bred at Oxford, and from thence went to Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar, which he quitted for the court, but not without leaving proofs of his learning in the law, as appeared in his translation of Magna Charta, and some of the

statutes. In 1542 he was elected into par. liament for Plymouth; and, on being arrested for debt, he applied to the House of Commons, which occasioned a rule with regard to privilege. He continued in favour with Henry VIII. and his successor, who appointed him lord of misrule, for the entertainment of the people at Christmas. He wrote the history of queen Mary for Grafton's chronicle, and some part of the "Mirror for Magistrates." He died in 1579. Cotemporary with him lived Edward Ferrars, a native of Warwickshire, who wrote several tragedies and comedies. He died in 1564. There was also one Henry Ferrars, of the same county and family, who was an antiquary, and made large collections for a history of Warwickshire, which came into the possession of Sir William Dugdale. He died in 1633. — Biog. Brit. Wood. FERREIN (Anthony), a French surgeon, was born in 1693, at Frepech, in Agenois. He practised at Montpellier, and was a professor of the royal college, as well as a member of the academy of sciences. He died in 1769. His works are -- 1. Lectures on Medicine, 3 vols. 12mo. 2. Lectures on the Materia Medica, 3 vols. 12mo. Dict. Hist.

FERRERAS (Don John de), a learned ecclesiastic, was born at Labaneza, in Spain, in 1652. After studying at Salamanca, he obtained the cure of St. James of Talavera, from whence he removed to Madrid, where he became a member of the academy, and had a considerable share in the compilation of the great Spanish dictionary. He died in 1735. He wrote many works, the chief of which is a History of Spain, 10 vols. 4to. — Ibid.

FERRETI OF FERRETUS, of Vicenza, a poet and historian of the fourteenth century, who contributed to the revival of literature. He wrote a history of his own times, from 1250 to 1318; also a Latin poem on the actions of De la Scala. Moreri.

FERRETI (Æmilius), a civilian, was born at Castello Franco, in Tuscany, in 1489. He became an advocate and professor of law at Rome, where he was appointed secretary to Leo X. After enjoying these honours some years, he left Italy, and went to France, where he taught law at Valence, and was made counsellor in the parliament of Paris by Francis I., who sent him on an embassy to Venice and Florence. He next attended Charles V. in his African expedition; after which he settled at Avignon, where he died in 1552. He published an edition of Cicero's Orations; and his Opera Juridica were printed in 1554, 4to. — Ibid. FERRETI (John Baptist), a monk and antiquary of Vicenza, who, in 1672, published, at Verona, a work entitled, "Musa Lapidaria," folio. It is a collection of inscriptions on ancient monuments. —

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FERRI (Ciro), a painter, was born at Rome, in 1634. He was the favourite disciple of Pietro da Cortona, whom he imitated with great exactness. He was patronized by four popes, and was a good architect as well as painter. He died in 1689. Pilkington.

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FERRI (Paul), a German divine, was born in 1591, at Metz, where he became a popular preacher, and died in 1669. His works are 1. Scholastici Orthodoxi Specimen. 2. Vindiciæ pro Scholastico Orthodoxo.

3. Catechisme general de la Re formation, &c. Bayle.

FERRIAR (John), a physician, was born at Chester, in 1764. He graduated at Edinburgh, after which he settled in practice at Manchester, where he became senior physician to the Infirmary, and also to the Lunatic Asylum. He contributed to the formation of the literary and scientific institutions of that place; and supplied many papers in the transactions of the society. He died in 1815. Dr. Ferriar published 1. Medical Histories, 3 vols. 8vo. lustrations of Sterne, in which the plagiarisms of that writer were detected, 8vo. 3. The Bibliomania, an Epistle, 8vo. 4. An Essay towards a theory of Apparitions, 8vo. 5.

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On the medical properties of the Digitalis Purpurea, 8vo. — Gent. Mag.

FERRIER (Arnaud du), an eminent lawyer, was born at Toulouse, in 1506. He took his doctor's degree at Padua, after which he became a counsellor of parliament in his native city. In 1562 he was at the council of Trent, as ambassador of the French king, and distinguished himself there with great boldness. Afterwards he went to Venice in the same capacity, and, while there, contracted an intimacy with Father Paul, whom he assisted in his great history. At the close of life he professed himself a protestant, and became chancellor to the king of Navarre. He died in 1585. He was the author of some learned works. - Bayle.

FERRIER (Claude), a civilian, was born at Paris, in 1639. He taught law in his native city, and afterwards at Rheims, where he died in 1715. His works are1. Commentaries sur la coutume de Paris, 2 vols. 12mo. 2. Traité des Fiefs, 4to. 3. Recueil des Commentateurs de la coutume de Paris, 4 vols. fol. 4. La Juris. prudence du Code, 2 vols. 4to. 5. Du Digeste, 2 vols. 4to. 6. Des Nouvelles, 2 vols. 4to. 7. La Science des Notaires, 2 vols. 4to. 8. La Droit du Patronage, 4to. 9. Institution Coutumiere, 3 vols. 12mo. 10. Introduction à la Pratique, 2 vols. 12mo. His son Joseph, who published a Dictionary of Law, was dean of that faculty, at Paris. — Moreri.

FERRIER (Jeremy), a protestant minister of Nismes, who turned papist, after main

FERRON (Arnauld du), a French lawyer, was born in 1515. He became counsellor in the parliament of Bourdeaux, and died in 1563. His works are-1. A continuation of Paulus Æmilius's History of France, fol. 2. Observations sur la Coutume de Bourdeaux, folio. — Ibia. FESCH (Sebastian), professor of law at Basil, was born there in 1647, and died in 1712 He had a noble museum of antiquities, particularly medals, and wrote theses "De Insignibus," and some curious dissertations on subjects of law and philology. - Ibid.

FESTUS (Pompeius), a grammarian, who in the fourth century abridged a work of Valerius Flaccus "de significatione Verborum." His abridgement was again reduced by Paul the Deacon, of which an edition was published in 1470; and more com pletely afterwards, particularly in the Delphin Classics, in 1681, 4to. —Fabricius Bibl. Lat.

FETTI, or FETI (Dominico), a painter, was born at Rome in 1589. He studied under Ludovico Civoli, after which he improved himself by examining the works of Julio Romano. His pictures are very scarce, and much in request. He died at Venice in 1624.-D'Argenville.

FEUILLÉE (Louis), a Franciscan friar, was born at Maine, in Provence, in 1660. He was a good botanist, and went to South America in quest of plants, under the patronage of Lewis XIV. He died at Marseilles in 1732. He published-1. Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques, et Botaniques sur les cotes de l'Amerique Meridionale, et dans les Indes Occidentales, 2 vols. 4to. 2. A quarto volume, with a similar title, descriptive of the plants of Chili. Dict. Hist.

FEUQUIERES (Manasses de Pas, marquis de), a French commander, was born of a noble family, at Saumur, in 1590. He contributed greatly to the capture of Rochelle; after which he was sent ambassador to Germany, and died, in 1640, of the wounds he had received at the siege of Thionville. His tions were printed at Paris, in 1753, Isaac de Pas, marquis de son, was lieutenant-general

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in the army, counsellor of state, and governor of Verdun. He died in 1688. Anthony de Pas, marquis de Feuquieres, son of the last-mentioned, was born in 1648. He rose to the rank of marshal-de-camp, and distinguished himself greatly in the wars of Italy, where he died in 1711. His memoirs have been published in 4to., and in 4 vols. 12mo. -Moreri

FEUTSKING (John Henry), a Lutheran divine, was born in the duchy of Holstein in 1672. He became pastor of St. Bartholomew's church at Zerbst, ecclesiastical counsellor, and preacher to the court of Anhalt. In 1709 he was made professor of divinity, and assessor of the ecclesiastical consistory at Zerbst. He died in 1713. His works are numerous, but not much known. — Ibid.

FEVARDENTIUS, or FEU-ARDENT (Francis), a Franciscan friar, was born at Coutances, in Lower Normandy, in 1541 He was a fiery zealot in the time of the league, and the greatest persecutor the French protestants ever had to encounter He published in 1576, the five books of Irenæus, from an ancient manuscript. He died in 1610. — Ibid.

FEVRE (Guy de, sieur de la Boderie), was born in Lower Normandy in 1541. He acquired a great knowledge of the oriental languages, and had a concern in the Polyglot Bible which bears the name of Montanus. He was secretary to the duke d'Alençon; and died in 1598. His brother Nicholas, was also a very learned man, and died in 1605. Anthony le Fevre, another brother, was distinguished by his skill in diplomacy. He died in 1615. His negociations were printed in 1749, in 5 vols. 12mo. — Ibid.

FEVRE (James le), was born at Estaples, in Piccardy, about 1440. He contributed to the revival of letters in the university of Paris; but being suspected of Lutheranism, was obliged to retire to Meaux, where, for some time, the bishop protected him, till the violence of Le Fevre's enemies compelled him to remove to Blois, and from thence to Guienne. He died in 1537 He was the friend of Erasmus; and, like him, was too timid to separate entirely from the church of Rome, which he regretted much on his death bed. In 1512 he published a translation of St. Paul's Epistles; and in 1590 a French version of the Bible, folio. — Bayle.

FEVRE (James le), doctor of the Sorbonne, and grand vicar of Bourges, was a native of Coutance. He gained great celebrity by his "Motifs invincibles pour convaincre ceux de la Religion pretendue Reformée." wrote several other controversial pieces. He died in 1716.- Moreri.

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FEVRE (John Baptist le), a learned scholar, was born at Villebrune in 1732. He was a doctor of physic, professor of the oriental languages in the French college,