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CUFF, James Dodsley (son of Mr. Cuff of Corsley near Warminster, Wilts. yeoman). Clerk in Bank of England about 1805 to death, clerk in bullion office there 1825 to death; an original member of Numismatic Society of London 1836; collected coins for 40 years which were sold for £7054, 29 June 1854; F.S.A.; contributed descriptions of coins to a supplement to Ainslie’s Illustrations of the Anglo-French coinage 1830. d. Prescott lodge, Clapham new park, London 28 Sep. 1853 in 73 year. Numismatic Chronicle xvii, 15 (1855); Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. x, 122 (1855).

CUFFE, Sir Jonah Denny Wheeler, 1 Baronet (elder son of Sir Richard Wheeler, knight, who took name of Cuffe). b. 1765 or 1766; student at Lincoln’s Inn 17 May 1790; created a baronet of Ireland 1 Oct. 1799. d. Leyrath, co. Kilkenny 9 May 1853.

CUITT, George (only son of George Cuitt of Richmond, Yorkshire, painter 1743–1818). b. Richmond, Oct. 1779; a landscape painter; a drawing master at Chester 1804; resided at Masham, Yorkshire 1820 to death; published Etchings of ancient buildings in Chester, castles in North Wales etc. 1816; Wanderings and pencillings amongst the ruins of the olden time, a series of 23 etchings 1848, reissued 1855 and many other etchings. d. Belle Vue, Masham 15 July 1854. G.M. xlii, 311 (1854).

CULLEN, His Eminence Cardinal Paul (son of Hugh Cullen of Prospect near Ballytore, co. Kildare, farmer). b. Prospect 29 April 1803; ed. at Ballytore and Carlow college; entered Urban college of the Propaganda at Rome 29 Nov. 1820; ordained priest 1829; vice rector of the Irish college in Rome 1829, rector 1832–48; rector of the Propaganda college, May 1848 to Jany. 1849; archbishop of Armagh 19 Dec. 1849; consecrated in church of St. Agatha of the Goths, Rome 24 Feb. 1850; presided over national synod held in the college at Thurles, Aug. 1850 being first held in Ireland since convention of Kilkenny 1642; translated from Armagh to Dublin 3 May 1852; created a cardinal priest with title of San Pietro in Montorio 22 June 1866 being first Irishman raised to that rank; founded Catholic University of Ireland at Drumcondra 20 July 1862; presided at synod of Maynooth Sep. 1875; author of Pastoral Letters 1852–56. d. 59 Eccles st. Dublin 24 Oct. 1878. bur. beneath high altar in chapel of Clonville college 29 Oct. P. J. O’Byrne’s Lives of the Cardinals (1879) 13–28, portrait; Sir C. G. Duffy’s League of North and South (1886) 136, 171–75, 301–81; M. Comerford’s Collections (1883) 188–91; J. E. Cairnes’s Political Essays (1873) 263 etc.; I.L.N. lxxiii, 421 (1878), portrait.

CULLEN, William. Second lieut. Madras artillery 1804, colonel 1 Oct. 1842 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Alleppey, Madras 1 Oct. 1862.

CULLENFORD, William. b. Halesworth, Suffolk, Jany. 1797; acted in the provinces; first appeared in London at Adelphi theatre 30 Sep. 1836 as Wharton in The Christening; acted chiefly at Adelphi and Haymarket to July 1864 when he retired; a founder of Royal general theatrical fund 16 Feb. 1839, sec. of the fund 16 Feb. 1839 to death. d. Jasmine cottage, New Maiden, Surrey 6 Sep. 1874.

CULLIMORE, Isaac. b. Ireland 1791; an original member of Numismatic Society 1836; he devoted his whole life to study of Egyptian antiquities, one of the first Orientalists who made use of astronomy to fix important dates in ancient history; published 174 plates of oriental cylinders or seals from collections in British Museum, in parts 1842–52; author of Pharoah and his Princes in Syro-Egyptian Soc. Papers vol. 1, 1845. d. Clapham, London 8 or 12 April 1852. Numismatic Chronicle xv, 22 (1853); W. H. Ward’s article on Babylonian seals in Scribner’s Mag. Jany. 1887.

CULSHA, Rev. Edward Widt (only son of Edward Culsha of Islington, London). Matric. from Magd. hall, Ox. 20 May 1846 aged 19, B.A. 1850, M.A. 1854; C. of Little Malvern, and Head Master of Colwall gram. sch. Herefordshire 1855 to death; author of Antar and other poems 1852; Eastern lands and Eastern people 1861. d. Colwall 11 Jany. 1863.

CULVERWELL, Robert James. b. 13 July 1802; L.S.A. 1824, M.R.C.S. 1827, M.D. Giessen 1841; edited a monthly periodical entitled Leisure Moments from April 1850 to 1852, 3 vols.; had a museum of 1000 specimens of morbid pathology; proprietor of The Argyll Baths, 10 Argyll place and 5 New Broad st. London; author of A practical treatise on bathing 1829; On consumption 1834, 2 ed. 1842; The Confessional 1841; Guide to health and long life 1844, 2 ed. 1852; The enjoyment of life 1850; Fragments from the mountains 2 vols. 1855; What to eat, drink and avoid, and many other medical books. d. 10 Argyll place, Regent st. London 9 Dec. 1852. The life of Dr. Culverwell written by himself (1852), portrait.

CUMBERBATCH, Abraham Carlton. Attached to consulate at Paris 1825–28; vice consul at Constantinople 24 Aug. 1830, consul general there 3 May 1845 to 30 Nov. 1864 when he retired; C.B. 7 April 1866. d. Heron court, Richmond, Surrey 25 Oct. 1875.

CUMBERLAND, Charles Brownlow. b. 1801; ensign 35 foot 21 Dec. 1820; lieut.-col. 96 foot 22 July 1842 to 8 July 1856 when he retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G. d. 21 Milverton crescent, Leamington 27 Nov. 1882.

CUMBERLAND, Frederic William. b. London 1820; ed. at collegiate school, Dublin and King’s college, London; appointed to engineering department of the Admiralty 1844; architect at Toronto, Canada 1847 to death; constructed Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron railway 1852–54; designed University of Toronto 1859 said to be finest specimen of Norman Gothic architecture in America; organized in Toronto a regiment afterwards called Royal Grenadiers 1861, colonel 1861–64; represented Algoma district in legislature of Ontario 1867 and in Dominion parliament 1871. d. Toronto 5 Aug. 1881.

CUMBERLAND, John. Publisher in London; published Cumberland’s British Theatre, printed from the acting copies as performed at the Theatres Royal, London, 39 vols. 1823–31; Cumberland’s Minor Theatre 14 vols. 1831–32, these two series were republished in 64 or 65 vols. 1838; foreman of the jury at coroner’s inquest on body of Colonel Fawcett killed by Lieut. Munroe in a duel 1 July 1843. d. 185 Camden road, London 13 June 1866 in 79 year.

CUMBERLAND, Octavius. b. 1810; entered navy 16 April 1825; captain 29 Sept. 1855; retired R.A. 25 Aug. 1873; C.B. 2 June 1869. d. New hall, Penicuik, Edinburgh 6 Aug. 1877.

CUMBERLAND, Richard Francis (son of Richard Cumberland, officer in 3 foot guards). b. 1792; a page of honour; ensign 3 foot guards 27 Jany. 1809, lieut. 25 Dec. 1813 to 1825 when he sold out; aide-de-camp to Duke of Wellington in principal actions in Peninsular war 1812–14; wounded at repulse of French sortie from Bayonne. d. Royal Mint, London 9 March 1870.

CUMBERLEGE, Edward Altham. Colonel Bengal infantry 4 Feb. 1861; L.G. 17 Sep. 1871. d. 23 Burlington road, Westbourne park, London 28 Dec. 1873 aged 70.

CUMING, Hugh. b. West Alvington, Kingsbridge, Devon 14 Feb. 1791; apprenticed to a sail maker; went to South America 1819; in business at Valparaiso 1819–26; cruised in the South Pacific and along Western coast of America collecting plants and shells 1826–29; cruised among islands of Philippine group where he collected 130,000 specimens of dried plants 1835–39; his collection of shells the largest and most valuable private one in existence contained 30,000 species and varieties; G. B. Sowerby named a genus of bivalved shells Cumingia after him 1833; F.L.S. d. 13 Gower st. London 10 Aug. 1865. Athenæum 19 Aug. 1865 pp. 247–8; Proc. of Royal Linnæan Soc. (1865–6) 57–9.

CUMING, Richard. b. London 20 March 1777; one of first members of Aurelian Soc. 1801 afterwards known as Entomological Soc. of London; member of Lambeth Chemical Soc. established 1801; invented the Phantasmagoria 1801 which was shown by Philipstal at Lyceum theatre 1802; made purchases from all celebrated collections of curiosities and natural history which were sold 1806–70; Assoc. British Archæol. Soc. 1858; translated greater part of Cuvier’s Règne Animal to which Edward Pidgeon’s name is attached. d. 63 Kennington park road, London 15 Feb. 1870. bur. Norwood cemetery 22 Feb. Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxvii, 542–4 (1871).

CUMMING, Sir Henry John. b. 1772; cornet 11 light dragoons 12 May 1790, lieut.-col. 17 Feb. 1803 to 20 Jany. 1837; present at every engagement in the Peninsula except siege of Badajoz; col. 12 lancers 20 Jany. 1837 to death; general 9 Nov. 1846; K.C.H. 13 March 1833. d. 15 Upper Grosvenor st. London 28 Nov. 1856.

CUMMING, Rev. James. b. St. James’s, Westminster 23 Oct. 1777; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., 10 wrangler 1801, B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, fellow of his college 1803–15; professor of chemistry in Univ. of Cam. 1815 to death; made important modifications and simplifications of electric methods; pres. of Cambridge Philosophical Soc.; F.R.S. 4 Jany. 1816, F.G.S. 1816; R. of North Runcton, Norfolk 1819 to death; author of A manual of Electro-Dynamics 1827. d. North Runcton 10 Nov. 1861.

CUMMING, Rev. John. b. parish of Fintray, Aberdeenshire 10 Nov. 1807; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch. and univ.; M.A. 1827; licensed to preach by Aberdeen presbytery 3 May 1832; minister of National Scottish church, Crown court, Covent Garden, London 18 Aug. 1832 to 21 July 1879, church was rebuilt at cost of £5000, 1847–8; a prominent controversialist; opposed the Free church of Scotland in many pamphlets and lectures; took part in the Maynooth controversy 1845; became widely known by his writings on the interpretations of prophecy; lectured against Bishop Colenso 1863; his letters to the Times signed a ‘Beemaster’ attracted much notice and were the basis of a work called Beekeeping 1864; his admirers raised a sum of £3000 for him 1879 which bought an annuity of £300; author of Lectures for the times, or an exposition of Tridentine and Tractarian Popery 1844; Is Christianity from God? a manual of Christian evidence 1847, 11 ed. 1871; Apocalyptic Sketches 3 series 1848–50; Prophetic studies, or lectures on the book of Daniel 1850; Signs of the times, or present, past and future 1854; The great tribulation, or things coming on the earth 1859; Popular lectures on the Essays and Reviews 1861; The Millenial rest, or the world as it will be 1862; Moses right and Bishop Colenso wrong 1863; Driftwood, seawood and fallen leaves 2 vols. 1863, and more than 90 other books. d. Chiswick 5 July 1881. In memoriam Rev. John Cumming, D.D, printed for private distribution n.d.; Rev. C. M. Davies’s Unorthodox London (1873) 201–17; Westminster Review n.s. viii, 436–62 (1855); Essays by George Eliot (1884) 145–99; Illust. news of the world iii (1859), portrait; Graphic xxiv, 149 (1881), portrait.

CUMMING, Rev. Joseph George (2 son of Joseph Notsall Cumming of Mattock). b. Matlock 15 Feb. 1812; ed. at Oakham gr. sch. and Em. coll. Cam., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; C. of North Runcton, Norfolk 1835–38; vice principal of King William’s college, Isle of Man 1841–55; master of Lichfield gr. sch. 1855–58; warden and professor of classical literature and geology in Queen’s college, Birmingham 1858–62; R. of Mellis, Suffolk 1862–67; V. of St. John’s, Bethnal Green, London 1867 to death; F.G.S. 1846; author of The Isle of Man, its history, physical, ecclesiastical, civil and legendary 1848; A chronology of ancient, sacred and profane history 1853; The great Stanley, or James VIIth Earl of Derby 1867. d. St. John’s vicarage, Bethnal Green 21 Sep. 1868. Reg. and mag. of biog. i, 219–20 (1869).

CUMMING, William. b. about 1822; M.R.C.S. 1844, L.S.A. 1847; a surgeon in London; the pioneer of modern ophthalmology; the first to demonstrate that rays of light falling on the human retina might be reflected back to the eye of an observer, this important fact was communicated by him to the Medico-Chirurgical Soc. of London, June 1846 in a paper On a luminous appearance of the human eye. d. 15 Warkworth terrace, Commercial road, London 5 June 1855 aged 33.

CUMMING-BRUCE, Charles Lennox (2 son of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon 1 baronet, who d. 10 Feb. 1806). b. 20 Feb. 1790; ed. at Winchester and C.C. coll. Ox., M.A. 1810; M.P. for Inverness district of burghs 17 May 1833 to 17 July 1837, for Elgin and Nairnshire 25 April 1840 to 11 Nov. 1868; joint sec. of board of control Feb. to Dec. 1852; assumed additional surname of Bruce on his marriage 1820. d. Broom hall near Dunfermline 1 Jany. 1875.

CUMMING-GORDON, Roualeyn George Gordon (2 son of the succeeding). b. Altyre, co. Elgin 15 March 1820; ed. at Eton; cornet Madras cavalry 1838–40; ensign royal Newfoundland companies 3 Nov. 1843; ensign Cape Mounted rifles 23 Feb. 1844 to 22 July 1845 when he sold out; hunted in interior of South Africa 1845–50; exhibited his trophies at Great Exhibition 1851; lectured in London and the provinces 1855–58; kept a museum of his trophies at Fort Augustus on the Caledonian canal 1858 to death; author of Five years of a hunter’s life in the far interior of South Africa 2 vols. 1850 which had an immense success; The lion hunter of South Africa 1856. d. Fort Augustus 24 March 1866. I.L.N. xx, 512 (1852), portrait.

CUMMING-GORDON, Sir William Gordon, 2 Baronet. b. Altyre 20 July 1787; succeeded his father 10 Feb. 1806; M.P. for Elgin district of burghs 23 May 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832. d. Altyre 23 Nov. 1854.

CUNARD, Sir Edward, 2 Baronet (son of the succeeding). b. Halifax, Nova Scotia 1 Jany. 1816; agent of Cunard line of steamers at New York 1835–65; head of firm of Cunard, Burns and Mac Iver 1865 to death. d. suddenly at New York 6 April 1869, personalty sworn under £300,000, 5 June 1869.

CUNARD, Sir Samuel, 1 Baronet (son of Abraham Cunard of Philadelphia, mechanic). b. Halifax, Nova Scotia 21 Nov. 1787; a merchant at Halifax; established with George Burns of Glasgow and David Mac Iver of Liverpool the British and North American Royal mail steam packet company 1838; contracted with the government 4 May 1839 for conveyance of the mails between Liverpool and Halifax, Boston and Quebec for 7 years at £60,000 per annum, the first voyage across the Atlantic was made by the Britannia 4–18 July 1840; F.R.G.S. 1846; created baronet 9 March 1859. d. 26 Prince’s gardens, Kensington, London 28 April 1865, personalty sworn under £350,000, 27 May. W. S. Lindsay’s Merchant Shipping iv, 178–86, 217–20, 226–50 (1876); Fortunes made in business ii, 325–71 (1884); London Society xxxviii, 33–47 (1880).

CUNDY, Thomas (eld. son of Thomas Cundy of London, architect 1765–1825). b. 1790; an architect in London; surveyor to Earl Grosvenor’s London estates Dec. 1825 to death; erected Holy Trinity, Paddington, St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, and other churches in west end of London. d. Bromley, Kent 15 July 1867.

CUNINGHAM, Alexander (2 son of Charles Cuningham of Newholm, Lanarkshire). b. Edinburgh 1805; ed. at high school and univ. of Edin.; a writer to the signet 1827; joint sec. with his father to comrs. of northern lighthouses 1842, sec. 1846–75; fellow of royal Scottish society of arts before whom he read many papers on subjects connected with lighthouse service. d. Palmerston place, Edinburgh 16 June 1883.

CUNINGHAM, David. Entered Bombay army 1816; brigadier in command at Aden 18 Sep. 1848 to 9 Jany. 1851; col. 1 Bombay light cavalry 19 Oct. 1849 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. d. Cluny house near Dunkeld 4 Sep. 1861 aged 59.

CUNINGHAM, John (eld. son of John Cuningham of Port Glasgow, merchant). b. Port Glasgow 1782; admitted advocate at Scotch bar 1807; deputy to Lord Advocate Jeffery, Dec. 1830; sheriff of Morayshire 1831; solicitor general for Scotland 22 April 1835; judge of supreme court with courtesy title of Lord Cuningham 9 Feb. 1837 to May 1853 when he resigned. d. 23 Moray place, Edinburgh 26 Oct. 1854. Crombie’s Modern Athenians (1882), 47–48, portrait.

CUNLIFFE, Sir Robert Henry, 4 Baronet (2 son of Sir Foster Cunliffe, 2 baronet 1755–1834). b. Chester 22 April 1785; entered Bengal army 1798; major 1 Bengal N.I. 17 Oct. 1818; col. 4 Bengal N.I. 30 May 1828 to death; knighted by patent 16 Sep. 1829; succeeded 15 June 1834; C.B. 28 July 1838; general 13 Oct. 1857. d. Acton park near Wrexham, Denbighshire 10 Sep. 1859.

CUNNINGHAM, Francis (youngest son of Allan Cunningham the poet 1784–1842). b. 1820; ensign 23 Madras light infantry 1838; field engineer at defence of Jellalabad; Mysore comr. at Bangalore 1850–61; retired with rank of lieut.-col. 31 Dec. 1861; published an edition of Marlowe 1870, of Massinger 1871, and of Ben. Jonson 1871; a frequent contributor to Saturday Review. d. 18 Clarendon road, South Kensington, London 3 Dec. 1875.

CUNNINGHAM, Rev. John William. b. London 3 Jany. 1780; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., 5 wrangler 1802, B.A. 1802, M.A. 1805, fellow of his college; C. of Ripley, Surrey 1802; C. of Clapham to 1811; a prominent member of the evangelical party; edited Christian Observer 1850–58; V. of Harrow 1811 to death; author of World without souls 1805, 6 ed. 1816; The Velvet Cushion 1814, 10 ed. 1816; Sancho or the Proverbialist 1817, anon. and other books. d. Harrow 30 Sep. 1861.

CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Davey (eld. son of Allan Cunningham the poet 1784–1842). b. Lambeth 9 June 1812; ed. at Addiscombe and Chatham; sailed for India, Feb. 1834; 2 lieut. Bengal engineers, captain 13 Nov. 1849 to death; lived among the Sikhs as political assistant to col. Wade and other officers 1837–45; political agent at Bhopal 7 March 1846 to 26 Oct. 1849; author of History of the Sikhs 1849. d. suddenly near Umballa, Punjab 28 Feb. 1851. J. D. Cunningham’s History of the Sikhs (1849), preface.

CUNNINGHAM, Peter (brother of the preceding). b. Pimlico, London 7 April 1816; ed. at Christ’s hospital; clerk in Audit office 1834, chief clerk 1854–60; art critic of Pictorial Times; treasurer of Shakespeare Society; author of Songs of England and Scotland 1835; The handbook of Westminster Abbey 1842; The life of Inigo Jones 1848; The handbook of London 2 vols. 1849, 2 ed. 1850; The story of Nell Gwynn 1852; edited many books. d. Ureulam road, St. Albans 18 May 1869. G. Hodder’s Memories of my time (1870) 384–93; I.L.N. xxviii, 205, 206 (1856), portrait.

CUNNINGHAM, Peter Miller (5 son of John Cunningham of Dalswinton near Dumfries, farmer). b. Dalswinton, Nov. 1789; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; assistant surgeon in royal navy 10 Dec. 1810, surgeon 28 Jany. 1814; surgeon superintendent of convict ships, left the sea May 1841; published Two years in New South Wales 2 vols. 1827; On the motions of the earth and on the conceptions, growth and decay of man 1834; Hints for Australian emigrants 1841. d. Greenwich 6 March 1864. Rev. D. Hogg’s Life of Allan Cunningham (1875) 12–14, 360–8.

CUNNINGHAM, Rev. William (eld. son of Charles Cunningham of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, merchant, who d. 1811). b. Hamilton 2 Oct. 1805; ed. at Dunse and Univ. of Edin. 1820–28; assistant minister of Middle church, Greenock 15 Oct. 1830; minister of Trinity college church, Edin. Jany. 1834; D.D. Princeton college, New Jersey 1842; professor of theology in New college, Edin. 1843, professor of church history there 1845 to death, principal June 1847 to death; the ablest defender of Calvinism of his time; edited British and Foreign Evangelical Review Oct. 1855 to Oct. 1860; moderator of general assembly 19 May 1859 to death; the sum of £7000 was presented to him 1859; author of The reformers and the theology of the Reformation 1862; Historical theology, a review of the principal doctrinal discussions in the Christian church from the Apostolic age 1863, 2 ed. 1864; Discussion on church principles, Popish, Erastian, Presbyterian 1863. d. Edinburgh 14 Dec. 1861. Life of W. Cunningham by R. Rainy and J. Mackenzie 1871, portrait; Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 193–200, portrait; Sermons from 1828 to 1860 by the late W. Cunningham, edited by Rev. J. J. Bonar 1872.

CUNYNGHAME, Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow (3 son of Sir David Cunynghame, 5 baronet 1769–1854). b. 2 Aug. 1812; 2 lieut. royal rifles 2 Nov. 1830; lieut.-col. 13 foot 3 Nov. 1846; captain Grenadier guards 1 Dec. 1846; lieut.-col. 20 foot 27 April 1849; lieut.-col. 27 foot 2 April 1852 to 16 Dec. 1853 when placed on h.p.; assistant quartermaster general of first division in the Crimea 1854–55; commanded a division of Turkish contingent May 1855; col. of 36 foot 2 Dec. 1868 to 2 Feb. 1876; commanded forces in South Africa 5 Nov. 1873 to 1 March 1878; col. commandant of first battalion royal rifles 2 Feb. 1876 to death; lieut. governor of Cape of Good Hope 5 March 1877 to 1878; general 1 Oct. 1877, placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869, G.C.B. 13 June 1878; author of An Aide-de-camp’s recollections of service in China 2 vols. 1844; A glimpse at the Great Western republic 1851; Travels in the Eastern Caucasus 1872; My command in South Africa 1879. d. on board ship at Aden on his way home from India 10 March 1884. I.L.N. lxxii, 273 (1878), portrait.

CUPPAGE, Sir Burke (son of lieut. gen. Wm. Cuppage, who d. 7 Jany. 1848 aged 87). b. Charlton, Kent 1794; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812; commanded R.A. in south western district 1857–63; col. commandant 2 Feb. 1868 to death; governor of Jersey 23 Oct. 1863 to 1 Oct. 1868; K.C.B. 29 May 1875. d. 4 Cranley place, Onslow sq. London 19 April 1877.

CURETON, Rev. William (2 son of Wm. Cureton of Westbury, Shropshire). b. Westbury 1808; ed. at Newport and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1858; chaplain of his college 1831–38; C. of Oddington, Oxon. 1831; sub librarian of Bodleian library, Oxford 1834–37; assistant keeper of MSS. in British Museum 1837–50; F.R.S. 25 Jany. 1838; select preacher at Ox. 1840; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 18 June 1847; canon of Westminster and R. of St. Margaret’s, Westminster 5 Dec. 1849 to death; corresponding member of French Institute 1855, foreign associate 1860; crown trustee of British Museum 1859; chairman of committee of Oriental translation fund 1863; author of Vindiciæ Ignatianæ, the writings of St. Ignatius vindicated from heresy 1846; Corpus Ignatianum 1849; Spicilegium Syriacum with an English translation 1855; Remains of an ancient recension of the Gospels in Syriac 1858. d. Westbury 17 June 1864. The church of England photographic portrait gallery, part 21 (1859), portrait; G.M. xvii, 520–23 (1864); I.L.N. xxiv, 400 (1854) portrait.

CURIE, Paul Francis. M.D. Aberdeen 1815; member of Gallican Society; co-editor of Archives de la médecine homœopathique 1836–37; author of Principles of Homœopathy 1837; Annals of the London homœopathic dispensary 1844; A treatise on cholera, English and Asiatic 1849; Domestic practice of homœopathy 1850. d. 17 Hanover sq. London 5 Oct. 1853.

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