John Odonovan

John O'Donovan, an Irish archaeologist, born at Atatee More, county Kilkenny, July 9, 1809, died in Dublin, Dec, 9, 1861. He was employed in the ordnance survey of Ireland, and in 1847 was called to the bar, but never practised. In 1849, on the establishment of Queen's college, Belfast, he was made professor of history and archaeology. He was engaged in translating MSB. under the Brehon law commission. For some years before his death he received an annual pension of £50. He published "A Grammar of the Irish Language " (8vo, London, 1845); "The Book of Rights " (1847); and his principal work, "The Annuls of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest Historic Period to A. D. 1616," the Irish text from the original manuscripts with an English translation and notes (3 vols. 4to, Dublin, 1848-'51; 7 vols. 4to, 1856).

John Of Beverley

John of Beverley, an English prelate, born at Harpham, Northumberland, in the 7th century, died at Beverley in May, 721. He was abbot of the monastery of St. Hilda, and his reputation for learning and piety induced Alfred, king of Northumberland, to obtain his appointment in 685 as bishop of Hexham, and in 687 as archbishop of York. He was the tutor of Bede. In 717 he retired to Beverley, where he had previously founded a college for secular priests. He is said to have written homilies on the Gospels and a commentary on St. Luke, but they are not extant. Bede and others ascribe miracles to him, and he was canonized three centuries after his death. William the Conqueror was said to have refrained from molesting his native place, out of respect for him.

John Ogilby

John Ogilby, a Scottish poet, born in Edinburgh in 1600, died in London, Sept. 4, 1676. While a boy he removed with his parents to London, where he subsequently became a dancing master. Through the earl of Strafford he was appointed master of the revels in Ireland, and built a theatre in Dublin; but the civil wars having ruined his prospects, he returned to England, and studied at Cambridge. He published various metrical translations, including one of Homer, which was a favorite with Pope in his younger days. At the restoration he was reappointed master of the revels in Ireland, but was ruined by the fire of London. He published nine volumes of a descriptive " Geography of the World," to be disposed of by lottery; of these, "America" (fob, London, 1671) is curious and valuable.

John Ogilvie

John Ogilvie, a Scottish poet, born in Aberdeen in 1733, died at Midmar, Aberdeenshire, in 1814. He was educated at Mari-schal college, Aberdeen, and in 1759 was settled as minister of the parish of Midmar. He wrote " The Day of Judgment," a poem (1758); "Providence, an Allegorical Poem" (1763); and " Solitude, or the Elysium of the Poets" (1765). A collection of his poems was published in 1769. His critical and theological works include "An Inquiry into the Causes of Scepticism and Infidelity in all Times " (1783), and " The Theology of Plato compared with the Principles of the Oriental and Grecian Philosophers" (1793).