John Thurloe

John Thurloe, an English statesman, born at Abbots Roding, Essex, in 1616, died in London, Feb. 21, 1668. He was called to the bar in 1647, and in 1652 became secretary to the council of state, and in 1653 secretary to the protector. In 1657 he was made a privy councillor, and in 1658 governor of the Charterhouse and chancellor of Glasgow university. While continuing to hold office under Richard Cromwell he was accused of offering his services to promote the restoration of Charles II., and was imprisoned in May and June, 1660. After his release he took no part in public affairs. His collection of state papers, with a number of private papers and letters, was edited, with a life of Thurloe, by Thomas Birch, D. D. (7 vols, fob, London, 1742).

John Tiptoft Worcester

John Tiptoft Worcester, earl of, an English statesman, born at Everton, Cambridgeshire, early in the 15th century, beheaded in the tower of London, Oct. 15, 1470. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1449 was appointed lord deputy of Ireland and created earl of Worcester. Under Edward IV. he was made constable of the tower and lord treasurer. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and on his return presented many valuable manuscripts to the university of Oxford. During the temporary return to power of the Lancastrians in 1470 he was accused of cruelty in Ireland and beheaded. He was a great collector of books. His literary productions comprise translations of Cicero's De Amicitia (printed by William Caxton) and of that portion of Caesar's "Commentaries " which relates to Britain.

John Trumbull

John Trumbull, an American poet, born in Watertown, Conn., April 24, 1750, died in Detroit, Mich., May 12, 1831. He graduated at Yale College in 1767, and became a tutor in 1771. In 1773 he was admitted to the bar, and in 1781 he removed to Hartford. He was a member of the state legislature, and from 1801 to 1819 a judge of the superior court. In 1825 he removed to Detroit. His best known work is " McFingal," a revolutionary satire (canto i., 1775; complete in 4 cantos, 1782), of which more than 30 unauthorized editions were sold before 1820 (latest ed., with notes by B. J. Lossing, New York, 1864).. He also published " The Progress of Dalness," a satire on the prevailing modes of education (3 parts, 1772-'3); "Elegy on the Times" (1774); and with Timothy Dwight 40 papers in the manner of the "Spectator." His "Poetical Works" appeared in 1820 (2 vol3., Hartford).

John Tulloch

John Tulloch, a Scottish clergyman, born at Tibbemuir, Perthshire, in 1822. He was educated at the university of St. Andrews, and in 1844 was ordained a minister of the church of Scotland, with a charge at Dundee. Afterward he visited Germany, and studied speculative theology. In 1849 he removed to the parish of Kettins in Forfarshire, and in 1854 was appointed principal of St. Mary's college in the university of St. Andrews, which office he still holds (1876). In 1855 he received a Burnett prize of £600 on the " Being and Attributes of God." He has published "Leaders of the Reformation" (1859); "English Puritanism and its Leaders" (1861); "Beginning Life: Chapters for Young Men " (1862); " The Christ of the Gospel and the Christ of Modern Criticism: Lectures on M. Kenan's Vie de Jesus " (1864); and " Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century" (2 vols., 1872).