Nassick, Or Nashik

Nassick, Or Nashik, a town of British India, in the province and about 100 m. N. E. of the city of Bombay, capital of a collectorate of the same name (pop. in 1872. 672,791), on the Go-davery river and the Great India Peninsula railway; pop. about 25,000. It is celebrated for it- Brahmanical temples and Buddhist excavations. Its proximity to the sources of the Godavery, and the legendary associations of the place, render it extremely sacred in the estimation of the Hindoos, who come as pilgrims to Nassick in large numbers. Their wealthy and numerous black basalt temples line both banks of the river. In the vicinity of the town, about 5 in. distant, are the Buddhist rock caves, which are believed to have been excavated in the 2d or 3d century of our era. There are more than 13 apartments, one of which is 45 ft. square, profusely ornamented with sculptures and colossal stone figures.

Nathan Drake

Nathan Drake, an English physician and miscellaneous writer, born in York in 1766, died at Hadleigh, Suffolk, June 7, 1836. He was educated at the university of Edinburgh, and practised his profession in Hadleigh from 1792 till his death, during which time he was a frequent contributor to literary and medical periodicals. His works are numerous; they include "Shakespeare and his Times" (2 vols. 4to, London, 1817), and many volumes of essays, criticisms, and illustrations of the writings of the age of Queen Anne.

Nathan Parker

Nathan Parker, an American clergyman, born in Reading, Mass., June 5, 1782, died in Portsmouth, K H., Nov. 8, 1833. He graduated at Harvard college in 1803, became a tutor in Bowdoin college in 1805, and was ordained pastor of the South church in Portsmouth Sept. 14, 1808, which office he retained through life. When the division of the Congregational body in New England into two parties was recognized, he took his stand as a professed Unitarian. After his death a volume of his sermons was published, with a memoir by the Rev. Henry Ware, jr.

Nathaniel F Moore

Nathaniel F Moore, an American scholar, born in Newtown, L. I., Dec. 25,1782, died near New York, April 27, 1872. He was a nephew of Bishop Benjamin Moore, graduated at Columbia college, New York, in 1802, and was admitted to the bar in 1805. He was appointed in 1817 adjunct professor and in 1820 professor of the Greek and Latin languages in Columbia college, retaining his chair till 1835, when he visited Europe. In 1837 he was appointed librarian of the college, and in 1842 he succeeded Judge Duer in the presidency, from which he retired in 1849. He published "Ancient Mineralogy " (New York, 1834; new ed., 1859); " Remarks on the Pronunciation of the Greek Language," in reply to a pamphlet by Mr. Pickering; "Lectures on the Greek Language and Literature;" and a " Historical Sketch of Columbia College".

Nathaniel Hooke

Nathaniel Hooke, a British historian, born in Ireland about 1690, died July 19,1763. He lost his fortune in the South sea speculation, and was then engaged by the duchess of Marlborough to assist in writing her memoirs (1742), for £5,000. Being a zealous Catholic, he attempted her conversion, and a quarrel was the consequence. He was a friend of Pope, and brought a priest to hear the confession of the poet in his last hours. He wrote "The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth" (4 vols. 4to, 1757-'71).