Sir William Cell, an English scholar, born at Hopton, Derbyshire, in 1777, died in Naples, Feb. 4, 1836. He graduated at Cambridge in 1798, and was sent on a secret mission to the Ionian Islands. In 1814 he accompanied the princess of Wales abroad as one of her chamberlains, and was one of the witnesses at her trial, after she had become queen. He subsequently returned to Italy, where he sojourned till his death. He was a voluminous writer on classical antiquities. His principal works are:

The Topography of Troy and its Vicinity" (fob, 1804); Itinerary of Greece, with a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo" (4to, 1810); and "Pompeiana, or Observations upon the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii(with J. P. Gandy, 8vo, 1817-19; 3d ed., 1852). Of the last, a continuation in 2 vols. 8vo was published in 1832.