Born 1769.--Died 1822.
Born in Sussex--Is an idle student--Saves the life of his
brother--Studies at Cambridge--Loses his father--Proceeds
slowly with his studies--Fond of miscellaneous reading--Quits
the university--Becomes a private tutor--Makes the tour
of England--Publishes an account of it--Travels with Lord
Berwick--Passes the Alps--Italy--Naples--Eruption of Mount
Vesuvius--Is in danger of perishing among the lava--Engages to
travel in Egypt--Returns to England--Is disappointed--Publishes a
periodical work--Is again a private tutor--Engages to travel with
Mr. Cripps--Departs from England--Sweden--Norway--Lapland--Gulf
of Finland--St. Petersburg--Picture of the Russians and their
emperor--Moscow--The Crimea--Professor Pallas--Constantinople--The
Plain of Troy--Aboukir--Palestine--Egypt--The
Pyramids--Antiquities taken from the French--Isles of
Greece--Athens--Mount Parnassus--Returns to England--Created
LL.D.--Takes orders--Marries--Sells his MSS. and coins--Enjoys
pluralities--Sells the copyright of his travels--Lectures on
mineralogy--Appointed professor--Studies with enthusiasm--Falls
ill--Is carried to London--Dies 238