Higgons

Higgons

Higgons, Bevil, geb. 1670 in Kezo, studirte in Oxford, war ein eifriger Anhänger des Hauses Stuart, floh 1688 mit König Jakob II. nach Frankreich, kehrte nach dessen Tode 1701 in sein Vaterland zurück, wurde Professor in Oxford, später in [371] Cambridge u. st 1735. Er schr. die Tragödie: The generous conqueror,, Lond. 1702; dann: Historical and critical remarks on Bish. Burnet's history of his own times, ebd. 1725, 2. A. 1727; A short view of the English history, ebd. 1727, französisch Haag 1727.


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