318 APPENDIX. 



NECKER, JACQUES (1732-1804), a French statesman and min- 

 ister of finance. 



NEES VON ESENBECK, CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED DAN- 

 IEL (1776-1858), a German botanist. 



NELSON, HORATIO (1758-1805) [36], a British admiral, third 

 son of Edmund Nelson (1722-1802) [29], a rector who was son of 

 Edmund Nelson (1693-1747), a rector. 



NESSELRODE, KARL ROBERT VON (1780-1862), a Russian 

 statesman of German origin. 



NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801-1890), an English cardinal 

 and author, son of John Newman. 



NEWMAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM (1805), an English author, 

 brother of the preceding. 



NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727) [36], an English philoso- 

 pher, posthumous son of Isaac Newton (1606-1642), who was son of 

 Robert Newton. 



NEY, MICHEL (1769-1815), a French marshal. 



NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG (1776-1831) [43], a German 

 historian, son of Karstens Niebuhr (1733-1815), a German traveler 

 and author. 



NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR, CLAUDE MARIE FRANCOIS 

 (1805-1870) [4O+x], a French chemist, nephew of Joseph Nicephore 

 Niepce (1765-1833), also a chemist and one of the inventors of pho- 

 tography. 



NORTON, CHARLES ELIOT (1827) [41], an American au- 

 thor, son of Andrews Norton (1786-1853), an author. 



O'CONNELL, DANIEL (1775-1847), an Irish statesman, eldest 

 son of Morgan O'Connell. 



OERSTED, HANS CHRISTIAN (1777-1851), a Danish natural 

 philosopher, son of a druggist. 



OERSTED, ANDERS SANDOE (1778-1860), a Danish states- 

 man and writer on philosophy, brother of Hans. 



