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and inventor of the centigrade thermometer. He was son of Nils 

 Celsius (1658-1724), a mathematician and naturalist. 



CELSIUS, OLOF DE (1716-1794) [A?], a Swedish historian, 

 cousin of Anders and probably son of Olaf Celsius (1670-1756), a 

 theologian and younger brother of Nils Celsius (1658-1724). 



CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE (1547-1616), a 

 Spanish author, the youngest of four sons of Rodrigo Cervantes. 



CHALMERS, THOMAS, D. D. (1780-1847), a Scottish clergy- 

 man and author, the 6th of 14 children of John Chalmers. 



CHALONER, SIR THOMAS (1561-1615) [40], an English 

 naturalist, son of Sir Thomas Chaloner (1521-1565), a diplomatist 

 and author. 



CHAMPOLLION LE JEUNE (the younger), JEAN FRAN- 

 COIS (1791-1832), a French Egyptologist, younger brother of 

 Jacques Joseph Champollion (1778-1867), a French archaeologist. 



CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY, D. D. (1780-1842) [29], 

 an American clergyman and author, son of William Channing ( 1751 — ) 

 [36]. See Hall of Fame. 



CHARLEMAGNE (742-814) [27], emperor of the West and 

 king of France, son of Pepin (715-768) [25], who was son of Charles 

 Martel (690-741) [40], who was son of Pepin of Heristal, born 

 about 650. 



CHARLES XII, king of Sweden ( 1682-1718) [27], son of Charles 

 XI (1655-1697) [33], who was son of Charles X (1622-1660), who 

 was son of John Casimir and Catherine, the sister of Gustavus 

 Adolphus. 



CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873), an American 

 statesman and chief justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. He was an 

 orphan at the age of seven. 



CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS AUGUSTE (1768-1848) 

 [A], a French author and statesman, the youngest of ten children. 



CHATTERTON, THOMAS (1752- 1770) [39], an English poet 

 called by Wordsworth "the marvelous boy." He was the posthumous 



