11) Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Warton, Thomas
...(b. Basingstoke, 1728; d. Oxford, May 21st, 1790). Five Pastoral Eclogues (1745); The Pleasures of Melancholy (1745), The Triumph of Isis (1749); An Ode for Music...
12) Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Burke, Edmund
...(b. Dublin, January 12th, 1728 or 1729; d. Beaconsfield, July 9th, 1797). Vindication of Natural Society (1756); The Sublime and Beautiful (1757); Present State of...
13) Hunter, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hunter, John, 1728-93, Scottish anatomist and surgeon, studied under his brother, William Hunter. A pioneer in comparative anatomy and morphology, he made many valuable...
14) Jenkins, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Jenkins, John, 1728-85, American pioneer, b. probably Connecticut. In 1753, Jenkins explored the Wyoming Valley for the proposed Susquehanna Company. A settlement...
15) Rodney, Caesar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Rodney, Caesar, 1728-84, American political leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. near Dover, Del. He was a member of the Delaware assembly (1761-70,...
16) Butler, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Butler, John, 1728-96, Loyalist commander in the American Revolution, b. New London, Conn. He served in the French and Indian Wars and distinguished himself especially...
17) Black, Joseph. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Black, Joseph, 1728-99, Scottish chemist and physician, b. France. He was professor of chemistry at Glasgow (1756-66) and from 1766 at Edinburgh. He is best known...
18) Herkimer, Nicholas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728-77, American Revolutionary general. He was born in a German colony near the present town of Herkimer, N.Y. He served in the French and Indian...
19) Cook, James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Cook, James, 1728-79, English explorer and navigator. After an apprenticeship to a firm of shipowners at Whitby, he joined (1755) the royal navy. He surveyed the...
20) Stark, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Stark, John, 1728-1822, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Londonderry, N.H. He fought in the French and Indian Wars. At the start of the Revolution he distinguished...
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