Pattison
MARK, an English writer; born in 1813; was educated at Oriel College, Oxford; received a fellowship in 1839; and two years subsequently was ordained and won the Denyer theological prize. In 1853 he was appointed tutor of his college, and in 1861 became rector (or head) of Lincoln College. He devoted himself to university reform. He was a contributor to the famous "Essays and Reviews," and published "Pope's Epistles and Satires" (1869), "Isaac Casaubon" (1875), a memoir of Milton in the Men of Letters Series (1879), the "Sonnets of Milton" (1883), and numerous articles in reviews, etc. He died in 1884.
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Patton
FRANCIS LANDEY, an American educator; born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, Jan. 22, 1843. Educated at Knox College, University of Toronto, and graduated at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1865. In 1865-1871 he was pastor of several churches; was then chosen McCormick Professor in the Theological Seminary of the Northwest; and in 1881 Professor of Relations of Philosophy and Science to the Christian Religion in Princeton University, the chair having been especially created for him. In 1888 he was chosen president of the university. He resigned in 1902 and soon after was appointed President of the Princeton. Theological Seminary. Publications: "The Inspiration of the Scriptures" (1869); "Summary of Christian Doctrines" (1874), etc.
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Pau
the chief town of the French department of Basses-Pyrénées, on the right bank of the Gave-de-Pau, 66 miles E. S. E. of Bayonne and 143 S. S. E. of Bordeaux. It occupies a rocky height, 623 feet above sea-level, and commands toward the S. most magnificent views of the serrated Pyrénées. The ancient capital of the kingdom of Béarn and French Navarre, it has a noble five-towered castle, rising to a height of 110 feet, rebuilt about 1363 by Gaston Phœbus, Comte de Foix, and restored by Louis- Philippe and Napoleon III. Linen and chocolate are its chief manufactures; and in the vicinity Jurançon wine is grown, and many swine are fed, whose pork supplies the famous hams of Bayonne. Pop. about 40,000.
GENERAL PAUL MARY CE- SAR GERALD, a French general, born in Montélimar in 1848; graduated from Saint Cyr Military Academy in 1867, served in Franco-Prussian War as lieutenant of infantry, during which he lost his right arm. In 1897 he had attained GENERAL PAU the rank of brigadier-general, and of division in 1908. At the outbreak of hostilities, in 1914, he was given an important command in Alsace, where he remained till near the end of the year. In 1915 he went on a diplomatic mission Russia, the Balkans and Italy, and to to Australia in 1918. He was a member of the Inter-Allied War Council and largely influenced Allied military plans on the western front.
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Paul and Virginia
a story by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, a French author. It was published in 1787. It is a pretty, pathetic tale of almost idyllic character, but somewhat morbid in tone. Paul and Virginia are two children who grow up together. After reaching manhood and womanhood they are betrothed, but Virginia loses her life in a shipwreck and Paul dies of grief. Several operas have been written with this story as a basis.
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Paulding
JAMES KIRKE, an American author; born in Dutchess co., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1779. Self-educated, he early showed a tendency to literature, and, being a friend of Washington Irving, wrote a portion of "Salmagundi." During the War of 1812 he published the "Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan"; and in 1814, "The United States and England," a defense against articles in the "Quarterly Review." This gained him an appointment on the Board of Naval Commissioners. He still continued to write minor satires and humorous sketches, and in 1831 published the very successful novel, "The Dutchman's Fireside," and in 1832 "Westward Ho!" "Life of Washington" (1835) and "Slavery in the United States" (1836), in which the institution is defended on social, economical, and physiological grounds. In 1837 Van Buren appointed him Secretary of the Navy. He died at Hyde Park, N. Y., April 6, 1860.
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Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke (1779-1860), an American politician and writer. He was a native of Dutchess County, New York . He received a village school education. He removed to New York City in 1800. In 1807 he entered into a literary partnership with Washington Irving in the publication of the humorous articles known as the Salmagundi papers. Twenty numbers appeared. During the war of 1812 he acquired some note as a writer of political pamphlets, including The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan . He wrote also a Life of Washington; a Book of St. Nicholas, the latter being a series of stories of the old Dutch settlers of New York; and Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham. He wrote a considerable number of essays, poems, and tales. About the only lines that are remembered at the present time are: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? Under Van Buren, Paulding was secretary of the navy.
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Paulinus
an English missionary to Northumbria, counted as the first of the archbishops of York. He was a native of Rome. He was sent on his mission by Gregory in 601, and first labored under Augustine in the evangelization of Kent. By him he was consecrated bishop in 625, when he accompanied Ethelburga on her marriage to the still heathen Edwin, King of Northumbria. For a long time he made no progress; but at length a great gathering was held at Goodmanham, near York, and Edwin and his court submitted to baptism sm at York, in a wooden chapel dedicated to St. Peter, the foundation of the Minster, Easter Sunday, 627. Paulinus now carried the Gospel over Northumbria, but after six years' constant labor the death of Edwin in battle at Hatfield put a sudden end to his work. In the same year he received the "pallium" as Archbishop of York from Rome, but he never returned, dying Oct. 10, 644. He was buried in the chapter house at Rochester.
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