=Cockburn [k[=o]´burn], Henry Thos., Lord.= 1779-1854. Jurist. Author Life and Correspondence of Lord Jeffrey, and Memorials of his Times. =Coke, Sir Edward.= c. 1549-1634. Jurist. Best known by his famous Coke upon Littleton, or the First Institute. =Colenso, John Wm.= 1814-1883. Bp. Natal. Theologian. Author of The Pentateuch and Joshua Critically Examined, Lect. on the Pentateuch and Moabite Stone, etc. An able and vigorous writer. =Coleridge [k[=o]l´r[)i]j], Hartley.= 1796-1849. Poet. Son to S. T. C. Author of Poems, Essays, Life of Massinger, etc. Style in both prose and verse clear and beautiful. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._ =Coleridge, Henry Nelson.= 1800-1843. Neph. to S. T. C. Essayist. Style able and scholarly. =Coleridge, John Taylor.= 1790-1876. Neph. to S. T. C. Author of an annotated Blackstone, Memoir of John Keble, etc. =Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.= 1772-1834. Poet and philosopher. Author of The Ancient Mariner, Christabel, Kubla Khan, etc., in verse; Lect. on Shakespeare, Table-Talk, The Friend, Biographia Literaria, etc., in prose. A man of great genius, who accomplished little commensurate with it. His best, however, is unsurpassable. _See 9 vol. edition, N. Y., 1853-4._ _See Gilman's Life of_; _Personal Recollections of Joseph Cottle_. =Coleridge, Sara.= 1803-1852. Dau. to S. T. C. and wife to H. N. C. Editor of her father's works, and author of the exquisite romance Phantasmion. A writer of much critical ability. _See Memoir of._ _Pub. Har. 1873._ =Collier, Jeremy.= 1650-1726. Theologian. His famous pamphlet against the immorality of the stage greatly helped to purify Eng. literature. =Collier, John Payne.= 1789-1883. Shakespearean scholar. Best known in connection with the famous Collier MSS. of Notes and Emendations to the text of Shakespeare. _See Atlantic Monthly, Oct., 1859, and Sept., 1861._ _Pub. Scr._ =Collins, Mortimer.= 1827-1876. Novelist. Author Sweet Anne Page, Marquis and Merchant, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._ =Collins, Wm.= 1720-1756. Poet. Famous for his musical odes, as The Passions, Evening, and the poem How Sleep the Brave. C. occupies a high place among minor poets. _See Johnson's Lives of the Poets._ =Collins, Wm. Wilkie.= 182 Novelist. Excels all other novelists in the construction of plots. The Woman in White is his most famous story. _Pub. Har._ =Colman, George.= 1733-1794. Dramatist. Composed nearly 30 comedies, of which The Jealous Wife is one of the best. =Colman, George.= The Younger. 1762-1836. Dramatist. Son to preceding. A writer of spirited comedies, such as The Heir-at-Law, Poor Gentleman, John Bull, The Iron Chest, etc. =Combe [koom], Andrew.= 1797-1847. Scotch physiological writer. _Pub. Har._ =Combe, George.= 1788-1858. Scotch phrenologist. Bro. to A. C. Author Constitution of Man, etc. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches and Capen's Reminiscences of G. Combe._ _Pub. Har._