SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL
\sˌɜː nɐθˈanjə͡l wˈɪli͡əm ɹˈaksɔːl], \sˌɜː nɐθˈanjəl wˈɪliəm ɹˈaksɔːl], \s_ˌɜː n_ɐ_θ_ˈa_n_j_əl w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m ɹ_ˈa_k_s_ɔː_l]\
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An English statesman and historian; born at Bristol, April 8, 1751; died at Dover, Nov. 7, 1831. Going to India in the service of the East India Company in 1769, he remained there till 1772; then spent several years traveling; was Member of Parliament in 1780. He wrote: "Kings of France of the House of Valois" (1777); "History of France" (1795); "Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna" (1799); "Historical Memoirs of my Own Time" (new ed. 5 vols., 1884); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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