FULLER, THOMAS (1608-1661).—­Divine and antiquary, s. of a clergyman of the same name, was b. at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire.  Possessed of exceptional intelligence and a wonderful memory, he became a good scholar, and distinguished himself at Camb., where he was sent.  Entering the Church, he obtained rapid preferment, including the lectureship at the Savoy, and a chaplaincy to Charles II.  He was a voluminous author, his works dealing with theology, morals, history, and antiquities.  Among the chief are History of the Holy War, i.e. the Crusades (1643), The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), A Pisgah Sight of Palestine (1650), Church History of Britain, History of Cambridge University (1655), Worthies of England (1662), and Good Thoughts in Bad Times.  The outstanding characteristic of F.’s writings is shrewd observation conveyed in a style of quaint humour.  Lamb says, “His conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped in human feeling and passion.”  But in addition there is much wisdom and a remarkable power of casting his observations into a compact, aphoristic form.  The Worthies, though far from being a systematic work, is full of interesting biographical and antiquarian matter which, but for the pains of the author, would have been lost.  Coleridge says of him, “He was incomparably the most sensible, the least prejudiced great man in an age that boasted a galaxy of great men.”  F., who was of a singularly amiable character, was a strong Royalist, and suffered the loss of his preferments during the Commonwealth.  They were, however, given back to him at the Restoration.

Lives by Russell (1844), J.E.  Bailey (1874), and M. Fuller (1886).

FULLERTON, LADY GEORGIANA (LEVESON-GOWER) (1812-1885).—­Novelist, dau. of the 1st Earl Granville, and sister of the eminent statesman.  She wrote a number of novels, some of which had considerable success.  They include Ellen Middleton (1844), Grantley Manor (1847), and Too Strange not to be True (1864).  She also pub. two vols. of verse.  She joined the Church of Rome in 1846.

GAIMAR, GEOFFREY (fl. 1140?).—­Chronicler, translated the chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth into French verse for the wife of his patron, Ralph Fitz-Gilbert, and added a continuation dealing with the Saxon Kings.  His work is entitled L’Estoire des Engles.

GALT, JOHN (1779-1839).—­Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of the captain of a West Indiaman, was b. at Irvine, Ayrshire, but while still a young man he went to London and formed a commercial partnership, which proved unfortunate, and he then entered Lincoln’s Inn to study law.  A little before this he had produced his first book, a poem on the Battle of Largs, which, however, he soon suppressed.  He then went to various parts of the Continent in connection with certain commercial schemes, and met