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Caleb C. Colton <ref name="term_33705" />
<p> an English clergyman, was educated at Eton, and King's College, Cambridge, and became vicar of [[Kew]] and Petersham. A passion for gaming so embarrassed him financially that he was compelled to abscond to [[America]] in 1828, to avoid his creditors. He next took up his residence at Paris, where he is said to have been very successful at play, clearing '''''£''''' 25,000 in less than two years. The dread of an impending surgical operation unbalanced his mind, and he blew out his brains at [[Fontainebleau]] in 1832. He published, [[Narrative]] of the Sampford Ghost (1810): Hypocrisy, a Satirical Poem (1812): '''''—''''' Napoleon, a poem (eod.): '''''—''''' [[Lines]] on the [[Conflagration]] of [[Moscow]] (1816): '''''—''''' Bacon, or Many Things in Few Words (1820). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p>

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<ref name="term_33705"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/colton,+caleb+c. Caleb C. Colton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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