ARNOLD, Samuel, doctor of music, was born in 1740, and was received into the royal chapel at an early age, where he was successively the pupil of Mr B. Gates and Dr Nares. In 1764, he became the composer for the orchestra of Covent Garden Theatre; and two years afterwards also had the same office at the Haymarket. He is the author of 40 musical dramas, among which are The Maid of the Mill, Inkle and Yarico, The Son-in-law, The Battle of Hexham, The Surrender of Calais, The Babes in the Wood, The Mountaineers, with the oratorios of Saul, Abimelech, The Prodigal Son, and The Resurrection. In 1783, he was appointed organist and composer to the king; and in 1789, conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music. We owe to him the publication of the works of Handel and Boyce. He died in 1802, and was interred in Westminster Abbey. (T. S. T.)