LANT, LL.D., was born at Stourbridge in 1780. He studied at Glasgow, and was for some time minister of a dissenting congregation in Exeter, but after¬ wards removed to Bristol. He was drowned during a voyage between Leghorn and Naples, in 1840. His works are principally controversial. He was joined with the Rev. Dr William Shepherd, and the Rev. Jeremiah Joyce, in a valuable work entitled Systematic Education.

(French charpentier, Lat. carpentarius), an artificer who works in timber.