Francisco Guerrero
Guerrero, Francisco (c. 1528-1599), Spanish Com Poser, Was Born At Seville About 1528. He Became A Pupil Of Morales And Was One Of The Most Important Of The Spanish Group Who Came Under Italian Influence In The Second Half Of The I6th Century. At Eighteen He Was Made Maestro De ...
Franciscus Gratianus
Gratianus, Franciscus, Compiler Of The Concordia Discordantium Canonum Or Decretum Gratiani, And Founder Of The Science Of Canon Law, Was Born About The End Of The 11th Century, And At An Early Age Entered The Camaldulian Monastery Of Classe Near Ravenna, Whence He Afterwards Removed To That Of San Felice ...
Francois Joseph Gossec
Gossec, Francois Joseph French Musical Composer, Son Of A Small Farmer, Was Born At The Village Of Vergnies, In Belgian Hainaut, And Became A Choir-boy At Ant Werp. He Went To Paris In 1751 And Was Introduced By Rameau To La Popeliniere, A Wealthy Amateur, Who Made Him Conductor Of ...
Francois Marius Granet
Granet, Francois Marius French Painter, Was Born At Aix In Provence, On Dec. 17, His Father Was A Builder. The Boy's Strong Desires Led His Parents To Place Him In A School Of Art Directed By Constantin, A Landscape Painter. In 1793 Granet Followed The Volunteers Of Aix To The ...
Francois Paul Jules Grevy
Grevy, Francois Paul Jules (1807-1891), French Statesman, President Of The Republic, Was Born At Mont Sous-vaudrey, Jura, On Aug. 15, 1807. An Advocate By Profession, And A Strong Republican, He Was Deputy For Jura To The Constit Uent Assembly (1848) . Foreseeing The Election Of Louis Bonaparte As President, He ...
Frank Johnson Goodnow
Goodnow, Frank Johnson , Ameri Can Educationalist, Was Born In Brooklyn (n.y.), On Jan. 18, 18s9. Educated At Amherst College (mass.), He Graduated In Law At Columbia (1882), Subsequently Proceeding To The Ecole Libre Des Sciences Politiques, Paris, And The University Of Berlin. He Was Appointed Instructor In History And ...
Franz Grillparzer
Grillparzer, Franz (1791-1872), The Greatest Dra Matic Poet Of Austria, Was Born In Vienna, On Jan. 15, 1791. His Father, Severe, Pedantic, A Staunch Upholder Of The Liberal Tradi Tions Of The Reign Of Joseph Ii., Was An Advocate Of Some Standing; His Mother, A Nervous, Finely-strung Woman, Belonged To ...
Frederick Greenwood
Greenwood, Frederick (183o-1909), An English Journalist And Man Of Letters, Was Born In London. In 1862, When Thackeray Resigned The Editorship Of The Cornhill, Greenwood Became Joint Editor With G. H. Lewes. In 1864 He Was Appointed Sole Editor, A Post Which He Held Until 1868. Greenwood Then Conceived The ...
Frederick North
Frederick North, End Earl Of Guilford, But Better Known By His Courtesy Title Of Lord North (1732-92), Prime Minister Of England During The Important Years Of The American War, Was Born On April 13, 1732, And Was Educated At Eton And Christ Church, Oxford. At 22 Years Of Age, He ...
Friedrich Melchior Grimm
Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron Von (1723 1807), French Author, The Son Of A German Pastor, Was Born At Ratisbon On Dec. 26, 1723. He Studied At Leipzig, Where He Came Under The Influence Of Gottsched And J. A. Ernesti, And Was After Wards Attached To The Household Of Count Schonberg. ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Goiter
Goiter, Friedrich Wilhelm Ger Man Poet And Dramatist, Was Born On Sept. 3, 1746, At Gotha. After The Completion Of His University Career At Gottingen, He Was Appointed Second Director Of The Archive Of His Native Town, And Subsequently Went To Wetzlar, The Seat Of The Imperial Law Courts, As ...
Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius B.c.), Younger Brother Of Tiberius, Was A Man Of Greater Abilities, Bolder And More Passionate, Although Possessed Of Considerable Powers Of Self-control, And A Vigorous And Impressive Orator. When 20 Years Of Age He Was Appointed One Of The Commissioners To Carry Out The Distribution Of Land ...
Gaspar Gourgaud
Gourgaud, Gaspar, Baron (1783-1852), French Soldier, Was Born At Versailles On Sept. 14, 1783. He Served In The Campaigns Of 1803-5, At Saragossa, And In The Danubian Campaign Of 1809. He Acted As Ordnance Officer To Napoleon Throughout The Russian Campaign Of 1812, Served In The Campaign In Saxony, Arid ...
Gasparo Gozzi
Gozzi, Gasparo, Count Brother Of Carlo Gozzi, Was Born At Venice On Dec. 4, 1713. He Married Luise Ber Galli, Who Undertook The Management Of The Theatre Of Sant' Angelo, Venice, For Which He Provided The Plays, Chiefly Adapta Tions From The French. He Published The Gazzetta Veneta And The ...
Georg Friedrich Grotefend
Grotefend, Georg Friedrich German Epigraphist, Was Born At Munden In Hanover On June 9, 7 5. He Studied At Gottingen, And Became Corrector Of The Frankfurt Gymnasium, And Then Director Of The Gymnasium At Hanover. He Published Some Important Works On The Umbrian And Oscan Dialects, On The Coins Of ...
Georg Heinrich Von Gortz
Gortz, Georg Heinrich Von, Baron Von Schlitz (t 668-1719), Swedish Statesman, Entered The Holstein-gottorp Service, And After The Death Of The Duchess Hedwig Sophia, Charles Xii.'s Sister, Became Influential During The Minority Of Her Son, Duke Charles Frederick. His Earlier Policy Aimed At Strengthen Ing Holstein-gottorp At The Expense Of ...
George Bellas Greenough
Greenough, George Bellas (17 S 5 ), Eng Lish Geologist, Was Born In London On The I8th Of January 1778. He Studied Mineralogy At Freiburg Under Werner, Travelled In Various Parts Of Europe And The British Isles, And Worked At Chemistry At The Royal Institution. He Was Elected F.r.s. In ...
George Brown Goode
Goode, George Brown (1851-1896), American Zoologist, Was Born In New Albany, Ind., On Feb. 13, 1851. He Graduated From Wesleyan University At Middletown, Conn., And Spent A Year At Harvard Studying Natural History Under Agassiz. In 1874 He Became Chief Of The Division Of Fisheries At The National Museum, Washington, ...
George Goring Goring
Goring, George Goring, Lord (1608-1657), Eng Lish Royalist, Soldier, Son Of George Goring, Earl Of Norwich, Was Born On July 14, 1608. He Served In The Dutch Army, And Was Lamed At Breda In 1637. Returning In 1639 He Became Governor Of Portsmouth, And Won Favour With Parliament By Betraying ...
George Green
Green, George (1793-1841), English Mathematician, Was Born On July 14, 1793, At Sneinton, Near Nottingham. He Went Into His Father's Business As A Miller And His Mathematics Were Practically Self-taught. It Is Probably For This Reason That Green Used Unusual Methods Of His Own In Solving The Physical Problems In ...
George Grenfell
Grenfell, George (1849-1906), English Baptist Mis Sionary And Explorer Of The Congo, Was Born At Sancreed, Near Penzance, On Aug. 21, 1849, And Educated At Birmingham. After Some Years In A Business Firm, Grenfell Entered The Baptist Col Lege, Bristol (1873), And In 1874 Was Sent By The Baptist Mis ...
George Grenville
Grenville, George (17i2-70), English Statesman, Second Son Of Richard Grenville And Hester Temple, Afterwards Countess Temple, Was Born On Oct. 14, 1712, Educated At Eton And At Christ Church, Oxford, And Called To The Bar In 1735• He Entered Parliament In 1741 As Member For Buckingham, And Continued To Represent ...
George Grossmith
Grossmith, George (1847-1912), English Comedian, Was Born On Dec. 9, 1847, The Son Of A Law Reporter And Enter Tainer Of The Same Name. After Some Years Of Journalistic Work He Started About 187o As A Public Entertainer, With Songs And Recitations; But In 1877 He Began A Long Connection ...
George I Grote
Grote, George (i English Historian Of Greece, Was Born On Nov. 17, 1794, At Clay Hill, Near Beckenham, Kent, Of A Well-known Family Of Bankers Originating From Bremen. He Was Sent To The Sevenoaks Grammar School And Afterwards To Charterhouse, But At The Age Of 16 He Entered The Bank ...
George Joachim Goschen Goschen
Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, Ist Viscount (1831-1907), British Statesman, Son Of William Henry Goschen, A London Merchant Of German Extraction, Was Born In London On Aug. I O, 1831. He Was Educated At Rugby Under Dr. Tait, And At Oriel College, Oxford, Where He Took A First-class In Classics. He ...
George Monro Grant
Grant, George Monro (1835-1902), Principal Of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Was Born In Nova Scotia In 1835 And Educated At Glasgow University, Where He Had A Brilliant Academic Career ; And Having Entered The Ministry Of The Presbyterian Church, He Obtained A Pastoral Charge In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Which He ...
George Peabody Gooch
Gooch, George Peabody (1873— ), English Historian, Was Educated At King's College, London, And Trinity College, Cambridge, And Continued His Studies In Berlin And Paris. He Was Liberal M.p. For Bath (1906-1o), And For Reading (1913). He Was Joint Editor Of The Contemporary Review (19,, Onwards) ; President Of The ...
George Washington Greene
Greene, George Washington (18 Ii-1883), American Historian, Was Born At East Greenwich (r.i.), On April 8, 181i, The Grandson Of Maj.-gen. Nathanael Greene. He Entered Brown University In 1824, Left In His Junior Year On Account Of Ill Health, Was In Europe During The Next 20 Years, Except In When ...
Georges Maurice De Guerin
Guerin Du Cayla, Georges Maurice De (1810-1839), French Poet, Was Born At The Chateau Of Le Cayla In Languedoc. He Joined For A Short Time The Group Formed By Lamennais (q. V.) At La Chenaie. Early In 1833 He Went To Paris, Where He Taught At The College Stanislas. In ...
Gerhard Groot
Groot, Gerhard Otherwise Gerrit Or Geert Groet, In Latin Gerardus Magnus, A Preacher And Founder Of The Society Of Brothers Of Common Life (q.v.), Was Born At Deventer In The Diocese Of Utrecht. After Studying At Paris, Where He Imbibed Nominalistic Tendencies, And At Cologne, He Visited The Papal Court ...
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey ), Amer Ican Editor, Geographer, And Writer, Was Born In Constantinople, Turkey, Oct. 28, 1875. He Was Graduated From Amherst College, A.b. Magna Cum Laude, 1897 ; A.m., 1901. Honorary Degrees: Ll.d., Georgetown University, 1921 ; Litt.d., Amherst, 1926; Ll.d., William And Mary College, 193o; Sc.d., South ...
Giovanni Battista Grassi
Grassi, Giovanni Battista Italian Zoologist, Was Born On March 27, 1854, At Rovellasca, And Died In Rome On May 4, 1925. He Graduated In Medicine At Pavia, And After Studying Zoology At Heidelberg And Wiirzburg, Was Appointed Professor Of Zoology At Catania In 1883, And Of Comparative Anatomy At The ...
Giovanni Battista Guarini
Guarini, Giovanni Battista Italian Poet, Author Of The Pastor Fido, Was Born At Ferrara On Dec. Io, Just Seven Years Before The Birth Of Tasso. He Studied Both At Pisa And Padua, And, Before He Was 20, Became Professor Of Moral Philosophy In His Native City. In 1567 He Entered ...
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco Italian Architect, Painter And Engraver, Was Born At Bologna. He Studied Art Under The Caracci And Under Albani. In 1626 He Went To Rome And Was Appointed Architect To Pope Paul V., And Was Also Patronized By Succeeding Popes. In 1649 He Was Invited To France By ...
Giovanni Guidiccioni
Guidiccioni, Giovanni (1480-1541), Italian Poet, Was Born At Lucca On Feb. 25, 148o, And Died At Macerata. He Was Bishop Of Fossombrone And President Of Romagna. The Rime (mod. Ed., 2 Vols., 1912) And Letters Of Guidiccioni Are Models Of Elegant And Natural Italian Style. ...
Giulia Grisi
Grisi, Giulia (1811-1869), Italian Opera-singer, Daughter Of One Of Napoleon's Italian Officers, Was Born In Milan On July 28, 1811. She Came Of A Family Of Musical Gifts, Her Maternal Aunt Josephina Grassini (1773-185o) Being A Favourite Opera Singer Both On The Continent And In London ; Her Mother Had ...
Gobi
Gobi, A Town In The Georgian S.s.r. North-west Of Tiflis, On The River Kura; Altitude, 2,010 Ft., Lat. 42° O' N., Long. 44° 7' E. Pop. (1926) 10,192. It Is The Centre Of A Corn And Wine District. The Climate Is Delightfully Cool In Summer, Owing To Refreshing Mountain Breezes, ...
Godfrey Goodman
Goodman, Godfrey (1583-1656), Bishop Of Glou Cester, Was Born At Ruthin, Denbighshire, And Educated At West Minster And Cambridge. He Took Orders In 1603, And, After Holding Various Preferments, Became Bishop Of Gloucester In 1625. From This Time His Tendencies Towards Roman Catholicism Constantly Got Him Into Trouble. In 1633 ...
Goldsmiths Work Ironin
Goldsmiths' Work ; Iron In Art ; Enamel ; Jewellery ; Wood Carving; Ivory Carving; Potteries And Porcelains; Stone Carving; Interior Decoration.) Textiles And Tapestries.—only A Comparatively Few Textiles Have Come Down To Us Through The Ages But In The Paintings And Illuminations, Superbly Beautiful Brocades And Velvets Are Shown ...
Gonda
Gonda, A Town And District Of British India, In The Fyzabad Division Of The United Provinces. Pop. (1931) 17,450. The District Of Gonda Has An Area Of 2,842 Sq.m. It Consists Of An Alluvial Plain With Very Slight Undulations, Studded With Groves Of Mango Trees, And Divided Into Three Belts ...
Gondal
Gondal, A Town And Native State Of India, In The Western Indian States Agency Of Bombay, In The Centre Of The Peninsula Of Kathiawar. The Area Of The State Is 1,024 Sq.m.; Pop. (1931) 205,846. The Tribute Is I7,000. Grain And Cotton Are The Chief Products, And Cotton And Wool ...
Gondar
Gondar, One Of The Former Capitals Of Abyssinia, Situated On A Basaltic Ridge Some 7,50o Ft. Above The Sea, About 21 M. N.e. Of Lake Tana, A Splendid View Of Which Is Obtained From The Castle. Two Streams, The Angreb On The East Side And The Gaha Or Kaha On ...
Gondja
Gondja, A People Greatly Resembling The Dagomba (to Whom They Were Formerly Subject), Living In The Salaga And Bole Districts Of The Northern Territories, Gold Coast. ...
Gondokoro
Gondokoro, A Stopping Place For Steamers On The East Bank Of The Upper Nile, In 4° 54' N., 31° 43' E. 1,077 M. By River South Of Khartum And 13 Miles Below Rejef Where, Up Stream From Khartum, The Nile Ceases To Be Navigable. The Station, Which Is Very Unhealthy, ...
Gondwana
Gondwana, The Historical Name For A Large Tract Of Hilly Country In India Which Roughly Corresponds With The Greater Part Of The Present Central Provinces. The Name Is Derived From The Aboriginal Tribe Of Gonds, Who Ruled The Country From The 12th To The Beginning Of The I8th Cen Tury ...
Gondwanaland
Gondwanaland. This Name, Derived From Gond Wana, A District Of Central India, Was Given By Suss To The Inferred Palaeozoic Continent, That At Its Greatest Extension Spanned The South Atlantic And Indian Oceans—incidentally Including Sclater's Lemuria Linking India, Madagascar, And Africa, And Ihering's Arch-hellenis Uniting Africa With Brazil. It Embraced ...
Gonfalon
Gonfalon, A Banner Or Standard Of The Middle Ages (the Late French And Italian Form, Also Found In Other Romanic Lan Guages, Of Gon F Anon, Which Is Derived From The O.h. Ger. Gund Fano, Gund, War, And Fano, Flag, Cf. Mod. Ger. Falane, And English "vane") . It Took ...
Goniometer
Goniometer, An Instrument For Measuring The Angles Of Crystals ; There Are Two Kinds—the Contact Goniometer And The Re Flecting Goniometer. ...
Gonzaga
Gonzaga, An Italian Princely Family Named After The Town Where It Probably Had Its Origin. Its Known History Begins With Luigi I. (1267-1360), Who, After Fierce Struggles, Supplanted His Brother-in-law Rinaldo Bonacolsi As Lord Of Mantua In 1328, With The Title Of Captain-general, And Afterwards Of Vicar-general Of The Empire, ...
Good Friday
Good Friday, The English Name For The Friday Before Easter, Kept As The Anniversary Of The Crucifixion. The Term Is Probably A Corruption Of "god's Friday." It Was Called Long Friday By The Anglo-saxons And Danes, Possibly In Allusion To The Length Of The Services Which Marked The Day. The ...
Good King Henry
Good King Henry (chenopodium Bonus-henricus), A Perennial Herb Of The Goose-foot Family (chenopodiaceae), Found In Great Britain And Naturalized In North America From Nova Scotia To Ontario And Southward. It Is A Smooth, Dark Green, Little Branched Plant, About 2 Ft. High, With Usually Entire Halberd Shaped Leaves. The Plant ...
Goodwill
Goodwill. In Accounting, Goodwill Appears As An Asset Upon The Balance Sheet At The Amount It Originally Cost, Or At Such Lesser Amount As It May Have Been Written Down Out Of Profits. No Attempt Is Ever Made To Re-value The Goodwill Of A Business From Year To Year For ...
Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands, A Dangerous Line Of Shoals At The En Trance To The Strait Of Dover From The North Sea, About 6 M. From The Kent Coast Of England, From Which They Are Separated By And Form Shelter For, The Anchorage Of The Downs. The Shift Ing Sands Are Partly ...
Goodyear Tire And Rubber
Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company, Founded In 1898 At Akron, 0., Began As A Manufacturer Of Bicycle And Carriage Tyres. It Soon Entered The Field Of Automobile Tyre Manufacture, Research And Development, And By 1916 Had Become The Largest Tyre Company In Existence, And In 1926 The Largest Manufacturer Of ...
Goole
Goole, Urban District, Market Town And River-port, In The Pontefract Parliamentary Division Of The West Riding Of York Shire, England, At The Confluence Of The Don And The Ouse, 24 M. W. By S. From Hull, And Served By The L.m.s. And L.n.e. Rail Ways. Pop. (1931), 2o,238. It Is ...
Goose
Goose, The Common Name For Birds Forming The Sub-family Anserinae Of The Anatidae. Technically "goose" Is The Female, The Male Being "gander." Geese Differ From Ducks In That The Sexes Are Alike And That The Male Assists The Female In The Duties Of Rear Ing The Young. At The Close ...
Gooseberry
Gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia, A Well-known Fruit-bush Of Northern And Central Europe, Placed In The Same Genus Of The Family Saxifragaceae As The Closely Allied Currants. It Forms A Dis Tinct Section Grossularia, The Members Of Which Differ From The True Currants Chiefly In Their Spinous Stems, And In Their Flowers ...
Gooty
Gooty, A Town And Hill Fortress Of Southern India, In The Anantapur District Of Madras, 48 M. E. Of Bellary, With A Station On The Madras And Southern Mahratta Railway. Pop. (1931) 9,712. The Town Is Surrounded By A Circle Of Rocky Hills, Connected By A Wall. On The Highest ...
Gopher
Gopher, The Name Applied In North America To Certain Burrowing, Squirrel-like Rodents, As The Pocket Gopher (geomys Bursarius), Of The Mississippi Valley, And The Northern Pocket Gopher (thomomys Talpoides), Common West Of The Rocky Moun Tains, Both Exceedingly Destructive To Crops. The Gopher Turtle (gopherus Polyphemus), Native To The Southern ...
Goppingen
Goppingen, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Wurt Temberg, On The Fils, 22 M. E.s.e. Of Stuttgart On The Railway To Friedrichshafen. Pop. Goppingen Originally Be Longed To The Hohenstaufen, And In 1270 Came Into Possession Of The Counts Of Wurttemberg. It Was Surrounded By Walls In 1129, ...
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur, A City, District And Division Of The United Provinces Of British India. The City Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Rapti. Pop. (1931) 59,369. It Is Believed To Have Been Founded About A.d. 1400. It Is The Civil Headquarters Of The District And An Important Depot ...
Goral
Goral (urotragus Goral), A Small Himalayan Rough-haired Cylindrical-horned Ruminant Related To The Chamois. The Native Name Is Often Extended To All The Members Of The Genus. In Addi Tion To Peculiarities In The Form Of The Skull, Gorals Are Chiefly Dis Tinguished From Serows (q.v.) By Not Possessing A Gland ...
Goramy Or Gouramy
Goramy Or Gouramy (osphromenus Olfax), One Of The Best-flavoured Freshwater Fishes In The East Indian Archipelago. Being Omnivorous And Tenacious Of Life, It Is To Be Recommended For Acclimatization In Other Tropical Countries. It Attains The Size Of A Large Turbot. Its Shape Is Flat And Short, The Body Covered ...
Gorbersdorf
Gorbersdorf, A Health Resort In The Prussian Province Of Silesia, In A Valley Of The Waldenburg Range, 1,90o Ft. Above The Sea, 6o M. S.w. Of Breslau By The Railway To Friedland. Pop. 625. It Has Large Sanatoria For Consumptives. ...
Gorboduc
Gorboduc, A Mythical King Of Britain. He Gave His King Dom Away During His Lifetime To His Sons, Ferrex And Porrex. The Two Quarrelled And The Younger Stabbed The Elder. Their Mother, Loving The Latter Most, Avenged His Death By Murdering The Other, And The People, Horrified At Her Act, ...
Gorchakov Or Gortchakoff
Gorchakov Or Gortchakoff, A Noble Russian Family, Descended From Michael Vsevolodovich, Prince Of Chernigov, Who, In 1246, Was Assassinated By The Mongols. Prince Andrey Ivanovich (1768-185 5 ), General In The Russian Army, Took A Con Spicuous Part In The Final Campaigns Against Napoleon. Alexan Der Ivanovich (1769-1825) Served With ...
Gordian Or Gordianus
Gordian Or Gordianus, The Name Of Three Roman Emperors. The First, Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (a.d. 159-238), An Extremely Wealthy Man, Was Descended From The Gracchi And Trajan. Alexander Severus Made Him Governor Of Africa, And During His Proconsulship Oc Curred The Usurpation Of Maximin. The Universal Discontent ...
Gordium
Gordium, An Ancient City Of Phrygia On The Road From Pessinus To Ancyra, And Not Far From The Sangarius. Its Site Lies Opposite The Village Pebi, A Little North Of The Point Where The Constantinople-angora Railway Crosses The Sangarius. According To The Legend, Gordium Was Founded By Gordius, A Phrygian ...
Gordon
Gordon, The Name Of A Scottish Family, No Fewer Than 157 Main Branches Of Which Are Traced By The Family Historians. A Laird Of Gorden, In Berwickshire, Near The English Border, Is Said To Have Fallen In The Battle Of The Standard (1138). The Families Of The Two Sons Ascribed ...
Goree
Goree, An Island Off The West Coast Of Africa, Forming Part Of The Autonomous District Of Dakar. It Lies At The Entrance Of The Large Natural Harbour Formed By The Peninsula Of Cape Verde. The Island, Some 90o Yd. Long By 33o Broad, And 3 M. Distant From The Nearest ...
Gorget
Gorget, The Name Applied After About 148o To The Collar Piece Of A Suit Of Armour (o.fr. Gorgete, Dim. Of Gorge, Throat). It Was Generally Formed Of Small Overlapping Rings Of Plate And Attached Either To The Body Armour Or To The Armet. It Was Worn In The 16th And ...
Gorgias
Gorgias (c. B.c.), Greek Sophist And Rhetorician, Was A Native Of Leontini, Sicily. In 427 He Headed An Embassy To Ask Athenian Protection Against The Syracusans. He Subsequently Settled In Athens, And Supported Himself By Oratory And By Teach Ing Rhetoric. He Died At Larissa, Thessaly. His Chief Claim To ...
Gorgons Gorgon
Gorgon, Gorgons, A Figure Or Figures In Greek Myth Ology. Homer Speaks Of Only One Gorgon, Whose Head Is Repre Sented In The Iliad (v. 741) As Fixed In The Centre Of The Aegis Of Zeus. In The Odyssey (xi. 633) She Is A Monster Of The Under World. Hesiod ...
Gorgonzola
Gorgonzola, A Town Of Lombardy, Italy, Province Of Milan, From Which It Is I I M. E.n.e. By Steam Tramway. Pop. , 5,708. It Produces The Well-known Gorgonzola Cheese. ...
Gorilla
Gorilla, The Largest Of The Anthropoid (manlike) Apes, Inhabiting Forest Regions Of West Africa From The Cameroons To The Congo River And Represented By A Somewhat Different Form In Mountainous Regions Of The Eastern Belgian Congo. The Popular Reputation Of The Giant Ape (gorilla Gorilla) Is Largely Due To The ...
Gorinchem Or Gorcum
Gorinchem Or Gorcum, A Fortified Town Of Holland In The Province Of South Holland, On The Right Bank Of The Mer Wede At The Confluence Of The Linge, 16 M. By Rail E. Of Dor Drecht. It Is Connected By The Zederik And Merwede Canals With Amsterdam. Pop. (1930) 14,033. ...
Gorlitz
Gorlitz, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Silesia, On The Left Bank Of The Neisse, 62 M. E. From Dresden On The Railway To Breslau, And At The Junction Of Lines To Berlin, Zittau And Halle. Pop. Gorlitz Is An Ancient Village, Which, As Drebenau, Received Civic Rights At ...
Gorton
Gorton, Gorton Parliamentary Division, Manchester Bor Ough, Lancashire, England. Pop. (1931), It Is A Large Manufacturing District, With Cotton Mills, Engineering, Motor, Iron And Chemical Works, And Contains Two Reservoirs (capacity 223 Million Gallons) For Manchester Water Supply. ...
Gortyna Or Gortyn
Gortyna Or Gortyn, An Important Ancient City Of Crete On The Small River Lethaeus (mitropolipotamo), About Three Hours Distant From The South Coast With Which It Communicated By Two Harbours, Metallum And Lebena. Near The Town Was The Spring, Overhung By An Evergreen Plane Tree Which In Popular Belief Marked ...
Goshawk
Goshawk, I.e., Goose-hawk (accipiter Gentilis), The Largest Short-winged Hawk Used In Falconry. The Genus Accipiter May Be Distinguished From Falco By The Smooth Edges Of Its Beak, Its Short Wings, And Its Long Legs And Toes. In Plumage The Goshawk Has A General Resemblance To The Peregrine Falcon, And It ...
Goshen
Goshen, A Region Of Egypt (? By The Wadi Tumilat) Set Tled By The Israelite Shepi_erds Between Jacob's Immigration And The Exodus. The Region Has Not Been Finally Identified. The Name May Possibly Be Of Semitic, Or At Least Non-egyptian Origin, As In Palestine We Meet With A District (josh. ...
Goshen_2
Goshen, A City Of Northern Indiana, U.s.a., On The Elkhart River, At An Altitude Of 800f T. ; The County Seat Of Elkhart County. It Is Served By The Big Four, The New York Central, And Two Inter-urban Electric Railways, And Has An Air-mail Landing Field. The Population In 1920 ...
Goslar
Goslar, A Town In The Prussian Province Of Hanover, On The Gose, At The North Foot Of The Harz, 24 M. S.e. Of Hildesheim And 31 M. S.s.w. From Brunswick, By Rail. Pop. (1933) 22,987. Goslar, Probably Founded Under Henry The Fowler (92o) Be Came Important Under Otto The Great ...
Goslin Or Gauzlinus
Goslin Or Gauzlinus (d. C. 886), Bishop Of Paris And Defender Of The City Against The Northmen (885), Is Variously Described As The Son Of Roricon Ii., Count Of Maine And The Natural Son Of The Emperor Louis I. In 848 He Entered A Mon Astery At Reims; Later He ...
Gospatric Or Cospatric
Gospatric Or Cospatric (fl. 1067), Earl Of North Umberland, Belonged To A Family Which Had Connections With The Royal Houses Both Of Wessex And Scotland. Before The Conquest He Is Said To Have Accompanied Tostig On A Pilgrimage To Rome (1061) . About 1067 He Bought The Earldom Of Northumberland ...
Gospel
Gospel Denotes Primarily The "good News" Of Christianity (0. Eng. Godspel, I.e., Good News, Corresponding To Lat. Evan Gelium, Gr. Eua'yyixlov). See Christianity. In The Greek New Testament "evangel" And "evangelize" Are Used Especially In The Pauline And Lucan Writings ("evangel" Also In Certain Passages In Mark) To Denote The ...
Gosport
Gosport, A Seaport And Municipal Borough Of Hampshire, England, On A Peninsula On The West Side Of Portsmouth Harbour, 86 M. S.w. From London By The S.r. Pop. A Floating Bridge Connects It With Portsmouth. Gosport (goseporte, Gozeport, Gosberg, Godsport) Was Origi Nally Included In Alverstoke Manor, Held In 1 ...
Gossamer
Gossamer, A Fine, Thread-like, Filmy Substance Spun By Small Spiders, Covering Stubble Fields And Floating In The Air In Clear Weather, Especially In The Autumn; Figuratively, Anything Light And Unsubstantial. A Gauzy Material Used F Cr Trimming, Re Sembling The "chiffon" Of To-day, Was Formerly Known As Gossa Mer ; ...
Gossau
Gossau, A Town (alt. 2,090 Ft.) In The Canton Of St. Gall, Switzerland, At The Junction Of The Railway Lines St. Gall–winter Thour And Sulgen–herisau–appenzell. Lace And Embroidery Are Made In The District, Which Had A Pop. (193o) Of 7,914, The Majority German-speaking Roman Catholics. ...
Gossip
Gossip, Originally A God-parent (from The O.e. Godsibb, I.e., God, And Sib, Akin, Standing In Relation To). "gossip" Soon Came To Mean A Friend Or Acquaintance, Either Of The Parents Of The Child Baptized Or Of The Other God-parents, And Hence Women Friends Of The Mother, Present At A Birth; ...
Got
Got, Francois Jules Edmond French Actor, Was Born At Lignerolles On Oct. 1, 1822, And Entered The Conservatoire In 1841, Winning The Second Prize For Comedy That Year And The First In 1842. After A Year Of Military Service He Made His Debut At The Comedie Francaise On July 17, ...
Gota
Gota, A River Of Sweden, Draining The Great Lake Vener. The Name Is Also Applied To The Canal Which Leads From Gothenburg To Stockholm. The River Flows Out Of The Southern Extremity Of The Lake Almost Due South To The Cattegat, Which It Enters By Two Arms Enclosing The Island ...
Gotarzes Or Goterzes
Gotarzes Or Goterzes, King Of Parthia (c. A.d. 42 51). In An Inscription On The Rock Of Behistun He Is Called Rwragne Reo7foepos, I.e., "son Of Gew," And Seems To Be Desig Nated As "satrap Of Satrap." When The Troublesome Reign Of Artabanus Ii. Ended In A.d. 39 Or 4o, ...
Gotha
Gotha, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Thuringia, Alternately With Coburg The Former Residence Of The Dukes Of Saxe-coburg-gotha, On The Leine Canal, 6 M. N. Of The Slope Of The Thuringian Forest, 17 M. W. From Erfurt, On The Railway To Cassel. Pop. 47,848. Gotha (in Old ...
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (swed. Goteborg), A Seaport Of Sweden, On The River Gota, 5 M. Above Its Mouth In The Cattegat, 285 M. S.w. Of Stockholm By Rail, And 36o By The Gota Canal-route. Pop. 252,721. Founded By Gustavus Adolphus In 1619, Gothen Burg Was From The First Designed To Be Fortified, ...
Gothic Architecture In England
Gothic Architecture In England Although Pointed Arches Occur Spasmodically In England In Various Buildings Dating From The Last Half Of The 12th Century, English Gothic First Appears In A Complete Form In The Choir Of Canterbury Cathedral, Built By The French Architect William Of Sens (1175-78). This Was Designed According ...
Gothic Architecture In France
Gothic Architecture In France As It Was In France That The Basis Of Gothic Was First Developed, So It Is There That The Greatest Number Of Transitional Buildings Are Found. Of These The Earliest Is The Great Abbey Church Of St. Denis, I140-44, In Which Abbot Suger Attempted To Create ...
Gothic Architecture In Germany
Gothic Architecture In Germany The Gothic In Germany Was Largely An Imported Style. Little Transitional Work Occurred, And In Most Of The 13th Century Gothic Buildings, Such As Cologne And Strasbourg Cathedrals, The French Touch Is Obvious. It Was Not Long, However, Before Na Tional Taste Exerted A Change In ...
Gothic Architecture In Italy
Gothic Architecture In Italy The Persistence Of Classic Detail Throughout The Middle Ages And The Vitality Of Romanesque Construction Traditions Rendered Im Possible In Italy Any Adoption Of True Gothic Architecture. The Italians Never Understood The Structural Basis Of Northern Gothic. Pointed Arches, Crockets, Pinnacles, Tracery, Were All Considered Merely ...
Gothic Architecture In Spain
Gothic Architecture In Spain Although Gothic Seems To Have Been Introduced Into Spain From The South Of France By Cistercian Monks Whose Work Is Shown In The Monastery Of Poblet (early 13th Century), National Characteristics Were Swift In Their Development. These Consist Of A Tendency Toward Reducing Window Sizes, Increasing ...