Guittone Darezzo
Guittone D'arezzo (c. Italian Poet. Fra Guittone, Who Belonged To The Religious And Military Order Of The Cavalieri Di Santa Maria, Wrote Sonnets And Love Poems, Which Can Be Studied In A Good Modern Edition, Le Rime Di Fra Guittone (1901), By Pelligrini. He Is More Famous As The Writer ...
Guizot
Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume (1787 1874), French Historian And Statesman, Was Born At Nimes On Oct. 4, 1787, Of Protestant Parents. His Father Perished On The Scaffold (april 8, 1794), And The Boy Was Brought Up By His Mother In Geneva. In 18o5 He Began The Study Of Law In ...
Gujarat
Gujarat, A Region Of India, Bombay Presidency. In The Widest Sense It Includes The Whole Area Of Gujarati Speech, I.e., The Northern Districts And States Of The Presidency From Palanpur To Daman, With Kathiawar And Cutch; But It Is More Properly Confined To The Country North Of The Narbada And ...
Gujarati
Gujarati And Rajasthani Languages, Two Members Of The Western Subgroup Of The Intermediate Group Of Indo-aryan Languages (q.v.). (see Hindustani.) The Two Lan Guages Are Closely Connected And Might Almost Be Termed Co-dia Lects Of The Same Form Of Speech. Together They Occupy An Al Most Square Block Of Country, ...
Gujranwala
Gujranwala, A Town And District Of British India, In The Punjab. The Town Is Situated 4o M. N. Of Lahore By Rail. It Is Of Modern Growth, And Owes Its Importance To The Father And Grandfather Of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Whose Capital It Formed During The Early Period Of The ...
Gujrat
Gujrat, A Town And District Of British India, In The Pun Jab. The Town Stands About 5 M. From The Right Bank Of The River Chenab, 7o M. N. Of Lahore By Rail. Pop. (1931) 26,511. It Is Built Upon An Ancient Site, Formerly Occupied, According To Tradition, By Two ...
Gula
Gula, A Sumerian Goddess, Patroness Of Medicine, The Con Sort Of Nin-urta. She Is Identical With Another Goddess, Known As Bau, Though It Would Seem That The Two Were Originally Inde Pendent. The Name Bau Is More Common In The Oldest Period And Gives Way In The Post-khammurabic Age To ...
Gulbarga
Gulbarga, A City Of India, In The Nizam's Dominions, 7o M. S.e. Of Sholapur. Pop. (1931) 41,083. Originally Hindu, It Was Made The Capital Of The Bahmani Kings When That Dynasty Established Their Independence In The Deccan In 1347, And It Remained Such Until 1422. The Palaces, Mosques, Fort And ...
Gulden
Gulden. The Monetary Unit Of Holland And The Dutch East Indies, Variously Termed The "guilder" Or, Generally, "florin." It Dates From 1875, When Holland Adopted The Gold Standard. The Florin Was Originally A Silver Coin, Divided Into 20 Stivers, And Until A Comparatively Modern Date, London Quoted The Dutch Exchange ...
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream, The Name Applied To The North Atlantic Current Which Issues From The Gulf Of Mexico And After Being Re Inforced By A Branch Of The Trade-wind Current Off Florida, Flows North-eastward Along The Eastern Coast Of North America (from Which It Is Separated By A Narrow Strip Of ...
Gulfport
Gulfport, A City Of South-eastern Mississippi, U.s.a., On Mississippi Sound (gulf Of Mexico), About Half-way Between Mobile And New Orleans ; A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Harrison County. It Is On Federal Highways 49 And 90 (the Old Spanish Trail), And Is Served By The Illinois ...
Gulfweed
Gulfweed, In Botany, A Popular Name For The Seaweed Sargassum Bacciferum, One Of The Brown Seaweeds (phaeophy Ceae), Large Quantities Of Which Are Found Floating In The Gulf Of Mexico, Whence It Is Carried Northwards By The Gulf Stream, Small Portions Sometimes Being Borne As Far As The British Coasts. ...
Gull
Gull, The Common Name For Sea-birds Of The Family Laridae, Sub-family Larinae. Perhaps The Most Beautiful Of All Gulls Is The Ivory Gull (pag Ophila Eburnea), Which Breeds In The High Arctic. The Plumage Is Pure White, The Legs Black. The Well-known Kittiwake (rissa Tridactyla) Inhabits The Seas Of The ...
Gullah
Gullah, The Name Of A Tribe Of Negroes Brought From The West Coast Of Africa To The Slave States Of Georgia And South Carolina In The Early 18th Century, And To The Dialect Spoken By Them And By Their Lingual Descendants To-day Along The Coast Of These States And On ...
Gulpaigan
Gulpaigan, One Of The Smaller Provinces Of Persia, Lying North-west Of Isfahan Province. It Is Mainly Agricultural And A Good Deal Of Opium And Wool Are Produced. The Revenue In 1926– 2 7 Amounted To 702,576 Krans (£ = 45 Krans) . The Administrative Centre Is Gulpaigan, A Straggling Town ...
Gum Arabic
Gum Arabic, An Exudation From Various Varieties Of Acacia, Much Used In The Arts (see Gums). ...
Gumbinnen
Gumbinnen, A Town In The Prussian Province Of East Prussia, On The Pissa, An Affluent Of The Pregel, 7o M. E. Of Konigsberg. Pop. Frederick William I. In Raised Gumbinnen To The Rank Of A Town, And In 1732 Brought To It A Number Of Persons Who Had Been Driven ...
Gumbo Or Okra
Gumbo Or Okra, An Herbaceous Hairy Annual Plant (hibiscus Esculentus) Of The Mallow Family (malvaceae), Probably Of Afri Can Origin, And Now Widely Cultivated Or Naturalized In Tropical And Sub-tropical Countries. The Leaves Are Cordate, And To 5-lobed, And The Flowers Yellow, With A Crimson Centre ; The Fruit Or ...
Gums
Gums. The Generic Name Given To A Class Of Uncrystallizable Substances, Composed Of Carbon, Hydrogen And Oxygen, Which Occur Widely In Plants, And To A Limited Extent In Animals. Their Char Acteristic Property Is That They Form Viscous Solutions Or Mucilages Either By Dissolving In Water (soluble Gums) Or By ...
Gumti
Gumti, A River Of Northern India. It Rises In A Depression In The Pilibhit District Of The United Provinces, And After A Sinuous But Generally South-easterly Course Of Soo M. Past Lucknow And Jaunpur Joins The Ganges In Ghazipar District. At Jaunpur It Is Spanned By A Fine I6th-century Bridge, ...
Gumuljina Or Komotina
Gumuljina Or Komotina, Capital Of The Dept. Of Rhodope In Western Thrace, Greece. Pop. (1928) 30,136 Of Whom The Bulk Are Greek Immigrants, Jews Or Armenians. Gumul Jina Is Situated On The River Karaja-su, South Of The Eastern Extremity Of The Rhodope Range Of Mountains And 13 M. Inland From ...
Gumus
Gumus, A Shangalla Tribe, In The Mountainous District Of Fazogli On The Sudan-abyssinian Frontier; Others Are Settled On The Banks Of The Blue Nile. They Live In Independent Groups. Gumz In The Native Tongue Signifies "people," And The Sub-tribes Have Distinctive Names. The Gumus Are Nature-worshippers, God And The Sun ...
Gumush Khaneh
Gumush-khaneh, The Chief Town Of A Vilayet Of The Same Name In Asiatic Turkey, Situated On High Ground (4,40o Ft.) In The Valley Of The Kharshut Su, About M. S. Of The Trebizond Erzerum Chaussee. The Silver Mines From Which The Place Takes Its Name Were Noted In Ancient Times ...
Gun Metal
Gun-metal. A Kind Of Bronze ; An Alloy Of Copper And Tin Which Gained Its Name From The Use Of Bronze For Ordnance. The Use Of Such An Alloy For Guns Became Obsolete With The Manu Facture Of Steel Ordnance. Hard Bronze For Gun-metal Was Com Posed Of 16 Parts ...
Gun
Gun, A General Term For A Weapon, Tubular In Form, From Which A Projectile Is Discharged By Means Of An Explosive. When Applied To Artillery (q.v.) The Word Is Confined To Those Pieces Of Ordnance Which Have A Direct As Opposed To A High-angle Fire, In Which Case The Terms ...
Guna
Guna, A Town And Military Station In Central India, In The State Of Gwalior. After The Mutiny, It Became The Headquarters Of The Central India Horse, Whose Commanding Officer Acts As Ex Officio Assistant To The Resident Of Gwalior. ...
Guncotton
Guncotton, The Final Product Of The Intensive Treatment Of Cotton With A Mixture Of Nitric And Sulphuric Acids, Is A White Inodorous, Tasteless Solid, Retaining The Structure Of The Original Cotton (see Explosives). It Is Insoluble In Water, Alcohol, Ether And Glacial Acetic Acid, But Dissolves In Acetone, Alkyl Acetates ...
Hans Jakob Christof Fel
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christof Fel Von (c. 1625-1676), German Author, Was Born At Gelnhausen. At The Age Of Ten He Was Kidnapped By Hessian Soldiery, And With Them Saw Military Life In The Thirty Years' War; At Its Close He Entered The Service Of Franz Egon Von Fiirs Tenberg, Bishop ...
Harley Granville Granville Barker
Granville-barker, Harley Granville (1877— ), British Playwright, Was Born In London On Nov. 25, 1877. At The Age Of 13 He Was Sent To The Theatre Royal, Margate, Then A Combination Of Stock Company, Theatre And Dramatic School. He First Appeared In London In The Following Year, At The Comedy ...
Heinrich Gratz
Gratz, Heinrich (18 I 7-1891), German-jewish Histo Rian, Was Born At Xions, Posen, On Oct. 31; 1817, And Died At Mu Nich On Sept. 7, 1891. He Received A Desultory Education, But Spent Three Years At Oldenburg As Assistant And Pupil Of S. R. Hirsch. He Matriculated In 1842 At ...
Henri Gregoire
Gregoire, Henri (1750-1831), French Revolutionist And Constitutional Bishop Of Blois, Son Of A Peasant, Was Born At Veho Near Luneville, On Dec. 4, 1750. Educated At The Jesuit Col Lege At Nancy, He Became Cure Of Embermenil And A Teacher At The Jesuit School At Pont-a-mousson. In 1783 He Was ...
Henri Joseph Etienne Gouraud
Gouraud, Henri Joseph Etienne ), French General, Was Born At Paris On Nov. 17, 1867. He Entered St. Cyr In 1888, And Was Commissioned To The Infantry In 1890. In 1894 He Was Seconded For Duty Under The Colonial Administra Tion ; And Thereafter He Served In The French Sudan ...
Henry Goulburn
Goulburn, Henry (1784-1856), English Statesman, Was Born In London On March 19, 1784, And Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge. Member Of Parliament For Horsham In 1808, He Was Appointed Under-secretary For Home Affairs In 181o, And Under-secretary For War And The Colonies In 1812 ; He Became A Privy Councillor ...
Henry Grattan
Grattan, Henry (1746-182o), Irish Statesman, Son Of James Grattan, For Many Years Recorder Of Dublin, Was Born In Dublin On July 3, 1746. At Trinity College, Dublin, He Began A Lifelong Devotion To Classical Literature And Especially To The Great Orators Of Antiquity. He Was Called To The Irish Bar ...
Henry Grey Grey
Grey, Henry Grey, 3rd Earl (1802-1894), English Statesman, Was Born On Dec. 28, 1802, The Son Of The End Earl Grey, Prime Minister At The Time Of The Reform Bill Of 1832. As Viscount Howick, He Sat In The House Of Commons, First For Winchelsea, And Then For Northumberland. He ...
Henry Of Lorraine
Henry Of Lorraine, 3rd Duke Of Guise (1550-1588), Born On Dec. 31, 155o, Was 13 Years Old At The Time Of His Father's Death, And Grew Up Under The Domination Of A Passionate Desire For Revenge. Catherine De' Medici Refused To Take Steps Against Coligny, Who Was Formally Accused By ...
Herman Gorter
Gorter, Herman , Dutch Poet, Was Born On Nov. 26, 1864, At Wormerveer. He Taught For Some Time In The Gymnasium At Amersfoort, And Then Settled At Bussum. His Strong Impressionistic Tendencies Colour His Three Chief Publica Tions—mei, Een Gedichte (1893), De School Der Poezie (1897) And Pan, Een Gedichte ...
Hermann Goring
Goring, Hermann ), German Politician, Was Born On 12th January, 1893, And Joined The Army In 1912 As Lieutenant Of Infantry. In 1914 He Went To The Front With His Regiment, But Soon Transferred To The Air Arm, In Which He Won The Highest Honour "pour Le Merite," And Commanding ...
History Ancient To
History; Ancient To 146 B.c.: General The Present Article Is Not Intended To Supply An "outline Of Greek History." The Plan Followed In These Volumes, In Which The Subject Of Greek History Is Treated Of In A Large Number Of Sep Arate Articles, Allows Of The Narrative Of Events Being ...
Horace Greeley
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872), American Journalist And Statesman, Was Born At Amherst, N.h., On Feb. 3, 181 I. His Parents Were Exceedingly Poor And He Secured Little Education. At 14 He Became An Apprentice In The Printing Office Of The Northern Spectator At East Poultney, Vt. Here He Developed A Passion ...
House Of Guise
Guise, House Of, A Cadet Branch Of The House Of Lor Raine (q.v.). Rene Ii., Duke Of Lorraine (d. 1508), United The Two Branches Of The House Of Lorraine. From His Paternal Grand Mother, Marie D'harcourt, Rene Inherited The Countships Of Aumale, Mayenne, Elbeuf, Lillebonne, Brionne And Other French Fiefs, ...
Huaco Or Guao Guaco
Guaco, Huaco Or Guao, Also Vejuco And Bejuco, Terms Applied To Various Central And South American And West Indian Plants, In Repute For Curative Virtues. What Is Most Com Monly Recognized In Colombia As Guaco Is Mikania Amara (pl. Equinox. Ii. 84, Pl. 105, 1809), A Climbing Plant Of The ...
Hugh Gough Gough
Gough, Hugh Gough, Viscount (1779-1869), Irish Field-marshal, A Descendant Of Francis Gough Who Was Made Bishop Of Limerick In 1626, Was Born At Woodstown, Limerick, On Nov. 3, 1779. Having Entered The Army In August 1794, He Served With The 78 Highlanders At The Cape Of Good Hope, Taking Part ...
Hugo Grotius
Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645), In His Native Country Huig Van Groot, Dutch Publicist And Statesman, Was Born At Delft On April Io, 1583. The Groots Were Descended From The French Noble Family Of De Cornets, And This Cadet Branch Had Taken The Name Of Groot On The Marriage Of Hugo's Great-grandfather ...
Ing
Ing, Gothic.) Bibliography.-e. Corroyer, L'architecture Gothique (1891) • G. Bibliography.-e. Corroyer, L'architecture Gothique (1891) • G. Dehio And G. Von Bezold, Die Kirchliche Baukunst Des Abendlandes (1892) ; C. H. Moore, Development And Character Of Gothic Archi Tecture (1904) ; A. K. Porter, Medieval Architecture (1909) ; F. M. Simpson, ...
Isabella Augusta Gregory
Gregory, Isabella Augusta, Lady (185 2- 1932), Irish Playwright And Author, Was Born On March 5, 1852, The Youngest Daughter Of Dudley Persse Of Roxborough, Co. Galway. In 1881 She Married Sir William Gregory, A Well-known Irish M.p. She Produced Many Plays, Essays, Volumes Of Folk Lore, Versions Of Ancient ...
Ivan Evstratiev Guesov
Guesov, Ivan Evstratiev Bul Garian Politician, Was Born At Philippopolis On Feb. 1849. He Was Educated At Philippopolis, And At Owens College, Manchester. In 1872 He Returned To Bulgaria. In 1877 He Was Arrested By The Turkish Governor And Condemned To Death For Political Propaganda Against Turkish Rule, But Was ...
Ivan Gundulic
Gundulic, Ivan (1588-1638), Known Also As Giovanni Gondola, Croatian Poet, Was Born At Ragusa On Jan. 8, 1588. His Father, Franco Gundulic, Once The Ragusan Envoy To Constanti Nople And Councillor Of The Republic, Gave Him An Excellent Educa Tion. He Studied The "humanities" With The Jesuit, Father Muzzi, And ...
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863), German Philologist And Mythologist, Was Born On Jan. 4, 1785, At Hanau, In Hesse-cassel. His Father, Who Was A Lawyer, Died While He Was A Child, And The Mother Was Left With Very Small Means; But Her Sister, Who Was Lady Of The Chamber To ...
Jacob Thomas Grein
Grein, Jacob Thomas (1862-1935), Naturalized (1925), British Dramatic Critic, Was Born In Amsterdam On Oct. Ii, 1862, And Educated In Holland, Germany And Belgium. He Was The Founder Of The Renaissance Theatre, And Of The People's Theatre, Whitechapel (1923), And After 1916 Was The President Of The French Players. He ...
Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Guibert
Guibert, Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte De (1743-1790), French General And Military Writer, Was Born At Montauban, And At The Age Of 13 Accompanied His Father, Charles Benoit, Comte De Guibert (1715-1786), Chief Of Staff To Marshal De Broglie, Throughout The War In Germany, And Won The Cross Of St. Louis ...
Jacques Grevin
Grevin, Jacques (c. 1539-1570), French Dramatist, Was Born At Clermont And Studied Medicine At The University Of Paris. He Became A Disciple Of Ronsard, And Was One Of The Band Of Dramatists Who Sought To Introduce The Classical Drama In France. The Comedies Of Grevin Show Considerable Affinity With The ...
James Augustus Grant
Grant, James Augustus (1827-1892), Scottish Ex Plorer Of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Was Born At Nairn, Where His Father Was The Parish Minister, On April Ii, 1827. He Was Educated At The Grammar School And Marischal College, Aberdeen, And In 1846 Joined The Indian Army. He Saw Active Service In The ...
James Granger
Granger, James (17 English Clergyman And Print-collector, Published A Biographical History Of England (1769) "consisting Of Characters Dispersed In Different Classes, And Adapted To A Methodical Catalogue Of Engraved British Heads." The Work Was Supplemented In Later Editions By Granger, And Still Further Editions Were Brought Out By The Rev. ...
James Grant
Grant, James (1822-1887), Scottish Novelist, Was Born In Edinburgh, The Son Of A Captain In The 92nd Gordon High Landers. He Entered The 62nd Foot As An Ensign, But In 1843 He Resigned His Commission And Devoted Himself To Writing Novels, Full Of Vivacity And Incident, And Dealing Mainly With ...
James Gregory
Gregory, James (1638-1675), Scottish Mathematician And Astronomer, Was Educated At The Grammar School Of Aberdeen And At Marischal College Of That City. In 1663 He Published His Treatise Optica Promota, In Which He Described His Great Invention, The Gregorian Reflecting Telescope. About 1665 He Went To The University Of Padua, ...
James Henry Greathead
Greathead, James Henry British Engineer, Was Born At Grahamstown, South Africa, On Aug. 6, 1844. He Learned The Shield System Of Tunnelling Which Bears His Name From P. W. Barlow, Who Proposed To Build Underground Railways In London On This System. In 1869 Greathead Built A Subway Under The Thames ...
Jan Gruter Or Gruytere
Gruter Or Gruytere, Jan A Critic And Scholar Of Dutch Parentage By His Father's Side And English By His Mother's, Was Born At Antwerp. To Avoid Religious Persecution His Parents While He Was Still Young Came To England ; And For Some Years He Studied At Cambridge, After Which He ...
Jan Josephszoon Van Goyen
Goyen, Jan Josephszoon Van Dutch Painter, Was Born At Leyden On Jan. 13, 1596, Learned Painting Under Several Masters At Leyden And Haarlem, Married In 1618 And Settled At The Hague About 1631 Where He Rose To The Presidency Of His Guild In 164o. He Was One Of The First ...
Jay Gould
Gould, Jay (1836-1892), American Financier, Was Born In Roxbury, Delaware County (n.y.), On May 27, 1836. Though He Left School In His 16th Year, He Devoted Himself Assiduously Thereafter To Private Study, Chiefly Of Mathematics And Survey Ing. In 1852-56 He Worked As A Surveyor In Preparing Maps Of Ulster, ...
Jean Baptiste Budes Guebriant
Guebriant, Jean Baptiste Budes, Comte De (1602-1643), Marshal Of France, Was Born Near St. Brieuc On Sept. 2, 1602 Of An Old Breton Family. In The Thirty Years' War He Commanded (1638-39) The French Contingent In The Army Of Bernard Of Saxe-weimar. Upon The Death Of Bernard He Received The ...
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Greuze, Jean Baptiste (1725-1805), French Painter, Was Born At Tournus, In Burgundy, On Aug. 21, 1725, And Is Generally Said To Have Formed His Own Talent ; This Is, However, True Only In The Most Limited Sense, For At An Early Age His In Clinations, Though Thwarted By His Father, ...
Jean Baptiste Louis Gresset
Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis 7 7 ) French Poet And Dramatist, Was Born At Amiens. His Poem Vert Vert (1734) Is His Main Title To Fame, Though In His Later Years He Regretted The Frivolity Which Enabled Him To Produce This Delightful Work. Gresset, Who Had Taken Novice's Orders In ...
Jean De Gourmont
Jean De Gourmont (1877— ), Brother Of The Above, Also Contributed Largely To The Mercure De France. He Has Written Some Poems, And A Novel Le Toison D'or (1908) . ...
Jean Goujon
Goujon, Jean (c. 1566), The Greatest French Sculptor Of The French Renaissance. In 1541 He Was Employed At The Cathedral Of Rouen Where He Added To The Tomb Of Cardinal D'amboise A Statue Of His Nephew Georges, Afterwards Removed, And Possibly Carved Portions Of The Tomb Of Louis De Breze, ...
Jean Grolier
Grolier, Jean, Vicomte D'aiguisy (1479-1565), French Bibliophile, Was Born At Lyons, Was The Friend Of Bude, The Patron Of Aldus, And Was Called The Maccenas Of Men Of Letters By His Contemporaries. Of His Great Library Of 3,00o Volumes, Dispersed In 1675, Some 3 5o Are Known To Be In ...
Jean Herauld Gourville
Gourville, Jean Herauld French Adventurer, Was Born At La Rochefoucauld, And In 1646 Became Secretary To Francois De La Rochefoucauld, Author Of The Maximes, Whom He Served During The Fronde, In His Intrigues With The Parliament, The Court And The Princes. In These Negotia Tions He Came Into Contact With ...
Jean Marie Claude Alexandre
Goujon, Jean Marie Claude Alexandre (1766-1795), French Publicist And Statesman, Was Born At Bourg On April 13, 1766. After A Number Of Years At Sea, He Became Procureur-general-syndic Of The Department Of Seine-et-oise (1792), And Subsequently Took His Seat With The Mountain In The Convention. After The Revolution Of The ...
Johann Christoph Gottsched
Gottsched, Johann Christoph German Author And Critic, Was Born On Feb. 2, At Judithen Kirch Near Konigsberg, The Son Of A Lutheran Clergyman. He Studied At Konigsberg, And In 1723, On Taking His Degree, Fled To Leipzig In Order To Evade Prussian Military Service. In 1730 He Was Appointed Extraordinary ...
Johann Jakob Griesbach
Griesbach, Johann Jakob (1745-1812), German Biblical Critic, Was Born At Butzbach On Jan. 4, And Was Educated At Frankfort-on-the-main, At Tubingen, Leipzig And Halle, Where He Became Professor In 1773. Two Years Later He Was Translated To Jena, Where He Died, March 24, 1812. Griesbach's Fame Rests Upon His New ...
Johann Nikolaus Gotz
Gotz, Johann Nikolaus German Poet, Was Born At Worms On July 9, 1721. He Studied Theology At Halle (1739-42), Where He Became Intimate With The Poets J. W. L. Gleim And J. P. Uz, Acted For Some Years As Military Chaplain, And Afterwards Filled Various Other Ecclesiastical Offices. He Died ...
John Brown Gordon
Gordon, John Brown American Soldier And Statesman, Born Feb. 6, 183 2, In Upson County, Georgia. He Was Graduated From The University Of Georgia (1852) And Later Practised Law In Atlanta. At The Outbreak Of The Civil War He Joined The Confederate Army As Captain Of Volunteers (1861) And Passed ...
John Carteret Granville
Granville, John Carteret, Earl (1690-1763), English Statesman, Known As Lord Carteret, Was Born On April 22, 169o, The Son Of George, 1st Lord Carteret, And Great Grand Son Of The Elizabethan Admiral, Sir Richard Grenville. He Suc Ceeded His Father In 1695 As End Baron Carteret. He Was Edu Cated ...
John De Gray
Gray, John De (d. 1214), Bishop Of Norwich, Entered Prince John's Service, And At His Accession (1199) Was Rapidly Promoted In The Church Till He Became Bishop Of Norwich In Sep Tember 1200. King John By Attempting To Force Him Into The Primacy In 1205 Started The Long And Fatal ...
John Goodsir
Goodsir, John (1814-1867), Scottish Anatomist, Was Born At Anstruther, Fife, On March 2o, 1814. He Was Educated At St. Andrews, And At Edinburgh, And In 1835 Joined His Father In Practice At Anstruther. Three Years Later He Communi Cated To The British Association A Paper On The Pulps And Sacs ...
John Goodwin
Goodwin, John (c. 1594-1665), English Nonconformist Divine, Was Born In Norfolk And Educated At Queens' College, Cambridge, Where He Was Elected Fellow In 1617. He Was Vicar Of St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, London, From 1633 To 1645, When He Was Ejected By Parliament For His Attacks On Presbyterianism, Especially In ...
John Gorell Barnes Gorell
Gorell, John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron (1848 1913), English Judge, Was Born At Liverpool On May 16, 1848, The Son Of Henry Barnes, A Shipowner. He Was Educated At Peter House, Cambridge. He Began As A Solicitor, But Was Called To The Bar In 1876 Becoming Q.c. In 1888. He ...
John Gower
Gower, John (d. 1408), English Poet, Died At An Ad Vanced Age In 1408, So That He May Be Presumed To Have Been Born About 133o. He Belonged To A Good Kentish Family And Owned The Manors Of Feltwell In Suffolk And Moulton In Norfolk. In A Document Of 1382 ...
John Greenwood
Greenwood, John (d. 1593), English Puritan And Separatist (the Date And Place Of His Birth Are Unknown), Was Educated At Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By 1586 He Was The Recognized Leader Of The London Separatists, Many Of Whom Had Been Imprisoned At Various Times Since 1567. Greenwood Was Arrested Early ...
John Gully
Gully, John (1783-1863), English Boxer And Politician, Was Born At Wick, Near Bath, On Aug. 21, 1783, The Son Of An Inn Keeper. In 1805 He Was Matched Against Henry Pearce, The "game Chicken," Before The Duke Of Clarence (afterwards William Iv.), And Was Beaten After Fighting 64 Rounds, Which ...
John Manners Granby
Granby, John Manners, Marquess Of (1721— 1770), British Soldier, The Eldest Son Of The Third Duke Of Rut Land, Was Born In 1721, Educated At Eton And Trinity College, Cambridge, And Elected M.p. For Grantham In 1741. Four Years Later He Received A Commission As Colonel Of A Regiment Raised ...
John Mason Good
Good, John Mason On Medical, Religious And Classical Subjects, Was Born On May 25, 1764, At Epping, Essex, The Son Of A Nonconformist Minister. In He Became A Member Of The British Pharmaceutical Society, And In That Connection, And Especially By The Publication Of A History Of Medicine (1795), He ...
John Richard Green
Green, John Richard (1837-1883), English Histo Rian, Was Born At Oxford On Dec. 12, 1837, And Educated At Mag Dalen College School And At Jesus College, Where He Obtained An Open Scholarship. On Leaving Oxford He Took Orders And Became The Incumbent Of St. Philip's, Stepney, Where He Was Much ...
John Ruthven Gowrie
Gowrie, John Ruthven, Third Earl Of (c. 1600), Scottish Conspirator, Was The Second Son Of William, 4th Lord Ruthven And First Earl Of Gowrie (?1541-1584), By His Wife Dorothea, Daughter Of Henry Stewart, Second Lord Methven. The Ruthven Family Was Of Ancient Scottish Descent; The Earl Dom Dated From 1581. ...
John Willis Griffiths
Griffiths, John Willis 882 ), American Naval Architect, Was Born In New York City On Oct. 6, 1809. He Was Apprenticed To His Father's Trade Of Shipwright, And At The Age Of 19 Laid The Lines Of The Frigate "macedonia." In 1835 He Suggested The Ram For The Bow Of ...
Josef Gungl
Gung'l, Josef (1810-1889), Hungarian Composer And Conductor, Was Born On Dec. 1, 181 O, At Zsambek, Hungary. He Was Bandmaster In An Austrian Regiment, But In 1843 Established An Orchestra In Berlin, With Which He Toured Europe And America. He Died At Weimar On Jan. 31, 1889. Gung'l's Dances Number ...
Joseph Grimaldi
Grimaldi, Joseph Most Celebrated Of English Clowns, Was Born In London On Dec. 18, 1779, The Son Of An Italian Actor. When Less Than Two Years Old He Was Brought Upon Drury Lane Stage; At The Age Of Three He Appeared At Sad Ler's Wells; And He Did Not Retire ...
Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko
Gourko, Joseph Vladimirovich, Count (1828-1901), Russian General, Of Lithuanian Extraction, Was Born On Nov. 15, 1828. He Entered The Imperial Bodyguard, Rose Rapidly In The Service, And At The Outbreak Of The Russo-turkish War Of 1877 He Was Placed In Command Of The Van Of The Russian Invasion. He Took ...
Joseph Von Gorres
Gorres, Joseph Von (1776-1848), German Writer, Was Born On Jan. 25, 1776, At Coblenz, And Educated At A Latin College Under Clerical Direction. Young Gorres Sympathized With The French Revolution, Harangued The Revolutionary Clubs In The Rhineland, And Insisted On The Unity Of Interests Which Should Ally All Civilized States. ...
Jules Guesde
Guesde, Jules [mathieu Basile] French Socialist, Was Born In Paris On Nov. 11, 1845. He Had Begun His Career As A Clerk In The French Home Office, But At The Outbreak Of The Franco-german War He Was Editing Les Droits De L'hornme At Montpellier, And Had To Take Refuge At ...
Julian Henry Francis Grenfell
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Karl Gottlieb Guichard
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Karl Heinrich Graf
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Karl Heinrich Graun
Graun, Karl Heinrich German Com Poser, The Youngest Of Three Brothers, All Musicians, Was Born On May 7, 1701, At Wahrenbriick, Saxony. Graun's Beautiful Soprano Voice Secured Him An Appointment In The Choir At Dresden. At An Early Age He Composed A Number Of Sacred Cantatas And Other Pieces For ...
Karl Wilhelm Georg Von
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Karl Wilhelm Von Gumbel
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Kate Greenaway
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Keen And Nettlefolds Guest
Guest, Keen And Nettlefolds, Limited. This British Joint Stock Company Was Registered In 190o To Acquire The Businesses Of Guest And Co., Ironmasters, Steel-makers And Colliery Proprietors, And That Of The Patent Nut And Bolt Company Ltd. Who, In Addition To Being Ironmasters And Colliery Owners, Manufacture Iron And Steel ...
Lady Jane Grey
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Laurence Gronlund
Gronlund, Laurence (1846-1899), American So Cialist, Was Born In Copenhagen, Denmark, On July 13, 1846. He Graduated At The University Of Copenhagen In 1865, Began The Study Of Law, Removed To The United States In 1867, Taught Ger Man In Milwaukee, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1869 And Prac ...