Franz Conrad Von Hotzendorf
Conrad Von Hotzendorf, Franz Austro-hungarian Soldier, Was Born In Vienna Nov. Ii, 1852. Con Rad Was The Leading Military Figure Of The Old Dual Monarchy, And Also One Of Its Most Influential Politicians. In 2899, As A Brigadier In Trieste, His Observations On Italian Irredentist Propaganda In Spired Him With ...
French Law And Institutions
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Fucius
Fucius. ...
Fugues
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Gail Sherman Corbett
Corbett, Gail Sherman, American Sculptor, Wife Of Harvey Wiley Corbett, Born In 1873 In Syracuse, N.y. She Was Educated In Public And Private Schools, At The Art Students League In New York And At The Ecole Des Beaux Arts In Paris. Later She Was A Pupil Of Augustus Saint Gaudens. ...
Gaius Aurelius Cotta
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Gaius Or Gnaeus Coriolanus
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Gaspard De Chatillon Coligny
Coligny, Gaspard De Chatillon, Comte (1519-1572), Admiral Of France And Protestant Leader, Was Born At Chatillon-sur-loing On Feb. 16, 1519, The Son Of Gaspard De Coligny, Known As The Marechal De Chatillon (d. 1522), Marshal Of France In 1516. By His Wife, Louise De Montmorency, The Marshal Had Three Sons ...
George Colman
Colman, George English Dramatist And Essayist, Usually Called "the Elder," And Sometimes "george The First," To Distinguish Him From His Son, Was Born In 1732 At Florence, Where His Father Was Resident At The Court Of The Grand Duke Of Tuscany. Colman's Father Died Within A Year Of His Son's ...
George Colman_2
Colman, George (1762-1836), "the Younger," Son Of The Above, Was Born On Oct. 21, 1762. He Passed From West Minster School To Christ Church, Oxford, And King's College, Aberdeen, And Was Finally Entered As A Student At Lincoln's Lnn, London. In 1782 He Produced, At His Father's Playhouse In The ...
George Combe
Combe, George Scottish Phrenologist, Was Born In Edinburgh On Oct. 21, 1788. After Attending Edinburgh High School And University He Entered A Lawyer's Office In 1804, And In 1812 Began To Practise On His Own Account. In 1817 His First Es Say On Phrenology Was Published In The Scots Magazine; ...
George Edward Lynch Cotton
Cotton, George Edward Lynch English Educationist And Divine, Was Born At Chester On Oct. 2g, 1813. He Was Educated At Westminster School, And At Trinity College, Cambridge. He Graduated B.a. In 1836, And Became An Assistant-master At Rugby. Here He Worked Devotedly For 15 Years, Inspired With Arnold's Spirit, And ...
Giovanni Costa
Costa, Giovanni (1826-1903), Italian Painter, Was Born In Rome. He Became Known As A Landscape-painter Of Remarkable Originality, And Of Great Influence In The Return To Minute Observation Of Nature. He Had Many English Friends And Followers, Notably Matthew Ridley Corbet And Lord Carlisle, And Was Closely Associated With Corot ...
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
Corbulo, Gnaeus Domitius (1st Century A.d.), Roman General. In The Reign Of Tiberius, He Was Praetor, And Was Appointed To The Charge Of The Roads And Bridges. Under Claudius He Was Governor Of Lower Germany (a.d. 47). He Punished The Frisii Who Refused To Pay The Tribute, And Was About ...
Gonzalez Coques Or Cocx
Coques Or Cocx, Gonzalez (1614-1684), Flemish Portrait Painter, Son Of Pieter Willemsen Cocx, Was Born At Ant Werp On Dec. 8, 1614. At The Age Of 12 He Entered The House Of Pieter, The Son Of "hell" Breughel, An Obscure Portrait Painter, And Later Became A Journeyman In The Workshop ...
Gonzalo Fernandez De Cordoba
Cordoba, Gonzalo Fernandez De (1453 1515), Spanish General And Statesman, Was The Son Of The Count Of Aguilar. He Was Born Near Cordova On March 16, 1453. He Was First Attached To The Household Of Don Alphonso, The King's Brother, And Upon His Death Devoted Himself To Isabella, After Wards ...
Hans Collaert
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Hanseatic League East India
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Hartley Coleridge
Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849), English Man Of Letters, Eldest Son Of The Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Was Born On Sept. 19, 1796, Near Bristol. In 1815 He Went To Oxford, As Scholar Of Merton College. His University Career, However, Was Unfortunate. He Gained An Oriel Fellowship, But At The Close Of ...
Harvey Corbett
Corbett, Harvey Wiley• ), American Architect, Born In San Francisco, Jan. 8, 1873. He Graduated From The University Of California In 1895 And From The Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, In 1900. He Is A Member Of The Firm Of Helmle And Corbett, New York City. Among The Buildings Which ...
Heinrich Joseph Von I
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Hendrick Colijn
Colijn, Hendrick (1869– ), Dutch Politician, Was Born At Haarlemmer Meer, Holland. After Serving As A Govern Ment Official In The Dutch East Indies He Returned To Holland In 1909 And Became A Member Of The Second Chamber. From 1911 To 1913 He Was Minister For War. In 1914 He ...
Hendrik Conscience
Conscience, Hendrik (1812-1883), Flemish Writer, Of Mixed French And Flemish Parentage, Was Born At Antwerp On Dec. 3, 1812. His Father, Pierre Conscience, From Besancon, Had Been Chef De Timonerie In The Navy Of Napoleon, And Was Appointed Under-harbourmaster At Antwerp In 1811, When That City Formed Part Of France. ...
Henri Benjamin Constant De
Constant De Rebecque, Henri Benjamin French Writer And Politician, Was Born In Lausanne On Oct. 25, 1767, The Son Of Juste Arnold De Constant, Who Commanded A Regiment In The Dutch Service. After A Good Pri Vate Education At Brussels He Was Sent To Oxford, Erlangen And Then To Edinburgh, ...
Henry Brooke Parnell Congleton
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Henry Compton
Compton, Henry English Divine, Was Educated At Queen's College, Oxford, Then Travelled In Europe, And Was Made Bishop Of Oxford In 1674, And In The Following Year Was Translated To The See Of London. He Was Also Appointed A Member Of The Privy Council, And Was Entrusted With The Education ...
Henry Constable
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Henry Copeland
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Henry Seymour Conway
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Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas (1765-1837), English Orientalist, Was Born In London, June 15, 1765, And Died March 18, 1837. He Served In India As A Civilian From 1782 To 1814, Being A Member Of The Council Of India For The Last Seven Years Of His Service. After His Return From India, ...
Hernan Or Hernando Cortes
Cortes, Hernan Or Hernando, Spanish Soldier, The Conqueror Of Mexico, Was Born At Medellin, Estremadura, In 1485. He Studied Law At The University Of Salamanca, But Returned Home In I 5o I Resolved To Seek A Life Of Adventure. Accidents Frus Trated His First Attempts To See Foreign Service, But ...
Highway
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His Last Adventure
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History Of The Mariners
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Hon John Collier
Collier, Hon. John (1850-1934), British Painter, Son Of The Ist Lord Monkswell, Was Born In London On Jan 27, 1850, And Educated At Eton. He Studied Painting At The Slade School, London, And In Paris, Heidelberg And Munich. He Enjoyed Great Popularity With The Public As A Painter Of What ...
Hugh Conway
Conway, Hugh, The Nom-de-plume Of Frederick John Fargus (1847-1885), English Novelist, Who Was Born At Bristol On Dec. 26 1847, The Son Of An Auctioneer. At The Age Of 13 He Joined The Training-ship "conway" In The Mersey. In Deference To His Father's Wishes, However, He Abandoned The Sea, And ...
Hyperboloid Paraboloid
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I Conditioned Reflex
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Ignacio Comonfort
Comonfort, Ignacio ), A Mexican Soldier And Politician, Who, After Occupying A Variety Of Civil And Military Posts, Was In Dec. 1855, Made Provisional President By Alvarez, And From Dec. 1857, Was For A Few Weeks Constitutional President. (see Mexieo.) ...
Industrial Communities
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Influence Of Chemical Constitution
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Isthmus Of Corinth
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James Connolly
Connolly, James (187o-1916), Irish Socialist, Was Born In Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ulster, On June 5, 1870. He Was The First Effective Propagandist Of Socialism In Ireland, But Did Not Come Into Prominence Until 1913 When, In Collaboration With James Larkin, He Directed The Six-months' Strike Of 20,000 Dublin Transport And ...
James Cook
Cook, Ja.mes (1728-1779), English Naval Captain And Explorer, Was Born On Oct. 28, 1728, At Marton Village, Cleveland, Yorkshire, Where His Father Was First An Agricultural Labourer And Then A Farm Bailiff. At 12 Years Of Age He Was Apprenticed To A Haberdasher At Staithes, Near Whitby, And Afterwards To ...
James Fenimore Cooper
Cooper, James Fenimore American Author, Was Born At Burlington, N.j., Sept. 15, 1789. In The Next Year, The Family Moved To The Lake Region Of Central New York. He Entered Yale College In The Class Of I8o6; A Silhouette Taken Of Him In His Undergraduate Days Shows A Profile Chiefly ...
Janos Corvinus
Corvinus, Janos (john) (1473-1504), Illegitimate Son Of Matthias Hunyadi, King Of Hungary. He Took His Name From The Raven (corvus) In His Father's Escutcheon. Matthias, On Losing All Hope Of Offspring From His Consort, Queen Beatrice, Determined, Towards The End Of His Life, To Make The Youth His Successor On ...
Jay Cooke
Cooke, Jay (1821-19o5), American Financier, Was Born At Sandusky (o.), On Aug. Io, 1821. At The Age Of 18 He Entered The Philadelphia House Of E. W. Clark And Co., Private Bankers. Three Years Later He Was Admitted To Membership In The Firm. In 1858 He Retired From The Firm, ...
Jean Antoine Constans
Constans, Jean Antoine French Statesman, Was Born At Beziers On May 3, 1833, And Died In Paris On April 7, 1913. He Was Professor Of Law At Douai And Then At Toulouse Until He Was Elected Deputy For The Latter City In 1876. He Was Minister Of The Interior In ...
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Corot, Jean-baptiste Camille French Landscape Painter, Was Born In Paris, In A House On The Quai By The Rue Du Bac, Now Demolished, On July 16, 1796. His Parents Kept A Successful Millinery Establishment, And Under Na Poleon I. Madame Corot Was Court Modiste. Thus, He Never, Throughout His Life, ...
Jean Collin Dharleville
Collin D'harleville, Jean Francois 755— 18o6), French Dramatist, Was Born At Mevoisins, Near Maintenon (eure-et-loire), On May 3o, '755. His Best Plays Are L'optimiste, Ou L'homme Toujours Content (1788), And Le Vieux Celibataire (i 793). Collin Was One Of The Original Members Of The Institute Of France, And Died In ...
Jean Marie Collot Dherbois
Collot D'herbois, Jean Marie French Revolutionist, Was A Parisian By Birth And An Actor By Profession. He Became Director Of The Playhouse At Geneva. By The Publication Of L'almanach Du Pere Gerard (1791), A Little Book Setting Forth, In Homely Style, The Advantages Of A Constitu Tional Monarchy, He Suddenly ...
Jeremy Collier
Collier, Jeremy English Nonjuring Di Vine, Was Born At Cambridgeshire, On Sept. 23 1650. He Was Educated At Ipswich Free School, Of Which His Father Was Master, And At Caius College, Cambridge, He Was Appointed In 167g To The Small Rectory Of Ampton, Near Bury St. Edmunds, And In I685 ...
Jesse Collings
Collings, Jesse 0831-192o), British Politician, Was Born At Littleham, Exmouth, Devon, On Jan. 9, 1831. In 1866 He Settled In Birmingham, Where He Was Intimately Associated With Joseph Chamberlain, And In 1878 Was Elected Mayor Of Birmingham. In 188o He Entered Parliament As Liberal Member For Ipswich, And Became A ...
Johann Amos Comenius Or
Comenius Or Komensky, Johann Amos (1592— 167o), A Famous Writer On Education, And The Last Bishop Of The Old Church Of The Moravian And Bohemian Brethren, Was Born Either At Comna, Or At Niwnitz, In Moravia. Having Studied At Herborn And Heidelberg, And Travelled In Holland And England, He Became ...
Johann Friedrich Cotta
Johann Friedrich Cotta (170i-1779), The Theologian, Was Born On March 12, 1701, The Son Of Johann Georg Cotta (2). After Studying Theology At Tubingen He Began His Public Career As Lecturer In Jena University. He Became Professor At Tubingen In 1733. In 1736 He Removed To The Chair Of Theology ...
Johann Georg Cotta I
Johann Georg Cotta (i) (1631-1692), The Founder Of The Publishing House Of J. G. Cotta, Married In 1659 The Widow Of The University Bookseller, Philipp Braun, In Tubingen, And Took Over The Management Of His Business, Thus Establishing The Firm Which Was Subsequently Associated With Cotta's Name. On His Death, ...
John Churton Collins
Collins, John Churton (1848-19o8), English Liter Ary Critic, Was Born March 26 1848 At Bourton On The Water, Gloucestershire, And Died At Lowestoft Sept. 15 1 Go8. He Was Educated At King Edward's School, Birmingham, And Balliol Col Lege, Oxford. In 1 9o4 He Was Appointed Professor Of English Literature ...
John Colepeper Colepeper
Colepeper, John Colepeper (or Culpepper), Ist Baron (d. 166o), English Statesman, Was The Only Son Of Sir John Colepeper, Of Wigsell, Sussex. He Was Elected Member For Kent In The Long Parliament, When He Took The Popular Side, Speaking Against Monopolies On Nov. 9, 164o, Being Entrusted With The Impeachment ...
John Colet
Colet, John (1467?-1519), English Divine And Education Ist, The Eldest Son Of Sir Henry Colet (twice Mayor Of London), Was Born In London And Educated At Oxford, Probably At Mag Dalen College. When He Took His M.a. In 1490 He Already Held The Rectory Of St. Mary, Dennington, Suffolk, And ...
John Comyn
Comyn, John (d. C. 1300), Scottish Baron, Was A Son Of John Comyn (d. 1274), Justiciar Of Galloway, Who Was A Nephew Of The Constable Of Scotland, Alexander Comyn, Earl Of Buchan (d. 1289), And Of The Powerful And Wealthy Walter Comyn, Earl Of Mentieth (d. 1258). The Elder Comyn ...
John Comyn_2
John Comyn (d. 1306), Called The "red Comyn," Was A Grand Son Of The Justiciar. Like Badenoch, His Father, He Assisted Baliol Against Edward I., And Was For Some Time A Hostage In England. Having Been Made Guardian Of Scotland After The Battle Of Falkirk (1298) He Led The Resistance ...
John Conington
Conington, John 0825-1869), English Classical Schol Ar, Was Born At Boston In Lincolnshire. He Had A Distinguished Career At Oxford, And In 1854 Was Appointed, As First Occupant, To The Chair Of Latin Literature Founded By Corpus Christi College. In 1852 He Began, In Conjunction With Prof. Goldwin Smith, A ...
John Conolly
Conolly, John (1794-1866), English Physician, Was Born At Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, Of An Irish Family, On May He Graduated M.d. At Edinburgh In 1821, And In 1828, After Practising At Lewes, Chichester And Stratford-on-avon, Was Appointed Professor Of The Practice Of Medicine At University College, London. In 183o He Published ...
John Constable
Constable, John (1776-1837), English Landscape Painter, Was Born At East Bergholt In Suffolk On June I1, 1776. His Father Was A Man Of Some Property, Including Water-mills At Dedham And Flatford, And Two Windmills, In Which John, The Sec Ond Son, Was Set To Work At The Age Of 17, ...
John Cosin
Cosin, John (1594-1672), English Divine, Born In Nor Wich On Nov. 30, 1594, Was Educated At Norwich Grammar School And Caius College, Cambridge. In 1624 He Became Prebendary Of Durham And In The Following Year Archdeacon Of The East Riding Of Yorkshire. His Collection Of Private Devo Tions (1627), Which ...
John Cotton
Cotton, John English And American Puri Tan Divine, Sometimes Called "the Patriarch Of New England," Born In Derby, England, On Dec. 4, 1585. He Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge, And Became A Fellow Of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Then A Stronghold Of Puritanism. In June 1612 He Became Vicar Of ...
John Duke Baron Coleridge
Coleridge, John Duke Baron (182o-1894), Lord Chief Justice Of England, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir John Taylor Coleridge. He Was Born At Heath's Court, Ottery St. Mary, On Dec. 3, 182o. He Was Educated At Eton And Balliol College, Oxford, Of Which He Was A Scholar. He Was Called ...
John Henry Comstock
Comstock, John Henry American Entomologist, Was Born In Janesville, Wis., On Feb. 24, 1849. After His Graduation At Cornell University In 1874, He Pursued Further Study At Yale University In 1874-75 And At The University Of Leipzig In 1888-89. He Was Instructor And Assistant Professor Of Entomology In 1875-78 At ...
John Payne Collier
Collier, John Payne 0789-1883), English Shake Spearian Critic, Was Born In London, On Jan. 1789. The Son Of A Journalist, He Was On The Staff Of The Morning Chronicle And Then Of The Times For Some Time. He Entered The Middle Temple In 1811, But Was Not Called To The ...
John Russell Colvin
Colvin, John Russell (1807-1857), Lieutenant Governor Of The North-west Provinces Of India During The Mutiny Of 1857, Was Born In Calcutta On May 29, 1807. Passing Through Haileybury He Entered The Service Of The East India Company In 1826. In 1836 He Became Private Secretary To Lord Auckland, And His ...
John Sell Cotman
Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842), English Landscape Painter And Etcher, Son Of A Well-to-do Silk Mercer, Was Born At Norwich, On May 16, '782. He Was Sent To London To Study Art, Where He Became The Friend Of Turner, T. Girtin And Other Artists. He Became President Of The Norwich Society ...
John Singleton Copley
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John William Colenso
Colenso, John William English Bishop Of Natal, Was Born At St. Austell, Cornwall, On Jan. 24, 1814. In 1836 He Was Second Wrangler And Smith's Prizeman At Cambridge, And In 1837 He Became Fellow Of St. John's. Two Years Later He Went To Harrow As Mathematical Tutor, But The School ...
Joint Stock Companies
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Jose Antonio Conde
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Jose Francisco Correa Da
Correa Da Serra, Jose Francisco 1823), Portuguese Politician And Man Of Science, Was One Of The Founders Of The Portuguese Academy Of Sciences, Of Which He Was Named Perpetual Secretary. He Came Into Conflict With The Holy Office, And Had To Leave The Country, Taking Refuge In Paris, London And ...
Joseph Conrad
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Jules Gabriel Compayre
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Lake Of Como
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Lake Of Constance
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League Of Nations
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Lockouts
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Lodovico Corti
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Lorenzo Costa
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Lotte
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Lough Conn
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Lough Corrib
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Louis Armand De Bourbon
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Louis Armand De Bourbon_2
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Louis De Cormontaingne
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Louis Henry Joseph
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Louis Marie De La
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Louis
Louis Francois De Bourbon, Prince De Conti (1717-1776), Only Son Of The Preceding, Saw His First Fighting In Bohemia In 1741. He Was Appointed To Command The Army In Italy, Where He Forced The Pass Of Villafranca And Won The Battle Of Coni In I744. In 1745 He Was Sent ...
Louisa Stuart Costello
Costello, Louisa Stuart Author And Miniature Painter, Was Born In Ireland In 1799. Her Father Died While She Was Young, And Louisa, Who Removed To Paris With Her Mother In 1814, Helped To Support Her Mother And Brother By Her Skill As An Artist. At 16 She Published The Maid ...
Louise Colet
Colet, Louise (1810-1876), French Poet And Novelist, Was Born At Aix Of A Provençal Family Named Revoil. In 1835 She Came To Paris With Her Husband Hippolyte Colet (1808-51), A Composer Of Music And Professor Of Harmony And Counter Point At The Conservatoire. Louise Colet Is Perhaps Best Known For ...
Lovis Corinth
Corinth, Lovis (1858-1925), German Painter, Was Born At Tapiau, East Prussia, On July 21, 1858, The Son Of A Tanner. With Walter Leistikow And Max Liebermann He Became One Of The Main Supporters Of The Berlin Secessionists. The Last Years Of His Life He Spent, For The Greater Part, In ...
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Consolidated Goldfields Of South Af Rica, Ltd. The Goldfields Of South Africa Company, Founded By Cecil Rhodes And Charles Rudd, Was Started Largely To Exploit A Concession Obtained By The Latter From Lobengula. Together With The South African Gold Trust And Agency Company And Other Undertakings, It Was Absorbed In ...
Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Commodus, Lucius Aelius Aurelius 06'– 192), Also Called Marcus Antoninus, Emperor Of Rome, Son Of Marcus Aurelius And Faustina, Was Born At Lanuvium On Aug. 31, 161. At The Age Of Is He Was Associated By His Father In The Government. On The Death Of Aurelius, Whom He Had Accompanied ...
Lucius Annaeus Cornutus
Cornutus, Lucius Annaeus, Stoic Philosopher, Flourished In The Reign Of Nero. He Was A Native Of Leptis In Libya, But Resided For The Most Part In Rome. He Is Best Known As The Teacher And Friend Of Persius, Whose Satires He Revised For Publication After The Poet's Death, But Handed ...
Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella
Columella, Lucius Iunius Moderatus, Of Gades, Writer On Agriculture, Contemporary Of Seneca The Philos Opher, Flourished About The Middle Of The Ist Century A.d. His Extant Works Treat Of The Cultivation Of All Kinds Of Corn And Garden Vegetables, Trees, Flowers, The Vine, The Olive And Other Fruits, And Of ...