Greek Schools
Greek Schools First Phase.—the Term And The Institution Date, Not From The Great Or What May Be Called The Hellenic Age Of Greece, But From The Later Macedonian Or Hellenistic Period. The Account Given By K. I. Freeman In His Schools Of Hellas (1907) May Be Summed Up In The ...
Gregg System
Gregg System In 1888, John Robert Gregg Published His Light-line Phonog Raphy, In Which He Incorporated What He Considered This Funda Mental Idea Of Employing Shorthand Characters That Were In Harmony With The Slant And Movement Of Longhand As Well As Many Other Principles, The Lack Of Which Had Given ...
Haiti
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Hamlet 24
Hamlet). 24. Few Of The Plays Present So Many Difficulties As Troilus And Cressida, And It Cannot Be Said That Its Literary History Has As Yet Been Thoroughly Worked Out. A Play Of The Name, "as Yt Is Acted By My Lord Chamberlens Men" Was Entered In The Stationers' Register ...
Handicraft
Handicraft The Introduction Of The Crafts Into Elementary Schools Was Authorized By The Education Code In 189o. Prior To That The School Board Of London, Aided By The City Guilds, Had Already Provided Instruction In A Limited Number Of Schools. Since Then The Number Of School Workshops Has Steadily Increased ...
Hannibal 1609 1666 Sehested
Sehested, Hannibal (1609-1666), Danish States Man, Born At Arensborg Castle On Osel, Was Educated Abroad, Returned To Denmark In 1632 And Was Attached To The Court Of Christian Iv. Two Or Three Years Later He Was Sent To Wismar To Negotiate A Treaty With The Swedish Chancellor, Axel Oxen Stjerna, ...
Heinrich Schliemann
Schliemann, Heinrich (1822-189o), German Ar Chaeologist, Was Born On Jan. 6, 1822 At Neu Buckow In Meck Lenburg-schwerin, The Son Of A Poor Pastor. He Has Stated In His Autobiography That Through All His Early Years Of Struggle, When He Was Successively Grocer's Apprentice At Fiirstenberg, Cabin Boy On The ...
Henry 1838 1900 Sidgwick
Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), English Philosopher, Was Born At Skipton In Yorkshire On May 31, 1838. He Was Edu Cated At Rugby And At Trinity, Cambridge. In 1859 He Was Elected To A Fellowship At Trinity, And Soon Afterwards Appointed To A Classical Lectureship There. This Post He Held For Ten ...
Henry Addington Sidmouth
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, 1st Viscount (1757-1844), English Statesman, Son Of Dr. Anthony Addington, Was Born On May 3o, 1757. Educated At Winchester College And Brasenose College, Oxford, He Was Elected, By The Favour Of William Pitt, Member Of Parliament For Devizes In 1784. By Close Attention To His Parliamentary Duties, ...
Henry John Stephen Smith
Smith, Henry John Stephen Eng Lish Mathematician, Was Born In Dublin On Nov. 2, 1826. When He Was Two Years Old His Father Died, And His Mother Left Ireland For England. After Being Privately Educated He Entered Rugby School In 1841, And Balliol College, Oxford, In 1844. He Was Elected ...
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Ameri Can Explorer, Ethnologist And Author, Was Born On March 28, 1793, In Albany County, N.y., And Died At Washington, D.c., On Dec. 1o, 1864. After Studying Chemistry And Mineralogy In Union College And Applying Them In A Glass Factory Of Which His Father Was Manager, He ...
History Of Shipping
Shipping, History Of. From The Dawn Of History All That Is Adventurous And Inventive In Man Has Responded To The Challenge Of The Sea. It Was, No Doubt, On Inland Waters That The Art Of Navigation Had Its Birth, In The Discovery That A Fallen Tree Would Bear A Man's ...
Horace Benedict De Saussure
Saussure, Horace Benedict De Swiss Physicist And Alpine Traveller, Was Born At Geneva On Feb. 17, 174o. From 1762 To 1786 He Was Professor Of Philosophy At The Academy Of Geneva. He Became F.r.s. In 1768, And In 1772 Founded The Societe Pour L'avancement Des Arts At Geneva. His Health ...
Horace Sebastian
Sebastian', Horace Francois Bastien, Count French Marshal And Diplomatist. Of Cor Sican Birth, He Was In His Early Years Banished From His Native Island During The Civil Disturbances, And In 1789 He Entered The French Army. In 1793, As A French Lieutenant, He Took Part In The War In Corsica, ...
Horatio 1810 1886 Seymour
Seymour, Horatio (1810-1886), American States Man, Was Born In Pompey, Onondaga County (n.y.), On May 31, 181o. He Studied At Geneva Academy (afterwards Hobart College) And At A Military School In Middletown (conn.), And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1832. He Was Military Secretary To Governor W. L. Marcy ...
House Of Savoy
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Hsenwi Or Theinni
Hsenwi Or Theinni Is Better Known By The Burmanized Name Of Theinni. The Northern Part Of North Theinni Is A Mass Of Hills, In The Valleys Between Which Are Numerous Tracts Under Rice Cultivation. The Southern Portion Has Much More Flat Land, Along The Line Of The Nam Tu, Its ...
Hsipaw Or Thibaw
Hsipaw Or Thibaw Is Called By The Shans, And Officially, Hsipaw, And Also Frequently Ong Pawng (the Name Of An Old Capital). The Chief Plain Land Is In The Valley Of The Nam Tu (myit-nge), Near Thibaw Town, And The Valley Or Strath Of The Pyawng Kawng, Nawng Ping Neighbourhood. ...
Hull Of Steel
Hull Of Steel Improvements In The Hulls Of Steamers Were Introduced Steadily While Machinery Was Being Improved, Principally With The Idea Of Increasing The Strength And Carrying Capacity And Reducing The Weight Of Hull Necessary. Iron Had Shown Itself To Be Superior To Wood In These Respects, And The Next ...
Hume
Hume Hume Is The Most Illustrious And Typical Of Modern Sceptics. His Scepticism Is Sometimes Placed, As By Kant, In His Distrust Of Our Ability And Right To Pass Beyond The Empirical Sphere. But It Is Essential To The Sceptical Position That Reason Be Dethroned Within Experience As Well As ...
Hydrozoa
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I Johann Gottfried Schadow
I. Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-185o), Sculptor, Was Born In Berlin; The Son Of A Poor Tailor. He Studied First Under An Inferior Sculptor, Tassaert, And Later In Rome. In 1788 He Succeeded Tassaert As Court Sculptor And Secretary To The Acad Emy. His Earlier Work, Including A Portrait Statue Of ...
I Lelio Francesco Maria
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I Shapur I Ad
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Ignaz 1876 1932 Seipel
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Ignaz Philipp 1818 1865 Semmelweiss
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Ii Fausto Paolo Sozzini
Ii. Fausto Paolo Sozzini (1539-1604) Was Born At Siena On Dec. 5, 1539, The Only Son Of Alessandro Sozzini, "princeps Sub Tilitatum," By Agnese, Daughter Of Borghese Petrucci, A Descend Ant Of Pandolfo Petrucci, The Cromwell Of Siena. Unlike His Uncle Lelio, Fausto Spells His Surname Sozzini, Latinizing It Socinus. ...
Il 1477 1549 Sodoma
Sodoma, Il (1477-1549), The Name Given To The Italian Painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. He Was Born At Vercelli In Lom Bardy In 1477. His First Master Was Martino Spanzotto, By Whom One Signed Picture Is Known. Acquiring Thus The Strong Colouring And Other Distinctive Marks Of The Lombard School, He ...
Ilhelm
Ilhelm] (1823– 1883), British Inventor, Engineer And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Lenthe In Hanover On April 4, 1823. After Being Edu Cated In The Polytechnic School Of Magdeburg And The University Of Gottingen, He Visited England At The Age Of Nineteen In The Hope Of Introducing A Process In ...
In The Study Of
In The Study Of Society It Is Clearly Impossible To Attempt Here Even In Outline A Dis Cussion Of The Logical And Epistemological Aspects Of All The Social Sciences. Attention Will Be Confined To A Consideration Of The Validity Of Some Of The Categories That Have Been Applied To The ...
Indian Sculpture
Indian Sculpture Under Indian And Sinhalese Art And Archaeology, And Greek Art, Judging Which Best Express The Material In Which They Are Wrought And Which Are Weak In This Qualification. Thus The First Step In Critical Judgment May Be Arrived At. Finish.—the Finish Of The Surface Is A Matter Of ...
Industrial Cost Accounting
Industrial Cost Accounting Industrial Cost Accounting Is A Definite Division Of Account Ancy Which Embodies The Analysis, Control, And Interpretation Of Such Financial Outlays As Are Necessary In The Manufacturing Of An Article Or Service, And For Measuring The Performance Of Each And Every Productive Process Involved In Making Such ...
Introduction Of Steam And
Introduction Of Steam And Iron A Revolution In The History Of The Ship May Be Said To Have Occurred With The Changes From Sails To Steam Engines For Propulsion And From Wood To Iron For Construction. These Pro Ceeded Together, But At First Very Slowly. Conservative Tendencies In Many Quarters, ...
Invention Of Slang
Invention Of Slang Among The Impulses Which Lead To The Invention Of Slang, The Two Most Important Seem To Be The Desire To Secure Increased Vivacity And The Desire To Secure Increased Sense Of Intimacy In The Use Of Language. Slang Originates And Flourishes Best In The Soil Of The ...
Iron And Steel Sheets
Sheets, Iron And Steel. The Production Of Rolled Sheet Iron Dates Back Before 1620 In Bohemia And Was Introduced In Wales In 1720. (see Tin-plate And Terne-plate.) Most Of The Rolling Was Done By Hand, And Great Skill Was Required. The Sheets Were Usually Made Of Puddled Or Wrought Iron. ...
Isson Sigur
Sigur,isson, Jon (1811-1879), Icelandic Statesman And Man Of Letters, Was Born In The West Of Iceland In 1811. He Received An Excellent Education. In 1830 He Was Secre Tary To The Bishop Of Iceland, The Learned Steingrimr Jonsson. In 1833 He Went To Copenhagen To Study Icelandic History And Litera ...
Italian Somaliland
Italian Somaliland Italian Somaliland Extends On The Coast From Bandar Ziyada, A Point On The Gulf Of Aden Intersected By E., Eastward To Cape Guardafui, And Thence Southward To Dick's Head. Bounded North And East By The Indian Ocean It Is Bounded South By Kenya Colony And West By Abyssinian ...
Ivory Carving
Ivory Carving The Material.—in Approaching The Subject Of Ivory Carving It Is Necessary First To Consider The Material In So Far As It Con Cerns The Carver. Ivory, Strictly Speaking, Is The Tusk Of The Elephant : The Tusk Being The Upper Incisor Tooth. For Practical Purposes The Term Must ...
James 1618 1679 Sharp
Sharp, James (1618-1679), Scottish Divine, The Son Of William Sharp, Sheriff-clerk Of Banffshire, Was Born In Banff Castle On May 4, 1618. In 1633 He Went To King's College, Aber Deen, Where He Graduated In 1637. On The Outbreak Of The Cove Nanting War He Visited Oxford, And Perhaps Cambridge, ...
James Saumarez Saumarez
Saumarez, James Saumarez [or Sausmarez], Baron De (1757-1836), English Admiral, Was Born At St. Peter Port, Guernsey, On March Ii, 1757. He Entered The Navy As Midshipman At The Age Of Thirteen. For His Bravery At The Attack Of Charleston In 1776, On Board The "bristol" He Was Raised To ...
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Sherman, James Schoolcraft American Politician, Was Born Near Utica, N.y., On Oct. 24, 1855. He Graduated At Hamilton College In 1878 And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1880. He Was Elected Mayor Of Utica In 1884. In 1886 He Was Elected To The U. S. House Of Representa Tives ...
James Shirley Or Sherley
Shirley Or Sherley, James English Dramatist, Was Born In London In September 1596. His Career Of Playwriting Extended From 1625 To The Suppression Of Stage Plays By Parliament In 1642. He Was Educated At Merchant Taylors' School, St. John's College, Oxford, And Catherine Hall, Cambridge, Where He Took His B.a. ...
James Smith
Smith, James ( I And Horace (1 779- 1849), Authors Of The Rejected Addresses, Sons Of A London Solici Tor, Were Born, The Former On Feb. Io, 1775, And The Latter On Dec. 31, 1779, Both In London. The Occasion Of Their Happy Jeu D'esprit Was The Rebuilding Of Drury ...
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Smuts, Jan Christiaan (187o– ), South African Statesman And General, Was Born On May 24, 1870 Near Riebeek West, Malmesbury District, Cape Colony, The Son Of J. A. Smuts And Catharina De Vries. In 1886 He Commenced His Studies At Stellenbosch, And In 1891 Went To Cambridge, Where His Career ...
Jane Shore
Shore, Jane (d. 1527), Mistress Of The English King Edward Iv., Is Said To Have Been The Daughter Of Thomas Wain Stead, A Prosperous London Mercer. She Was Well Brought Up, And Married Young To William Shore, A Goldsmith. She Attracted The Notice Of Edward Iv., And Soon After 1470, ...
Jean Baptiste 2say
Say, Jean Baptiste 2), French Economist, Was Born At Lyons, On Jan. 5, 1767, Of A Protestant Family, Who Had Fled From France After The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, But Had Returned In The 18th Century. Intending To Follow A Com Mercial Career, Say First Entered The House ...
Jean Baptiste Leon Say
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Jean Charles Leonard De
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard De 1842), Whose Real Name Was Simonde, Was Born At Geneva, On May 9, 1773. During The Revolutionary Disturbances Of The Simonde Family Took Refuge In England. On Their Return The Greater Part Of The Family Property Was Sold, And With The Pro Ceeds They Emigrated ...
Jofiann Salomo Semler
Semler, Jofiann Salomo German Church Historian And Biblical Critic, Was Born At Saalfeld In Thuringia On Dec. 18, 1725, The Son Of A Clergyman In Poor Cir Cumstances. He Grew Up Amidst Pietistic Surroundings, Which Powerfully Influenced Him His Life Through, Though He Never Be Came A Pietist. In His ...
Johann 1874 1932 Schober
Schober, Johann (1874-1932), Austrian Politician, Was Born And Educated In Upper Austria, Entering The Imperial Austrian Police Service As A Young Man, And Became The Austrian President Of Police In 1918, Some Months Before The Revolution. On The Proclamation Of The Austrian Republic (nov. 12, 1918), Schober Immediately Placed His ...
Johann Christoph Friedrich Von
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich Von ( 1759-1805), German Poet, Dramatist And Philosopher, Was Born At Marbach On The Neckar, On Nov. 10, 1759. His Father, Johann Kaspar (1723-96), Was An Army-surgeon, And The Vicissi Tudes Of His Profession Entailed A Constant Change Of Residence; But At Lorch And At Ludwigsburg, ...
Johann Or Hans Schiltberger
Schiltberger, Johann Or Hans German Traveller And Writer, Was Born Of A Noble Family In 1381, Probably At Hollern Near Lohof, Half Way Between Munich And Freising. In 1394 He Joined The Suite Of Lienhart Richartinger, And Went Off To Fight Under Sigismund, King Of Hungary (after Wards Emperor), Against ...
Johannes 1506 1556 Sleidanus
Sleidanus, Johannes (1506-1556), German His Torian, The Annalist Of The Reformation, Was Born At Schleiden, Near Aix-la-chapelle. He Studied Ancient Languages And Literatures At Liege And Cologne, And Law And Jurisprudence At Paris And Orleans. Whilst Among The Humanists Of Liege, He Had Adopted Protestant Opinions, And Entering The Service ...
John 0579 1630 Smith
Smith, John 0579-1630, The Best Known Of The Early Settlers Of Virginia, Was Born Of Excellent Parentage At Willoughby, In Lincolnshire, England. He Attended School But Was An Unwilling Scholar, The Call Of The Sea Making Itself Heard In His Conscious Ness. Hence When About 16 Years Of Age He ...
John 1584 1654 Selden
Selden, John (1584-1654), English Jurist, Legal Anti Quary And Oriental Scholar, Was Born On Dec. 16, 1584, At Sal Vington, In The Parish Of West Tarring, Sussex. His Father, Also John Selden, Held A Small Farm. Selden Was Educated At Chiches Ter Grammar School And Hart Hall, Oxford. In 1603 ...
John 1745 1815 Sevier
Sevier, John (1745-1815), American Frontiersman, And First Governor Of Tennessee, Was Born In Rockingham County, Va., Sept. 23, 1745. He Settled On The Watauga River West Of The Alleghanies. When This Territory Was Annexed To Tennessee In 1776, Sevier Was Elected As Its Representative To The Provincial Congress Which Drew ...
John 1793 1871 Slidell
Slidell, John (1793-1871), American Diplomatist, Was Born In New York In 1793. He Graduated From Columbia College In 1810, Studied Law, And Practised At New Orleans, La., Where He Settled In 1825. He Belonged To The House Of Representatives As A State's Rights Democrat From 1843 To 1845, When He ...
John Sheppard
Sheppard, John 1 R ( , ,1702-1724), English Crim Inal, Was Born At Stepney, Near London, In December 1702, And Was Brought Up In The Bishopsgate Workhouse. He Was Apprenticed To A Carpenter, And At The End Of 1723 He Was Arrested As A Runa Way Apprentice, And Thenceforward, He ...