Gregorius Of Nazianzus
Gregorius Of Nazianzus, One Of The Fathers Of The Church, Was Born In The Early Part Of The Fourth Century, At Arianzus, A Village Near The Town Of Nazianzus In Cappadocia, Of Which Town His Father Was Bishop. He Studied First At Cresarea In Cappadocia, Afterwards At Alexandria, And Lastly ...
Gregory Ix
Gregory Ix., Cardinal Ugolino, Bishop Of Ostia, A Native Of Anagni, And A Relative Of Innocent Lit, Whose Haughty Principles Concerning The Papal Prerogative He Inherited, Succeeded Honorius Iii In March 1227. He Insisted On Frederick Ii. Setting Off On A Crusade, And As The Emperor Delayed On The Pretext ...
Gregory Vii
Gregory Vii., Hildebrand Of Soano, In Tuscany, Was Of Low Parentage, And Became A Mouk In The Convent Of Cluny. Having Required A Reputation For Theologioal And Canonical Learning, And For Strict Regularity Of Conduct, Ho Afterwards Went To Rome With Bruno, Bishop Of Tout, A Relative Of The Emperor ...
Gregory Xiii
Gregory Xiii., Ugo Buoncompagni, Of Bologna, Succeeded Pius V. In May 1572, When He Was Seventy Years Of Age. He Was Distinguished For His Learning, Especially In Civil And Canon Law, And Be Showed Considerable Zeal For The Promotion Of Education, By Estab Lishing And Endowing Colleges At Rome And ...
Gretry
Gretry, Andre-ernegt-modeste, A Celebrated And Once Moat Popular Composer Of French Operas, Was Born At Liege In 1741. At The Age Of Four He Gave Distinct Proofs Of The Influence Which Rhythm Exercised Over His Excitable Nerves. At Six He Was Placed Under A Music-master, Whose Roughness Of Manners Soon ...
Gronovius
Grono'vius, The Latinised Form Of Gronov, Was The Name Of A Family Originally From Germany, Hut Settled In Holland, Several Members Of Which Distinguished Themselves By Their Classical Learning In The 17th And 18th Centuries. Joitn Frederro Oronov, Born At Hamburg In 1611, Studied At Leipzig, Jena, And Altdorf ; ...
Guelphs And Ghibel1nes
Guelphs And Ghibel1nes, The Names Of Two Great Political Parties Which Divided Italy And Germany Duriug The Middle Ages, Became First Known As The Watchwords Of Their Respective Adherents At The Battle Of Winsberg, In Suabia, Between Two Rivals For The Imperial Throne, Conrad, Duke Of Franconia, And Henry The ...
Guercino
Guerci'no (properly Giovanni Frances() Barbieri), Was Born In The Year 1590 At Cento, A Village Near Bologna, Belonging To The Province Of Fercara. He Gave Very Early Proof Of His Talents By Painting The Figure Of The Virgin' On The Front Of His Father's House When He Was Only Ten ...
Guglielmo Caccia
Ca'ccia, Guglielmo, Commonly Called Moncalvo, From Moncalvo, Near Casale, The Place Of His Abode, Was Born At Montabone In 1568. He Was One Of The Best Fresco Painters Of The 17th Century, And Is Among The Most Celebrated Of The Piedmontese Painters. There Are Still Several Of His Works In ...
Guido Reni
Guido Reni (whom We Place Here As Being, Like Raffaelle More Generally Known By His Christian Name) Was Born At Bologna In 1574, Where He Studied Painting, First Under Denis Calvart, A Flemish Artist Of High Reputation, And Afterwards Visited The School Of The Caracci, Who Are Reputed To Have ...
Guido Or Guy Fawkes
Fawkes, Guido Or Guy. During The Latter Years Of The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth The Protestants, Who, Since The Death Of Mary, Had So Increased In Numbers And In Power As To Have Acquired The Undisputed Ascendancy In The Government Of The Kingdom, Endea Voured, By The Severity Of Laws ...
Guillaume Caillft
Caillf:t, Guillaume, A French Peasant, Was The Leader Of The Ineurrection Calla! The Jacquerie, Which Broke Out In France In 1358. Cellist Was A Native Of Mello, A Small Place In The Beauvoisin, A District So Named From The City Of Beauvais, In The Old Province Of Isle-de Emu., Adjoining ...
Guillaume Dupuytren
Dupuytren, Guillaume, Le Baron, Was Born At Pierre Huffier°, N Little Village Of Tho Department Of Haute-vienne, In France, On The 5th Of October 3777. His Parents Were Poor, And At The Age Of Three Years Ho Was Stolen From Them By A Lady Of Rank, Who Wished To Adopt ...
Gustavus Adolph Us Or
Gustavus Adolph Us. Or Gustavus Ii., King Of Sweden, Was Born On December 9, 151)1. He Was The Sixth Monarch Of The Dynasty Of Vasa, Which, Tines The Liberation Of Sweden, In 1520, By Its Founder, Gustavus Erickson, Reigned Over The Kingdom. Gustavus' Adolphus Was The Son Of Charles, The ...
Gustavus Iii
Gustavus Iii., King Of Sweden, Born In 1746, Was The Eldest Son Of Adolphus Frederic, Duke Of Holstein, Who, Iu Consequence Of His Marriage With Ulrica Louisa, The Sister Of Frederic Il, Had Been Called To The Swedish Throne In 1743. On The 12th Of February 1771, Gustavus Iii. Succeeded ...
Gustavus Iv
Gustavus Iv., King Of Sweden, Was Born On The Let Of November 1778, And, After The Murder Of His Father Gustavus Iii., Ascended The Throne On The 29th Of March 1792. This King, Who By His Conduct So Completely Alienated The National Feelings, That, Forgetting His Great Ancestors, They Gave ...
Gutenberg
[gutenberg.] Schiffer, By Inventing The Punch, Is Supposed To Have Given Completion To The Discovery. Fust, Liko All The Goldsmiths Of Bis Time, Was No Doubt An Engraver Also ; And Might Iu That Capacity Have Been Of Use In Forwarding The Invention. It Is Not Certain How Ever That ...
Gyorgy Fejer
Fejer, Gyorgy, A Very Industrious Hungarian Author, Was Born At Reszthely In The Year 1766, Studied At The University Of Pest' And Buda, Was For Fifteen Years A Priest At Stuhlweissenburg, And After Occupying The Post Of Professor Of Dogmatio Theology And Some Others Of An Analogous Character, Became In ...
Hadrianus
Hadria'nus, .ielius, Eon Of Telius Hadrianus Afer, A Cousin Of Trojan, And A Native Of Hatria Picena, But Of Spanish Descent, And Of Domitia Pauline Of Cadiz, Was Born At Rome, In January .a.n. 70. Ile Was Left An Orphan At Ten Years Of Age, Under The Guardianship Of Trojan ...
Hannibal
Ha'nnibal, The Son Of Hamilcar Barcas, Was Born B.c. 247. At The Age Of Nine He Accompanied His Father To Spain, Who, Previous To His Departure, Took His Son To The Altar, And Placing His Hand On The Victim, Made Him Swear That He Would Never Be A Friend To ...
Hans Egede
Egede, Hans, The Apostle Of Greenland, From Whose Arrival In That Country The Greenlandera Date A New Era, Was By Birth A Norwe Gian. His Father, A Aorenskriver, Or Village Judge, At Harstad, In The District Of Nordlandene, In Norway, Was The Son Of A Dane, The Parish Priest Of ...
Harbours Of Refuge
Refuge, Harbours Of. In The Year 1840 A Commission Was Appointed " To Visit The Coast Between The Mouth Of The Thames And Selsea Bill ; To Examine The Porta On That Coast With Reference To Their Being Rendered Available As Places Of Shelter For Vessels Passing Through The Channel ...
Hardecanute Hardicanute
Hardicanute, Hardecanute, Or Hardacanute, Was The Eldest Of The Sons Of Canute The Great, King Of England, Den Mark, And Norway, By Emma, Styled The " Flower Of Normandy," Daughter Of Richard I., Duke Of Normandy, And Widow Of King Ethelred Ii., Whom He Had Married In 1017. [ernerstun Il] ...
Harold Il
Harold Il Was The Second Of The Aons Of Godwin, Earl Of Kent. This Godwin, Or Gudiu, Makes His First Appearance Iu Inglish History In The Reign Of Canute, And Appears To Have Been Born A Few Years Before The Close Of The 10th Century. He Was Undoubtedly Of Saxon ...
Hartley Coleridge
Hartley Coleridge, The Eldest Son Of Samncl Taylor Coleridge, Was Born At Clevedou, Near Bristol, September 19th, 1796. Two Sonnets Of His Father Are Commemorative Of His Birth ; And An Exquisite Poem Of Wordsworth, ' To H. C. Six Years Old,' Describes The Peculiarities Of The Child, " Whose ...
Haute Saone
Saone, Haute, A Department In The Cast Of France, Is Bounded N. By The Department Of Vosges, E. By That Of Haut-rhin, S. By That Of Duuba And Jura, And W. By That Of Cotesi'or, And Haute-marne. The Greatest Length Is From East-north-east To West-south-west, 72 Miles ; The Greatest ...
Haute Vienne
Vienne, Haute, A Department Of France, Is Bounded N. By The Departments Of Vienna And Indre, K By Crease, S. By Correze And Dordogne, And W. By Charente. Its Greatest Length From North To South Is Co Miles; Its Greatest Breadth At Right Angles To The Length Is 50 Mile.. ...
Hautes Pyrenees
Pyrenees, Hautes, A Department In The South Of France, Lies Between 42° 39' And 43° 34' N. Lat., 30' E. And 0° 20' W. Long., And Is Bounded N. By The Department Of Gers, E. By Haute-garonne, S. By Spain, And W. By Baases-pyr6n6es. Its Greatest Length Is About 70 ...
Hector
Hector ("eorrcep), The Greatest Of The Trojan Heroes Who Figure In Our Accounts Of The Trojan War. Lie Was The Son Of Priam And Hecuba, And Married To Andromache. The Poet Of The 'iliad' Describes Him Not Only As • Bold And Gallant Warrior Whom Achilles Himself Dreaded To Approach, ...
Hegesias
Hege'sias ('liricdas), A Greek Rhetorician And Historian, Was A Native Of Magnesia, And Lived About The Time Of The Historian Timzeue, That Is, About B.c. 250. Respecting His Life No Particulars Are Known, But As An Author He Appears To Have Been Of Some Importance In Antiquity, Though More For ...
Heinrich Heine
Heine, Heinrich, Was Born On The Let Of January 1800 At Dusseldorf, In The Prussian Rhine-province, Of Jewish Parents. His Father Was A Merchant. Lie Was Educated At The Lycoum At Diissel Dorf, And As He Was Intended For The Mercantile Profession, He Was Seat In 1316 To Hamburg, To ...
Heliblet Gate
Gate, Heliblet, Howdf.n,heiddeiisfield, Hull, Let, Nirkot Moorside, Knaresborouoii, Leeds, Leyburn, New Ma Lton, Northallerton, Otlet, Great Ouseddrn, Pateley Bridge, Patrington, Penistone, Piceerino, Pocklinoton, Ponte Fract, Great Preston, Reetii, Hiciimonti, Ripon, Botiieriiam, Saddlewortii, Scardorocgii, Sedbergii, Selby, Settle, Stif.ffield, Sktpton, Skirlatigii, Stok Wiley, Tadcaster, Thiess, Morse, Wakefield, Wiimit, Wortley, And York. Of ...
Hen Frew R
Hen Frew. (r Zar Rennin Tag) It Enfrewsh I Re, A County In The West Of Scotland, Is Bounded N. By The Clyde, By Which It Is Repented From Dumbartonshire; N.e. And K By Lanarkshire; K. And S.w. Ly Ayrehire; And W. By The Frith Of Clyde. A Small Portion ...
Henri Benjamin Constant De
Constant De Rebecque, Henri Benjamin, Was Born At Lausanne, October 25, 1767. Whilst A Mere Youth His Father Carried Him To England, And Placed Him At The University Of Oxford; He Was Then Eeat To A German College, And Finished His Atudies At Edinburgh. There He Met With Erskine, Mackintosh, ...
Henri Il
Henri Il, Born In 1618, Succeeded His Father, Francis I., In 1547. In 1550 Be Concluded The War Which Was Then Pending With England, Which Gave Up To Him Boulogne For The Sum Of 400,000 Crowns. About This Time Mary Stuart, The Queen Of Scotland, Then A Minor, Came To ...
Henri Iv
Henri Iv., King Of France And Of Navarre, Born At Pau In The 136am, The 15th Of December 1553, Was Descended In A Direct Line From Robert, Count Of Clermont, Sixth Son Of Louis Ix., Who Married, In 1272, Beatrix Of Burgundy, Heiress Of Bourbon, And Assumed The Arms And ...
Henry Cary Falkland
Falkland, Henry Cary, Viscount, Descended From The Caryl Of Cockiugton, Was The Son Of Sir Edward Cary Of Berkhamsted And Aldenham In Hertfordshire, At Which Latter Place Ho Was Born Into In The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth. When About Sixteen Years Of Age, He Was Sent To Exeter College, Oxford; ...
Henry Cavendish
Cavendish, Henry, Was The Younger Son Of Lord Charles Cavendish, The Brother Of The Great-grandfather Of The Present Duke Of Devonshire, And Was Born At Nice, October 10, 1731. Having Received His Preliminary Education In A Private School At Hackney, He Proceeded To Cambridge And Matriculated December 18, 1749. He ...
Henry Christophe
Christophe, Henry, Was Born About 1767 Or 1768. The Place Of His Birth Seems To Be Uncertain, For St. Cheistopher, St. Croix, Fit. Domingo, And Granada Are Mentioned By Different Writers. Lie Int Attracted Attention When A Young Man As A Skilful Cook At A Tavern In Cape Town, St. ...
Henry Clay
Clay, Henry, Was Born In Hanover County, Virginia, April 12, 1777. He Was The Seventh Son Of A Clergyman Who Died When Henry Was Very Young, Leaving His Widow And Family But Scantily Provided For. Having Received A Common School Education, Henry Obtained A Situation As Copying Clerk In The ...
Henry Cr031well
Cr031well, Henry, The Fourth Son Of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, But The Second And Youngest That Survived Him, Was Born At Huntingdon In January 1627-23. He Was Educated At Felstead In Essex, And Early Enrolled In The Parliamentary Army. In 1649, Having Become A Colonel, He Went With His Father ...
Henry Dodwell
Dodwell, Henry, Was Born In Dublin In 1612. His Father, Who Had Been In The Army, Possessed Some Property In Ireland, But Having Lost It In The Rebellion, Ha Brought Over His Family To England, And Settled At York, In 1648. Young Dodwell Was To The York Free School, Where ...
Henry Fielding
Fielding, Henry, Born April 22, 1707, Was The Eon Of General Edmund Fielding, A Descendant Of The Earls Of Denbigh. He Was Nearly Connected With The Ducal Family Of Kingston, And Thereby With Lady M. W. Montagu. Being Designed For The Bar, Be Was Removed From Eton To The University ...
Henry Fynes Clinton
Clinton, Henry Fynes, Was Born January 14, 1781, At Gam Ston In Nottinghamshire. He Was The Eldest Son Of The Rev. Charles Fynes Clinton, D.d., Prebendary Of Westminster, And Incumbent Of St. Margaret's, Westminster, And Was Descended In Direct Line From Henry, Second Earl Of Lincoln. The Family Name Was ...
Henry Garnet
Garnet, Henry, Superior Of The Jesuits In England, Was The Son Of A Schoolmaster At Nottingham, And Was Born About The Year 1554. He Was Educated In The Protestant Religion At Winchester College, Whence It Was Intended That Be Should Go To New College, Oxford, And His Not Having Done ...
Henry Hallam
* Hallam, Henry, English Historian And Critic, Was Born In Or About The Year 1778, And Was Educated At Eton, And At Christchurch College, Oxford, Where He Took The Degree Of M.a. In The Early Part Of The Present Century He Became A Resident In Loudon, Where, Since That Time, ...
Henry Hammond
Hammond, Henry, A Learned And Excellent Divine Of The Church Of England, Was Born At Chertsey, August 18, 1605. Having Been Educated At Eton, And Magdalen College, Oxford, Of Which He Became Fellow, He Was Presented To The Rectory Of Penshurst In Kent, In 1633, Ten Years After Which He ...
Henry Hardinge
Hardinge, Henry, Viscount, Third Son Of The Late Rev. Henry Hardinge, Rector Of Stanhope, In The County Of Durham, By Frances, Daughter Of James Best, Esq., Of Chatham, Was Born At Wrotham, Kent, On The 30th Of March 1785. He Was Member Of A Family Which Has Long Been Located ...
Henry Holland
Holland, Henry, Born About 1746, Holds A High Rank Among The Architects Of His Own Time, And Was Greatly Patronised By George Iv. When Prince Of Wales. But We Have No Information As To His Personal History ; And His Finest Work, The Portico Of Carlton House, Has Passed Away. ...
Henry Home
Home, Henry (lord Kamen), Was Horn At Kama!, In Tho County Of Berwick, In 1696. He Was Originally Bound To A Writer To The Signet, But By Diligent Study He Qualified Himself For The Higher Practice Of An Advocate. His First Work, Entitled Remarkable Decisions In The Court Of &miens,' ...
Henry Howard
Howard, Henry, R.a., Professor Of Painting In The Royal Academy, Was Born On The 31st Of January 1769. He Was A Pupil Of Philip Reinagle, R.a., And Was Admitted A Student At The Royal Academy In March 1788. As A Student His Success Was Very Decided ; And It Was ...
Henry Iiudson
Iiudson, Henry, Is Eminent Among Those Early Navigators Who Sought A Shorter Passage To China Than The Circuitous Route Round The Cape Of Good Hope. Nothing Is Known Of Him Before 1607, When He Was Employed By Some London Merchants To Command A Ship Fitted Out To Prosecute That Object. ...
Henry Il
Henry Il, Surnamed Fitz-empress, Was The Eldest Son Of Geoffrey Plantagenet (so Named From A Sprig Of Broom—in Latio Ptanta Gesista, In French Plants He Used To Wear In His Cap), Earl Of Anjou, And Of Matilda, Daughter Of Henry I., King Of England, Whose First Husband Had Been The ...
Henry Iv
Henry Iv., The Son Of The Preceding, Was Born In 1050, And Had Been Chosen King Of The Romans In 1054. His Mother Agnes Under Took The Care Of His Eduostion, And The Diet Chose Her As Regent During His Minority. But The Strong Hand And Will Of His Father ...
Henry Iv
Henry Iv., Surnamed Bolingbroke, Was The Eldest Son Of John Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster, The Fourth Son Of King Edward Iii. His Mother Was The Lady Blanch, Younger Daughter And Eventually Heiress Of Henry Plantagenet, Duke Of Lancaster, Who Was Grandson Of Edmund, Second Son Of King Henry Iii. ...
Henry Iv_2
Henry Iv., King Of Castile, Was The Son Of John Il, And Was Born In 1425. His Youth Was Distinguished By Dissipation And Profli Gacy, But On His Father's Death, In 1454, Few Princes Had Ascended The Throne With Fairer Prospects. His Father Had Made Himself Respected By All His ...
Henry Lawes
Lawes, Henry, A Composer To Whom English Music Is Much More Indebted Than Its Two Historians Seem To Have Been Inclined To Admit, Was A Native Most Probably Of Salisbury, Of Which Cathedral His Father Was A Vicar-choral He Was Born In The Year 1600, As Appears From An Inscription ...
Henry Nelson Coleridge
Coleridge, Henry Nelson, The Son Of Colonel Coleridge, A Brother Of The Poet [coleridge, Samuel Taylor], Was Born At The Beginning Of This Century. He Was Educated On The Foundation At Eton, And In Due Course Was Elected Scholar, And Subsequently Fellow, Of King's College, Cambridge. He Took His Degree ...
Henry Petty F1tz Maurice Lansdowne
* Lansdowne, Henry Petty F1tz-maurice, Tuird Mar Quis Of, Kg., Is The Second, But Only Surviving Eon Of The First Marquis, Better Known As The Earl Of Shelburne, And Was Born July 2, 1780. Lord Henry L'etty Was Sent To Westminster School; Thence He Was Removed About The Year 1795 ...
Henry Rater
Rater, Henry, An English Mathematician Of Some Eminence, And An. Excellent Practical Philosopher, Was Born At Bristol, April 16, 1777, But Of His Early Life Very Little Is Known. He Obtained A Com Mission In The Army ; And In 1808, While Holding The Rank Of Lieutenant In The 12th ...
Henry Richard Vassal Fox
Holland, Henry Richard Vassal Fox, Lord, Was The Only Son Of Stephen, Second Lord Holland. Ilia Mother Was Mary, Daughter Of John Fitzpatrick, First Earl Of Upper Osaory. Sir Stephen Fox, Knight, Distinguished For His Magnificence And Public Spirit, As Well As For His Great Wealth, Having, In 1703, At ...
Henry Thomas Cockburn
Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Lord, A Lord Of Session In Scotland, Was The Son Of Archibald Cockburn, Of Cockpen, Ono Of The Barons Of The Exchequer Iu Scotland, By A Sister Of The Wife Of The First Viscount Melville, And Represented An Ancient Scottish Family Which Has Produced Many Distinguished Members. ...
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas, En Eminent Oriental Scholar, Was The Third Son Of Sir George Colobrooke, Bart., And Was Bore In 1765. His Mother Was Mary, Only Daughter And Heiress Of Patrick Gaynor, Esq. Of Antigua. He Was Never At Any Public School, But Was Educated At Home By A Private ...
Henry Vii
Henry Vii. Was Born At Pembroke Castle On The 21st Of January 1456. Ilia Father Was Edmund Tudor, Surnamed Of Hadham, Who Had Been Created Earl Of Richmond Iu 1452, Being The Son Of Sir Owen Tudor And Queen Catherine, Widow Of Henry V. He Was Thus Pater Nally Descended ...
Henry Viii
Henry Viii., The Second Son Of Henry Vii. By His Queen, Elizabeth Of York, Was Born At Greenwich Ou The 28th Of June 1491. On The Let Of November Following He Was Created Duke Of York, And In 1494 His Father Conferred Upon Him The Honorary Title Of Lord Lieutenant ...