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Forty Immortals – Franz

Forty Immortals

THE, the members of the French Academy.

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Foulke

WILLIAM DUDLEY, an American writer and publicist, born in New York City in 1848. He graduated from Columbia University in 1869 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1870. In 1876 he removed to FOSSIL SKELETON OF ICHTHYOSAURUS neighbor- r-

Fowler

ELLEN THORNEY- CROFT, an English novelist, born in 1873. She published several volumes of verse and a volume of short stories. She first achieved fame by the publication of "Concerning Isabel Carnaby" (1898).

This was followed by "A Double Thread" (1899); "Fuel of Fire" (1902); "Place and Power" (1903); and "Ten Degrees Backward" (1915).

Fox

JOHN (WILLIAM), an American writer of dialect stories; born in 1863. He became a contributor to magazines, and published "The Cumberland Vendetta, and Other Stories" (1895); "Hell Fer Sartain, and Other Stories" (1897); "Crittenden" (1900); "Bluegrass" (1901); "A Knight of the Cumberland" (1906 "Heart of the Hills" (1913) “In Happy Valley" (1917) "Erskine Dale-Pioneer" (1920). He died in 1920.

Fox Hound

a hound kept and trained for hunting foxes. They are smaller than the staghound, averaging 22 to 24 inches in height. They vary very much in color. They possess a very fine scent, great fleetness and endurance.

Frackville

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill co. It is on the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads. There are important coal mines in the neighborhood and coal mining is the chief industry. Pop. (1910) 3,118; (1920) 5,590.

Frame

in engineering, the strong framework, outside the wheel, which supports the boiler and machinery on the axes of a locomotive engine.

France

ISLE OF. See MAURITIUS.

Francesco Di Paula

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Frankenthal

a city of Germany, in the Bavarian Palatinate, eight miles N. W. of Mannheim and near the Rhine canal. As an important industrial center is especially famous for its production of iron and steel machinery, and toys, soap and cement. Pop. about 19,000.

Franklin College

a coeducational institution in Franklin, Ind., founded in 1834 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 16; students, 259; president, C. E. Goodell, A. M.

Franz

ROBERT, a German musician; born in Halle, Prussia, June 28, 1815. He was famous for his songs, which were of a peculiar lyric beauty.

His first published composition appeared in 1843. The latter years of his life were spent in editing the works of Bach, Handel, etc. He died in Halle, Oct. 24, 1892.