Lissa
an island of Dalmatia, in the Adriatic Sea, 32 miles S. W. of Spalato; area, 40 square miles; is mountainous, 9,000. Fishing is the chief occupation. grows good wine and olive oil; pop. about The island was held by Great Britain from 1810 to 1815. Off it the Italian fleet was defeated by the Austrians under Tegethoff on July 20, 1866. The Italian admiral, Persano, was next year near its mouth. The city is partly built Were pate in 1 Agoult, w Daniel S ght emes thin, colorle e-cent eid French fleet during the Great War. bombarded and captured by an Angloexpelled from the service. Lissa was graduated at London University in arts French fleet during the Great War. a Fellow of the Royal College of Sur- (1847) and medicine (1852), and became surgeon; born April 5, 1827. He was graduated at London University in arts (1847) and medicine (1852), and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surand lecturer on surgery, Edinburgh; College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in 1855.
He was successively assistant surgeon and lecturer on surgery, Edinburgh; King's College Hospital, London (1877) ; and was made surgeon extraordinary to burgh; Professor of Clinical Surgery, King's College Hospital, London (1877); and was made surgeon extraordinary to the queen. In addition to important observations on blood, the early stages of inflammation, the coagulation of the and other matters, his great work is Royal Society in 1880, the prize of the honors, and received the medal of the gery.
Lister was awarded many foreign honors, and received the medal of the Royal Society in 1880, the prize of the Academy of Paris in 1881. He was made a baronet in 1883 and a peer in 1897. Died at Walmer, England, Feb. 10, 1912. and musical composer; born in Raiding, Hungary, Oct. 2, 1811. His father, who was musical, directed his studies, and at provided means to send him to Vienna, public. Several Hungarian noblemen provided means to send him to Vienna, where he studied the pianoforte and composition (1821-1823). He received further teaching in Paris. About 1839 he toured Europe as a pianist, and was received everywhere with enthusiasm. He settled in Weimar and became director of the Court Theater. In this position he was enabled to produce works by Schumann, Berlioz, and Wagner, and to win favor for their new methods of famous in the annals of music by pro- ported. famous in the annals of music by producing Wagner's "Lohengrin" and Berlioz's "Benvenuto Cellini." In 1861 he resigned the directorship of Weimar and went to reside in Rome, where he took resigned the directorship of Weimar and minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church in 1865, and was thenceforth generally known as Abbé Liszt. Subsequently he retired from Rome to his generally known as Abbé Liszt. Subsenative country, where in 1875 he received a government pension and was named director of the Hungarian Academy of a government pension and was named Music in Budapest. He gave his assistance to foster the Wagner festivals of ance to foster the Wagner festivals of 31, 1886. His chief musical composi- 31, 1886. His chief musical composisymphonies, "Hungarian Rhapsodies," tions are: The "Faust" and "Dante" cision "Symphonic Poems," and the oratorios of His writings were published in six volumes at Leipsic in 1880-1883. By the and two daughters. pseudonym "Daniel Stern," he had a son His writings were published in six volpseudonym "Daniel Stern," he had a son umes at Leipsic in 1880-1883. By the and two daughters.
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American writer; born in New York in 1849. She spent much time in travel