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JOHN, an American poet and author; born in Falmouth, Mass., now Portland, Me., Aug. 25, 1793. He was a member of the Society of Friends, but left it at 25. Later in life he figured as editor, lecturer, lawyer, poet, novelist , and teacher of gymnastics. Among his numerous works are: "Keep Cool" (1817), a novel; "The Battle of Niagara" (1818), a poem: "Brother Jonathan" (1825); "Rachel Dyer" (1828), a novel; "Downeasters" (1833), a novel; "Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life" (1870). He died in Falmouth, Mass., June 21, 1876.
NEANDERTHAL (-täl), a wildly romantic valley between Düsseldorf and Elberfeld in Rhenish Prussia. In a limestone cave in this valley was found in 1857 the skeleton of a prehistoric man, and the peculiar formation of the skull induced anthropologists to regard it as typical of a separate race of ancient cave dwellers.