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Ubaldini – Uncas

Ubaldini

PETRUCCIO, an Italian historian; born in Florence, Italy, about 1524.

He wrote: "Life of Charlemagne" (1581); "Description of Scotland and Its Isles" (1588); ; "Lives of Illustrious Ladies of England and Scotland" (1591); "Precepts, Moral, Political, and Economic" (1592). He died in London, England, about 1600.

Uccello

PAOLO DI DONO, an Italian painter; born in Florence, Italy, about 1397. He was the first to develop the principles of perspective. His works were principally in fresco, and are numerous in Italian cities. He died in Florence, Dec. 11, 1475. "Ray born in Paris, France, Dec. 28, 1824.

Uchard

MARIO, a French author; author ; Among his dramatic compositions are: "The Husband's Return" (1858); "Second Youth" (1859); "A Burgomaster's Prosperity" Prosperity" (1864) "The Charmers" (1864). His novels include: mond" (1862); "Gertrude's Marriage" (1862); " Countess Diana" (1864); "Α Last Passion" (1866); "My Uncle Barbasson" (1876); "My Cousin Antoinette" (1891). He died in Paris, July 31, 1893.

Udaipur

or MEWAR, a native state of Rajputana, British India; area, 12,753 square miles; pop. about 1,400,- 000. The capital is Udaipur ( sometimes spelt Oodeypore), picturesquely situated on a ridge overlooking a romantic lake, about 50,000. 140 miles S. S. W. of Ajmere. Pop. author; born in Hampshire, England, in

Uhlich

LEBERECHT, a German church reformer; born in Cöthen, Germany, Feb. 27, 1799. He founded the inecclesiastical organization dependent styled "Free Parishes." Among his writings are: "Christianity and Church " (2d ed. 1846); "The Little Book of the Kingdom of God" (1845); "Thrones in Heaven and on Earth" (1845). He died in Magdeburg, Germany, March 23, 1872.

Uist

NORTH, an island of the Outer Hebrides, 17 miles long, and from 3 to by the Sound of Harris. The surface is 13 miles broad, separated from Harris chiefly flat, the coast greatly broken by inlets from the sea, and the principal industry is fishing.

Uist

SOUTH, separated from the foregoing by the island of Benbecula, is 22 miles in length and 7 miles in breadth.

The surface is low-lying in the N., but the remainder is mountainous.

Ullmann

KARL, a German theological writer; born in Epfenbach in the Palatinate, March 15, 1796. He was appointed professor in the University of Heidelberg in 1826. Among his works are: "Gregory of Nazianzus" (1825); "Reformers before the Reformation" (1841); "Historical or Mythical?" (1838), a critique of Strauss' "Life of Jesus." He died in Karlsruhe in 1865.

Ulloa

ALFONSO DE, a Spanish historian. His principal works are: "Life of the Emperor Charles V." (1560); "Life of the Emperor Ferdinand" (1565); "History of the Capture of Tripoli in Barbary" (1566); "History of Europe, 1564-1566" (1570). He died about 1580.

Ultra Violet

a term applied to the rays beyond the violet, or high, high, end of the spectrum. The vibrations of these rays are too rapid for vision, but they possess greater chemical activity than any others.

Umbilical Hernia

a hernia which protrudes through the umbilical opening in the middle line at the umbili- It is most commonly met with in infants and in women advanced in life, especially in obese subjects. cus. a

Uncas

an Indian chief; born in 1600. He was on good terms with the whites, who constanty defended him and the Mohegans, of whom he was chief, against the Pequods and Narragansetts, In 1657 he is said to have presented the ground on which Norwich, Conn., stands to Ensign Leffingwell in return for his services. He died about 1682.

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