Langford

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

English author England, Sept. prominent educator native city. ligious Skepticism ( 1850); " English " Poems of ( 1859); and " Other Poems " LANGHOLM friesshire, Ewes and Esk 23 miles manufactured tweeds since ANDREW LANG LANG Hope, a New says in Little" (1891); "The Making of The Ma of Langholm, Religion" (1898); "Defense of Sir Walefense of S hospital here. ter Scott" (1910), etc. He contributed c. He con the Douglases to the best magazines and edited "Longand edited of Arkinholm (1455). man's Magazine." Died July 20, 1912. Eed July 20, LANGLEY, REM HE LANGDON, STEPHEN HERBERT, an American a philologist. He was born at Monwas born born in Boston roe, Mich., in 1876, and educated at and educ University of Michigan, Union Theologien, Union 4 School; was cal Seminary, and Columbia University. blumbia Un the United He studied also at Sorbonne and Collège rbonne anc designed the de France, 1905-1907, and was ordained and was ice from deacon in Paris, 1905. Studied at Leipzig died at into general use 1907-1908, was professor in Assyriology extension of the at Oxford, 1908, and became British sub- Bri and made ject in 1913. His works include: "Anorks includ fect an aerial nals of Ashurbanipal"; "Les Inscriptions Les Ing first to succeed du Wadi Brissa et du Nahr et Kelb"; Ju Nahr e practicability "Babylonia and Palestine"; "The Sumestine"; "Th became secretary rian Epic of Paradise." stitution in clude " The LANGEMARCK, a village in Bela village searches on gium, in West Flanders, 5 miles N. E. of ers, & miles in Aerodynamics Ypres. In the German campaign of man.camt the Wind "; etc. 1915, it saw some of the first attacks in the first a which the use of poison gas played a Dison gas LANGRES part, and as a result of such attacks was of such att French department taken by the Germans with the villages s with the Vol. V-Cyc-AA Sas, and Steenstraate, Steenstranto, and guns in April. guna in April. on it figured prominently red preminently around Ypres, which was res, which was stubbornly contested nly contested . During the third battle the third battle September it August and September it British. ( läng'en - zält - sä), a en-walt-sä), Prussian province of Saxony, ince of Saxony, W. of Gotha; has woolen ha; has woolen manufactures. Here occurred, Here occurred, er between 18, an encounter between 19, and 8,200 Prussians; 200 Prussians; at first defeated, but befeated, but bocompelled the former to the former to days later. Not far from Not far from sulphur spring that atbring that at visitors annually. Pop. nnually. Pop. JOHN ALFRED, an ALFRED, an ; born in Birmingham, Birmingham, He was & 12, 1823. He was a and publicist in his Publicist in his orks are: "Re- Among his works are: " Re- Infidelity and Infidelity " tacy" (1855); Democracy " ( 1855); and Town the Fields and Town " Heroes and Martyrs, and Martyrs, and ( 1890). Died 1903. fod 1903. , a market - town of Dumtown of Dumhe junction of Scotland, at the junction of Wauchope Waters with the bers with the S. S. W. of Hawick; has Rawick, has shepherd's plaid and ' plsid and 1832. In 1890 Thomas 1840 Thoma York merchant and native t and native left $ 400,000 to found a 0 to found a On the site of the town a of the town were defeated in the battle d in the battle SAMUEL PIERPONT, PIERPONT, physicist and astronomer; dastronomer , Mass., Aug. 22, 1834 at the Boston High Aug. 22, 18346 was graduated Boston High Professor of Mathematics in Fathematics in States Naval Academy. He Academy. He system of railway - time servvay-time serv observations which later cam ainter came ; discovered an unknown an unknown invisible solar spectrum; Maz spectrum; numerous experiments to ments to per permachine. He was the He was the in demonstrating the estrating the of mechanical flight. He Smithsonian Inal flight. He of the mithsonian In- 1887. His publications inblications in- New Astronomy "; " Renomy"; "Re- Solar Heat "; " Experiments "Experimenta "; " Internal Work of nal Work of He died Feb. 27, 1906. Feb. 27, 1906. ( longr), a town in the town in the of Haute - Marne; at to-Marne; at an elevation of 1,530 feet above sea-level; appeal, and, having been elected, was l; app 184 miles E. S. E. of Paris; consecrated by Innocent at Viterbo, June a place of military importance as key of 17, 1207. His appointment was resisted the communication between the Seine by King John; and Langton was kept out and the Rhone, it has been strongly fortiof the see until John made terms with fied since 1868, and has a cathedral of Innocent in 1213. In the conflict of John the 12th and 13th century; pop. about with his barons Langton was their parti- 6,000. Langres (ancient Andomatusan, and his name is the first of the subnum) in Cæsar's time was the capital of scribing witnesses of Magna Charta. the Lingones, a name corrupted into And, though the Pope excommunicated Langres. the barons, Langton refused to publish the the ex the excommunication, and was in consequence suspended from his functions by quence the Po the Pope in 1215. But after the accession of Henry III. he was reinstated sion o (1218) (1218) in his see. Died July 9, 1228.