Atterbury (FRANCIS an English prelate)
FRANCIS, an English prelate, born March 6, 1662, and educated at Westminster and Oxford. In 1687, he took his degree of M. A., and appeared as a controversialist in a defense of the character of Luther, entitled "Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther," etc. He also assisted his pupil, Charles Boyle, in his famous controversy with Bentley on the "Epistles of Phalaris." Having taken orders, in 1691, he settled in London, became chaplain to William and Mary, preacher of Bridewell, and lecturer of St. Bride's. After the accession of Queen Anne he was made Dean of Carlisle. In 1712, he was made Dean of Christ Church, and, in 1713, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster. After the death of the Queen, in 1714, he distinguished himself by his opposition to George I.; and, having entered into a correspondence with the Pretender's party, was, in 1722, committed to the Tower. Being banished from the kingdom, he settled in Paris. He died Feb. 15, 1732, and his body was privately interred in Westminster Abbey.
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Attic Bee
an epithet applied in ancient times to Sophocles, on account of the sweetness and beauty of his writings. For a somewhat different view, see article on SOPHOCLES.
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Attic Mysteries
(See Mysteries ). Attwood, Mrs. : The author of a work entitled, A Suggestive Inquiry with the Hermetic Mystery, published anonymously at London, in 1850. Owing to the circumstance that it was supposed to have revealed certain alchemical secrets, it was shortly afterwards withrdawn from circulation.
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Atticus
TITUS POMPONIUS (at' ēkus), a noble Roman, the contemporary of Cicero and Cæsar. He displayed such address and tact that, during the war between Cæsar and Pompey, he managed to remain neutral; sent money to the son of Marius, while he secured the attachment of Sylla; and, when Cicero and Hortensius were rivals, was equally intimate with both. When young, he resided at Athens. He was an author and poet, and reached the age of 77, without sickness. When at last he became ill, he refused all nourishment, and, therefore, ended his life by voluntary starvation. Died 32 b. c. He was a disciple of Epicurus.
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Attila (Famous leader of the Huns)
the famous leader of the Huns, was the son of Mundzuk, succeeding ( (with his brother Bleda) their uncle Rhuas. Their rule extended over a great part of northern Asia and Europe, and they threatened the Eastern Empire, and twice compelled the weak Theodosius II. to purchase an inglorious peace. Attila caused his brother Bleda to be murdered (444), and extended his dominion over all the peoples of Germany and exacted tribute from the Eastern
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Attleboro
a town in Bristol co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 32 miles S. W. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1694; contains nearly a dozen villages; and is principally engaged in the manufacture of jewelry, watches and clocks, silverware, hats, buttons, and cotton and woolen goods. It has a National bank, high school, public library, and daily newspapers. Pop. (1910) 16,215; (1920) 19,731.
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Attorney
a person appointed to do something for and in the stead and name of another. An attorney may have general powers to act for another; or, his power may be special, and limited to a particular act or acts. A special attorney is appointed by a deed called a power or letter of attorney, specifying the acts which he is authorized to do. An attorney at law is a person qualified to appear for another before a court of law to prosecute or defend any action on behalf of his client. The rules and qualifications, whereby one is authorized to practice as an attorney in any court are very different in different countries, and in the different courts of the same country.
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Attucks
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) CRISPUS, a mulatto or half-breed Indian, born about 1720; was a leader of the crowd of people, who, on March 5, 1770, provoked the British soldiers in Boston to open fire, which resulted in the death of Attucks and others and created the incident known as the Boston massacre. The British officer of the day and six of his men were tried for murder and acquitted by a jury.
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Atwater
WILBER OLIN, an American chemist, born in Johnsburg, N. Y., May 3, 1844; was graduated at Wesleyan University in 1865; made a special study of chemistry in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale and the Universities of Leipsic and Berlin; became Professor of Chemistry in East Tennessee University in 1873; was director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in 1875-1877, and was appointed director of the Storrs (Conn.) Experiment Station in 1887. He was connected for several years with the United States Department of Agriculture. He died in 1907.
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Atwood, George
George (1746-1807), an English mathematician and inventor. He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, in which he was afterward a tutor. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and held a position in the British patent office under Mr. Pitt. He contributed a number of papers to the Philosophical Transactions, also some treatises on philosophical subjects. He is of interest to the schoolboy as the inventor of Atwood's machine, a device to verify the laws of the acceleration of motion for falling bodies . 2026 Editor's Note: Atwood's machine — two weights over a pulley — is still a fixture of the physics classroom two centuries on, the standard way to slow gravity down enough to measure it and demonstrate Newton's laws of motion. Few inventors are so purely remembered by a single teac hing device. (Ed: BR 2026-07-15)
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Atziluth
One of the three worlds of the Kabala; the supreme circle; the perfect revelation. According to Eliphas Levi, it is represented in the Apocalypse by the head of the mighty angel with the face of a sun. 6
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