These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Adamantius, Adams, Adams.
a name applied in sport to the enlarged gristly framework in the throat of a man. It is known to physiologists as the larynx. It is said that when Eve gave Adam the forbidden apple to eat, the core lodged in his throat. See Larynx
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a mountain in the of Ceylon. It is a resort and Buddhist pilgrims. Height, 7,420 feet. The native name is Samanella. The cone forming the summit is a naked mass of granite, terminating in a narrow platform, in the middle of which is a hollow, 5 feet long, having a resemblance to a human footstep. Mohammedan tradition makes this the scene of Adam's penitence, after his expulsion from Paradise; he stood 1,000 years on one foot weeping for his sin; hence the mark. To the Buddhists, the Impression is the Sri-pada, or sacred footmark, left by Buddha on his departure from Ceylon; and the Hindus have the same tradition in respect to Siva.
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A Jewish doctor, who became a Catholic at Constantinople in the time of Constantine, to whom he dedicated his two books on Physiognomy, or, the art of judging people by their faces. This book, full of contradictions and fantasies, was printed in the Scriptores Physiognomoniae veteres, of Franzius, at Attembourg, in 1780.
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CHARLES FOLLEN, an American dialect poet; born at Dorchester, Mass., April 21, 1842; author of "Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems" (1878); "Dialect Ballads" (1887), etc.
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CHARLES KENDALL, an American historian and educator; born at Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835. He became President of Cornell University (1885), of the American Historical Association (1890), of the University of Wisconsisn (1892), and editor-in-chief of "Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia" (1892). He died July 26, 1902.
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WILLIAM TAYLOR, an American author and editor, best known by the pseudonym "Oliver Optic"; born July 30, 1822. He was a voluminous and highly popular writer of fiction for young readers, his works including several series of travel and adventure: "Young Flag Series," America Abroad," "Starry and others. He died March 27, 1897. ADAMSON LAW. See RAILWAYS.
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CHARLES FRANCIS, an American statesman; born in Boston, Aug. 18, 1807; was candidate for Vice- President in 1848, twice elected to Congress, was Minister to England from 1861 to 1868, and member of the Geneva Arbitration Commission of 1871. His chief literary work was "Life and Works of John Adams" (10 vols., 1850-1856), his grandfather. He also edited the writings of his father, John Quincy Adams. He died in Boston, Nov. 21, 1886.
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BROOKS, an American lawyer and writer; born in Quincy, Mass., in 1848. He was the son of Charles Francis Adams, and a brother of Henry and Charles Francis Adams. After graduating from Harvard in 1870, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law until 1881. His chief interest, however, was the writing of essays on economic subjects. His works include "Law of Civilization and Decay," and "America's Economic Supremacy" (1900); "The New Empire" (1902); "Economics and Public Affairs" (1913); "The Theory of Social Revolution" (1913), etc.
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HENRY, an American historian; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 16, 1838; grandson of J. Q. Adams. He was for some time editor of the "North American Review," and Professor of History in Harvard College. He wrote "The Life of Albert Gallatin" (1879); "John Randolph" (1882), etc. His principal work is the "History of the United States from 1801 to 1817," which constitutes an authoritative history of that period. An autobiography, at first printed for private circulation only, was brought out for general circulation in 1919 as "The Education of Henry Adams" and received much attention. He died May 27, 1918.
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HERBERT, an American sculptor; born at Concord, Vt., in 1856. He was educated in the common schools and at the Institute of Technology at Worcester, Mass., and studied art in the United States and in Paris. He received awards at the Chicago, Paris, St. Louis, and San Francisco expositions. In 1915 he was awarded the medal of honor by the Architectural League and in the following year received a prize from the National Academy of Design. He was a member of the Commission of Fine Arts of the United States Government, president of the National Academy of Design, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of other societies relating to art.
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CHARLES FRANCIS, ANCIS, an American publicist and lawyer, son of the preceding; born in Boston, May 27, 1835. He served in the Union army during the Civil War. Besides notable articles in the "North American Review," on railroad management, he has published "Chapters of Erie" (1871); "Three Episodes of Massachusetts History" (1892); "Essays on Educational Topics" (1879), and a biography of his father (1900). For several years he was President of the Union Pacific railway. Died at Washington, D. C., March 20, 1915.
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FRANKLIN PIERCE, an American humorous writer; born in Chicago in 1881. He graduated from the Armour Scientific Academy in 1899 and for one year after attended the University of Michigan. Beginning newspaper work on the Chicago "Journal," he was successively editor of the New York "Evening Mail" and New York "Tribune." In the two latter papers he conducted a daily humorous column which was widely read. His published works include "In Other Worlds" (1912); "By and Large" (1914); "Weights and Measures" (1917).
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GEORGE BURTON, an American educator; born in Fairfield, Vt., in 1851. He graduated from Beloit College in 1873 and carried on post-graduate studies in Germany. He was professor of history in Drury College from 1877 to 1888. In the latter year he was appointed to the same chair in Yale University. From 1895 to 1910 he was editor of the "Historical Review." He edited many important books and documents dealing with the history of the Middle Ages, and was the author of "Civilization During the Middle Ages"; "The Growth of the French Nation"; "The Origin of the English Constitution," etc. He also wrote articles and delivered many addresses on historical subjects.
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JOHN QUINCY, sixth President of the United States, and one of the greatest of American orators, diplomatists, and statesmen, was the eldest son of John Adams, second President of the United States, and was born at Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1767. In 1794 he proceeded to Holland as Minister, and in 1797 to Berlin, where he negotiated a treaty with the Prussian Government. In 1803 he was elected United States Senator, and in 1805 appointed Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard. In 1809 he was appointed Minister to Russia. In 1815 he went to London as United States Minister, where he remained till 1817, when he was appointed Secretary of State under Monroe. He was elected President of the United States by the House of Representatives in 1825, there having been no election by the people the previous year. He was defeated for re-election in 1828. In 1831 he was returned to Congress, where he remained until his death, Feb. 23, 1848.
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