Fatimides
or FATIMITES (named from Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed and wife of Ali, from whom the founder of the dynasty described in the definition professed to have sprung), a race of Mohammedan kings, whose founder, Abu Obeidallah (El Madhi), was born in A. D. 882, and began to reign in 910, making Mahadi, the ancient Aphrodisium, about 100 miles S. of Tunis, his capital. The place was called from the name Mahadi, or Director of the Faithful, which he had assumed. The dynasty there founded continued to reign till 1171, and produced in all 14 kings.
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Faucit
HELEN (LADY MARTIN), an English actress; born in London, England, Oct. 11, 1819. She made her professional début as Julia in the "Hunchback" at Covent Garden in January, 1836. She was at once successful, took a leading part in Macready's Shakespearean revivals, in the first representation of Lytton's plays, and in Browning's "Blot in the Scutcheon" and "Strafford." As an interpreter of Shakespeare's heroines, Juliet, Rosalind, Portia, Beatrice, Imogen, Cordelia, and Lady Macbeth, she stood first among the actresses of her time. After her marriage to Theodore Martin, in 1851, she left the stage. In 1885 she published a volume of delightful studies, entitled "On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters." She died in Wales, Oct. 31, 1898.
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Faulcon
one of the Falconinæ, a sub-family of the FALCONIDE. The beak is short, toothed, curved from the base with one or two strong indentations on the margin on each side; wings シミラン SAKER FALCON very long. The best-known species is the peregrine falcon. It has always been held in the greatest esteem for hawking. It is of a bluish-gray color, narrowly barred with black. Technically in falconry the female alone is termed a falcon, the male, which is smaller and less courageous, being known as a tersel or tiercel.
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Fault
in mining and geology, the sudden interruption of the continuity of strata till then on the same plane, this being accompanied by a crack or fissure varying in width from a mere line to generally filled with broken several feet, stones, clay, or similar material. There are faults in some sections, of which the horizontal extent is 30 miles or more, the vertical displacement varying from 600 to 3,000 feet, and the width of the fissures filled up ranging from 10 to 50 feet. In hunting, a check, the losing of the scent. In tennis, an improper service. At fault, at a loss; in a difficulty; puzzled; embarrassed.
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Faun
in Roman mythology, a Latin rural deity who presided over woods and wilds, and whose attributes bear a strong analogy to those of the Grecian Pan. He was an object of peculiar adoration of the shepherd and husbandman, and at a later period he is said to have peopled the earth with a host of imaginary beings identical with himself. They are represented as men with the tail and hind legs of a goat, pointed ears, and projecting horns.
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Fauna
the animal life of a given region or period. The term corresponds to the flora of the botanist. Thus we speak of the fauna of Kentucky or the Faroe Islands ; or the fauna of the carboniferous age .
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Faunce
WILLIAM HERBERT PERRY, an American educator; born in Worcester, Mass., Jan. 15, 1859; was graduated at Brown University in 1880, and at the Newton Theological Seminary in 1884; held pastorates in Springfield, Mass., and New York City; was long a trustee of Brown and Rochester Universities; lecturer at the University of Chicago and at Yale. He was made president of Brown University in June, 1899. He wrote "The Educational Ideals in the Ministry" (1908); "What Does Christianity Mean?" (1912); "Social Aspects of Foreign Missions" (1914); "Religion and War" (1918). He has fre quently contributed to various periodicals.
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Fauni, Febris, Fides & Fornax
Fauni Rural deities represented as having the legs, feet, and ears of goats, and the rest of the body human. Febris The goddess, or rather the averter, of fever. Fides The personification of faithfulness, worshipped as a goddess at Rome. Fornax A Roman goddess, who presided over baking the corn in the oven (fornax), and who was worshipped at the festival of the Fornacalia.
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Faunus
in Roman mythology, a king of Latium. He was the grandson of Saturn, and was worshiped as the god of agriculture and the protector of shepherds. He came to be identified at a later period with the Greek Pan. His wife was Fauna. As Faunus manifested himself in various ways, the idea of fauni or fauns arose. They were frolicsome woodland deities somewhat akin to satyrs. They are represented as having the legs and feet of goats and the rest of the body human. They had grotesque pointed ears. The country people sacrificed lambs and kids to them with all solemnity. They are represented as fond of sport and dancing.
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Faust
or FAUSTUS, DR. JOHANN, a famous magician, about whose name and existence so many obscure legends have grown, lived in the beginning of the 16th century, and was probably born at Knittlingen, in Suabia. After receiving his education at Wittenberg, he went to Ingolstadt, where he studied magic, and ocmedicine, astrology, and cupied himself in alchemical experiments. Faust was a man of great scientific acquirements; and, according to legendary tradition, he made use of his powers to inspire his countrymen with a firm belief that he had dealings with the devil. The story of Dr. Faustus furnished the subject of a remarkable dramatic poem by Christopher Marlowe, and has been immortalized by the genius of Goethe. Gounod's well-known opera is also founded on this character.
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Faust (FUST JOHANN one of the three)
or FUST, JOHANN, one of the three artists to whom the invention of printing has been ascribed, was the son of a goldsmith at Mentz, Germany. The other two were Gutenberg and Schöffer; to the former of whom the invention of printing with wooden blocks has been attributed; and to the latter, who married the daughter of Faust, is allowed the honor of having invented punches and matrices, by means of which this grand art was carried to perfection. It is believed that he died of the plague in 1466.
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