These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Fleur De Lis, Fleurus, Fleury.
GILES, an English clergyman and poet, cousin of John; born in London, Eng England, about 1580. His only notable composition was a sacred poem entitled "Christ's Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death" (1610), rich in imagery and descriptions of natural scenery. Parts of it were utilized by Milton in his "Paradise Regained." He died in Alderton, in 1623.
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FRANK FRIDAY, an American admiral, born at Oskaloosa, Ia., in 1855. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875 and in the following year was promoted ensign. He was promoted through the various grades to the rank of rear-admiral, in 1911. After performing important duties on shore and at sea, he was in 1913 appointed commander of the 3d division of the Atlantic Fleet, and was later commander of the 2d and 1st divisions. In 1913 and 1914 he commanded the naval force on the west coast of Mexico, and on April 21 seized and occupied the city of Vera Cruz. In 1914 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and in the following year was appointed admiral. During the the World War he was a member of the War Industries Board of the Council of National Defense, and a member of the General Board of the Navy. He invented several pieces of mechanism for guns and was awarded a medal of honor for distinguished conduct in battle.
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in botany, various species of the genus iris; also Phalangium liliago, a liliaceous plant. , In heraldry the royal insignia of France. Its origin is disputed; by some it is supposed to represent a lily, by others the iron head of some weapon. In the old time the French Royal banner was sémé of lys, that is, completely covered with fleurs de lis; but from the time of Charles VI. it has consisted of three golden fleurs de lis on a blue field. It is of frequent occurrence in English armory. From the claims invariably put forth by English sovereigns to certain principalities in France, gained by inheritance or marriage, the French royal coat appeared as a quartering in the English royal arms; and though all such claims had long ceased to be enforced or justified, it remained till the accession of George IV., by whom it was abolished.
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a town of Belgium, in the province of Hainault, near the Sambre, This place is 7 miles N. E. of Charleroi. noted for four important battles having taken place in its vicinity. The first took place on Aug. 30, 1622, between the Spaniards under Gonsalvo of Cordova, the general of the Catholic League, and the troops of the Protestant Union commanded by the Bastard of Mansfeld and the Dukes of Brunswick and Saxe- Weimar. Both sides claimed the advantage. The second was fought July 1, 1690, Montmorency, Duke of Luxem- 1050, bourg, defeating the Prince of Waldeck, most able of the generals of one of the the Augsburg League. The third was that in which General Jourdain defeated the Imperialists under the Prince of Coburg, June 26, 1794. The fourth, more commonly known as the battle of Ligny, took place on June 16, 1815. On that day Blücher was defeated by Napoleon.
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a small village in France, about six miles N. W. of Verdun, at which were located some of the outer works defending Verdun during the World War. It was the center of some of the heaviest fighting during the attack on Verdun by the Germans, in June, 1916, known as the battle of Mort Homme.
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CLAUDE (fle-re'), a French Church historian; born in Paris, France, Dec. 6, 1640. His learning and unaffected simplicity made him a notable figure at the court of Louis XIV., and later at that of Louis XV., whose confessor he became. An "Ecclesiastical History" (1691-1720) forms his claim to enduring renown; the work coming down to 1414. He also wrote: "A History of French Law" (1674) and a "Historical Catechism" (1679). He died in 1723.
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ABRAHAM, an American educator, born in Louisville, Ky., in 1866, brother of Simon Flexner. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1883 and took post-graduate courses at Harvard and at the University of Berlin. After teaching for several years he was appointed an expert of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in 1908, serving until 1912. He was assistant secretary of the General Education Board from 1912 to 1917, and secretary from 1917. He wrote "The American College" (1909); "Medical Education in the United States and Canada" (1910); "Medical Education in Europe" (1912); and "A Modern School" (1916). He also contributed educational papers to periodicals.
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SIMON, an American physician and medical authority, born in Louisville, Ky., in 1863. He received a in his native common school education city and took his medical degree from the University of Louisville in 1889. He took post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins and at the Universities of Strassburg and Berlin. From 1891-1899 he was a professor in Johns Hopkins University and from 1899-1904 in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1903 he became director of the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, with which he has been connected ever since. He has published numerous treatises and monographs upon pathological and bacteriological subjects, and his work has been recognized abroad, where he has been made a member of many of the learned fraternities.
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a golden-winged woodpecker common in the United States . It is about twelve and one-half inches long. From tip to tip of its outstretched wings it measures twenty inches. The under surfaces of the wings and tail are golden yellow. It has a scarlet crescent and round black spots on the under parts, which are white. It has a black shield on the breast. A peculiarity of the male is a pair of black mustaches. It lays a number of crystal white eggs in a nest in the hole in the trunk of a tree. See Woodpecker Flicker, a common woodpecker
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Flint is a compact homogeneous substance of a steel-gray color, sometimes brown or black. In composition it consists of almost pure silica, with traces of iron, lime, and alumina. From the earliest times flint has been employed as a fire-producer, especially with a steel implement in the yet familiar form of "flint and steel." Flint enters largely into the composition of fine earthenware, for which purpose it is reduced to powder after it has been calcined and thrown into cold water. See QUARTZ. Floor-moulding is moulding an object on the floor by the process of "bedding in"; or possibly on the floor in flasks, as distinguished from moulding on the bench. The former method is floor-moulding, the latter bench-moulding. See BEDDING IN; ROLLING OVER; BENCH-MOULDER.
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