Faliero
or FALIERI, MARINO (fal -e-air'o, or ē), a Venetian noble; born about 1274, who succeeded Andrew Dandolo as Doge of Venice , in 1354. He had previously commanded the troops of the republic at the siege of Zara, in Dalmatia, where he gained a brilliant victory over the King of Hungary; and was afterward ambassador to Genoa and Rome. When he succeeded to the office of doge, he was 76 years of age, and had a young Steno, he quarreled with and was insulted by him im at a masquerade; but and beautiful wife. Jealous of Steno being sentenced to no more than a month's im Faliero, burning with revenge, entered imprisonment for his offense, into a conspiracy with the plebeians to overturn the government and massacre the patricians. On the night before it was to be carried into effect, the plot was discovered, and Faliero was beheaded April 17, 1355.
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Falisci
a people of Etruria, said to have been originally a colony . When they were besieged by the Macedonian Roman general Camillus, a schoolmaster went out at the gates of the city with his pupils, and offered to betray them into the hands of the enemy, that, by such a possession, he might easily oblige the place to surrender. Camillus heard the proposal with indignation, and ordered the man to be stripped naked, and whipped back to the town by the very pupils whom his perfidy would have betrayed. This instance of magnanimity operated upon the people so powerfully, that they surrendered to the
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Falk
PAUL LUDWIG ADALBERT, a noted German statesman; born in Metschkau, Germany, Aug. 10, 1827; was graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Breslau; elected as a Liberal to the Prussian Diet in 1858. When the states of the German Empire codify the laws of the confederation. In were consolidated he was appointed to Minis ebruary, 1871, he became Prussian Minister to the Federal Council . Later he was appointed Minister of Education and Worship. In January, 1873, he presented to the Prussian Chamber the scheme of ecclesiastical legislation known administered with such severity and as the "May Laws ." These laws were particularly where they affected the various religious bodies, that a bitter religious conflict ensued. He resigned from president of the Provincial Court of the ministry July 14, 1879 ; and was Westphalia from 1882 till his death, in the Hamm, Germany, July 7, 1900.
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Falkenhayn
ERICH G. A. S. VON , a German general, born in 1861. He graduated from the war academy in instructor in China. He was major of 1880 and was for three years military the German brigade of occupation in eastern Asia and was on the staff of Count von Waldersee during the operatime of the Boxer uprisings, in 1900. In tions of the German contingent at the 1912 he was Prussian Minister of War, Lieutenant Forstner, against whom public opinion had been deeply aroused on and as such was a strong supporter of account of his attack on a lame civilian in Zabern, the notorious " Zabern affair." the latter having been relieved of his In October, 1914, he replaced Von Moltke as Chief of the German General Staff, duties because of a disagreement over the tactics of the armies in France with the Emperor. General Falkenhayn was in command of the German-Austrian forces which invaded Rumania in 1916 by way of the passes in the Carpathians , in the south, on the banks of the Danube. effecting a junction with Von Mackensen nicipal burgh and market-town of Stir-
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Falkland
fawk'land, a group of islands in the southern Atlantic, 300 miles east of Magellan Straits. There are two large islands and about 100 small ones, having a total area of 6,500 square miles. The total population is about 2,000. The group belongs to Great Britain . Schools and a postal system are maintained. The chief industry is sheep farming, although horses, cattle, and swine are raised. The leading exports are wool, hides, sheep pelts, and tallow. As an instance of the liberality of the British government to its representatives it may be stated that the governor of the islands receives a salary of $6,000 a year.
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Falkner
ROLAND POST, an American statistician; born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 14, 1866; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1885; studied economics at Berlin, Leipzig, and Halle-on-Saale, Germany; was instructor in accounting and statistics in the University of Pe Pennsylvania in 1888-1891, and Professor of Statistics in 1891-1900. He served also as statistician of the United States Senate Com- 3 International Monetary Conference; and as secretary of the conference in 1892. He was a member of the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science; author of numerous essays on criminology, sociology, etc.; chief of the division of documents in the Library of Congress, and editor of "Annals" of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1890-1900). Commissioner of education, Porto Rico (1904-1907), Statistician U. S. Immigrant Commission (1908-1911), Assistant Director of Census (1911-1912).
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Falling-doors
Hinged doors attached to the underside of a cupola, which, when the metal has all run out, may be suddenly dropped, permitting the slag and cinders to fall out into the pit below. See CUPOLA.
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Fallopian Tubes
two ducts or canals floating in the abdomen, and extending from the upper angles of the womb to the pelvis. They were popиlarly but incorrectly believed to have been discovered by Fallopius.
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Fallows
SAMUEL, an American clergyman; born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England, Dec. 13, 1835; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin in 1859; vice-president of Galesville University in 1859-1861; minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1859- 1875, and later of the Reformed Episcopal Church. He served with distinction in the Civil War. Subsequently he preached at Milwaukee; was State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin in 1871-1874; regent of the University of Wisconsin in 1866-1874; and president of Wesleyan University in 1874-1875. He became rector of St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago in 1875, and bishop in 1876; was president of the Illinois State Reformatory; chairman-general of the Educational Committee of the World's Congresses; chancellor of the University Association. Chaplain-in-chief of G. A. R., 1907-1908. Patriotic instructor to the same, 1908-1909. Commander for Illinois of the Loyal Legion (1907). Department commander for Illinois of the G. A. R. (1914-1915). Author, "Life of Samuel Adams," "Students' Biblical Dictionary," "Past Noon," "Splendid Deeds," "Popular and Critical Biblical Encyclopedia" (1901); "Health and Happiness" (1908).
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