Farquhar, George
far'kwar, George (1678-1707), an Irish dramatist. He was born at Londonderry and received his education at Dublin. He tried acting, but without success. His first play was Love in a Bottle. It was successfully produced at Drury Lane in 1699. Other plays are The Recruiting Officer, A Constant Couple, Sir Harry Wildair, The Stage Coach, The Beaux' Stratagem, and The Way to Win Him. Farquhar died in great poverty. Three of his plays, The Way to Win Him, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux' Stratagem, are still favorites on the stage. Farquhar's plays are natural and witty, full of incident and action. Farquhar is an artist in stage effect, an Irishman, with the Irish sportiveness, and an agreeable diversity.--Welsh.
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Farrand
LIVINGSTON, an American educator, born in Newark, N. J., in 1867. He graduated from Princeton University in 1888, and from the College in 1891. of Physicians and Surgeons carried on post-graduate studies in Cambridge, England, and in Berlin. He was on the faculty of Columbia University as professor of psychology and anthropology, from 1893 to 1914. In the latter year he was appointed president of the University of Colorado, serving until March 1, 1919, when he became chairman of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross. He was director of tuberculosis work in France for the International Health Board in 1917-1918. He was a member of many American societies and was the author of "Basis of American History" (1904). He contributed to psychological and anthropological publications.
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Farrand (MAX an American educator born)
MAX, an American educator, born in Newark, N. J., in 1869. He graduated from Princeton University in 1892 and took post-graduate studies at that University and in Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was instructor and professor of history of Wesleyan University, and from 1901 to 1908 he was professor and head of the department of history at Leland Stanford University. He was acting professor of Cornell in 1905-1906, and from 1908 was professor of Yale. In 1919- 1920 he acted as general director of the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. He wrote "Legislation of Congress for the Government of the Organized Territories of the United States" (1896); "Framing of the Constitution" (1913); "Development of the United States" (1918); "Fathers of the Constitution" (1920). He was a frequent contributor to historical magazines.
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Farrar
FREDERICK WILLIAM, an English clergyman, dean of Canterbury; born in Bombay, India, Aug. 7, 1831. He was educated at University of London and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained a deacon in 1854 and priest in 1857. He was assistant master at Harrow and head master at Marlborough College. He was made archdeacon of Westminster in 1883; and chaplain to the queen. He wrote these novels: "Eric, etc." (1858); "St. Winifred's, "Julian Home" (1859); 9); etc." (1863). Of his religious and theological writings the most notable are: "The Witness of History to Christ" (1871); "The Life of Christ" (1874); "Life and Works of St. Paul" (1879); Christianity" "The Early Days of Christ Hope," "The Life of (1882); "Eternal nal Lives" (1899), etc. He was author also of works on language, as "The Origin of Language" (1860); "Families of Speech" (1870); 870); "Language and Languages" (1878); and handbooks on He died in London, Greek grammar. March 22, 1903.
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Fars
or FARSISTAN (anciently Persis), a province of Persia, bordering on the Persian Gulf; rises from the steep coast in a succession of broad terraces. Area, about 53,500 square miles; the population, the exact number of which is not known, is very sparse. The coast zone or "hot country," the productiveness of which is greatly dependent on the rainfall, is backed by the "land of the passes," behind which comes the "cold country"; the interior belongs to the Iranian plateau. The mountain chains, lying parallel to the coast, embrace numerous fertile valleys, rich in pasturage and vines and fruit trees. Among the mountains are several lakes, the largest Lake Bakhtegan. The rivers The elimate are small. varies with the different districts. The principal products of the province are fruits, dates, tobacco, cotton, silk, and excellent wine. The capital of Fars is Shiraz, pop. 25,000 to 30,000. The port, Bushire, on the Persian Gulf.
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Farsan Islands
a group of islands in the Red Sea, about 35 miles off the W. coast of Yemen. They include the two larger islands of Farsan Seghir, 18 miles in length, and Farsanel-Kebir, 25 miles in length. The islands are important chiefly for the pearl and coral fisheries. Dates and other fruit are also grown there. Prior to the World War Germany maintained a coaling station on one of these islands.
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Farthing
a British coin. The word means a "fourth part," i. e., of a penny, or half a cent. A halfpenny farthing is the fourth part of a halfpenny. In Matthew x:29, "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?" reference is made to a small Roman coin worth one-tenth of a Roman penny. Farthings were coined of silver at one time. Farthings were also made by cutting a penny twice crosswise. Copper farthings have been coined since 1665. See Coin ; Mint
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Farukhabad
a city of the Northwest provinces of India; the near Ganges; 83 miles N. W. of Cawnpur. It is a clean and healthy place, with a considerable trade, and a population (1901) of 67,338. The district of Farukhabad belongs to the alluvial plain of the Doab, the soil being for the most part high-lying, sandy, and infertile; are area, 1,719 square miles; pop. about 1,000,000. The most important crops are potatoes, indigo, and sugar-cane. The capital is Fatehgarh. The ruins of kingdom, still exist within the district. the capital of powerful Hindu
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Fasano
a city in southern Italy. It is near the site of the ancient Roman city of Egnatia. It contains a city hall, which was the former palace of the Knights of St. John. Pop. op. about 20,000.
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Fasces
the most ancient insignia of of bundles of elm or birch rods, in the the Roman magistrates, consisting center of which was an ax. The custom borrowed from the Etruscans. was After the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus, the fasces were carried before the consuls by men called lictors; but this honor was granted to the consulmajor only. The consul and pro-consul had 12 lictors, each of whom carried a fasces; the dictator had 24, and when in Rome the ax was carried before him. The prætors of the towns had only 2 fasces; those of the provinces and the army 6. Under the empire the consuls, , had who were merely civil magistrates, es 12 fasces, while the pro-prætors and pro-consuls were allowed 6, and this lasted till the fall of Rome.
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