These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Guinevere, Guiney, Guisborough.
in the Arthurian legends, the daughter of Leodogran, king of Camelyard. She was the most beautiful of women and became the wife of King Arthur. She proved untrue to her husband, and thus set in motion the chain of events which led finally to the disruption of his kingdom and his overthrow in battle. Tennyson has told the story of Guinevere's guilt, her remorse, and her holy life thereafter in his Idylls of the King . See Idylls Of The King ; Arthur
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LOUISE IMOGEN (gì' ni), an American poet; born in Boston, Jan. 7, 1861. Among her volumes of verse may be mentioned: "Verse"; "Songs at the Start"; "A Roadside Harp"; "Martyr's Idyl"; etc. She has also published: "Goose-Quill Papers"; "Brownies and Bogles"; "Monsieur Henri"; "A Little English Gallery"; "Lovers' Saint Ruths"; "Patrins"; "The Secret of Fougereuse"; "Hurrell Froude" (1904) "The Blessed Edmund Campion" (1908), etc. She died in 1920.
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a town of the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, at the foot of the Cleveland Hills, in the midst of the iron mining district, 9 miles E. S. E. of Middlesborough. The earliest alum works in England were established here about the year 1600. Here too are the remains of a priory built in 1119 by Robert de Brus, and at the time of the Reformation one of the wealthiest monastic institutions in the kingdom.
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ROBERT (gēs-kär'), Duke of Apulia and Calabria; born near Coutances, Normandy, about 1015; won great renown in south Italy as a soldier, and after the death of William and Humphrey was proclaimed Count of Apulia. Guiscard next captured Reggio and Cosenza (1060), and thus conquered Cala bria, in the possession of which he was confirmed by Pope Nicholas II. Robert now became the Pope's champion, and along with his younger brother Roger waged incessant war against Greeks and Saracens in south Italy and Sicily, both of which gradually fell under their arms, the latter being, however, given to Roger as count. The closing years of his life were occupied in fighting against Alexius Comnenus, who had deposed Michael VII. from the throne of Constantinople. He died in Cephalonia, July 17, 1085.
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gez, a ducal family of France. The country of Guise was made a duchy in 1528 by Francis I. The founder of the family left eleven children. Marie Guise married James V of Scotland and became the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots; Francois succeeded his father as Duke of Guise; Charles became cardinal of Lorraine; Louis, cardinal of Guise. All were noted for ability and intriguing. When the young and feeble Francis II ascended the throne and Mary, the young Scottish princess, became his wife, her powerful uncles, the Guises, through her governed the king and ruled France. Opposed to them were the Bourbon princes, the king of Navarre, the prince of Conde, and the Huguenot Admiral de Coligni. On the death of Francis II and the return of Mary to Scotland, the Guises were reluctant to surrender their power. This, rather than a religious motive, may be given as the historical cause of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The family came to an end in 1675. The old castle of the dukes still stands in the town of Guise on the River Oise. See Mary ; Medici ; Coligni
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a town of the department of Aisne, France, on the Oise, 25 miles E. N. E. of St. Quentin. Within the town are the ruins of a castle, from which the famous Dukes of Guise derived their title. The iron works are conducted on a profit-sharing scheme; and the workmen are provided with plan. This dwellings on the associated ted "Familistère," of which the first portion was erected by the initiator of the experiment, M. Godin, in 1859-1860, cost about $400,000, and provides accommo- Within the dation for 2,000 persons. buildings are a café, theater, nursery, schools, covered playgrounds, co-operative store, and a library and reading The town was occupied by Gerroom. man forces in 1914 in their drive on Paris.
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LUCIEN. A French actor. He was born in Paris in 1860, and after receiving his education in the Paris schools, went on the stage and had considerable success from the beginning. An opportunity offering for work in Russia he went there and spent nine years at the Théâtre Michael, Petrograd. The rôles in which he has won success are numerous, the most noted being in "L'Assommoir," "La Veine," "L'Adversaire," "Le Mannequin-d'osier," "La Griffe," "Le Voleur," "Sampson," "L'Emigré," "Chantecle." He is Manager of Porte St. Martin and Director of the Renaissance Theatre.
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ge-zo', Francois (1787-1874), a distinguished French statesman and historian. He was born at Nimes. At the age of twelve he resided in Geneva. In 1805 he took up the study of law in Paris. Seven years later he was made assistant professor of literature. Soon after he was called to a newly established chair, that of modern history in the Sorbonne. He began writing for publication as early as 1816. The titles of his published works exceed thirty. A translation of his History of Civilization in Europe was for several decades a popular college text. He taught that civilization is the outgrowth of large factors and that men--even Napoleon--are but instruments. He held a number of state offices. In 1828 he was elected to the chamber of deputies. In 1830 he became minister of the interior and continued to hold important ministerial positions until 1848. In theology he was a Calvinist; in politics he was a supporter of the temporal sovereignty of the pope and of the Bourbon dynasty in France. Guizot stood for freedom, character, and education. See Rollins; Lamartine
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or GUZERAT, the chief town of Gujarat district, in the Punjab, India; a few miles N. of the present bed of the Chenab; is a place of some military and political importance, as well as the center of a considerable trade. Here, in 1849, a decisive battle was fought, which finally broke the Sikh power, and brought the whole Punjab under British rule.
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