Each of these 14 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
reputed to be the founder of the monastic system in Palestine; born in Tabatha, near Gaza, Palestine, about 290. He was educated at Alexandria, and converted to the monastic system by St. Anthony. He then lived as a hermit in the desert between Gaza and Egypt for many years, and finally died in Cyprus in 372. His memory is celebrated Oct. 21.
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ST., an English abbess; born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, in 614. She was daughter of Hereric, a nephew of Edwin of Northumbria, and was baptized at 14 by Paulinus. Recalled by Bishop Aidan from her retreat in a French monastery, she became abbess of Heorta or Hartlepool in 649. In the year 657 she founded the famous monastery at Streaneshalch or Whitby, a double house for nuns and monks, over which she ruled with_remarkable wisdom for 22 years. Her effigy still stands on the ancient seal of Hartlepool, and churches preserve her name both there and at South Shields. She died in Whitby, England, Nov. 17, 680.
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Saint (614-680), an Anglo-Saxon abbess. She was a member of the royal family of Northumbria. She was head of the abbey of Hartlepool, and later of the famous monastery of Whitby, which she founded in 658. For twenty-two years she ruled this community of monks and nuns with marked ability. St. John of Beverly and the poet Caedmon are among those whose names are remembered in connection with this monastery, which, in St. Hilda's time, was probably the strongest religious house in Great Britain . For many years a tradition was current at Whitby that, when on a summer afternoon the sun shone on the high windows in the north part of the abbey, Saint Hilda's figure could be there discerned.
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. See Gregory Viii
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a city of Prussia, province of Hanover, 16 miles S. E. of Hanover. It has a splendid Gothic cathedral, built in the 11th century, with bronze gates 16 feet high. There are also many other splendid examples of medieval architecture. It manufactures iron products, cotton and woolen goods, tobacco, sugar, etc. From 818 to 1803 it was the capital of a bishopric. Pop. about 55,000.
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RICHARD, an American historian; born in Deerfield, Mass., June 22, 1807. He first became known as a miscellaneous prose-writer and political journalist. The "History of the United States" is his greatest work, covering the period from the discovery of America to the end of President Monroe's first administration (6 vols. 1849- 1856). Among his other works are: "History of Banks"; "Theory of Morals"; "Theory of Politics"; etc. He went to Italy in 1861 as United States consul, and died in Florence, July 11, 1865.
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the rock of Gibraltar, named after the Berber leader, Tarik, who conquered the fort in 711.
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or HILLA, a town of Turkey in Asia; on the Euphrates river, 60 miles S. of Bagdad, near the ruins of Babylon, out of which it is built. Tanning and the manufacture of silk, cotton, and woolens are carried on.
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GEORGE STILLMAN, an American lawyer; born in Machias, Me., Sept. 22, 1808. As a Massachusetts legislator he was commended by Daniel Webster, and he was conspicuous as an orator. He published "Six Months in Italy" (1853); "Life of George Ticknor" (with Mrs. Ticknor); "Life of George B. McClellan" (1864); also a series of school readers, and an addition of Spenser. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 21, 1879.
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WILLIAM FRAN- CIS, an American chemist, born in Honolulu, in 1853. He studied at Cornell University, graduated from the University of Heidelberg in 1875, and afterward studied at other German universities. From 1880 to 1908 he was chemist of the United States Geological Survey. In the latter year he was vas appointed appo chief of Standards. chemist of the Bureau He was professor of general chemistry and physics at the National College of Pharmacy, from 1892 to 1910; president of the American Chemical Society in 1906; and in 1908 he became editor of the "Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry." He was the author of several books on chemical subjects.
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called NASI, or prince of the captivity, presided over the Jewish Church in the 3d distinguished himand 4th centuries, and self by his great astronomical learning, reforming Jewish calendar, ing the period of the equinoxes, etc. Hillel was also one of the doctors to whom is ascribed that portion of the Talmud called "Gemara."
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CHARLES DEWEY, an American politician, born in Belmont co., O., in 1867. He had a high school and academic education and from 1880 to 1902 was financial officer and superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School of Ohio. From the latter year until 1909 he was superintendent of the New York Juvenile Asylum, becoming president of this institution. He was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1909, but resigned in 1911 to become secretary to President Taft. In 1912 he was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was a member of the Republican Nathe tional Committee from New York in campaign of 1920.
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NEWELL DWIGHT, an American clergyman and writer, born in Magnolia, Ia., in 1858. He graduated from Lake Forest University in 1884 and from the McCormick Theologiyear cal Seminary in 1887. In the same he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, serving as pastor in Peoria, Evanston, and Chicago. He was chosen pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn in 1899 and became widely known as a preacher and writer. His published writings include: "Success through Self-Help" (1903); "The Fortune of the Republic" (1906); "Battle of Principles" (1912); "Studies of the Great War" (1915); "Lectures and Orations of Henry Ward Beecher" (1913).
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MORRIS, an American Socialist. He was born in 1869 at Riga, Russia, and there received his early education, coming in 1886 with his parents to New York, where in 1893 he graduated from the New York University Law School. Already in 1888 he had joined the Socialist party, and soon forged to the front, going as delegate to conventions, and showing much ability. He was national committeeman from New York in 1902-1906 and became member of the National Executive Committee in 1907. Socialist candidate for mayor of NEWELL D. HILLIS New York in 1917. In 1920 he figured prominently in the Socialist convention that gave the presidential nomination to Eugene V. Debs. His works include: "History of Socialism in the United States"; "Socialism in Theory and Practice"; "Socialism Summed Up"; "Socialism, Promise or Menace" (series of debates with the Rev. John Augustin Ryan); etc.
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