These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Halidon Hill, Halifax, Halirrhothius.
an eminence about a mile to the N. W. of Berwick, the scene of a disastrous defeat of the Scots by the English, July 19, 1333. Edward III. of England had laid siege to Berwick, the governor of which promised to surrender July 20, if not previously relieved. On July 19, Archibald Douglas, regent of Scotland, led a Scotch army to the relief of the town, and attacked the English at Halidon Hill, but was totally routed with the loss of 10,000 men.
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the capital city of Nova Scotia . It is situated on a fine harbor of the name, and is an important seaport. It is the chief naval coaling station of the British in North America . The harbor is strongly fortified. It is the nearest to Europe on this continent that is open all the year around. The city was founded in 1749. It takes its name from a manufacturing city in Yorkshire, England. The population, according to the last census, was 40,832. At the close of the American Revolution the British garrison of New York City set sail for Halifax. They were accompanied by a large number of American royalists, who deemed that they would feel uncomfortable if left behind at the mercy of their American neighbors. "Go to Halifax" became accordingly a popular term of reproach.
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a municipal and parliamentary borough of England, in York county (West Riding), on the Hebble, 36 miles W. S. W. of York. It is built on a rising slope, and has a very picturesque appearance. The more modern streets are spacious and well paved. Among the principal buildings are the parish church of St. John the Baptist (restored 1879), All Souls' Church, the Square Church, the town hall, market hall, theater, assembly rooms, infirmary, charitable instietc. There are several tutions, three public parks, and two grammar schools. Halifax commands abundant supplies of coal and water, and an extensive inland navigation connecting it with Hull and Liverpool. It is one of the centers of the woolen and worsted manufactures in Yorkshire, a great variety of goods being produced. There are also iron, chemical and machine-making works. Pop. about 101,800.
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Son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Euryte, attempted to violate Alcippe, daughter of Ares ( Mars ) and Agraulos, but was slain by Ares. Ares was brought to trial by Poseidon for this murder, on the hill at Athens , which was hence called Areopagus, or the Hill of Ares. 2026 Editor's Note: This myth was the aetiological explanation for the name and origin of the Areopagus , the ancient Athenian council that later tried homicide cases. The council met on the Hill of Ares northwest of the Acropolis, the very site where the god was said to have been tried. (Ed: BR 2026-06-13)
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LYMAN, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; born in Connecticut, about 1731. He was graduated at Yale College in 1747, commenced the study of medicine at Sunbury, Ga., in 1752, represented the latter State in Congress 1775-1780, was appointed governor of his State in 1783, and died in 1791.
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CHARLES CUTHBERT, an American educator; born in New York, Sept. 1852; was graduated at Williams College in 1872, and studied theology at the Union Theological Seminary and in London and Edinburgh; was pastor of Presbyterian church till 1897, when he was elected president of Union Theological Seminary. In 1902-1903 he lectured in India and the Far East. Author: "Universal Elements of the Christian Religion" (1902); "Christianity and the Human Race" (1906); "Christ and the Eastern Soul" (1909). He died in 1908.
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CHARLES FRANCIS, an American Arctic explorer; born in Rochester, N. H., in 1821. He was successively a blacksmith, journalist, stationer and engraver, and, becoming interested in the fate of the Franklin expedition, he made two search expeditions, in 1860- 1862 and 1864-1869, living alone among the Eskimo, and bringing back some relics and the bones of one of Franklin's company; and in 1871 he sailed in command of the government ship "Polaris," on an "expedition to the North Pole." He took his vessel for 250 miles up the channel leading from Smith's Sound, and on Aug. 29 reached 82° 16′ N. at that date the highest N. latitude ever reached; then turning he went into winter-quarters at Thank God Harbor, Greenland (81° 38′ N.). Here, on his return from a sledge expedition to the N., he was taken suddenly ill, and died Nov. 8, 1871; over his grave a grateful epitaph was placed by the British polar expedition in 1876. Among the valuable results of Hall's work were the exploration of the West Greenland channel, and the extension of Greenland and Grinnell Land 1½° N. Hall published "Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux" (1864); and from his papers largely was compiled the "Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition" (1879).
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GRANVILLE STANLEY, an American educator, born at Ashfield, Mass., in 1846. He graduated from Williams College in 1867, and studied at the Union Theological Seminary in the fol- He then took post-gradlowing year. uate courses in Germany and in London. From 1872 to 1876 he was professor of psychology at Antioch College, and was instructor in English at Harvard in 1876-7. From 1881 to 1888 he was professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University. In the latter year he was president and professor of psychology at Clark University. He was editor of several psychological magawas a member of many zines and learned societies. He wrote "Aspects of German Culture" (1881); "Adolescence" (1904); Problems" "Educational (1911); "Founders of Modern Psychology" (1912); "Jesus the Christ, in the Light of Psychology" (1917); and "Psychology" (1917).
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ROBERT, an English clergyman; born in Arnsby, Leicestershire, England, in 1764. He studied at the Baptist College at Bristol, and afterward at Aberdeen. In 1783 he became assistant pastor of Broadmead Church in Bristol, suffered for a time from mental alienation, recovered and became pastor of the Baptist Church at Camwhere he soon acquired ed a great bridge, lge, lage, reputation by his preaching and his writings, such as "Apology for the Freedom "Modern Infidelof the Press" (1793); 793); ity" (1800); "Reflections on War" (1802). He again became insane and resigned his charge, but recovering married and settled at Leicester in 1808, till in 1820 he was again called to Bristol. He died in 1831.
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