Kranach
L., a painter, born in 1472.
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These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kranach, Krapotkin, Krasinski.
Krapotkin
PETER ALEXIE- VICH, PRINCE, a Russian scientist; born in Moscow, Dec. 9, 1842. He was in the Russian army for time. a Charged with anarchist affiliations, he imprisoned two years in Russia, escaped, founded the anarchist was Geneva Révolté," in "La paper, (1879), and after being expelled from Switzerland in 1881, commenced a crusade against the Russian Government in the English and French press. He was imprisoned in France from 1883 to 1886. He lectured in various parts of the world; is the author of "To Young People"; "Words of a Revolutionist"; "In Russian and French Prisons"; "In Search of Bread"; and pamphlets on nihilistic subjects; and his contributions on modern scientific subjects to the leading reviews were numerous and interesting. He died in 1921.
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Krasinski
SIGISMUND (kräsin'skē), a Polish poet; born in Paris in 1812. He wrote the drama "Iridion" (1836); the drama "The Undivine Comedy" (1837-1848); "The Dawn" (1843); and "Psalms of the Future" (1845-1848), collections of lyric poems full of religion and patriotism. He died in Paris in 1859.
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Krasnik
a town in Poland, capital of government of the same name, 28 miles S. W. of Lublin. In the German operations to destroy the Polish salient near in 1915, great battles were fought Krasnik. On July 2 the Germans passed through the town, which was the principal intermediate point on the Russian line. Pop. about 13,000.
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Krasnovodsk
a Russian fortress on the E. shore of the Caspian Sea. It has been the starting point of many imtions to central Asia.
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Krasnoyarsk
capital of the province of Yeneseisk, Siberia, located on the Trans-Siberian railway, 2,720 miles from Moscow. Founded in 1628 as a fortified prison settlement, it became in 1920 the center of a Siberian Government set up by the peasants to replace that of the Omsk Government. Pop. about 80,000.
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Kraszevsky
JÖSEF (kra-shěv'skē), a Polish novelist; born in Warsaw, July 28, 1812. He was the author of over 500 works, consisting, besides valuable historical writings, of romances, novels, critiques, travels, political treatises, ises, epic poems, etc. Of poetry, among his chief works was the epic "Anafielas" (1840-1843), founded on Lithuanian history. "The Devil and the Woman" (1841) was an imaginative drama. But his best work was in his , over 240 in numromances and novels ber. Among them were: "The Poet and the World" (1839); "Ulana", (1841); "The Hut Beyond the Village" (1855); "About to Die" (1871). He died in Geneva, March 19, 1887. Amer-
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Krauskopf
JOSEPH, an ican clergyman; born in Ostrov, Prussia, Jan. 21, 1858. He came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at the University of Cincinnati in 1883; made rabbi by Hebrew Union College; and in 1887 became rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia. He became a leader in the reformed Jewish movement, and published "Evolution and Judasim," and many volumes of lectures.
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Krefeld
one of the important manufacturing towns of Germany; 12 miles N. W. of Düsseldorf. It owes its importance to the settlement here, in the 17th and 18th centuries, of refugees from Juliers and Berg, and the neighboring countries; they established the silk and velvet manufactures for which Krefeld is now noted. Pop. about 150,000.
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Krehbiel
HENRY EDWARD, an American musical critic; born in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 10, 1854. He was musical critic successively on the Cin- Cin cinnati "Gazette" and the New York "Tribune." His published works include: "The Technics of Violin Play- Violin Play ing," "How to Listen to Music," etc.
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Kreisler
FRITZ, an Austrian violinist; born in Vienna in 1875. He entered the Vienna Conservatory at the age of seven years, and at the age of ten won a gold medal for violin playportant scientific and military expedi- ing. He studied afterward at Paris, and in 1889 gave a concert tour in the United States, which was an immense success. On his return to Europe he continued his studies and made a second tour of the United States in 1899. He In 1829. continued to make regular tours through- Cours throu out the country. He was generally considered to be, in many respects, the master violinist of his day. At the out- FRITZ KREISLER break of the World War in 1914, he 914, he joined the Austrian colors, and was nd was wounded at Lemberg. Having recovered, covered, KREMLIN he visited America, where he was well received. Following the entrance of the United States in the war, unwarranted criticism influenced him to abandon the hira to abandon the concert stage. At the end of the war, the end of the war, however, he resumed his appearances med bis appearances and was received with even greater acwith even greater acclamation than before. In addition to In addition to his performances as a player of the player of the violin, he composed many pieces of great merit. pieces of great
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Kremersite
an isometric mineral, an isometric mineral, occuring in octahedrons, as a sublimation ns, as a sublimation product, in the fumaroles of Vesuvius. Color meroles of Vesuvina , ruby-red; soluble in water. Com- Ichle indwater. Composition (according to Kremers), a hyto Kremers), a hy drated chloride of potassium, ammonium, and iron botassian, ammonius, .
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Kremlin
in Russia, a general name for a fortified citadel. The Kremlin of Moscow is the most celebrated. The term corresponds to Acropolis in Greek history. See Moscow
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Kremnitz
one of the oldest towns of Hungary, in the county of Bars, in a deep, gloomy valley. It is famous for its gold and silver mines , which, however, are less productive now than formerly, and its mint.
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Krems
a town in Austria located at the junction of the Krems river with the Danube; about 40 miles N. W. of Vienna. The town has quite a few churches and schcols, and a museum. Pop. about 15,000.
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Kreuzer
a small copper coin still in use in Austria, 100 making a florin or gulden ( nominal value, 48 cents). The kreuzer was first coined in the 13th century in Tyrol, was originally of silver, and derived its name from the cross (kreuz) formerly conspicuous on it.
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