Powers
HIRAM, an American sculptor; born in Woodstock, Vt., July 29, 1805. While still a boy he went to Cincinnati, O., where he became an apprentice to clockmaker. Subsea quently he was employed for seven years making wax figures and fitting them with machinery for the Cincinnati museum. In 1835 he went to Washington, where he executed the busts of several distinguished persons. Two years later he was enabled to go to Italy to study his art, and he resided in Florence till his death. There he produced his statue of "Eve," and in 1843 the "Greek Slave"; "Fisher Boy" (1846). Among the other works the chief were "Proserpine," "Il Penseroso," "California," "America," and busts of Washington for the State of Louisiana, of Calhoun for South Carolina, and Daniel Webster for Boston, as well as those of other distinguished ruished Americans. He died in Florence, Italy, June 27, 1873.
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Powers, Hiram
Hiram (1805-1873), an American sculptor. He was a native of Woodstock, Vermont. He died at Florence, Italy. He was educated in the district schools. The family moved to Ohio. He served an apprenticeship as a clockmaker and "found himself" in charge of the waxwork department of a museum in Cincinnati. He showed so much ability in modeling wax figures of notable people that he was encouraged to move to Washington. Here he modeled the busts of a number of distinguished men. In 1837 he set up a studio at Florence, Italy, where he resided for the rest of his life. His most noted statues are Eve Tempted and The Greek Slave. The latter has been copied widely. Powers executed the statue of Webster for Boston. He also made statues of Franklin and Jefferson, a statue of Washington for the state of Louisiana and of Calhoun for South Carolina . He made busts of Adams, Everett, Van Buren, Longfellow, and Jackson. Powhattan (1550-1618), a Virginian chieftain. By rights the name is that of the tribe he ruled. See Pocahontas
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Powhatan
an Indian chief; born about 1550; was the father of Pocahontas, who is celebrated in the colonial history of Virginia as the rescuer of John Smith. He died in April, 1618.
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Powhatan
the name of an Indian confederacy, which at an early day lived on the E. shore of Virginia and a portion of Maryland. They at first numbered only seven tribes, but under the leadership of their chief, Powhatan, increased to 30. The English found them when forming the colony at Jamestown. Constant troubles between the confederacy, the English, and the Iroquois, soon destroyed nearly all the Powhatan tribes, and after 1684 they were not recognized as a separate nation. Vol. VII--Cyc
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Poynings' Law
or the Statute of Drogheda, an act of the Irish Parliament, passed in 1495, whereby all general statutes before that time made in England were declared of force in Ireland. It was so named from Sir Edward Poynings, deputy of Ireland under Henry VII. in 1494, when he suppressed the revolt of Perkin Warbeck.
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Poynter
SIR EDWARD JOHN, an English painter; born in Paris, March 20, 1836; educated at We and Ipswich Grammar Westminster School School; received his art training at the Royal Academy and under Gleyre in Paris; gained a reputation by his "Israel in Egypt," exhibited in 1867, and "The Catapult" (1868); painted the cartoons for the mosaic of St. George in the Westminster Palace (1869). Among his chief pictures are "Perseus and Andromeda" (1872); "The Golden Age" (1875); "Atalanta's Race" (1876); "Diadumene" (1885); and "A Roman Boat Race" (1889). He was elected an Associate in 1869 and a Royal Academician in 1876, was the first Slade Professor of Art at University College, London, and was director for art at South Kensington for some years. He became president of the Royal Academy and was knighted in 1896. He died in 1919.
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Pozarevatz
a city in Serbia, 34 miles S. of Belgrade, and 8 miles S. of the Danube. Has few industries except , but is the trade center of the agriculture agriculture Morava Valley. Has a penitentiary with a house for political offenders, offenders, and a women's prison. Scene of treaty treaty in 1718 between Turkey and Austria. Figured in World War, being captured by German-Austrian forces in 1915. Pop. about 15,000. POZIÈRES, a village in France, near the river Ancre and the Belgian border, on the high road between Amiens and Cambrai, which figured as scene of much fighting in the early period of the World War. The village had at first been taken by the Germans, but during the battle of the Somme, in the summer of 1915, Australian regiments took it from the Germans. It changed hands repeatedly during the war.
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Pozsony
Hungarian name for PRESSBURG (q. v.).
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Pozzuoli
the ancient Puteoh, a city and seaport of southern Italy, 6 miles W. S. W. of Naples, on the shore of the bay of Baiæ, the N. W. portion of the Bay of Naples. The coast forms a natural harbor, and a considerable trade and an active fishing is carried on. 22 PRÆCIPE Pozzuoli was founded by the Greeks about 520 b. c., and became under Rome a great center of commerce. St. Paul landed here in the course of his journey to Rome. Pozzuoli was destroyed by the Goths more than once, rebuilt by the Byzantine Greeks, and finally devastated by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It abounds in ancient ruins. The cathedral stands on the site of a temple of Augustus. A ruined temple of Serapis also remains, inclosed by 48 marble and granite columns. On an eminence behind the town stands the ruined amphitheater, resting on three series of arches. In the neighborhood are Lake Avernus, the Grotto of the Sibyl, the baths of Nero, the ruins of Baiæ and Cumæ, etc. PRÆCIPE, a writ commanding something to be done, or demanding a reason for its non-performance. The term is now only used to denote the note of instructions delivered by a plaintiff or his attorney to the officer of the court, who stamps the writ of summons.
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Praed
MRS. CAMPBELL MACK- WORTH (ROSE CAROLINE MURRAY- PRIOR), an Australian novelist, born in Bromelton, Queensland, March 27, 1851. In 1876 she went to London. Her most popular works are: "An Australian Heroine" (1880); "Moloch" (1883); "The Head Station" (1885); "Outlaw and Lawmaker" (1893); "Nulma" (1897). In collaboration with Justin McCarthy, "The Right Honorable" (1886), and "The Ladies' Gallery" (1889), novels of political and social life.
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