These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Sothern.
a province of the Philip pine Islands. It is situated in the south eastern portion of the island of Luzon Area. 755 square miles. It is almost sur rounded by water and is traversed by forest-clad mountains. It produces hemp and copra. Before 1901 it was a district of the Province of Albay. Pop. about 150,000.
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the capital of the Province of Sorsogon, Philippine Islands. It is of Lusituated in the S. of the island zon, on the bay of Sorsogon. The bay which almost divides the province is 6 by 12 miles, and forms a good harbor. The town is connected with the Strait of Bernardino on the route from Manila to the United States. Pop. about 18,000.
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EDWARD ASKEW, an English-American comedian; born in Liverpool, England, April 1, 1826. Declining the Church, medicine, or the bar, in 1849 he joined a company of players in Jersey, and soon afterward passed into the stock company of the Theater Royal, Birmingham. From 1852 he appeared in the United States, without much success, till in 1858 "Our American out Cousin," by Tom Taylor, was brought in New York, with Sothern cast for the small part (47 lines) of Lord Dundreary. The piece was a poor thing, and the character of the English peer as playgoers know it was Sothern's own creation, bit by bit. In November, 1861, the play was produced in London at the Haymarket and ran for over 500 nights; and it was again and again revived in later years. Sothern essayed many other characters, but he is remembered chiefly as Dundreary; his other most memorable parts were David Garrick in Robertson's comedy, and perhaps Fitzaltamont in "The Crushed Tragedian"; the latter failed utterly in England, but was always repopular in America, whither Sothern turned several times. He died in London, Jan. 21, 1881.
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EDWARD HUGH, an American actor, born at New Orleans, in 1859, the son of E. A. Sothern (q. v.). He was educated in England and studied painting in Spain. In 1879, however, he turned his interests to the stage and appeared in a small part with his father at Abbey's Park Theater, New York. He later toured the United States with John McCullough, and England in 1882 and 1883. In the latter year he was the leading comedian in McCullough's company. Since then he has played leading parts in "A Scrap of Paper," "One of Our Girls," "Peg Woffington," etc. In 1887 he formed a company of his own with which he starred in "Lord Chumley," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "The Sunken Bell," "Richard Lovelace," "If I Were King," "John the Baptist," "Lord Dundreary," "Don Quixote," etc. His chief fame, however, is based on his interpretation of Shakespearian rôles. With his company he has produced at various times "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Twelfth Night," EDWARD HUGH SOTHERN "As You Like It," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Merchant of Venice," "Romeo and Juliet," etc. He has appeared in all parts of the United States and has been highly successful. He was married twice, later first to Virginia Harned, and to Julia Marlowe.
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BENJAMIN DE famous ROHAN, SEIGNEUR DE, a Huguenot captain; born in Rochelle, France, in 1583. He was the son of René de Rohan, and brother of the famous Henri de Rohan, chief of the Protestant party under Louis XIV. He learned the trade of arms under Maurice of Orange; and when the religious wars again broke out in 1621 he was intrusted with the chief command in Brittany, Anjou, and Poitou. He conducted the war with much spirit, but was eventually obliged to seek refuge in England. In 1625 he made a dashing attack on the royalist fleet in the river Blavet, seized a number of vessels, and captured the islands of Oleron and Ré. He was active at Rochelle during the famous siege in 1627 and 1628, and when the town was captured he retired once more to England. He died in London, England, Oct. 9, 1642.
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a small village in Artois, France, about four miles S. W. of Lens, which was the center of a heavy battle between the French and German troops, beginning on May 9, 1915, in which the German lines were temporarily broken. Most of the fighting ng occurred in and around the village of Souchez, but as a whole became known as the Battle of Artois. The German losses were estimated at 60,000 while those of the French amounted to only about 2,000. SOUFRIÈRE, a volcano of the island of St. Vincent, West Indies. Its height ocis 3,700 feet. Violent eruptions have curred at intervals during the last two 7, 1902, simul centuries, the last on May taneous with the eruption of Mont Pelee, in Martinique, 1,350 persons being killed, the depth of rocks and dust reaching in some places 60 feet.
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Nicolas (1769-1851), a distinguished French marshal. He entered the French army in 1785. He was made marshal of France in 1804. He served with distinction in the battles of Austerlitz, Jena, and Eylau. He blockaded Sir John Moore in Corunna. He was opposed by Wellington, 1813-14. In 1827 he was made a peer. As ambassador extraordinary he attended the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. He closed his political career as minister of war.
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free, unmanned balloons sent up with selfregistering meteorological instruments to record the conditions of the atmosphere at various heights. Upon reaching the height intended, the common form of sounding balloon bursts on account of diminished atmospheric pressure and a parachute is provided for the return of the recording instruments to the earth. A sounding balloon sent up in Java in 1913 recorded the lowest atmospheric temperature on record, 113 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
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or SURABAYA, a seaport of Java, capital of a province of the same name (area, 2,091 square miles; pop., about 3,000,000), on the Strait of Madura. It possesses a large and secure harbor; a building yard, graving dock, and an extensive trade in exports of native produce, and imports of European manufactures. Pop . about 175,000.
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