Stuhlweissenburg
a town of Hungary; near the marshes of Sár-Rát, 42½ miles S. W. of Budapest. The chief buildings are the cathedral and the Church of St. Maria, built by Stephen I., the place of crowning and burial. Stuhlweissenburg was the residence of the Hungarian kings from 1027 to 1527, when Bela IV. removed to Ofen. The town manufactures cloth, flannel, cordovan, and knives, and has an important traffic in wool, corn, wine, and live stock. Stuhlweissenburg is believed to occиpy the site of the Roman Floriana. It was held by the Turks at intervals from 1545 to 1688. Pop. about 37,000.
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Stukeley
WILLIAM, an English antiquary; born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, Nov. 7, 1687, and from the grammar school there passed in 1703 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Having studied medicine he practiced successively at Boston, London, and Grantham; but in 1729 he took orders, and, after holding two Lincolnshire livings, in 1747 was presented to the rectory of St. George the Martyr in Queen Square, London. His 20 works, published between 1720 and 1726, and dealing with Stonehenge, Avebury, and anitiquities generally, are marred by a credulity and fancifulness which won for him the title of the "Arch-Druid." He died in London March 3, 1765.
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Sturdee
ADM. SIR (FREDERICK CHARLES) Doveton, 1st bt. cr. 1916, of the Falkland Isles; Isles; K. C. B., entered navy in 1871; captain, 1899; rear-admiral, 1908. Chief of the Staff, Mediter- ADMIRAL STURDEE ranean Fleet, 1905. Commander-in- Chief, H. M. S. "Invincible" in action off the Falkland Isles, 1914, when the British Fleet destroyed the German Raiding Squadron.
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Sturgis
RUSSELL, an American architect; born in Baltimore co., Md., 1836, was graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1856; studied architecture in Europe, and practiced till 1880, when he went to Europe to reside, because of failing health. In 1885, however, he became active in writing and lecturing on art subjects and later edited the art sections in the "Century" and "International" dictionaries, and "Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia," and conducted the "Dictionary of Architecture" in 1901. He was the author of "Manual of Jarves Collection of Early B-Common Sturgeon Italian Pictures," "Classical Architecture on the Shores of the Mediterranean" and numerous critical monographs on American architects. He died Feb. 11, 1909.
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Sturleson
Snorre. See Snorre
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Sturm, John
John (1507-1589), a German educator. He was born at Schleiden, Prussia, and received his degree at the University of Paris. Sturm was for forty years director of the gymnasium at Strasburg. He organized his students into twelve classes or grades--a plan subsequently followed by the best schools of Europe. The gradation of students in the American high school and academy may be traced to Sturm. In church matters Sturm was a follower of Martin Luther.
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Sturt
CHARLES, an Australian explorer; born in England; entered the army; and in 1825 was stationed at Sydney, New South Wales, with the rank of captain. In 1828 he led an expedition to explore the interior of Australia, and discovered the Macquarie, Castlereagh, and Darling rivers. He also explored the Murrumbidgee, and in 1830, discovered the Murray. In 1844 he penetrated to the great barren region nearly in the center of the continent. Subsequently he was made colonial secretary of South Australia, and the exposure to which he was subjected having undermined his health, he received a pension from the colony. He returned to England totally blind. He wrote "Two Expeditions into the Interior of South Australia in 1828- 1831" (London, 1833), and "Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia in 1844-1846" (London, 1849). He died in Cheltenham, England, June 16, 1869.
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Stuyvesant
PETER, a Dutch military governor; born in Holland in 1602; served in the West Indies, was director of the Dutch colony of Curaçoa, and lost a leg in an attack on the Spanish island of St. Martin. In 1647 he was made director-general of the New Netherlands, and reached New Amsterdam (now New York), in May of that year. Under his direction boundary lines were established between the Dutch and English possessions in America; but the British دل PETER STUYVESANT encroachments persisted till in August, 1664, an English fleet appeared in the bay and compelled the surrender of New Amsterdam, after which its name was changed to New York. Stuveysant went to Holland in 1665, but afterward returned and spent the remainder of his life on his farm, called the Bouwerij, from which the name Bowery was given to a well-known thoroughfare in New York City. He died in August, 1682.
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Stuyvesant, Peter
sti've-sant, Peter (1602-1682), a Dutch governor of the New Netherlands. He was a soldier by profession. He lost one leg in an attack on a Portuguese island in the West Indies . In 1644 he was sent by the Dutch government to New Amsterdam, now New York , to succeed William Kieft, under whose management affairs had fallen into disorder. This one-legged governor stumped about with energy and made short work of disturbers. He punished the troublesome Indians and arranged a boundary between New Netherlands and Connecticut. In 1655, with an army of 700 men, he sailed up the Delaware and subdued the Swedes who had settled there. Malcontents at home soon found that the sturdy old soldier was their master. Nearly ten years of quiet and prosperity followed. In 1664 an English fleet appeared in the harbor, and Stuyvesant was obliged to surrender to the English, who changed the name of the town and province to New York. The old governor went to Holland, but soon returned to live under the flag of England. He ended his days on his farm, now a part of New York City. He gave his place a Dutch name, which has survived in the Bowery, a street near Castle Garden. Stuyvesant was buried in the old church of St. Mark's. He is the chief character in Irving's half comic, half earnest Knickerbocker's History of New York .
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Stye
a little boil on the margin of the eyelid, which commences in the follicle of one eyelash. The tumor generally bursts in a few days, and it is very seldom necessary to puncture it. Warm-water dressings with lint and oil should be applied.
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