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GEORG DANIEL, a The town was incorporated by Elizabeth Transylvanian historian; born in Schäss- in 1574. burg, Transylvania. He was bishop of the Saxons of Transylvania, and wrote: "History of the Transylvania Saxons" Transyl (2d ed. 1874); "Compend of the History of Transylvania"; "Documents for the History of Transylvania" (1857); "The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxonland" (6th ed. 1886); "Documentary History of the Evangelical Church in Transylvania" (2 vols. 1862-1863). He died in Hermannstadt, Transylvania, July 2, 1893.
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Tewfik Pasha (Khedive of Egypt born Nov)
Khedive of Egypt; born Nov. 15, 1852; eldest son of Ismail Pasha; succeeded on his father's abdication in 1879, in virtue of the arrangement of 1866 between Ismail and the Sultan. The chief events of his reign were the insurrection of Arabi, the war with the Mahdi, the pacification of the Sudan frontiers , and the steady improvement of the condition of Egypt under English administration. Tewfik, a pious Moslem, utterly alien to his father's love of luxury and extravagance, was throughout loyal to his engagements with Great Britain. He died Jan. 7, 1892, and was succeeded by his eldest son Abbas.
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Tewfik Pasha (Khedive of Egypt born Nov) (II)
Khedive of Egypt; born Nov. 15, 1852; eldest son of Ismail Pasha; succeeded on his father's abdication in 1879, in virtue of the arrangement of 1866 between Ismail and the Sultan. The chief events of his reign were the insurrection of Arabi, the war with the Mahdi, the pacification of the Sudan frontiers, and the steady improvement of the condition of Egypt under English administration. Tewfik, a pious Moslem, utterly alien to his father's love of luxury and extravagance, was throughout loyal to his engagements with Great Britain. He died Jan. 7, 1892, and was succeeded by his eldest son Abbas.
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Tewkesbury (Old market town) (II)
an old market town of Gloucestershire, England; on the Avon at its confluence with the Severn; 9 miles N. N. W. of Cheltenham, and 15 S. by E. of Worcester. On the site of the cell of the hermit Theoc, from whom the place got its name, was founded in 715 a monastery, refounded in 1102 by Robert Fitzhamon as a great Benedictine abbey. Its noble church, consecrated in November, 1123, measures 317 feet by 124 feet across the transepts, and remains essentially Norman, in spite of later additions-Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular. It was restored by Scott in 1875-1879. Special features are the W. front and the massive central tower, 132 feet high. Many of the Clares, Despencers, Beauchamps, and other lords of Tewkesbury are buried here, as also the murdered Prince Edward and (possibly) Clarence; and in 1890 a tablet was erected to Mrs. Craik, the scene of whose "John Halifax" is laid in Tewkesbury. The place has also a town hall (1788), a corn exchange (1856), Telford's iron bridge over the Severn (1824) with span of 176 feet, a free grammar school, etc. Manufacture of mustard was previously the chief industry. It has now been replaced by the shoe trade. Within half a mile was fought (May 4, 1471), the battles of Tewkesbury, in which the Yorkists under Edward IV. gained a crowning victory over the Lancastrians.
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Texarkana
a city on the border line between Texas and Arkansas, twenty-eight miles north of the Louisiana boundary. The town is noteworthy for its position and name. The first syllable of the name is the first syllable of Texas; the second syllable is the first syllable of Arkansas; and the remainder of the name is clipped from the end of Louisiana. Texarkana is located astride of the state line as stated, between Texas and Arkansas. The postoffice is partly in one state and partly in the other. The proper method of addressing a letter is, Mr. John Smith, Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas. Texarkana itself is a prosperous town of about 10,000 inhabitants. Several railroads intersect here. The railroad shops employ 3,000 persons.
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Texarkana (City partly in Miller co Ark)
a city partly in Miller co., Ark., and partly in Bowie co., Tex.; on the Southwestern, and the St. Louis, Iron Texas and Pacific, the St. Louis Mountain and Southern railroads; 145 miles S. W. of Little Rock. Though a unit each in being nicipal the government county seat, the part in Arkansas part of the city has a separate mu- He It contains street of Miller county. , light railroad and electric plants, numerous churches, business colleges, United States government building, a National and other banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has machine and boiler works, a cotton compress, a cottonseed oil mill, ice factories, car shops, etc. Pop. of part in Miller co., Ark., (1910) 5,655; (1920) 8,257 ; in Bowie co., Tex. (1910) 9,790; (1920) 11,480; total (1910) 15,545; (1920 ) 19,737.
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Texarkana (City partly in Miller co Ark) (II)
a city partly in Miller co., Ark., and partly in Bowie co., Tex.; on Texas Pacific, the St. Louis Southwestern, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroads; 145 miles S. W. of Little Rock. Though a unit each part of the city has a separate municipal government, the part in Arkansas being the county seat of Miller county. contains street railroad and light plants, numerous churches, business colleges, United States government building, a National and other banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has machine and boiler works, a cotton compress, a cottonseed oil mill, ice factories, car shops, etc. Pop. of part in Miller co., Ark., (1910) 5,655; (1920) 8,257; in Bowie co., Tex. (1910) 9,790; (1920) 11,480; total (1910) 15,545; (1920) 19,737.
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Texas
UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Austin, Tex.; founded in 1883; reported at the close of 1920: Professors and instructors, 250; students, 4,478; volumes in the library, 35,000; president, R. E. Vinson.
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Teyte
MAGGIE, an English soprano, born in Wolverhampton in 1890. studied music under Jean de Reszke at Paris, and made her first appearance at Monte Carlo in 1908 as Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni." She then became a member of the Opéra Comique, whence she went to London and sang during the season of 1910. From 1910 to 1915 she was attached to the Chicago Opera Company and toured all over the United States, establishing her reputation particularly by her rendering of the roles in "La Bohéme" and Mélisande in "Pelléas et Mélisande."
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