Usher (II)
ROLAND GREEN, an American educator and historian, born at Lynn, Mass., in 1880. He was educated at Harvard, Oxford, Paris, and Cambridge Universities. His entire career as a teacher of history was spent at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., where he was successively instructor of history (1907-1910); assistant professor (1910-1912); associate professor (1912- 1914); and full professor since 1914. He was a member of various historical and educational societies and wrote: "Presbyterian Movement in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth" (1905); "The Reconstruction of the English Church" (1910); "Pan-Germanism" (1913); "The Rise and Fall of the Hi High Commission" (1913); "The Rise of the American People" (1914); "Pan-Americanism" 1915); "The Challen (1916); "A Critical Study of the Historical Method of Samuel Rawson Gardiner" (1916); "The Winning of the War" (1918); "The Pilgrims and Their History" (1918); "The Story of the Great War" (1919).
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Usk
a river of Wales and England which enters the estuary of the Severn 3½ miles S. of Newport, and 18 miles N. W. of Bristol; length, 60 miles.
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Uskup
or SKOPLJE, Jugoslavia, in the department of the same name; on the Vardar river, and on the Salonika-Mitrovitza railway, 110 miles N. N. W. of Salonika. It is the seat of an archbishop, and has manufactures of leather, and a pop. of about 50,000.
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Ussher
JAMES, an Irish clergyman, archbishop of Armagh; born in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 4, 1581. He was the first student of Trinity College, Dublin; ordained 1601. In 1612 he published "The Unbroken Succession of Christian Churches, Especially in the West." In 1615 he was employed to draw the articles for the Irish Established Church. He corresponded extensively with European scholars, and employed persons to visit the East for the purchase of manuscripts; two of the most valuable obtained were the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Old Testament in Syriac. In 1639 he printed his "Antiquities of the British Churches." His principal other works are: "Tracts on Episcopacy"; "The Power of the Prince and the Obedience of the Subject"; "Annals of the Old and New Testament," containing his famous scheme of Biblical chronologyfollowed without authority, by the p printhe "Authorized Version of the Bible." The volume entitled, "A Body of Divinity" (1854, folio) was compiled without his consent from his sermons and notes. He died March 21, 1656; and he was buried in Westminster Abbey. His library was given to Trinity College, Dublin.
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Ussher, James
ush'er, James (1581-1656), a celebrated Irish clergyman. He was born at Dublin and was educated at Trinity College in that city. In 1624 he became the Protestant archbishop of Armagh. He was an ardent supporter of the celebrated Strafford administration in Ireland, and at the execution of the latter attended him on the scaffold. In theology his views verged toward Presbyterianism. He had the confidence of James I. He was a man of great learning. His arrangement of scriptural dates was followed by the translators of the King James, the common version, of the Bible. During the Civil War he adhered to the fortunes of Charles I, yet was won over by Cromwell, and was buried finally in Westminster Abbey . See Strafford ; Cromwell ; James
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Ussuri
a river of eastern Asia, a tributary of the Amur; forming for a long distance the boundary between Russian and Chinese territories; length, 450 miles.
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Usufruct
in law, the temporary use and enjoyment of lands or tenements, or the right of receiving the fruits and profits of land, or other things, without having the right to alienate or change the property.
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Utah, Utahs & Uvula
Utah UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational, non-sectarian institution in Salt , Utah; founded in 1850; re- Lake City ported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 156; students, 1,250; president, John A. Widtsoe, LL. D. Utahs or UTES, a tribe of American Indians of the Shoshone family, living on reservations in Utah and California, having sold most of their lands to the United States Government. They number about 12,000. Uvula a small fleshy protuberance which hangs at the middle of the posterior margin of the soft palate. In the case of sore throat, it frequently becomes enlarged and inflamed, and is to be treated by the application of stimulants and astringents in gargles.
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Utgard
in Norse mythology, a city in the giants' country, where Utgard-Loki, the chief and king of the giants, lives.
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Utica
. See Cato
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Utica
The greatest city of ancient Africa, after Carthage. It was the scene of the last stand made by the Pompeian party against Caesar , and of the glorious though mistaken selfsacrifice of the younger Cato.
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Utrecht
u'trekt, an ancient city of the Netherlands. It is situated on the Old Rhine, about twenty miles southeast of Amsterdam. Like many other Dutch cities, the streets are largely canals. They are crossed by numerous bridges. The old fortifications of the city have been torn down to make way for attractive boulevards. The most interesting building is a Gothic cathedral of the thirteenth century. The University of Utrecht has recently moved into modern buildings. Students have access to a botanical garden and a library of 200,000 volumes. Iron foundries, cigar factories, breweries, sawmills, paint mills, and organ factories are among the prominent industries. In 1907 the population was 114,895. The city of Utrecht is known in American history for the treaty of peace concluded there in 1713. A general European war had extended to the American continent, where it was known locally as Queen Anne's War. By the treaty of Utrecht the French gave up Nova Scotia , Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to England. It marked the beginning of the decline of French power in North America .
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Utrecht (Important town of Holland)
an important town of Holland; capital of a province of the same name, 23 miles S. E. of Amsterdam. It is pleasantly situated on the Old Rhine, is traversed by two canals crossed by numerous stone bridges, and is surrounded by strong forts. The town is well built, and has several squares, promenades, a government house, a Protestant cathedral (a fine Gothic building), mint, handsome town hall, palace of justice, etc. Educational establishments include a well-equipped university, a veterinary school, musical college, and schools for drawing and architecture. Utrecht is the central point of the Dutch railway system, and carries on an extensive trade in grain and cattle, and in the manufactures of the place, which include Utrecht velvet, carpets, floor cloth, cottons, linens, chemicals, etc. Utrecht is the oldest town of Holland and was called by the Romans Trajectum ad Rhenum, that is "Ford of the Rhine," later Ultra-trajectum. Pop. about 120,000. The province of Utrecht has an area of 534 square miles; pop. about 375,000. It is generally flat, is well watered by the Rhine, Vecht, Amstel, etc., and is better suited for dairy farming and stock rearing than for corn growing.
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