Uechtritz
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) FRIEDRICH, a German author; born in Görlitz, Germany, Sept. 12, 1800. Among his tragedies are: "Rome and Spartacus," and "Rome and Otto III." (1823); "Alexander and Darius" (1827); "The Sword of Honor"; "Rosamund" (1833). His dramatic poem "The Babylonians in Jerusalem" (1836) is notable for elevation of thought and lyric grandeur. Among his novels are: "Albrecht Holm" (5 vols. 1851-1853); "The Bride's Brother" (3 vols. 1860); and "Eleazar" (3 (3 vols. 1867), a story of the great Jewish war. He died in Gör- Gö litz, Feb. 15, 1875.
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Ufa
a province of Russia; separated in 1865 from Orenburg; area, 47,112 square miles; pop. about 3,000,000. On the E., where it is bordered by the southern Urals, the country is mountainous, wooded, provided with excellent pastures, and rich in minerals. It is also well watered by the Bielaya, and has abundance of arable land on which good crops are raised. Ufa, the capital, is on the Bielaya, at the confluence of the Ufa, 735 miles E. by N. of Moscow. It is the see of a bishop, and has considerable manufactures and trade. Pop. about 100,000.
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Ugolino
COUNT OF PISA, an Italian leader, who deserted his party, the Ghibellines, and with the hope of usurping supreme power in Pisa formed an alliance with Giovanni Visconti, the head of the Guelphic party, who promised to supply him secretly with soldiers from Sardinia. The plot was found out, and both were banished. Giovanni died, but the latter joined the Florentines, and forced the Pisans to restore his territories. In 1284 Genoa made war against Pisa, and Count Ugolino treacherously deserted the Pisans, causing their total overthrow. At length a conspiracy was formed against him, and in 1288 he was cast with his two sons and two grandsons into the tower of Gualandi, where they were all starved to death in 1289. ," has given the Dante, in his "Inferno sad tale an undying interest.
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Uhland
JOHANN LUDWIG, a German poet; born in Tübingen, Germany, April 26, 1787; studied at Tübingen University; practiced law in Stuttgart; was elected a member of the Württemberg Assembly in 1819, and as a politician was ever an advocate of liberal opinions. He was Professor of German Literature at Tübingen in 1829-1832, and latterly lived in studious retirement at Tübingen. His European fame rests on his lyrics and ballads, though he also wrote dramas, etc. He died in Tübingen, Nov. 13, 1862.
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Uhland, Johann Ludwig
oo'lant, Johann Ludwig (1787-1862), a noted German writer of lyric poetry. He ranks with Heine. He was born at Tubingen and was educated in the university of that city. He began the practice of law, but abandoned it for literature. He held various university and legislative positions. He wrote several dramas, but his fame rests on his lyrical songs and ballads. Some of the more noted are The Good Comrade, The Chapel, The Hostess' Daughter, Siegfried's Sword, and The Castle by the Sea. Several translations from Uhland may be found among Longfellow's poems. See Goethe ; Lessing ; Heine
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Uhlich
LEBERECHT, a German church reformer; born in Cöthen, Germany, Feb. 27, 1799. He founded the inecclesiastical organization dependent styled "Free Parishes." Among his writ- " ings are: "Christianity and Church (2d ed. 1846); "The Little Book of the Kingdom of God" (1845); "Thrones in Heaven and on Earth" (1845). He died in Magdeburg, Germany, March 23, 1872.
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Uist
NORTH, an island of the Outer Hebrides, 17 miles long, and from 3 to 13 miles broad, separated from Harris chiefly flat, the coast greatly broken by inlets from the sea, and the principal industry is fishing.
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Uist
SOUTH, separated from the foregoing by the island of Benbecula, is 22 miles in length and 7 miles in breadth. The surface is low-lying in the N., but the remainder is mountainous.
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Ujiji
a town in the African Congo. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, and is connected by a railway, of which it is one of the teres Salaam on the coast mini, with Dar- - , 743 miles distant. It was formerly noted as a center of the slave-trading that flourished in that region. Stanley discovered Livingstone near the town after he had made his great search for the ex- 9,000. plorer ending in 1871. Pop. about
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Ukase
an edict or order, legislative or administrative, of the Russian Government under the Czars. It had the force of law till annulled by subsequent decisions or orders. A collection of the ukases issued at various times, made by order of the Emperor Nicholas in 1827, and supplemented since, year by year, constituted the legal code of the Russian empire. An edict or order, generally, issued by some competent authority.
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Uleaborg
or OULU, a seaport town of Finland; capital of the province of the same name; on the S. bank of the Ulea, near the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. It was founded in 1605, and the privileges of a port were granted to it in 1715. In 1822 it suffered severely from fire. The harbor has become so shallow that vessels are obliged to unload in the roadstead , 4 miles from the town. In 1854 an English flotilla burned the government property in the place . Pop. about 22,000.
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Ullmann
KARL, a German theological writer; born in Epfenbach in the Palatinate, March 15, 1796. He was appointed professor in the University of Heidelberg in 1826. Among his works are: "Gregory of Nazianzus" (1825); "Reformers before the Reformation" (1841); "Historical or Mythical?" (1838), a critique of Strauss' "Life of Jesus." He died in Karlsruhe in 1865.
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Ulloa
ALFONSO DE, a Spanish historian. His principal works are: "Life of the Emperor Charles V." (1560); "Life of the Emperor Ferdinand" (1565); "History of the Capture of Tripoli in Barbary" (1566); "History of Europe, 1564-1566" (1570). He died about 1580.
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