Usedom
a Prussian island in the Baltic; on the coast of Pomerania; area, 150 square miles. The inhabitants are employed in agriculture and fishing; chief towns, Swinemünde and Usedom. Pop. about 35,000.
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Single-source entries: U (9)
Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Usener
HERMANN KARL, a German classical philologist in Weilburg on the Lahn, Oct. 13, 1834; be- ; born came professor in the University of Bonn. Among his works are: "Philology and the Science of History" (1882); "Ancient Greek Versification" (1887); "Researches in the History of Re Religion" (1889); "Names of Gods: An Attempt to Account for Religious Concepts" (1895); etc. He died Oct. 21, 1905.
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Ushant
an island off the W. coast of France; included in the department of Finisterre; area 20 square miles. Pop. about 2,500. The coasts are escarped and difficult of access; the soil is fertile. The island has two lighthouses and a telegraph station. Off Ushant two celebrated sea fights took place between the English and the French in 1778, and 1.0 Vol. X in 1794. The first was indecisive; in the second Lord Howe gained a great victory.
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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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