These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Zosimus, Zrinyi, Zschokke.
a Greek historian; author of a "History of the Roman Emperors" from Augustus to A. D. 410. In this work, which is ably executed, he inveighs bitterly against the Christian emperors, particularly Constantine and Theodosius I. The best edition of Zosimus is that of Bekker (1837), forming a volume of Niebuhr's "Corpus Scriptorum Historiæ Byzantinæ." An English translation of the history appeared in 1814 (Military Library).
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
COUNT NIKLAS, a Hungarian military officer; became famous for his defense of Sziget with 3,000 men against a Turkish army in August-September, 1566. While the enemy was forcing a narrow bridge leading to the castle on September 7, he ordered the gates to be opened and after firing a mortar filled with broken iron into their midst sallied forth at the head of 600 men. He was soon mortally shot, and several thousand Turks swarmed into the castle, where a mine of 3,000 pounds gunpowder exploded immediately after their entrance, causing great carnage.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
JOHANN HEINRICH DANIEL, a German author; born in Magdeburg, Germany, March 22, 1771. He was educated at the University of Frankfort-on-the-Oder, and settled in Switzerland, in which country he held an honored po position in connection with education and public affairs, and with the press. His autobiography, several of his tales, and the "Hours of Devotion," have been translated into English. He died in 1848.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
CHARLES, an American educator cator and publicist; born in Pendleton, Ind., in 1866. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Yale, and the University of Leipzig. In 1891 he founded the Northwestern University Settlement. In 1892 he became the first secretary of the Chicago Society for University Extension. From 1892 to 1895 he was instructor; from 1895 to 1896 assistant professor; from 1896 to 1902 associate professor; and from 1902 to 1908 full professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. In 1911-1912 he was editor of the "20th Century Magazine." He lectured extensively and contributed frequently to philosophical and sociological journals, and to many of the most prominent magazines and reviews. From 1901 to 1902 he was president of the American League for Civic Improvement. He wrote: "American Municipal Progress" (1902); "A Decade of Civic Development" (1905); "The Religion of the Democrat" (1908); "Democracy and the Over-man" (1911).
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
LAKE OF, or ZUGERSEE, small body of water lying chiefly in the miles long canton of Zug, Switzerland, 9 N. to S., and in breadth from 3 miles to 1 mile. The shores are low in all directions except the S. and S. E. In the former direction the Rigi with Mount Pilatus towering behind it, and in the latter the Rossberg, rise in lofty precipices, scenery of a grand descrippresenting of the Rossberg the tion. At At the foot fishing lake is 1,200 feet deep. The , principally pike and carp, is productive.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a central and the smallest undivided canton of Switzerland, bounded by Zürich, Schwyz, Lucerne, and Aargau. The surface, which is generally mountainous in the S. E. and S., where the Rossberg occupies the frontier slopes more or less gradually N. and W., till it becomes comparatively flat. The only lakes deserving the name are those of Zug and Egeri. The climate, rigorous in the mountainous districts, is mild on the lower S. slopes. The chief exports are cattle, fruits, cider, and "kirschwasser." Area, 92 square miles; pop. about 25,000. ZUG, the capital, stands on the N. shore of the lake, is 12 miles N. E. of Lucerne, with which and with Zürich it is connected by railway.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
AUGUST (tsömpt), a Gerclassical philologist, nephew of man Karl; born in Königsberg, Germany, Dec. 4, 1815. His studies had to do mainly with Roman epigraphy in its reworks lation to history. His principal 1845) are: "The Ancyran Monument" ( ; "Epigraphical Notes" (2 vols. 1850- 1854); "Roman Studies" (1859); "Crim- ( inal Law under the Roman Republic" 4) vols. 1865-1869); "The Birth-Year of Christ" (1869); "Criminal Trials under in Berthe Roman Republic." He died lin, April 22, 1877.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
KARL, a German _classical , philologist; born in Berlin, Germany March 20, 1792. He was appointed Pro- Literature in the Unifessor of Roman versity of Berlin in 1836. His greatest 13th work, the "Latin Grammar" (1818; ed. 1874), was translated into English, of several of the Latin and is the basis grammars since compiled for the use of annotated schools. He also prepared classics; editions of several of the Latin Kingand wrote: "Annals of Ancient doms, Nations, etc." (1819), in Latin; "The Roman Knights and the equestrian Order" (1840); "On the Duration of the , and the Philosophic Schools at Athens Succession of the Scholarchs" (1843); "On the Law and the Proofs of Extortion" (Repetundarum; 1845); "The Personal Liberty of the Roman Citizen, and its Legal Guarantees" (1846). He died in Karlsbad, June 25, 1849.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
a short range of mountains in Valencia County, New Mexico . For Zuni Indians, see HOPI.
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
LEOPOLD (tsönts), a German author; born in Detmold, Germany, Aug. 10, 1794; became head-master of the Jewish Normal School for Teachers in Berlin. He was the founder of the "Science of Judaism," the plan of which was laid down in his "A Little about Rabbinic Literature" (1818). Very important was his work "Jewish Teachings Regarding Worship" (1892). Among his other works are: "The Synagogue Poetry of the Middle Ages"; "The Names of the Jews" (1836); "Jewish Requirements as to Oaths" (1859). He died in Berlin, March 17, 1886.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
FRANCISCO, a Spanish painter; born in Fuente de Cantos, Estremadura, Spain, in 1598. His genius showing itself early, he was sent to Seville, where he studied the art under Juan de las Roelas. His style bears a strong resemblance to, and is probably an imitation of, that of Caravaggio; so that he early acquired the title of the Spanish Caravaggio. Most of his works are at Seville, and among them his picture of "St. Thomas Aquinas" is considered the best. He was some time employed at Madrid, and had the title of painter to Philip III. and Philip IV. He died in 1662.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia