The Nuttall encyclopaedia : being a concise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge ... / edited by ... James Wood.

Date:
1900
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    A’Becket, A. W., son of tlio preceding, a littera- teur and journalist; b. 1844. Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve; slain by his brother. The death of Abel is the subject of a poem by Gessner and a tragedy by Legouve. Abel, Sir F. A., a chemist who has made a special study of explosives ; b. 1827. Abel, Henry, an ablo Norwegian mathemati- cian, who died young (1802-1828). Ab'elard, Peter, a theologian and scholastic philosopher of French birth, renowned for his dia- lectic ability, his learning, his passion for H61oise, and his misfortunes ; made conceivability the test of credibility, and was a great teacher in his day (1079-1142). Abelli, a Dominican monlc, the confessor of Catharine de Medici (1603-1691). Abencerra'ges, a powerful Moorish tribe in Grenada, whose fate in the 16th century has been the subject of interesting romance. Aben-Ez'ra, a learned Spanish Jew and commen- tator on the Hebrew scriptures (1090-1168). Abera'von (6), a town and seaport in Glamor- ganshire, with copper and iron works. Abercrombie, Sir Ralph, a distinguished British general of Scottish birth, who fell in Egypt after defeating the French at Aboukir Bay (1731- 1801). Aberdeen (124), the fourth city in Scotland, on the E. coast, between the mouths of the Dee and Don ; built of grey granite, with many fine public edifices, a flourishing university, a large trade, and thriving manufactures. Old Aberdeen, on the Don, now incorporated in the municipality, is the seat of a cathedral church, and of King’s College, founded in 1404, united with the university in the new town. Aberdeen, Earl Of, a shrewd English states- man, Prime Minister of England during the Crimean war (1784-1860).—Grandson of the pre- ceding. Gov.-Gen. of Canada; b. 1847. Aberdeenshire (281), a large county in NE. of Scotland; mountainous in SW., lowland N. and E. ; famed for its granite quarries, its fisheries, and its breed of cattle. Abernethy, a small burgh in S. Perthshire, with a Pictish round tower, and once the capital of the Pietish kingdom. Aberration Of light, an apparent motion in a star due to the earth’s motion and the progressive motion of light. Aberyst'with (16), a town and seaport in Car- diganshire, Wales, with a university. Ab'gar XIV., a king of Edessa, one of a dynasty of the name, a cotemporary of Jesus Christ, and said to have corresponded with Him. Abhorrers, the Royalist and High Church party in England under Charles II., so called from their abhorrence of the principles of their opponents. Abigail, the widow of Nabal, espoused by David. Abich, W. H., a German mineralogist and traveller (1806-1886). Abingdon (6), a borough in Berks, 6 m. S. of Oxford. Abiogenesis, the doctrine of spontaneous gene- ration. Abipones, a once powerful warlike race in La Plata, now nearly all absorbed. Able man, man with “ aheart to resolve, ahead to contrive, and a hand to execute (Gibbon). Abner, a Hebrew general under Saul; assassi- nated by Joab. Abo, the old capital of Finland and seat of the government, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Ab'omey', the capital of Dahomey, in W. Africa. AbOU'kir, village near Alexandria, in Egypt, on the bay near which Nelson destroyed the French fleet in 1799; where Napoleon beat the Turks, 1799; and where Abercrombie fell, 1801. About, Edmond, spirited French litterateur and journalist (1828-1885). Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Jews, the very type of an Eastern pastoral chief at once by his digniiled character and simple faith. Abraham, the plains of, a plain near Quebec. Abraham-men, a class of lunatics allowed out of restraint, at one time, to roam about and beg; a set of impostors who wandered about the country affecting lunacy. Abran'tes, a town in Portugal, on the Tagus; taken by Marshal Junot, 1807, and giving the title of Duke to him. Abraxas stones, stones with cabalistic figures on them used as talismans. Abruz'zi, a highland district in the Apennines, with a pop. of 100,000. Absalom, a son of David, who rebelled against his father, and at whose death David gave vent to a bitter wail of grief. A name given by Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II. Absolute, The, the philosophical name for the uncreated Creator, or creating cause of all things, dependent on nothing external to itself. Absyrtus, a brother of Medea, whom she cut in pieces as she fled with Jason, pursued by her father, throwing his bones behind her to detain her father in his pursuit of her by stopping to pick them up. Abt, Franz, a German composer of song-music (1819-1885). Abu, a mountain (6000 ft.) in Rajputana, with a footprint of Vishnu on the top, and two marble temples half-way up, held sacred by the Jains. Ab'ubekr, as the father of Ayesha, the father- in-law of Mahomet, the first of the caliphs and the founder of the Sunnites; d. 634. Ab'u-klea, in the Soudan, where the Malidi’s forces were defeated by Sir H. Stewart in 1885. A'bul-faraj, a learned Armenian Jew, who be- came bishop of Aleppo, and wrote a history of the world from Adam onwards (1226-1286). Abul-fazel, the vizier of the great Mogul em- peror Akbar, and who wrote an account of his reign and of the Mogul empire; he was assassi- nated in 1604. Abul-feda, a Moslem prince of Hamat in Syria, who in his youth took part against the Crusaders, and wrote historical works in Arabic (1273-1331). Abu-Tha leb, uncle of Mahomet, and his pro- tector against the plots of his enemies the Koreish. Aby'dos, a town on the Asiatic side of the Hellespont, famous as the home of Leander, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit Hero in Sestos, and as the spot where Xerxes built his bridge of boats to cross into Europe in 480 B.C. ; also a place of note in Upper Egypt. Abyssinia, a mountainous country SE. of Nubia, with an area of 200,000 sq. m., made up of independent states, and a mixed population of some four millions, the Abyssinians proper being of the Semite stock. It is practically under the protectorate of Italy. Acacia, a large group of trees with astringent and gum-yielding properties, natives of tropical Africa and Australia. Academy, a public shady park or place of groves near Athens, where Plato taught his philosophy and whence his school derived its name, of which there are three branches, the Old, the Middle, and the New, represented respectively by Plato him- self, Arcesilaos, and Carneades. The French
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