# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume VII

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| Deacon, Office of, in the church. Dead Sea, Palestine. Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna, q.v.), plant. Deaf and Dumb. Deafness (See Ear). Deák, Franz, Hungarian statesman. Deal, town, England. Dean, ecclesiastical dignitary. Debenture. Debreczyn, town, Hungary. Debt, Law of. Decalogue. Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel, French painter. De Candolle, Augustin Pyramus, Swiss botanist. Decapolis, district, Palestine. Decatur, town, Illinois, U.S.A. Deccan, territory, India. Decemviri, Roman magistrates. Decimal Coinage. Decius Mus, Publius, Roman consul (See Mus). Declaration, in law. Declaration of Paris (1856). Declarator, in Scots law. Decree, in law. Decretals, in canon law. Decurio, Roman cavalry officer. Dee, John, English mathematician and astrologer. Deed, in law. Deer, ungulate mammal. Defamation, in law. Defender of the Faith. Deffand, Marquise du, leader in French literary society. Defoe, Daniel, English writer. De Gérando, Marie Joseph, French metaphysician. Deggendorf, town, Bavaria. Dehra Dun, district and town, India. Deism. Dejanira (See Hercules). Dekker, Jeremias de, Dutch poet. Dekker, Thomas, English dramatist. De la Beche, Henry Thomas, English geologist. Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugène, French painter. Delagoa Bay, South-East Africa. Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph, French mathematician and astronomer. De la Rive, Auguste, Swiss physicist. Delaroche, Hippolyte, French painter. Delarue, Gervais, French historian. Delavigne, Jean François Casimir, French poet and dramatist. Delaware, State, U.S.A. Delaware, town, Ohio, U.S.A. Del Credere Agent, in commerce. Delfico, Melchiorre, Italian jurist. Delft, town, Holland. Delhi, district and town, India. Delia, Greek festival. Delille, Jacques, French poet. Delirium, mental disorder. Delitzsch, town, Prussia. Delolme, Jean Louis, Swiss jurist. Delos, island, Greece. De Louterbourg, Philip James, painter. Delphi, town, Greece. Delphinia, Greek festival. Delta, at mouth of a river (See Physical Geography). Deluc, Jean André, Swiss geologist. Deluge, in primitive cosmologies. Demades, Greek orator. Demarara, river and county, British Guiana (q.v.). Demeter, Greek goddess (the Roman Ceres, q.v.). Demetria, Greek festival. Demetrius I., Poliorcetes, king of Macedonia. Demetrius II., of Macedonia Demetrius I., Soter, king of Persia and Syria. Demetrius II., Nicator, of Persia and Syria. Demetrius III., Eucerus, of Syria. Demetrius Phalareus, Greek Peripatetic philosopher. Demetrius, Greek Cynic philosopher Demetrius, Russian pretender (See Russia). Demidoff, Russian noble family. Demise, in law (See Lease). Demmin, town, Prussia. Democritus, Greek philosopher. Demoivre, Abraham, mathematician. Demonology. De Morgan, Augustus, English mathematician and logician. Demosthenes, Greek orator. Demotica, town, European Turkey. Dempster, Thomas, Scottish scholar. Demurrage, in maritime law. Demurrer, in law. Denain, town, France. Denbigh, county, Wales. Denderah, village, Upper Egypt. Dendermonde, town, Belgium. Denham, Sir John, English poet. Denina, Carlo Giovanni Maria, Italian historian. Denis, St, patron saint of France. Denizen, in law. Denman, Lord, chief justice of England. Denmark. Dennis, John, English critic and poet. Denon, Baron de, French artist and archæologist. Dentistry. Denver, town, Colorado, U.S.A. Deodand, in English law. Deprès, Josquin, Flemish musical composer. Deptford, town, England. De Quincey, Thomas, English writer. Dera Ghazi Khan, district, India. Dera Ismail Khan, district, India. Derajat, division, India. Derbent, town, Hissar, Central Asia. Derby, county and town, England. Derby, Fourteenth Earl of, English statesman. Dereyeh, town, Arabia. Derham, William, English divine and man of science. Dervish. Desaix de Voygoux, Louis C. A., French general. Desaugiers, Marc Antoine Madeleine, French dramatist. Desault, Pierre Joseph, French anatomist. Descartes, René, French philosopher. Deschamps, Eustache, French poet. Desert (See Physical Geography). Desfontaines, René Louiche, French botanist. Deshoulières, Antoinette, French poetess. Desiderio da Settignano, Italian sculptor. Des Moines, town, Iowa, U.S.A. Desmoulins, Camille, French journalist and Revolutionist. De Soto, Ferdinando, Spanish explorer. Dessaix, Joseph Maria, Count, French general. Dessau, town, Germany. Desterro, town, Brazil. Detmold, town, Germany. Detroit, town, Michigan, U.S.A. Deucalion, in Greek legend. Deuteronomy, Book of (See Pentateuch). Deutsch, Emanuel Oscar Menahem, German Orientalist. Deutschkrone, town, Prussia. Deutz, town, Rhenish Prussia. Deux Ponts, town, Bavarian Palatinate. Devaprayaga, town, India. Development, Animal, Doctrine of (See Evolution). Development, Embryonic (See Embryology). Deventer, town, Holland. Devereux, Walter and Robert, earls of Essex (q.v.). De Vigny, Alfred Victor, Comte, French poet and novelist. Devil. Devil Fish. Devise (See Will). Devizes, town, England. Devonport, town, England. Devonshire, county, England. Devonshire, First Duke of. Dew (See Meteorology). Dewberry, plant. D’Ewes, Sir Simonds, English chronicler. De Wette, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht, German theologian. De Winter, Jan Willem, Dutch admiral. De Witt, Cornelius, Dutch burgomaster. De Witt, John, Dutch statesman. Dewsbury, town, England. Dextrin, British gum. | Dhar, native state, India. Dharwar, district, India. Dholpur, native state, India. Diabetes, disease. Diagoras, Greek poet. Diagrams, geometrical figures. Diagrams in Kinematics. Dialling. Diamante, Fra, Italian painter. Diamantina, or Tejuco, town, Brazil. Diamantino, town, Brazil. Diamond, precious stone. Diana, Roman goddess (the Greek Artemis). Diano, town, Italy. Diaphoretics, in medicine. Diarbekir, or Diarbekr, town, Asiatic Turkey. Diarrhœa, disease. Dias, Antonio Gonçalves, Brazilian poet and historian. Dias, Bartolommeo, Portuguese navigator. Diatomaceæ, subdivision of Algæ. Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile, French painter. Dibdin, Charles, English song-writer and composer. Dibdin, Thomas, English dramatist. Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, English bibliographer. Dicæarchus, Greek philosopher and geographer. Dick, Thomas, Scottish writer. Dickens, Charles, English novelist. Dicotyledons, subclass of plants (See Botany and Vegetable Kingdom). Dictator, in the Roman republic. Dictionary, Dictionaries. Dictys Cretensis, early Greek historian. Diderot, Denis, French Encyclopedist. Dido, or Elisa, legendary founder of Carthage. Didot, family of French printers and publishers. Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, French archæologist. Didymus, of Alexandria, ecclesiastical writer. Die, for stamping medals. Die Sinking. Diebitsch-Sabalkanski, Ivan K. F. A., Count, Russian general. Diepenbeck, Abraham van, Flemish painter. Dieppe, town, France. Dies, Christoph Albert, German painter. Diest, town, Belgium. Diet, German state assembly. Dietetics. Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, German painter. Diez, Friedrich Christian, German philologist. Differential Calculus (Infinitesimal Calculus, q.v.). Diffusion, in physics. Digby, Sir Kenelm, English physicist. Digestive Organs. Digitalis, or Foxglove, genus of plants. Digne, town, France. Dijon, town, France. Dilapidations, in English law. Diligence, in law. Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, English art organizer. Dill, plant. Dillen, or Dillenius, Johann Jakob, German botanist. Dillingen, town, Bavaria. Dimensions, in geometry. Dinajpur, district and town, India. Dinan, town, France. Dinapur, town, India. Dinarchus, Greek orator. Dingwall, town, Scotland. Dinkelsbühl, town, Bavaria. Dinocrates, or Dinochares, Greek architect. Dinornis, genus of extinct birds. Dinotherium, extinct undulate mammal. Diocese. Diocletian, Roman emperor. Diodati, Giovanni, Swiss Reformed theologian. Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian. Diogenes of Apollonia, Greek physicist. Diogenes, Greek Cynic philosopher. Diogenes Laertius, Greek writer. Diomedes, of Greek legend. Dion, tyrant of Syracuse. Dion Cassius Cocceianus, historian of Rome. Dion Chrysostom, Greek writer. Dionysia, or Bacchanalia, Greek festivals. Dionysius, the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse. Dionysius, the Younger, tyrant of Syracuse. Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Greek writer. Dionysius, the Areopagite. Dionysius Periegetes, Greek geographical writer. Dionysius Exiguus, chronologist. Dionysus, Greek divinity (the Roman Bacchus). Diophantus, Greek writer on algebra (q.v.). Diphtheria, disease. Diplomacy. Diplomatics, science dealing with ancient documents. Dippel, Johann Conrad, German theologian and alchemist. Dipsomania, alcoholic insanity (See Mental Diseases). Diptera, order of insects. Diptych, Roman writing tablet. Dirce, in Greek legend. Dirschau, town, Prussia. Discus, Greek quoit. Disinfectants. Dislocation, in surgery. Dismal Swamp, United States. Dispensation. D’Israeli, Isaac. Distillation, relaxation of law. Distress, Law of. Distribution. Distribution of Animals. ... Dithmarschen, or Ditmarsh, district, Holstein. Ditton, Humphry, English mathematician. Diu, island and seaport, India. Diuretics, in medicine. Divan, or Diwan, Eastern Government office. Diver, bird. Dividivi, astringent pods. Divination, revelation by omens. Diving. Division, in logic (q.v.). Divorce, Law of. Dixmerie, Nicholas Bricaire de la (See La Dixmerie), French writer. Dixon, George, English navigator. Dizful, town, Persia. Dmitrieff, Ivan Ivanovitch, Russian statesman and poet. Dmitroff, town, Russia. Dmitrovsk, town, Russia. Dnieper, river, Russia. Dniester, river, Russia. Doab, Indian geographical term. Dobell, Sydney, English poet. Döbeln, town, Saxony. Doberan, or Dobberan, town, Germany. Döberentei, Gabor, Hungarian philologist. Dobrizhoffer, Martin, Roman Catholic missionary. Dobrowsky, or Dobrovsky, Joseph, Slavonic philologist. Dobrudja, or Dobrudscha, district and province, Roumania. Dobscau, or Dobsina, town, Hungary. Dobson, William, English painter. Docetæ, heretics in early church. Dock, plant. Docks, for ships (See Harbour). Dockyards, Naval. Doctor, title. Doctors’ Commons. Doctrinaires, French political party. Dodd, Dr William, English divine. Dodder, parasitic plant. Doddridge, Philip, English Nonconformist divine. Döderlein, Johann Christoph, German philologist. Dodo, extinct bird. Dodona, Temple of, Greece. Dodsley, Robert, English writer and bookseller. Dodwell, Edward, English antiquary. Dodwell, Henry, English controversialist. Dog, Dogs. Doge, ruler of Venice. Dog-Fish, species of sharks. Dogmatic, in theology. Dogwood, plant. Dol, town, France. Dolabella, Publius Cornelius, Roman general. Dolce, Luigi, Italian writer. Dolci, Carlo, Italian painter. Dole, town, France. Dolet, Étienne, French scholar and printer. Dolgelly, town, Wales. Dollond, John, English optician. Dolomieu, Déodat G. S. T. Gratet de, French mineralogist. Dolphin (Delphinus, etc.), cetacean mammal. Domat, or Daumat, Jean, French jurisconsult. Dombrowski, Jan Henryk, Polish general. Dome, in architecture. Domenichino, or Domenico, Zampieri, Italian painter. Domesday Book. Domicile, in law. Dominic, St, founder of Dominican order. Dominica, island, West Indies. Dominicans, mendicant order of monks. Dominis, Marc Antonio de, Italian theologian and man of science. Domitian, Roman emperor. Don, river, Russia. Don Cossack Country, Russia. Don Juan, of European legend. Donaghadee, town, Ireland. Donaldson, John William, English philologist. Donatello, Italian sculptor and painter. Donati, Giovanni Battista, Italian astronomer. Donatists, early Christian sect. Donatus, Ælius, Roman grammarian and rhetorician. Donauwörth, town, Bavaria. Doncaster, town, England. Donegal, county, Ireland. Dongola, or Donkola, town, Egypt. Donizetti, Gaetano, Italian musical composer. Donne, John, English poet and divine. Donovan, Edward, English naturalist. Dorat, or Daurat (q.v.), Jean, French poet and scholar. Dorchester, town, England. Dordogne, department and river, France. Doria, Andrea, Genoese admiral. Dorians, people, ancient Greece. Doris, district, ancient Greece. Dorking, town, England. Dorléans, Louis, French poet. Dormouse, rodent mammal. Dornbirn, or Dornbühren, town, Austria. Dorogobush, or Dorogobuzh, town, Russia. Dorogoi, or Dorohoi, town, Roumania. Dorotheus, Roman jurist. Dorp, town, Prussia. Dorpat, or Dörpt, town, Russia. D’Orsay, Count, French savant. Dorset, county, England. Dorset, First Earl of, English poet. Dorset, Sixth Earl of, English politician and poet. Dort, or Dordrecht, town, Holland. Dort, Synod of. Dortmund, town, Germany. Dory, or John Dory, fish. Dotis (Totis, q.v.). Douai, or Douay, town, France. Douarnenez, town, France. Doubleday, Thomas, English writer. Doubs, department, France. Douce, Francis, English antiquary. Douglas, town, Isle of Man. Douglas, Gawain, or Gavin, Scottish poet. Douglas, Stephen Arnold, American statesman. Dour, town, Belgium. Dousa, or Douza, Janus (Van der Does), Dutch statesman and poet. Douville, Jean Baptiste, French traveller. Douw, or Dow, Gerhard, Flemish painter. Dove, bird. Dover, town, England. Dover, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Dover, town, Delaware, U.S.A. Dover, Lord, English writer. Dow, Lorenzo, American preacher. Dowletabad, town and fortress, India. Down, county, Ireland. Downpatrick, town, Ireland. Doxology. Doyen, Gabriel François, French painter. | Draco, Athenian legislator. Dragon, fabulous monster. Dragon Fly, insect. Dragon’s Blood, resin. Draguignan, town, France. Drainage & Draining (See Agriculture, Architecture, Building, and Sewage). Drake, Sir Francis, English admiral and navigator. Drakenborch, Arnold, Dutch scholar and editor. Drama. Dramburg, town, Prussia. Drammen, town, Norway. Draughts, game. Drawing, delineation. Drayton, Michael, English poet. Dream, Dreams. Dredge, The Naturalist’s. Dredging, in engineering. Drelincourt, Charles, French Calvinist. Dresden, town, Saxony. Dreux, town, France. Drew, Samuel, English theologian. Dreyse, Johann Nicholas von, inventor of the needle-gun. Driffield, town, England. Drogheda, town, Ireland. Drohobycz, town, Austria. Droitwich, town, England. Drôme, department, France. Dromedary (See Camel). Dropsy, disease. Droste-Hülshoff, Baroness of, German poetess. Drouais, Jean Germain, French painter. Drouet, Jean Baptiste, French Revolutionist. Drouet d’Erlon, Count, French general. Drowning. Droz, François-Xavier Joseph, French writer. Druidism, Druids. Drum, musical instrument. Drummond, Henry, English politician. Drummond, Thomas, English surveyor. Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, Scottish poet. Drunkenness. Druses, Syrian people. Drusius, Johannes (Van den Driesche), Flemish divine. Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman patrician. Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman tribune. Dryades, Dryads, or Hamadryades, in Greek mythology. Dryander, Jonas, Swedish naturalist. Dryden, John, English poet. Dry Rot, in timber. Du Barry Gomard de Vaubernier, Countess, mistress of Louis XV. Dublin, county, Ireland. Dublin, metropolis of Ireland. Dubno, town, Russia. Dubofka, town, Russia. Dubois, Guillaume, French cardinal and statesman. Dubos, Jean Baptiste, French political writer. Dubossari, or Novie Dubossari, town, Russia. Dubrovna, town, Russia. Dubuque, town, Iowa, U.S.A. Ducange, Charles Dufresne, French historian and philologist. Ducas, Michael, Greek historian. Duchesne, André, French geographer and historian. Ducis, Jean François, French dramatist. Duck, bird. Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, English admiral. Duclos, Charles Pineau, French writer. Dudevant, Madame (George Sand), French novelist. Dudley, town, England. Dudley, Earls of (Northumberland, q.v.). Duel. Dufour, Wilhelm Heinrich, Swiss general. Dufrenoy, Pierre Armand, French geologist. Dufresny, Charles Rivière, French dramatist. Dugdale, Sir William, English antiquary. Dugong, cetacean mammal. Duguay-Trouin, René, French admiral. Du Guesclin, Bertrand, constable of France. Duhalde, Jean Baptiste, French geographer. Duhamel, Jean Baptiste, French astronomer. Duhamel du Monceau, Henry Louis, French botanist and agriculturalist. Duisburg, town, Prussia. Duke, order of nobility. Dukinfield, township, England. Dulcamara, drug. Dulcigno, town, Albania. Duluth, town, Minnesota, U.S.A. Dulwich, town, England. Dumangas, town, Philippine Islands. Dumarsais, César Chesneau, French philologist. Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder, French novelist. Dumas, Matthieu, Count, French general and historian. Dumbarton, county, town, & castle, Scotland. Dumdum, or Damdama, town, India. Dumfries, county & town, Scotland. Dumont, Jean, French publicist. Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis, Genevese political writer. Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, French navigator. Dumouriez, Charles François, French Republican general. Dünaburg, town, Russia. Dunbar, town, Scotland. Dunbar, William, Scottish poet. Dunblane, town, Scotland. Duncan, Viscount, British admiral. Duncan, Thomas, Scottish painter. Dundalk, town, Ireland. Dundas, Henry (Melville, Viscount, q.v.). Dundee, town, Scotland. Dundee, Viscount (Graham of Claverhouse). Dundonald, Tenth Earl of (Lord Cochrane), naval officer. Dunedin, town, New Zealand. Dunfermline, town, Scotland. Dunfermline, James Abercromby (q.v.), Lord. Dungannon, town, Ireland. Dungarvan, town, Ireland. Dunkeld, town, Scotland. Dunkers, sect of American Baptists. Dunkirk, or Dunkerque, town, France. Dunkirk, town, New York, U.S.A. Dunmow, town, England. Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, English lawyer and statesman. Dunois, Jean, bastard of Orleans. Dunoon, town, Scotland. Duns Scotus, John, mediæval scholastic writer. Dunstable, town, England. Dunstan, St, archbishop of Canterbury. Dunton, John, English bookseller and author. Duperrey, Louis Isidore, French navigator. Duperron, Jacques Davy, French cardinal. Dupin, André Marie J. J., French advocate and politician. Dupin, Louis Ellies, French ecclesiastical historian. Dupleix, Joseph, governor-general of French India. Dupont, Pierre, French poet. Dupont de l’Eure, Jacques Charles, French lawyer and statesman. Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, French economist and statesman. Dupuis, Charles François, French scientific writer. Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron, French surgeon. Duquesne, Abraham, Marquis, French naval officer. Duran, Augustin, Spanish writer. Durandus, Durantis, or Duranti, Wilhelmus, papal legate and canonist. Durango, town, Spain. Durango, Duranga, Ciudad de Victoria, or Guadiana, town, Mexico. Durante, Francesco, Italian musical composer. Durão, José de Santa Ritta, Brazilian poet. Durazzo, town, European Turkey. Durban, or D’Urban, town, Natal, South Africa. Düren, town, Prussia. Dürer, Albrecht, German painter. D’Urfey, Thomas, English satirist. Durham, county, England. Durham, First Earl of (John George Lambton). Durian, fruit of durio tree. Dürkheim, town, Germany. Durlach, town, Bavaria. Durra, Indian millet. Dussek, Johann Ludwig, Bohemian pianist and composer. Düsseldorf, town, Prussia. Dutens, Louis, French writer. Dutrochet, René Joachim Henri, French man of science. Duval, Jules, French economist. Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean, French theologian. Dwaraka, Dwarka, or Jigat, town, India. Dwarf. Dwight, Timothy, American theological and miscellaneous writer. Dwina, rivers, Russia. Dyce, Alexander, English critic. Dyce, William, Scottish painter. Dyeing. Dyer, John, English poet. Dynamics. Dynamite, explosive. Dynamometer. Dyrrhachium (Durazzo, q.v.), ancient town, Albania. Dysart, town, Scotland. Dysentery, disease. Dyspepsia, disease. Dyveke, mistress of Christian I. of Denmark. Dzungaria, Dsongaria, or Songaria, region, Central Asia. | E, the fifth letter of the alphabet. Eachard, John, English divine and humorist. Eadie, John, Scottish Biblical critic. Eadmer or Edmer, English ecclesiastic and historian. Eagle, bird. Ear. Earl, title of nobility. Earle, John, English bishop and author. Earlom, Richard, English engraver. Ear-Ring, ornament. Earth, Figure of the. ... Pendulum Observations. Elements of the Figure as a Solid of Revolution. Earthquake, Earthquakes. Earwig, insect. Easement, in law. Eastbourne, town, England. Easter, church festival. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock, English painter. Easton, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. East Saginaw, town, Michigan, U.S.A. Eau de Cologne, perfume. Ebel, Hermann Wilhelm, German philologist. Eberhard, duke of Würtemberg. Eberhard, August Gottlob, German poet. Eberhard, Johann Augustus, German theologian. Ebert, Friedrich Adolf, German bibliographer. Ebingen, town, Würtemberg. Ebionites, early Christian sect. Eboli, or Evoli, town, Italy. Ebony, wood. Ebro, river, Spain. Écarté, card game. Ecbatana, various ancient Asiatic towns. Eccard, Johannes, German composer. Eccleino, or Ezzelino da Romano, Italian Ghibelline chief. Ecchellensis, or Echellensis, Abraham, learned Maronite. Eccles, town, England. Ecclesia, Athenian assembly. Ecclesiastes, Book of. Ecclesiastical Commission, English. Ecclesiastical Law. Ecclesiasticus, Book of (See Apocrypha). Echidna, genus of monotrematous mammals. Echinodermata. Echo, in Greek mythology. Ecija, town, Spain. Eck, Johann Maier von, opponent of Luther. Eckermann, John Peter, German writer. Eckersberg, Carl Vilhelm, Danish painter. Eckhart, Johannes, German mystic. Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius, German numismatist. Eclectic Philosophy. Eclipse, Eclipses (See Astronomy). Ecstasy, nervous disorder. Ecuador, state, South America. Edam, town, Holland. Edda, collections of Icelandic literature. Edelinck, Gerard, Flemish engraver. Eden, Garden of. Eden, Hon. Emily, English authoress. Edentata, order of mammals. Edessa, town, Macedonia. Edessa (Orfa), town, Turkey in Asia. Edfu, or Edfoo, town, Upper Egypt. Edgeworth, Maria, novelist. Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, writer and mechanician. Edinburgh, or Mid-Lothian, county, Scotland. Edinburgh, metropolis of Scotland. Edmund, St, archbishop of Canterbury. Edmund, or Eadmund, king of East Anglia. Edmund, or Eadmund I., king of the West Saxons, England. Edmund, or Eadmund II., king of the West Saxons, England. Edom (Idumena, q.v.), district south of Palestine. Edrisi, Idrisi, or Aldjusi, Arabian geographer. Education, History of. Edward, or Eadward I., early English king. Edward, or Eadward II., early English king. Edward, or Eadward III., the Confessor, early English king. Edward I., king of England. Edward II., of England. Edward III., of England. Edward IV., of England. Edward V., of England. Edward VI., of England. Edward, the Black Prince. Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin, English general and administrator. Edwards, Bryan, English historian. Edwards, George, English antiquary and ornithologist. Edwards, Jonathan, American theologian. Edwards, Richard, English musician and dramatist. Edwin, or Eadwine, king of Northumbria. Edwy, Eadwig, or Edwin, the Fair, king of the West-Saxons, England. Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Dutch painter. Eecloo, town, Belgium. Eel, fish. Effigies, Monumental. Egbert, or Ecgberht, king of the West-Saxons, England. Egede, Hans, Norse missionary to Greenland. Egede, Paul, missionary to Greenland. Eger, town, Bohemia. Egg, Eggs. Egg, Augustus Leopold, English painter. Eginhard, biographer of Charlemagne. Eglantine, sweet briar. Eglinton, Thirteenth Earl of. Egmont, or Egmond, Lamoral, Count of. Egret, bird (See Heron). Egypt. Physical Geography, Productions, and Inhabitants. ... Ehrenbreitstein, town, Rhenish Prussia. Eibenstock, town, Saxony. Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, German poet. Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried, German Biblical critic. Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich, German jurist. Eichstädt, town, Bavaria. Eider, marine duck. Eilenburg, town, Prussia. Einbeck, town, Prussia. Einsiedeln, town, Switzerland. Eisenach, town, Germany. Eisenberg, town, Germany. Eisenburg, county, Hungary. Eisenstadt, town, Hungary. Eisleben, town, Prussia. Eisteddfod, Welsh bardic congress. Ejectment, in English law. Ekaterinburg, town, Asiatic Russia. Ekaterinodar, town, Russia. Ekaterinoslaff, government & town, Russia. Ekhmin, town, Upper Egypt. Ekron, town of the Philistines. Elagabalus (Heliogabalus, q.v.), Roman emperor. Elam, province, ancient Persia. Eland, antelope. El-Araish, town, Morocco. Elasticity. Elaterum, drug. Elba, island, Mediterranean. Elbe, river, Germany. Elberfeld, town, Rhenish Prussia. Elbeuf, town, France. Elbing, town, Prussia. Elche, town, Spain. Eldad ben Malchi, Jewish traveller. Elder, ecclesiastical officer. Elder, tree. Eldon, Earl of, lord chancellor of England. El Dorado, mythical country, South America. |