The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-20
By FRANCES MARSHALL

! Raphael, most popular of all painter
of religious subjects. and most famous
of all the bearers Of the anec! names
heads Il list which includes such name!
as that of Gabriel Fallopio. one OF thu
founders of modern anatomy; AnGels
Burdett -Coutts, the richest woman o
her day in the whole world: Gabric
Mirabeau. strongest orator of thu
French revolution: Gabriel Fahrenheit
the man who established the present
method of registering heat. and Gabrie
lD'Annunzio. one of the greatest of mod
crn playwrghts It includes, too. sain
or two. several minor painters. writers
philanthropists, educators. scientists-ir
fact, a representative of note in almost
| every field OF cndeavor, and taken all in
all group of men and women worth!
to bear even the names of the angels
! Raphael Santi was born at urbino. in
Italy. in 1865. His father was painter
| of some worth. and the boy began to
draw and paint almost soon as he
began to talk. At Rome, where he went
when he was about -. he was already
looked upon as ~an artist of ability, and
Pope julius III commissioned him to re-
decorate several of the rooms of the
| Vatican.
The artists task was difficult. but it
was accomplished not only to the sat
( lSldcllOH Vi tnc rope anu lHe VI
| Rome. but to the admiration of later
generations After Leo y had succeeded
! Julius. Raphael was made chief architect
OF st. Peters and was put in charge of
| all the excavations of Roman antiquities.
| Raphael died of fever caught in the
excavations. He was only s. at the time
Of his death. on Good Friday. April s..
! $50. but he had already won not only 4
/ place of first rank among the world 5
! inferS hut a nl3cp nf nIrh love
and respect among the people of his own
| time that all Rome mourned his loss.
The Sistine Madonna. Raphaers last
and greatest Madonna was painted for
the little church of San Sisto al Placenza.
and the artist finished it just before his
death.
Cornelius Gabriel Max called by his
! middle name. born in Germany. in 1870
historical painter: Archangelo Paladini.
born in Italy in 159a. whose singing and
necdlcwork rivalcd her excellent portrait
painting. and Angelica Kaufman, born
in Switzerland in 11il. who spent much
of her life in England. and who because
of the worth Of her historical paintings
and portraits was elected a member of
the Royal Academy. are three bearers of
the ansel-names who have followed in
Raphae els footsteps.
In letters the names of the angels have
had no champion so well known as
Raphael hut nevertheless several of
them have been writer's of ability.
Gabriel Harvey. the eldest of a rope
makers six children. was born in Eng
land in 1Ji5. His father managed to let
him go 10 Cambridge and there Harvey
met the poet. Edmund Spenser. with
whom he FORMED a lifelong friendship.
1t is said that Harvey nearly spoiled
Sponsors poems. For Harvey wrote in
stilted and formal way little suited to
the poet over whom he had a strong
influence.
Harvey was a sarcastic and arrogant
man. and his hot temper and quick
tongue were continually getting him into
Qrarrcls with other literary men of the
DAY. In I19a he had such A severe quar-
rel with Thomas Nash. the poet and
dramatst. that the authorities ordered
that all NaShe's bookes and DR.. Har-
vcy'S bookcs he taken whereSocVer the
same bookcs be ever printed hereafter
So Harvey. with his books under 4 ban,
was forced to retire from active literary
work. and seek solace in the study of
physics and astronomy.
Gabriel Honorc Mrabeau. more noted
for his oratory. was yet writer of note.
He was born in III in France. the sec
ond son of the Marquis de Mirab He
studied under tutors until he became too
unruly TO manage at home: then he was
sent to a military school. and eventually
entered the army. Eut his conduct and
his love affairs landed him in prison sew
eral times. and until the revolution he
was constantly in trouble.
But the man who could not keep the
peace became a great man in time of
war. Some one has said that Napoleon
and Mira beau were the two greatest men i
of the French revolution. However that
may be. Mirahe speeches were listen !
ed to and his pamphlets were read when |
the French mob was too excited to listen |
to anything else. and the work he did |
in behalf of reasona bIeness and restraint /
helped to lessen the horrors of the revo- !
luton. His writings arc in the shape |
of histories. essays. pamphlets and trans |
lationS.
Evangelinus Apostolides Sophoclcs was |
a mystery all his life. He came to /
America in IS2a. and said that he had |
spent his youth with the Greek monks
on Mt. Sinai: whether his name was |
assumed or real. no one could tell. and
he kept his age A secret His only con-
1dants in his 10 years of life in this
were his chickens
Evangelinus Sophocles always retained
a simplicity and severity of manner
which spoke of the quiet days spent in
The rigid mountain mona stery. But he
was we'll liked by the students at AM
herst and Harvard who came under his
influence. His kindness Of heart was as
profound as his learning, and his char
tableness as persistent as his taciturnity
He died in 1855. after writing several
books.
Gabrielle Rossetti, born in Italy in l7S3, +
ather of the poet and painter Dante
Gabrielle Rossetti, and Gabrielle DAN
,unzio. the playwright. novelist and
'oet. born In Italy in 1861, are two Ital-
an writers of note
The two most important scientists of
he name lived in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. Gabriel Fallopio,
he first of them. who died in 1867. was
| botanist and anatomist and is called
me of the founders of modern anatomy:
iabriel Fahrenheit. the other, was born !
It Danzic, Prussia. in 1856. Although he
vas intended for life Of commerce. he
ariy showed great interest in Their
nometers and barometers, and In l7eO he
lit upon the substitution Of mercury for
he spirits Of wine Of alcohol then used
thermometers. The zero point which
s still registered on Fahrenheit Their
nometers was point of extreme cold
which the inventor had observed in Ice-
and. and which he thought was the low
81 point the earth's temperature could
each.
In the religious world some bearers Of
he angel names have gained fame. One
{ them was st. Angela Merici, who vas
orn IN Lombardy In 1874. She was left an
rphan at 10. and when she was - the
ncie with whom she lived died. So she (
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