Diet eric i, Karl Fried rich Wilhelm

Born at Digges (digz), Leonard. Died about 1571. Berlin, Aug. 23, 1790: died at Berlin, July 29, 1859. A noted German statistician and political economist, director of the Pru ian bureau of statistics from 1844. His works include "Statist is che Übersicht der wich tigs ten Gegenstände," etc. (1838-57), "Der Volkswohlstand im pre us sis chen Staate" (1846), etc. Diet rich (de'trich), Christian Wilhelm Ernst. [See Theodoric .] Born at Weimar, Germany, Oct. 30, 1712: died at Dresden, April 24 (23%), 1774. A German painter and engraver, noted especially for landscapes. Diet rich von Bern (fon bern). In German legend, Theodoric the Great, king of the East Goths, whose residence was at Verona (Bern). His life and adventures are the subject of the Old Norse Thidreks saga, "Saga Thidhreks konungs af Bern," also called the Vilkina saga, whose material is from German sources, and is an element in various Middle High German poems, among them the "Nibelungenlied," "Biterolf, the "Rosengarten," "Ermenrichs Tod." His generanderende from i irth and death ar and disappears, ultimately, on a black horse. His name is still preserved in popular legends. In the Lausitz the "Wild Huntsman," the mythical being who rides in furious in violent storms, is called haste acro the heavens given the Rupietrich Many large buildings in different parts of Italy, among them the amphitheater in Verona and the Castle of St. Angelo in Rome, have been popularly ascribed to him. Diet rich son (dē'trik-son), Lorentz Henrik Segelcke. Born at Bergen, Norway, Jan. 1, 1834. A Norwegian critic and poet, profe or of the history of art at the University of Christiania from 1875. His works include "Omrids af den norske Poesies Historie" (1866-69, "Outline of the History of Norwegian Poetry"), etc. Dietz, or Diez (dēts). A small town in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, situated on the Lahn 19 miles east of Coblenz. Dietz, Feodor. Born at Neunstetten, Baden, May 29, 1813: died at Gray, Haute-Saône, France, Dec. 18, 1870. A German historical and battle painter. His works include "Death of Gustavus Adolphus," etc. ," "Storming of Belgrade," Diez, Fried rich Christian. Born at Gie en, He e, Germany, March 15, 1794: died at Bonn, Pru ia, May 29, 1876. A noted German philologist, the founder of Romance philology: profe or at Bonn from 1823. Among his works are An English mathematician. He was the son of James Digges of Digges Court, in the parish of Barham, Kent; studied at Oxford without taking a degree; and inherited a competent fortune, which enabled him to devote himself to scientific pursuits. His chief work is "A Booke named Tectonic on, briefly showing the exact measuring and speedie reckoning all manner of land, squares, timber, stone, etc." (1556). Digges, Thomas. Died Aug. 24, 1595. An English mathematician, son of Leonard Digges. He graduated, with the degree of B. A., at Cam. bridge in 1551; became a member of Parliament in 1572; was muster-master-general of her Majesty's forces in the Low Countries 1586-94. His works include "A Geometrical Practice, named Pan to me tri a" (1571), "Α Prognostication... contayning... Rules to judge the Weather by the Sunne, Moone, Stars," etc. (1578), and "An Arithmetic all Mil it are Treatise, named Stratioticos" (1579). Diggon (dig'on). [A variant of Diccon , dim. of Dick .] A traveled shepherd in Spenser's "Shepherd's Calendar." Diggory (dig'ō-ri). A loutish servant in Goldsmith's comedy "She Stoops to Conquer." Dighton (di'ton). A town in Bristol County, Ma achusetts, near Taunton. Near it is the Dighton Rock, with an inscription formerly (and erroneously) attributed to the North men. Digne (dēny). The capital of the department of Ba es-Alpes, France, situated on the Bléone in lat. 44° 6' N., long. 6° 13' E.: the ancient Dinia. It contains a cathedral and a church of Notre Dame. Population (1891), commune, 7,261. Dignity and Impudence. A painting by Sir Edwin Landseer, in the National Gallery, London. It is a group consisting of a large, solemn-looking bloodhound and a pert Scotch terrier. Digoin (de-gwan'). A town in the department of Saône-et-Loire, France, situated on the Loire 35 miles east of Moulins. Population (1891), commune, 4,880. Dihong (de-hong'). A name given to the Brah maputra in its middle course. Dijon (de-zhôn). The capital of the depart ment of Côte-d'Or, France, situated at the junction of the Ouche and Sujon in lat. 47° 19′ N., long. 5° 3′ E.: the Roman Divio, Dibio, or Castrum Divionense (whence the modern name). It is an important fortified town and the emporium for Burgundy wines, and has considerable manufactures and Dimetian Code a large trade in grain, etc. It contains a cathedral of St. Bénigné (see below), the churches of Notre Dame and of St. Michel, an old ducal palace (now the hôtel de ville, with an important museum), a palais de justice, and remnants of the castle and convent of Chartreuse. In early history it was a Roman camp, and it was burned by the Saracens in the 8th century. It had its counts and was the capital of Burgundy from the 12th century to 1477, when it pa ed to France. It was besieged by the Swi in 1513, was occupied (after a struggle) by the Germans from Oct. 31 to Dec. 27, 1870, and was subsequently defended by Garibaldi against the Germans in Jan., 1871. The cathedral is of moderate size, but noteworthy for its excellent design and the beauty of its 13th-century tracery and ornament. The west front has a good porch and 2 low towers. Behind it are the ruins of a curious circular church of the Templars. Population (1901), 70,428. Diksmuide. See Dixmude . Dilettanti Society, The. A London society devoted to the encouragement of a taste for the fine arts, founded in 1734. Dilke (dilk), Charles Went worth. Born Dec. 8, 1789: died Aug. 10, 1864. An English journalist, editor of the London "Athenæum" (18301846), and of the "Daily News" (1846-49). Не wrote much on the Letters of Junius. Dilke, Sir Charles Went worth. Born at London, Feb. 18, 1810: died at St. Petersburg, May 10, 1869. Son of C. W. Dilke: promoter of the exhibition of 1851, commi ioner to the New York exhibition 1853, and one of the royal commi ioners for the London exhibition 1862. He was made a baronet in 1862. Dilke, Sir Charles Went worth. Born at Chelsea, near London, Sept. 4, 1843. An English politician and author, son of Sir C. W. Dilke. He graduated at the head of the law tripos at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1866; was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1866; was elected member of Parliament for the borough of Chelsea in 1868; was was appointed under-secretary of state for foreign affairs in 1880; became president of the Local Government Board with a seat in the cabinet in 1882. He lost his seat in Parliament in 1886, but again became a member in 1892. He has published "Greater Britain: Record of Travel in English-speaking Countries during 1866 and 1867" (1868), "Parliamentary Reform" (1879), "Present Condition of European Politics" (1887), "The British Army" (1888), "Problems of Greater Britain" (1890). Dillenburg (dil'len-börg). A small town in the province of He e-Na au, Pru ia, 41 miles northeast of Coblenz. It was the birthplace of William of Orange. Dillenius (dil-lā'nē-ös), or Dillen (dil'len), Johann Jakob. Born at Darmstadt, Germany, 1687: died at Oxford, England, April 2, 1747 A celebrated profe or at Oxford from 1728. He wrote "Catalog us Plant arum Sponte circa Gi am Nascentium" (1719), "Hortus Elthamensis" (1732), "Hist or i a muscorum” (1741). Dillingen (dil'ling-en). A town in Swabia and Neuburg, Bavaria, situated on the Danube 23 miles northwest of Augsburg. It was formerly the seat of a university. Population (1890), 5,734. Dillmann (dil'män), Christian Fried rich August. Born April 25, 1823: died July 4, 1894. gian, an authority on the Ethiopian language and literature and Old Testament criticism: profe or at Berlin from 1869. His works include a grammar (1857) and lexicon (1865) of the Ethiopian language, commentaries on Job, Genesis, Exodus, Levitic us, etc. German Orientalist and Protestant theolo Dillon (dil'on), Charles. Born in England in 1819: died there, June 27, 1881. An English actor. He excelled in the romantic drama, in such parts as Belphegor. Dillon, John. Born 1851. An Irish politician, one of the leaders of the Irish National party. He entered Parliament in 1880, and was imprisoned 1881-82 and again in 1891. Dilman (dil-män'). A town in the province of Azerbaijan northwestern Persia, 73 miles west of Tabriz. Population, estimated, 6,000 (?). Dilmun (dil-mön'). An ancient city situated on an island, or rather peninsula, in the Persian Gulf, now included in the lowlands of the coast. Sargon II., king of As syria 722-705 B. c., relates on his mo nolith, found in Cyprus, that he received from Uperi, king of Dilmun, gifts and homage. Diman (di'man), Jeremiah Lewis. Born at Bristol, R. I., May 1, 1831. died R. I. Feb. 3, 1881. An American historical writer and Congregational clergyman, profe or of history at Brown University. He wrote "Theistic Argument" (1879), "Orations and E ays" (published 1882). Dimanche (de-monsh"), Monsieur. [F., 'Mr Smaneng in Molière's "Don Juan" or "Le fest in de Pierre," a tradesman who tries to collect money due him, but is never allowed to even ask for it, being constantly interrupted. Dimetian Code (di-me's hi-an kōd). See extract on following page. Dimitri (dē-mē'trē), or Dmitri (dmē'tre). The Ru ian form of Demetrius (which see). it Dimitri Roudine (dē-mē'trē rö-dēn'). A novel by Turgenieff, published in 1855. It has been translated into French, German, and English. Dimoch, or Dymoch, or Dymoke, or Dimocke (dim'ok). The name of a Lincoln shire family which has held since 1377 the feudal office of "champion of England." Dimsdale (dimz'dal), Thomas. Born in E ex, England, May 6, 1712: died in Hertford, Eng- land, Dec. 30, 1800. An English physician, tford, Eng- known chiefly as an advocate of inoculation for the smallpox. He took up the practice of medicine at Hertford, and in 1767 published "The Present Method of Inoculation for the Small Pox," which obtained for him in 1768 an invitation to St. Petersburg to inoculate the em- pre Catherine and the grand duke Paul. Dinah (dī'nä). [Heb., 'judged' or 'avenged.'] The daughter of Jacob by Leah. See Gen. xxx., xxxiv. Dinajpur (de-näj-pör'), or Dinagepore (de-naj- por'). 1. A district in the Rajshahi division, Bengal, British India, intersected by lat. 25°30′ N., long. 88° 30′ E. Area, 4,118 square miles. Population (1891), 1,555,835.- 2. The capital of the above district, situated in lat. 25° 37′ N., long. 88° 32′ E. Population (1891), 12,204. Dinan (de-non'). A town in the department of Côtes-du-Nord, France, situated on the Rance 29 miles northwest of Rennes. It was defended against the English by Du Guesclin in 1359. Population (1891), commune, 10,444. Dinant. In Fletcher and Mas singer's "Little French Lawyer," a gentleman_who formerly loved and still pretends to love Lamira. Dinant (de-non or de-nänt'). A town in the province of Namur, Belgium, situated on the Meuse 14 miles south of Namur. It is fortified, and was formerly noted for its copper and bra wares. It was sacked by the Burgundians in. 1466, and by the French in 1554 and 1675. Population (1890), 7,048. Dindigal (din-di-gal'), or Dindigul (din-di- gul'). A small town in Madras, British India, in lat. 10° 20′ N., long. 77° 57′ E. Dinding Isles (din-ding' ilz). An admin i str a- tive division of the British colony of Straits Settlements, situated on the western side of the Malay peninsula about lat. 4° 20′ Ν. IMG:content-0423.png:[blocks in formation] clude "Lieder eines kosmopolitischen Nachtwächters" (1841), "Nacht und Morgen" (1851), the tragedy "Das Haus des Barneveldt" (1850), the novels "Unter der Erde" (1840), "Die Amazone" (1868), etc. Dingwall (ding'wâl). shire, situated on Cromarty Firth 11 miles northwest of Inverne . Population (1891), 2,283 . Dinias and Dercyllis (din'i-as and der-sil'is). The chief characters of an old Greek novel entitled "Of the incredible Things in Thule." The book called "Wonders beyond Thule" was written by one Antonius Diogenes, who probably lived in Syria in the 2nd century before Christ, though it was the opinion of Photius that the work was written soon after the death of Alexander the Great. It was current as late as the 9th century, when its twenty-four volumes were summarised by the Patriarch Photius, who compre ed the works of nearly three hundred authors into one volume to beguile the tedium of a residence in Bagdad. Our knowledge of the novel is gained partly from this epitome and partly from the fragments which can be gathered from the later cla ical writings. The plot turns on the loves and adven- tures of a Syrian maiden and Dinias, a traveller from Ar- cadi a, the story of whose lives was recorded in a manu- script which Alexander the Great was supposed to find in Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 78. Dinka (din'kä). A great Nigritic tribe dwell- ing on both sides of the White Nile between 60 and 12o north latitude. Their territory is a vast pirers The empire was divided among them as follows: and fertile plain covering 60,000 square miles. They differ from the Shilluk and Nuer (with whom they largely inter- live, but whom they hate) by their higher stature, prom i- nent foreheads, and their black, almost bluish, complex- ion. They are intelligent, skilful in the making of house- hold articles, and frugal. Like the Shilluk, they are both pastoral and agricultural. Each village is under a chief who has little authority and recognizes no suzerain. The Dinka language is said to be related to that of the Bari, and to have prefixes like the Bantu tongues. Dinkard (den-kärd'). [Pahlavi: properly Dinō- karto , the deeds or enactments of the religion.] The largest and most important Pahlavi work in existence, containing a vast amount of in- formation regarding the legends, writings, doc- In its present state much of the work consists of tive catalogue of the contents of the original compilation, interspersed with extracts in detail. The date of its lat- est revision must have been subsequent to the Moham- med an conquest of Persia. Middle Franc on i a, Bavaria, situated on the Wörnitz 44 miles southwest of Nuremberg. It was formerly a free imperial city. Dinmont (din'mont), Dandie (Andrew). A Border farmer in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Guy Manner ing": the grateful friend of Brown, who had saved his life. Sent by Meg Mer- rilies, he protects Brown in the Port an ferry jail, and after their escape helps him, under the guidance of Meg, to capture Hatter a ick. He is the owner of Mustard and Pep- per, the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers. According to Mr. Short reed, this good man [Willie El- liot] of Mill burn holm was the great original of Dandie Dinmont. As he seems to have been the first of these up- land sheep farmers that Scott ever visited, there can be little doubt that he sat for some parts of that inimitable portraiture and it is certain that the James Davidson who carried the name of Dandie to his grave with him, and whose thoroughbred deathbed scene is told in the Notes to Guy Manner ing, was first pointed out to Scott by Mr. Short reed himself, several years after the novel had es- tablished the man's celebrity all over the Border; some accidental report about his terriers, and their odd names, having alone been turned to account in the original com- position of the tale. But I have the best reason to be- lieve that the kind and manly character of Dandie, the gentle and delicious one of his wife, and some at least of the most picturesque peculiarities of the ménage at Char- lies hope, were filled up from Scott's observation, years after this period, of a family with one of whose members he had, through the best part of his life, a close and affec- tionate connexion. To those who were familiar with him, I have perhaps already sufficiently indicated the early home of his dear friend, William Laidlaw, among "the braes of Yarrow." built the Artemisium of Ephesus after its destruction by fire. This architect appears under eight different names given by Brunn. Diodati (dē-ō-dä'tē), Domenico. Born at Na- ples, 1736: died at Naples, 1801. An Italian archæologist. His works include "De Chris to græce loquente exercitatio" (1767), etc. Diodati, Giovanni. Born at Geneva, June 6, 1576: died at Geneva, Oct. 3, 1649. A Swi Protestant theologian, profe or of Hebrew and later of theology at Geneva. He trans- lated the Bible into Italian (1607). Diodorus (di-ō-dō'rus), surnamed Siculus ('of Sicily'). [Gr. Διόδωρος .] Born at Agyrium, Sicily: lived in the second half of the 1st cen- tury B. C. A Greek historian, author of a history in 40 books entitled a "Historical Li- brary" (Βιβλιοθήκη). See the extract. Diodorus altogether, or represented only by a series of fragments and extracts, of which the most considerable refer to books 30-40. The following is a general analysis of the remains of Diodorus:- Book I. On Egypt; its mythology, geography, and history; its laws, literature, and customs; and the Greeks who have travelled in the country. II. The legendary history of As syria, from Ninus to Sardana pal us; the Medes, Chaldeans, Indians, Scythians, Hyperboreans, Arabians, with an account of the island of Ceylon. III. On the Ethiopians, and other nations of Libya. IV. The mythology of Greece. V. On the Greek islands, and the Phenic i an settlements in the Med i terra He also treats of the islands of the Atlantic, and nean of Arabia and its seas. XI. From the invasion of Xerxes (01. 75, 1) down to the war of Cyprus (Ol. 82, 2), with contemporary notices of Sicily, Egypt, and Rome. XII. From the war of Cyprus (01. 82, 3) to that of Syracuse (Ol. 91, 1), with notices of Sybaris, of Char on das, and Zaleucus, and the Decemvirate at Rome. XIII. From the war between Syracuse and Athens (O1. 91, 2) down to that between Syracuse and the Cart hag in i ans (O1.93, 4). XIV. From the time of the thirty tyrants (Ol. 94, 1) to the taking of Rome by the Gauls (Ol. 98, 2). XV. From the war be tween Artaxerxes and Evagoras (01. 98, 3) to the acce ion of Philip (Ol. 105, 2). XVI. Reign of Philip of Macedon. XVII. of Alexander the Great. XVIII. Succe ors of Alexander down to the domination of Agathocles in Sicily (Ol. 115, 3). XIX. Events in Greece, Sicily, and Italy down to the battle of Himera (01. 117, 2). XX. From the war of Agathocles in Sicily (O01. 117, 3) down to the coalition against An tigon us (01. 119, 3). R. O. Müller , Hist. of the Lit, of Anc. Greece, III. 117. [( Donald son .) Diogenes (di-oj'e-nez). [Gr. Διογένης.] Born at Sinope, Asia Minor, Corinth, 323. A Greek Cynic philosopher, fa