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See Faust. Fauvelet Fauvelet (fōv-lā'), Jean Baptiste. Born at Bordeaux, France, June 9, 1819. A French painter of genre scenes and flowers. Favara (fä-vä'rä). A town in the province of Girgenti, Sicily, 4 miles southeast of Girgenti. Population (1881), 16,051. Favart (fä-vär'), Charles Simon. Born at Paris, Nov. 13, 1710: died at Belleville, near Paris, May 12, 1792. A French dramatist and writer of comic operas. Favart, Madame (Marie Justine Benoîte du Ronceray). Born at Avignon, France, 17 at Paris, April 22, 1772. A French actre and writer, wife of C. S. Favart. Favart, Marie (Pierette Ignace Pingaud). Born at Beaune, France, Feb. 16, 1833. Anoted French actre . She made her début, in 1848, at the Comédie Française, of which in 1854 she was made a member. She resigned in 1881. In 1883 she made a tour in Ru ia with Coquelin, and played in cla ic comedy, notably in "Tartufe." She has created many original parts, and has been especially succe ful in the modern drama. Faventia (fa-ven's hi-ä). The Roman name of Faenza (which see). Faversham (fav'er-sham), or Fever sham (fev'er-sham). A town in Kent, England, on a branch of the Swale 44 miles east-southeast of London. It was formerly the seat of a celebrated abbey. Population (1891), 10,478. Favignana (fä-ven-yä'nä). The largest of the Ægates Islands, west of Sicily: the ancient Ægus a. Favonius (fa-võ'ni-us). In Roman mythology, the west wind personified: the same as Zephyr us. Favor in us (fav-ō-ri'nus). Born at Are late, Gaul: lived about 125 A. D. A rhetorician and sophist, a friend of the emperor Hadrian. He adopted the skepticism of the Academy. Favor it a (fä-vō-rēʻtä), La. [It., ‘The Favorite."] An opera by Donizetti, first produced at Paris in 1840. Favras (fä-vrä'), Marquis de (Thomas de 1605. He was arrested as he was entering the cellar on the night of Nov. 4-5, and after trial was executed with several of his accomplices. Fawkner (fak'nėr), John Pasco. Born Oct. 20, 1792: died Sept. 4, 1869. An Australian journalist. He went from England' to Van Diemen's Land in 1804 with his father, a convict. In 1835 he settled with others on the site of the present city of Melbourne, and in 1838 started the "Melbourne Advertiser," which was suppre ed by the government in consequence of failure to comply with the pre laws. In 1839 he began the "Port Philip Patriot," which, after changing its name to the "Daily News," was amalgamated with the "Argus" in 1852. He became a member of the council of Victoria. Fawnia (fa'ni-i). In Greene's "Dorastus and Fawnia" (afterward called "Pandosto"), the lady loved by Dorastus. She is the original of