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He was killed at the siege of Dunkirk. Monge (mônzh), Gaspard. Born at Beaune, France, May 10, 1746: died at Paris, July 18, 1818. A celebrated French mathematician, founder of the science of descriptive geometry. He was minister of marine 1792-93; and the chief founder of the Polytechnic School in Paris. His best-known work is "Géométrie descriptive" (1799). Monghyr, or Monghir (mon-ger'), or Mungir (mun-ger'), or Mongarh (mon-gär'). 1. A district in Bengal, British India, intersected by lat. 250 N., long. 86° E. Area, 3,921 square miles. Population (1891), 2,036,021.-2. The capital of the district of Monghyr, situated on the Ganges in lat. 25° 22′ N., long. 86° 29′ E.: formerly a fortre . Population (1891), 57,077. Mongolia (mon-gō'li-ä). A dependency of China, lying in general between Siberia on the north, Manchuria on the east, China on the south, and East Turkestan and Sungar i a on the west: sometimes made to include parts of Sungar i a and Kokonor. The surface is a plateau. It contains the desert of Gobi Area, 1,288,000 square miles. Population, about 2,000,000. Mongolian race. The second in Blumenbach's cla ification of the races of mankind. The chief characteristics are a brachycephalic skull, broad cheekbones, low retreating forehead, short and broad nose, and yellowish complexion. It included the Chinese, Turks, Tatars, Indo-Chinese, Lapps, Eskimos, etc. Mongols (mong'golz). [Said to be ultimately from mong , brave.] An Asiatic race now chiefly resident in Mongolia, a vast region north of China proper and south of Siberia, forming a po e ion of China. Mongols are also found elsewhere in the 13th century conquered a large part of Asia and in the Chinese empire and in Siberia, etc. The Mongols overran eastern Europe. See Moguls . Mongols, Empire of the. A medieval Asiatic empire. It was founded by Jenghiz Khan (died 1227); exAsia and of Ru ia; was checked in its western advance at Wahlstatt (Silesia) in 1241; and overthrew the califate in 1258. A Mongol dynasty ruled in China from Kublai Khan (about 1259) to 1368. The empire divided into various parts (compare Kiptchak ) at the close of the 13th century, but was temporarily revived under Timur the Tatar about 1400. His descendant Baber founded the empire of the Moguls (which see). Monhegan. See Mohegan . tended over China, large portions of central and western Charles Mathews the elder he wrote the "Bashful Man" (1826); for the Surrey Theatre, "Old Heads and Young acter in Racine's "Mithridate." "Sam Weller" (July, 1837). In 1843 he became blind, and was admitted as a brother at the Charter house in 1844. He wrote more than 170 plays in all, besides other works. Moncton (mungk'ton). A river port in West more land County, New Brunswick, Canada, situated on the Petitcodiac 82 miles northeast of St. John. Population (1901), 9,026. Monday (mun'dā). [Lit. 'moon's day.' The day was so called from its name in L., dies lunæ.] The second day of the week. Mondoñedo (mon-don-yā'THō). A town in the province of Lugo, northwestern Spain, 31 miles north-northeast of Lugo. Population (1887), 10,391. Mondovi (mon-do-vē'). Atown in the province of Cuneo, Italy, situated on the Ellero 48 miles south of Turin. It has a cathedral. Here, April 22, 1796, Napoleon defeated the Sard in i an general Colli. Mondsee (mont-zā'). A lake in Upper Austria, 15 miles east of Salzburg. The Schafberg rises from it. Length, 7 miles. Mone (mõ'ne), Franz Joseph. Born at Mingolsheim, Baden, May 12, 1796: died at Karlsruhe, Baden, March 12, 1871. A German historian, antiquary, and philologist. Monembasia (mō-nem-bä-sē'ä), or Malvasia (mäl-vä-sē'ä). A small town on the coast of Laconia, Greece, 46 miles southeast of Sparta. It was an important medieval fortre , and was formerly noted for its export of wine. Monemuji (mō-ne-möʻzhe). At the time of the Portuguese discoveries in Africa, a great native kingdom between Lake Tanganyika and the east coast: probably the modern Unyamwezi. See Nyamwezi . Monet (mō-nā'), Claude. Born at Paris. A con acter in Otway's play "The Orphan": an orphan left in charge of old Acasto, and loved by both his sons, Castalio and Polydore. Though married to the former, she became the innocent victim of the latter, of suffering innocence. and her woes have made the character proverbial as a type Over the character of Monimia probably more tears have been shed than over that of any stage heroine.