Fokien

See Fuhkien. Fokshani (fok-shä'ne). A city in Rumania, situated on the river Milkov in lat. 45° 45′ N., long. 27° 10' E. Here the Austrians and Ru ians under Coburg and Suvaroff defeated the Turks, July 31, 1789. Population, 17,039. Folard (fo-lär'), Jean Charles, Chevalier de. Born at Avignon, France. Feb. 13, 1669: died at Avignon, March 23, 1752. A French soldier and military writer. He wrote "His to ire de Polybe avec comment a ires" (1727-30: best edition 1753), "Nouvelles découvertes sur la guerre" (1724), etc. Földvár (feld vär). See Duna - Földvár . Folengo (fo-len'gō), Teofilo: pseudonym Merlino Coccajo. Born at Cipada, a former village near Mantua, Italy, Nov. 8, 1491: died at Santa Croce di Campese, near Ba ano, Dec. 9, 1544. An Italian poet, especially noted as an early and succe ful cultivator of macaronie verse. He became a Benedictine at sixteen years of age, but abandoned the order for a wandering and licentious life in 1515, returning to it again about 1533. Foley (fo'li), John Henry. Born at Dublin, May 24, 1818: died at Hampstead, near London, Aug. 27, 1874. An Irish sculptor. Among more notable statues are those of and Caractacus, and the equestrian statues of Canning, Hardinge, and Outram. Folgefond (fol'ge-fon). A plateau of ice and snow in southwestern Norway, near the Hard anger Fjord, in lat. 60° N. Height, 3,0005,000 feet. Folger (föl'jer), Charles James. Born at Nantucket, Ma ., April 16, 1818: died at Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1884. An American jurist and politician. He was judge of the New York Court of Ap peretary of the nited States treas sury 1881-84, under President Arthur. He was defeated candidate for governor of New York in 1882 (by Cleveland) by a majority of nearly 200,000. Foligno (fo-lēn'yō), or Fuligno (fö-lēn'yō). A cathedral town in the province of Perugia, Italy, 19 miles southeast of Perugia: the ancient Fulginium or Fulginia. Population (1881), 8,753. Folio (fo'liō), Tom. The name in the "Tatler," No. 158, under which Add is on is said to have introduced Thomas Rawlinson. Foliot (fol'i-ot), Gilbert. Died in 1187. An English prelate. After having been succe ively prior of Cluny, prior (?) of Abbeville, and abbot of Gloucester, he was appointed bishop of Here ford in 1147, and in 1163 was translated to the see of London. He was a favorite of Henry II. and a bitter opponent of the primate Thomas Becket, by whom he was twice excommunicated. Folkes (folks), Martin. Born at London, Oct. 29, 1690: died June 28, 1754. An English antiquary, and writer on numismatics. Folk est one, or Folk stone (fōk's ton). A seaport and watering-place in Kent, England, sit uated on the Strait of Dover 7 miles west-southwest of Dover. It is the terminus of a steam-packet route to Boulogne. It was the birthplace of Dr. William