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In 1883 he went to France and became (1834) and later of constitutional law at the Law School. He was made a peer in 1839, and was in the service of the French government under Guizot 1840-45. He was appointed French amba ador at Rome in 1845, and became spere's "Macbeth." Ro e (ros'e), Earl of. See Parsons , William . Ro ellino (ros-sel-lē'nō), Antonio (real name Gambarelli). Born about 1427: died about 1497. A Florentine sculptor, brother of Bernardo Ro ellino. He is said to have studied with Donatello, and po e ed great delicacy of treatment. Among his works is the noble monument to Cardinal Portogallo in San Mini a to at Florence, executed in 1461. The Duke of Amalfi was so delighted with this monument that he ordered Antonio to make one like it for the Church of Monte Olive to in Naples, in memory of his wife, Mary of Aragon. M. Bode supposes that this monument was made by Benedetto di Majano under the direction of Antonio. He also made the sarcophagus of St. Mar cell in us at Forli, and a beautiful medallion of the Virgin and Child in the Museo Nazionale, Florence. Ro ellino, Bernardo. Born 1409: died about 1464. A Florentine sculptor and architect. Hewas the eldest of the family of Matteo di Domenico Gambarelli, which gave five sculptors to Tuscany (Bernardo, Domenico, Maso, Giovanni, and Antonio). Two of these, Bernardo and Antonio, were artists of great ability. Bernardo was a disciple of Albert i, and attained special eminence as an architect in the service of Pope Nicholas V. It was through his agency that this Pope, who restored the falling edifices of ancient Rome and reconstructed St. Peter's and the Vatican, built palaces at Orvieto and Spoleto, and princely baths at Viterbo. After the death of Nicholas and his succe or Calixtus III., Bernardo found an equally zealous patron in Pius II., whose chief aim was the embellishment of his native town, Cosign a no, to which he gave the name pénal" (1829), "Cours d'économie politique" (1840-54), etc. Ro ignol (ros-sēn-yōl'), Lake. A lake in the southwestern part of Nova Scotia, 17 miles north of Liverpool. Its outlet is the Mersey. Length, 12 miles. Ro ini (ros-sēnē), Gioachino Antonio. Born at Pesaro, Italy, Feb. 29, 1792: died at Paris, Nov. 13, 1868. A celebrated Italian operatic composer. He was of humble birth, and was early apprenticed to a smith. He began to take regular le ons in music, and played the horn in a theater at Bologna when he was about 13. In 1807 he entered a cla in counterpoint at the Liceo, and a little later studied the violoncello. In 1808 a cantata by him was performed in public, and before 1823 he had written twenty operas, most of them after 1815, at which time he became director of the San Carlo and Del Fondo theaters at Naples. In 1821 he married Isabella Colbran and went to Vienna (1822), where he had much succe in spite of opposition. He visited London in 1823, where he was warmly received, and soon went to Paris, where he was made director of the Théâtre It alien for 18 months. Here he brought out a number of his operas as well as Meyer beer's "Croci a to. He was retained in the king's service, and in 1829 produced "Guillaume Tell," his greatest work. He retired in 1836 to Bologna, and devoted himself to the encouragement of the Liceo. In 1842 his "Stabat Mater" was first given complete. In 1847 he went to Florence, and in 1855 to Paris, where at his villa at Pa y he was the center of a brilliant circle till his death. Toward the end of his life he wrote little but pianoforte music. His operas include "Tancredi" (1813), "Elisabetta" (1815), "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" (1816), Ro ini "Otello" (1816), "La Cenerentola" (1817), "La Gazza Ladra" (1817), "Armida" (1817), "La Donna del Lago" (1819), "Maometto Secondo" (1820), "Zelmira" (1821), "Semiramide" (1823), and "Guillaume Tell" (1829). He also wrote "Mosè in Egitto" (1818: an oratorio), "Stabat Mater" (1842), and "Me e Solennelle" (1864), etc. 1867. A noted German Protestant theologian, profe or at Heidelberg from 1854. His chief work is "Theolog is che Ethik" ("Theological Ethics," 1845-48: revised ed. 1867-71). His other works include "Die Anfange der christ lichen Kirche" ("The Beginnings of the Christian Church," 1837), "Zur Dogmatik" (1863), etc. Ro iter (ros'i-ter), Thomas Pritchard. Born at New Haven, Conn., 1817: died at Cold Spring, N. Y., May 17, 1871. An American his-tou'ber). A town in Middle Franc on i a, Bava- torical painter. He began the practice of his profes sion in 1838, and in 1840-41 studied at London and Paris, and from 1841 to 1846 at Rome, sketching in the summer in Germany and Switzerland. He was elected national academician in 1849, and made another extended tour of Europe in 1853-56. Many of his paintings are drawn from the life of Christ and other scriptural subjects: he also painted "Washington's First Cabinet," "The Home of Washington" (with Mignot), "Representative Merchants," etc. Ro mä ler (ros'mās-ler), Emil Adolf. Born at Leipsic, March 3, 1806: died there, April 8, 1867. A German naturalist and popular writer. His chief work is "Ikonographie der europäischen Landund Su was ser moll us ken" ("Iconography of European Land and Fresh-water Mollusks," 1835-56). Ro -shire. See Ro . Rostam. See Rustam . Rostock (ros'tok). A seaport in MecklenburgSchwerin, situated on the estuary of the Warnow. in lat. 54° 5' N., long. 12° 8' E. It is the principal place in Mecklenburg, and one of the chief ports of the Baltic, and has a trade in grain, herrings, timber, oil, etc. St. Peter's Church and some of the other churches are notable. Blücher was born and Grotius died there. The university, founded in 1419, was temporarily trans ferred to Greifswald from 1437 to 1443, and (in part) to Butzow from 1760 to 1789: it had 523 students in 18961897, and a library of about 307,000 volumes. Rostock is an ancient Wendish town. It belonged to the Hansa until 16:30. Population (1890), 44,409. Rostoff (ros-tof'). A town in the government of Yaroslaff, situated on Lake Nero 125 miles northeast of Moscow. It was founded in the early middle ages; was the seat of a principality annexed by