Swedish anatomist, son of A

J. Retzius: pro fe or of anatomy physiology at Stockholm. Retzius, Anders Johan. Born 1742: died 1821. A Swedish botanist, profe or at Lund. Retzsch (retsh), Moritz. Born at Dresden, Dec. 9, 1779: died there, June 11, 1857. A German etcher and painter. He illustrated works of Goethe, Schiller, etc. Reuben (rö'ben). [Heb., prob. 'behold! a son.] eldest son of Jacob and Leah.-2. One of the tribes of Israel, descended from Reuben. Its territory lay east of the Dead Sea and dan, south of Gad, and north of Moab. Reuben and Simeon, whom it was soon difficult to dis. cern from Moab, Edom, and the Arabs of the desert, disappeared at an early period as tribes. They were considered, like that of Levi, as sporadic tribes dispersed through the rest of Israel.