Elias (e-li'as)

See Elijah. Rubens (1610), in Antwerp cathedral, Belgium. The cro is being raised to position by a number of men pushing in front and others hauling by a rope behind. On the side panels are seen the holy women, soldiers, and the execution of the two thieves. 2. A painting by Van Dyck (1632), in Notre Dame at Courtrai, Belgium. Christ is already fixed on the cro , which is being put in position by four men, attended by soldiers. Elfleda, Elfsida. See Æthelf led a . Elfrida (el-frīdä). [AS. Elfthryth .] Born about 945 (?): died about 1000. The second wife of Ed- gar, king of England, whom she married about 964. She was the mother of Ethelred the Unready. El Gallo. See San Rafael . Elgin (el'gin), or Moray. A maritime county of northern Scotland, lying between Moray Firth and the North Sea on the north, Banff on the east and southeast, Inverne on the southwest, and Nairn on the west. Area, 476 square miles. Population (1891), 43,471. Elgin. The capital of Elginshire, Scotland, sit Elias Levita ("the Levite"). Born near Nuremberg, Bavaria, about 1470: died at Venice, 1549. A Hebrew scholar. He wrote a critical commentary on the biblical text "Ma oreth Ham ma or eth" (1538), etc. His full name was Elias ben Asher Halevi. Elidure (el'i-dör). A mythical king of Britain, brother of Artegal or Arthgallo. Élie de Beaumont (a-lē' de bō-môn'), Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce. Born at Canon, Calvados, France, Sept. 25, 1798: died at Canon, Sept. 22, 1874. A celebrated French geologist. He became profe or of geology at the École des Mines in 1829, and at the Collège de France in 1832, and perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1853. He published “ Carte géologique de France” (1843), "Recherches sur quelques-unes des révolutions de la surface du globe" (1829-30), "Notices sur les systèmes de montagnes" (1852), etc. Elishah in 1812 and 1813 commanded against the French in Catalonia and Valencia, winning a series of brilliant victories. In 1814 he was made governor and captain-general of Valencia and Murcia. The revolution of 1820 caused his deposition and imprisonment. Some of his friends made an armed attempt to liberate him: the plot failed, and Elío, accused of instigating it, was found guilty by a court martial and executed. Eliot (el'i-ot), Charles William. Born at Boston, Ma ., March 20, 1834. An American educator. He was graduated at Harvard in 1853, became profe or of analytical chemistry in the Ma achusetts Institute of Technology in 1865, and was chosen president of Harvard College in 1869. He has published "A Compendious Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis" (1874), etc. Eliot, George. See Cro , Mrs. Eliot, or Elliot, George August us, first Baron Heath field. Born at Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1717: died at Aix-la-Chapelle, July 6, 1790. An English general. He became in 1775 governor of Gibraltar, which he defended against the Spaniards and French 1779-83. He was raised to the peerage as Lord Heath field, baron of Gibraltar, in 1787. Eliot, Sir John. Born at Port Eliot, on the Tamar, En England, April 20, 1592: died in the Tower of London, Nov. 27, 1632. An English patriot. He was educated at Oxford, studied law in London, and in 1625, as a member of the first Parliament of Charles I., came into prominence vehemence and irresistible eloquence with which he supported the measures of the constitutional party. As the leader of the opposition in the second Parliament (1626) he was sent to prison, in company with Sir Dudley Digges, by the king; but was released, together with Sir Dudley, when Parliament refused to proceed to busine without them. In the third Parliament (1628-29) he had a principal share in drawing up the Remonstrance and the Petition of Right. He was arrested on the di olution of Parliament in 1629, and sentenced, on a charge of conspiracy against the king, to a fine of £2,000, guilt. and to imprisonment until he should acknowledge his Eliot, John. Born at Nasing, E ex, England, 1604: died at Roxbury, Ma ., May 20, 1690. A mi ionary to the Indians of Ma achusetts, surnamed "the Apostle of the Indians.” principal work is a translation of the Bible into the Indian language (1661-63). He also wrote an Indian catechism (1653) and grammar (1666). His