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of Scotland. Stewart, Dugald. Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 22, 1753: died there, June 11, 1828. A Scottish philosopher. He was the son of Matthew Stewart (17171785), a Scottish mathematician; was educated at Edinburgh; was a pupil of Reid at Glasgow University in 1771; became instructor in mathematics at Edinburgh in 1772, conjoint profe or of mathematics in 1775, and profe or of moral philosophy in 1785; and retired from active service in 1810. His chief works are "Elements of the Philosophy of the Philosophy" (1793), "Philosophical E ays" (1810), di ertation for the supplement of the "Encyclopædia Britannica," entitled "General View of the Progre of Metaphysical, Ethical, and Political Philosophy since the Revival of Letters" (1815-21), and "Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers" (1828). His collected works were edited by Sir William Hamilton (1854-58), with a memoir by Veitch. Stirling, James jem, Norway, where, in 1030, St. Olaf, king of Norway, was defeated and slain by the Danes. Stiles (stīlz), Ezra. Born at North Haven, Conn., Nov. 29, 1727: died at New Haven, Conn., May 12, 1795. An American Congregational clergyman, scholar, and educator. He was pastor for many years in Newport, Rhode Island, and president of Yale College from 1778. He wrote "An Account of the Settlement of Bristol" (1785), "History of Three of the Judges of Charles I." (1794), etc. of the United States 1893-. He was educated at Illinois Wesley an University and Centre College, Ken- tucky; was a member of Congre from Illinois 1875-77, 1879-81; and was first a istant postmaster-general 1885-89. Stevens on, Andrew. Born in Culpeper County, Va., 1784: died in Albemarle County, Va., Jan. 25, 1857. An American Democratic politician. He was member of Congre from Virginia 1823-34; speaker 1827-34; and United States minister to Great Britain 1836-Duke of Lennox. Born in France about 1555: 1841. Stevens on, James. Born at Maysville, Ky., 1840: died at New York city, July 25, 1888. An American ethnologist. He served in the geological survey under Hayden, and investigated the Zuñis, Moquis, Navajos, and other Indian tribes. Stevens on, Robert. Born at Glasgow, June 8, 1772: died at Edinburgh, July 12, 1850. A Scottish civil engineer. At 19 he a isted his step father, Thomas Smith, in the erection of a lighthouse on Little Cumbrae, attending Edinburgh University in the winter. In 1799 he succeeded his stepfather as engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses. Between 1797 and 1843 he built not le than 18 lighthouses, including that on the Bell Rock (1807-10). He invented intermittent and flashing lights and other contrivances. He constructed harbors, docks, breakwaters, and several important bridges. The admiralty survey was established at his suggestion. Stevens on, Robert Louis Balfour. Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 13, 1850: died at Apia, Samoa, Dec. 3, 1894. A Scottish poet, e ayist, and novelist. His father was a lighthouse engineer, a son of Robert Stevens on. He was educated at Edinburgh University, and was called to the Scottish bar, but never practised. From 1889 he resided in Samoa. He published "An Inland Voyage" (1878), "Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes" (1878), "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes" (1879), "Virgin i bus Puerisque, and other Papers" (1881), "Familiar Studies of Men and Books" (1882), "New Arabian Nights" (1882), "The Dynamiter: More Arabian Nights" (1885: with his wife), "Treasure Island" (1883), "The Silver a do Squatters" (1883), "A Child's Garden of Verse" (1885), "Prince Otto" (1885), "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886), "Kidnapped: Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour, etc." (1886), "Under woods" (1887), "The Merry Men, and other Tales" (1887), "Memoirs and Portraits" (1887), "The Black Arrow (1888), "The Master of Ballantrae" (1889), "Ballads" (1891), "The Wrecker" (with Lloyd Osborne, 1891-92), "A Foot-note to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa" (1892), "David Balfour" (1893), "Island Nights' Entertainments" (1893), "The Ebb Tide" (1894). Stevens on Road. A road constructed by the British between Lakes Nya a and Tanganyika. It is near the Anglo-German frontier (on the British side). Stevens Point (ste'venz point). The capital of Portage County, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin River. Population (1890), 7,896. at Stewart (royal family). See Stuart . Stewart (stu'ärt), Alexander Peter. Born Rogersville, Tenn., Oct. 2, 1821. A Confederate lieutenant-general. He graduated at West Point in 1842; was a istant profe or of mathematics there 1843 1845; and was profe or of mathematics at Cumber land University 1845-49, and at Nashville University 1854-55. He served in the West under Bragg, Johnston, Hood, etc. In 1868 he was appointed profe or of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Mi i ippi. Stewart, Alexander Turney. Born near Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 12, 1803: died in New York city, April 10, 1876. An American merchant and capitalist. He became established in the dry. goods busine in New York city in 1825, and acquired great wealth (about $40,000,000). He was nominated by Grant as secretary of the treasury in 1869, but was not confirmed. Stewart, Balfour. Born at Edinburgh, Nov. 1, 1828: died near Drogheda, Ireland, Dec. 19.1887. A Scottish physicist. He was educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh universities. In 1846 he entered upon a busine career in Australia. In 1853 he returned to Edinburgh, and became in 1859 director of the Kew Observatory, and in 1870 profe or of physics at Owens College, Man' chester. He is especially noted for his work on the rad i ation of heat, and as one of the founders of the method of spectrum analysis. He published "Radiant Heat" (1858), Treatise Heat Heat" (1866), "Elementary Le ons in Physics" (1870), "Elementary Treatise on Heat" (1871), "Physics Primer" (1872), and "Conservation of Energy" (1873). With Profe or Tait he published "The Unseen Universe, or Physical Speculations on a Future State" (1875), and with others "Researches in Solar Physics." Stewart, Charles. Born at Philadelphia, July 28, 1778: died at Bordentown, N. J., Nov. 6, 1869. An American admiral. He was distinguished in the cruises against French privateers 1798-1800, in the Tripoli tan War, and in the War of 1812. As commander of the Constitution he made various captures 1813-15. He Stewart, Esme, Lord of Aubigny and Earl and died at Paris, May 26, 1583. A Scottish noble, grandson of John, third earl of Lennox. His French title came from Sir John Stewart of Darnley, constable of the Scots army in the wars of Charles VII. of France. He was a favorite of James VI., who made him duke of Lennox and earl of Darnley in 1581. He secured the condemnation of Morton for the murder of Darnley. In Dec., 1582, he was expelled from Scotland for treason. Stewart, Sir Herbert. Born at Winchester, June 30, 1843: died at Gakdul, Feb. 16, 1885. An English general. He served in South Africa against the Zulus in 1879; was chief of Sir Garnet Wolseley's staff, and was quartermaster-general in the Boer war in 1881. He went to Egypt in 1882; served (then quartermaster-general of the cavalry) at Tel-el-Kebir; commanded the cavalry division under Sir Gerald Graham in 1384; and as commander of Wolseley's advance-guard in 1885 gained the victory of Abu-Klea, Jan. 17. He was mortally wounded at Gubat Jan. 19. Stewart, Robert, Earl of Fife and Duke of Albany. Born about 1340: died 1419. Younger son of Robert II. of Scotland, and brother of Robert III.: regent of Scotland from 1388, in the reign of Robert II., the greater part of the reign of Robert III., and the first part of the reign of James I. He was accused of the murder of the Duke of Rothsay. Stewart, Robert, second Marquis of London derry: known till his father's death (April 8, 1821) by the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh. Born in Ulster, Ireland, June 18, 1769: committed suicide in a fit of insanity at Foots Cray, Kent, Aug. 12, 1822. A British statesman, son of an Ulster proprietor (who was created Viscount Castlereagh in 1795, earl of London derry in 1796, and marquis of London derry in 1816). He became acting secretary for Ireland in 1797, and secretary in 1798; was instrumental in carrying the union in 1800; became president of the board of control in 1802; was secretary for war July, 1805,-Jan., 1806, and April, 1807, to Sept., 1809; planned the Portuguese (1808) and Wal. cheren (1809) expeditions; and was foreign secretary 18121822. He represented England at the congre es of Cha till on, Vienna, and Aix-la-Chapelle. Stewart Diamond, The. A large diamond found in 1872, on the claim of a Mr. Spalding, in South Africa. It weighed 2888 carats in the rough, and is of a light-yellow tinge. Stewart Island, or New Leinster (len's ter or lin's ter). The southernmost of the three principal islands of New Zealand, situated south of South Island. The surface is hilly. Pop ulation, about 150. Stewart Islands. A small group of islands in the Solomon Archipelago, Pacific Ocean. Steyne (stin), Marquis of. A brutal and cynical man of the world, in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." Steyr (stir), or Steier, or Steyer (sti'er). A town in Upper Austria, situated at the junction of the Steier with the Enns, 90 miles west by south of Vienna. It has manufactures of cutlery, firearms, etc. It was formerly the capital of a countship of Steyr, and belonged to Styria. Population (1890), 21,499. Stickeen, or Stikine (stik-en'), River, or Frances (fran's es) River. A river in British America and Alaska which flows into the Pacific east of Sitka. There are gold-mines in its vicinity. Stieler (ste'ler), Karl Joseph. Born at Mainz, Germany, Nov. 1, 1781: died at Munich, April 9, 1858. A German portrait-painter. Stiernő (ster'nė). An island of Norway, off the northern coast, about lat. 70° 30′ N. Stigand (stig'and). Died at Winchester after 1072. An English prelate. He was a favorite of Edward the Confe or, who made him (1044), bishop of of Canterbury. On the death of Harold, Stigand voted for Elmham of the East Angles, and in 1052 archbishop Edgar Æthe ling to be king. For this reason he was distrusted by William the Conqueror, who induced the Pope to deprive him of his see and to condemn him to perpetual imprisonment. Stikine, or Stikeen. See Stickeen . Stilicho (stil'i-kō), Flavius. Born about 359 A. D.: beheaded at Ravenna, Italy, Aug. 23, 408. A famous Roman general and statesman. He was the son of a Vandal chief who had entered the service of the emperor Valens. He was amba ador to Persia under Theodosius, and commander-in-chief of the army; and was the guardian and chief adviser of Honor i us and his father in-law. He carried on war against Alaric; repelled an invasion of Alaric in 403 after the battles of Pollent i a and Verona; and defeated the barbarians under Radagaisus at Fæsulæ in 406 or 405. His troops revolted at Pavia, and he fled to Ravenna and was put to death by Honor i us. Still (stil), John. Born at Grantham about 1543: died Feb. 26, 1607. An English prelate. He was a student at Christ's College, Cambridge; afterward dean of Bocking, canon of Westminster, master of St. Johns and of Trinity, vice-chancellor of Cambridge, and bishop of Bath and Wells (1593-1607). In 1570 he was Lady Margaret's profe or of divinity. He was probably the author of the comedy "Gammer Gurton's Needle" (which see). He made a large fortune in lead-mines discovered in the Mendip Hills. Stillé (stil'e), Alfred. Born at Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1813. An American physician, profe or in the Pennsylvania Medical College, and later in the University of Pennsylvania. He has published various medical works. Stillé, Charles Janeway. Born at Philadel phi a, Sept. 23, 1819. An American historian, brother of Alfred Stillé: provost of the University of Pennsylvania 1868-80. His works include "How a Free People Conduct a Long War" (1862), "Northern Interest and Southern Independence: a Plea for United Action" (1863), "History of the United States Sanitary Commi ion" (1866), "Studies in Medieval His tory" (1882), and "Beau march a is and 'the Lost Million': a Chapter of the Secret History of the American Revolution" (1886).