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See Fulc. Fulke (fülk), William. Born at London in 1538: died Aug. 28, 1589. An English Puritan divine. He studied at Cambridge, where he subsequently lectured on the Hebrew language, He became master of Fuller, Sarah Margaret, Marchione O oli. Born at Cambridge port, Ma ., May 23, 1810: lost by shipwreck off Fire Island, near New York, July 16, 1850. A noted American writer, a member of the Transcendental school. She edited the Boston "Dial" 1840-42, and was literary critic for the New York "Tribune" 1844-46. She went to Europe in 1846, married Marquis O oli, Dec., 1847, and was in Rome during the revolution of 1848-49. Her works include "Summer on the Lakes" (1843), "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" Fuller, Thomas. Born June, 1608: died at London, Aug. 16, 1661. An English divine. He was educated at Cambridge, and was curate of the Savoy at London at the beginning of the civil war. In 1643 he joined the king at Oxford, and after the Restoration was appointed chaplain to Charles II. Among his works are "The History of the Holy Warre" (1639), "The Holy State and the Profane State" (1642), "A Pisgah-sight of Palestine" (1650), "History of the University of Cambridge" (1655), "History of the Worthies of England" (1662). Fuller's Field. A field near Jerusalem, apparently to the north, the locality of which cannot be identified. Fuller ton, Lady Georgiana. See Leveson Gower, Georgiana Charlotte . Fulton (ful'ton). A city in Call away County, Mi ouri, about 25 miles northeast of Jefferson City. Population (1900), 4,883. Fulton. A village in the township of Volney, Oswego County, New York, situated on the Oswego River 23 miles northwest of Syracuse. Population (1900), 5,281. (1845), "Papers on Art and Literature" (1846). Fulton. An American war-ship of 38 tons rating, built at New York in 1815. She was designed by Robert Fulton, and was the first war-ship to be propelled by steam. She had central paddle-wheels protected by a double hull, and relied for effective attack not on her broadside of small caliber, but upon a pivoted 100pounder columbiad. Her bow was strengthened into a She was the prototype of the modern ironclad ram. He went to with its few heavy guns and ram. Fulton, Robert. Born at Little Britain, Pa., 1765: died at New York, Feb. 24, 1815. An American engineer and inventor. London in 1786 with a view to completing his education as a portrait and landscape-painter under the instruction of Benjamin West, in whose family he remained several years. He abandoned painting in 1793, and devoted himself to civil and mechanical engineering. He removed to Paris in 1794. From 1797 to 1805 he made a number of indifferently succe ful experiments with a submarine boat and a torpedo, most of which were conducted under the patronage of the French and British governments. He launched a steamboat on the Seine in 1803, which sank from faulty construction. A new boat built with the old machinery made a succe ful trial trip on the Seine Aug. 9, 1803. Having returned to America in 1806, he built the steamboat Clermont, which began a succe ful trial trip from New York to Albany on the Hudson River, Aug. 11, 1807. This boat was followed by numerous river-steamers and ferry-boats built under his supervision. In 1815 he launched the war-steamer Fulmarried in 1806 Harriet, daughter of Walter Livings ton, by whom he had four children. Fulvia (ful'vi-ä). Died at Sicyon, Greece, 40 в. с. A Roman lady, wife of Clodius, then of Curio, and later of Mark Antony. She fomented a rising (the Perusine war) against Octavius, in 41 B. C., Fulvia. In Ben Jonson's "Cat i line," a volupin draw Antony away Egypt and Cleopatra. Furnivall Funeral of Atahualpa. A painting by the Peruvian artist Luis Montero. It represents the obsequies of the Inca sovereign at the moment when his wives rushed in lamenting his fate. The figures, both of Spaniards and Indians, are conceived and executed with great force. This painting was purchased by the Peruvian government for $20,000 and deposited in the national library, but was seized and sent to Santiago by the Chileans during the invasion of 1881. Funes (fö'nes), Gregorio. Born at Cordoba, 1749: died at Buenos Ayres, 1830. An Argentine historian. He was rector of the University of Cor dob a and dean of the cathedral. As a theologian and pulpit orator he was widely known. His most important historical work is "Ensayo de la hist or i a civil del Paraguay, Buenos Ayres y Tucuman" (3 vols. 8vo, 1816). Fünfhaus (fünf hous). A suburb of Vienna, on the southwest. Population (1890), 44,162. Fünfkirchen (fünfkirch-en), Hung. Pécs (pach). The capital of the county of Baranya, Hungary, situated in lat. 46° 6' N., long. 18°13′ E. The cathedral is an impre ive Romanesque structure with four towers, lately restored. The place was occupied by the Turks from 1543 to 1686. It has several mosques. Population (1890), 34,067. Fung-hwang, Fêng-hwang (fung'hwäng'). [Chinese.] In Chinese mythology, a fabulous bird of good omen, said to appear when a sage is about to ascend the throne, or when right principles are about to triumph throughout the empire. It is usually called the Chinese phenix , but seems, from the descriptions of it found in books, to resemble the argus-pheasant. It has not appeared since the days of Confucius. It is frequently represented on Chinese and Japanese porcelains and other works of art. Fung is the name of the male bird, and hwang of the female. Fungoso (fung-gōsō). In Ben Jonson's "Every Man out of his Humour," the extravagant son of Sordido. avaricious father in imitating the foppish Brisk. Fungus (fung'gus), Zachary. The principal character in Foote's "Commi ary." Foote played it himself. He spends all he can wring out of his Funji (fön jē). An African tribe occupying the south of Dar-Sennar, between the White Nile and Blue Nile, a wooded and well-watered mountain region. They appear on Egyptian inscriptions as Cushites, but have largely mixed with negroes. In the 16th century they formed a kingdom of their own, which lasted until the beginning of the 19th century. They trade in honey, gums, ivory, gold, tamarinds, and senna-leaves. Funk (fungk), Peter. A name given to a bogus bidder at auctions. He is employed to bid against an intending purchaser to raise the price. Furetière (für-tyar'), Antoine. Born at Paris about 1620: died there, May 14, 1688. A French lexicographer and man of letters. He wrote a dictionary of the French language (1694). "Poésies" (1666), "Fables" (1673), etc. Furia (anciently Fusia) gens (fu'ri-ä jenz). In ancient Rome, a patrician clan or house, supposed to have come from Tusculum. Its cog no mens were Aculeo, Bibaculus, Brocchus, Camillus, Cra ipes, Fusus, Luscus, Me dull in us, Pacilus, Philus, and Purpureo. Furiæ (fü'ri-e). [L., 'the Furies.'] In Roman mythology, godde es adopted from the Erinyes publication is " A Defense of sincere and true Transla tions of the Holie Scriptures into the English Tong" (1583). Fuller (fül'èr), Andrew. Born at Wicken, Cam bridges hire, Feb. 6, 1754: died at Kettering, May 7,1815. An English Baptist preacher and theologian. He wrote "The Calvin is tic and Socinian Systems Compared" (1794), "The Gospel its own Witne " (1799-1800), etc. Fuller, George. Born at Deer field, Ma ., 1822: died at Boston, March 21, 1884. An American figure and portrait-painter. In 1842 he studied with the sculptor Brown at Albany, after which he studied painting in Boston, New York, London, and on the Continent. His first public succe was attained in 1857, when he was as elected a ociate of the academy (New York). From 1860-79 he devoted himself to farming at Deer field, but in 1876 he exhibited some fifteen pictures in Boston, which gained him fame and patronage. In 1879 he exhibited at the academy (New York) "The Romany Girl" and "And She was a Witch"; in 1880 "The Quadroon" and a boy's portrait; in 1881 "Maidenhood" and "Winifred Dysart"; "Loretti" and "Priscilla Fauntleroy" (1882), "Fagot-Gatherers" (1883), "Fedalma" (1884), etc. Fuller, John Wallace. Born at Cambridge, England, 1827: died at Toledo, Ohio, March 12, 1891. An American publisher, and Union officer in the Civil War. He commanded a brigade at the battle of Iuka, Sept. 19-20, 1862; defeated For rest's cavalry at Parker's Cro Roads, Dec. 31, 1862; captured Decatur in March, 1864; took part in the Atlanta campaign; marched with Sherman to sea; and at the close of the war was brevetted major-general of volunteers. Fuller, Melville Weston. Born at August a, Maine, Feb. 11, 1833. Chief justice of the SuCourt of the United States. He was admitted to the bar in 1855, and in 1856 settled at Chicago, where he practised law until appointed chief justice by President Cleveland in 1888, degeneration. Its posed to have come from Tusculum. mens under the republic were Bambalio, Centum alus, Curvus, Flaccus, Gillo, Nacca, Nobilior, Pætin us, and Ve ratius or Neratius. Fumay (fü-mā'). A town in the department of Ardennes, France, on the Meuse 14 miles north of Mézières. Population (1891), commune, 5,065. Fumbina. See Adamawa . Funchal (fön-shäl'). A seaport and the capital of the island of Madeira, situated in lat. 32° 38′ N., long. 16° 54′ W. It is a noted health-resort, and has a cathedral. Population, about 20,000. Fundy (fun'di), Bay of. An inlet of the Atlantic, lying between New Brunswick on the northwest and Nova Scotia on the southeast. It is divided near the eastern extremity into Chignecto Bay and Minas Channel and Basin. Its tides reach a height of from 60 to 70 feet. It receives the St. John and St. Croix. Length, about 170 miles. Width, 30 to 50 miles. Fünen (fü'nen), Dan. Fyen (fü'en). An island of Denmark, lying between the Great Belt on the east and the Little Belt on the west, and forming, with Lan gel and, Æröe, and other islands, the diocese (stift) of Fünen. Capital, Odense. Area of the island, 1,125 square miles; of the diocese, 1,333 square miles. Population of the diocese, Funeral (fu'ne-ral), The, or Grief a-la-Mode. A comedy by Steele, produced in 1701, printed 256,827. in 1702. Furka, or Furca (för'kä). One of the highest practicable Alpine pa es in Switzerland, situated on the frontier of Uri and Valais. It leads from An der matt (Uri) to the hotel Gletsch (Valais). Highest point, 7,992 feet. Furnace, The. See Fornax . Furneaux (fer-no') Islands. A group of islands between Australia and Tasmania, in Ba Strait. Furnes (fürn), Flem. Veurne (ver'ne). A town in the province of West Flanders, Belgium, 16 miles southwest of Ostend. It has several interesting old buildings. Pop. (1890), 5,577. Furne (fèr'nes). A peninsula in sula in Lancashire, England, situated between the Irish Sea and More cam be Bay. The extensive ruins of Furne Alb bey are among the most picturesque of English medieval remains. A large part of the fine church survives almost complete except the vaulting, and there is a beautiful Early English chapter-house. The entrance to the ivy-draped cloisters is by three superb deeply rece ed Norman arches. Furne , Horace Howard. Born at Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1833. An American Shaksperian scholar and legal writer. He is editing a variorum of Shakspere's plays, which includes: "Romeo and Juliet" (1871), "Macbeth" (1873), "Hamlet" (1877), "King Lear" (1880), "Othello" (1886), “The Merchant of Venice" (1888), "As you Like it" (1890), "The Tempest" (1892), "Midsummer-Night's Dream (1895), "The Winter's Tale" (1898), etc. Furnivall (fèr'ni-val), Frederick James. Born at Egham, Surrey, England, Feb. 4, 1825. A noted English philologist. He studied at Cam The Century Cyclopedia of Names Furnivall bridge, where he graduated M. A. in 1849. He founded the Early English Text Society (1864), Chaucer Society, Ballad Society (1868), New Shakspere Society (1873), Brown ing Society (1881), Wyclif Society (1882), and Shelley Society (1885). He has edited a number of Early English and other works, including Walter Map's "Quest del Saint Graal," Harrison's "Description of England" (1577-87), Stubbes's "Anatomy of Abuses" (1583), a number of works for the Early English Text Society and other societies; also the "Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in seven parts (1868-75). (See Canterbury Tales .) He has IMG:content-0520.png:[blocks in formation] Fürth (fürt). A town in Middle Franc on i a, Bavaria, situated at the point where the Red- nitz and Pegnitz unite to form the Regnitz, 4 Futa-Toro (fötä-tōrō). A territory in the miles northwest of Nuremberg. It manufactures (1890), 43,206. Nuremberg wares, mirrors, and gold-leaf. Population the Senegal about lat. 15°-16° N., annexed in northern part of Sene gambia, situated south of part by France in 1860. Compare Fulah . plays. He is noted as an oarsman. He built the first nar row wager boats in 1845. He introduced Furud. See Phurud . Sculls instead of argan dim self Fury and Hecla Strait. [Named by Parry, rowed in the earliest winning crews. Furor (fu rộr). In Spenser's "Faerie Queene," wretched hag, Occasion. To tame the son the mother had a madman, typifying wrath. He is the son of a to be subdued. -Fursch-Madi (försh'mä'dē), Emma. Born near Bayonne, France, 1849: died at Warrenville, N. J., Sept. 20, 1894. A French mezzo soprano singer. She first appeared in opera at Paris in 1870, and came to the United States in 1882. From 1891 she took charge of the vocal cla es at the New York College of Music. Her last appearance was in New York