Popu Population (1891), 24,207

Acton, Charles Januarius Edward. Born at Naples, March 6, 1803: died there, June 23, 1847. The second son of Sir John Francis Edward Acton. He entered the service of the Pope, was made cardinal in 1842, and played an important parhin papal politics, especially in matters relating England. Acton, Eliza. Born at Battle, England, April 17, 1799: died at Hampstead, Feb. 13, 1859. An English poet and prose writer, best known as the author of "Modern Cookery" (1845). Acton, Sir John Francis Edward. Born at Besançon, France, 1736: died at Palermo, Aug. 12, 1811. An officer in the naval service of France and afterward (1799) of Tuscany, generali imo and prime minister at Naples during Adalbert Adalbert, Saint (originally Czech Vojtech (voi'tech). Born near Prague, Bohemia, about 955: martyred in West Pru ia, April 23, 997. A Bohemian prelate, bishop of Prague, called the "Apostle of the Pru ians." In 988 he abandoned Ale io his diocese and retired to the monastery of Sant Hue in devoted himself to mi ionary work among the Pru ians. Adalbert. Died 981. A German mi ionary, archbishop of Magdeburg, called the "Apostle of the Slavs." Adalbert. Died at Goslar, Pru ia, March 16, 1072. A German prelate, archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg. He attempted the formation of a northern patriarchate. Adalbert (ä'däl-bert), He in rich Wilhelm. Born at Berlin, Oct. 29, 1811: died at Karlsbad, June 6, 1873. A prince of Pru ia, son of Prince Wilhelm, the youngest brother of King Frederick William III. He entered the army as an artillery officer in 1832. In 1842 he visited southern Brazil and the Amazon and Xingù. A description of this voyage was published for private circulation, and republished in English (2 vols., London, 1849). After the revolution of 1848 he was employed in the organization of the German marine. Adalia (ä-dä'lē-ä), or Antaliyeh (än-tä'lē-ye), or Satali (sä-tä'le), or Sataliah (sä-tä'le-a). A town in the vilayet of Konieh, Asiatic Turkey, situated on the Gulf of Adalia about lat. 36° 52′ N., long. 30° 45′ E., built by Attalus II. of Pergamum, and a leading city of ancient Pamphylia: the ancient At tale i a. Population (estimated), 13,000. Adalia, Gulf of, or Pamphylian Gulf. An arm of the Mediterranean on the southern coast of Asia Minor: the ancient Pam phylic us Sinus. Adam (ad'am). [Heb. Adham .] 1. The first man; the father of the human race, according to the account of the creation in Genesis.