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Henry IV. united it with the French crown. ulation (1891), commune, 6,371. Limp, Sir Luke. The principal character in Foote's play of "The Lame Lover," played by himself. Limpopo (lim-pō'pō). A river in southern Africa, forming part of the northern boundary of the Transvaal Colony, and flowing into the Indian Ocean near lat. 25° S. Length, estimated, about 900 miles. Also called Bempe , Crocodile River , Ouri , Inhampura , etc. Linacre (lin'a-ker), Thomas. Born probably at Canterbury, England, about 1460: died at London, Oct. 20, 1524. A noted English physician and cla ical scholar, the projector and one of the founders of the College of Physicians in London, and the founder of lectureships at Oxford and Cambridge. He was elected fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1484, and traveled and studied in Italy, taking the degree of M. D. at Padua. He returned to Oxford, and had among his pupils in Greek More and Erasmus. Soon after Henry VIII. came to the throne, Linacre was appointed one of his physicians, and thereafter lived chiefly in London. He received priest's orders in 1520. He published grammatical works and translations, especially of Galen, from Greek into Latin. Linares (lē-nä'res). 1. An interior province of Chile. Area, 3,488 square miles. Population (1891), estimated, 116,656.-2. The capital of the province of Linares, situated 90 miles northeast of Concepcion. Population (1885), 7,711. Linares. A town in the province of Jaen, southern Spain, 29 miles north-northeast of Jaen: probably the ancient Silpia. It is the center of a copper and lead-mining region. Population (1887), 29,692. Linares (lē-nä'res), José Maria. Born at Potosí, July 10, 1810: died at Val para i so, Chile, 1861. A Bolivian statesman. He was minister of the interior under Santa Cruz; president of the senate and acting president of the republic 1848; and in 1857 was elected president. His rule was progre ive, but he was deposed by a revolution Jan., 1861. Lincei (lin-cha'ē), The. ['Lynxes.'] An Italian academy, founded in the latter part of the 16th century by Frederic Cesi, the son of the Duke of Acqua Sparta. Its special object was the study of science, and its members called themselves the Lynxes from their desire to pierce into the depths of truth. Porta, Galileo, Colonna, and others were members. Lincoln (ling'kon). A maritime county of England, next to Yorkshire the largest in the country. It is bounded by Yorkshire (separated by the Humber) on the north, the North Sea on the east, Norfolk on the southeast, Cambridge and North amp ton on the south, Rutland on the southwest, Leicester and Notts on the west, and Yorkshire on the northwest. The surface is generally level. It is partly occupied by the Fens (drained Lincoln. The capital of Lincoln shire, England, situated on the With am in lat. 53° 14′ N., long. 0° 33′ W.: the Roman Lindum Coloni a, or simply Lindum. The cathedral is a grand building, founded in the 11th century, but rebuilt in the end of the 12th and the first half of the 13th. The exterior is characterized by its 3 square towers - the central tower 262 feet high, and the 2 of the west front 200 feet high. The west front has 3 great arches corresponding to the nave and aisles, around which and in front of the towers is built a wide arcaded screen flanked by turrets. The gable between the towers is very richly ornamented. The portals are Norman. The square east end and the lateral elevations, with their double transepts, are of beautiful Early English. The imposing interior is for the most part Early English. The choir, inclosed by a Decorated screen, is Early English except the 5 easternmost bays (finished 1280), which constitute the celebrated Angel Choir, so called from its sculptured figures of angels. The stalls are of the 14th century. The dimensions of the cathedral are 480 by 80 feet; length of western transepts, 220 feet; height of vaulting, 82. The cloister and chapter-house are of the 13th century. The city contains many medieval buildings of interest. It has some trade and manufactures agricultural implements. It was important in the Roman and Saxon periods, and was a chief town of the Danelagh. Stephen captured its castle, and was defeated near it by partizans of Matilda in 1141. The castle was taken by the barons in 1216, and by the Parliamentarians in 1644. Population (1891), 41,491. Lincoln. A city and the capital of Logan County, central Illinois, 28 miles northeast of Springfield. It is the seat of Lincoln University (Cumber land Presbyterian). Pop. (1900), 8,962. Lincoln. The capital of Nebraska and of Lancaster County, situated on Salt Creek, lat. 40° 49′ N., long. 96° 46′ W. It is the seat of the State university; is a railroad center; and has a trade in grain and cattle. It was settled in 1867. Population (1900), 40,169. Lincoln, Abraham. Born in Hard in County, Ky., Feb. 12, 1809: died at Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. The sixteenth President of the United States. He was descended from a Quaker family, of English origin, residing in the middle of the 18th century in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky about 1780. His father, Thomas Lincoln, settled with his family in Indiana in 1816, and in Illinois in 1830. His mother was Nancy Hanks, Thomas Lincoln's first wife. He left his soon after settling in Illinois, and after fol lowing various occupations, including those of a farm laborer, a salesman, a merchant, and a surveyor, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and began the practice of law at Springfield in 1837. He served first as a captain and after ward as a private in the Black Hawk war in 1832; was a Whig member of the Illinois State legislature 1834-42; and was a Whig member of Congre from Illinois 1847 1849. In 1858, as Republican candidate for United States senator, he held a series of joint discu ions throughout Illinois with the Democratic candidate, Stephen A. Douglas, in which he took a pronounced stand against the institution of slavery. This debate attracted the attention of the country, and in 1860 he was nominated as candidate for President by the Republican party. The disunion of the Democratic party secured for him an easy victory. He received 180 electoral votes against 72 for John C. Breckenridge, candidate of the Southern Democrats; 39 for John Bell, candidate of the Constitutional Union party; and 12 for Stephen A. Douglas, candidate of the Northern Democrats; and was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. His election was the signal for the sece ion, one after another, of the slave States of the South, and for the organization of the Confederate States (which see). Hostilities began with an attack by the Sece ionists of South Carolina on the Federal troops at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. The fort surrendered on the 13th. On the 15th a call was i ued by the President for 75,000 volunteers, and the control of events pa ed from the cabinet to the camp. (See Civil War .) He proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports April 19, 1861; and Sept. 22, 1862, i ued a procla mation emancipating all slaves in States or parts of States which should be in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863. He was reelected president by the Republican party in 1864, receiv. ing 212 electoral votes against 21 for George B. McClellan, candidate of the Democratic party. He began his second term of office March 4, 1865. He entered Richmond with the Federal army April 4, 1865, two days after the flight of the Confederate government; and was occupied with plans for the reconstruction of the South when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, Washington, April 14, 1865, and died on the following day. Numerous biographies of Lincoln have been published, the most compre hensive of which is that by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay (1890). Lincoln, Benjamin. Born at Hingham, Ma ., Jan. 24,1733: died there, May 9,1810. An American general. He served through the Revolution; unsucce fully besieged Savannah in 1779; and surrendered war 1781-84, and suppre ed Shays's rebellion in 1787. Lincoln, Earls of. See Lacy and Clinton . Lincoln, Enoch. Born at Worcester, Ma ., Dec. 28, 1788: died at August a, Maine, Oct. 8, 1829. An American politician and author, son of Levi Lincoln. He was governor of Maine 1827-29. Lincoln, Fair of. A battle fought at Lincoln, England, 1217, in which the Earl of Pembroke defeated the French under Louis, son of Philip II. to British 1780. was secretary of IMG:content-0711.png:[blocks in formation] Lincoln, Mount. A peak of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, northeast of Leadville. On its summit is a meteorological station. Height, 14,297 feet. Lincoln, Robert Todd. Born at Springfield, III., Aug. 1, 1843. An American politician, son of Abraham Lincoln, secretary of war 1881-85 and minister to England 1889-93. Lincoln College. A college of the University of Oxford. It was founded by Richard Fleming, bishop of Lincoln, in 1427, as a defense of the Catholic faith against heretical opinions; and refounded in 1478 by Thomas Rother am, bishop of Lincoln, later lord chancellor of Eng. land and archbishop of York. Lincoln's Inn. One of the London Inns of Court. It takes its name from the Earl of Lincoln who built his town house here in the 14th century, on property originally belonging to the Black Friars. See Inns of Court . Lincoln's Inn Fields. The largest square in London. It is near the junction of High Holborn and Chancery Lane, and is surrounded by lawyers' offices, Lincoln's Inn, the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Soane Museum. It was laid out by Inigo Jones. The spot for merly bore an evil reputation. Babington and other conspirators for Mary Queen of Scots were "hanged, bowelled, and quartered" here in 1586, and William, Lord Ru ell, unjustly suffered for high treason here in 1683. See Lin Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. A theater formerly standing on the south side of Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was built by Christopher Rich and opened by John Rich in 1714. In 1734 Italian operas were given here. In 1756 it was converted into barracks and used for other purposes till 1848, when it was demolished to make room for an addition to the College of Surgeons. Two other theaters near its site, the Duke's Theatre (1662-71) and the theater in Little Lincoln's Inn Fields (1695-1705), are sometimes confounded with it. Lind (lind), Jenny (Madame Goldschmidt). Born at Stockholm, Oct. 6, 1820: died at Wynd's Point, Malvern, Nov. 2, 1887. A famous Swedish singer. She first appeared at the royal theater, Stockholm, as Agatha in "Der Freischütz," March 7, 1838; studied in Paris 1840-42; returned to Stockholm 1842-44; studied and sang in Germany 1844-47; and sang in England 1847-48, and in America 1850-52. She was married to Otto Goldschmidt, a musical conductor and composer, in Boston, Feb. 5, 1852. From 1883-86 she was profe or of singing at the Royal College of Music. Linda brides (lin'da-bridz). A character in the "Mirror of Knighthood." She is often mentioned by old writers. From her celebrity Linda brides became with them a common name for a mistre or a courtezan. Linda di Chamouni (lēn ́dä dē shä-möʼni). An opera by Donizetti, first produced at Vienna 1842. Lindau (lin'dou). A town in Swabia, Bavaria, situated on two islands in Lake Con stance, in lat. 47° 33′ N., long. 9° 42′ E. Formerly a free imperial city, it pa ed to Bavaria in 1805. It is a favorite summer resort. Population (1890), 5,349. Lindau, Paul. Born at Magdeburg, Pru ia, June 3, 1839. A German critic, dramatist, and novelist. Lindau, Rudolf. Born at Gardelegen, Pru ia, Oct. 10, 1830. A German novelist, journalist, and miscellaneous writer, brother of Paul Lindau. Linde (lin'de), Samuel Bogumil. Born at Thorn, Pru ia, 1771: died at Warsaw, Aug. 8, 1847. A Polish lexicographer. He published a dictionary of the Polish language (6 vols. 18071814). Linden (lin'den). A manufacturing suburb of Hannover, Pru ia. Population (1890), 28,035. Lindesey. See Lindsey . Lindesnäs. See Naze , The . Lindisfarne. See Holy Island . Lindley (lind'li), John. Born at Catton, near Norwich, Feb. 5, 1799: died Nov. 1, 1865. A noted English botanist and horticulturist, pro fe or botany in the University of London (University College) 1829-60. He wrote "Synopsis of the British Flora" (1829), "Key to Structural and Systematic Botany" (1835: enlarged as the "Elements of Botany' 1841), "The Theory of Horticulture” (1840: enlarged as The Theory and Practice of Horticulture" 1842), "The Vegetable Kingdom" (1846), etc. He was the editor of the Botanical Register" (1826), of the "Journal of the Horticultural Society" (1846-55), and of the "Gardeners' Chronicle" (1841-65). Lindo (lēn dō), Juan. A Central-American politician, president of Salvador for a short time (1841-42), and president of Honduras Jan.. 1847, to March, 1852. He subdued a revolt attempted by Guardiola in 1850. Lindor (lin'dôr). A poetical name for a lover, usually a shepherd lover. Lindpaintner (lint' pint-ner), Peter Joseph von. Born at Coblenz, Pru ia, Dec. 8, 1791: died at Nonnenhorn, Lake Con stance, Aug. 21, 1856. A German composer. Lindsay (lin'zā). The capital of Victoria County, Ontario, Canada, situated on the Scugog 56 miles northeast of Toronto. Population (1901), 7,003. Lindsay, Alexander. Died 1454. A Scottish noble, fourth earl of Crawford, surnamed "the Tiger Earl" and "Earl Beardie," made hereditary sheriff of Aberdeen in 1446, and warden of the Marches in 1451. He raised a force against James II., after the murder of his ally the Earl of Douglas (Feb. 21, 1452), but was defeated at Brechin May 18, 1452. Lindsay, Alexander. Died June 5, 1607. A Scottish noble, created Lord Spynie in 1590, second of the tenth earl of Crawford, and vice-chamberlain to James VI. He was accidentally slain while endeavoring to stop a quarrel between two kinsmen. His death is the subject of an old ballad. Lindsay, Alexander. Born Jan. 18, 1752: died near Wigan, Lancashire, May 27, 1825. A Scottish noble, sixth earl of Balcarres from 1768 and twenty-third earl of Crawford from 1808, made general of the British army in 1803. He served as commander of an infantry battalion at Ticonderoga, July 7, 1777, and was involved in Burgoyne's surrender, remaining a prisoner until 1779. In 1793 (then major-general) he was appointed commander of the forces in Jersey, and in 1794 governor of Jamaica, where he remained till 1801. He engaged in a duel with Benedict Arnold, but refused to shoot in his turn, preferring, as he said, to leave Arnold "to the Lindsay, or Lyndsay, Sir David. Born 1490: died before April 18, 1555. A Scottish poet, executioner. appointed Lyon king at arms about 1529. He was the son of David Lyndsay of the Mount in Mon i mail, Fife, and of Garmylton, near Hadding ton. He was the author of "The Dreme," "The Complaynt to the King" (1529), "The Complaynt of Bagsche, the Kingis auld Hound, to Bawtie, the Kingis best belovit Dog" (a satire on the court), "Ane Satyre of the Three Estaits" (1540: a dramatic poem satirizing abuses in church and state, acted again in 1555), "The Monarchie" (1543: his last and longest poem), "The Register of the Arms of the Scottish Nobility and Gentry" (first published in 1821), "Kittie's Confe ion"(a satire on the confe ional), etc. He was a reformer before the Reformation, and an advocate for the "common weil" before the word commonwealth had a place in English speech.