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Chaucer. IMG:content-0408.png:[blocks in formation] Fattore, Il. See Penni. Fatwa (fut'wa). A town in Bengal, British India, situated on the Ganges at its junction with the Pumpun, near Patna. Faubourg St.-Antoine, St.-Germain, etc. See St. - Antoine , etc. Faucher (fo-shā'), Léon. Born at Limoges, France, Sept. 8, 1803: died at Marseilles, Dec. 14, 1854. A French economist and politician, a leading advocate of free trade. He was min- ister of public works and of the interior 1848-49, and minister of the interior in 1851. His chief works are "Recherches sur l'or et sur l'argent" (1843), "Etudes sur l'Angleterre" (1845). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Father of Epic Poetry, The. Homer. Father of French History, The. André Du chesne. Father of German Literature, The. Le ing. Works. A surname of Mo- hammed II., sultan of Turkey. Father of Greek Music, The. Terpander. Father of Greek Tragedy, Tragedy, The. T Æschylus. Father of History, The. Hero dot us. Father of Jester Jests, The The. Joseph Miller. Father of Letters, The. Francis I. of France: so named as a patron of literature. Father of Lies, The. Satan. Father of Medicine, dicine, The. Hippo crates. Father of Moral Philosophy, The. Thomas A quinas.