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Alexander John (Alexander John Cuza or Cusa). Born at Hush, Moldavia, March 20, 1820: died at Heidelberg, Baden, May 15, 1873. Prince of Moldavia and Wall a chia 1859, and of Rumania 1861: dethroned 1866. Alexander, John W. Born at Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 7, 1856. An American portrait-painter. He studied at Munich, at Paris, and in Italy, and is soc iétaire of the Beaux Arts at Paris. Alexander, Joseph Add is on. Born at Philadelphia, April 24, 1809: died at Princeton, N. J., Jan. 28, 1860. An American biblical scholar, son of Archibald Alexander, and profe or in Princeton Theological Seminary. He wrote commentaries on Isaiah (1846-47), on the Psalms (1850), and on several books of the New Testament. Alexander (ä-lek-sän'der), Ludwig Georg Fried rich Emil. Born July 15, 1823. Prince of He e, younger son of the grand duke Ludwig II. of He e-Darmstadt. He distinguished himself in the Ru ian military service, and later in the Austrian, commanding a South-German contingent against Pru ia in 1866. Alexander (al-eg-zan'dėr), Sir William. Born 1567 (1): died at London, Sept. 12, 1640. A Scottish poet and statesman, created earl of Stirling in 1633. Author of "Monarchicke Tragedies" (1603-07); "Parænesis to the Prince" (1604); "Doomesday, etc." (first part 1614), etc. He received Sept. 21, 1621, the grant of New Scotland (i. e., Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), which he transferred to De la Tour in 1630. In 1626 he was appointed secretary of state for Scotland. Alexander, William. Born at New York, 1726: died at Albany, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1783. An American major-general in the Revolutionary War, known as Lord Stirling, though his claim r-general to the Stirling title and estate was pronounced invalid by the lords' committee on privileges in March, 1762. He entered the service as colonel of a militia regiment in 1775, commanded a brigade at the battle of Long Island in 1776, where he was taken prisoner, and also served at Trenton, Brandy wine, German town, and Mon mouth. Alexander, William Lindsay. Born at Edinburgh, Aug. 24, 1808: died at Pinkie burn, near Edinburgh, Dec. 21, 1884. A Scottish Congregational clergyman and religious writer, a of Bulgaria April 29, 1879; suspended constitutional government there 1881-83; became by the revolution at Philippopolis, Sept., 1885, prince of Eastern Rumelia also; commanded in the repulse of the Servian invasion, Nov., 1885, at the battles of Slivnitza, Dragoman Pa , Tsaribrod, and Pirot; became governor-general of Eastern Rumelia April, 1886; and was overthrown by a conspiracy at Sofia Aug. 21, 1886, and abducted to Reni on the Danube. He was restored at the end of August by a counter-revolution, but abdicated in the beginning of Sept., 1886. member of the Old Testament revision committee in 1870. Alexander, Mrs. See Hector , Annie . Alexander, Campaspe, and Diogenes. A comedy by John Lyly, printed in 1584, and reprinted as "Campaspe" in that year and in 1591. It is usually known by the latter title. Alexander, Romance of. One of the most famous romances of the middle ages. Callisthenes, a companion of Alexander, wrote an account of the Asiatic expedition of Alexander, but it is lost. His name, however, is attached to a fabulous account which is supposed to have been written in Alexandria in the early part of the 3d century. There are three Latin translations of this pseudo-Callisthenes: one by Julius Valerius, before 340; the "Itinerarium Alexandri"; and the "Hist or i a de preliis," by Arch presbyter Leo; and on these Alexander, Romance of the later ones are based. It was translated into Syriac and Armenian in the 5th century. The Persians and Arabs made use of the myth, and in the 11th century Simeon Seth, keeper of the imperial wardrobe at the By. zantine court, translated it back from the Persian into the Greek. [This] was translated into Latin, and from Latin even into Hebrew, by one who wrote under the adopted name of Jos. Gori on ides, had very wide popularity, and became the groundwork of many French and English poems. Ger ald de Barri mentions the Latin version which profe ed to be by an Æsop us or a Julius Valerius, had a fictitious dedication to Const an tine the Great. In the year 1200 Gaultier de Chat ill on turned it into an Alex and reis, which was one of the best Latin poems of the Middle Ages; and, again, in 1236 Are tin us Qua lich in us turned it into Latin elegiac verse.. A score of French poets worked upon the subject, and by translation and expansion produced that romance of Alexander of which the great French exemplar was composed in or near the year by the trouvère Lambert li Cort, or le Court, of Chateau dun, and Alexandre de Paris, named usually from Paris where he dwelt, and sometimes from Bernay where he was born. There are only fragments of the earliest French poem upon this subject, written in the eleventh century in octosyllabic verse by Alberic [Aubry] of Besançon. The larger and later romance or Chanson d'Alixandre is of 22,606 lines in nine books, and the twelve-syllabled lines are of the sort now called, as is generally supposed from their use in this poem, Alexandrines. There is a six Rudolph German Alex and reis written in books by and Ulrich von Eschenbach translated the Alex and reis of Gaultier de Chat ill on. The Alexander romance was adopted in Spain, Italy, and even in Scand in a via. An admirable free translation into English metre was made in the thirteenth century by an unknown author, who has been called Adam Davie.. But few mistakes can be more obvious. Morley, English Writers, III. 286. [Lamprecht, a priest, translated the French of Aubry, or Alberic, of Besançon, into German, and called it the Alexin the 12th century (about 1130). The Alexan an der the ring fried was written about 1350. In the 15th century he again appeared as the hero of prose romances in Germany. Alexander myths are to be found in many other old French poems, and he becomes a knightly conqueror surrounded by twelve paladins. The poems do not properly form a cycle, as they are quite independent of one another.] Alexander Column. A column erected at St. Petersburg in 1832 in honor of Alexander I. The polished shaft of red granite, 84 feet high and 14 in diameter, is remarkable as the greatest modern monolith. It supports a Roman-Doric capital of bronze, on which is a die bearing a figure of an angel with the cro . The pedestal is adorned with reliefs in bronze. The total height is 154] feet. Alexander Cornel i us (kôr-nē'lius). A Greek writer of the 1st century B. C., a native either of Ephesus or of Cotiæum in Le er Phrygia: surnamed "Polyhistor" from his great learning. During the war of Sulla in Greece he was made prisoner and sold as a slave to Cornel i us Lentulus, who brought him to Rome to become pedagogue of his children. He received the Roman franchise and his gentile name either from Cornel i us Lentulus or from L. Cornel i us Sulla. He died at Lauren tum in a fire which destroyed his house. He wrote a geographico-historical account in 42 books of nearly all the countries of the ancient world, and many other works, of which only the titles and fragments have been preserved. Alexander Jagellon (jä-gel'lon). Born in IMG:content-0054.png:[blocks in formation] Alexander and the Family of Darius. An important painting by Paolo Veronese, in the National Gallery, London. Alexander's Feast. An ode by Dryden written in 1697, in honor of St. Cecilia's day. Alexander bad (äl-ek-sän'der-bäd), or Alexanders bad (äl-ek-sän'ders-bäd). A watering place in Upper Franc on i a, Bavaria, in the Fichtelgebirge 21 miles northeast of Baireuth. Alexander Archipelago. A group of islands on the coast of Alaska which includes Sitka and Prince of Wales islands. Alexander I. Land. A region in the South Polar lands, about lat. 70° S., long. 75° W. Alexandra (al-eg-zan'drä). Died in 69 в. с. Queen of Judea from 78 B. C. to 69 в. с., con ceeded. sort of Alexander Jannæus whom she sucAlexandra (Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julie). Born at Copenhagen, Dec. 1, 1844. Daughter of Christian IX. of Denmark and wife of Albert Edward, prince of Wales, whom she married March 10, 1863. Alexandra. The queen of the Amazons in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." Alexandra. The 54th asteroid, discovered by Goldschmidt at Paris, Sept. 10, 1858. Alexandra Land. A vast region of Australia under the administration of South Australia, regarded as the same as the Northern Territory, or as that part of it which is included between lat. 16°-26° S. and long. 129°-138° E. Alexandre (äl-ek-son'dr), Aaron. Born at Hohenfeld, Bavaria, about 1766: died at London, Nov. 16, 1850. A German che -player, author of "Encyclopédie des échecs" (1837). Alexandre le Grand (äl-ek-son'dr le gron). A tragedy by Racine, produced in 1665. It was the cause of a serious quarrel between Molière and Racine, who both loved the same woman, an actre who played the part of Axiane. Alexandretta (al-eg-zan-dret'ä), Turk. Skanderun, or Iskanderun (from Arab. Iskan der , Alexander (the Great)). A seaport in the vilayet of Adana, Asiatic Turkey, on the Gulf of Iskanderun in lat. 36° 35' N., long. 36° 10′ E., founded by Alexander the Great in 333 в. с. Alexandria (al-eg-zan'dri-ä), Arab. Iskanderiyeh. A famous seaport of Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B. c. (whence its name). It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the Delta on the strip of land which lies between the Mediterranean and Lake Mareotis. The modern city oc Alexis measured 270 by 404 feet in plan, and had on three sides long halls, with columns, inside of which were smaller sub ornamental marbles, and the vaults ornamented with gla mosaics. It is believed to date from the reign of Hadrian. divisions. The walls of the interior were incrusted with Alexandria. A town in southern Rumania, 50 miles southwest of Bukharest. Population (1889–90), 12,308. Alexandria. A small manufacturing town in Dumb art on shire, Scotland, situated on the Leven 15 miles northwest of Glasgow. Alexandria. The capital of Rapides parish. Louisiana, situated on Red River 100 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. A Federal squadron in Banks's expedition pa ed the rapids here, May, 1864, by means of a dam built by Lieutenant-Colonel Bailey. Population (1890), 2,861. Alexandria. A town in Jefferson County, New York, situated on the St. Lawrence 32 miles southwest of Ogdensburgh. Population (1890), 3,601. Alexandria. The capital of Douglas County, Minnesota, 125 miles northwest of St. Paul. Population (1890), 2,118. Alexandria. A city, port of entry, and the capital of Alexandria County, Virginia, situated on the Potomac 7 miles south of Washington. It was entered by Federal troops May 24, 1861. Population (1890), 14,339. Alexandrian Codex, L. Codex Alex and rin us. An important manuscript of the Scriptures now in the British Museum, sent to Charles I. of England by the Patriarch of Constantinople. It is written in Greek uncials on parchment, and contains the Septuagint version of the Old Testament com plete, except parts of the Psalms, and almost all the New Alexandrian Saga. See Alexander , Romance of. Alex and rin a (al-eg-zan-drī'nä), Lake. See Testament. a igned to the 5th century. Victoria , Lake . Alexandrine War. A war (48-47 в. с.) between Julius Cæsar and the guardians of Ptolemy (elder brother of Cleopatra), in Egypt. It resulted in favor of Cæsar, who placed Cleopatra and her younger brother (the elder having died) on the Egyptian throne. Alexandroff. See Alexandrov . Alex andro pol (äl-ek-sän-dro'pol), or Alexandrapol (äl-ek-sän-drä'pol), formerly Gumri. A town in the government of Erivan, Transcaucasia, Ru ia, situated on the Arpa 35 miles northeast of Kars. It is an important military post. Here, 1853, the Ru ians defeated the Turks. Population (1891), 24,230. Alexandrov, or Alexandroff (ä-lek-sän'drof). A town in the government of Vladimir, Ru ia, 60 miles northeast of Moscow. Population, 5,692. Alexandrovsk (äl-ek-sän'drofsk). A town in the government of Yekaterinoslaff, Ru ia, situated near the Dnieperin lat. 47° 47′ N., long. 35° 20′ E. Population, 15,079. Alexandrovsky (äl-ek-sän-drof's ke) Mountain-range running east and duke of Lithuania, second son of Casimir of Poland. He succeeded to the grand duchy at the death of his father in 1492, and was elected king of Poland at the death of his brother John Albert in 1501. He married Helena, daughter of Ivan III. of Ru ia, but was almost ince antly at war with his father-in-law. In his reign the laws of Poland were codified by John Laski. Alexander Karageorgevitch (kä-rä-ga-or'gevich). [ Karageorgevitch , son of Black George. See Czerny .] Born at Topola, Servia, 11, 1806: died at Temesvar, Hungary, May 2, 1885. A son of Czerny George, elected prince of Servia in 1842 and deposed in 1858. He was succeeded by Prince Milosch Obrenovitch, who was in turn succeeded by his son Michael in 1860. Alexander made repeated attempts to regain the throne, and was accused of complicity in the murder of Prince Michael in 1868 and imprisoned, but was soon pardoned. Alexander Nevski (nef's ki), Saint. Born at Vladimir, Ru ia, 1219: died Nov. 14, 1263. A Ru ian national hero and patron of St. Petersburg, prince of Novgorod and grand duke of Vladimir. He defeated the Swedes in 1240 on the Izhora, a southern affluent of the Neva (whence his surname Nevski), and the Livonian Knights on the ice of Lake Peipus, 1242. He is commemorated in the Ru ian Church