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died in Goochland, Va., Aug. 19, 1880. An See Sacred Mount . Sechuen. See Szechuen. Seckendorff (zek'en-dorf), Count Fried rich He in rich von. Born at Königsberg, Franc on i a, July 5, 1673: died at Meuselwitz, Germany, Nov. 23,1763. An Austrian general and diplomatist, nephew of V. L. von Seckendorff. He became amba ador in Berlin in 1726; defeated the French at Klauzen Oct. 20, 1735; commanded against the Turks in 1737; and was in the Bavarian service 1740-45. Seckendorff, Veit Ludwig von. Born at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Dec. 20, 1626: died Dec. American He was Democratic member of Congre from Virginia 1845-47 and 1849-51, and was afterward Confederate congre man and secretary of war. Seddon, Thomas. Born at London, Aug. 28, 1821: died at Cairo, Nov. 23, 1856. An English landscape-painter. In 1852 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy. In 1853 he joined Holman Hunt at Cairo, and devoted himself to topographical landscape in the East. He exhibited "The Pyramids" and "Jerusalem" in 1854, and returned to Cairo in 1856. Sedgemoor (sej'mör). A locality in Somerset, England, near Bridgwater. Here, July 6, 1685, the Royalists under Fever sham defeated the forces of the Sedgemoor Duke of Mon mouth. The battle (which has been called the last battle in England) resulted in the overthrow and capture of Mon mouth. Sedgwick (sej'wik), Adam. Born at Dent, Yorkshire, 1785: died at Cambridge, Jan. 25, 1873. An English geologist. He graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1808, and was elected fel. low in 1809. In 1818 he became Woodward i an profe or of geology at Cambridge. His principal discoveries were in the Paleozoic strata of Devons hire and Cornwall, and the Permian of the northwest of England. Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. Born at Stock bridge, Ma ., Dec. 28, 1789: died near Roxbury, Ma ., July 31, 1867. An American novelist and miscellaneous writer, daughter of Theodore Sedgwick. Her works include "A New Eng. land Tale" (1822), "Redwood" (1824), "Hope Leslie, etc." (1827), "Clarence, etc." (1830), "The Linwoods, or Sixty Years Since in America" (1835), "Live "Live and Let Live" (1837), "Means and Ends, etc." (1838), "Letters from Abroad, etc." (1841), "Married or Single" (1857), etc. Sedgwick, John. Born at Cornwall, Conn., Sept. 13, 1813: killed at the battle of Spottsylvania, May 9, 1864. An American general. He graduated at West Point in 1837; served in the Seminole and Mexican wars; and was a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry at the beginning of the Civil War. He served in the Army of the Potomac as commander of brigade and division until Feb., 1863, when he obtained command of the 6th army corps. He distinguished himself at the battles of Fair Oaks, Savage's Station, and Glendale; was severely wounded at Antietam; and took a leading part in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilder ne , Sedgwick, Theodore. Born at West Hartford, Conn., 1747: died at Boston, Jan. 24, 1813. An American Federalist politician and jurist. He served in the Revolution; was a delegate to the Continental Congre from Ma achusetts 1785-86; was member of Congre from Ma achusetts 1789-96; was United States senator 1796-99 (and president pro tempore ); was member of Congre and speaker 1799-1801; and was judge of the Ma achusetts Supreme Court 1802-13. Sedley (sed'li), Amelia. The foolish daughter of a broken-down London stockbroker, in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." She marries George Osborne, whom she adores, and after his death Captain Dobbin, who has long adored her. She is the antithesis of Becky Sharp. Sedley, Catherine, Counte of Dor chester. Died 1717. The daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, and the mistre of James II. Sedley, Sir Charles. Born in Kent, 1639: died Aug. 20, 1701. A wit, poet, and dramatist of the Restoration. His first comedy, "The Mulberry Garden," was published in 1668. He also wrote "Antony and Cleopatra" (1677), "Bell amir a, etc." (1678), "Beauty the Conqueror" (1702), "The Grumbler" (1702), and "The Tyrant King of Crete" (1702). He sat in Parliament for New Romney, and took an active part in politics. His life was scandalous, and he is remembered as excusing him self for the part he took in the Revolution by saying that, "as James II. had made his [Sedley's] daughter a counte [see above), he could do no le than endeavour to make the king's daughter queen." Sedley, Joseph. A collector from Bogley Wall am in a terais arity sensual, but timid lah, Thackeray's "Vanity Fair": brother of dandy, and falls a victim to Becky Sharp. Sedlitz (sed'lits), or Seidlitz (sīd'lits). A small village in northern Bohemia, near Brüx: noted for its springs of mineral water. Sedulius (se-dū'li-us), Cœlius. Lived in the 5th century. A Roman Christian poet. He was the author of a poetical version of the history of the New Testament, entitled "Carmen Paschale" (subsequently enlarged in prose as "Paschale opus"), and of an abece dari an hymn, "A sol is ort us cardine." Seduni (se-dū'nī). In ancient geography, a peo ple in the upper valley of the Rhone, Switzer land. Seeberg (zā'berg). A height near Gotha, Germany, long noted as the seat of an observatory. Seebohm (sē'bōm), Frederick. Born ford, Yorkshire, 1833. An English historian. He was admitted to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1856, and subsequently became a member of a banking firm at Hitch in, Hertfordshire. Among his works are "The Oxford Reformers of 1498" (1867), "The Era of the Protestant Revolution" (in Epochs of Modern History series, 1874), "The English Village Community, etc." (1883). See land. 1. See Zealand (in Denmark). - 2. See Zealand (in Netherlands). Seeley (sē'li), Sir John Robert. Born 1834: died Jan. 13, 1895. An English historian. He graduated at Cambridge (Christ College) in 1857; and became profe or of Latin in University College, London, in 1863, and in 1869 profe or of modern history at Cambridge. "Ecce Homo, or Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ," his most celebrated work, appeared anonymously in 1865. His other works are an edition of Livy, "Lectures and E ays" (1870), "Life and Times of Stein" (1879), "Natural Religion" (1882), "The Expan. sion of England" (1883), "Short History of Napoleon 1." (1886), etc. Selye (sel i), Julius Hawley. Born Sept. 14, 1824: died May 12, 1895. An American educator. He became profe or of philosophy at Amherst College in 1858; was president of Amherst College 1876-90; and was Seelye, Laurens Clark. Born at Bethel, Conn., Sept. 20, 1837. A clergyman and educator, brother of J. H. Seelye. He was profe or of Eng. lish literature at Amherst College 1865-73; and since 1874 has been president of Smith College (for young women) at North amp ton, Ma achusetts. Sées. See Séez . See! the Conquering Hero Comes! An air in Handel's "Joshua." It is introduced three times, and was so popular that he used it again in his "Judas Maccabæus." "It has frequently been used as a motif by others, with many variations. The words were written east of Coire. Séez, or Sées (sā-es') (sā-es'). Atown in the department of Orne, northern France, situated on the Orne 11 miles north-northeast of Alençon. The cathedral is a fine 13th-century building. The west front has handsome buttre ed spires, pleasing arcades, and a south portal of charming design and ornament. The south transept, with its great rose, closely approaches that of the cathedral of Paris; and the choir is admirable, with Population (1891), commune, 4,272. its radiating chapels and the tracery of the clearstory. Sefid (se-fed'), or Safid (sa-fed'). A river in northwestern Persia which flows into the southwestern side of the Caspian Sea, east of Resht. Length, including its main head stream (the Kizil-Uzen), about 300 miles. Segan Fu. See Singan Fu . Segesta (se-jes'tä). [Gr. Σέγεστα .] In ancient geography, a city of Sicily, situated near the coast 27 miles west-southwest of Palermo. It was of non-Hellenic (reputed Trojan) origin; was often at war with Selinus; was an ally of Athens in the Peloponnesian war; became a dependent of Carthage about 400 B. C.; was sacked by Agathocles, and had its name changed to Dicæopolis; and pa ed under Roman supremacy in the time the first Punic war. There are ruins near ar the modern Calatafimi. The Greek temple, though never finished, is one of the most complete examples surviving. It is Doric, hexastyle, with 14 columns on the flanks, on stylobate of 4 steps. The architectural details are of the best period. All the 36 peristyle columns are still standing, and the entablature and pediments are almost entire. There is also a Greek theater, of the 5th century B. C., with Roman modifications. In plan it is more than a semicircle: the diameter is 209 feet, that of the orchestra 54; the length of the stage is 91. The cave a is in great part rockhewn. Segesvár. See Schä burg . Seginus (se-ji'nus). [Origin uncertain.] One of the many names of the constellation Boötes: a igned on some maps as the name of the third Segnes (zeg'nes) Pa . An Alpine pa in Switzerland, leading from Glarus to the valley of the Vorderrhein in Grisons, 15 miles west-north magnitude star y Boötis. west of Coire. Segni (sen'ye). A town in Latium, Italy, situated near the Volscian Mountains 31 miles southeast of Rome: the ancient Signia. It is said to have been colonized by Tarquin, and was a Roman frontier town against the Volscians. It contains many antiquities. Population (1881), 5,806. miles. Sego. See Segu . Sego (sa'go), or Seg (seg), Lake. A lake in the government of Olonetz, northern Ru ia, northwest of Lake Onega. It has its outlet into Lake Vyg and the White Sea. Length, about Segovia (se-gō'vi-ä; Sp. pron. sa-gō've-ä). 1. A province of Old Castile, Spain. It is bounded by Valladolid on the northwest, Burgos on the north, Soria on the northeast, Guadalajara and Madrid on the southeast, and Avila on the southwest. The surface is generally a plateau. Area, 2,714 square miles. Population (1887), 154,457. 2. The capital of the province of Segovia, situated on the Eresma in lat. 40° 54′ N., long. 4° 10' W. The cathedral, begun in 1525 by the architects of the new cathedral at Salamanca, is very large, built, of a rich yellow stone in the Pointed style, plain without, but lofty and light within, and with good stained gla . There is a beautiful Flamboyant cloister, of earlier date, surrounding an attractive garden. The Roman aqueduct, presumed to be of the time of Trajan, forms a great bridge, 937 feet long, and consisting of 320 arches in two tiers. The highest arches (in the middle of the lower tier) are 102 feet high. It is built of large blocks of granite, somewhat rounded at the edges and a embled without cement. Se govia was a Roman city, and was a residence of the kings Segre (sā'grā). A river in northern Spain. It rises in the Pyrenees, and joins the Ebro 22 miles southwest of Lerida. Its chief tributary is the Cinca. Length, about 250 miles.