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Sir Henry Havelock
Sir Henry Havelock , 1795-1857, British general. Entering the army in 1815, he was sent (1823) to India, where he served in the first Burma War (1824-26), the first Afghan War (1839), and the Sikh Wars (1843-49). During the Indian Mutiny , Havelock recaptured (July, 1857) Cawnpore ( Kanpur ) from t... Read more
Karl Czerny
Karl Czerny , 1791-1857, Austrian pianist; pupil of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt. He is known for his technical studies for the piano; his numerous other works are seldom performed. ... Read more
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Ruggiero Leoncavallo , 1857-1919, Italian composer. The opera Pagliacci (1892), his one outstanding success, is a classic example of Italian verismo, or realism. Of his numerous other operas, only Zazà (1900) had moderate success. ... Read more
Frederic Henry Hedge
Frederic Henry Hedge 1805-90, American Unitarian clergyman and author, b. Cambridge, Mass., educated in Germany and at Harvard. He held several New England pastorates. In 1836 he joined Emerson and others in forming the Transcendental Club. His edition of Prose Writers of Germany (1848) establish... Read more
Charles Nordhoff
Charles Nordhoff , 1830-1901, American journalist and author, b. Westphalia. In 1835 he emigrated with his family to Cincinnati. His service (1844-47) in the navy, and later on whaling and fishing ships, provided literary material for his books Nine Years a Sailor (1857) and Stories of the Island... Read more
Albemarle
Albemarle city (1990 pop. 14,939), seat of Stanly co., central N.C., in the Piedmont region; inc. 1857. A marketing center in an agricultural area of cotton, grain, poultry, soybeans, and livestock, Albemarle also produces apparel, mobile homes, electrical equipment, textiles, building materials, a... Read more
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev , 1857-1918, Russian general, chief of staff (1915-17) of Czar Nicholas II . With other officers he urged the czar to abdicate in favor of the czarevich in order to save the dynasty prior to the Russian Revolution. Alekseyev was briefly chief of staff in the provisiona... Read more
Appleton
Appleton city (1990 pop. 65,695), seat of Outagamie co., E Wis., on the Fox River near its exit from the northern end of Lake Winnebago, in a dairying and stockraising region; inc. 1857. Waterfalls provide power for the city's industries, which produce paper, wood, metal, concrete, and dairy produc... Read more
Ara
Ara or Arrah , city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. There are limestone deposits on the outskirts. Ara was the scene of fighting during the I... Read more
David Scull Bispham
David Scull Bispham , 1857-1921, American baritone, b. Philadelphia. He made his operatic debut in London in 1891 and was leading Wagnerian baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York City, from 1896 to 1903. He advocated English translation of foreign operas and supported native opera in E... Read more

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Waite, Arthur Edward (1857-1942)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Waite, Arthur Edward (1857-1942) A British scholar and historian of occultism and mysticism. Waite was born on October 2, 1857, in Brooklyn, New York, and brought to London, England, by his family when he was an infant. He was educated...
Scoresby, William (1789-1857)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Scoresby, William (1789-1857) British Arctic explorer, whaler, physicist, author, and clergyman...of some relief from his illness. He died at Torquay on March 21, 1857. It was during his years at Exeter that Scoresby's interest in...
Delanne, Gabriel (1857-1926)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Delanne, Gabriel (1857-1926) A leading French Spiritualist and psychical researcher. He was born March 23, 1857, in Paris. He became an engineer, and his experience assisted him in becoming what Theodore Flournoy called "the most scientific...
Goodrich-Freer, Ada (1857-1931)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Goodrich-Freer, Ada (1857-1931) Pioneer psychical researcher who wrote under the pseudonym "Miss X." Goodrich-Freer was born May 15, 1857, in Rutland, England. Mystery surrounds much of her life and parentage, and she appears to...
Paris, Treaty of (1857)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PARIS, TREATY OF (1857) anglo-iranian treaty that forced iran out of afghanistan and muscat, 1857. After Iran had tried to annex the Afghan city of Herat, British troops occupied Iran's Kharg Island and part of her mainland. Iran then...
Gardner, F(rederick) L(eigh) (1857-ca. 1930)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Gardner, F(rederick) L(eigh) (1857-ca. 1930) British occultist, member of the Hermetic Order...Ayton. Gardner was born in Highbury, North London, March 31, 1857, the son of an accountant. His parents were Spiritualists and...
Heymans, Gerardus (1857-1930)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Heymans, Gerardus (1857-1930) Psychologist, philosopher, and pioneer of parapsychology in the Netherlands. Heymans established a laboratory for research...
Zancig, Julius (1857-1929) and Agnes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Zancig, Julius (1857-1929) and Agnes Famous Danish thought-reading couple, whose mentalist demonstrations at the London Alhambra in Britain fooled...
Binet, Alfred (1857-1911)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Binet, Alfred (1857-1911) Alfred Binet is perhaps best remembered for his role in elaborating the first numerical scale of intelligence, but his...
Binet, Alfred (1857–1911)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education BINET, ALFRED (1857 – 1911) Best known for his development with Th é odore Simon of the first standardized intelligence test, Alfred...

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Wagner-Jauregg, Julius (Julius Wagner Ritter von Jauregg) (1857-1940)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...JULIUS WAGNER RITTER VON JAUREGG) (1857-1940) Julius Wagner Ritter von Jauregg...professor of psychiatry, was born on March 7, 1857, in the city of Wels, in Upper Austria...1993). Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857-1940) . London: Smith-Gordon.
Bleuler, Paul Eugen (1857-1939)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis BLEULER, PAUL EUGEN (1857-1939) Paul Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss professor of medicine, holder...Johann Rudolf Bleuler and Pauline Bleuler-Bleuler. Born April 30, 1857, near Zurich, he died July 15, 1939. Bleuler came from a family...
Excerpt from the Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It (1857, by Hinton Rowan Helper)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...EXCERPT FROM THE IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH: HOW TO MEET IT (1857, by Hinton Rowan Helper) Hinton Rowan Helper (1829 –...Impending Crisis raised tempers immediately upon its publication in 1857. In it, he examined how the South lagged behind the North in...
Billings, Elkanah
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...official connection with that journal in 1857, he subsequently contributed at least...x2026; as Palaeontologist ” (1857) contains detailed descriptions of 106...Progress for 1853 – 56 (Montreal, 1857), pp. 247 – 345; “...
Thomson, Alexander
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...the London architect Michael Angelo Nicholson ) ) until 1857, then (1857–71) with his brother, George Thomson...others influenced by the round-arched styles, but by 1857 Thomson had developed the refined and simplified Greek...
Spirit Lake Massacre
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...MASSACRE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE. On 8 March 1857, a small band of Wahpekute Dakota warriors...northwestern Iowa. The winter of 1856 – 1857 was unusually severe and both white settlers...attempt to capture Inkpaduta, on 9 May 1857, Commissioner of Indian Affairs James...
Isaacs, Charles Edward
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...other European cities. His last move, in 1857, was to Brooklyn, where he finally achieved...presented to the Academy in 1856 and 1857, attracted worldwide attention for the...the New York Academy of Medicine , 1 (1857), 377-435; and “ On the...
Wesendonck Songs, 5
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...mistress Mathilde Wesendonck . Comp. Zurich 1857–8. Orch. by Mottl under Wagner...of songs are 1. Der Engel (The Angel) 1857, 2. Stehe still ! (Stand still!) 1858...greenhouse) 1858, 4. Schmerzen (Agonies) 1857, 5. Träume (Dreams) 1857...
Nylander, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...was acclaimed in Europe and America. In 1857 Nylander became the first professor of...distribution geographique, ” ibid . (1857), 85 – 146, 332 –...la Sociere linneenne de Bordeaux , 21 (1857), 249 – 467, also pub. as...
Pasteur, Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1852 – 1854 1854 – 1857 Professor of chemistry and dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Lille 1857 – 1867 Administrator and director...Major Research Interests 1847 – 1857 Crystallography: optical activity and...

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1857: The unsung martyrs
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Happy Birthday, Aurora 150| East and West sides united as city of Aurora was incorporated on Feb. 11, 1857
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 2/11/2007; ; 700+ words ; 1857/Flood at Stolp Island: The view above shows...northwest corner of East Galena and LaSalle. The 1857 Chicago Magazine shows it in a woodcut with...Aurora's first mayor, pictured here in 1857. Aurora house, 1857: This building stood...
WAR OF 1857 WAS AN EPOCH-MAKING EVENT IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE: SOMNATH CHATTERJEE
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A chronicler of 1857 par excellence
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Somnath calls 1857 revolt an epoch-making event in freedom struggle
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1857- Monuments in neglect.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 5/9/2007; 700+ words ; 1857- Monuments in neglect New Delhi, May 9...the 150th anniversary of the Rebellion of 1857, some monuments in Bengal, Punjab and Uttar...injured some of them in an attack on March 29, 1857. About to be overpowered, Pandey shot at...
Experts to analyse city's role in 1857 war of independence
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...College Dr Rehana Tariq said that the year 1857 marked one of the first sustained opposition...unity. "The most important feature of 1857 struggle, which is most relevant for us...of secular bonding of that period. From 1857 to 1947 the different phases of the struggle...