(derived through the French 'abattre', from the Late Latin 'battere', to beat), a beating down or diminishing or doing away with; a term used especially in various legal phrases. More…
, or , (1512–1571), a celebrated fresco-painter of Modena, whose best works are there and at Bologna. He accompanied Primaticcio to France, and assisted in decorating the palace at More…
"ABATIS, ABATTIS" or (a French word meaning a heap of material thrown), a term in field fortification for an obstacle formed of the branches of trees laid in a row, with the tops directed More…
(from 'abattre', to strike down), a French word often employed in English as an equivalent of "1911 Encyclopædia Brittanica/Slaughter-house|slaughter-house" ('q.v.'), the place More…
(1679–1767), a learned Frenchman, was born of Protestant parents at Uzès, in Languedoc. His father died when he was but two years of age; and when, on the revocation of the edict of More…
(in full, Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph), French rabbi, was born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. He is also known as Yarhi from his birthplace (Heb. More…
, a Mahommedan dynasty which arose in Spain on the downfall of the western caliphate. It lasted from about 1023 till 1091, but during the short period of its existence was singularly More…
"ABBADIE, ANTOINE THOMSON D"', (1810-1897), and "ARNAUD MICHEL D"', (1815-1893), two brothers notable for their travels in Abyssinia during the first half of the 19th century. They were More…
(1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant divine, was born at Nay in Bern. He studied at Sedan, Saumur and Puylaurens, with such success that he received the degree of doctor in theology at the age More…
. (1813-1854), pasha of Egypt, was a son of Tusun Pasha and grandson of Mehemet Ali, founder of the reigning dynasty. As a young man he fought in Syria under (q.v.), his real or supposed More…
. (e. 1557-1628 or 1629), shah of Persia, called the Great, was the son of shah (d. 1586) . In the midst of general anarchy in Persia, he was proclaimed ruler of Khorasan, and obtained More…
. (1874— ), khedive of Egypt. Abbas Hilmi Pasha, great-great-grandson of 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Aali, Mehemet|Mehemet Ali, born on the 14th of July 1874, succeeded his father, Tewfik More…
(c. 1783-1833), prince of Persia, was a younger son of the shah, Feth Ali, but on account of his mother's royal birth was destined by his father to succeed him. Entrusted with the More…
, a spa in Russian Transcaucasia, government of Tiflis, 50 m. S.W. of the Borzhom railway station and 65 m. E. of Batum, very picturesquely situated in a cauldron-shaped valley. It has More…
, a popular summer and winter resort of Austria, in Istria, 56 m. S.E. of Trieste by rail. Pop. (1900) 2343. It is situated on the Gulf of Quarnero in a sheltered position at the foot of More…
(1852- ), American painter, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of April 1852. He left the schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts at the age of nineteen to enter More…
, or ('c'. 945-1004), a learned Frenchman, born near Orleans about 945. Hedistinguished himself in the schools of Paris and Reims, and wasespecially proficient in science as known in his More…
(1819–1884), American biblical scholar, was born at Jackson, Waldo county, Maine, on the 28th of April 1819. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1840; and in 1847, at the request of Prof. More…
(1603-1648), English writer, known as "The Puritan", has been oddly and persistently mistaken for others. He has been described as a clergyman, which he never was, and as son of More…
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