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peared in public in Paris, St. Petersburg, and 

 other cities. In 1848 she was appointed pro- 

 fessor in the conservatory in Brussels. She 

 was a sister of Prof. Moll, of Ghent, who died 

 some years ago. She married the well-known 

 piano-maker, Camille Pleyel, but was separat- 

 ed from him a few years after. 



PULIAN, JOHANN GoTTFBiED, a German paint- 

 er, born in 1809; died March 4, 1875. He 

 belonged to the Dtisseldorf school of painters, 

 and excelled in landscape-painting. His prin- 

 cipal paintings are scenes on the Rhine. 



RAMSAY, Sir ALEXANDER, M. P., born May 

 26, 1813 ; died March 3, 1875. He was M. P. 

 for Rochdale from 1857-'59. 



RANFUELY, THOMAS GEANVILLE HENRY STEW- 

 ART KNOX, fourth earl, a British peer, born 

 July 28, 1849 ; died May 10, 1875. He is suc- 

 ceeded by his brother, the Hon. Uchter John 

 Mark Knox. 



RANOLDEB, Dr. JOHN, a Hungarian prelate, 

 born in 1806 ; died September 12, 1875. He 

 was Roman Catholic Bishop of Vesprim. 



RASIN, ALEXIS, a Russian author ; died May 

 1, 1875. His books for the young enjoyed 

 great popularity. 



REBER, BALTHASAB, a German scholar, born 

 in 1805 ; died March 13, 1875. He was pro- 

 fessor in the University of Basel, and was 

 well known as a poet and a writer on histori- 

 cal subjects. 



REID, ROBERT, M. P., born in 1831 ; died 

 March 30, 1875. He was a member of Parlia- 

 ment for Kirkcaldy since 1874. 



REISMANN, JOHANN VALENTIN VON, a Ger- 

 man prelate, born November 12, 1807 ; died 

 November 17, 1875. Ho was ordained as 

 priest in 1830, became subsequently Professor 

 of Theology at the University of Wurzburg, 

 and was appointed Bishop of Wurzburg in 

 1870. 



RESLHUBEB, Dr. AUGUSTIN, an Austrian priest 

 and astronomer, born July 5, 1808 ; died Sep- 

 tember 29, 1875. In 1847 he was appointed 

 Director of the Observatory of the Stift (mon- 

 astery) of Kremsmiinster, and at the same time 

 acted as Professor of Natural History up to 

 1854. In 1860 he was elected Abbot of the 

 Stift but retained the control of the observa- 

 tory. He also took part in politics; he was a 

 member of the Upper Austrian Diet in 1861, 

 and in 1872 was appointed a life-member of 

 the Herrenhans. He was decorated with va- 

 rious orders, and was a member of a large, num- 

 ber of scientific societies. He wrote a large 

 number of works on astronomy, meteorology, 

 and magnetism. 



RICHTER, F. I., a German journalist, born in 

 Magdeburg, in 1814; died in April, 1875. He 

 began life by peddling books and pictures, and, 

 having after a time established himself in busi- 

 ness in Hamburg, he founded the Hamburger 

 Reform, and by his energy raised it to a front 

 rank among the journals in Germany. 



RITTER, FRANZ, a German scholar, born in 

 1803 ; died October 22, 1875. He was former- 



ly Professor of Classical Philology in Bonn, 

 and published editions of and commentaries to 

 " Horace." 



ROGIEE, FIRMIN FEANC.OIS MAEIE, a Belgian 

 statesman, brother of the celebrated minister 

 Charles Rogier, born April 1, 1791 ; died No- 

 vember 1, 1875. He took a prominent part in 

 the Belgian revolution, and in 1830 was sent to 

 Paris, where first as secretary, and since 1848 

 as embassador, he remained until 1864. 



ROSEN THAL, DAVID AUGUST, a Catholic au- 

 thor; died March 30, 1875. He was descended 

 from Jewish parents, but in 1851 with his wife 

 and children entered the Catholic Church. He 

 wrote, besides several works on medicine and 

 natural history, " Convertitenbilder aus deni 

 19ten Jahrhundert," which was translated 

 into several languages and passed through two 

 editions. He also translated from the Spanish 

 the tales, legends, and stories of Balaguer Mont- 

 serrat (1860), and published the poetical works 

 of Johann Scheffler (1862). He also wrote 

 numerous articles for the Schlesische Kirchen- 

 zeitung, and the Schlesische Voltcszeitung . 



RUSSELL, Lord COSMO, half-brother of Earl 

 Russell, born in 1817 ; died December 18, 1875. 

 He was the sixth son of the sixth Duke of Bed- 

 ford, by his second wife. He was for some- 

 time in the army, but retired in 1849, when he 

 married Annie, daughter of Mr. J. G. Norbury. 



SAUVAIEE - BABTHELEMY, BAETHELEMY AN- 

 TOINE FBANQOIS XAVIEE SAUVAIEE, Marquis de 

 Barthelemy, a French politician, born at Mar- 

 seilles, November 16, 1800 ; died in February, 

 1875. He was a grand-nephew of the Marquis 

 de Barthelemy, a member of the Directory, and 

 afterward Vice-President of the Chamber of 

 Peers. During the last days of the Restora- 

 tion, he inherited the title of his grand-uncle, 

 and took his seat in the Chamber of Peers on 

 September 27, 1830. In 1848 he was elect- 

 ed to the Constituent and Legislative Assem- 

 blies, but retired from public life after the coup 

 d'etat. In 1869 he was a candidate for the Corps 

 L6gislatif from Marseilles, but was defeated. 



SCHARNHORST, AUGUSTVON, a Prussian officer, 

 died November 11, 1875. He was the grand- 

 son of the celebrated Prussian General Ger- 

 hard David Scharnhorst, to whom Prussia and 

 consequently Germany owes its present military 

 greatness. With him the direct male line of the 

 Scharnhorsts becomes extinct, 119 years after 

 the birth of its great ancestor. 



SOHEERER, THEODOR, a German chemist and 

 geologist, born August 28, 1813 ; died July 18, 

 1875. He was professor in the Mining Academy 

 of Freiberg, and was the author of numerous 

 chemical and geological works and treatises. 



SCHNABEL, KARL, a German chemist, born in 

 1809; died September 11, 1875. He was Di- 

 rector of the Realschule in Siegen, and had 

 performed many interesting chemical analyses. 



SCHEADER, CLEMENS, a German Jesuit, born 

 in 1820 ; died February 23, 1875. He was or- 

 dained as priest in 1846, was appointed pro- 

 fessor in Lowen in 1850, and in Yienna in 1857. 



