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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



EUSTACHI, Bartolommeo, 1510-74, It. anat- 

 omist. 



EVERETT, Edward, 1794-1865, Am. scholar, 

 orator, and statesman ; elected to Congress in 

 1824, remaining in that body for ten years ; 

 in 1835 became governor of Massachusetts; 

 minister to England, 1841-5 ; secretary of 

 state, 1852 ; elected to the United States Sen- 

 ate, 1853, but resigned on account of illness; 

 defeated for the vice-presidency in 1860. 



EYCK, VAN, Hubert, 1366-1426, Flemish 

 painter. 



EYCK, VAN, Jan (John of Bruges), 1390?- 

 1440 ?, brother of H. E., Flemish painte 



EZEKIEL, fl. seventh century B. C., Heorew 

 prophet. 



EZRA, fl. fifth century B. C., Hebrew law- 

 maker. 



FABIUSMAXIMUS, Quintus (Cunctator), 203 

 B. C., Roman consul and general; inaugu- 

 rated the " Fabian " policy, carrying on only 

 a defensive war against Hannibal. 



FAHRENHEIT, Gabriel Daniel, 1686-1740, 

 Ger. inventor of the thermometer. 



FAIRFAX, Thomas, Lord, 1611-71, parlia- 

 mentary general ; won the battle of Naseby. 



FARADAY, Michael, 1791-1867, Eng. chem- 

 ist and natural philosopher ; founder of sci- 

 ence of magneto-electricity. 



FARRAGUT, David Glascoe, 1801-70, Am. 

 admiral ; passed the New Orleans forts and 

 captured New Orleans in 1862. 



FAUST, Dr. Johann, fl. 1500, Ger. necro- 

 mancer. 



FAUST, Johann, 1466? one of the 



inventors of printing. 



FAWKES, Guy, . . . .-1606, Eng. conspira- 

 tor. 



FENELON, Frangois de Salignac de la Mothe, 

 1651-1715, Fr. prelate and author; " Telema- 

 chus." 



FERDINAND V., 1452-1516, founded the 

 Spanish monarchy. 



FERGUSSON, James, 1808-86, Scot, architect. 



FERRY, Jules Francois Camille, 1832-93, 

 Fr. statesman. 



FESSENDEN, William Pitt, 1806-69, Am. 

 statesman. 



FEUERBACH, Paul Johann Anselm, 1775- 

 1833, Ger. jurist. 



FEUILLET, Octave, 1821-90, Fr. author, 



FICHTE, Irnmanuel Hermann, 1797-1879, 

 Ger. philosopher. 



FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814, Ger. 

 metaphysician. 



FIELD, Cyrus West, 1819-92, Am. merchant 

 and financier ; established first telegraph cable 

 between America and Europe. 



FIKLU, Eugene, 1850-95, Am. poet. 



FIELDING, Henry, 1707-54, Eng. novelist 

 and dramatist. 



FIESOLE, Giovanni da (Fra Angelico), 1387- 

 1455, It. painter. 



FILLMORE, Millard, 1800-74, Am. states- 

 man ; thirteenth president of the United States ; 

 born in New York ; learned fuller's trade ; 

 read law and acquired lucrative practice in 

 Buffalo ; elected to Congress, 1832, and con- 

 tinued a member till 1842 ; elected vice- 

 president, 1848; became president on the 

 death of Taylor, 1850 ; approved the Fugitive 

 Slave Law and the compromise measures of 

 Henry Clay, and made Daniel Webster sec- 

 retary of state. 



FISH, Hamilton, 1808-1893, Am. states- 

 man. 



FITCH, John, 1743-98, Am. inventor (steam- 

 boat) . 



FITZGERALD, Edward, Lord, 1763-98, Ir. 

 revolutionist. 



FLAMINIUS, Caius, . . . ,-217 B. C., Rom. 

 general and consul, 



FLAMINIUS, Titus Quintius, 230-174 B. C., 

 Rom. general and consul. 



FLAXMAN, John, 1755-1826, Eng. sculptor. 



FLETCHER, John, 1576-1625, Eng. poet and 

 dramatist ; associate of Beaumont. 



FLOTOW, Frederick Ferdinand Adolphus 

 von, 1812-83, Ger. composer; "Martha." 



FONTENELLE, Barnard de Bovier de, 1657- 

 1757, Fr. author. 



FORREST, Edwin, 1806-72, Am. tragedian. 



FORTUNY, Mariano, 1839-74, Sp. painter. 



FOSTER, Stephen Collins, 1826-64, Am. 

 song-writer. 



FOURIER, Francois Charles Marie, 1772- 

 1837, Fr. socialist. 



FOWLER, Orson Squire, 1809-87, Am. phre- 

 nologist. 



Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Eng. ora- 

 ator and statesman ; entered Parliament 1768 

 as a Tory, but joined the opposition in 1773, 

 and became leader of the Whigs, opposing the 

 policy of Pitt. 



Fox, George, 1624-90, Eng. founder of the 

 society of Friends, or Quakers. 



Fox, John, 1517-87, Eng. Protestant clergy- 

 man and author ; " Book of Martyrs." 



FRA DIAVOLO (Michael Rozzo), 1769-1806, 

 Neapolitan brigand. 



FRANCIS I., 1494-1547, king of France ; de- 

 feated at Pavia ; IT., 1543-60. 



FRANCIS BORGIA, Saint, 1510-72, duke of 

 Gandia and viceroy of Catalonia; joined the 

 Society of Jesus and became general of thi 

 order. 



FRANCIS DE PAULA, Saint, 1416-1507, It. 

 Franciscan monk; founded the order Fratre* 

 Minimi. 



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