HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 



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JEFFREY, Francis, 1773-1850, Scot, critic 

 and judge. 



JEFFREYS, George, Lord, 1650-89, infamous 

 Br. judge ; lord high chancellor under .Fames 

 II. ; died in the Tower. 



JKNNER, Edward, 1749-1823, Eng. physi- 

 cian ; introduced vaccination. 



JEROME, Saint, 340?-420, Latin father of 

 the Church. 



JEROME OF PRAGUE, 1378-1416, Bohemian 

 religious reformer ; follower of Huss ; burned 

 at the stake. 



JEKROLD, Douglas William, 1803-57, Eng. 

 humorist and satirical writer. 



JOAN OF ARC (Jeanne d'Arc), 1411 ?-31, Fr. 

 heroine ("the Maid of Orleans"); born in 

 Lorraine of an humble peasant family ; be- 

 lieving herself commissioned by heaven to lib- 

 erate France, and convincing Charles VII. of 

 her divine authority, she was given command 

 of a considerable force, and by the victories she 

 gained enabled Charles to be crowned at 

 Rheims ; although she wished to return home 

 and resume her former humble life, she was in- 

 duced to retain her command in the army ; 

 she was captured in 1430 by the Burgundians, 

 delivered to the English, and burned at the 

 stake after a mock trial. 



JOHN, 1166-1216, king of England ; granted 

 Magna Charta. 



JOHN OF GAUNT (Ghent), 1340-99, duke of 

 Lancaster; son of Edward III. 



JOHN THE BAPTIST, B. C. 5-A. D. 28, 

 prophet. 



JOHN THE EVANGELIST (St. John), . . . .- 

 100?, apostle. 



JOHNSON, Andrew, 1808-75, Ain. statesman ; 

 seventeenth president ; born in North Caro- 

 lina ; learned the trade of a tailor in Ten- 

 nessee ; Congress, 1843-53 ; governor. 1853-7; 

 senator, 1857 ; military governor, 1862 ; elected 

 vice-president, 1864, and succeeded to the 

 presidency on the death of Lincoln, 1865 ; 

 became involved in a bitter quarrel with the 

 leaders of the Republican party, and was im- 

 peached iu 1868, but acquitted, although 

 thirty-five senators voted for conviction to only 

 nineteen against, a two-thirds majority being 

 necessary ; he was subsequently elected to the 

 Senate from Tennessee as a Democrat. 



JOHNSON, Reverdy, 1796-1876, Am. states- 

 man. 



JOHNSON, Samuel, 1709-84,. Eng. writer and 

 lexicographer. 



JOHNSTON, Albert Sydney, 1803-62, Con- 

 federate general. 



JOHNSTON, Joseph Eccleston, 1809-91, Con- 

 federate general. 



JOLIET, Louis, 1645-1700?, Fr. explorer of 

 the Mississippi. 



JO.MINI, Antoine Henri, Baron, 1779-1869, 

 Swiss military writer. 



JONES, John Paul, 1747-92, Am. revolu- 

 tionary naval commander; born in Scotland; 

 captured the Serapis. 



JONES, Sir William,1746-94, Eng. orientalist. 



JOXSON, Ben, 1574-1637, Eng. poet and 

 dramatist. 



JOSEPH I., 1676-1711, emperor of Germany ; 

 II., 1741-90; abolished feudal serfdom. 



JOSEPHINE, 1763-1814, empress of France ; 

 wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. 



JOSEPIIUS, Flavius, 37?-95?, Jewish his- 

 torian. 



JOSHUA, 1537-1427 B. C., Hebrew leader. 



JUAREZ, Benito Pablo, 1806-72, Mexican 

 Aztec statesman. 



JUDAS MACCABEUS, . . . .-160 t5. C., He- 

 brew leader. 



JUSTIN (the Martyr), 103-65?, church father 

 in Palestine. 



JCSTINIAN I. (the Great), 482?-565, By- 

 zantine emperor. 



JUVENALIS, Decimus Junius, 40?-125?, 

 Latin poet. 



KANE, Elisha Kent, 1820-57, Am. Arctic 

 explorer. 



KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804, Ger. meta- 

 physician and philosopher. 



KEAN, Edmund, 1787-1833, Eng. tragedian. 



KEARNEY, Philip, 1815-62, Am. general. 



KEATS, John, 1795-1821, Eng. poet. 



KEBLE, John, 1792-1866, Eng. divine and 

 writer. 



KEMBLE, Charles, 1775-1854, brother of 

 J. P. K., Eng. actor. 



KEMBLE, Frances Anne, 1809-93, Eng. ac- 

 tress. 



KEMBLE, John Philip, 1757-1823, Eng. 

 tragedian. 



KEMPIS, Thomas a, 1380-1471, Ger. ascetL 

 writer; " Imitation of Christ." 



KENT, James, 1763-1847, Am. jurist. 



KEPLER, Johann, 1571-1630, Ger. astron- 

 omer ; discovered the laws and orbits of mo- 

 tion of the planets. 



KEY, Francis Scot, 1776-1843, Am. poet; 

 author of " The Star- Spangled Banner." 



KIDD, William, 1650-1701, Am. pirate: 

 executed. 



KILPATRICK, Hugh Judson, 1836-81, Am. 

 general. 



KING, Rufus, 1755-1827, Am. statesman. 



KING, William Rufus, 1786-1853, Am. 

 statesman. 



KINGSLEY, Charles, 1819-75, Eng. divine 

 and author. 



KLOPSTOCK, Friedrich Gottlieb, 1724-1803, 

 Ger. poet. 



