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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



POLYCARP, Saint, 80?-169?, bishop of 

 Smyrna ; martyr. 



POMPEY (the Great), 106-48 B. C., Rom. 

 general and triumvir ; conquered Suetonius 

 and Mithridates ; became leader of the aristoc- 

 racy and opponent of Ctesar ; defeated at 

 Pharsalia. 



PONCE DE LEON, Juan, 1460-1521, Sp. dis- 

 coverer of Florida. 



PONTIAC, 17127-69, chief of the Ottawas ; 

 formed coalition of Indians against the whites, 

 and attempted to capture Detroit. 



POPE, Alexander, 1688-1744, Eng. poet. 



POWERS, Hiram, 1805-7:5, greatest of Ameri- 

 can sculptors. 



POWHATAN, 1550-1618, Indian chieftain in 

 Virginia. 



PRAXITELES, fl. 360 B. C., Gr. sculptor, who 

 expressed the perfect ideal grace of the female 

 figure. 



PRENTICE, George Denison, 1802-70, Am. 

 poet and journalist. 



PRESCOTT, William Hickling, 1796-1859, 

 Am. historian. 



PRIM, Juan, Count de Reus and Marquis de 

 los Castillejos, 1814-70, Sp. general and states- 

 man ; assassinated. 



PRIOR, Matthew, 1664-1721, Eng. poet and 

 diplomatist. 



PROCTER, Bryan Waller (Barry Cornwall), 

 1790-1874, Eng. poet. 



PTOLEMY I. (Soter), 3977-283 B. C., king of 

 Egypt; II. (Philadelphus), 309-247 B. C. 



PTOLEMY (Claudius Ptolemaeus), fl. second 

 century, Gr. astronomer and geographer ; be- 

 lieved the earth to be at rest in the center 

 of the universe, the heavenly bodies moving 

 around it. 



PULASKI, Casimir, Count, 1747-79, Polish 

 patriot ; general in the American Revolution- 

 ary army ; fell at the siege of Savannah. 



PUTNAM, Israel, 1718-90, Am. Revolution- 

 ary general ; conspicuous at the battle of 

 Bunker Hill. 



PYM, John, 1584-1643, Eng. republican 

 statesman and orator. 



PYRRHO, 376-288 B. C., Gr. skeptic and 

 philosopher. 



PYRRHUS, 3187-272 B. C., king of Epirus 

 and one of the greatest of ancient generals ; 

 defeated the Romans and conquered Mace- 

 donia. 



PYTHAGORAS, 6007-5107 B. C., first Gr. 

 philosopher ; taught the doctrine of transmi- 

 gration of souls ; basis of his philosophy, 

 number and harmony ; soul distinct from 

 body. 



RABELAIS, Francois, 14957-1553, Fr. scholar 

 and satirist ; joined the Franciscans, but left 



the order ; afterward studied medicine ; hi* 

 great work, " The Pleasant Story of the Giant 

 Gargantua," is a satire upon the different 

 branches of society of his age, more particu- 

 larly the monastic orders. 



RACINE, Jean, 1630-99, Fr. dramatist. 



RALEIGH, Sir Walter, 1552-1618, Eng. 

 courtier, statesman, navigator, and author; a 

 favorite of Queen Elizabeth ; executed by 

 James I. 



RAMEAU, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764, Fr. 

 composer. 



RANDOLPH, John (of Roanoke), 1773-1835, 

 Am. politician and orator. 



RANDOLPH, Peyton, 1723-7"), president of 

 first Am. Congress. 



RAPHAEL (Raffaelle Sanzio, or Santi d" 

 Urbino), 1483-1520, It. painter; " the prince 

 of painters." 



READ, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-7*-', Am. 

 poet and artist. 



READE, Charles, 1814-84, Eng. novelist. 



RECAMIER, Jeanne, F. J. A. B., 1777-1849. 

 Fr. lady noted for her beauty and accomplish- 

 ments. 



RED JACKET, 1760-1830, Seneca Indian 

 chief. 



REGULUS, Marcus Atillius, .... -250 B. ('., 

 Rom. general and statesman. 



REMBRANDT VAN RYN, Paul, 1607-69, Dutch 

 painter ; chief of the Dutch school ; the great- 

 est master of colors, and unrivaled as an etcher. 



REMUSAT, Charles Francois Marie, Count, 

 1797-1875, Fr. statesman and philosopher. 



REXAN, Joseph Ernest, 1823-92, Fr. philol- 

 ogist and writer. 



REVERE, Paul, 1735-1818, Am. engraver 

 and Revolutionary patriot ; carried the news 

 of Gage's impending attack to Concord. 



REYNOLDS, John Fulton, 1820-63, Am. gen- 

 eral. 



REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, 1723-92, Eng. por- 

 trait painter. 



RICARDO, David, 1772-1823, Eng. political 

 economist. 



RICHARD I. (Coeur de Lion), 1157-99, king 

 of England ; led a large army into Palestine : 

 conquered Acre and defeated Saladin : IT., 

 1366-1400; III., 1452-85, last of the 1'lan- 

 tagenets. 



RICHARDSOX, Samuel, 1689-1761, Eng. nov- 

 elist. 



RICHELIEU, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardi- 

 nal, 1585-1642, Fr. prelate and statesman: 

 minister to Louis VIII., but real ruler of 

 France for thirteen years. 



RICHTER, Johann Paul Friedrich (Jean 

 Paul), 1763-1825, Ger. author. 



RIENZI, Nicola Gabrini, 13137-54, Rom. 

 orator ; attempted to restore the republic. 



