HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 



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RITTENHOUSE, David, 1732-96, Am. astron- 

 omer. 



RIZZIO, David, 1540-66, It. musician ; fa- 

 vorite of Mary Stuart ; assassinated. 



ROBERT II.-, 1316-90, first of the Stuarts. 



ROBERTSON, Frederick William, 1816-5:5, 

 Kng. divine. 



ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien Joseph Marie 

 Isidore, 1758-94, Fr. Jacobin revolutionist ; 

 ruler during the Reign of Terror ; guillotined. 



ROBIN HOOD, fl. twelfth century, Eng. outlaw. 



ROCHAMBEAU, Jean. Baptiste Donation de 

 Vimeur de, Count, 1725-1807, Fr. marshal; 

 general in America in 1781. 



ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francois Due de la, 1613- 

 80, Fr. wit and author. 



ROCHEJAQUELIN, Henri de la, Comte, 1772- 

 94, Fr. royalist. 



ROEBLING, John Augustus, 1806-69, Am. 

 engineer. 



ROGERS, John, 15007-55, Eng. divine; 

 burned at Smithfield. 



ROLAND, Marie Jeanne Philipon, Mme., 

 1754-93, Fr. G irondist and writer ; guillotined. 



ROLLIN, Charles, 1661-1741, Fr. historian. 



ROLLO (or Hrolf), 8607-930?, Norwegian 

 viking ; first duke of Normandy. 



ROMANOFF, Michael Feodorovitch, 15987- 

 1645, founder of the Russian dynasty. 



ROMULUS, fl. 750 B. C., founder of Rome. 



ROSA, Salvator, 1615-73, It. painter. 



ROOSEVELT, Theodore, born N. Y. 1858, 

 26th pres. U. S. 



Ross, Sir John, 1777-1856, Arctic navigator. 



Ross, Sir James Clark, 1800-62, nephew of 

 preceding ; Br. Arctic navigator. 



ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel, 1828-82, Eng. 

 painter and poet. 



ROSSINI, Gioacchimo. 1792-1868, It. comp. 



ROTHSCHILD, Mayer Anselm, 1743-1812, 

 Jewish banker at Frankfort ; founder of the 

 house of Rothschild. 



ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques, 1712-78, Fr. phi- 

 losopher and writer. 



RUBENS, Peter Paul, 1587-1640, Flemish 

 painter ; chief of the- Flemish school. 



RUBINSTEIN, Anton Gregor, 1829-94, Rus. 

 composer and pianist. 



RUDOLPH I. OF HAPSBURG, 1218-91, em- 

 peror of Germany ; founder of the Austrian 

 empire; II., 1552-1612. 



RUMFORD, Benjamin Thompson, Count, 

 1753-1814, Am. natural philosopher in France. 



RUPERT, Prince (Prince Robert of Bavaria), 

 1619-82, Ger. warrior. 



RUSKIN, John, English writer, 1819-1900. 



SAINT CLAIR, Arthur, 1734-1818, Am. gen- 

 eral. 



SAINTE-BEUVE, Charles Augustin, 1804-69. 

 Fr. poet and critic. 



SAINT-PIERRE, Jacque* Henri Bernardin de, 

 1737-1814, Fr. author. 



SALA, George Augustus Henri, 1828-95, 

 | Eng. litterateur. 



SALA DIN, 1137-93, sultan of Egypt and 

 Syria ; opposed the Crusaders ; defeated the 

 Christians at Tiberias. 



SALE, George, 1680-1736, Eng. orientalist. 



SALLUST (Caius Sallustius Crispus), 86-34 

 B. C., Rom. historian. 



SALVINI, Tommaso, 18297-1896, It. tra- 

 gedian . 



. SANTA ANNA (or Ana), Antonio Lopez de,. 

 1798-1876, Mexican general and statesman. 



SAPPHO, fl. 600 B. C., Gr. lyric poetess. 



SAUL, .... - 1055 B. C., first king of Is- 

 rael. 



SAVONAROLA, Girolamo, 1452-1598, It. re- 

 ligious reformer. 



SAY, Jean Baptiste Leon, 18X6-1896, Fr.. 

 statesman. 



SCHELLING, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von,, 

 1775-1854, Ger. philosopher. 



SCHILLER, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, 

 1759-1805, the most popular of German poets. 



SCHLEGEL, August Wilhelm von, 1767- 

 1845, Ger. poet, critic, and philologist. 



SCHLEGEL, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von,, 

 brother of A. W., 1772-1829, Ger. philoso- 

 pher and scholar. 



SCHLIEM ANN, Heinrich, 1822-90, Ger. archae- 

 ologist. 



SCHOEFFER, Peter, 1430-1500, one of the 

 inventors of printing ; partner of Johann; 

 Faust. 



SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur, 1788-1860, Ger. 

 pessimist philosopher. 



SCHUBERT, Franz, 1797-1828, Ger. com- 

 poser. 



SCHUMANN, Robert, 1810-56, Ger. composer. 



SCHUYLER, Philip, 1733-1804, Am. general. 



SCHWARZ, Berthold, fl. fourteenth century, 

 Ger. monk and alchemist ; reputed inventor of 

 gunpowder. 



SCHWATKA, Frederick, 1849-92, Am. 

 explorer. 



SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR, Publius Corne- 

 lius, 235-184? B. C., Rom. general; invaded 

 Africa and defeated Hannibal. 



SCIPIO ^EMILIANUS AFRICANUS MINOR, 

 Publius Cornelius, 1857-29 B. C., Rom. gen- 

 eral ; destroyed Carthage. 



SCOTT, Sir Walter, 1771-1832, Scot, nov- 

 elist and poet. 



SCOTT, Winfield, 1786-1866, Am. general. 



SEBASTIAN, Saint, 2557-88, Rom. soldier 

 and martyr. 



SELKIRK, Alexander, 16767-1723, Scot, 

 sailor whose adventures suggested the story of 

 "Robinson Crusoe." 



