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Ely. The cathedral viewed from the west. The 12th century west tower and 



Galilee porch; to the right, the south-west transept and tower, of Transitional 



Norman architecture 



erected between 1235-52 ; the 

 beautiful Decorated octagon tower 

 and lantern (170 ft. high), finished 

 in 1328, took the place of the 

 central tower, which collapsed six 

 years earlier ; the lady chapel 

 (now the parish church) dates 

 from 1321-49. Since 1845 the 

 edifice has undergone general 

 restoration. Within the cathedral's 

 precincts are the Tudor bishop's 

 palace, the King's School (1541), 

 and a theological college. Ely be- 

 came a bishopric in 1109. Market 

 day, Thurs. Pop. 7,917. 



Ely, MARQUESS OF. Irish title 

 borne since 1800 by the family of 

 Loftus. In 1771 Henry Loftus, an 

 Irish landowner, was made earl of 

 Ely, taking his title from Ely in 

 Fermanagh. The title died with 

 him in 1783, but his nephew, Sir 

 CharlesTottenham, Bart., inherited 

 his estates and took the name of 

 Loftus. He was postmaster-general 

 and was made a baron in 1785. 

 Other Irish honours followed, cul- 



minating in a marquessate in 1800, 

 the reward for his support of the 

 union of 1801, when he was made 

 a baron of the United Kingdom. 



Elyot, SIB THOMAS (c. 1490- 

 1546). English diplomatist and 

 scholar. A native of Wiltshire, he 

 was knighted 

 by Henry VIII 

 and sent on 

 several embas- 

 sies. His most 

 famous work is 

 The Book 

 named The 

 Governor, 1531, 

 the first on the 

 subject of edu- 

 cation written 

 and printed in 

 the English language 



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Sir Thomas Elyot, 

 English diplomatist 



After Holbein 



edition, 



with life of Elyot, by H. H. S. 

 Croft, 1880). He also compiled a 

 Latin-English dictionary, 1538. 



Ely Place. Cul-de-sac near Hoi* 

 born Circus, London, E.C. It occu- 

 pies part of the site of Ely House, 



the inn or hostel of the bishops of 

 Ely, of which the church of S. 

 Etheldreda, restored to Roman 

 Catholic worship in the 19th cen- 

 tury, was the chapel. John of 

 Gaunt died in Ely House in 1399, 

 and Henry VIII is said to have 

 first met Cranmer here. The church, 

 one of the most perfect examples 

 of Decorated architecture in Eng- 

 land, has windows E. and W. with 

 exquisite tracery, and an unre- 

 stored crypt. Ely House was de- 

 mised to the crown under Eliza- 

 beth, and transferred to Sir 

 Christopher Hatton. 



Elyria. City of Ohio, U.S.A., 

 the co. seat of Lorain co. On the 

 Black river, 25 m. W. by S. of 

 Cleveland, it is served by the Bal- 

 timore and Ohio, and the Lake 

 Shore and Michigan rlys. It trades 

 in building stone obtained from 

 local quarries, and has chemical, 

 motor-car, paint, and lace manu- 

 factures, iron and steel works, and 

 tanneries. It became a city in 

 1892. Pop. 19,503. 



Elysee. Palace in Paris, the 

 official residence of the president of 

 the French Republic. In the Fau- 

 bourg St. Honore, a garden 

 separates it from the Champs 

 Elysees. It was built in 1718 for the 

 comte d'Evreux, but passed later 

 into royal hands, and was the resi- 

 dence of Madame de Pompadour. 

 Others who lived here included 

 Napoleon I and Napoleon III. 

 After 1870 it became the official 

 residence of the president. 



Elysium OR THE ELYSIAN FIELDS. 

 In classical mythology, the abode 

 of the souls of the good after death. 

 Some legends make Elysium a part 

 of the underworld, others make it 

 an island or islands in the Atlantic 

 Ocean the Fortunate Islands or 

 Isles of the Blessed. Elysium is 

 represented as a place of perpetual 

 sunshine with flowery meadows 

 and pleasant streams. 



Elytra (Gr. elytron, covering, 

 sheath). Horny sheaths or cases 

 into which the fore wings have 

 been modified in the beetles and 

 certain other insects. They usually 

 cover the back of the insect, and 

 the hind wings are folded under 

 them. See Insects. 



Elze, FRIEDRICH KARL (1821- 

 89). German student and critic. 

 Born at Dessau, Anhalt, May 22, 

 1821, he studied at Leipzig and 

 Berlin. Having published a life of 

 Byron (1870), Eng. trans. 1872, and 

 various works on the Elizabethan 

 drama, he was appointed to the 

 chair of English literature at Halle 

 in 1 875. His best known work is a 

 biography of William Shakespeare 

 (1876), Eng. trans. 1888. He died 

 at Halle, Jan. 21,1889. 



