RANDAZZO 



vaal produces annually about 40 

 p.c. of the gold mined in the world, 

 and the Rand is responsible for 

 more than 95 p.c. of this yield. 

 See Chinese Labour ; Gold ; Johan- 

 nesburg ; Mining ; South Africa ; 

 Transvaal ; consult also Diamonds 

 and Gold in South Africa, T. 

 Reunert, 1893 ; Gold Mines of the 

 Rand, F. H. Hatch and J. A. 

 Chalmers, 1895 ; The Banket, R. B. 

 Young, 1917. See N.V. 



Raudazzo. Town of Sicily, in 

 the prov. of Catania. It stands on 

 the N. slope of Mt. Etna, at an 

 alt. of about 2,475 ft., 43 m. by 

 circular rly. N.W. of Catania. The 

 houses are mainly built of lava. 

 The town is the nearest starting- 

 place for the ascent of Mt. Etna. 

 Pop. 14,000. 



Randegger, ALBERTO (1832- 

 1911). Anglo- Austrian composer 

 and singer. Born at Trieste, 

 April 13, 1832, 

 he studied com- 

 position under 

 Lafont, worked 

 at Fiume, Bres- 

 cia, and Venice, 

 and settled in 

 London in 1854. 

 He became 

 professor of 

 singing at the 

 Royal Acad- 

 emy of Music, 

 1868, and at 

 the Royal College of Music, 1896, 

 and conducted the Norwich Festi- 

 vals from 1881. He conducted also 

 at Her Majesty's Theatre and at 

 Covent Garden Opera. His works 

 include an opera, Bianca Capello, 

 1854; The Rival Beauties, a 

 comic opera, 1864 ; a setting of 

 the 150th Psalm, 1872; and the 

 cantata Fridolin, 1873. He died 

 Dec. 18, 1911. 



Randegger, GIUSEPPE ALDO 

 (b. 1874). American pianist. 

 Born in Naples, Feb. 17, 1874, he 

 was educated there, showing as a 

 boy remarkable musical gifts. In 

 1893 he went to America as a 

 teacher of music, settling even- 

 tually in New York. He composed 

 a number of songs and pieces, and 

 founded a society for the study of 

 Italian music. * 



Randers. Town of Denmark, 

 on the N.E. coast of Jutland. It 

 stands at the mouth of the river 

 Guden at the head of Randers 

 Fiord, 22 m. N.N.W. of Aarhus. 

 Its most prominent feature is a 

 fine 14th century church. It 

 exports corn, butter, eggs, wool, 

 and fish. The manufactures include 

 machinery, watches, gloves, and 

 margarine. Pop. 24,000. 



Randolph. Noted Scottish 

 family, several of whom were 

 earls of Moray. Thomas, the 



Alberto Randeeser, 



Anglo-Austrian 



composer 



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1st earl, was a nephew of Robert 

 Bruce. Captured by the English at 

 Methven, 1306, he turned against 

 Bruce, fought for the English, 

 1307-8, but was reconciled and 

 created earl of Moray, 1308. In 1329 

 he became regent for David II and 

 died at Musselburgh, July 20, 1332. 

 His eldest son, Thomas, was slain 

 at Dupplin Moor three weeks later, 

 and his second son, John, became 

 3rd earl. Made a prisoner in 

 England, 1335-^1, he was killed 

 fighting at Neville's Cross, 1346. 

 The earldom passed to his sister 

 Agnes Dunbar (c. 1312-69), famed 

 in Scottish history as Black Agnes. 

 Randolph, EDMUND JENNINGS 

 (1753-1813). American statesman. 

 Born at Williamsburg, Virginia, 

 ^ Aug. 10, 1753, 

 he was member 

 of Congress, 

 1779-82, and 

 governor of 

 Virginia, 1786- 

 88. A t t h e 

 Constitutional 

 Convention of 

 1787 he pro- 

 posed what is 

 known as the 

 Virginia plan, a scheme to establish 

 two Houses on a population basis, 

 and expressed himself strongly 

 against a single executive. Although 

 he refused to sign the final draft, 

 he recommended Virginia to accept 

 it rather than endanger the Union. 

 While secretary of state, 1794-95, 

 being suspected of attempting to 

 obtain money from France as the 

 price of stirring up ill-feeling 

 against Great Britain, he resigned. 

 He died in Clarke county, Virginia, 

 Sept. 13, 1813. See his Vindication 

 of Mr. Randolph's Resignation, 

 1795, and Omitted Chapters of 

 History, M. D. Conway, 1888. 



Randolph, JOHN (1773-1833). 

 American statesman, generally 

 known as Randolph of Roanoke. 

 Born at Cawsons, Chesterfield co., 

 Virginia, June 2, 1773, a descendant 

 of Pocahontas (q.v.), he was four 



Edmund Randolph, 

 American statesman 



Thomas Randolph, 

 English poet 



Ranelagh. Interior of the Rotunda at breakfast time. 

 At the base of the central pillar was a large fireplace 



From a print of 1754 



RANELAGH 



times Demo- 

 cratic member 

 of Congress be- 

 tween 1799- 

 1829, and sena- 

 tor, 1825-27, 

 whoa be fought 

 a duel with 

 Henry Clay, 

 whom he had 

 insulted by 

 calling him 

 I blackleg. 

 Personally 

 disapproving of slavery, he gave 

 his own slaves freedom by the 

 terms of his will and left provision 

 for their support. He died at 

 Philadelphia, June 24, 1833. See 

 Life, H. Adams, 1890. 



Randolph, THOMAS (1605-34). 

 English poet and dramatist. Born 

 at Newnham-cum-Badley, near 

 Daventry, 

 Northants, 

 and educated 

 a t Westmin- 

 s t e r, Oxford, 

 and C a m - 

 bridge, he was 

 one of the 

 most notable 

 of the minor 

 Elizabethan 

 wits. His 

 plays, which contain many allu- 

 sions to contemporary life, include 

 The Muses' Looking-Glass, a de- 

 fence of the drama; Amyntas, a 

 pastoral; and two comedies, The 

 Jealous Lovers and Hey for Hon- 

 esty. His best work was published 

 posthumously. W. C. Hazlitt edited 

 his works in 1875. 



Ranelagh. Former London 

 place of amusement. At the E. 

 of Chelsea Hospital, its gardens 

 form part of the grounds of that 

 institution. It was named after 

 Richard Jones, 3rd viscount and 

 1st earl of Ranelagh, who built 

 a house and laid out gardens 

 here, 1690-91 ; and from 1742-1803 

 rivalled Vauxhall (q. v.). A nota- 

 ble feature was the Rotunda, a 

 huge structure re- 

 sembling the Brit- 

 ish Museum read- 

 ing-room. Contem- 

 porary writers, 

 Horace Walpole 

 and others, bear 

 witness to the 

 popularity of the 

 masquerades, con- 

 certs, and other 

 entertainments of 

 which Ranelagh 

 was the centre. 

 See The London 

 Pleasure Gardens 

 of the 18th Cen- 

 tury, W. and A. E. 

 Wroth, 1896. 



