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faced difficulties, and, especially 

 in his later years, was prone to a 

 good-natured acceptance of things 

 as they are. It was said of him 

 that he thought like a man, felt 

 like a woman, and acted like a 

 child. His conversation had all the 

 fascination of his style, which, while 

 vivid and picturesque, is classic 

 in its clarity and its simplicity. 



Bibliography. Poetry of the 

 Celtic Races and other Studies, 

 Eng. trans. W. G. Hutchison, 1896; 

 Life of Jesus, Eng. trans. W. G. 

 Hutchison, 1897 ; Lives, M. Grant 

 Duff, 1893; F. Espinasse, 1895; M. 

 J. Darmesteter, 1898 ; W. F. Barry, 

 1905; L. F. Mott, 1921; La Philo- 

 sophie d'Ernest Renan, R. Allier, 

 1 895 ; E. Renan, Essai de Biographic 

 Psychologique, G. S6ailles, 1895 ; 

 Philosophy of E. Renan, H. G. A. 

 Brauer, 1903 ; Le Systeme His- 

 iorique de Renan, G. Sorel, 1906 ; La 

 Politique de Renan, G. Strauss, 1909. 



Rendel, STUART RENDEL, IST 

 BARON (1834-1913). British poli- 

 tician. Born July 2, 1834, his 

 father was the 

 engineer, 

 James M. 

 Rendel, F.R.S. 

 H e was edu- 

 cated at Eton 

 and Oriel Col- 

 lege, Oxford, 

 afterwards 

 b e c o m ing a 

 partner in the 1st Baron Rendel, 

 firm of Sir W. British politician 



Armstrong W.&D.Downey 



& Co. In 1880 he became Liberal 

 M.P. for Montgomeryshire and 

 retained the seat until made a peer 

 in 1894. He died June 4, 1913. 

 Rendel was known as an intimate 

 friend of Gladstone, whose son, 

 Henry, married one of his daughters, 

 and as a supporter of educational 

 and other institutions in Wales. 



Rendle, ALFRED BARTON (b. 

 1865). British botanist. Born in 

 London, Jan. 19, 1865, he was 

 educated at S. Olave's Grammar 

 School, South wark, and S. John's 

 College, Cambridge. In 1888 he 

 was appointed assistant in the 

 botanical department of the 

 Natural History Museum, and in 

 1906 was made its keeper. He was 

 elected F.R.S. in 1909. 



Rendsburg. Town of Prussia,' 

 Germany. In the prov. of Schles- 

 wig-Holstein, it stands on an island 

 in the Eider, 19 m. W. of Kiel, near 

 the Baltic Sea, and on the Kiel 

 Canal. The Gothic church of S. 

 Mary belongs to the 13th century, 

 and the Rathaus was built in the 

 16th. The town was founded by 

 the Danes about 1100, and taken 

 by the Swedes in 1643. It be- 

 came Prussian in 1866. Pop. 17,300. 



Ren6 (1409-80). Duke of Anjou, 

 called the Good. Son of Louis II 

 of Anjou, he was born at Angers, 



Rene the Good, 

 Duke of Anjou 



Jan. 16, 1409, 

 and married in 

 1420 Isabella 

 of Lor raine, 

 whose uncle, 

 disputing the 

 inherit ance, 

 cap tured Re- 

 ne' at Bulgne- 

 ville, 1431. In 

 1434 Rene in- 

 herited Anjou 



and Provence, and proved a popular 



ruler, occupying himself with the 



arts and literature of his domains 



and fostering 



their agriculture, 



etc. He handed 



the succession of 



Aragon to his son 



John of Calabria 



(d. 1470), but 



Louis XI per- 



suaded him, 1474, 



to bequeath his 



dominions to 



Charles of Maine, 



so that Anjou 



should revert to 



the French 



crown. He died 



on July 10, 1480, 



leaving poems, 



romances, and 



engineering, weaving, dyeing, etc., 

 are engaged in. Market day, Sat. 

 Pop. 27,400. 



Renfrewshire. County of Scot- 

 land. In the S. W. of the country, it 

 is bounded N. and W. by the Clyde, 

 only a small portion lying 14. of 

 that river. Its area is 240 sq. m. 

 The surface is generally undulating 

 except in the S., where there are 

 hills. The chief rivers are the Carts, 

 Black and White, tributaries of the 

 Clyde, and Loch Thorn is the 

 most important of several lakes. 

 The part of the country that lies 



other writings of 

 considerable 



Renfrewshire. Map of the Scottish county south of the Clyde 



merit. His daughter Margaret mar- 

 ried Henry VI of England, 1445. 



Renegade (Span. renegado ; 

 cf. runagate). One who deserts 

 his principles, more especially one 

 who apostatises from his faith from 

 other than conscientious motives. 

 The word was 

 first used of Chris - 

 tians who em- 

 braced Mahome- 

 danism to avoid 

 persecution. 

 Renfrew. Royal 

 and municipal 

 burgh and the 

 Renfrew arms county town of 

 Renfrewshire, Scot- 

 land. It stands on 

 the left bank of the 

 river Clyde, 5 m. 

 W. of Glasgow on 

 the Cal. and G. & 

 S.W.rlys. Formerly 

 a considerable 

 Clyde port, it lost 

 much of its import- 

 ance, but in the 

 20th century basins 

 and docks which 

 can accommodate 

 the largest vessels 

 were constructed. 

 Castlehill marks the 

 site of the castle of 

 the Stewarts. Ship- 

 building is the 

 staple industry,and 



along the Clyde is an industrial 

 area, and herein are Paisley, Gree- 

 nock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, and 

 parts of Glasgow. 

 Elsewhere a g r i- 

 culture is carried 

 on. Renfrew is the 

 county town. The 

 county, which is 

 served by the 

 G. &S.W.andCal, 

 Renfrewshire Rlys., sends two 

 arms members to Par- 



liament. Renfrewshire was part of 

 Lanarkshire until about 1400. The 

 prince of Wales bears the title of 

 baron of Renfrew. Pop. 315,000. 



Renfrew. Town Hall of the Scottish burgh 

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