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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carteret , Sir George 1599 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elizabeth , Queen of England (search)
Elizabeth, Queen of England
Born in Greenwich, Sept. 7, 1533; daughter of Henry VIII.
and Anne Boleyn.
Under the tuition of Roger Ascham she acquired much proficiency in classical learning, an the Protestant Church, and was persecuted by her half-sister, Mary, who was a Roman Catholic.
Elizabeth never married.
When quite young her father negotiated for her nuptials with the son of Franci I.
of France assumed the arms and title of King of England in right of his wife, Mary Stuart, Elizabeth sent an army to Scotland which drove the French out of the kingdom.
She supported the French .
Because of the opposite interests in religion, and possibly because of matrimonial affairs, Elizabeth and Philip of Spain were mutually hostile, and in 1588 the latter sent the invincible Armada f illustrated during her reign by such men as Spenser, Shakespeare, Sidney, Bacon, and Raleigh.
Elizabeth was possessed of eminent ability and courage, but her personal character was deformed by selfi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raleigh , Sir Walter 1552 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slavery. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smithson , James Lewis Macie -1835 (search)
Smithson, James Lewis Macie -1835
Philanthropist; place and date of birth not positively known, some authorities giving England about 1754, and others France in 1765.
At the commencement of his will, he wrote: I, James Smithson, son of Hugh, third Duke of Northumberland, and Elizabeth, heiress of the Hungerfords of Audley, and niece to Charles, the proud Duke of Somerset, without giving the date of his nativity.
He took his degree at Oxford University (1786) under the surname of Macie, but between 1791 and 1803 he adopted the family name of Smithson.
He was distinguished at the university as a chemist; became the associate of the leading scientists of the day; and was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1787, to the Transactions of which he contributed eight papers.
At his death, in Genoa, Italy, June 27, 1829, he left about 200 manuscripts, which seemed to be chiefly portions of a philosophical dictionary.
In his will, dated Oct. 23, 1826, he bequeathed to his nephew the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)