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Eneid

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An epic poem of Virgil, the hero of which is Aeneas of Troy.

A Norwegian priest, founder of the Danish mission in Greenland, whither he embarked with his family and a small colony of traders in 1721; leaving his son to carry on the mission, and returning to ...

Gustave Doré

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A French painter and designer, born in Strasburg; evinced great power and fertility of invention, having, it is alleged, produced more than 50,000 designs; had a wonderful faculty for seizing ...

Henry Drummond

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Popular scientist and Christian teacher, born in Stirling; was educated at Edinburgh and Tubingen; studied for the Free Church; lectured on natural science; became famous by the publication of ...

Gustave Eiffel

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An eminent French engineer, born at Dijon; early obtained a reputation for bridge construction; designed the great Garabit Viaduct, and also the enormous locks for the Panama Canal; his most noted ...

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove

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A German physicist, born at Liegnitz, Silesia; professor of Natural Philosophy in Berlin; was eminent chiefly in the departments of meteorology and optics; he discovered how by the stereoscope to ...

Gustave d' Eichthal

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A French publicist, born at Nancy; an adherent of St. Simonianism; wrote "Les Evangiles"; Mrs. Carlyle describes him as "a gentle soul, trustful, and earnest-looking, ready to do and suffer all for ...