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STUBBS 129 STURDEE Bodleian Library, in 1875 rector of Chol- derton, Wilts, in 1879 canon residentiary of St, Paul's, in 1884 bishop of Chester, and in 1888 bishop of Oxford. He edited many valuable historical works in the Rolls Series, including "Chronicles and Memorials of the reign of Richard I." (1864-1865) ; "Gesta Regis Henrici II." (1867) ; "Chronicle of Roger Hoveden" (1872-1873) ; "Memorials of St. Dun- stan" (1874) ; and "Opera Radulphi de Diceto" (1876) ; his chief work the Con- stitutional History of England (1874- 1878) , and many others. He was a mem- ber of various English and foreign learned societies. He died April 22, 1901. STUCCO, a fine plaster used for coat- ing walls. It is usually made of pure lime slaked and settled, mixed with clean sand. Stucco varies in quality and com- position with the purpose for which it is intended. For internal decoration gyp- sum and pounded marble enter into its composition, as well as gelatine or glue in solution. For external work the stucco employed is of a coarser kind, and is variously prepared, the different sorts being generally distinguished by the name of cements. Also the third coat of plastering when prepared for painting, and a popular name for plaster of Paris or gypsum. STUCK, HUDSON, an American clergyman and explorer; born in Eng- land, in 1863. In 1885 he removed to the United States, and in 1892 graduated from the theological department of the University of the South. He was ap- pointed a priest of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in 1892, and served as rec- tor of several churches in Texas. In 1904 he was appointed archdeacon of the Yukon. He was interested in mountain climbing and exploration, and on June 7, 1913, with three companions, reached the summit of Mount McKinley, being the first to perform this feat. This was fol- lowed by other explorations in Alaska. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London, and was a member of other scientific societies. He wrote "Ascent of Denali (Mount Mc- Kinley)" (1914); "Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog-Sled" (1914) ; "Voyages on the Yukon and its Tributaries" (1917) ; "A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic Coast" (1920). He died in 1920. STUHLWEISSENBURG, a town of Hungary; near the marshes of Sar-Rat, 421/2 miles S. W. of Budapest. The chief buildings are the cathedral and the Church of St. Maria, built by Stephen I., the place of crowning and burial. Stuhl- weissenburg was the residence of the Hungarian kings from 1027 to 1527, when Bela IV. removed to Ofen. The town manufactures cloth, flannel, cor- dovan, and knives, and has an important traffic in wool, corn, wine, and live stock. Stuhlweissenburg is believed to occupy the site of the Roman Floriana. It was held bv the Turks at intervals from 1545 to 1688. Pop. about 37,000. STUKELEY, WILLIAM, an English antiquary; born in Holbeach, Lincoln- shire, Nov. 7, 1687, and from the gram- mar school there passed in 1703 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Having studied medicine he practiced successively at Boston, London, and Grantham; but in 1729 he took orders, and, after holding two Lincolnshire liv- ings, in 1747 was presented to the rectory of St. George the Martyr in Queen Square, London, His 20 works, published between 1720 and 1726, and dealing with Stonehenge, Avebury, and anitiquities generally, are marred by a credulity and fancifulness which won for him the title of the "Arch-Druid." He died in London March 3, 1765. STURDEE, Adm. Sir (Frederick Charles) Doveton, 1st bt. cr. 1916, of the Falkland Isles; K. C. B., entered navy in 1871; captain, 1899; rear-ad- miral, 1908. Chief of the Staff, Mediter- ADMIRAL STURDEE ranean Fleet, 1905. CommandeiMn- Chief, H. M. S. "Invincible" in action off the Falkland Isles, 1914, when the British Fleet destroyed the German Raiding Squadron.