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EODIN. 218 ROE. vork is the euhiiiiiatiun of the genius [)f Kodiii, if not of inuik-in sculpture. He also <>xi'eiite(l a nunilier of ailniiralile bvists of jrreat power, aiiKiny uliieli are those of i^egros, Dalou, Victor riu;;o. anil Kochefort. in recent years he 1ms produced some works of great interest, as "The Kiss" and the monument to Claude Lor- rain. Others, however, as the statues of Victor Hugo and Balzac, have shown great eccentricity, if not actual deterioration. There was a compre- hensive exhibition of all his works at the Paris Kxhibition of 1900. Consult: Bartlett, "Auguste Rodin, Sculp- tor," an excellent series of articles in Amrricun Architect, vol. xxv. (1889); also Maillard. Au- guste Rodin, statuaire (Paris, 1899) ; "Eodin et son ceuvre," in La Plume (ib., 1900) ; Brown- ell, Modern French Art (Xew York, 1901). KODIYAS, ro-de'yaz. A degraded and out- east race in Ceylon, regarded by some as a branch of the 'eddas (q.v.). ROD'MAN, Thomas Jefferson (1815-71). An American soldier, born at Salem, Ind. He graduated at West Point in 1841, and from that time imtil his death was continuously employed at various Government arsenals or on ordnance boards, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of ordnance and brevet brigadier-general in the Regular Army. He invented the method of cool- ing gun-castings from the inside and the pris- matic powder for use in large cannon. He pub- lished Reports of Experiments on the Properties of Metal for Cannon and on Cannon Potrder (1861). RODMAN GTJN. See Artillery; Ordnance. ROD'NEY, CAESAR (1728-84). An American patriot, born at Dover, Del. From 1775 to 1758 he was high sheriff of Kent County, and then became justice of tlie peace and judge of the lower courts. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, was Speaker of the Dela- ■ware Assembly from 1769 to 1774, and was chair- man of the Delaware Conunittee of Safety and of the State Convention in 1774. In 1774-76 he was one of Delaware's representatives in the Conti- nental Congress, where he was a strong advocate of independence, and was one of the signers of the Declaration. Having, in 1775, lieen made a col- onel and later a brigadier-general of the State militia, he served under Washington in 1777, becoming a major-general of militia in Septem- ber. From 1778 to 1782 he was President of Delaware. RODNEY, George Brtdge.s, first Baron Rod- ney (1719-92). An English admiral. Entering the English navy in 1732 as King's letter-boy, he became lietitenant in 1739 and post captain in 1742, and won his first honors through his bril- liant participation in Hawke's victory of October 14, 1747, over theFrench fleet under L'Etendti&re. Having rendered valuable services in the English West Indies in 1761-62, he was in the latter year advanced to the vice-admiralty, and in 1704 made a baronet. In 1779, at the time of the alliance of Spain with France against England, Rodney, now admiral, received command of the fleet at the Leeward Islands station, with instructions also to relieve Gibraltar, besieged by the Spanish. After cajituring seven Spanish ships of war bound for Cadiz, he fell in, .January 16, 1780. with the Spanish admiral Langara, oflT Cape St. Vincent. Of the Spanish fleet five vessels w'ere cap- tured and two destroyed. Having accom- jdishcd the relief of Gibraltar and Minorca, he quitted the Mediterranean, crossed the Atlan- tic to tlie station of his new command, and won an indifl'erent victory, near Martinique, over the Freneli fleet imder the Coinit de Guiehen. The victory upon which his fame mainly rests was that M'on over the French fleet under De Grasse, oil Dominica, April 12, 1782. The battle was more obstinately contested than any other en- gagement of the war, being kept up without in- termission for nearly twelve hours. De Grasse was totally defeated, and made prisoner. Rod- ney's victory saved .lamaica and ruined the naval power of Fi'ance and Spain. iIeanwhile in Eng- land the North Ministry had fallen, and lle Rockingham Ministry had sent Admiral rigot to supersede Rodney for political rea- sons, before news of his great victory had reached London. As a reward for his services he was raised to the peerage as Raron Rodney, and given a pension of £2000 per aimvmi for himself and his successors. He lived in retirement for the rest of his life and died May 23, 1792. Con- sult: ^Miuid}-, Life and Correspondence of Ad- miral Lord Rodney (London, 1830) ; Hannay, Rodney (ib., 1891)'. RODOSTO, ru-dos'tu. A town in the Vilayet of Adrianople, European Turkey, situated on the north shore of the Sea of Marmora, 78 miles west of Constantinople {Map: Turkey in Europe, F 4). It is surrounded by beautiful gardens, and has many mosques, several Christian churches, and a Greek school. Population, about 20,000. nearly half of them Greeks. RODRIGUEZ, ro-dre'ges. A small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, about 370 miles east of the British island of Mauritius (q.v.), of which it is an administrative dependency (Map: orld. Eastern Hemisphere, L 27 ) . It covers an area of about 40 square miles, and has a good climate and a rich flora. There is a safe harbor on the northern coast. Population, in 1901, 3103, chiefly settlers from Mauritius, ROD'WELL, .ToHN Medows (18«8-1900). An English Orientalist, born at Barham Hall, Suf- folk, and educated at Bury Saint Edmunds and at Gonville and Gains College, Cambridge. He took holy orders and for fifty-seven years was rector of Saint Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate. Rodwell was an accomplished Hebrew and Arabic scholar and translated the Koran (1861; 2d ed. 1876— the best Enfflish version), the Book of Job (1864: 2d ed. i868). and Isaiah (1881; 2d ed. 1886), as well as liturgies from the Coptic (1866) and from Ethiopic manuscripts (1804). ROE, Edward Payson (1838-88). An Ameri- can clergyman and novelist, born in Moodna, Orange County, N, Y, Illness caused him to leave Williams College before graduation, but he after- wards received a bachelor's degree, studied at Auburn and Union Seminaries, and in 1862-65 was a chaplain in the volunteer service. He was from then tmtil 1874 pastor of the Presby- terian Church at Highland Falls, X. Y., after which he gave himself up to lecturing, writing, and fruit culture. His first novel. Barriers Burned Away (1872), a story stiggested by the Chicago fire, was followed by Play and Profit in My Garden (1872) and many novels, all