- Falaba, town, West Africa.
- Falaise, town, France.
- Falashas, Jews of Abyssinia.
- Falcon, bird.
- Falcone, Aniello, Italian painter.
- Falconer, Hugh, English naturalist.
- Falconer, William, English poet.
- Falconet, Étienne Maurice, French sculptor.
- Falconry.
- Falerii, ancient town, Etruria.
- Falernus Ager, district, ancient Italy.
- Faliero, Marino, doge of Venice.
- Falk, Johann Daniel, German writer and philanthropist.
- Falke, Johann Friedrich Gottlieb, German historian.
- Falkirk, town, Scotland.
- Falkland, town, Scotland.
- Falkland, Viscount (Sir Lucius Cory, q.v.).
- Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.
- Fallmerayer, Jakob Philipp, German ethnologist and historian.
- Fallopius, or Fallopio, Gabriello, Italian anatomist.
- Fall River, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Falmouth, town, England.
- False Point, harbour, Orissa, India.
- Falster, island, Denmark.
- Falun, or Fahlun, town, Sweden.
- Famagosta, town, Cyprus (q.v.).
- Family.
- Famines.
- Fan.
- Fano, town, Italy.
- Fanshawe, Sir Richard, English poet and statesman.
- Faraday, Michael, English physicist.
- Farce (See Drama).
- Fareham, town, England.
- Farel, Guillaume, French Reformer.
- Faria y Sousa, Manoel de, Portuguese historian and poet.
- Faridkot, state, North-Western India.
- Faridpur, or Furreedpore, district, British India.
- Farina, or Porto Farina, town, Tunis.
- Farinato, Paolo, Italian painter.
- Farinelli (Carlo Broschi), Italian singer.
- Farini, Luigi Carlo, Italian physician, statesman, and historian.
- Farmer, Hugh, English theologian.
- Farmer, Richard, Shakespearean commentator.
- Farnabie, or Farnaby, Thomsa, English schoolmaster.
- Farnese, noble Italian family.
- Farnham, town, England.
- Faro, town, Portugal.
- Faroe Islands, North Sea.
- Farquhar, George, English dramatist.
- Farragut, David Glascoe, American admiral.
- Farrakhabad (Furruckabad), district and town, India.
- Farrant, Richard, English musical composer.
- Fars, or Farsistan, province, Persia.
- Fasano, town, Italy.
- Fasti, Roman calendars and chronicles.
- Fasting, religious discipline.
- Fasting, Claus, Danish poet.
- Fastes, in classical mythology.
- Fathers of the Church.
- Fathipur (Futtehpoor), district and town, India.
- Fathipur Sikri, town, India.
- Fatima, daughter of Muhammed.
- Fattore, Il (Gianfrancesco Penni, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Faucher, Léon, French political economist.
- Fauchet, Claude, historian and antiquary (1539–1601).
- Fauchet, Claude, Abbé, Girondist (1744–1793).
- Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemi, French naturalist.
- Faun, in classical mythology.
- Fauriel, Charles Claude, French historian and critic.
- Faust (Fust, q.v.), family of German printers.
- Faustina, Annia, wife of Marcus Aurelius.
- Faustus, or Faust, in mediæval legend.
- Favara, town, Sicily.
- Favart, Charles Simon, French dramatist.
- Faversham, or Feversham, town, England.
- Favorinus, Greek sophist.
- Fawkes, Francis, English poet.
- Fawkes, Guy, Gunpowder Plot conspirator.
- Faxardo (See Saavedra).
- Fay, Andras, Hungarian poet.
- Fayal, island, Azores (q.v.).
- Fayetteville, town, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Fayoum, or Feiyoom, district and lake, Egypt (q.v.).
- Fea, Carlo, Italian archæologist.
- Fearne, Charles, English jurist.
- Feast-Days (See Festivals).
- Feathers.
- February, month.
- Fécamp, town, France.
- Feckenham, or Fecknam, John de, abbot of Westminster.
- Fedchenko, Alexis Paulowitch, Russian naturalist.
- Federal Government.
- Federici, Camillo, Italian dramatist.
- Fee, in English law.
- Fehmic Courts (Fehmgerichte), Germany.
- Feitama, Sybrand, Dutch writer.
- Feith, Rhijnvis, Dutch poet.
- Fejér, Gyorgy, Hungarian writer.
- Feldkirch, town, Vorarlberg, Austria.
- Felegyhaza, town, Hungary.
- Félibien, André, French architect and historiographer.
- Félibien, Dom Michel, French historian.
- Felix, various popes.
- Felix of Urgel, Adoptianist (See Adoption Controversy).
- Felix of Valois, founder of order of Trinitarians.
- Felix, Antonius, procurator of Judæa.
- Felix, Minucius (Minucius Felix, q.v.).
- Fell, John, bishop of Oxford.
- Fellatahs, or Foulahs, people, Africa (q.v.).
- Fellenberg, Philipp Emanuel von, Swiss educationist.
- Feller, François Xavier de, Belgian writer.
- Fellows, Sir Charles, English traveller and antiquary.
- Felo de Se, in law.
- Felony, in law.
- Felt, fabric of matted fibres.
- Feltham, Owen, English moralist.
- Feltre, town, Italy.
- Feltre, Morto da, Italian painter.
- Fencing, in gymnastics.
- Fénelon, Bertrand de Salignac, French diplomatist.
- Fénelon, François de Salignac, archbishop of Cambray.
- Fennians, or Fenians.
- Fennel, plant.
- Fenton, Elijah, English poet.
- Fenton, Sir Gregory, English statesman and writer.
- Fenugreek, herb.
- Feoffment, in English law.
- Ferdinand, the name.
- Ferdinand I., emperor.
- Ferdinand II., emperor.
- Ferdinand III., emperor.
- Ferdinand I., emperor of Austria.
- Ferdinand I., king of Naples.
- Ferdinand II., king of Naples.
- Ferdinand III., of Naples (V. of Castile, q.v.).
- Ferdinand IV., of Naples (I. of Two Sicilies).
- Ferdinand II., of the Two Sicilies.
- Ferdinand, king of Portugal.
- Ferdinand I., king of Aragon and Sicily.
- Ferdinand II., of Aragon (V. of Castile, q.v.).
- Ferdinand I., the Great, king of Castile.
- Ferdinand II., of Leon.
- Ferdinand III., St, of Castile and Leon.
- Ferdinand IV., of Castile and Leon.
- Ferdinand V., of Castile.
- Ferdinand VI., king of Spain.
- Ferdinand VII., of Spain.
- Ferdinand I. & II., grand-dukes of Tuscany (See Medici).
- Ferdinand III., of Tuscany.
- Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick.
- Ferentino (the ancient Ferentinum), town, Italy.
- Ferento, town, Italy.
- Ferghana, province, Russian Turkestan.
- Ferguson, Adam, Scottish philosopher and historian.
- Ferguson, James, English merchanst and astronomer.
- Fergusson, Robert, Scottish poet.
- Fergusson, Sir William, Scottish poet.
- Ferid-eddin-Athar (Farid-uddin-Attar), Persian mystic poet.
- Ferishta, Mohammed Kasim, Persian historian.
- Fermanagh, county, Ireland.
- Fermat, Pierre de, French mathematician.
- Fermenation.
- Fermo, town, Italy.
- Fermoy, town, Ireland.
- Fernan Caballero (Cecilia Böhl von Faber, q.v.), Spanish novelist.
- Fernandez, Alvaro, Portuguese explorer.
- Fernandez, Diego, Spanish adventurer and historian.
- Fernandez, Joam, Portuguese traveller.
- Fernandez, Juan, Spanish adventurer.
- Fernandez, Juan, Spanish navigator.
- Fernando de Noronha, islands, South Atlantic.
- Fernando Po, island, West Africa.
- Fernel, Jean François, French physician.
- Fernow, Karl Ludwig, German art critic and archæologist.
- Fern, Ferns, group of plants.
- Ferozepore (Firozpur, q.v.), district, India.
- Ferrand, Comte, French statesman and writer.
- Ferrara, town, Italy.
- Ferrari Gaudenzio, Italian painter.
- Ferreira, Antonio, Portuguese poet.
- Ferret, albino variety of the polecat.
- Ferri, Ciro, Italian painter.
- Ferrier, James Frederick, Scottish metaphysician.
- Ferrier, Susan Edmonston, Scottish novelist.
- Ferro, or Hierro, island, Canaries (q.v.).
- Ferrol, town, Spain.
- Ferry, Law relating to.
- Fersen, Axel, Count, Swedish general.
- Fesca, Frederic Ernest, German musical composer.
- Fesch, Joseph, French cardinal.
- Fessler, Ignatz Aurelius, Hungarian ecclesiastic and writer.
- Festivals.
- Festus, Sextus Pompeius, Latin grammarian.
- Festichism.
- Fétis, François Joseph, Belgian writer and musical composer.
- Feu, in Scots Law.
- Feuchtersleben, Edonard, Freiherr von, Austrian medical writer.
- Feudalism, Feudal System.
- Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas, German philosopher.
- Feuerbach, Paul Johann Anselm, German jurist.
- Feuilleton, of French newspaper.
- Fever.
- Feydeau, Ernest-Aimé, French writer.
- Fez, town, Morocco.
- Fezzan, country, Africa.
|
- Fiacre, St, French hermit.
- Fiars Prices, in Scots law.
- Fibres, Textile.
- Fibrin, albuminoid substance.
- Fichte, Johann Gottleib, German metaphysician.
- Fichtelgebirge, mountain range, Bavaria.
- Ficino, Marsilio, Italian philosopher.
- Fictions, in law.
- Fidenæ (Castello Giubileo), ancient town, Italy.
- Field, John, English musical composer and pianist.
- Field, Nathan, English dramatist.
- Fieldfare, bird.
- Fielding, Copley, English painter.
- Fielding, Henry, English novelist.
- Fieri Facias, in English law.
- Fieschi, Joseph Marie, Genoese conspirator.
- Fiesco [de' Fieschi], Giovanni Luigi, Genoese conspirator.
- Fiesole, town, Italy.
- Fiesole, Fra Giovanni Angelico da, Italian painter.
- Fife, musical instrument (See Flute).
- Fife, county, Scotland.
- Fifth Monarchy Men, Puritan sect.
- Fig, tree and fruit.
- Figaro, dramatic character & Paris newspaper.
- Figeac, town, France.
- Figueras, town, Spain.
- Fiji Islands, South Pacific.
- Filangieri, Carlo, Italian general.
- Filangieri, Gaetano, Italian publicist.
- Filbert, tree and nut (See Hazel).
- File, steel tool.
- File-Fish & Trigger-Fish.
- Filelfo, Francesco, Italian scholar.
- Filibuster, buccaneer.
- Filicaia, Vincenzo da, Italian poet.
- Filigree, jewel work of threads and beads.
- Filippino Lippi, Italian painter (See Lippi).
- Filan, St, Scottish saint.
- Fillmore, Millard, president of the United States.
- Films, Liquid, in capillary action (q.v.), & Sensitive, in photography (See Optics).
- Filmer, Sir Robert, English political writer.
- Filter, apparatus for purifying liquids.
- Finale dell'Emilia, town, Italy.
- Finance.
- Finch, bird.
- Finch, Daniel & Heneage, earls of Nottingham (q.v.).
- Finck, Heinrich, German composer.
- Finck, Hermann, German musical writer.
- Finden, William, English engraver.
- Fine, in law.
- Fine Arts, The.
- Fingal, Celtic hero.
- Fini, Tommaso (Masolino, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Finiguerra, Maso, Italian engraver.
- Finistère, department, France.
- Finland, province, Russia.
- Finlay, George, English historian of Greece.
- Fiorenzuola, town, Italy.
- Fiorillo, Johann Dominicus, German painter and historian of art.
- Fir, coniferous tree.
- Firdousi, or Firdausi, Persian people.
- Fire, element.
- Fire, Fires, Destructive.
- Fire-Clay, Fire-Bricks.
- Firenzuola, Agnolo, Italian poet.
- Fireworks (See Pyrotechny).
- Firmicius, Maternus Julius, Latin writer.
- Firozpur, district & town, India.
- Fischart, Johannes, German satirist.
- Fisher, John, bishop of Rochester.
- Fisheries, Sea.
- Fish, Fishes (See Ichthyology & Pisciculture).
- Fishing-Frog, fish.
- Fistula, in surgery.
- Fitch, John, American steamboat inventor.
- Fitch, Ralph, English traveller.
- Fitchburg, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, leader of the United Irishmen.
- Fitzgerald, Lord Thomas, Irish leader.
- Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony, English judge.
- Fitzroy, Robert, English admiral, hydrographer, and meteorologist.
- Fitzstephen, William, English historian.
- Fiume, town, Hungary.
- Fives, game.
- Fives, town, France.
- Fix, Theodore, French political economist.
- Fixtures, in law.
- Flaccus, Caius Valerius, Roman poet.
- Flacius, Matthias, German theologian.
- Flacourt, Étienne de, French governor of Madagascar.
- Flag, Flags, Military and naval.
- Flagellants, self-chastising fraternities.
- Flageolet, musical instrument (See Flute).
- Flahaut de la Billarderie, Auguste C. J., Comte de, French general and diplomatist.
- Flambard, Ranulph or Ralph, bishop of Durham.
- Flame.
- Flamel, Nicolas, French alchemist.
- Flamen, Roman priest.
- Flamingo, bird.
- Flamininus, Titus Quinctius, Roman general and statesman.
- Flaminius, Caius, Roman consul (223 b.c.).
- Flaminius, Caius, Roman consul (187 b.c.).
- Flamsteed, John, English astronomer.
- Flanders, countship, Netherlands.
- Flandrin, Jean Hippolyte, French painter.
- Flannel, woollen stuff.
- Flatbush, town, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
- Flat-Fish.
- Flavel, John, English theologian.
- Flavian I., patriarch of Antioch.
- Flavian II., patriarch of Antioch.
- Flavian, patriarch of Constantinople.
- Flavigny, Valérien, French Hebraist.
- Flavin, dyestuff.
- Flax, plant and fibre.
- Flaxman, John.
- Flea, insect.
- Fléchier, Esprit, bishop of Nîmes, poet, and preacher.
- Flecknoe, Richard, English poet and dramatist.
- Fleetwood, town, England.
- Fleetwood, Charles, lord deputy of Ireland.
- Fleetwood, William, bishop of Ely.
- Fleming, Paul, German poet.
- Flemish Literature (See Holland).
- Fleming, Richard, bishop of Lincoln.
- Flensburg, town, Prussia.
- Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, Scottish politician.
- Fletcher, Giles (1548–1610), English poet.
- Fletcher, Giles (1584–1623), English writer.
- Fletcher, John, English dramatist (See Beaumont and Fletcher).
- Fletcher, Phineas, English poet.
- Fleuranges, Robert de la Marck, Seigneur de, French marshal and historian.
- Fleur-de-Lis, heraldic device.
- Fleury, André Hercule de, French cardinal and statesman.
- Fleury, Claude, French ecclesiastical historian.
- Fliedner, Theodore, German philanthropist.
- Flight, Laws of.
- Flinck, Govert, Dutch painter.
- Flinders, Matthew, English navigator.
- Flint, mineral.
- Flint, county, Wales.
- Flint, Timothy, American divine and writer.
- Flodoard, or Frodoart, French chronicler.
- Flood, The (Deluge, q.v.), of Scripture.
- Flood, Henry, Irish orator and politician.
- Floor Cloth.
- Flor, Roger di, military adventurer.
- Flora, in Roman mythology.
- Florence, town, Italy.
- Florence of Worcester, English chronicler.
- Flores, Endeh, or Mangeraai, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Flores, island, Azores (q.v.), Atlantic.
- Florez, Enrique, Spanish historian.
- Florian, patron saint of Poland.
- Florian, Jean Pierre Claris de, French poet and romanticist.
- Florida, State, U.S.A.
- Florida-Blanca, Count of, Spanish statesman.
- Florio, Giovanni, English lexicographer and translator.
- Floris, Frans, Flemish sculptor and painter.
- Florus, Roman historian.
- Flotsam, Jetsam, and Ligan, in English law.
- Flounder, fish.
- Flour, Manufacture of.
- Flourens, Gustave, French communist and writer.
- Flourens, Marie Jean Pierre, French physiologist.
- Flowers, Artificial.
- Floyer, Sir John, English physician and writer.
- Fludd, Robert, English physician and mystic.
- Flügel, Gustav Lebrecht, German Orientalist.
- Flügel, Johann Gottfried, German lexicographer.
- Flourine, chemical element.
- Fluor Spar, or Fluorite, mineral.
- Flushing, town, Holland.
- Flushing, town, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
- Flute, musical instrument.
- Fluxes, in smelting ores (See Metallurgy).
- Fluxions, in mathematics (See Infinitesimal Calculus).
- Fly (Diptera, q.v.), insect (q.v.).
- Flycatcher, bird.
- Flying and Flying Machines (See Flight).
- Flying-Fish.
- Flying-Fox.
|
- Fogaras, town, Hungary.
- Fogelberg, Benedict Erland, Swedish sculptor.
- Foggia, town, Italy.
- Foil, thin sheet-copper.
- Foix, town, France.
- Foix, Counts of.
- Foix, Gaston de (See Nemours).
- Foix, Paul de, French prelate and diplomatist.
- Fokshan, town, Roumania.
- Folard, Jean Charles de, French writer on tactics.
- Foldvar, or Duna Foldvar, town, Hungary.
- Folengo, Teofilo, Italian poet.
- Foley, John Henry, British sculptor.
- Foligno, or Fuligno, town, Italy.
- Folkes, Martin, English antiquary.
- Folkestone, town, England.
- Folk-Land, or Folc-Land, in English law.
- Folk-Lore.
- Follen, August Ludwig, German poet.
- Follen, Charles, German poet and theologian.
- Follett, Sir William Webb, English lawyer.
- Fonblanque, Albany William, English political writer.
- Fond du Lac, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Fondi, town, Italy.
- Fontaine, Jean de la (La Fontaine, q.v.), French poet.
- Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, French architect.
- Fontainebleau, town, France.
- Fontana, Domenico, Italian architect.
- Fontana, Lavinia, Italian painter.
- Fontana, Prospero, Italian painter.
- Fontanes, Louis, Marquis de, French poet.
- Fontarabia (Fuenterrabia, q.v.), town, Spain.
- Fontenay-le-Comte, town, France.
- Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de, French writer.
- Fontevrault, town, France.
- Foo-Chow (Fuh-chow, q.v.), town, China.
- Food (See Dietetics).
- Football, game.
- Foote, Samuel, English dramatist and actor.
- Foppa Vincenzo, Italian painter.
- Foraminifera.
- Forbach, town, German Lorraine.
- Forbes, Alexander Penrose, bishop of Brechin.
- Forbes, David, English chemist and geologist.
- Forbes, Duncan, of Culloden, Scottish lawyer and statesman.
- Forbes, Edward, English naturalist.
- Forbes, James David, Scottish natural philosopher.
- Forbes, Sir John, physician and writer.
- Forbin, Claude de, French naval commander.
- Forcellini, Egidio, Italian philologist.
- Forchhammer, Johan Georg, Danish mineralogist.
- Forchheim, town, Bavaria.
- Ford, John, English dramatist.
- Ford, Richard, English writer on Spain.
- Ford, Thomas, English musician.
- Fordun, John of, Scottish historian.
- Forests, Forest Administration.
- Forfar, or Angus, county & town, Scotland.
- Forge, for iron.
- Forgery, in English law.
- Forget-Me-Not, plant.
- Forlì, town, Italy.
- Forlì, Melozzo da, Italian painter.
- Forlimpopoli, town, Italy.
- Forman, Simon, English physician and astrologer.
- Formey, Johann Heinrich Samuel, German writer.
- Formia, town, Italy.
- Formosa, island, China.
- Formosus, Pope.
- Forres (Elgin, q.v.).
- Forskål, Peter, Swedish naturalist and philosopher.
- Forst, town, Prussia.
- Forster, François, French engraver.
- Förster, Friedrich, German historian.
- Forster, Johann Georg Adam, German naturalist.
- Forster, John, English historian and critic.
- Fort de France, town, Martinique, West Indies.
- Fortescue, Sir John, English lawyer.
- Forth, river, Scotland.
- Fortification.
- Fortrose, town, Scotland.
- Fortuna, Roman goddess.
- Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands, q.v.).
- Fortunatus, legendary hero.
- Fortunatus, Venantius H. C., bishop of Poitiers, Latin poet.
- Fort Wayne, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Forum, at Rome.
- Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, English antiquary.
- Foscari, Francesco, doge of Venice.
- Foscarini, Marco, doge of Venice, historian.
- Forscarini, Michele, Venetian historian.
- Foscolo, Ugo, Italian writer.
- Foss, Edward, English legal writer.
- Fossano, town, Italy.
- Fossano, Ambrogio Stefani da (Il Borgognone), Italian painter.
- Fossombrone, town, Italy.
- Fossombroni, Vittorio, Italian statesman and mathematician.
- Foster, John, English essayist.
- Foster, Stephen Collins, American song-writer.
- Fothergill, John, English physician.
- Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon, French physicist.
- Fouché, Joseph, French minister of police.
- Foucher, Simon, French sceptic.
- Fougères, town, France.
- Fould, Achille, French financier.
- Foulis, Andrew and Robert, Scottish printers and publishers.
- Founding, casting metal.
- Foundling Hospitals.
- Fountain, spring of water.
- Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England (See Abbey).
- Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte, German writer.
- Fouquet, Nicolas, French financier and statesman.
- Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine Quentin, French Revolutionist.
- Fourchambault, town, France.
- Fourcroy, Antoine François, Comte de, French chemist.
- Fourier, François Charles Marie, French socialist writer.
- Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, French mathematician and physicist.
- Fourmont, Étienne, French Orientalist.
- Fournier, Pierre Simon, French printer.
- Fowl, Fowls, poultry.
- Fowler, Charles, English architect.
- Fowler, John, inventor of steam plough.
- Fowler, William, Scottish poet.
- Fownes, George, English chemist.
- Fox, carnivorous mammal.
- Fox, Charles James, English statesman.
- Fox, George, founder of the Quakers.
- Fox, Richard, bishop of Winchester.
- Foxe, John, English martyrologist.
- Foxglove (Digitalis, q.v.), plant.
- Foy, Maximilien Sébastien, French general and politician.
|
- Fraas, Karl Nikolas, German botanist.
- Fra Bartolommeo (Baccio de la Porta, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Fracastorio, Hieronymo, Italian physician and poet.
- Fra Diavolo, Italian brigand.
- Frähn, Christian Martin, German numismatist and Orientalist.
- Framlingham, town, England.
- Français, of Nantes, Count, French politician and writer.
- Francavilla, town, Italy.
- France.
- France, Isle of, or Mauritius (q.v.).
- Francesca, Piero de' (Pietro della Francesca, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Franceschini, Baldassare, Italian painter.
- Franche Comté, province, France.
- Franchise, in law.
- Francia (Francesco Raibolini), Italian painter.
- Francia, José Gaspar Rodriguez, dictator of Paraguay.
- Franciabigio (Francesco di Cristofano), Italian painter.
- Francis I., king of France.
- Francis II., of France.
- Francis I., emperor.
- Francis, St, of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order.
- Francis Borgia, St, general of the Jesuits.
- Francis, St, of Paola, founder of order of Minims.
- Francis, St, of Sales, devotional writer.
- Francis, Sir Philip, English politician and writer.
- Franciscans, monastic order.
- Francisque (Jean François Millet), French painter.
- Franck, the name.
- Franck, or Frank, Sebastian, German writer.
- Francke, August Hermann, German philanthropist and theologian.
- Francken, family of Flemish painters.
- François de Neufchâteau, Nicolas Louis, Count, French statesman and poet.
- Franconia, territorial division, Germany.
- Franeker, town, Holland.
- Frankenberg, town, Saxony.
- Frankenhausen, town, Germany.
- Frankenstein, town, Prussia.
- Frankenthal, town, Bavaria.
- Frankfort, town, Kentucky, U.S.A.
- Frankfort-on-the-Main, town, Germany.
- Frankfort-on-the-Oder, town, Prussia.
- Frankincense, or Olibanum, gum-resin.
- Franklin (Freehold, q.v.).
- Franklin, Benjamin, American statesman and philosopher.
- Franklin, Sir John, Arctic explorer.
- Franks, Germanic people.
- Franzén, Frans Michael, Swedish poet.
- Franzensbad, watering-place, Bohemia.
- Frascati, town, Italy.
- Fraser, James Baillie, Scottish traveller and writer.
- Fraser, Simon, Lord Lovat (q.v.), Scottish Jacobite.
- Fraserburgh, town, Scotland.
- Fratricelli, or Fraticelli, mediæval sects.
- Fraud, in law.
- Frauenburg, town, Prussia.
- Frauenfeld, town, Switzerland.
- Frauenlob (Heinrich von Meissen), German poet.
- Fraunhofer, Joseph von, German optician.
- Fraustadt, town, Prussia.
- Frayssinous, Denis Antoine Luc, Comte de, French ecclesiastic and politician.
- Fredericia, town, Denmark.
- Frederick (Friedrich), German name.
- Frederick I., Barbarossa, emperor and German king.
- Frederick II., emperor and German king.
- Frederick III., German king.
- Frederick IV., German king (emperor Frederick III.).
- Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg.
- Frederick I., king of Prussia.
- Frederick William I., king of Prussia.
- Frederick II., the Great, of Prussia.
- Frederick William II., of Prussia.
- Frederick William III., of Prussia.
- Frederick William IV., of Prussia.
- Frederick I., elector and duke of Saxony.
- Frederick II., of Saxony.
- Frederick III., of Saxony.
- Frederick Augustus I. (Augustus II. of Poland, q.v.), elector of Saxony.
- Frederick Augustus II. (Augustus III. of Poland, q.v.), elector of Saxony.
- Frederick Augustus I., king of Saxony.
- Frederick Augustus II., king of Saxony.
- Frederick I., elector palatine.
- Frederick II., elector palatine.
- Frederick III., elector palatine.
- Frederick IV., elector palatine.
- Frederick V., elector palatine and king of Bohemia.
- Frederick City, town, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Fredericksburg, town, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Frederickshald, town, Norway.
- Frederickstad, town, Norway.
- Fredericton, town, New Brunswick.
- Free Church of Scotland.
- Freehold, in English law.
- Free Imperial Cities, of Germany.
- Freemasonry.
- Freeport, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Freetown, town, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
- Free Trade.
- Freewill Baptists.
- Freiberg, town, Saxony.
- Freiburg, canton, Switzerland.
- Freiburg (Freiburg in the Breisgau), town, Baden, Germany.
- Freiburg, town, Prussian Silesia.
- Freidank, or Freigedank, German poet.
- Freiligrath, Ferdinand, German poet.
- Freind, John, English physician and author.
- Freire, Francisco Joze, Portuguese historian and philologist.
- Freischütz, in German folklore.
- Freising, town, Bavaria.
- Freiwaldau, town, Austrian Silesia.
- Frejus, town, France.
- Fremont, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- French, Nicholas, Irish pamphleteer.
- Frere, John Hookham, English diplomatist and writer.
- Fréret, Nicolas, French scholar.
- Fréron, Élie Catherine, French critic and controversialist.
- Fréron, Louis Stanislas, French Revolutionist.
- Fresco.
- Frescobaldi, Girolamo, Italian musical composer.
- Fresnel, Augustin Jean, French physicist.
- Fresnillo, town, Mexico.
- Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse du, French painter and writer.
- Freudenstadt, town, Würtemberg, Germany.
- Freudenthal, town, Austrian Silesia.
- Freya, or Frigga, in Teutonic mythology.
- Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de, French navigator.
- Freytag, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, German Orientalist.
- Friar, member of mendicant order.
- Fribourg (Freiburg, q.v.), canton, Switzerland.
- Friction, in physics.
- Friedland, town, Bohemia.
- Friedland, town, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany.
- Friedland, town, Prussia.
- Friedland, Valentin (Trotzendorf, q.v.), German educationist.
- Friendly Islands, South Pacific.
- Friendly Societies.
- Friends, Society of (Quakers, q.v.).
- Fries, Elias Magnus, Swedish botanist.
- Fries, Jacob Friedrich, German philosopher.
- Friesland, province, Holland.
- Frigate-Bird.
- Frischlin, Nicodemus, German scholar and poet.
- Frisi, Paolo, Italian mathematician and astronomer.
- Frisians, ancient Teutonic people.
- Frith, or Fryth, John, early English Reformer.
- Fritzlar, town, Prussia.
- Friuli, district, Austria and Italy.
- Froben, or Frobenius, Joannes, German printer and scholar.
- Frobisher, Sir Martin, English navigator.
- Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August, German educationist.
- Frog, amphibian.
- Fröhlich, Abraham Emanuel, German-Swiss poet.
- Froissart, Jean, French chronicler.
- Fromentin, Eugène, French painter.
- Fronde, War of the, in France (q.v. and Condé).
- Frontinus, Sextus Julius, Roman soldier and writer.
- Fronto, Marcus Cornelius, Roman grammarian.
- Frosinone, town, Italy.
- Frost, William Edward, English painter.
- Frost-Bite (See Mortification).
- Frugoni, Carlo Innocenzo, Italian poet.
- Frumentius, early Christian missionary and first bishop of Abyssinia.
- Fruytiers, Philip, Flemish painter.
- Fry, or Gurney, Elizabeth, English philanthropist.
- Fuad Pasha, Mehmed, Turkish statesman and author.
- Fuchs, or Fux (q.v.), Johann Joseph, Austrian musical composer.
- Fuchs, Johann Nepomuk von, German chemist and mineralogist.
- Fuchs, Leonhard, German physician and botanist.
- Fuchsia, plant.
- Fuel.
- Fuente de Cantos, town, Spain.
- Fuente del Maestre, town, Spain.
- Fuenterrabia (Fontarabia), town, Spain.
- Fuero, Spanish legal charter and code.
- Fugger, Swabian family, Germany.
- Fuh-Chow, or Fuh-Chow Foo (Foo Chow), town, China.
- Führich, Joseph von, Austrian painter.
- Fulda, monastery and town, Germany.
- Fulham, suburb of London.
- Fuller, Andrew, English Baptist divine.
- Fuller, Sarah Margaret (Marchioness Ossoli, q.v.), American writer.
- Fuller, Thomas, English divine and historian.
- Fuller's Earth.
- Fulmar, bird.
- Fulton, Robert, American engineer.
- Fumitory, plant.
- Funchal, town, Madeira (q.v.).
- Function, in mathematical analysis.
- Funds, national debt (q.v.).
- Funen, island, Denmark (q.v.).
- Funeral Rites.
- Fünfhaus, suburb of Vienna.
- Fünfkirchen, town, Hungary.
- Fungus, Fungi, division of the vegetable kingdom.
- Fur.
- Fureedpore (Faridpur, q.v.).
- Furetière, Antoine, French lexicographer.
- Furies (the Greek Erinyes), in Latin mythology.
- Furnace.
- Furniture.
- Furruckabad (Farrakharad, q.v.), district, India.
- Fürst, Julius, German Orientalist.
- Fürstenberg, two noble German families.
- Fürstenwalde, town, Prussia.
- Fürth, town, Bavaria.
- Furze, Gorse, or Whin, shrub.
- Fuseli, Henry, Swiss painter and writer.
- Fusel Oil.
- Fust, Johann, early German printer.
- Fustian, cloth.
- Fustic, or Yellow Wood, dyestuff.
- Futtehpoor (Fathipur, q.v.), district and town, India.
- Fux, Johann Joseph, Austrian musical composer.
- Fyt, Johannes, Flemish painter.
- Fyzabad (Faizabad, q.v.), division and district, India.
|
