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NELSON 410 NFLSON Calvi (July 10, 1794) he lost an eye. For his gallantry at the battle of Cape St. Vincent (Feb. 14, 1797) he was made rear-admiral of the blue, and appointed to the command of the inner squadron at the blockade of Cadiz, His next service was an attack on the town of Santa^ Cruz, in the Island of Teneriffe, in which he lost his right arm. In 1798 he joined Lord St. Vincent (Admiral Jervis), who sent him to the Mediterranean to watch the progress of the armament at Toulon. Notwithstanding his vigilance, the French fleet which conveyed Bonaparte to Egypt escaped. Thither Nelson fol- '^Sz-f:^^) LORD NELSON lowed, and after various disappointments he discovei'ed the enemy's fleet moored in the Bay of Aboukir, where he obtained a most complete victory, all the French ships but two being taken or destroyed (Aug. 1, 1798). This achievement was rewarded with the title of Baron Nelson of the Nile and a pension of $10,000. In 1801 he was employed on the expedition to Copenhagen under Sir Hyde Parker, in which he effected the destruction of the Danish ships and batteries. On his return home he was created viscount. When hostilities recommenced after the Peace of Amiens, Lord Nelson was ap- pointed to command the fleet in the Medi- terranean, and for nearly two years he was engaged in the blockade of Toulon. In spite of his vigilance the French fleet got out of port (March 30, 1805), and being joined by a Spanish squadron from Cadiz, sailed to the West Indies. The British admiral hastily pursued them, and they returned to Europe and took shelter at Cadiz. On Oct. 19, the French, commanded by Villeneuve, and the Spaniards by Gravina, ventured again from Cadiz, and on Oct. 21 they came up with the British squadron off Cape Trafalgar. An engagement took place, in which the victory was obtained by the British, but their commander was wounded in the back by a musket ball, and shortly after expired. His remains were carried to England and interred in St. Paul's Cathedral. NELSON, KNUTE, United ^ States Senator from Minnesota; born in Nor- way, Feb. 2, 1843, and came to the United States when six years old. He served in the Union armies during the war as a volunteer in the 4th Wisconsin Infantry. When he returned from the war he took up the study of law anc* was admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1871 he moved to Minnesota and served in the Minnesota senate from 1875-1878. From ^883 to 1889 he was the Repre- sentative from the fifth Minnesota dis- trict. In 1892 he became the Republican candidate for Governor of Minnesota and was elected. Although re-elected in 1894, he resigned the next year to become United States Senator. NELSON, SAMUEL, an American jurist; born in Hebron, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1792; was graduated at Middle bury Col- lege in 1813; and in 1817 was admitted to the bar of Madison, N. Y. In 1820 he was presidential elector; and three years later was appointed circuit judge, which post he held till 1831, when he became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New York. In 1837 he was raised to the chief justiceship. In 1845 President Tyler appointed him to succeed Judge Smith-Thompson as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He died in Cooperstown, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1873. NELSON, WILLIAM ROCKHILL, American journalist; bom at Fort Wayne, Ind., March 7, 1841. He was educated at Notre Dame University in Indiana, from which he received the degree of LL. D. in 1911. He founded the Western Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Mo. In 1880 he founded the Kansas City "Star," a progressive Republican paper, of which he was owner and editor- in-chief until his death in April, 1915. Theodore Roosevelt wrote for the Kansas