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INITIALS USED IN VOLUME XXVII. TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTORS,[1] WITH THE HEADINGS OF THE
ARTICLES IN THIS VOLUME SO SIGNED.


A. B. Go. Alfred Bradley Gough, M.A., Ph.D.
Sometime Casberd Scholar of St John’s College, Oxford. English Lector at the University of Kiel, 1896-1905.
Trier.
A. C. S. Algernon Charles Swinburne.
See the biographical article: Swinburne, Algernon Charles.
Tourneur, Cyril.
A. E. H. L. Augustus Edward Hough Love, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Oxford. Secretary to the London Mathematical Society. Hon. Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford; formerly Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge.
Variations, Calculus of.
A. F. L. Arthur Francis Leach, M.A.
Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple. Charity Commissioner for England and Wales. Formerly Assistant Secretary to the Board of Education. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1874-1881. Author of English Schools at the Reformation; &c.
Udal, Nicholas.
A. F. P. Albert Frederick Pollard, M.A., F.R.Hist.S.
Professor of English History in the University of London. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Assistant Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1893-1901. Lothian Prizeman, Oxford, 1892; Arnold Prizeman, 1898. Author of England under the Protector Somerset; Henry VIII.; Life of Thomas Cranmer; &c.
Vermigli, Pietro Martire.
A. Ge. Sir Archibald Geikie, K.C.B.
See the biographical article: Geikie, Sir Archibald.
Vesuvius (in part).
A. Go.* Rev. Alexander Gordon, M.A.
Lecturer on Church History in the University of Manchester.
Unitarianism; Valdes, Juan de.
A. H. K. Augustus Henry Keane, LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.R.Anthrop.Inst.
Emeritus Professor of Hindustani at University College, London. Author of Ethnology; Man Past and Present; The World’s Peoples; &c.
Tripoli: North Africa (in part); Ural-Altaic.
A. H.-S. Sir A. Houtum-Schindler, C.I.E.
General in the Persian Army. Author of Eastern Persian Irak.
Urmia, Lake of.
A. J. Alexander Johnston.
See the biographical article: Johnston, Alexander.
United States: History (in part).
A. J. G. Rev. Alexander James Grieve, M.A., B.D.
Professor of New Testament and Church History, Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford. Sometime Registrar of Madras University, and Member of Mysore Educational Service.
Ursula, St (in part).
A. J. L. Andrew Jackson Lamoureux.
Librarian, College of Agriculture, Cornell University. Editor of the Rio News (Rio de Janeiro), 1879-1901.
Venezuela: Geography and Statistics.
A. L. Andrew Lang.
See the biographical article: Lang, Andrew.
Totemism.
A. Lo. Auguste Longnon.
Professor at the College de France, Paris. Director of the Ecole des Hautes Études. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Author of Livre des vassaux du Comté de Champagne et de Brie; Geographie de la Gaule au VI siècle; Atlas historique de la France depuis César jusqu’à nos jours; &c.
Vermandois.
A. M.* Rev. Allan Menzies, M.A., D.D.
Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, St Mary’s College, St Andrews. Author of History of Religion; &c. Editor of Review of Theology and Philosophy.
United Free Church of Scotland.
A. M.-Fa. Alfred Morel-Fatio.
Professor of Romance Languages at the College de France, Paris. Member of the Institute of France; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Secretary of the Ecole des Chartes, 1885-1906. Author of L’Espagne au XVIe et au XVIIe siècles.
Vega Carpio (in part).
  1. A complete list, showing all individual contributors, appears in the final volume