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COGHETTI. 121 COGNIZANCE. Savona, notably "The Exploits of Alexaiuler the Great," in the Villa Toilonia, Rome; "The Tri- umph of Baeohus," "Battle of tlie Amazons," and "The Four Elements," in the Palazzo Tor- Ionia, Rome ; "The Jlyth of Cupid and Psyche" and "The Parnassus of Famous Jlen," in the Villa Torlonia at Castel Gandolfo. His frescoes in the Basilica at Savona also deserve especial mention. COGHLAN, kog'lnn, Charles Francis (1841- •j'J). A comedian, of Irish parentage. He was born in Paris, France, and educated for the bar, but adopted the stage, making his first appear- ance at the Haymarket, London, in April, 1800. After having been leading man of the Prince of Vales's Theatre, he came to America in the autumn of 1876, and ])layed at the Fiftli Avenue Tlieatre, New York City, under Augustin Daly, lie was leading man at the Union Square Theatre during the run of The Celchruled Case. He appeared at Wallack's Theatre with his sister. Rose : played engagements with Mrs. Langtry (1885-91); created Alee d'Urberville in Mrs. Fiske's production of Tess of the d'Urhervillcs (i897) and successfully produced (1898) his The Royal llox, a version of Dumas's Eean. Among liis other plays are: Lady Baxter; A Quiet Rubber: and Citizen Pierre. The last lie produced without success in the year of his death, which occurred in Galveston, Tex. Cogli- lan was one of the most graceful yet forceful of modern actors, equally at home in old English comedy and in modern emotional roles. Consult C'lapp and Edgett, "Players of the Present," in the Duiilap Society Piiblicntions (Xew York, 1809). COGHLAN, Rose (1853—). An English American actress, sister of Charles Coghlan. She was born at Peterborough, England, and her the- atrical career began at the Greenock Theatre, Scotland, where she appeared as one of the witches in Macbeth. She was first induced to come to America by E. A. Sothern in 1871, and appeared in burlesque at Wallack's Theatre, Xew York, during the season of 1872-73. From 1873 to 1877 she was again in England, where she played for a time with Barry Sullivan, and had very successful runs in Twelfth Xifiltt and a piece called All for Her. In 1877 she reap- peared at Wallack's; the following year she was the Countess Zicka in the first American presen- tation oi' Diplomacy. In 1880 she made a great liit as Stephanie in Forr/et-Ue-Not. She re- mained at Wallack's Theatre most of the time till 1888, when she played Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal. Her repertoire there includ- ed a wide range of characters, which she acted 'with great resource of feeling and technique. Since then she has starred and has appeared in several large melodramatic productions. Con- sult: ^IcKay, Famoux American Actors of To- day (New York, 1896) ; Strang, Famous Ac- tresses of the Day in America (Boston. 1899). COGIA HASSAN ALHABBAL, kO'gya hiis'san al-hab1>al. One of the tales of the Arabian Xights. The hero is a rope-maker who becomes wealthy by finding a large diamond in- side a fish. COGIA H0U3SAN, hoTis'san. In the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," in The Arabian Xiyhts, the captain of the Forty Thieves, detected and slain bv ilorgiana. COGNAC, k6'ny;ik' (Lat. Vondutc, Gall. Con- dale, ciinlluencc, from eon, Lat. euni, together -|- (/(.', Ski. dhii, to place). A town in the Depart- ment of Cliarcnte, France, picturesquely situ- ated on an old eastle-crowncid hill overlooking the river Charente, 31 miles west of Angouleme by rail (Maj): France, F 6). Cognac is cele- brated as the place where the famous Cognac lirandy is manufactured. The cultivation of (lie vine and distillation of brandy form the chief industry of the inliabitants of the district. Francis T. was born here in 1494. Pojiulation, in 1901, 19,483. COGNATE (Lat. cognatus, cognate, from co-, together + y)nitus, born, from ?i».sri, to be born; connected with Gk. ylyve(r$at, giynesthai, Skt. jan, to he born). A term applied to relatives of the female branch of a family. It is most com- monly employed in the civil (Roman) law, and in its technical sense did not come into general use in the English law. In many systems of law cognates rank ne.xt after agnates in the in- heritance of property. The term is not generally used in the United States. See Agnate; De- i?cENT; Inheritance. COGNIARD, ko'nviir', Chables Theodore (1806-72) and .Iean HippoLYTE (1807-82). TSvo French dramatists and theatrical managers. They were brothers, and wrote in collaboration a great number of fairy plays, vaudevilles, and ether light pieces, which were unusually suc- cessful. Their first success was La cocarde tri- colore (1831), which was played nearly two hun- dred times. Among the operettas produced at tlie ^'arietes. under the management of Hyppolyte Cogniard, were La belle Helene; Barbe-bleu ; Pe- richole ; and the Grande Duchessc. COGNIET, kci'nya', Leon (1794-1880). A French painter, born in Paris. He studied under Guerin, and won the Prix de Rome in 1817. His work attracted no particular attention until his "Marius Among the Ruins of Carthage" was exhibited in 1824. This picture was bought by the French Government. "Saint Etienne Carry- ing Help to a Poor Family" (1827) is another excellent example of Cogniet's style. His other works include a ceiling in the Louvre, "The Ex- pedition to Egypt," and his masterpiece, "Tin- toretto Painting the Portrait of His Dead Daughter" (1845). His portraits include those of Mareehal IMaison (1831), Louis Philippe, Pierre Guerin (1831), and of M. de Crillon ( 1852) . He was a noted teacher and the founder of a well-known school, the painter Bonnat hav- ing been one of his pupils. COGNIZANCE (Lat. eognitio, investigation, inquiry, from con, with, and nosco, know). (1) An old term of the common law signifying juris- diction, acknowledgment. Cognizance of Pleas was jurisdiction of causes, a privilege granted by the King to a city or town to institute a tribunal for the trial of suits. Sometimes such a jurisdiction was con- ferred to the exclusion of that of the regular tribunals of the kingdom. It was by such a grant that the universities of Oxford and Cam- liridge acquired their legal jurisdiction. It is in this sense that the expression claim of cog- nizance is used, when one court intervenes to assert jurisdiction over a cause which has been wrongfully instituted in another court. The term is not employed in this special significa-