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OGEECHEE LIME. OGLESBY. OGEE'CHEE LIME. Au American tree. See Tupelo. OGGIONE, 6d-j0'na, JIabco d.^ (c.1470- c.lo40). All Italian painter, born at Oggiono, on Lake Como. A pupil and able imitator of Leonardo da Vinci, under whom he studied as early as 1490, he i.s best remembered for the ex- cellent copies of his master's '"Last Supper," one of which (in oil) is in the Koyal Academy, Loudon, another (in fresco) in the Brera Gal- lery, Milan, and a third, on a smaller scale, in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. In view of the almost total destruction of the original, the value of these faithful reproductions can hardly be overestimated. Of live fresco paint- ings executed for the Church of Santa Maria della Pace, Milan, the "Assumption" and "Mar- riage at Cana" are now in the Brera Gallery, which also contains a inasterl}' canvas of "The Archangels Suppressing Lucifer." In the Louvre may be seen a "Holy Family," in the Berlin Mu- seum a "Madonna," and in the Pinacoteca at Turin a "Christ Bearing the Cross." OGIER (A'zhya') THE DANE. One of the most popular of Charlemagne's paladins, the hero of several of the chansons de geste of the Charle- magne cycle, the oldest form of which, "La Cheva- lerie Ogier de Danemarche," was edited by Bar- rois, and another version by Raiinbert. Ogior, son of Godfrey, Duke of Denmark, was brought up as a hostage at Charlemagne's Court. His son being killed by the King's son, a long strife ensued, during which Ogier was long be- sieged in Castle-Fort, defending it with great valor. He inherited the Kingdom of Denmark, but gave it up to return to the French Court, and became one of Charlemagne's foremost cham- pions. In extreme old age he was shipwrecked near the island of Avalon, and carried off by Morgan le Fay to her magic palace. A ring re- stored his youth, and a magic crown made hiin forget the i)ast. Two hundred years later he returned to free France from invaders, probably Normans, after which he was carried away again by Morgan to Avalon. As the Danish national hero, Holgcr Danske. he still sleeps till danger wakes him. He figures in the literature of sev- eral countries. In English legends he is known as the father of Sir Bcvis of Hampton, and ap- pears in ilorris's EartMy Paradise. OGILBY, o'g'l-bt, Joiix (1000-76). A British autlior and |iublisher; born in or near Edin- burgh. He accoinpiinied Strafford. Lonl Deputy of Ireland, to Dublin in Iti.'!:!, and built a little theatre in Saint Werburg Street. The outbreak of the Civil War in 1041 ruined him, however, and he returned to London destitute. He then learned Latin and Greek, and translated Vergil, iEsop, and Homer. After the Restoration Ogilby enjoyed the favor of Charles II.. and after a brief sojourn in Ireland he settled in London and became a publisher. The gi-eat fire of 1000 de- stroyed his printing house and stock, but he soon recovered, and during the next ten years published many fine works, several of which were illustrated with engravings by Hollar, Loinbart, Faithorne, and others. During his latter years he devoted himself to the publication of works on geography and topography, freely illustrated with maps and engravings, among which were An Emhasaji frnm thr East Indin Cnmprnii) nf the United Provinces to the flrnnd Trirtur Chum, Emperor of China (1069) ; and the first volume of liritamda, a work which was to have comprised three volumes, but which was never completed, owing to its projector's death. Consult : Nicol- son, Historical Libraries (new ed., London, 1796), and Conington's "English Translators of Vergil," in the Quarterly Recieic (London, 1801). OGILVIE, o'g'l-vl, Clinton (1838—). An American landscape painter, born in New York. He studied in his native city under James Hart, and afterwards went abroad, where he spent much time, especially in France. In 1804 he was elected au associate of the Royal Academy. His landscapes are usually of Swiss or French scenes. OGILVIE, .loiiN (1797-1807). A Scottish lexicographer, born in ^Marnoch parish, Banff'. The loss of a leg forced hira to abandon physical labor at twent.v-onc, and he became schoolmaster while preparing himself for the university. In 1828 he graduated from Marischal College, Aber- deen. He taught privately in that city for three years, and was then mathematical master in Gordon's Hospital until 1859. He wrote Imita- tions of Horace (18.31-32), in the Scottish dia- lect, for the Aberdeen Maqazinc ; collaborated in Stackhouse's Histoni of' the Bible (1830); and from 1838 to the end of his life was engaged in revising and enlarging ^yebster's Dictiu>iari/ under a new title, the Imperial, of which he pub- lished an abridgment in 1863, and a student's edition two vears afterwards, which he abridged in 1867. O'GIVE (Fr. ofiire, avr/ire, from !ML. aiigira, ogive, from Sp., Port., It. auge, highest point, from Ar. airj, highest point, zenith). The arch in Pointed Gothic vaulting which crosses the ault diagonally from one angle to another. By ex- tension the term ofiirr is used to mean a Pointed arch, and French critics use it quite generally as synonymous with Gothic. OGLESBY, o'g'lz-'". Richard James (1824- 99). .ii American soldier and politician. He was born in Oldham County, Ky.. was orphaned at eight, studied law while living on a farm and working as a carpenter at Decatur, 111., and began to juactice at Sullivan, 111., in 184,5. He served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War, par- ticipating in the battles of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. In 1847 he resumed his law practice at Decatur, and after a short course of study gradu- ated at the Louisville Law School in 1S4'8. Dur- ing the gold excitement of 1849 he crossed the continent to the mining districts of California, but returned to Decatur in 18i51. He was an un- successful candidate for Congress in 18.58, but in 1800 represented his district in the State Sen- ate. When the Civil War broke out he resigned his seat to accejjt the position of colonel of the Eighth Illinois Volunteers, and subsequently commanded a brigade at Forts Henry and Doni'l- son, was iiromotcd to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers in JIarch. 1802, and to that of maior-gcneral in November; served under (Jrant at Shiloh and under Halleck and Rosecraiis at Corinth, where he was severely wounded, and commanded the Sixteenth Army Corps from April, 1863, to May. 1804. when he resigned from the service. He was afterwards Governor of Illinois from 1804 to 1869. for several months in 1873. and from 1884 to 1889; and from 1873 to 1879 was a member of the T'nited States Senate.