- Deacon, Office of, in the church.
- Dead Sea, Palestine.
- Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna, q.v.), plant.
- Deaf and Dumb.
- Deafness (See Ear).
- Deák, Franz, Hungarian statesman.
- Deal, town, England.
- Dean, ecclesiastical dignitary.
- Debenture.
- Debreczyn, town, Hungary.
- Debt, Law of.
- Decalogue.
- Decamps, Alexandre Gabriel, French painter.
- De Candolle, Augustin Pyramus, Swiss botanist.
- Decapolis, district, Palestine.
- Decatur, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Deccan, territory, India.
- Decemviri, Roman magistrates.
- Decimal Coinage.
- Decius Mus, Publius, Roman consul (See Mus).
- Declaration, in law.
- Declaration of Paris (1856).
- Declarator, in Scots law.
- Decree, in law.
- Decretals, in canon law.
- Decurio, Roman cavalry officer.
- Dee, John, English mathematician and astrologer.
- Deed, in law.
- Deer, ungulate mammal.
- Defamation, in law.
- Defender of the Faith.
- Deffand, Marquise du, leader in French literary society.
- Defoe, Daniel, English writer.
- De Gérando, Marie Joseph, French metaphysician.
- Deggendorf, town, Bavaria.
- Dehra Dun, district and town, India.
- Deism.
- Dejanira (See Hercules).
- Dekker, Jeremias de, Dutch poet.
- Dekker, Thomas, English dramatist.
- De la Beche, Henry Thomas, English geologist.
- Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugène, French painter.
- Delagoa Bay, South-East Africa.
- Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph, French mathematician and astronomer.
- De la Rive, Auguste, Swiss physicist.
- Delaroche, Hippolyte, French painter.
- Delarue, Gervais, French historian.
- Delavigne, Jean François Casimir, French poet and dramatist.
- Delaware, State, U.S.A.
- Delaware, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Del Credere Agent, in commerce.
- Delfico, Melchiorre, Italian jurist.
- Delft, town, Holland.
- Delhi, district and town, India.
- Delia, Greek festival.
- Delille, Jacques, French poet.
- Delirium, mental disorder.
- Delitzsch, town, Prussia.
- Delolme, Jean Louis, Swiss jurist.
- Delos, island, Greece.
- De Louterbourg, Philip James, painter.
- Delphi, town, Greece.
- Delphinia, Greek festival.
- Delta, at mouth of a river (See Physical Geography).
- Deluc, Jean André, Swiss geologist.
- Deluge, in primitive cosmologies.
- Demades, Greek orator.
- Demarara, river and county, British Guiana (q.v.).
- Demeter, Greek goddess (the Roman Ceres, q.v.).
- Demetria, Greek festival.
- Demetrius I., Poliorcetes, king of Macedonia.
- Demetrius II., of Macedonia
- Demetrius I., Soter, king of Persia and Syria.
- Demetrius II., Nicator, of Persia and Syria.
- Demetrius III., Eucerus, of Syria.
- Demetrius Phalareus, Greek Peripatetic philosopher.
- Demetrius, Greek Cynic philosopher
- Demetrius, Russian pretender (See Russia).
- Demidoff, Russian noble family.
- Demise, in law (See Lease).
- Demmin, town, Prussia.
- Democritus, Greek philosopher.
- Demoivre, Abraham, mathematician.
- Demonology.
- De Morgan, Augustus, English mathematician and logician.
- Demosthenes, Greek orator.
- Demotica, town, European Turkey.
- Dempster, Thomas, Scottish scholar.
- Demurrage, in maritime law.
- Demurrer, in law.
- Denain, town, France.
- Denbigh, county, Wales.
- Denderah, village, Upper Egypt.
- Dendermonde, town, Belgium.
- Denham, Sir John, English poet.
- Denina, Carlo Giovanni Maria, Italian historian.
- Denis, St, patron saint of France.
- Denizen, in law.
- Denman, Lord, chief justice of England.
- Denmark.
- Dennis, John, English critic and poet.
- Denon, Baron de, French artist and archæologist.
- Dentistry.
- Denver, town, Colorado, U.S.A.
- Deodand, in English law.
- Deprès, Josquin, Flemish musical composer.
- Deptford, town, England.
- De Quincey, Thomas, English writer.
- Dera Ghazi Khan, district, India.
- Dera Ismail Khan, district, India.
- Derajat, division, India.
- Derbent, town, Hissar, Central Asia.
- Derby, county and town, England.
- Derby, Fourteenth Earl of, English statesman.
- Dereyeh, town, Arabia.
- Derham, William, English divine and man of science.
- Dervish.
- Desaix de Voygoux, Louis C. A., French general.
- Desaugiers, Marc Antoine Madeleine, French dramatist.
- Desault, Pierre Joseph, French anatomist.
- Descartes, René, French philosopher.
- Deschamps, Eustache, French poet.
- Desert (See Physical Geography).
- Desfontaines, René Louiche, French botanist.
- Deshoulières, Antoinette, French poetess.
- Desiderio da Settignano, Italian sculptor.
- Des Moines, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
- Desmoulins, Camille, French journalist and Revolutionist.
- De Soto, Ferdinando, Spanish explorer.
- Dessaix, Joseph Maria, Count, French general.
- Dessau, town, Germany.
- Desterro, town, Brazil.
- Detmold, town, Germany.
- Detroit, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Deucalion, in Greek legend.
- Deuteronomy, Book of (See Pentateuch).
- Deutsch, Emanuel Oscar Menahem, German Orientalist.
- Deutschkrone, town, Prussia.
- Deutz, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Deux Ponts, town, Bavarian Palatinate.
- Devaprayaga, town, India.
- Development, Animal, Doctrine of (See Evolution).
- Development, Embryonic (See Embryology).
- Deventer, town, Holland.
- Devereux, Walter and Robert, earls of Essex (q.v.).
- De Vigny, Alfred Victor, Comte, French poet and novelist.
- Devil.
- Devil Fish.
- Devise (See Will).
- Devizes, town, England.
- Devonport, town, England.
- Devonshire, county, England.
- Devonshire, First Duke of.
- Dew (See Meteorology).
- Dewberry, plant.
- D’Ewes, Sir Simonds, English chronicler.
- De Wette, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht, German theologian.
- De Winter, Jan Willem, Dutch admiral.
- De Witt, Cornelius, Dutch burgomaster.
- De Witt, John, Dutch statesman.
- Dewsbury, town, England.
- Dextrin, British gum.
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- Dhar, native state, India.
- Dharwar, district, India.
- Dholpur, native state, India.
- Diabetes, disease.
- Diagoras, Greek poet.
- Diagrams, geometrical figures.
- Dialling.
- Diamante, Fra, Italian painter.
- Diamantina, or Tejuco, town, Brazil.
- Diamantino, town, Brazil.
- Diamond, precious stone.
- Diana, Roman goddess (the Greek Artemis).
- Diano, town, Italy.
- Diaphoretics, in medicine.
- Diarbekir, or Diarbekr, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Diarrhœa, disease.
- Dias, Antonio Gonçalves, Brazilian poet and historian.
- Dias, Bartolommeo, Portuguese navigator.
- Diatomaceæ, subdivision of Algæ.
- Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile, French painter.
- Dibdin, Charles, English song-writer and composer.
- Dibdin, Thomas, English dramatist.
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, English bibliographer.
- Dicæarchus, Greek philosopher and geographer.
- Dick, Thomas, Scottish writer.
- Dickens, Charles, English novelist.
- Dicotyledons, subclass of plants (See Botany and Vegetable Kingdom).
- Dictator, in the Roman republic.
- Dictionary, Dictionaries.
- Dictys Cretensis, early Greek historian.
- Diderot, Denis, French Encyclopedist.
- Dido, or Elisa, legendary founder of Carthage.
- Didot, family of French printers and publishers.
- Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, French archæologist.
- Didymus, of Alexandria, ecclesiastical writer.
- Die, for stamping medals.
- Die Sinking.
- Diebitsch-Sabalkanski, Ivan K. F. A., Count, Russian general.
- Diepenbeck, Abraham van, Flemish painter.
- Dieppe, town, France.
- Dies, Christoph Albert, German painter.
- Diest, town, Belgium.
- Diet, German state assembly.
- Dietetics.
- Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst, German painter.
- Diez, Friedrich Christian, German philologist.
- Differential Calculus (Infinitesimal Calculus, q.v.).
- Diffusion, in physics.
- Digby, Sir Kenelm, English physicist.
- Digestive Organs.
- Digitalis, or Foxglove, genus of plants.
- Digne, town, France.
- Dijon, town, France.
- Dilapidations, in English law.
- Diligence, in law.
- Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, English art organizer.
- Dill, plant.
- Dillen, or Dillenius, Johann Jakob, German botanist.
- Dillingen, town, Bavaria.
- Dimensions, in geometry.
- Dinajpur, district and town, India.
- Dinan, town, France.
- Dinapur, town, India.
- Dinarchus, Greek orator.
- Dingwall, town, Scotland.
- Dinkelsbühl, town, Bavaria.
- Dinocrates, or Dinochares, Greek architect.
- Dinornis, genus of extinct birds.
- Dinotherium, extinct undulate mammal.
- Diocese.
- Diocletian, Roman emperor.
- Diodati, Giovanni, Swiss Reformed theologian.
- Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian.
- Diogenes of Apollonia, Greek physicist.
- Diogenes, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- Diogenes Laertius, Greek writer.
- Diomedes, of Greek legend.
- Dion, tyrant of Syracuse.
- Dion Cassius Cocceianus, historian of Rome.
- Dion Chrysostom, Greek writer.
- Dionysia, or Bacchanalia, Greek festivals.
- Dionysius, the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse.
- Dionysius, the Younger, tyrant of Syracuse.
- Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Greek writer.
- Dionysius, the Areopagite.
- Dionysius Periegetes, Greek geographical writer.
- Dionysius Exiguus, chronologist.
- Dionysus, Greek divinity (the Roman Bacchus).
- Diophantus, Greek writer on algebra (q.v.).
- Diphtheria, disease.
- Diplomacy.
- Diplomatics, science dealing with ancient documents.
- Dippel, Johann Conrad, German theologian and alchemist.
- Dipsomania, alcoholic insanity (See Mental Diseases).
- Diptera, order of insects.
- Diptych, Roman writing tablet.
- Dirce, in Greek legend.
- Dirschau, town, Prussia.
- Discus, Greek quoit.
- Disinfectants.
- Dislocation, in surgery.
- Dismal Swamp, United States.
- Dispensation.
- D’Israeli, Isaac.
- Distillation, relaxation of law.
- Distress, Law of.
- Distribution.
- Dithmarschen, or Ditmarsh, district, Holstein.
- Ditton, Humphry, English mathematician.
- Diu, island and seaport, India.
- Diuretics, in medicine.
- Divan, or Diwan, Eastern Government office.
- Diver, bird.
- Dividivi, astringent pods.
- Divination, revelation by omens.
- Diving.
- Division, in logic (q.v.).
- Divorce, Law of.
- Dixmerie, Nicholas Bricaire de la (See La Dixmerie), French writer.
- Dixon, George, English navigator.
- Dizful, town, Persia.
- Dmitrieff, Ivan Ivanovitch, Russian statesman and poet.
- Dmitroff, town, Russia.
- Dmitrovsk, town, Russia.
- Dnieper, river, Russia.
- Dniester, river, Russia.
- Doab, Indian geographical term.
- Dobell, Sydney, English poet.
- Döbeln, town, Saxony.
- Doberan, or Dobberan, town, Germany.
- Döberentei, Gabor, Hungarian philologist.
- Dobrizhoffer, Martin, Roman Catholic missionary.
- Dobrowsky, or Dobrovsky, Joseph, Slavonic philologist.
- Dobrudja, or Dobrudscha, district and province, Roumania.
- Dobscau, or Dobsina, town, Hungary.
- Dobson, William, English painter.
- Docetæ, heretics in early church.
- Dock, plant.
- Docks, for ships (See Harbour).
- Dockyards, Naval.
- Doctor, title.
- Doctors’ Commons.
- Doctrinaires, French political party.
- Dodd, Dr William, English divine.
- Dodder, parasitic plant.
- Doddridge, Philip, English Nonconformist divine.
- Döderlein, Johann Christoph, German philologist.
- Dodo, extinct bird.
- Dodona, Temple of, Greece.
- Dodsley, Robert, English writer and bookseller.
- Dodwell, Edward, English antiquary.
- Dodwell, Henry, English controversialist.
- Dog, Dogs.
- Doge, ruler of Venice.
- Dog-Fish, species of sharks.
- Dogmatic, in theology.
- Dogwood, plant.
- Dol, town, France.
- Dolabella, Publius Cornelius, Roman general.
- Dolce, Luigi, Italian writer.
- Dolci, Carlo, Italian painter.
- Dole, town, France.
- Dolet, Étienne, French scholar and printer.
- Dolgelly, town, Wales.
- Dollond, John, English optician.
- Dolomieu, Déodat G. S. T. Gratet de, French mineralogist.
- Dolphin (Delphinus, etc.), cetacean mammal.
- Domat, or Daumat, Jean, French jurisconsult.
- Dombrowski, Jan Henryk, Polish general.
- Dome, in architecture.
- Domenichino, or Domenico, Zampieri, Italian painter.
- Domesday Book.
- Domicile, in law.
- Dominic, St, founder of Dominican order.
- Dominica, island, West Indies.
- Dominicans, mendicant order of monks.
- Dominis, Marc Antonio de, Italian theologian and man of science.
- Domitian, Roman emperor.
- Don, river, Russia.
- Don Cossack Country, Russia.
- Don Juan, of European legend.
- Donaghadee, town, Ireland.
- Donaldson, John William, English philologist.
- Donatello, Italian sculptor and painter.
- Donati, Giovanni Battista, Italian astronomer.
- Donatists, early Christian sect.
- Donatus, Ælius, Roman grammarian and rhetorician.
- Donauwörth, town, Bavaria.
- Doncaster, town, England.
- Donegal, county, Ireland.
- Dongola, or Donkola, town, Egypt.
- Donizetti, Gaetano, Italian musical composer.
- Donne, John, English poet and divine.
- Donovan, Edward, English naturalist.
- Dorat, or Daurat (q.v.), Jean, French poet and scholar.
- Dorchester, town, England.
- Dordogne, department and river, France.
- Doria, Andrea, Genoese admiral.
- Dorians, people, ancient Greece.
- Doris, district, ancient Greece.
- Dorking, town, England.
- Dorléans, Louis, French poet.
- Dormouse, rodent mammal.
- Dornbirn, or Dornbühren, town, Austria.
- Dorogobush, or Dorogobuzh, town, Russia.
- Dorogoi, or Dorohoi, town, Roumania.
- Dorotheus, Roman jurist.
- Dorp, town, Prussia.
- Dorpat, or Dörpt, town, Russia.
- D’Orsay, Count, French savant.
- Dorset, county, England.
- Dorset, First Earl of, English poet.
- Dorset, Sixth Earl of, English politician and poet.
- Dort, or Dordrecht, town, Holland.
- Dort, Synod of.
- Dortmund, town, Germany.
- Dory, or John Dory, fish.
- Dotis (Totis, q.v.).
- Douai, or Douay, town, France.
- Douarnenez, town, France.
- Doubleday, Thomas, English writer.
- Doubs, department, France.
- Douce, Francis, English antiquary.
- Douglas, town, Isle of Man.
- Douglas, Gawain, or Gavin, Scottish poet.
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, American statesman.
- Dour, town, Belgium.
- Dousa, or Douza, Janus (Van der Does), Dutch statesman and poet.
- Douville, Jean Baptiste, French traveller.
- Douw, or Dow, Gerhard, Flemish painter.
- Dove, bird.
- Dover, town, England.
- Dover, town, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
- Dover, town, Delaware, U.S.A.
- Dover, Lord, English writer.
- Dow, Lorenzo, American preacher.
- Dowletabad, town and fortress, India.
- Down, county, Ireland.
- Downpatrick, town, Ireland.
- Doxology.
- Doyen, Gabriel François, French painter.
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- Draco, Athenian legislator.
- Dragon, fabulous monster.
- Dragon Fly, insect.
- Dragon’s Blood, resin.
- Draguignan, town, France.
- Drainage & Draining (See Agriculture, Architecture, Building, and Sewage).
- Drake, Sir Francis, English admiral and navigator.
- Drakenborch, Arnold, Dutch scholar and editor.
- Drama.
- Dramburg, town, Prussia.
- Drammen, town, Norway.
- Draughts, game.
- Drawing, delineation.
- Drayton, Michael, English poet.
- Dream, Dreams.
- Dredge, The Naturalist’s.
- Dredging, in engineering.
- Drelincourt, Charles, French Calvinist.
- Dresden, town, Saxony.
- Dreux, town, France.
- Drew, Samuel, English theologian.
- Dreyse, Johann Nicholas von, inventor of the needle-gun.
- Driffield, town, England.
- Drogheda, town, Ireland.
- Drohobycz, town, Austria.
- Droitwich, town, England.
- Drôme, department, France.
- Dromedary (See Camel).
- Dropsy, disease.
- Droste-Hülshoff, Baroness of, German poetess.
- Drouais, Jean Germain, French painter.
- Drouet, Jean Baptiste, French Revolutionist.
- Drouet d’Erlon, Count, French general.
- Drowning.
- Droz, François-Xavier Joseph, French writer.
- Druidism, Druids.
- Drum, musical instrument.
- Drummond, Henry, English politician.
- Drummond, Thomas, English surveyor.
- Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, Scottish poet.
- Drunkenness.
- Druses, Syrian people.
- Drusius, Johannes (Van den Driesche), Flemish divine.
- Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman patrician.
- Drusus, Marcus Livius, Roman tribune.
- Dryades, Dryads, or Hamadryades, in Greek mythology.
- Dryander, Jonas, Swedish naturalist.
- Dryden, John, English poet.
- Dry Rot, in timber.
- Du Barry Gomard de Vaubernier, Countess, mistress of Louis XV.
- Dublin, county, Ireland.
- Dublin, metropolis of Ireland.
- Dubno, town, Russia.
- Dubofka, town, Russia.
- Dubois, Guillaume, French cardinal and statesman.
- Dubos, Jean Baptiste, French political writer.
- Dubossari, or Novie Dubossari, town, Russia.
- Dubrovna, town, Russia.
- Dubuque, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
- Ducange, Charles Dufresne, French historian and philologist.
- Ducas, Michael, Greek historian.
- Duchesne, André, French geographer and historian.
- Ducis, Jean François, French dramatist.
- Duck, bird.
- Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, English admiral.
- Duclos, Charles Pineau, French writer.
- Dudevant, Madame (George Sand), French novelist.
- Dudley, town, England.
- Dudley, Earls of (Northumberland, q.v.).
- Duel.
- Dufour, Wilhelm Heinrich, Swiss general.
- Dufrenoy, Pierre Armand, French geologist.
- Dufresny, Charles Rivière, French dramatist.
- Dugdale, Sir William, English antiquary.
- Dugong, cetacean mammal.
- Duguay-Trouin, René, French admiral.
- Du Guesclin, Bertrand, constable of France.
- Duhalde, Jean Baptiste, French geographer.
- Duhamel, Jean Baptiste, French astronomer.
- Duhamel du Monceau, Henry Louis, French botanist and agriculturalist.
- Duisburg, town, Prussia.
- Duke, order of nobility.
- Dukinfield, township, England.
- Dulcamara, drug.
- Dulcigno, town, Albania.
- Duluth, town, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- Dulwich, town, England.
- Dumangas, town, Philippine Islands.
- Dumarsais, César Chesneau, French philologist.
- Dumas, Alexandre, the Elder, French novelist.
- Dumas, Matthieu, Count, French general and historian.
- Dumbarton, county, town, & castle, Scotland.
- Dumdum, or Damdama, town, India.
- Dumfries, county & town, Scotland.
- Dumont, Jean, French publicist.
- Dumont, Pierre Étienne Louis, Genevese political writer.
- Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, French navigator.
- Dumouriez, Charles François, French Republican general.
- Dünaburg, town, Russia.
- Dunbar, town, Scotland.
- Dunbar, William, Scottish poet.
- Dunblane, town, Scotland.
- Duncan, Viscount, British admiral.
- Duncan, Thomas, Scottish painter.
- Dundalk, town, Ireland.
- Dundas, Henry (Melville, Viscount, q.v.).
- Dundee, town, Scotland.
- Dundee, Viscount (Graham of Claverhouse).
- Dundonald, Tenth Earl of (Lord Cochrane), naval officer.
- Dunedin, town, New Zealand.
- Dunfermline, town, Scotland.
- Dunfermline, James Abercromby (q.v.), Lord.
- Dungannon, town, Ireland.
- Dungarvan, town, Ireland.
- Dunkeld, town, Scotland.
- Dunkers, sect of American Baptists.
- Dunkirk, or Dunkerque, town, France.
- Dunkirk, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Dunmow, town, England.
- Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, English lawyer and statesman.
- Dunois, Jean, bastard of Orleans.
- Dunoon, town, Scotland.
- Duns Scotus, John, mediæval scholastic writer.
- Dunstable, town, England.
- Dunstan, St, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Dunton, John, English bookseller and author.
- Duperrey, Louis Isidore, French navigator.
- Duperron, Jacques Davy, French cardinal.
- Dupin, André Marie J. J., French advocate and politician.
- Dupin, Louis Ellies, French ecclesiastical historian.
- Dupleix, Joseph, governor-general of French India.
- Dupont, Pierre, French poet.
- Dupont de l’Eure, Jacques Charles, French lawyer and statesman.
- Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, French economist and statesman.
- Dupuis, Charles François, French scientific writer.
- Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron, French surgeon.
- Duquesne, Abraham, Marquis, French naval officer.
- Duran, Augustin, Spanish writer.
- Durandus, Durantis, or Duranti, Wilhelmus, papal legate and canonist.
- Durango, town, Spain.
- Durango, Duranga, Ciudad de Victoria, or Guadiana, town, Mexico.
- Durante, Francesco, Italian musical composer.
- Durão, José de Santa Ritta, Brazilian poet.
- Durazzo, town, European Turkey.
- Durban, or D’Urban, town, Natal, South Africa.
- Düren, town, Prussia.
- Dürer, Albrecht, German painter.
- D’Urfey, Thomas, English satirist.
- Durham, county, England.
- Durham, First Earl of (John George Lambton).
- Durian, fruit of durio tree.
- Dürkheim, town, Germany.
- Durlach, town, Bavaria.
- Durra, Indian millet.
- Dussek, Johann Ludwig, Bohemian pianist and composer.
- Düsseldorf, town, Prussia.
- Dutens, Louis, French writer.
- Dutrochet, René Joachim Henri, French man of science.
- Duval, Jules, French economist.
- Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean, French theologian.
- Dwaraka, Dwarka, or Jigat, town, India.
- Dwarf.
- Dwight, Timothy, American theological and miscellaneous writer.
- Dwina, rivers, Russia.
- Dyce, Alexander, English critic.
- Dyce, William, Scottish painter.
- Dyeing.
- Dyer, John, English poet.
- Dynamics.
- Dynamite, explosive.
- Dynamometer.
- Dyrrhachium (Durazzo, q.v.), ancient town, Albania.
- Dysart, town, Scotland.
- Dysentery, disease.
- Dyspepsia, disease.
- Dyveke, mistress of Christian I. of Denmark.
- Dzungaria, Dsongaria, or Songaria, region, Central Asia.
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- E, the fifth letter of the alphabet.
- Eachard, John, English divine and humorist.
- Eadie, John, Scottish Biblical critic.
- Eadmer or Edmer, English ecclesiastic and historian.
- Eagle, bird.
- Ear.
- Earl, title of nobility.
- Earle, John, English bishop and author.
- Earlom, Richard, English engraver.
- Ear-Ring, ornament.
- Earth, Figure of the.
- Earthquake, Earthquakes.
- Earwig, insect.
- Easement, in law.
- Eastbourne, town, England.
- Easter, church festival.
- Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock, English painter.
- Easton, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- East Saginaw, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Eau de Cologne, perfume.
- Ebel, Hermann Wilhelm, German philologist.
- Eberhard, duke of Würtemberg.
- Eberhard, August Gottlob, German poet.
- Eberhard, Johann Augustus, German theologian.
- Ebert, Friedrich Adolf, German bibliographer.
- Ebingen, town, Würtemberg.
- Ebionites, early Christian sect.
- Eboli, or Evoli, town, Italy.
- Ebony, wood.
- Ebro, river, Spain.
- Écarté, card game.
- Ecbatana, various ancient Asiatic towns.
- Eccard, Johannes, German composer.
- Eccleino, or Ezzelino da Romano, Italian Ghibelline chief.
- Ecchellensis, or Echellensis, Abraham, learned Maronite.
- Eccles, town, England.
- Ecclesia, Athenian assembly.
- Ecclesiastes, Book of.
- Ecclesiastical Commission, English.
- Ecclesiastical Law.
- Ecclesiasticus, Book of (See Apocrypha).
- Echidna, genus of monotrematous mammals.
- Echinodermata.
- Echo, in Greek mythology.
- Ecija, town, Spain.
- Eck, Johann Maier von, opponent of Luther.
- Eckermann, John Peter, German writer.
- Eckersberg, Carl Vilhelm, Danish painter.
- Eckhart, Johannes, German mystic.
- Eckhel, Joseph Hilarius, German numismatist.
- Eclectic Philosophy.
- Eclipse, Eclipses (See Astronomy).
- Ecstasy, nervous disorder.
- Ecuador, state, South America.
- Edam, town, Holland.
- Edda, collections of Icelandic literature.
- Edelinck, Gerard, Flemish engraver.
- Eden, Garden of.
- Eden, Hon. Emily, English authoress.
- Edentata, order of mammals.
- Edessa, town, Macedonia.
- Edessa (Orfa), town, Turkey in Asia.
- Edfu, or Edfoo, town, Upper Egypt.
- Edgeworth, Maria, novelist.
- Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, writer and mechanician.
- Edinburgh, or Mid-Lothian, county, Scotland.
- Edinburgh, metropolis of Scotland.
- Edmund, St, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Edmund, or Eadmund, king of East Anglia.
- Edmund, or Eadmund I., king of the West Saxons, England.
- Edmund, or Eadmund II., king of the West Saxons, England.
- Edom (Idumena, q.v.), district south of Palestine.
- Edrisi, Idrisi, or Aldjusi, Arabian geographer.
- Education, History of.
- Edward, or Eadward I., early English king.
- Edward, or Eadward II., early English king.
- Edward, or Eadward III., the Confessor, early English king.
- Edward I., king of England.
- Edward II., of England.
- Edward III., of England.
- Edward IV., of England.
- Edward V., of England.
- Edward VI., of England.
- Edward, the Black Prince.
- Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin, English general and administrator.
- Edwards, Bryan, English historian.
- Edwards, George, English antiquary and ornithologist.
- Edwards, Jonathan, American theologian.
- Edwards, Richard, English musician and dramatist.
- Edwin, or Eadwine, king of Northumbria.
- Edwy, Eadwig, or Edwin, the Fair, king of the West-Saxons, England.
- Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, Dutch painter.
- Eecloo, town, Belgium.
- Eel, fish.
- Effigies, Monumental.
- Egbert, or Ecgberht, king of the West-Saxons, England.
- Egede, Hans, Norse missionary to Greenland.
- Egede, Paul, missionary to Greenland.
- Eger, town, Bohemia.
- Egg, Eggs.
- Egg, Augustus Leopold, English painter.
- Eginhard, biographer of Charlemagne.
- Eglantine, sweet briar.
- Eglinton, Thirteenth Earl of.
- Egmont, or Egmond, Lamoral, Count of.
- Egret, bird (See Heron).
- Egypt.
- Ehrenbreitstein, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Eibenstock, town, Saxony.
- Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von, German poet.
- Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried, German Biblical critic.
- Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich, German jurist.
- Eichstädt, town, Bavaria.
- Eider, marine duck.
- Eilenburg, town, Prussia.
- Einbeck, town, Prussia.
- Einsiedeln, town, Switzerland.
- Eisenach, town, Germany.
- Eisenberg, town, Germany.
- Eisenburg, county, Hungary.
- Eisenstadt, town, Hungary.
- Eisleben, town, Prussia.
- Eisteddfod, Welsh bardic congress.
- Ejectment, in English law.
- Ekaterinburg, town, Asiatic Russia.
- Ekaterinodar, town, Russia.
- Ekaterinoslaff, government & town, Russia.
- Ekhmin, town, Upper Egypt.
- Ekron, town of the Philistines.
- Elagabalus (Heliogabalus, q.v.), Roman emperor.
- Elam, province, ancient Persia.
- Eland, antelope.
- El-Araish, town, Morocco.
- Elasticity.
- Elaterum, drug.
- Elba, island, Mediterranean.
- Elbe, river, Germany.
- Elberfeld, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Elbeuf, town, France.
- Elbing, town, Prussia.
- Elche, town, Spain.
- Eldad ben Malchi, Jewish traveller.
- Elder, ecclesiastical officer.
- Elder, tree.
- Eldon, Earl of, lord chancellor of England.
- El Dorado, mythical country, South America.
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